Mike Lowder
@mclowder.bsky.social
Deafflatusized sailor; fermenter of chiles; retired attorney. I spend most of my time with dogs.
Director of Corporate Awesomeness at ANTIFA.
Immigration is good; and the US needs it.
https://bsky.app/profile/mclowder.bsky.social/post/3ked3qi33tc2d
Director of Corporate Awesomeness at ANTIFA.
Immigration is good; and the US needs it.
https://bsky.app/profile/mclowder.bsky.social/post/3ked3qi33tc2d
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How. Is. Anyone. Still. On. His. Shit. Ass. Social. Network.
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
How. Is. Anyone. Still. On. His. Shit. Ass. Social. Network.
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My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.
February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.
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No, the point is absolutely true of Chavismo and the like as well. Populism is everywhere and always about pinning blame on an out-group. There is no such thing as universalist inclusive populism, the whole thing is there's the One True Real People versus the illegitimate others. Pick your poison.
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
No, the point is absolutely true of Chavismo and the like as well. Populism is everywhere and always about pinning blame on an out-group. There is no such thing as universalist inclusive populism, the whole thing is there's the One True Real People versus the illegitimate others. Pick your poison.
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That's what distinguishes a Lula or Sheinbaum from a Chavez. It's not just being to the left, even the hard left. Populism as such is fundamentally anti-democratic and anti-pluralism. It's about delegitimization of opposition, not just throwing hard punches in the game of democratic politics.
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
That's what distinguishes a Lula or Sheinbaum from a Chavez. It's not just being to the left, even the hard left. Populism as such is fundamentally anti-democratic and anti-pluralism. It's about delegitimization of opposition, not just throwing hard punches in the game of democratic politics.
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It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
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You can't do any type of American focused social science well without grappling with how the interactions between African Americans and the state shaped both the institutions as well as how groups interact with them. The fight over"African Americans' place in society" is 400 years old and counting.
February 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
You can't do any type of American focused social science well without grappling with how the interactions between African Americans and the state shaped both the institutions as well as how groups interact with them. The fight over"African Americans' place in society" is 400 years old and counting.
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Swear to god, so many of these uber rich guys who keep trying to intellectualize and sanitize white supremacy really are the dumbest motherfuckers alive. They constantly say word salad-y nonsense like this that would cause them to fail a fourth grade US history test.
This odious white supremacist needs to learn some history.
Not so long ago, it was common to see "Irish need not apply" in job listings in the United States. You know, the same type of pernicious prejudice that Elon exhibits regularly.
Not so long ago, it was common to see "Irish need not apply" in job listings in the United States. You know, the same type of pernicious prejudice that Elon exhibits regularly.
February 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Swear to god, so many of these uber rich guys who keep trying to intellectualize and sanitize white supremacy really are the dumbest motherfuckers alive. They constantly say word salad-y nonsense like this that would cause them to fail a fourth grade US history test.
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In 2013, Platner wrote "Why don’t black people tip?" and wrote in a thread about sexual assault that people should "take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f—-ked up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to?"
themainemonitor.org/platner-redd...
themainemonitor.org/platner-redd...
Graham Platner asked why Black people ‘don’t tip’ in Reddit posts
The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate posted to the online social media site Reddit more than 1,800 times between 2009 and 2021.
themainemonitor.org
February 15, 2026 at 6:09 AM
In 2013, Platner wrote "Why don’t black people tip?" and wrote in a thread about sexual assault that people should "take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f—-ked up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to?"
themainemonitor.org/platner-redd...
themainemonitor.org/platner-redd...
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I also am baffled that people are assuming this super checkered barely known guy will be super progressive as though we're not living in a post Fetterman universe.
It's nuts that these are the two candidates the respective wings of the Maine Dems have coughed up. I am positive there are, somewhere in the state, a moderate who's not 97 years old and a progressive who doesn't have nazi tattoos.
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I also am baffled that people are assuming this super checkered barely known guy will be super progressive as though we're not living in a post Fetterman universe.
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with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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The reason why Dems are in the mess theyre in is bc they've tried to be Republican-lite since '88. Why get the diet version of fascism?
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
The reason why Dems are in the mess theyre in is bc they've tried to be Republican-lite since '88. Why get the diet version of fascism?
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Yeah, the Nazi tattoo is part of the appeal for Platner for a lot of people. His candidacy is supposed to signal the left no longer concerns itself with “woke” issues like public displays of bigotry.
Just gonna say there are plenty of insurgent, anti-establishment candidates WITHOUT Nazi tattoos that the New Republic could have featured instead of Platner.
