Motherfucker, second time Glenn’s written this, I call bullshit. The Glenn show is a religion, whenever Glenn gets tired of whatever political tribe he’s in he just testifies, asks for forgiveness, and then does the opposite of whatever he was just doing.
To the sane intellectuals weighing in and saying what needs to be said—speaking out against the excesses of an incumbent administration and its agents—from a place that is not merely a braying and predictable echo from the relay chamber of the opposition, but rather speaking up for the greater cause: the invisible shelter of the house in which the left and right stand and argue, unaware of the enormous inheritance of privilege that allows them to be so free and empowered when so many people in the world cannot, and when, for most of human history, such freedom was not possible.
To you sane voices, thank you for speaking, it is so necessary and so critical. My only criticism and matched concern is that it is too little too late.
Too little, too late.
Even now, as vital and refreshing as your voice and reason is to the public conversations it is too little, too soft, too meek, and somewhat too late. The contagion has spread too far, the fire is burning too hot.
You cannot grind the jagged edges and deep fractures away with a polishing cloth.
Find your iron, find your grit. Sure, we don’t need more fuel for the fire but we also don’t need a wineglass of cordial when an airdrop of fire retardant wouldn’t make a dent.
And for the sake of the founding fathers and the welfare of all Americans, alive or still to open their eyes to the unfolding trouble that is arriving whether your house were divided or not—or the sake of all who sweated and bled, who gave their lives for the freedoms you had and those you still have, find a way to make coming together under common cause more important than your individual projects of decorous thought leadership. Speaking wisely and even stridently from the gentlemanly soapbox of your corner of the internet is wonderful, but not near enough. Wisdom in the end is that which is most necessary and what is most necessary right now is leadership and visibile solidarity.
Find the others, and find a way.
Please, while it is still possible to do something. What got us here will not get us there. Yesterday it was disappointing. Today it’s deeply troubling, tomorrow it will be dire, at some point what we call dire will be the least of our worries.
Every issue you mention *had* a debate in progress, for those who were interested. Trump's "shake up" of those debates just made all of them worse, injecting misinformation, and aggressively misinformed people.
You were still wrong about one thing: Trump should have been convicted by the Senate in the 2021 impeachment and barred from running for office again. That conviction would have given impetus to the criminal cases, and he’d be behind bars right now — where he belongs. Instead, everyone pussyfooted around, ignoring plain readings of both statutory law and the Constitution, giving him passes on outlandish illegality. Instead of just enforcing the laws, folks wrung their hands for 4 years over how Trump’s crowd would react to it. Now just look where that’s gotten us! He’s back in the Oval Office, and practically everything of real significance his new admin is doing is either flat-out illegal or at best legally dubious. He was given passes on blatant criminality, and now he expects them.
Wanted to share this piece with you—it breaks down how Trump’s stunning power grab is reshaping the U.S. government in real time, why Elon Musk is at the center of it, and how Democrats are still playing by rules that no longer exist.
It lays out how Trump isn’t just governing—he’s dismantling, gutting oversight, and setting the stage for a second Trump *era*, not just a second term. Most importantly, it outlines exactly how Democrats can fight back before it’s too late.
This isn’t just bad policy—it’s a full-blown crisis.
Would love to hear your thoughts when you have a minute.
Black Lives Matter an issue of importance to ‘24 voters? You’re joking or seriously out of touch. Especially re such a corrupt organization pretending to represent racial ‘justice’.
Glenn, I have a great deal of respect for you. I have appreciated the conversations you and Dr. McWhorter have engaged in with honesty and courage.
I am looking at your mea culpa here after Trump has won the 2024 race. I wonder if your thoughts have changed any. It has been a few months since your videos have appeared as regularly as they once did in my YouTube feeds.
As Trump begins to end wars, improve the economy, expose the corruption in the Deep State, have RFK, Jr. expose the corruption in Big Pharma, the FDA, and to move toward a healthier American future in all of these ways, I feel you will come to some measured conclusion that will sound something like, “Pugnacious, sophomoric jerks might, however unexpectedly, make the best leaders in a culture like ours.”
Hey Jamie, wanted to check in! How are you feeling about the ending of wars and improving of the economy? How are you feeling about a healthier American future?
Character is destiny in so many ways. I did not vote for Trump. I don't think he held up any values apart from his love of himself and of power. He worked very, very hard but that in itself is nothing to admire if the ultimate goal is to have a gangster's grip on America. He's been called great many things but to me both those praising him and those calling him names missed the only relevant reality: that he never cared about anything or anyone except for himself. That was obvious to me. Fran Liebowitz, one of my heroines, isolated the basics: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fran+liebowitz+on+donald+trump+&t=newext&atb=v225-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYMqeQiXtK8U
Motherfucker, second time Glenn’s written this, I call bullshit. The Glenn show is a religion, whenever Glenn gets tired of whatever political tribe he’s in he just testifies, asks for forgiveness, and then does the opposite of whatever he was just doing.
Oh wait never mind, this is reposting the first one, oh well.
