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American Papillon.

Hegseth’s Order Was Unlawful Before the Missile Even Left the Rail

The 50 Year Mortgage is more sinister than you could possibly imagine.

Democrats won... and so what?

Lick boot, or else ...

A third of America wants its destruction

The Secretary of ... jackassery?

Never Again?

The Regime Doesn’t Fear Your Rage. It Fears Your Absence.

See B.S.: The fall of independent media

4:00 Minutes to Midnight

“Shock and Awe, Inc.”

Can Trump "deport" Rosie O'Donnell

“Alligator Alcatraz” and the Banality of American Brutality

I Despise Iran. That’s Why This Strike Makes No Sense.

This Wasn’t a Bug. It Was a Feature.

The "Shield Doctrine"

Leopards eat Florida's Face

Total Information Awareness, Rebooted

Iran: Deterrence has yet again failed - Now what?

A Reading from the Book of Blockchain

I didn't go to Harvard, but ...

Kristi Noem may be an imbecile - but Seven Democrats are even bigger ones.

Nothing Feels Urgent Anymore — And That Should Terrify You

God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America

The Election Didn’t Matter.

$TRUMP Is Just Feudalism with Blockchain Gas Fees

Played Like a Brexit Violin: Trump Was the Mark, Not the Mastermind.

TLM's Recommendations for May 2025

What Comes Next Isn’t a Debate. It’s a Test.

From Pontiff To Third Term?

“Ratf**ked?" How to Fight Back (Maybe)

OIL! Not just for Breakfast Anymore!

Dude, where's my student loan contract?

Am I Financially Screwed Forever?

The Threshold

Exile and Renewal

Renting your life.

Four and a Half Minutes to Midnight: The Sum of All Failures

PATRIMONIAL SURVIVAL CHECKLIST

Less Jackboots, More Jargon: How to Survive America’s New Patrimonialism

Taxes pay for nothing.

The United States of Whiplash

"I'll Leave If It Gets Bad": The Dangerous Lie That Keeps You Trapped

The Quiet Coup: How REDMAP Mutated Into a Governing Model

Thank you for your interest... now piss off

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No Story Left to Believe

It Only Breaks If You Break It

How “Ratf*ked” Reframes Our Understanding of American Democracy’s Collapse

America has never been wealthier: which is why you're flat broke.

Trump Nukes The Global Economy

This Week’s Programming Has Been Interrupted for Tariffs, Trials, and Techno-Fascism

TLM's Recommendations for April 2025

Reader Recommendations April 2025

You’re Not Losing. You’re Being Harvested

There Will Be No Third Term

The White House War on Dignity

They come for "them" before they come for "us"

What If There Are No Guardrails?

The System Isn’t Breaking — It’s Being Taken Apart

Leaving Wasn’t the Plan

Is Every Student Loan About to Be "Forgiven"? Probably Not. And That’s the Problem.

Every Student Loan is now "Forgiven" thanks to Trump.

Final Chapter: The Dictator's Playbook

Are We Already in "the Next War"?

Weaponizing the Legal System

Shut down the $#@&ing government already

The New Protectionism - Brand Rejection

Trade Wars, Mass Layoffs, and Constitutional Showdowns: Just another Week in "Trumerica."

How Trump’s War on the “Deep State” is Turning Government into a Crime Syndicate

Recession or Soft Landing: What Should You Do Right Now?

Europe Is Preparing for a World Without U.S. Leadership—Are We Ready for That?

How Trump Uses Media, Disinformation, and Public Perception to Secure Power

Seven Minutes to Midnight: Authoritarianism on the March

The Democracy Death Clock

Last Night’s Speech Was the Price List

Authoritarian Crackdowns, Market Meltdowns, and the Battle for Free Speech

The Great American Fire Sale: Tonight's Joint Session Speech

The Great American Exodus

The Day America Quit Global Leadership

Dear OPM, here's five more (again)

Reader Recommendations March 2025

TLM's Recommendations for March 2025

March 2025 Book - The Dictator's Handbook

Government Cost Cutting is Bullshit

TLM Expands – New Voices, More Depth, You Help Choose

The Iceberg Has Hit—America Is Taking on Water

The Erasure of America: Democracy Died And You Did Nothing

Tax Cuts for the Rich, Impeaching Judges, Redefining Citizenship, & Hoping the Economy (or Banking System) Doesn’t Tank

As Ukraine Fights On, America Turns Its Back

The Long Memo Book Club List

Democracy’s Long Goodbye: Neoliberals Set the World on Fire—Now the Far-Right Owns the Ashes

Dear Elon: Here’s Your Weekly Report, Now Shove It

The Long Memo Book Club

Want to take a star off the flag? Invade Canada.

Could Your Substack Post Land You on an FBI Watchlist?

Is Capitalism Broken?

The "Three Equal Branches" story is a lie

The first thing we do, let's kill all the billionaires.

The Gulf of Stupidity: Taxing the Poor, Enriching the Rich

Jane, you ignorant slut ...

About public service

The Vice President is wrong.

Do we really "Wanna Go Back to Dixie?"

Springtime for MAGA?

This is not a "Coup" but a criminal enterprise.

Trump Is Sending Immigrants to Guantanamo—And The Supreme Court Will Let Him

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Who owns Substack?

Oh, Canada ...

Join my new subscriber chat

President Trump cites FAA Diversity as potential reason for Reagan Airport Crash

People think Trump wants martial law? Ok, "Challenge Accepted."

OMB to OMG to WTF: Destroying the Republic one memo at a time.

Dear President Biden...

The End of Inclusion?

Two Feet, One Ass

Secession Isn’t Rebellion—It’s Retreat