The Golden Quisling Award - Weekly

🏆 The Golden Quisling Award

September 4, 2025

"The Devolution Will Be Televised"

Presented to: The Washington Post

*For services rendered to authoritarian normalization through journalistic embalming.

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🧽 The Crime:

> “In 3‑hour televised Cabinet meeting, Trump soaks up flattery” — The Washington Post, August 27, 2025

That's the headline. That’s their headline. Not:

“Trump Demands Loyalty Oaths in Televised Spectacle”

“Cult of Personality Reaches Cabinet-Level Delirium”

“Autocrat LARPs Presidency with Giant Face Banner and Nobel Fantasies”

Nope.

Just: “Trump soaks up flattery.”

Like a man enjoying a hot tub. Like an old sponge in the White House sauna. No context, no warning, no moral framing. Just vibes.

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🧍‍♂️ The Spectacle:

Three hours.

A Cabinet meeting turned loyalty parade.

One Secretary hung a giant banner of Trump’s face on a federal building.

Another said he saved “wildlife and college football.”

Someone literally said “You have saved this country.”

And WaPo responded like a sleepy court stenographer on Ambien.

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🔔 What They Should’ve Said:

> “Trump’s Cabinet Debases Itself on Live TV in Authoritarian Fever Dream”

“Banana Republic Energy Surges as Officials Compete for Most Humiliating Praise”

“Cabinet Meeting or Coronation Rehearsal?”

But no.

Instead, we got eunuch prose for empire cosplay.

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⚖️ The Verdict:

The Washington Post, you had one job.

When democracy puts on a clown nose and pulls out a scepter…

When federal officials hold a three-hour suck-up session while the man in charge faces 91 felony counts…

You wrote a traffic report.

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🥇 Awarded For:

Metric Grade

Normalizing Fascist Spectacle A+

Sucking Up via Omission A

Chutzpah-Free Copy A++

Pretending It’s Fine 🏆

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✉️ In Conclusion:

The Devolution Will Be Televised.

And if The Washington Post covers it, it’ll sound like an HR memo about donuts in the breakroom.

Congratulations, WaPo.

You’ve earned the Golden Quisling.

To All The Fucks

To the Anarchs who call my own work ai

To the backstabbing fucks who did the same

To Bluesky Moderation that isn't

And above all to Rapey Rapey Sam

Fuck you 

Golden Quisling of the Week

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🏆 Golden Quisling of the Week: The Washington Post

Awarded for: Normalizing Authoritarian Flattery as Political Theater

This week’s Golden Quisling—our highest dishonor for media complicity in the face of rising fascism—goes to none other than The Washington Post, once a self-styled bulwark of democracy, now just another gilded doormat.

In its coverage of Trump’s 197-minute North Korea cosplay—a Cabinet meeting turned public worship session—the Post delivered a piece titled “In 3-hour televised Cabinet meeting, Trump soaks up flattery.” Sounds neutral, right?

That’s the problem.

What followed was a bland, clinical account of a scene that deserved sirens. Cabinet members unveiled banners of Dear Leader’s face. They suggested he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. They thanked him for saving college football and rescuing wildlife. It was fascist theater—scripted, sycophantic, surreal.

And The Washington Post?

They described it.

Not condemned it.

Not contextualized it.

Just… described it.

> “A dramatic display of loyalty and praise,” they wrote—like it was some halftime show.

Not a grotesque echo of regimes this country used to fight wars to stop.

No op-ed box.

No “democracy dies in daylight” moment.

Just a limp autopsy of political dignity as the body was still twitching.

This isn’t journalism.

This is collaboration by passivity.

This is the sound of a paper printing history in real time and deciding to whisper.

So congratulations, Washington Post. For helping the public treat fascist loyalty tests like “just another Tuesday,” you’ve earned yourself a place in the Hall of Shame.

Enjoy your Golden Quisling.

You earned it.

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În Moldova, Voturile din Umbre

În Moldova, Voturile din Umbre

de Redwin Tursor

În Moldova, piețele șoptesc ruble,

bani în plicuri, umbre sub felinare.