You could ABSOLUTELY make the point that Ds are mad at the centrist leaders of the party WITHOUT helping rehabilitate this particular guy.
You could ABSOLUTELY make the point that Ds are mad at the centrist leaders of the party WITHOUT helping rehabilitate this particular guy.
February 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Yeah, the Nazi tattoo is part of the appeal for Platner for a lot of people. His candidacy is supposed to signal the left no longer concerns itself with “woke” issues like public displays of bigotry.
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The 2028 Dem platform needs to include "prosecute everyone who lied to Congress."
Whatever fake "norms" there were against that are long gone, and Trump has routinely used and threatened it, including against the Federal Reserve. Real, meritorious prosecutions need to happen at scale.
Whatever fake "norms" there were against that are long gone, and Trump has routinely used and threatened it, including against the Federal Reserve. Real, meritorious prosecutions need to happen at scale.
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The 2028 Dem platform needs to include "prosecute everyone who lied to Congress."
Whatever fake "norms" there were against that are long gone, and Trump has routinely used and threatened it, including against the Federal Reserve. Real, meritorious prosecutions need to happen at scale.
Whatever fake "norms" there were against that are long gone, and Trump has routinely used and threatened it, including against the Federal Reserve. Real, meritorious prosecutions need to happen at scale.
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Per John's thread below, I hope Democratic primary voters in North Carolina are paying attention to this issue amidst their State Legislative primaries.
There are some elected State Leg Dems who keep joining Republicans to override Gov. Stein's vetoes.
There are some elected State Leg Dems who keep joining Republicans to override Gov. Stein's vetoes.
in The NC primaries that are on March 3 the primaries do matter. there are democrats in very blue districts who vote to override Stein's vetos and give the republicans an effective super majority in the state house.
February 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Per John's thread below, I hope Democratic primary voters in North Carolina are paying attention to this issue amidst their State Legislative primaries.
There are some elected State Leg Dems who keep joining Republicans to override Gov. Stein's vetoes.
There are some elected State Leg Dems who keep joining Republicans to override Gov. Stein's vetoes.
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“This is the Epstein Administration.”
Massie: "Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in NYC and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he's not. He's still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration."
February 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
“This is the Epstein Administration.”
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The Trump administration has supercharged the use of domestic terrorism investigations to scare Americans away from using their First Amendment rights to oppose its policies. bit.ly/4qwExhh
Trump’s Version of “Domestic Terrorism” vs. the First Amendment
The administration has given itself permission to prosecute people and organizations for their political views.
www.brennancenter.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The Trump administration has supercharged the use of domestic terrorism investigations to scare Americans away from using their First Amendment rights to oppose its policies. bit.ly/4qwExhh
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Absolutely infuriating. These grotesque, morally bankrupt men have broken this country.
"Billionaires like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as good and natural. Epstein funneled ~$20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology [and got] to hold forth in formal sessions at Harvard, condemning feeding and caring for the poor as if he were making a scholarly argument."
About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Absolutely infuriating. These grotesque, morally bankrupt men have broken this country.
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man ... lying under oath really ought to be a crime, you know?
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
man ... lying under oath really ought to be a crime, you know?
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Jeremy Carl, whom Trump has nominated for a senior position in the State Department, made precisely the same claim --white people are becoming "second-class citizens"--in his 2024 book as David Duke did in 1975, when he was the leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
February 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Jeremy Carl, whom Trump has nominated for a senior position in the State Department, made precisely the same claim --white people are becoming "second-class citizens"--in his 2024 book as David Duke did in 1975, when he was the leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
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I don't know and don't care what his true secret inner beliefs are. The best case defense of it is he's merely an idiot and also wildly dishonest.
February 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I don't know and don't care what his true secret inner beliefs are. The best case defense of it is he's merely an idiot and also wildly dishonest.
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DHS funding ran out at midnight last night, triggering a partial government shutdown.
Republicans had a choice between supporting massively popular, desperately needed restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol or shutting down DHS. And they chose to shut down DHS. 🧵
Republicans had a choice between supporting massively popular, desperately needed restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol or shutting down DHS. And they chose to shut down DHS. 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
DHS funding ran out at midnight last night, triggering a partial government shutdown.
Republicans had a choice between supporting massively popular, desperately needed restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol or shutting down DHS. And they chose to shut down DHS. 🧵
Republicans had a choice between supporting massively popular, desperately needed restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol or shutting down DHS. And they chose to shut down DHS. 🧵
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...