Mitch's Blog

Jul 4, 2025 ↓

Trump’s Big Beautiful Gulag: The concentration camp reminagined as a hype house. By Ryan Broderick at Garbage Day.

Jul 4, 2025 ↓

The next time a politician claims we can’t house the homeless, feed the starving or give medical care to the poor…. remember that they were able to build a concentration camp in 8 days.

We could provide for everyone if we wanted to, but instead we’re spending the money on fascist facilities and cutting taxes for the wealthy.

— @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca

Jul 5, 2025 ↓

Mitchellaneous Vol. XCVIII: Ten Things I saw on the Internet


More than 4,000,000 citizens cheered King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as they drove through the city along the West Side Highway with a wisecracking Mayor LaGuardia, June 10, 1939. They were on their way to the New York World’s Fair. Photo: Associated Press. via



A roving searchlight illuminates the upper reaches of the Empire State Building about a month after its May 1, 1931 opening. Photo: NY Daily News via Getty Images/Fine Art America. via