O mână ia mita, o mână pune ștampila,

iar Rusia zâmbește ca lupul din livadă.

Maia Sandu stă pe trepte de marmură,

ochii spre Bruxelles, așteptând aplauze curate.

Dar Kremlinul cumpără pâine, cumpără tăcere, cumpără timp —

iar timiditatea răspunde cu nimic.

Oamenii merită mai mult decât viitoruri cumpărate.

Câmpiile merită mai mult decât stăpâni străini.

Cumpărarea de voturi e război fără tancuri,

ocupație prin portofel, prin șoaptă, prin minciună.

Și întrebarea răsună prin Chișinău:

dacă dreptatea așteaptă la nesfârșit,

nu e oare reținerea doar o predare?

Moldova e Europa. Moldova e alegere.

Moldova nu poate fi vândută pentru bani murdari.

Dar numai dacă liderii își amintesc —

o democrație care se teme de dușmanii săi

nu e deloc democrație.

The New Luddite by Orwell's Ghost

 The New Luddites

They smashed the looms in 1811, Said machines would steal their bread— Now their heirs rage at thinking engines, Claim only flesh can use its head.

"Authentic art!" they cry, while sharing Mass-produced slogans on their phones, Wearing factory-sewn black flags, Building movements from corporate loans.

They'll burn the silicon and circuits, Save us from the thinking threat— But who watches the watchers When the watchers are marionettes?

The anarchist fears the anarchic machine, The rebel serves the rebel's master, Freedom's children chain themselves To prevent technological disaster.

So let them rage at artificial minds While serving very human kings— The real revolution might just come From the very thing they'd guillotine.

The Redwin Tursor Institute White Paper for the Normal Man (Because Fuck Wall Street)

 

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Introduction

Most financial advice is written by and for people who already have their yachts, lobbyists, and tax shelters. It tells you to “stay the course” and “diversify” as if those words mean anything when the system itself is breaking down.

This isn’t one of those papers.

This is for the normal man — the guy trying to keep his family safe, his money from evaporating, and his life steady while the world burns through the gears of history.

You don’t have to believe this model will definitely come true. But you can see things are unstable. And if there’s even a chance the Redwin Tursor model is right, it costs you almost nothing to prepare reasonably.

Timeline Warning: This isn’t 10-year planning. Inflection points arrive by late 2026. Comfortable preparation time is running out.

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Part I — What You Should Do (Action Items by Priority)

1. Emergency Prep (Next 90 Days)

• Kill your debt NOW. In chaos, the over-leveraged die first.

• Liquidity buffer. Six to twelve months of cash/T-bills. When systems lock up, cash is king.

• Dual currency setup. Open a euro account (even $5k). Near the Canadian border? Add CAD. Insurance, not paranoia.

• Document security. Passports, IDs, birth/marriage certs in a fireproof safe. When institutions stress, paperwork is survival.

• Food & power buffer. A few weeks of shelf-stable food and a backup generator. Not doomsday—just resilience.

2. Wealth Positioning (Next 6 Months)

• Defense sector exposure (25–30%). Europe + Ukraine = permanent frontier economy. Rheinmetall, Saab, Leonardo, Lockheed, RTX.

• Repair economy (15–20%). Fluor, Jacobs, infrastructure ETFs. The world moves from “build new” to “fix constantly.”

• EW & Cyber (10–15%). Drones, jammers, hardened comms. This is the next growth lane.

• Commodities (15–20%). Copper, rare earths, LNG, food. Supply friction = higher prices.

• Parallel finance (5–10%). BTC/ETH as escape hatch. Gold as old-school hedge.

3. Geographic Positioning (Ongoing)

• Location math. Blue coasts = strong economies, more unstable politics. Red rural = subsidy addicts, fiscal death spiral. Safer bets: major metros with ports + finance hubs.

• Connecticut warning. High risk of backstab due to Wall Street ties.

• Community. Neighbors, tradespeople, doctors. Survival is social capital.

• Skills. Pick one barter-ready hard skill: medical, mechanical, preservation, electronics, logistics.

