Luke Baumgartner
@lbaum94.bsky.social
PhD Student at UMass Lowell | Criminology/Terrorism Studies | Specialist in far-right and military extremism | NATO Shill | U.S. Army Veteran 🇺🇸
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Luke Baumgartner
@lbaum94.bsky.social
· Apr 6
Alright, I've been on a reading kick this year, so I figured I'd start a book thread with my thoughts and critiques. I'm not literary critic, but I'll give it the ole college try. These are in no particular order of when I've read them this year.
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I didn't mention this in the article, but worth writing here; these groups openly advocate against other larger Nazi groups active right now, specifically naming groups such as Blood Tribe, GDL, and PF / Patriot Youth. They hope to violently destroy ~the system~, not control it like others.
September 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I didn't mention this in the article, but worth writing here; these groups openly advocate against other larger Nazi groups active right now, specifically naming groups such as Blood Tribe, GDL, and PF / Patriot Youth. They hope to violently destroy ~the system~, not control it like others.
Undergraduate newspapers do better reporting and have better journalistic ethics than this fucking rag.
skipped a pretty key step in the movie review process here
September 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Undergraduate newspapers do better reporting and have better journalistic ethics than this fucking rag.
Welp, I’ve come face to face with my first experience grading an assignment that induced the thought of “this could make me the face of a conservative smear campaign.”
September 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Welp, I’ve come face to face with my first experience grading an assignment that induced the thought of “this could make me the face of a conservative smear campaign.”
Adding this question to the list containing such questions like:
“Who was president in 2020?”
“Who was president in 2020?”
Habibi, who confirmed RFK Jr.?
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) on Wednesday said the nation’s worst measles outbreak in the United States in 35 years is “going to be a terrible legacy for this administration,” citing recent deaths in Pennsylvania.
September 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Adding this question to the list containing such questions like:
“Who was president in 2020?”
“Who was president in 2020?”
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US taxpayers continue to bankroll a genocide
Breaking news: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, the largest single sale of the controversial munitions in recent years, a U.S. official told The Post.
Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years
The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets up a potential litmus test for Democrats.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
US taxpayers continue to bankroll a genocide
Taylor Lorenz has a phone-shaped hole in her brain.
Can social media be addictive?
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
September 16, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Taylor Lorenz has a phone-shaped hole in her brain.
Professor asked to bum a Zyn off me. Safe to say I think I found my advisor.
September 15, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Professor asked to bum a Zyn off me. Safe to say I think I found my advisor.
There’s only one reason why you’re anti-antifascist. And it’s not a good one.
Exclusive: Pentagon employee Jennica Pounds aka
@datarepublican.bsky.social put antifascist websites under a bright light, calling them an "elaborate doxxing scheme."
Some of the sites exposed violent extremists before they were prosecuted by the USG for terrorism. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
@datarepublican.bsky.social put antifascist websites under a bright light, calling them an "elaborate doxxing scheme."
Some of the sites exposed violent extremists before they were prosecuted by the USG for terrorism. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Pentagon insider smears antifascists who unmasked Nazi terrorists later convicted by DOJ
Days after the State Department designated an Italian tech group as a terrorist entity, thousands of antifascist sites on its web hosting service wound up on a searchable online research tool describe...
www.rawstory.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
There’s only one reason why you’re anti-antifascist. And it’s not a good one.
Okay, now that I have a passport, where in Europe should I go during my winter break this year?
September 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Okay, now that I have a passport, where in Europe should I go during my winter break this year?
Listen to @bloodwork.show
The Houthi-aligned Bani Hashish tribes are massing in preparation to “liberate” the remaining Yemeni territory outside Houthi control. It’s a sea of Toyotas with mounted machine guns. I think this is what we should mean when we say Toyotathon from now on.
September 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Listen to @bloodwork.show
Perfect song to cry in the shower to, IMHO. Don’t ask why. No personal experience. No sir.
September 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Perfect song to cry in the shower to, IMHO. Don’t ask why. No personal experience. No sir.
Having to watch the Panthers put up 21 points on the Bears with 8 minutes left in the 2nd quarter is painful.
September 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Having to watch the Panthers put up 21 points on the Bears with 8 minutes left in the 2nd quarter is painful.
Heaven gets TWO Che Guevaras?
September 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Heaven gets TWO Che Guevaras?
It is Rosh Hashanah, my dudes.
September 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
It is Rosh Hashanah, my dudes.
