Dee Mondschein

NYC via London via Boston. Eng Lit textbook editor

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

[Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek]

Yesterday, Jeffrey Epstein's former account testified, under oath, that the Epstein Estate paid a settlement to one of the women accusing Donald Trump of raping her as a minor, AFTER Epstein had died.

This would end any other President instantly. But the press doesn't care.

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@DecodingFoxNews Yoram Silagy. Vernon & Ginsburg

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

A simple message with big meaning: "I am somebody." We are grateful to Rev. Jesse Jackson for helping teach generations of children to believe in themselves and in one another. Thank you for being part of our neighborhood. 💛💚

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

If you are ever turned away at the polls, your LEGAL response must be:

“Please give me a provisional ballot, with a receipt, as required by law.”

🗳️ Spread the word! 🗳️

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

(1/10 🧵) If you live in NY, you may see a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

Do you notice how he doesn't seem to care this time around? Because elections aren't going to matter....

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

🚨🚨MAGA are leaving the sinking ship, and you can see it in the numbers.

Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin average had Trump at about minus 13.7 net approval on February 9, 2026, and the really brutal part is the intensity. The share who strongly disapprove broke 46 percent for the first time.

And it is not only one tracker. CNN’s “poll of polls” had him around 39 approve, 59 disapprove early February, which is basically him sitting 20 points underwater. Even Rasmussen, which usually treats Republicans nicely, was still showing him in the negative, around 42 approve, 57 disapprove.

That’s why the mood is shifting. People voted for him because they were sick of “the swamp.” They wanted someone to go in and clean house. Instead it feels like they got the swamp, and then somebody dumped a whole garbage truck of bad decisions into it.

And this is where even some hardcore supporters start to crack. They look at the constant drama, the self promotion, the whole everything-is-about-me energy, and they think: this isn’t draining anything. This is just turning the presidency into a personal branding project.

What’s next, “Trump Super Bowl.” “Trump World Cup 2026.” Rename every major event so it sounds like a casino opening. It would be funny if it didn’t feel so on the nose.

When your disapproval is hitting records and the “strongly disapprove” number is climbing, that’s a lot of people, including some who used to ride with you, deciding they’re out.

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[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This video should unsettle anyone who takes the United States seriously as a nation.

Because it exposes something dangerous: the trivialization of the world's most consequential office. It shows how carelessly the power, credibility, and accumulated moral authority of a superpower can be squandered for a few seconds of viral attention.

In any other major democracy, this behavior from a head of state would trigger a constitutional crisis. Paris would burn. Berlin would convene emergency sessions. In the Nordic countries, resignation would follow within hours. Across functioning democracies, the public, institutions, and political class would recognize this for what it is: an assault on the dignity of the state itself. Leaders are not free to perform as entertainers without consequence. National honor is not personal property, it's held in trust.

But the United States is not just another country with a provocateur in charge. It is the linchpin of global order. It maintains formal alliances and security guarantees with forty to fifty nations. It underwrites the financial architecture, trade systems, and diplomatic frameworks that billions of people depend on daily. When the American president speaks—or posts—it doesn't land as satire, meme, or personal whim. It reads as a signal about what the country is becoming.

American power has never relied solely on carrier strike groups or economic output. It has rested on something more fragile and more valuable: trust. The belief that beneath domestic turbulence lies institutional seriousness, predictability, and a baseline commitment to dignity. That belief is now disintegrating in real time.

Millions of American companies operate globally. They negotiate multibillion-dollar contracts in environments where reputation is currency. Boardrooms in Frankfurt, Singapore, and Dubai aren't debating whether a post was clever—they're asking whether the United States remains a reliable partner. Whether agreements signed today will be honored tomorrow. Whether American leadership has devolved from institutional to purely theatrical.

Consider tourism, which sustains millions of American jobs—airlines, hotels, restaurants, museums, entire regional economies. Soft power isn't an abstraction. It materializes in flight bookings, conference locations, study-abroad programs, and decades of accumulated goodwill. A quiet, decentralized boycott doesn't require government action—only a collective sense that a nation no longer respects itself.

Now picture this image being studied by foreign ministers, central bank governors, defense strategists, and sovereign wealth fund managers. Picture them asking a coldly rational question: How do we write binding thirty-year agreements with a country whose public face will be this, relentlessly, for years to come? How do we plan for the long term when the tone is impulsive, mocking, and unbound by the gravity of office?

This is where the real calculus begins. Trillions in foreign capital depend on confidence that America is stable, credible, and rule-governed. That confidence is now being traded for what, exactly? Applause from an online mob? A dopamine rush from manufactured outrage? Content designed to dominate the news cycle rather than serve the national interest?

Every serious nation eventually confronts this choice: burn long-term credibility for short-term spectacle, or safeguard the reputation previous generations bled to build. The United States spent eighty years constructing an image of reliability, restraint, and leadership under pressure. That image wasn't born from perfection—it came from a visible commitment to standards that transcended impulse.

This isn't a partisan issue. Europeans who value democratic norms recognize something ominously familiar here. Americans—Democrat and Republican alike—who believe in responsibility and restraint should see it too. Power attracts scrutiny. Leadership demands discipline. A superpower cannot behave like a reality TV contestant without paying a price.

The presidency is not a personal broadcast channel. It's a symbol carried on behalf of 330 million people and countless international partners who never voted but whose lives are shaped by American decisions anyway. Every post either reinforces or erodes the idea that America can be counted on when it matters most.

So the question is no longer whether this is offensive. The question is whether this is who America chooses to be: a nation that trades a century of hard-won reputation for viral moments. A country that replaces statecraft with content creation. A republic governed like a season of reality television.

History offers a harsh lesson here. Great powers don't fall because enemies mock them. They collapse when they begin mocking themselves—publicly, proudly, and without grasping the cost until it's far too late.

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[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@Angry_Staffer Why does everyone (but him…) care about his approval rating? It’s almost as if you think there are going to be real elections again

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Erika Kirk: “Despite the devastating loss of Charlie Kirk, my incredible husband, at UVU, Caleb has persisted with the same grift, excuse me, grit…”

This is the greatest Freudian slip of all time.

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@JohnJHarwood And he’s got all our data

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@GavinNewsom STOP calling him sick or mentally ill. It takes away his agency. I get how it’s difficult to understand how some people can say and do these things. But some people are just pieces of shit.

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@ThatEricAlper https://t.co/xPHYRi2ahq

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@ZaneCar95096859 @20th_Centurygal It’s just a conversation starter. Who wrote your bio?

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@ThatEricAlper The drummer from Def Leppard…?

(I can’t claim to be the first to say this. Isaw someone else answer with this before in here)

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@BraddrofliT His poll numbers don’t matter any more

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@TimothyDSnyder Really? Let’s *talk* about it some more. Ten years isn’t long enough to hem and haw

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@JamieBonkiewicz The word is “didn’t”. It’s too late now

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@Patterico What about “Vote for me and you’ll never have to vote again”—before the election. It’s too late

[Dee Mondschein @deemondschein]

@Freyy_is I e always wanted to do that. Never have the guts. Good for you!