# 2028 election (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover 2028 election. Page: Feed: --- ## [Dear Mr. President, HELP!](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/dear-mr-president-help.html) _2026-08-21 · driftglass · driftglass_ Mr. President Trump, sir, I swear, the Illinois Republican party has lost its damn mind. Pardon the swear but I'm just SO MAD at them. Their about to go into battle with the forces of EVIL and COMMUNISM right here in the Lard of Lincoln and I just heard there going to do it without there GREATEST GENERAL. At a time when the Dumocraps have sew much MONEY, they told the papers they're going to do it… ## [Professional Left Podcast Episode 1016: F\*\*k Civility](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/professional-left-podcast-episode-1016.html) _2026-08-21 · driftglass · driftglass_ "The tone policing of respectability ensures that the fight for equality becomes the responsibility of the oppressed." -- Mikki Kendall driftglass ## [The More Frums Change...](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-more-frums-change.html) _2026-08-21 · driftglass · driftglass_ ...the more Frums stay the same. I'll spare you the article because, A) it's paywalled and, B) this BlueSky post says it all. this is refreshingly direct about the bargain many Never Trumpers thought they were making, which is that they would simply take over the Democratic Party and that everyone else would shut up and be grateful www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... \[image or embed\] — Alex… ## [Looky Who's Getting A Glow Up From Our "Allies"](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/looky-whos-getting-glow-up-from-our.html) _2026-08-20 · driftglass · driftglass_ Once they were let into our Big Tent, unrepentant and ambitious to "reform" our party to their liking... And once their friends in the media helped them colonize what little was left of the "Liberal" media and banish actual Liberals who had been right all along to the realm of the Neverborn... ...it was as inevitable as night following day that they would use their growing influence to… ## [Hit Dogs Holler: Modern Lessons from a Vintage Freakout](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/hit-dogs-holler-modern-lessons-from.html) _2026-08-20 · driftglass · driftglass_ On the next episode of the Professional Left Podcast, we will be taking a deep dive into the long history of Republicans wildly overreacting. (Spoiler: It didn't start with Natalie Harp.) And I thought one of the examples we pulled from the archives might be of special interest today. It's from a November 2005 column in The New York Times by the most ubiquitous Conservative writer in America, who… ## [Bond vigilantes are back, warns deVere boss](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/19/bond-vigilantes-are-back-warns-devere-boss/) _2026-08-19 · fm · Financial Mirror_ Bond vigilantes are back and equities are about to find out what that costs, the CEO of leading independent financial advisory deVere Group has warned. On Mondy, 30-year US government borrowing costs pushed to levels unseen since 2007, dragging stocks lower for a third straight session and forcing investors to reprice risk across every asset class at once. “Bond vigilantes never went away, they… ## [Man Overboard! (to coin a phrase)](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4310) _2026-08-19 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 12 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.4mb Kevin Reed reports at the World Socialist Web Site: The President’s response encapsulates the contempt of the entire ruling elite for the conditions of sailors and other military men and women in the war against Iran. For personnel who have spent more than 250 consecutive days \[…\] ## [Defenders start to line up for 2028 presidential seat](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/18/defenders-start-to-line-up-for-2028-presidential-seat/) _2026-08-18 · Guest Columnist · Financial Mirror_ By Chris Michael In politics, as in life, there are always those who sense when circumstances are becoming favourable and hasten to present themselves as the answer to the country’s problems. With the 2028 presidential election not too far away, the debate over possible candidates has already begun. And with it comes the familiar appearance of the self-appointed “saviours” — those who seek to… ## [The Amplification of Memes](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-amplification-of-names.html) _2026-08-18 · driftglass · driftglass_ No, it's not always this linear. Often it's recursive. But I wanted to make it so simple that a child could understand it. For example, early on, Trump won over the mob by speaking to them in their political mother tongue -- the language and lies of Hate Radio and Fox News. Later, Trump's lies and slanders got message-tested on MAGA bigots and imbeciles at his rallies. When they cheered, that line… ## [US-Iran deadlock pushes WTI above $82](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/17/us-iran-deadlock-pushes-wti-above-82/) _2026-08-17 · fm · Financial Mirror_ West Texas Intermediate advanced on Monday to trade around $82.10, up 0.70% on the day. Crude oil prices remain supported by the deadlock between the United States and Iran, which keeps concerns about oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz elevated. The prospects for a full reopening of the Strait remain uncertain as talks between Washington and Tehran appear to have reached a standstill. Iranian… ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tLrvpQ9KrGfJ) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Can't Stop Won't Stop](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/cant-stop-wont-stop.html) _2026-08-16 · driftglass · driftglass_ This was a lead story in The New York Times today. The short answer, which is actually rather long, is "No". This is roughly the 12,258th "think piece" on progressive outsiders winning a few Democratic primaries. It's nearing the "But Her Emails" saturation point. And these articles tend to come either in one of two flavors. First, Dire!Warnings! cursing Democrats for risking dooming us all by not… ## [Pop Quiz](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/pop-quiz.html) _2026-08-15 · driftglass · driftglass_ I've done some very minor tailoring to this column to turn it into a fun puzzle for the whole family! So... Who said it? When? About what? Go. \_\_\_ and the Polls There's a reason George Washington didn't take a poll at Valley Forge. There are times in the course of war when the outcome is simply unknowable. Victory is clearly not imminent, yet people haven't really thought through the consequences… ## [The Lincoln Curse?](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-lincoln-curse.html) _2026-08-15 · driftglass · driftglass_ As you probably already know, Donald Trump has turned the USS Abraham Lincoln into a floating gulag for any sailor unlucky enough to be stationed there: Trump says record USS Lincoln deployment 'not nearly long enough' President Donald Trump reacted to reports of poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln on Friday, claiming that families of service members are "not" concerned and saying that the… ## [Out Of Missiles](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4300) _2026-08-14 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 12 x 16 inch high-res color .jpg image, 2mb According to this Reuters report from a week or so back, the USA is basically running out of missiles in Iran. Like, actually running the hell out. I can’t pretend I’m not enjoying this. Meanwhile, this goddamn fat-ass loser still insists that Iran won’t have a \[…\] ## [Professional Left Podcast Episode 1015: James and the Giant Screech](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/professional-left-podcast-episode-1015.html) _2026-08-14 · driftglass · driftglass_ “A ll is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" -- said sarcastically by Voltaire. driftglass ## [Silver resumes uptrend, bulls aiming for $67](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/12/silver-resumes-uptrend-bulls-aiming-for-67/) _2026-08-12 · fm · Financial Mirror_ Silver has returned to levels a few cents above $66.00 in Wednesday’s European session after finding support at the $64.20 area on Tuesday. XAGUSD keeps the bullish trend from early August lows in the mid-$56.00s range, with bulls aiming for the $67.15 resistance area ahead of the release of July’s US Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, due later in the day. Technical analysis indicates that a… ## [Three Bessent actions that investors cannot ignore](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/12/three-bessent-actions-that-investors-cannot-ignore/) _2026-08-12 · fm · Financial Mirror_ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s three coordinated moves this week signal Washington is worried about something bigger than yields, according to the CEO of a leading independent financial advisory. In what traders and strategists read as a coordinated response to a bond market under real strain, the 30-year Treasury yield climbed above 5.2% following the Federal Reserve’s July 29 meeting, its… ## [Professional Left Podcast Episode 1014: The New Red Scare](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/professional-left-podcast-episode-1014.html) _2026-08-12 · driftglass · driftglass_ “ You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.” ― Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People driftglass ## [Shock US jobs report ends case for September rate hike](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/11/shock-us-jobs-report-ends-case-for-september-rate-hike/) _2026-08-11 · fm · Financial Mirror_ A shock US jobs report has all but ended the case for a September rate hike, according to the CEO of a leading independent financial advisory. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that the US economy shed 23,000 jobs in July, a sharp reversal from the roughly 80,000 to 95,000 gain economists had forecast. The unemployment rate tickled down to 4.1% from 4.2%, but that improvement was… ## [Guterres, an unreliable and political Pontius Pilate](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/11/guterres-an-unreliable-and-political-pontius-pilate/) _2026-08-11 · Guest Columnist · Financial Mirror_ By Chris Michael As António Guterres approaches the end of his second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations, the record of his leadership deserves more than a ceremonial farewell. It warrants scrutiny. His tenure has coincided with some of the most consequential international crises of recent decades: wars, humanitarian emergencies and deepening geopolitical divisions. Yet, the UN has… ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Yxl52VRSDG5C) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [WTI jumps 3% on Iran conditions for Hormuz reopening](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/10/wti-jumps-3-on-iran-conditions-for-hormuz-reopening/) _2026-08-10 · fm · Financial Mirror_ West Texas Intermediate rose 3.20% on Monday and traded around $78.80, with crude oil prices retaining strong daily gains, supported by uncertainty surrounding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and persistent tensions in the Middle East. The Strait remains at the centre of market attention due to its strategic importance for world energy supplies. Around 20% of global energy supply passes… ## [David Brooks' Toxic Centrism Remains Undefeated](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/david-brooks-toxic-centrism-remains.html) _2026-08-08 · driftglass · driftglass_ You can take the boy out of \[checks notes\] The Wall Street Journal, The Neocon Weekly Standard, The New York Fucking Times, Meet The Press, PBS and NPR... ...but you can't take The Wall Street Journal, The Neocon Weekly Standard, The New York Fucking Times, Meet The Press, PBS and NPR out of the boy. From The PBS NewsHour yesterday: David Brooks: Voters in almost every presidential race, I think,… ## [The Republican Party's Two Sets of Books](https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-republican-partys-two-sets-of-books.html) _2026-08-07 · driftglass · driftglass_ As most of you know, on this blog, on our podcast, and on stage and screen, I have long maintained a particular theory about how the Republican Party got itself into this mess. They kept two sets of books. The first set of books was for the rubes, the bigots and the chucklefucks, who make up the Republican base. And those books were full of absolute nonsense. Liberals are baby killing,… ## [DISY’s succession battle eyes 2028 presidency](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/06/disys-succession-battle-eyes-2028-presidency/) _2026-08-06 · fm · Financial Mirror_ By Chris Michael The early decision by Averof Neophytou to signal his intention to seek the Democratic Rally’s (DISY) nomination for next presidential election in Cyprus has opened what is likely to become a prolonged internal debate within the centre-right party — almost two years before the formal selection process begins. The move, regardless of its immediate political calculations, has brought… ## [Stablecoins just went mainstream, but investors haven’t caught up yet](https://www.financialmirror.com/2026/08/06/stablecoins-just-went-mainstream-but-investors-havent-caught-up-yet/) _2026-08-06 · fm · Financial Mirror_ Stablecoins just moved to a core financial infrastructure, and most investors haven’t caught up yet, according to the CEO of a leading independent financial advisory. Mastercard completed its acquisition of BVNK, the London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, in a deal worth up to $1.8 bln, including $300 mln in performance-linked payments. It marks Mastercard’s largest move yet into digital… ## [The People Say “Stop The War”, The Democrats Say “Hold My Beer”](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4295) _2026-08-05 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 14×14 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 722 kb “…Under conditions of mass popular opposition to the war, which is being used by the Trump administration as a pretext to cut food stamps and other social services, the position of the Democratic Party is not ‘Stop the war’, but ‘Win the war!'” –Andre Damon reporting at \[…\] ## [Proposed Iran War Memorial Wall](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4289) _2026-07-24 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 11×17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.5mb (Full title: “Proposed Iran War Memorial Wall With Off-Ramp Bouquet”) There’s something stiffening out there right now, but it sure as hell isn’t Pete’s “resolve”, if you know what I’m sayin’. Along with this particular concept, I’m thinking of something a bit broader in scope, perhaps with the \[…\] ## [Screwed Blue And Tattooed](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4284) _2026-07-08 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 14.3 x 12 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.7mb As I post this, we’re still waiting to hear if the Nazi tattoo-wearing, woman-harassing, domestic violence-committing ex-Abu Ghraib prison guard DNC Senatorial candidate is going to stay in the race, or if the DNC will have to drag Susan Collins out of her oxygen tent. More \[…\] ## [There’s No “P” In Our Ool](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4279) _2026-06-27 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 11×17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.1mb When I first peeped that aerial shot on Reuters, it wouldn’t leave my mind. On the one hand, it’s another bucket of your garden-variety shallow-ass Liberal pearl-clutching at seeing the Evil Orange Man giving the job of restoring the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to a company which contributed \[…\] ## [Baby, Baby, Baby, You’re Out Of Drones](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4276) _2026-06-19 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 10 x 18 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 832kb I didn’t even bother to contain my glee as I read the news of