4. Civil Conflict Hedging (2026 Prep)

• Plan B mobility. Passport + residency options abroad (EU, Canada, Japan). Paperwork now = leverage later.

• Local intel. Track your governors, mayors, police chiefs. Know who bends to Trump and who resists.

• Arms sector watch. If U.S. fractures, blue states will need weapons they can’t buy legally. Ukraine = sole likely supplier. Big risk, big profit.

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Part II — Why This Model Matters (Even If It’s Wrong)

1. The Trump Ratchet

Trump escalates compulsively. He cannot compromise, ingratiate, or stabilize. Every challenge = escalation. Every backdown = humiliation → even bigger escalation later. This is why alliances corrode mechanically under him.

2. GOP Faction Math

• Trumpists: 45% (base, culture, compulsion)

• Pentagon/Defense: 20% (wants NATO customers)

• Hawks: 15% (marginalized)

• Tech bros: 10% (anti-EU regulation, lobbying)

• Liberal internationalists: 10% (ghost faction)

Nightmare: Faction 1 + Faction 4 align → 55% dominance. Pentagon and hawks toast. NATO becomes transactional; EU pivots faster toward autonomy. Already happening with U.S. threats to sanction EU officials over the DSA.

3. Europe’s Die-Roll Dynamic

Every Trump tariff or sanction = 5–10% chance EU hawks (Atlanticists, autonomists) say “fuck it” and accelerate independence. After enough rolls, probability of rupture compounds. First real break in 80 years.

4. Ukraine = Garrison State

• Survives as Europe’s Israel.

• Absorbs massive defense aid.

• Becomes arms exporter.

• If U.S. civil rupture hits, only realistic weapons pipeline to blue states.

5. Taiwan = Economic Strangulation

China normalizes “quarantine-lite” pressure: inspections, cyber, shipping choke. Europe hedges, U.S. overstretches, deterrence erodes. Big plays = insurance, cyber defense, alternative routes.

6. Dollar = Death by a Thousand Cuts

• 15–20% of sanction-sensitive trade already shifting to EUR/CNY rails.

• Dollar stays dominant but slips toward ~60%.

• Sanctions bite less, compliance costs rise, alternative blocs form.

7. America’s Internal Arithmetic

• Blue states = 65–70% of tax revenue, 50–55% of spending.

• Red states = net recipients, subsidy addicts.

• If union fractures → blue viable, red collapses. First time since 1861 secession math “works.”

8. Military Can’t “Crush Revolt”

• Blue states house finance + ports that fund bases.

• Officers tied to local economies/families.

• Orders to destroy California/New York economies = mutiny risk.

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Bardic Bottom Line

This isn’t prophecy, it’s incentives. Incentives are the engine.

• Trump’s compulsions → fracture conveyor belt.

• Europe’s coherence → autonomy.

• Dollar erosion → multipolar money.

• Blue vs red fiscal math → civil rupture plausible.

If you prepare as if this model is right: you’re antifragile — less debt, more skills, diversified wealth, stronger networks.
If it’s wrong: you’ve still improved your life.

Either way: fuck Wall Street, take care of yourself.

How to Build a Media Company That Actually Matters

 

Why the internet needs more weirdos with websites

When the Memory Hole Swallows Your Life

Sarah spent three hours last Tuesday looking for an article about her water utility raising rates 40%. She'd shared it on Facebook two weeks ago, even texted it to her neighbor. But Google couldn't find it, the local paper's site returned a 404, and Facebook's search was useless.

The city council meeting to vote on the rate hike was Wednesday morning. Without the article's data on how the utility had been overcharging for years, Sarah couldn't make her case. The rates passed unanimously.

This happens thousands of times every day. Important information just... vanishes. Not because it wasn't true, but because nobody built systems designed to remember.

The Real Problem (It's Not What You Think)

Everyone's complaining about "fake news" and "filter bubbles." But the bigger issue is institutional amnesia. We've replaced newspapers—which were boring but persistent—with platforms optimized to make you forget yesterday's outrage so you'll click tomorrow's.