“But won’t you think of our evil donors who don’t want their names publicly identified? What will THEY think if you speak ill of the crown?”
Meanwhile institutions that claim to be nonpartisan and study extremism are doing flips on it for going after leftists.
Here's a gift link to my 9/11 essay in the NYT.
Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them.
We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person.
Well here we are.
Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them.
We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person.
Well here we are.
September 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“But won’t you think of our evil donors who don’t want their names publicly identified? What will THEY think if you speak ill of the crown?”
Meanwhile institutions that claim to be nonpartisan and study extremism are doing flips on it for going after leftists.
Here's a gift link to my 9/11 essay in the NYT.
Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them.
We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person.
Well here we are.
Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them.
We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person.
Well here we are.
Opinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)
The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true.
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Meanwhile institutions that claim to be nonpartisan and study extremism are doing flips on it for going after leftists.
Ted Cruz is a vile anti-Muslim bigot. I would love to see what the Republican reaction would be to a Democrat ranting about Jews and Halakha.
I'm sure there's a clip of Republican Senator Ted Cruz pausing his speech to say, no, these Democratic officials should *not* be shot and I disavow and denounce the Republican in the audience who is calling for assassinations at a Republican political event.
somebody at the RNC yells death threats toward Abdul El-Sayed and Talarico as Cruz attacks them
September 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Ted Cruz is a vile anti-Muslim bigot. I would love to see what the Republican reaction would be to a Democrat ranting about Jews and Halakha.
But offshore balancing!!!!
Someone check on John Mearsheimer.
The Russian salient north of Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine has collapsed. Ukrainian forces are moving into this area, conducting mopping up operations.
September 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM
But offshore balancing!!!!
This guy gave a keynote address at an antisemitism conference back in February.
somebody at the RNC yells death threats toward Abdul El-Sayed and Talarico as Cruz attacks them
September 10, 2026 at 11:51 PM
This guy gave a keynote address at an antisemitism conference back in February.
It's insane to watch some of the professors I used to admire descend into madness over on The Other Site.
September 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It's insane to watch some of the professors I used to admire descend into madness over on The Other Site.
We are live and in color. I wanted to use Baudrillard’s framing of 9/11 to see what we could possibly learn about the death of Charlie Kirk, and as it turns out, there’s quite a bit.
The Spirit of Charlie Kirk
Political Violence, Spectacle, and the Death of Memory
substack.com
September 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
We are live and in color. I wanted to use Baudrillard’s framing of 9/11 to see what we could possibly learn about the death of Charlie Kirk, and as it turns out, there’s quite a bit.
You would think that established “extremism research” institutions would want to, I don’t know, say something about this?
THREAD 🧵
This week, Elon Musk's America PAC launched hundreds of anti-trans ads, part of a $100 million midterm spend.
In 2024, a Musk-funded PAC ran antisemitic ads reminding Muslim voters that Doug Emhoff is Jewish.
That's not a coincidence.
This week, Elon Musk's America PAC launched hundreds of anti-trans ads, part of a $100 million midterm spend.
In 2024, a Musk-funded PAC ran antisemitic ads reminding Muslim voters that Doug Emhoff is Jewish.
That's not a coincidence.
September 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
You would think that established “extremism research” institutions would want to, I don’t know, say something about this?
Hey, kids. After spending almost two months pondering the potential for an article like this, it's coming out tomorrow. Make sure to subscribe! lukebaumgartner1.substack.com
September 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hey, kids. After spending almost two months pondering the potential for an article like this, it's coming out tomorrow. Make sure to subscribe! lukebaumgartner1.substack.com
Judging from the comment section, it looks like everyone read "The Wretched of the Earth" once and said, "he just like me fr."
I’m back this week with some thoughts on violence, civil conflict, revolutions, and, yes, Luigi Mangione
www.liberalcurrents.com/you-wont-win...
www.liberalcurrents.com/you-wont-win...
You Won’t Win the Revolution
The descent of stable societies into ones of endemic violence rarely produces anything but new forms of tyranny and terror.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Judging from the comment section, it looks like everyone read "The Wretched of the Earth" once and said, "he just like me fr."
The confederates were traitorous losers that should be forgotten.
The Trump administration plans to reinstall Arlington National Cemetery's Confederate Memorial, defying a congressionally mandated commission, while removing language explaining how the monument romanticizes the Confederacy and sanitizes slavery. This story was first reported by The Washington Post.
September 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The confederates were traitorous losers that should be forgotten.