US and Israeli stocks of missiles and drones dwindling to rock-bottom levels as the US and Israel pissed it away on decoys, empty buildings and other bum targets in Iran this past \[…\] ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fKsIsOhfYkxN) _2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Peak Liberal no. 3](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4273) _2026-06-11 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 13 x 14″ high-res color .jpg image, 1.3mb Dear Liberal Amerika: SHUT the HELL UP about the 2024 election. Just shut the goddamn hell up RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. Your party supported fascism and genocide even though it meant defeat, and now they’re collaborating with fascists every chance they get. Hell, they just nominated a \[…\] ## [Tap The Brakes](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4268) _2026-05-27 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ 11 x 17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 2.4mb Trump taps the brakes…? “Taps the brakes”? JEEzus, they’re really breaking the Goofy Meter over at the Washington Times these days. F’crissake, that bloated-ass smashmouth sonofabitch probably hasn’t done his own driving for a single day of his goddamn life. 11 x 17 inch high-res color \[…\] ## [Laura “Isis” Sullivan, Photographer: an Appreciation](https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4261) _2026-05-23 · mike flugennock · Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons, Information Terrorism_ Just the other night, I learned of the passing of my friend and comrade, photographer Laura Sullivan – a.k.a. “Isis” – earlier this month. I first became friends with Isis and her husband-to-be Michael Sullivan (a.k.a. “the Cubster”) in the late summer of 2007, when Isis and I were on the editorial board of the \[…\] ## [Eaton Fire #18: Zero Containment](https://themikerothschild.com/2026/04/09/eaton-fire-18-zero-containment/) _2026-04-09 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ An update on the future of my writing about the Eaton Fire ## [Return of the Cranks](https://themikerothschild.com/2026/03/16/return-of-the-cranks/) _2026-03-16 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ The clown car of cranks and conspiracy theorists who made millions off 2020 election denial are back, and they're more desperate than ever. ## [QAnon vs. Infowars, Part One](https://themikerothschild.com/2026/02/24/qanon-vs-infowars-part-one/) _2026-02-24 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ It’s purely a coincidence that this piece about the early days of QAnon is coming out a few days after I learned about the death of 8chan founder turned 8chan opponent Fredrick Brennan. Fred was omnipresent in the first year of organized pushback against Q, including appearing with me on the first big podcast I \[…\] ## [Twilight of the Scolds](https://themikerothschild.com/2026/02/11/bad-bunny-maga-culture-war/) _2026-02-11 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ What TPUSA halftime viewers got definitely was not edgy, transgressive, or cool. Instead, it was sweaty and desperate. It insisted on its own importance, while actually having none. And it might have been the worst thing you can possibly be in a culture war fight - it was boring. ## [If You’re Not a Nazi, You Don’t Act Like a Nazi](https://themikerothschild.com/2026/01/28/kanye-nazi/) _2026-01-28 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ No matter how heartfelt and sincere Kanye West's apology is, you can't say what said and do what he did without either meaning it or wanting people to think you mean it. At some point, there is no difference. ## [Eaton Fire #17: A Year of Swimming Up a Waterfall](https://themikerothschild.com/2026/01/07/eaton-fire-17-a-year-of-swimming-up-a-waterfall/) _2026-01-07 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ Nothing epitomizes our year of rebuilding after the Eaton Fire like the endless battle between our mortgage company and our sanity. ## [Trump’s Third Term Scare](https://themikerothschild.com/2025/10/28/trumps-third-term-scare/) _2025-10-28 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ We have courts and laws, and while Trump can just do a lot of things by himself as president, running for a third term is not one of those things. ## [When the President Lies About You](https://themikerothschild.com/2025/10/16/trumpfires/) _2025-10-16 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ The president's relentless lying about "breaking in" to release water from a giant spigot to put out the LA fires is harming survivors and making himself into the "real" victim of the disaster. ## [The Performative Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk](https://themikerothschild.com/2025/09/22/the-performative-martyrdom-of-charlie-kirk/) _2025-09-22 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ When Charlie Kirk's killer wasn't who the right needed him to be, they responded with a public ritual of mourning designed to turn a meaningless death into martyrdom. ## [This is How Stupid They Think You Are](https://themikerothschild.com/2025/09/10/trump-epstein-cartoon/) _2025-09-10 · Mike Rothschild · Mike Rothschild_ Conspiracy theories flourish when the lie is more palatable than the truth. What truth could be less palatable than Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein sharing "wonderful secrets" together?