# david brooks (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover david brooks. 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… ## [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… ## [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… ## [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 ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/87FTFhzhpJTN) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [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 ## [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,… ## [Autocrazi](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2026/05/autocart.html) _2026-05-24 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] Tesla has been hyping its autonomous taxi for years. It's really great and still "almost ready." The only problem is what to call it. Cybercab is taken. Robotaxi has been ruled a generic term, which Tesla must not appropriate. Elon Musk might try something close to his heart: Autocrat . Oops, I mean Autocart. ## [Death to America?](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2026/02/death-to-america.html) _2026-02-14 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] This week, Iranians were in the streets demonstrating again. These crowds weren’t protesting the current regime but celebrating the 47th year of the Iranian revolution, when the Shah was deposed and a religious Supreme Leader ascended to political dominance. The loyalists chanted the old phrase “Death to America!” This chant may not be a wish for the physical death of us… ## [TDS and Other Derangements](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2026/01/tds-and-other-derangements.html) _2026-01-21 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] Garrison Keillor is one of many accused of Trump Derangement Syndrome. He does not deny it. He even leans into it a bit and suggests a remedy . (He also flips the script and refers to Mr Deranger in a later post .) I too have been trying to deal with my TDS. It is easy to get bent out of shape by the ravings of an old man in a position of inflicting cruelty on millions, and… ## [Books (2026)](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2026/01/books-2026.html) _2026-01-06 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all my posts \] This is a continuation of last year's list , which continued an even earlier list of books . Woman of Light , by Kali Fajardo-Anstine. Beautifully written account of several generations of citizens of New Mexico and Colorado. The Winged Watchman , by Hilda van Stockum. An adventure story of kids growing up in occupied Netherlands during the last year or so of WW2. Straw Dogs… ## [Brutal Peace](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2025/11/brutal-peace.html) _2025-11-29 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] Crabbe and Goyle, in the Harry Potter book series, seem to like a bully. They are always willing to aid and abet, if not implement, the schemes of Draco Malfoy. They are not alone; consider American foreign policy. Imagine a schoolyard bully beating up a scrappy little kid for his lunch money. The bully is huge and has a reputation for brutality, so most kids stand back,… ## [Dissidents](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2025/09/dissidents.html) _2025-09-21 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] Two Russian dissidents, armed only with words and the force of public opinion, faced authoritarian regimes. Both were imprisoned for speaking out. One was exiled, the other killed. I recently read their memoirs: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Oak and the Calf Alexei Navalny: Patriot: A Memoir Navalny makes the point that the Soviet regime, which persecuted Solzhenitsyn, was… ## [Insurance](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2025/09/insurance.html) _2025-09-05 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] When I buy an appliance or tool or electronic gizmo, the cashier often asks if I want insurance. I say no. If I've done my homework, I assume that my purchase is reasonably reliable. I may end up with a lemon, and then I'll need to repurchase, provided I still want the thing. But I assume the company offering insurance has done their homework, and so, odds are, I won't need… ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NKRrk6HQkehc) _2025-09-05 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Twits](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2025/08/tyrants-are-twits.html) _2025-08-23 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] "If I were King for a day." You may have said, as I have, what you might do if you were king or queen for a day. We have an idea of what would make the world a better place. If only we could enact the idea... Typically we would use the opportunity to ban some petty pet peeve. Such an act might, possibly, make the world a better place. Frankly, if I were king for a day, I… ## [Efficiency](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2025/06/efficiency.html) _2025-06-03 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] When asked whether it was OK to let low-income Americans die, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) responded that "we are all going to die." Ernst was right. We are all going to die. To be human is to be mortal. Mortals die. Justifying letting people die is a bit of a jump though. That's taking efficiency a bit far, don't you think? The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may… ## [Substack](https://yadontknow.blogspot.com/2025/05/substack.html) _2025-05-29 · noreply@blogger.com (Tim Slager) · Ya, I dunno_ \[ TOC: all blog posts \] I've decided to branch out. I'll be posting new entries on Substack as well as here. Blogger has served me reasonably well, but about the time I got a few subscribers, Google informed me that they no longer supported subscriptions. On occasion someone would ask me why I wasn't writing anymore or whether I was. So I would send a link with my latest, but that didn't help for…