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/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/3mujgeohxdc23https://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3muhsrgtyw22fIn the 1960s, if you heard someone talk like this, you could safely assume they were not a supporter of the civil rights movement. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhsrgtyw22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mu5eraqwws2v“In total, three survivors were rescued. None were charged with a crime: two were released, and one remains hospitalised.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5eraqwws2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mu55u4ifbs2gIf we’re calling it a “speakeasy” then some laws better be transgressed.28 Aug 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu55u4ifbs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mu4wyk5klc2g"The Kremlin has warned Ukraine that if the country goes ahead with a planned agreement on free trade with the EU, it faces inevitable financial catastrophe and possibly the collapse of the state." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/22/ukraine-european-union-trade-russia [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4wyk5klc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mu4wk7xovc2g"This technology is vital to meeting mission demands, ensuring officer safety, and achieving the President’s public safety and immigration enforcement priorities," ICE says of the 6,000 pairs of electric-shocking gloves it just purchased. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4b1026a0eef443aa99720cab59f1a6a0/view28 Aug 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4wk7xovc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mu4v6tfp722gIt is statistically likely that someone identified as a “Democratic strategist” has something useful to say. But the search continues. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4v6tfp722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/charliearchy.bsky.social/post/3mu4tpeqsmc2gGuy had his dad yell at the coach and now he’s starting the next game. Pathetic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:ldtdnoxaint7yzelpnpljwes/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4tpeqsmc2g