Rev. Magdalen
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Anti-Fascist
#Resist
#SubGenius
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Rev. Magdalen
@revmagdalen.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes.
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WELKER: What do you say to the allegation Trump is going to meddle in midterms & that's what he's doing in GA?
JOHNSON: I find it comical a senator from GA is talking about schemes. GA was example A of that
W: There are no Qs about 2020 that have not been answered
J: That's your opinion
W: Nope
JOHNSON: I find it comical a senator from GA is talking about schemes. GA was example A of that
W: There are no Qs about 2020 that have not been answered
J: That's your opinion
W: Nope
February 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
WELKER: What do you say to the allegation Trump is going to meddle in midterms & that's what he's doing in GA?
JOHNSON: I find it comical a senator from GA is talking about schemes. GA was example A of that
W: There are no Qs about 2020 that have not been answered
J: That's your opinion
W: Nope
JOHNSON: I find it comical a senator from GA is talking about schemes. GA was example A of that
W: There are no Qs about 2020 that have not been answered
J: That's your opinion
W: Nope
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We've been screaming this for a long time, and people need to hear us:
What the Trump Cult wants is an artificial hierarchy imposed on the rest of humanity, in which everyone gets to harm with impunity those lower in the pecking order.
ANY resistance to this artificial hierarchy is unacceptable.
What the Trump Cult wants is an artificial hierarchy imposed on the rest of humanity, in which everyone gets to harm with impunity those lower in the pecking order.
ANY resistance to this artificial hierarchy is unacceptable.
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
We've been screaming this for a long time, and people need to hear us:
What the Trump Cult wants is an artificial hierarchy imposed on the rest of humanity, in which everyone gets to harm with impunity those lower in the pecking order.
ANY resistance to this artificial hierarchy is unacceptable.
What the Trump Cult wants is an artificial hierarchy imposed on the rest of humanity, in which everyone gets to harm with impunity those lower in the pecking order.
ANY resistance to this artificial hierarchy is unacceptable.
People are doing the thing again, where if a red district flips blue, they assume that Democratic Party messaging, whatever it happened to be, worked to convince Republicans to switch to voting Democrat.
Instead of people who rarely vote getting fired up and deciding to participate.
Instead of people who rarely vote getting fired up and deciding to participate.
February 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
People are doing the thing again, where if a red district flips blue, they assume that Democratic Party messaging, whatever it happened to be, worked to convince Republicans to switch to voting Democrat.
Instead of people who rarely vote getting fired up and deciding to participate.
Instead of people who rarely vote getting fired up and deciding to participate.
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A tip from a regular guy to Democratic politicians:
Trying to dunk on egg prices like it's still November 2024 while Americans are watching in horror as we slide into a 1930's Germany dystopian nightmare makes you look like consultant-dependent political hacks that have no idea what his happening.
Trying to dunk on egg prices like it's still November 2024 while Americans are watching in horror as we slide into a 1930's Germany dystopian nightmare makes you look like consultant-dependent political hacks that have no idea what his happening.
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM
A tip from a regular guy to Democratic politicians:
Trying to dunk on egg prices like it's still November 2024 while Americans are watching in horror as we slide into a 1930's Germany dystopian nightmare makes you look like consultant-dependent political hacks that have no idea what his happening.
Trying to dunk on egg prices like it's still November 2024 while Americans are watching in horror as we slide into a 1930's Germany dystopian nightmare makes you look like consultant-dependent political hacks that have no idea what his happening.
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He decided to run for president the moment the federal government investigated epstein , and he knew he would also be charged.
February 1, 2026 at 2:42 PM
He decided to run for president the moment the federal government investigated epstein , and he knew he would also be charged.
This is really telling. It's not enough for protest to be peaceful. Mike Johnson wants you to not resist at all. That's how they could justify teargassing the peaceful march in Portland.
MIKE JOHNSON: There have been tragedies in Mpls brought about in large measure by governor & local officials inciting violence
WELKER: They're calling for peaceful protest
J: They're also saying to resist
W: But these state & local officials didn't pull the triggers that left these Americans dead
WELKER: They're calling for peaceful protest
J: They're also saying to resist
W: But these state & local officials didn't pull the triggers that left these Americans dead
February 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This is really telling. It's not enough for protest to be peaceful. Mike Johnson wants you to not resist at all. That's how they could justify teargassing the peaceful march in Portland.
