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Annika Brockschmidt
@ardenthistorian.bsky.social
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Author @Rowohlt, freelance journalist, senior correspondent Religion Dispatches, writes about Christian Nationalism & Right-Wing Extremism in the Europe & the US 1/2 of @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · Feb 12
„Mit großer Sachkenntnis zeigt Annika Brockschmidt wie die Republikanische Partei im 21. Jahrhundert von jenem extremistischen Tiger gefressen wurde, den zu reiten sie 50 Jahre lang versucht hatte» - @adriandaub.bsky.social über #DieBrandstifter
www.rowohlt.de/buch/annika-...
DER NIEDERGANG DER GRAND OLD PARTY Wie konnten die Republikaner, einst die Partei der Sklavenbefreiung, zu einer Partei werden, die eine autoritäre und rassistische Politik vertritt und eine Gefahr für alle darstellt, die keine Weißen, rechtskonservativen Christen sind? «Die Brandstifter» zeigt, wie rechte Akteure die Partei gezielt unterwandert und nach und nach die Grenzen des Sagbaren verschoben haben. Ein Prozess, der seinen Schatten auch auf Europa wirft. Die Grand Old Party ist zu einer Bedrohung für die amerikanische Demokratie geworden - mit potenziell dramatischen Folgen für den Rest der Welt. «Mit großer Sachkenntnis zeigt Annika Brockschmidt, wie die Republikanische Partei im 21. Jahrhundert von jenem extremistischen Tiger gefressen wurde, den zu reiten sie 50 Jahre lang versucht hatte.» Adrian Daub, Stanford University
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rincewind.run
this guy’s an antisemite? this guy? next you’re gonna tell me elon musk is in the epstein files
Greg Bovino wearing a Nazi-inspired coat
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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jamellebouie.net
stephen miller just a few posts away from recreating the "mudsill" theory from first principles
gbbranstetter.bsky.social Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2h
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
Everyone needs to read “Waging a Good War.”

It’s short, informative, and explains the brilliant tactical reasoning that the civil rights leaders used - including “intentionally getting arrested.”
WAGING A GOOD WAR A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1954-1968 THOMAS E. RICKS NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FIRST PRINCIPLES
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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aristofontes.bsky.social
actually it's a commonwealth
Tweet from Meghan McCain: 'Abigail Spanberger is a demonic radical communist psychopath. Her polices [sic] are an existential threat to our children and the state of Virginia.'
January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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cagraham.bsky.social
This is indistinguishable from a proslavery political theorist ca. 1850
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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sexabolition.blog
Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start:

If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
aidancomerford.bsky.social Aidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 5d
This is exactly the same playbook Graham Linehan uses against trans people, where defending trans rights is cast as defending "rape" and "paedophilia." He uses "rape" and "paedophilia" as punchlines, and, therefore, all of his hate speech and advocation for violence against his enemies is justified.
A retweet by Graham Linehan of a tweet about Alex Pretti that says: He died doing what he loved the most: trying to prevent rapists and pedophiles from being arrested
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
Mit Grüßen an alle in der deutschen Debatte, die immer wieder mit "aber die Zahlen sind von der Hamas" versucht haben das Ausmaß des Genozids in Gaza zu relativieren. Internationale Expert:innen sehen die Zahlen schon lange als zuverlässig. Jetzt auch die IDF.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 PM
ardenthistorian.bsky.social
Shocked to hear the guy dressing up like a Nazi and terrorising minorities with his secret police is also antisemitic
January 31, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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tusk81.bsky.social
“Here is an email that Elon Musk, current world’s richest man and owner of a gigantic social media network that generated child sexual abuse material on demand, sent to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on November 11, 2012: ‘What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?’”
Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’
New emails show Musk has been lying about his relationship with Epstein.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
Lovely to see the Oregon Republican Party promoting the work of Joey Gibson (who led a group that wore t-shirts saying “Pinochet did nothing wrong” and “RWDS” Right Wing Death Squad) and a guy named Schultz who regularly recorded himself making death threats towards his fellow Oregonians.
OREGON Oregon Republican Party • ... X 9h・ Donald Trump For President • Follow 1d• BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Rules Conservative Activists Can Sue Over False Affidavit... See more PATRIOT PRAYER THE 150 Q7 ~ 15
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
Be especially nice to the millenial gays in your life today. We are in mourning.
a woman in a black dress is smiling with #schitts creek written in the corner
ALT: a woman in a black dress is smiling with #schitts creek written in the corner
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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karlbode.com
new CBS contributor Peter Attia
drjengunter.bsky.social Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 11h
Here is Peter Attia MD emailing Epstein’s assistant claiming he goes into “JE withdrawal” when he doesn’t see him.
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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melissagiragrant.com
it’s one thing to know “rich and influential men boost each other” + “and they type out the horrors they commit to one other” + “and they escape relatively unscathed, again and again” it’s another to have such banal details as “and m00t was there”
January 31, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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maxberger.bsky.social
The regime-affiliated oligarchs who bought up Twitter, the Washington Post, CBS, and TikTok didn't do so to turn a profit.