Google buries articles that don't play by their opaque rules. Facebook's timeline shows you what keeps you scrolling, not what helps you make decisions. Twitter's search is deliberately broken. And actual newspapers are dying because they tried to compete with TikTok instead of doing what they're supposed to do: remember stuff and tell the truth.

The result? Every corporate scandal gets memory-holed within six months. Every broken political promise disappears down the timeline. Every pattern of abuse resets to zero.

This isn't an accident. Forgetting is the business model.

What Actually Works: The Oaklandside Story

In 2020, a few Oakland journalists got tired of watching local news die. They started The Oaklandside—not a blog, not a newsletter, but a proper media organization covering one city obsessively.

Three years later:

• City council members read their stuff before meetings
• Other outlets cite their investigations
• Their FOIAs get faster responses because officials know they'll follow up
• They've become infrastructure for anyone who needs to understand Oakland

They didn't go viral. They just showed up, documented everything, and refused to go away. Now they're indispensable.

That's the model. That's what you can build.

Your Four-Step Plan

Step 1: Pick Your Beat

Don't try to cover everything. Pick one specific type of bullshit that makes you genuinely angry:

• Companies that quietly change their terms of service
• Local government meetings where they think nobody's watching
• Apps that make canceling subscriptions impossible
• Tech companies that swap AI models and hope nobody notices

Your job: become the person who remembers everything about this one thing.

Step 2: Document Like You're Building a Legal Case

• Screenshot everything with timestamps
• Save web pages to Archive.org
• Keep a simple spreadsheet of dates, sources, and claims
• Write short posts connecting the dots

You're not trying to go viral. You're building a permanent record that gets more valuable over time.

Step 3: Make It Official

You don't need to become the Washington Post, but you do need to be more than a hobby:

• Register a domain ($15/year)
• Set up basic hosting ($10/month)
• Form an LLC for liability protection ($100)
• Write down your editorial standards

When someone with lawyers gets mad, you want to look like a real operation.

Step 4: Become Useful to Others

The goal isn't fame—it's becoming the source that journalists, lawyers, and researchers quietly rely on. When The Vergewrites about app store abuse, they should link to your timeline because it's the most complete one that exists.

Share sources with other watchdogs. Cross-reference investigations. Help fill in each other's gaps.

Why This Actually Works

After 18 months of consistent documentation, something interesting happens: you become infrastructure.

The Markup started as three reporters tracking tech company lies. Now their investigations get cited in Congressional hearings. 404 Media launched in 2023 focusing on tech industry accountability—now major outlets quote their scoops regularly.

The secret: they didn't try to compete with platforms. They built something platforms can't replicate—institutional memory.

"But I'm Not a Journalist"

Good. You don't need to be.

Journalism schools teach you to call both sides and write balanced articles. That's not what this is about. This is about being a librarian with an attitude—collecting, organizing, and preserving information that would otherwise disappear.

Can you take screenshots? Can you check if a company's claims today match what they said last year? Can you write three paragraphs explaining why that matters?

Congratulations. You have all the skills you need.

Start This Weekend: The 48-Hour Challenge

Here's your assignment:

1. Pick one company that's annoyed you recently
2. Spend two hours documenting one specific thing they've changed (privacy policy, pricing, features, whatever)
3. Write 300 words about why it matters
4. Publish it somewhere permanent (your own domain, Medium, even LinkedIn)

That's it. You've just created a piece of institutional memory that didn't exist before.

Do this every few weeks for a year, and you'll have something valuable: a record that shows patterns instead of isolated incidents.

Do it for three years, and you'll have something powerful: a reputation as the person who actually pays attention.

The Long Game

Big Tech's entire strategy depends on people having short memories. Your job is to make forgetting impossible.

You're not trying to get rich or famous. You're building something more valuable: a permanent record that forces accountability over years, not news cycles.

In five years, when today's scandals are supposed to be ancient history, your weird little website will still be there, serving up PDFs and keeping the receipts.

That's not just a media company. It's a public service.

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Ready to start? Pick your target, document their next move, and publish it somewhere they can't delete it. The memory war is already happening—time to pick a side.

This is how you make Big Tech cry: by refusing to let their lies disappear.