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Because women and girls (and, in the case of how my biomom talked about undergraduate boys, young men, too) aren't people, see? They're objects to be used and enjoyed and consumed. And if they happen to be on the younger side? What, they're sexual beings! Teenagers fuck all the time! You a prude?
February 1, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Because women and girls (and, in the case of how my biomom talked about undergraduate boys, young men, too) aren't people, see? They're objects to be used and enjoyed and consumed. And if they happen to be on the younger side? What, they're sexual beings! Teenagers fuck all the time! You a prude?
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See, I was born to this culture. I was born when both my parents were in graduate school, and so I grew up hearing all about how normalized sexual favors are in academia, how both male AND female professors, for that matter, regarded sexually exploiting students as a perk of the job in some circles.
February 1, 2026 at 1:39 AM
See, I was born to this culture. I was born when both my parents were in graduate school, and so I grew up hearing all about how normalized sexual favors are in academia, how both male AND female professors, for that matter, regarded sexually exploiting students as a perk of the job in some circles.
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I've blabbered a ton in threads about this, but I have to unpack what this actually means, because what I'm going to call "Academic Culture" normalizes sexual exploitation and regards it as, at worst, a petty crime akin to doing cocaine or public urination. 🧵
As more academic names keep coming up in the Epstein files, I keep thinking about this NYT interview with the Bard president from a few years ago, and wondering how many people were rationalizing in similar ways.
www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/u...
February 1, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I've blabbered a ton in threads about this, but I have to unpack what this actually means, because what I'm going to call "Academic Culture" normalizes sexual exploitation and regards it as, at worst, a petty crime akin to doing cocaine or public urination. 🧵
Imagine thinking like this. Like "Well Trump didn't cancel this one state legislature race, for a seat that will have another election before the legislature even meets, so therefore he can never cancel any elections, don't worry or make any plans for that."
A few broader thoughts:
1) This election happened, period.
2) It happened in Texas, no less.
3) It happened even though Trump himself took an intense interest in winning it.
If Trump could cancel elections or ordain their outcomes, then why didn't he do that tonight?
1) This election happened, period.
2) It happened in Texas, no less.
3) It happened even though Trump himself took an intense interest in winning it.
If Trump could cancel elections or ordain their outcomes, then why didn't he do that tonight?
BREAKING: Texas Democrat Taylor Rehmet just won a *massive* landslide to flip a deep-red Senate district. He's up by 14 points in a Trump+17 seat—an overperformance of more than 30 points.
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Imagine thinking like this. Like "Well Trump didn't cancel this one state legislature race, for a seat that will have another election before the legislature even meets, so therefore he can never cancel any elections, don't worry or make any plans for that."
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Keith Ellison: "The president is openly promoting authoritarianism and tyranny. That is what's happening in America. Most of us thought we would never see it, but here it is right in front of our eyes."
February 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Keith Ellison: "The president is openly promoting authoritarianism and tyranny. That is what's happening in America. Most of us thought we would never see it, but here it is right in front of our eyes."
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BASH: Was this really about trying to make an example out of somebody who the president has sparred with?
BLANCHE: I don't even know that the president even ever thought about Don Lemon
BASH: The White House's official twitter celebrated his arrest. Just yesterday Trump called him a 'sleazebag'
BLANCHE: I don't even know that the president even ever thought about Don Lemon
BASH: The White House's official twitter celebrated his arrest. Just yesterday Trump called him a 'sleazebag'
February 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
BASH: Was this really about trying to make an example out of somebody who the president has sparred with?
BLANCHE: I don't even know that the president even ever thought about Don Lemon
BASH: The White House's official twitter celebrated his arrest. Just yesterday Trump called him a 'sleazebag'
BLANCHE: I don't even know that the president even ever thought about Don Lemon
BASH: The White House's official twitter celebrated his arrest. Just yesterday Trump called him a 'sleazebag'
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Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
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The most succinct way of describing the Biden years is an attempt to return to normalcy in highly abnormal times
I think he geniunely believed that it would have been inappropriate and believed in preserving norm. This was in some sense noble. In a most greater and more meaningful sense, he was stupid and wrong.
