Founder, @TheRedoubt.net. American journalist in Vienna. Subscribe: TheRedoubt.net/subscribe Cohost, @critical-support.bsky.social Signal: @charlesdavis.13https://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mx4tgi4cmc22Matt Yglesias and Ezra Klein both have beards now and they went from "dude's annoying" to "I honestly think they might be evil." [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4tgi4cmc22https://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mwtcmr56ic2oI’m spiritually ready for Reddit Atheism II [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtcmr56ic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mwtbjtvvhs2oI see we’ve temporarily abandoned the incoherent theory that “crime stats are fake.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtbjtvvhs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mwsgl5cbls2m"It’s hard to admit this from a modern perspective, but historical fascism’s lust for violence didn’t make it repulsive but extremely attractive to a lot of German voters." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/hitler-lazy-criminal-slept-until-noon-rise-nazis-wrong01 Oct 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsgl5cbls2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mwbfb2z5622u [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbfb2z5622uhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mwavlzgjhs2uRECONSTRUCTION II vs. “I would rather move the ball forward to the benefit of the American people.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwavlzgjhs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mw6tb2jxfc2vTo "demonstrate capabilities," the Trump admin. asked would-be vendors to submit voter data for Fulton County, Georgia, among a handful of other jurisdictions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6tb2jxfc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mvbbkqjctc2lI don’t think it’s the only or greatest evil in the world today, but looking back at 25 years of US military action since 9/11 — tens of thousands of dead, conservatively — does remind me why I’m bothered by the liberal-branded American Exceptionalism you often find on here.11 Sep 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbbkqjctc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mvb3igsvzk26In Wildwood, New Jersey, there was a place on the boardwalk where you could pay to fire a paintball guy at a teenage employee dressed as an Arab caricature. At one point it was billed as a chance to "Shoot an Iraqi." [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb3igsvzk26https://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mv6d2srpls2v“This goes beyond the racism that many of us grew up with in the 1970s. Rather it is a return to the 1930s, where those dressed in blackshirts gathered on the streets under the banner of fascism.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6d2srpls2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mv2yslrohc2eBeyond the politics of it, I’m always struck by just how bad NYT headlines are. A whole newsroom — a team of editors making >$200k — and the best you can come up with is “Trump Adds New Claim”? [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2yslrohc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3muyyeyy6qs2qIn Austria, young fascists are breaking out the calipers and trying to find "Aryan bones" in each other's skulls. And then at least some are getting jobs in parliament, employed by the far-right FPÖ, @derstandard.at reports. https://www.theredoubt.net/aryan-bones-austrias-fascist-youth-are-bringing-back-weird-nazi-pseudo-science/08 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyyeyy6qs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3muzbhnwlm22qWearing sunglasses, inside, my face reddening from alcohol. Everyone thinks I'm so cool as I begin to talk about The Jews. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzbhnwlm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3muyyeyy6qs2qIn Austria, young fascists are breaking out the calipers and trying to find "Aryan bones" in each other's skulls. And then at least some are getting jobs in parliament, employed by the far-right FPÖ, @derstandard.at reports. https://www.theredoubt.net/aryan-bones-austrias-fascist-youth-are-bringing-back-weird-nazi-pseudo-science/08 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyyeyy6qs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mujgeohxdc23It's incredible how you can say "the working class" was "once" part of the Democratic coalition even when a clear majority of the working class votes for Democrats. It's just accepted that we obviously mean "white."02 Sep 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujgeohxdc23