There is a lot of overlap between Orbánism and MAGA, including the confluence of cynical Christian NatCon ideology and oligarchic interests. But one key difference is the provenance of the oligarchs. The MAGA-aligned ones are preexisting, whereas Orbán created his own by giving away state monopolies
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
There is a lot of overlap between Orbánism and MAGA, including the confluence of cynical Christian NatCon ideology and oligarchic interests. But one key difference is the provenance of the oligarchs. The MAGA-aligned ones are preexisting, whereas Orbán created his own by giving away state monopolies
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These monsters are sick.
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
These monsters are sick.
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Orbánist Hungary is a great example of regime media consolidation with oligarchic support. Whatever opposition media they couldn't marginalize and drive out of business, they bought up and neutralized. They also re-blurred the line between public media and party propaganda like in olden Commie days.
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Orbánist Hungary is a great example of regime media consolidation with oligarchic support. Whatever opposition media they couldn't marginalize and drive out of business, they bought up and neutralized. They also re-blurred the line between public media and party propaganda like in olden Commie days.
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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1. A reminder: Walmart's $1 trillion valuation is the product of decades of unchecked anticompetitive behavior. It's no coincidence that Walmart began its insane growth spurt after the 1980s decision to stop enforcing key antitrust laws. More than others, Walmart recognized what this meant.
Walmart’s Monopolization of Local Grocery Markets | Independent Business
In 203 markets, Walmart controls 50% or more of the grocery market. No other corporation has ever amassed this much control over the food system.
ilsr.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
1. A reminder: Walmart's $1 trillion valuation is the product of decades of unchecked anticompetitive behavior. It's no coincidence that Walmart began its insane growth spurt after the 1980s decision to stop enforcing key antitrust laws. More than others, Walmart recognized what this meant.
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The DOJ lawyer who said "this job sucks" was born in Vietnam and when asked by a judge about ICE's racial profiling said:
“I am not white, as you can see. And my family’s at risk as any other people that might get picked up too, so I share the same concern, and I took that concern to heart."
“I am not white, as you can see. And my family’s at risk as any other people that might get picked up too, so I share the same concern, and I took that concern to heart."
NEW: A rupture between DOJ and ICE has emerged in Minnesota, where overwhelmed prosecutors keep dropping the ball — and saying ICE won't return their messages.
The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The DOJ lawyer who said "this job sucks" was born in Vietnam and when asked by a judge about ICE's racial profiling said:
“I am not white, as you can see. And my family’s at risk as any other people that might get picked up too, so I share the same concern, and I took that concern to heart."
“I am not white, as you can see. And my family’s at risk as any other people that might get picked up too, so I share the same concern, and I took that concern to heart."
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This letter is like Isaac Chotiner sending you a request for an interview
February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This letter is like Isaac Chotiner sending you a request for an interview
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lol this is the most ominous letter I've ever seen in my life.
February 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
lol this is the most ominous letter I've ever seen in my life.
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This was revealed to me in a vision
February 4, 2026 at 8:17 PM
This was revealed to me in a vision
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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Elon Musk's net worth just hit $800 billion. How?
One of his corporations acquired another one of his corporations.
Meanwhile, Elon's companies pay next to nothing in federal income taxes and get billions of dollars in government contracts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
One of his corporations acquired another one of his corporations.
Meanwhile, Elon's companies pay next to nothing in federal income taxes and get billions of dollars in government contracts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Elon Musk's net worth just hit $800 billion. How?
One of his corporations acquired another one of his corporations.
Meanwhile, Elon's companies pay next to nothing in federal income taxes and get billions of dollars in government contracts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
One of his corporations acquired another one of his corporations.
Meanwhile, Elon's companies pay next to nothing in federal income taxes and get billions of dollars in government contracts.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Residents of Frisco are trying to identify this man, who gave a fake name and address to speak during a recent city council meeting public comment period. He made racially inflammatory remarks about immigration.
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Residents of Frisco are trying to identify this man, who gave a fake name and address to speak during a recent city council meeting public comment period. He made racially inflammatory remarks about immigration.