February 1, 2026 at 6:36 AM
The most succinct way of describing the Biden years is an attempt to return to normalcy in highly abnormal times
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Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
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Honest to God...if there's places where candidates can still file and run, you, yes you reading my skeet, might be able to beat an incumbent Republican for sheriff, or judge, or dog catcher.
Contest every election. Make them spend. Make them work. Make them look like fools.
They are unpopular...
Contest every election. Make them spend. Make them work. Make them look like fools.
They are unpopular...
32 point swing in a Texas election with the winner being outraised 2.3 million to 350k. That is difficult to encapsulate. There are people in the republican infrastructure *freaking* out right this second.
February 1, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Honest to God...if there's places where candidates can still file and run, you, yes you reading my skeet, might be able to beat an incumbent Republican for sheriff, or judge, or dog catcher.
Contest every election. Make them spend. Make them work. Make them look like fools.
They are unpopular...
Contest every election. Make them spend. Make them work. Make them look like fools.
They are unpopular...
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The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism
A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called “alarmists” were being hysterical have started, tentatively, to admit that maybe they got it wrong. Even Jon Stewart, who chided liberals, got it wrong.
tinyurl.com/VuQp2F
A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called “alarmists” were being hysterical have started, tentatively, to admit that maybe they got it wrong. Even Jon Stewart, who chided liberals, got it wrong.
tinyurl.com/VuQp2F
The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don’t know what Republicans are going to do.
tinyurl.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:22 AM
The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism
A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called “alarmists” were being hysterical have started, tentatively, to admit that maybe they got it wrong. Even Jon Stewart, who chided liberals, got it wrong.
tinyurl.com/VuQp2F
A lot of people who spent years insisting that the so-called “alarmists” were being hysterical have started, tentatively, to admit that maybe they got it wrong. Even Jon Stewart, who chided liberals, got it wrong.
tinyurl.com/VuQp2F
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Ummmmmm not quite.
February 1, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Ummmmmm not quite.
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we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
January 31, 2026 at 10:29 PM
we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
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Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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Once again, the SNL cold open is making the Trump Administration look bad in kind of a goofy way, which whitewashes the fact that what’s happening now is scary, fascistic, and could be the end of democracy in America.
February 1, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Once again, the SNL cold open is making the Trump Administration look bad in kind of a goofy way, which whitewashes the fact that what’s happening now is scary, fascistic, and could be the end of democracy in America.
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Conservative reporter over on Twitter says that Wambsganss has thrown in the towel: “We’ll be back in November.”
(She'll be on the ballot again for a full term this fall, as will Dem Taylor Rehmet.) x.com/CurrentRevol...
(She'll be on the ballot again for a full term this fall, as will Dem Taylor Rehmet.) x.com/CurrentRevol...
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Conservative reporter over on Twitter says that Wambsganss has thrown in the towel: “We’ll be back in November.”
(She'll be on the ballot again for a full term this fall, as will Dem Taylor Rehmet.) x.com/CurrentRevol...
(She'll be on the ballot again for a full term this fall, as will Dem Taylor Rehmet.) x.com/CurrentRevol...
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There is very likely going to be a blue wave in November 2026. Trump will do what he can to disturb the election and stop Rs from losing the House. It probably won't work, but the probability of a tail outcome is worrisome, and the attempt is the story
February 1, 2026 at 4:39 AM
There is very likely going to be a blue wave in November 2026. Trump will do what he can to disturb the election and stop Rs from losing the House. It probably won't work, but the probability of a tail outcome is worrisome, and the attempt is the story
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The R candidate has apparently conceded, so that's a flip folks. Probably a 30-point swing vs 2024 per The Downballot, could be 35 vs the 2022 election in the seat docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2025-26 cycle
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February 1, 2026 at 4:41 AM
The R candidate has apparently conceded, so that's a flip folks. Probably a 30-point swing vs 2024 per The Downballot, could be 35 vs the 2022 election in the seat docs.google.com/spreadsheets...