Open Letter to the Sane
To the sane intellectuals weighing in and saying what needs to be said—speaking out against the excesses of an incumbent administration and its agents—from a place that is not merely a braying and predictable echo from the relay chamber of the opposition, but rather speaking up for the greater cause: the invisible shelter of the house in which the left and right stand and argue, unaware of the enormous inheritance of privilege that allows them to be so free and empowered when so many people in the world cannot, and when, for most of human history, such freedom was not possible.
To you sane voices, thank you for speaking, it is so necessary and so critical. My only criticism and matched concern is that it is too little too late.
Too little, too late.
Even now, as vital and refreshing as your voice and reason is to the public conversations it is too little, too soft, too meek, and somewhat too late. The contagion has spread too far, the fire is burning too hot.
You cannot grind the jagged edges and deep fractures away with a polishing cloth.
Find your iron, find your grit. Sure, we don’t need more fuel for the fire but we also don’t need a wineglass of cordial when an airdrop of fire retardant wouldn’t make a dent.
And for the sake of the founding fathers and the welfare of all Americans, alive or still to open their eyes to the unfolding trouble that is arriving whether your house were divided or not—or the sake of all who sweated and bled, who gave their lives for the freedoms you had and those you still have, find a way to make coming together under common cause more important than your individual projects of decorous thought leadership. Speaking wisely and even stridently from the gentlemanly soapbox of your corner of the internet is wonderful, but not near enough. Wisdom in the end is that which is most necessary and what is most necessary right now is leadership and visibile solidarity.
Find the others, and find a way.
Please, while it is still possible to do something. What got us here will not get us there. Yesterday it was disappointing. Today it’s deeply troubling, tomorrow it will be dire, at some point what we call dire will be the least of our worries.
No one else is coming.
Good grief
Are people only now starting to wake up to who Trump is?
Name one thing you were right about.
Meh, you’re wrong again.
Worse, you are only a legend in your mind.
Every issue you mention *had* a debate in progress, for those who were interested. Trump's "shake up" of those debates just made all of them worse, injecting misinformation, and aggressively misinformed people.
Sick puppy
You were still wrong about one thing: Trump should have been convicted by the Senate in the 2021 impeachment and barred from running for office again. That conviction would have given impetus to the criminal cases, and he’d be behind bars right now — where he belongs. Instead, everyone pussyfooted around, ignoring plain readings of both statutory law and the Constitution, giving him passes on outlandish illegality. Instead of just enforcing the laws, folks wrung their hands for 4 years over how Trump’s crowd would react to it. Now just look where that’s gotten us! He’s back in the Oval Office, and practically everything of real significance his new admin is doing is either flat-out illegal or at best legally dubious. He was given passes on blatant criminality, and now he expects them.
Wanted to share this piece with you—it breaks down how Trump’s stunning power grab is reshaping the U.S. government in real time, why Elon Musk is at the center of it, and how Democrats are still playing by rules that no longer exist.
It lays out how Trump isn’t just governing—he’s dismantling, gutting oversight, and setting the stage for a second Trump *era*, not just a second term. Most importantly, it outlines exactly how Democrats can fight back before it’s too late.
This isn’t just bad policy—it’s a full-blown crisis.
Would love to hear your thoughts when you have a minute.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jasonegenberg/p/the-rules-are-dead-the-game-has-changed?r=3nm35j&utm_medium=ios
I've read lots of hilarious satire on substack over the last few weeks.
But I appreciate you pointing out the necessity of convincing 15 to 20 million people somehow...
Oh please.
Black Lives Matter an issue of importance to ‘24 voters? You’re joking or seriously out of touch. Especially re such a corrupt organization pretending to represent racial ‘justice’.
Glenn, I have a great deal of respect for you. I have appreciated the conversations you and Dr. McWhorter have engaged in with honesty and courage.
I am looking at your mea culpa here after Trump has won the 2024 race. I wonder if your thoughts have changed any. It has been a few months since your videos have appeared as regularly as they once did in my YouTube feeds.
As Trump begins to end wars, improve the economy, expose the corruption in the Deep State, have RFK, Jr. expose the corruption in Big Pharma, the FDA, and to move toward a healthier American future in all of these ways, I feel you will come to some measured conclusion that will sound something like, “Pugnacious, sophomoric jerks might, however unexpectedly, make the best leaders in a culture like ours.”
Any thoughts?
Hey Jamie, wanted to check in! How are you feeling about the ending of wars and improving of the economy? How are you feeling about a healthier American future?
No idea what you are trying to say.
Ouch
Character is destiny in so many ways. I did not vote for Trump. I don't think he held up any values apart from his love of himself and of power. He worked very, very hard but that in itself is nothing to admire if the ultimate goal is to have a gangster's grip on America. He's been called great many things but to me both those praising him and those calling him names missed the only relevant reality: that he never cared about anything or anyone except for himself. That was obvious to me. Fran Liebowitz, one of my heroines, isolated the basics: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fran+liebowitz+on+donald+trump+&t=newext&atb=v225-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYMqeQiXtK8U