The Revolution Starts Here

1 month ago | stephenjlyons.substack.com | Stephen Lyons

“It seemed revolutionary to admit cruelty, disregard of human values, and general amorality, because this at least destroyed the duplicity upon which the existing society seemed to rest,” —Hannah Arendt, “The Origins of Totalitarianism” As the Trump administration, led ironically by former Obama administrator, and new “border czar” Thomas Homan, sics its Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Chicago and other sanctuary cities to carry out perhaps the largest deportation effort in U.S....

1 month ago | stephenjlyons.substack.com | Stephen Lyons

When I attended bar and bat mitzvahs in high school one of the games we would play was the limbo. Now, I was an awkwardly tall boy with absolutely no flexibility. To bend backward and fit under the bar was almost impossible. So I was out of the game early, but hung around to see which double-jointed classmate would eventually prevail. As a teenager I thought I had an inkling of how low the bar could go. Turned out I had no idea.

1 month ago | stephenjlyons.substack.com | Stephen Lyons

February 22, 2025From the desk of DOGE and @elonmusk“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. “Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager.

1 month ago | stephenjlyons.substack.com | Stephen Lyons

As expected, Trump voters, to quote the querulous-acting Senator Susan Collins, are now “concerned” with the rapid (or rabid) and destructive policy changes by the president and his unmuzzled attack dog (read DOG-E) and chain-saw wielding father of the Unlucky 13, Elon Musk. I’ve been anticipating their buyers’ remorse since, well, this past January 20, when the dictator on day one commenced signing executive orders with his unreadable black signature that resembles an Afib patient’s wonky EKG.

2 months ago | stephenjlyons.substack.com | Stephen Lyons

If the anonymous kids in the Department of Government Efficiency have run out of new ways to eliminate American’s food, air and health safety cut costs, it should look no further than the communications office of president and wannabe king Trump. I would recommend firing whomever writes speeches and lies, misinformation and ad hominem attacks statements for the King of Small Hands and, instead, employ Vladimir Putin’s Presidential Press Secretary, the talented wordsmith Dmitry Peskov.