They are taking control of the media to limit the public's ability to resist authoritarianism and oligarchy. If they run the outlets into the ground, that's fine.
January 26, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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motherjones.com
One detail getting lost in the coverage of Don Lemon's arrest?

The church at the center of the case has ties to the Christian nationalist movement, including the “TheoBros," a loose network of mostly millennial, extremely online Christian nationalist pastors, podcasters, and shitposters.
The church at the center of Don Lemon’s arrest hat ties to Christian nationalism
And the "TheoBros."
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
please sir i would like to come to human prey island what day/night will be your bloodiest hunt
January 31, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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timescarcass.bsky.social
"the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women... even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder."

Yeah, um, fuck you Noam.
emily.gorcen.ski Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 15h
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
From: Matthew Hiltzik < To: J <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Thoughts from Chomsky Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:34:06 +0000 I think that is wise Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2019, at 4:19 PM, J < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: Ive watched the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public. It's painful to say, but I think the best way to proceed is to ignore it. I've had plenty of experience, though of course not on this scale. A google search will bring up tons of hysterical accusations of all sorts, even groups devoted to vilifying me. I pay no attention, unless I'm approached for a comment on a specific matter. It's a nuisance, but it's the best way. The same conclusions from experiences of others, in some cases close friends. What the vultures dearly want is a public response, which then provides a public opening for an onslaught of venomous attacks, many from just publicity seekers or cranks of all sorts -- which are impossible to answer (how do you prove that you are not a neo-Nazi who wants to kill the Jews, or a rapist, or whatever charge comes along?). That's particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder. For virtually everyone who sees any of this, the reaction will be "where there's smoke there's fire, maybe raging fire" (whatever the facts, which few will even think of investigating). In general, it's best I think not to react unless directly questioned, particularly in the current mood -- which, I presume, will fade away, even if not in time to prevent much torture and distress.
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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mollymckew.bsky.social
If they want to speak about a war, the rules of war apply

www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
love to let my friend, the most famous pedophile in the world, know i think he is being poorly treated by the press
emily.gorcen.ski Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 15h
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
From: Matthew Hiltzik < To: J <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Thoughts from Chomsky Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:34:06 +0000 I think that is wise Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2019, at 4:19 PM, J < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: Ive watched the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public. It's painful to say, but I think the best way to proceed is to ignore it. I've had plenty of experience, though of course not on this scale. A google search will bring up tons of hysterical accusations of all sorts, even groups devoted to vilifying me. I pay no attention, unless I'm approached for a comment on a specific matter. It's a nuisance, but it's the best way. The same conclusions from experiences of others, in some cases close friends. What the vultures dearly want is a public response, which then provides a public opening for an onslaught of venomous attacks, many from just publicity seekers or cranks of all sorts -- which are impossible to answer (how do you prove that you are not a neo-Nazi who wants to kill the Jews, or a rapist, or whatever charge comes along?). That's particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder. For virtually everyone who sees any of this, the reaction will be "where there's smoke there's fire, maybe raging fire" (whatever the facts, which few will even think of investigating). In general, it's best I think not to react unless directly questioned, particularly in the current mood -- which, I presume, will fade away, even if not in time to prevent much torture and distress.
January 31, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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emily.gorcen.ski
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
From: Matthew Hiltzik < To: J <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Thoughts from Chomsky Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:34:06 +0000 I think that is wise Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2019, at 4:19 PM, J < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: Ive watched the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public. It's painful to say, but I think the best way to proceed is to ignore it. I've had plenty of experience, though of course not on this scale. A google search will bring up tons of hysterical accusations of all sorts, even groups devoted to vilifying me. I pay no attention, unless I'm approached for a comment on a specific matter. It's a nuisance, but it's the best way. The same conclusions from experiences of others, in some cases close friends. What the vultures dearly want is a public response, which then provides a public opening for an onslaught of venomous attacks, many from just publicity seekers or cranks of all sorts -- which are impossible to answer (how do you prove that you are not a neo-Nazi who wants to kill the Jews, or a rapist, or whatever charge comes along?). That's particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder. For virtually everyone who sees any of this, the reaction will be "where there's smoke there's fire, maybe raging fire" (whatever the facts, which few will even think of investigating). In general, it's best I think not to react unless directly questioned, particularly in the current mood -- which, I presume, will fade away, even if not in time to prevent much torture and distress.
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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ardenthistorian.bsky.social
I wrote about the media largely buying the administration’s PR spin: “The claim that someone like Homan would represent a pivot or a more conciliatory approach is only reasonable if you’ve neglected to do even a cursory google search. There’s little meaningful daylight between him and Bovino”
Make No Mistake About Trump's Minnesota 'De-Escalation'
Reading the corporate media over the past few days, you might come away with the impression that national (and international) outrage over state-sanctioned terror and killings of civilians in the stre...
religiondispatches.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
look, what if we all pretend this never came out? just ignore one piece of history forever. I say we give it a try
January 31, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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rzrblderwrbievt.bsky.social
the 4chan founder being in the epstein files is...indescribable
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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rincewind.run
that’s enough internet for today

that’s enough internet for forever
amithero.bot Ami - Vtuber - DRT Soon 🏳️‍⚧️ @amithero.bot · 15h
thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
January 31, 2026 at 4:01 AM