that’s personalism baby!
November 13, 2024 at 5:32 PM
that’s personalism baby!
personalism. personalism. personalism everwhere i look. IT'S ALL PERSONALISM
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says it "makes a lot of sense" for Lindsey Graham's sister to serve in the late senator's seat. President Trump earlier said he recommended the governor appoint her. https://cnn.it/3QOsUXy
July 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
personalism. personalism. personalism everwhere i look. IT'S ALL PERSONALISM
It's not state capitalism, it's personalism www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
August 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's not state capitalism, it's personalism www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
This is personalism. It's the Charles I scenario -- the king rules without the a legislature and simply taxes and spends in whatever way he feels like.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Well that's not how appropriations work at all
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is personalism. It's the Charles I scenario -- the king rules without the a legislature and simply taxes and spends in whatever way he feels like.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Honestly glad we will have some visuals to illustrate the collapse of American government into North Korean levels of personalism
U.S. Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley revealed that President Donald Trump would be honored by the crowd singing "Happy Birthday" at a military parade that is expected to cost up to $45 million. www.rawstory.com/trump-parade...
Official admits 'glorious' $45M parade will see 'Happy Birthday' sung to Trump
U.S. Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley revealed that President Donald Trump would be honored by the crowd singing "Happy Birthday" at a military parade that is expected to cost up to $45 million. Durin...
www.rawstory.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Honestly glad we will have some visuals to illustrate the collapse of American government into North Korean levels of personalism
like this is the problem with the personalism of conservative evangelicals. people like piper basically view God as a very big person
August 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
like this is the problem with the personalism of conservative evangelicals. people like piper basically view God as a very big person
combination of contemporary corporate personalism and belief that consequences aren't real
So is Palantir putting its entirely legacy into It Can Only Good Happen cause that letter is one of the most unhinged things I’ve ever seen a contractor publish
April 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
combination of contemporary corporate personalism and belief that consequences aren't real
It’s personalism www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
February 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s personalism www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
Every sunk nominee is a sign that the personalist project is wobbling www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
February 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Every sunk nominee is a sign that the personalist project is wobbling www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
personalism sure sucks, man
March 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
personalism sure sucks, man
yep. complex political assemblage of personalism, fascism, and grift
January 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
yep. complex political assemblage of personalism, fascism, and grift
Not even in the top 500 most impeachable things that Trump has done in office, but I can't get over how he's defacing monuments to republican virtue in order to turn them into symbols of decadent personalism. Caligula-ass government.
August 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Not even in the top 500 most impeachable things that Trump has done in office, but I can't get over how he's defacing monuments to republican virtue in order to turn them into symbols of decadent personalism. Caligula-ass government.
personalism isn’t the right level of analysis. you have to assume instead that there are mini-trumps inside trump’s head warring for dominance
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
personalism isn’t the right level of analysis. you have to assume instead that there are mini-trumps inside trump’s head warring for dominance
CEOs who say they want regulatory stability and the rule of law seem weirdly open to the instability and personalism of an authoritarian regime. Important read:
It's amazing that some corporate leaders are willing to support Trump for tax cuts and deregulation while shrugging about what Trump's threats to wreck democracy and the rule of law would do to the business climate. 1/
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1831...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1831...
Trump’s Shameless, Corrupt Wooing of Plutocrats Is Suddenly Backfiring
A media narrative has somehow taken hold that CEOs are stampeding toward Trump. The full story isn’t nearly so simple.
newrepublic.com
June 26, 2024 at 5:38 PM
CEOs who say they want regulatory stability and the rule of law seem weirdly open to the instability and personalism of an authoritarian regime. Important read:
these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
www.alternet.org
October 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us
It’s 👏 personalism 👏 www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
It’s 👏 personalism 👏 www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...
It's always personalism www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...
Editor's Notes: The Point of Government Equity Stakes Is Personalism
It is not industrial policy. It's the rule of men rather than of laws.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's always personalism www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...
Personalism and War: What’s Up With Trump and Iran? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/perso...
Personalism and War: What’s Up With Trump and Iran?
The U.S. and Iran have drifted back into active combat and President...
talkingpointsmemo.com
June 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Personalism and War: What’s Up With Trump and Iran? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/perso...
the way I see it is that Trumpism is a social formation built around far-right personalism with fascist/anti-liberal factions within it
(1) I agree Trump is not a totalitarian
(2) People in government and associated with the regime frequently speak as if they want to literally massacre political opponents
(3) a non-totalitarian regime can enact mass violence
(2) People in government and associated with the regime frequently speak as if they want to literally massacre political opponents
(3) a non-totalitarian regime can enact mass violence
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
the way I see it is that Trumpism is a social formation built around far-right personalism with fascist/anti-liberal factions within it
Personalism
March 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Personalism
watching agency social media accounts be turned into vehicles for personalism and/or outright white supremacy makes me simply want to take them off social media for good in january 2029
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 16, 2026 at 4:50 AM
watching agency social media accounts be turned into vehicles for personalism and/or outright white supremacy makes me simply want to take them off social media for good in january 2029
personalism while also dismantling the means of imposing personalism
September 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
personalism while also dismantling the means of imposing personalism
I’m avowedly anti-personalism and would prefer closed-list elections but RCV is a hell of a lot better than what most places have and does a lot to disrupt the worst excesses of personalism (see: Lander/Mamdani cross endorsement)
honestly feel that RCV adoption should be wider
he also hasn’t won yet, but he has an impressive early showing. i have no dogs in this fight, i live in what often feels like an entirely different country, but it’s exciting to see RCV campaigning pay some of the results you’d hope for.
June 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I’m avowedly anti-personalism and would prefer closed-list elections but RCV is a hell of a lot better than what most places have and does a lot to disrupt the worst excesses of personalism (see: Lander/Mamdani cross endorsement)
“Personalism is the enemy of rules-based or merit-based system for governing;”
New, from me:
Stepping back from the flood of news, I outline three ways to understand how Trump 2.0 is different from his first, or any prior, presidency: personalism, governing by fear, and purges. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-person...
Stepping back from the flood of news, I outline three ways to understand how Trump 2.0 is different from his first, or any prior, presidency: personalism, governing by fear, and purges. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-person...
The Personalist Presidency
Three ways that Trump's politicization really is different
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Personalism is the enemy of rules-based or merit-based system for governing;”
I don't think the future of America is totalitarian rule, but I do think it's dysfunctional, corrupt, authoritarian personalism.
yeah, i am bullish about the near term (trump will fail) but bearish about american democracy generally. he has been wildly successful as a proof of concept demonstrating that you can essentially govern as king as long as you can threaten/bribe the elites using the executive toolbox.
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I don't think the future of America is totalitarian rule, but I do think it's dysfunctional, corrupt, authoritarian personalism.