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Hey Ladies! May I interest you in an Elon robot in your home that records your entire life?!
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Hey Ladies! May I interest you in an Elon robot in your home that records your entire life?!
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ICE is not going to send out a solo goon, or even two solo goons, to stand at urban polling places. Great way to: have your guys quit instantly, and also ensure 100% of votes are locked against you.
Yeah and put a masked armed ICe Nazi around the right 15000 polling places could depress enough votes
Always remember THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS. In the realm of Online, they can just say things and have them treated as true. In the realm of Real Life, there are 115,000 polling places in America and DHS has like 15,000 dudes total.
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
ICE is not going to send out a solo goon, or even two solo goons, to stand at urban polling places. Great way to: have your guys quit instantly, and also ensure 100% of votes are locked against you.
Will is right. What these people are aiming for is narrative control, and the panopticon-like illusion of them being able to be anywhere, anytime. See Bovino's photo op tour of gas stations. See bizarre helidrop-supported military siege of a random apartment complex full of innocent poor people
There is not an endless ICE army. In the largest DHS deployment in history, they can’t muster enough dudes to subdue one single mid-sized US metro. Good luck seizing America by force, guys
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Will is right. What these people are aiming for is narrative control, and the panopticon-like illusion of them being able to be anywhere, anytime. See Bovino's photo op tour of gas stations. See bizarre helidrop-supported military siege of a random apartment complex full of innocent poor people
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Always remember THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS. In the realm of Online, they can just say things and have them treated as true. In the realm of Real Life, there are 115,000 polling places in America and DHS has like 15,000 dudes total.
Steve Bannon: “You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.”
February 4, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Always remember THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS. In the realm of Online, they can just say things and have them treated as true. In the realm of Real Life, there are 115,000 polling places in America and DHS has like 15,000 dudes total.
Terrific reflection/sermon on authority and obedience, by the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas' theologian-in-residence, Rev. Dr. Victor Lee Austin, on the occasion of the new Dallas Bishop Robert Price's installation last month.
Tolle, lege:
Tolle, lege:
Authority & Obedience: The Big Picture - The Living Church
True authority does not consist in telling others what to do. Authority shows us who we are, it creates the conditions for our flourishing.
livingchurch.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Terrific reflection/sermon on authority and obedience, by the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas' theologian-in-residence, Rev. Dr. Victor Lee Austin, on the occasion of the new Dallas Bishop Robert Price's installation last month.
Tolle, lege:
Tolle, lege:
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It is not an external enemy we dread. Our foe is shut up within ourselves. An internal warfare is daily waged by us. — St John Cassian
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
It is not an external enemy we dread. Our foe is shut up within ourselves. An internal warfare is daily waged by us. — St John Cassian
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Bishop Barron has always been about triangulation and pretending to be the golden mean between extremes, but at this point, the "extremes" Barron stands between are Mussolini on one end and Goebbels on the other
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Bishop Barron has always been about triangulation and pretending to be the golden mean between extremes, but at this point, the "extremes" Barron stands between are Mussolini on one end and Goebbels on the other
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No one is being critical legitimate law enforcement, there are thugs dressed up as police terrorizing a city and putting them in detention centers with no due process.
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
No one is being critical legitimate law enforcement, there are thugs dressed up as police terrorizing a city and putting them in detention centers with no due process.
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will the piece mention that one of the free press founders is in the files, robby?
Free Press bravely fighting the Woke War on Pedophilia
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
will the piece mention that one of the free press founders is in the files, robby?
I have recently learned of American Promise's campaign for a 28th Amendment substantively empowering states and localities to regulate campaign finance within their jurisdictions, and begin to reverse the damage of the "Citizens United"-enabled plutocratic buyout of American democracy
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I have recently learned of American Promise's campaign for a 28th Amendment substantively empowering states and localities to regulate campaign finance within their jurisdictions, and begin to reverse the damage of the "Citizens United"-enabled plutocratic buyout of American democracy
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.