technomalinche
@technomalinche.bsky.social
Inauthentic Ethnic. Practical Radical. Class Traitor. Feminist Fatale. Postcolonial Cyborg. Queer Sympathizer. Migrant Professor. Malcontent. Mutant.
"We must continue to ask what content is meant to achieve, who makes it, and to what ends. We must reflect more on our susceptibility to affective mechanisms such as desire. Propaganda does not rely on unassailable evidence and impeccable logic to discipline its targets. Neither can the response."
Propaganda does not rely entirely on unassailable evidence and impeccable logic to discipline its targets. Neither can the response, writes Calum Matheson, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.
Scholars Must Recognize the Role of Affect and Emotion in Disinformation | TechPolicy.Press
The tactics of digital emotional manipulation are many and varied, but many of the most prominent exploit frustration and rage, writes Calum Matheson.
www.techpolicy.press
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"We must continue to ask what content is meant to achieve, who makes it, and to what ends. We must reflect more on our susceptibility to affective mechanisms such as desire. Propaganda does not rely on unassailable evidence and impeccable logic to discipline its targets. Neither can the response."
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RE: "negotiate" It wasn't health insurance, was long term care insurance, but when my parents had a medical emergency, I fought the insurance company for 2.5 months, calling repeatedly until the bastards would activate the policy. I got clinically diagnosed PTSD as a result. Good times.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
RE: "negotiate" It wasn't health insurance, was long term care insurance, but when my parents had a medical emergency, I fought the insurance company for 2.5 months, calling repeatedly until the bastards would activate the policy. I got clinically diagnosed PTSD as a result. Good times.
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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again, if chuck schumer wants to energize Ds for the fight ahead, the absolute best thing he could do is resign.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
again, if chuck schumer wants to energize Ds for the fight ahead, the absolute best thing he could do is resign.
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The shitlibs finally did something right this weekend when they caved in on the ACA, which I do not support, and handed a political victory to Donald Trump, who I do not support.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The shitlibs finally did something right this weekend when they caved in on the ACA, which I do not support, and handed a political victory to Donald Trump, who I do not support.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
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I assumed this would be an old article from Durbin before I clicked on it. But the date is Nov. 10. Today. The day after he just voted to reopen the government in exchange for nothing.
LOLOL @durbin.senate.gov read the room bro
"As a senator and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I will use every tool at my disposal to push back against this president’s attack on our democracy."
-Dick Durbin
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
"As a senator and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I will use every tool at my disposal to push back against this president’s attack on our democracy."
-Dick Durbin
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.
Excessive militarized ICE raids and misuse of the military will not make Chicago safer, writes Sen. Dick Durbin.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I assumed this would be an old article from Durbin before I clicked on it. But the date is Nov. 10. Today. The day after he just voted to reopen the government in exchange for nothing.
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Democrats Kill Hope (Again)
Chuck Schumer Reboots The Montreal Screwjob
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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A one year-old was pepper sprayed in a car with her parents by an armed, masked federal agent, and Dick Durbin is more concerned with "how the Senate works"
And the truly craziest thing abt this cave is that someone seeing the invasion of Chicago firsthand, Dick Durbin, doesn't understand this.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A one year-old was pepper sprayed in a car with her parents by an armed, masked federal agent, and Dick Durbin is more concerned with "how the Senate works"
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KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
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I like how there’s even a single Democratic politician in DC still willing to pretend that the Republican Party can be negotiated with in good faith
It’s the classic LUCY WOULDN’T DO THAT AGAIN hypothesis
It’s the classic LUCY WOULDN’T DO THAT AGAIN hypothesis
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I like how there’s even a single Democratic politician in DC still willing to pretend that the Republican Party can be negotiated with in good faith
It’s the classic LUCY WOULDN’T DO THAT AGAIN hypothesis
It’s the classic LUCY WOULDN’T DO THAT AGAIN hypothesis
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Resign.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Resign.
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This is absolutely right.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is absolutely right.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
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Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early - emptywheel
The eight Democrats who voted for a deal to reopen government not just caved, but caved at least a week too early.
www.emptywheel.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
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None of these politicians will ever be without healthcare or anything they need or want. That makes my blood boil that they have power over so many. They'll never taste suffering.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
None of these politicians will ever be without healthcare or anything they need or want. That makes my blood boil that they have power over so many. They'll never taste suffering.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Democrats
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the Democrats
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I want an equally apportioned, non-gerrymandered, unicameral legislator without the corrupting influence of big money. I want an elected, (short) term-limited court with a ban on court engineering, and a mandate to protect the civil and human rights of the people not hierarchies and the wealthy.
Would it change your mind to hear that the GOP want to overturn the Amendment that allows the direct election of Senators?
Do you want Mike Johnson to have sole control of the Legislature?
Do you want Mike Johnson to have sole control of the Legislature?
Abolishing the Senate and SCOTUS should be talked about much more.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I want an equally apportioned, non-gerrymandered, unicameral legislator without the corrupting influence of big money. I want an elected, (short) term-limited court with a ban on court engineering, and a mandate to protect the civil and human rights of the people not hierarchies and the wealthy.
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The cave also reminds us why Democrats, like Rahm Emanuel, fear an army of activated, motivated volunteers surrounding a candidate. They expect things!
Why the Mamdani campaign must be the future of politics
This is something we do, or it is done to us.
www.thefarce.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The cave also reminds us why Democrats, like Rahm Emanuel, fear an army of activated, motivated volunteers surrounding a candidate. They expect things!
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Democrats snuffed out all the hope the voters expressed last Tuesday in less than a week.
a picture of darth vader with the words most impressive written below him
ALT: a picture of darth vader with the words most impressive written below him
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Democrats snuffed out all the hope the voters expressed last Tuesday in less than a week.
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Matt Yglesias and Ritchie Torres even agree this is a horrible idea. If the very worst people agree you are getting rolled, what exactly what are we doing here?
The proposal is “not a deal," says Democratic U.S. House Rep. Ritchie Torres.
"It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.”
buff.ly/9aW3zLz
"It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.”
buff.ly/9aW3zLz
Democrats Consider GOP Deal to Reopen Government, With Promise of Later Vote on ACA Subsidies
Democrats are considering a Republican offer to reopen the government with a promise of a later vote on extending ACA health-care tax credits.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Matt Yglesias and Ritchie Torres even agree this is a horrible idea. If the very worst people agree you are getting rolled, what exactly what are we doing here?
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If they cave, it reinforces my sense that the real problem with the democrats is not “wokeness,” but the fact that they don’t stand for anything and are willing to fight for nothing.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If they cave, it reinforces my sense that the real problem with the democrats is not “wokeness,” but the fact that they don’t stand for anything and are willing to fight for nothing.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
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All of this is confirming my belief that Republicans never learn from a loss and Democrats never learn from a win
“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
All of this is confirming my belief that Republicans never learn from a loss and Democrats never learn from a win
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They must wear this to their secret meetings because they’re getting slapped on sight in this.
Hey, so.... Walmart is selling this white power shirt on their app....
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They must wear this to their secret meetings because they’re getting slapped on sight in this.
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Again, the eight Democrats who will do this will be four people who are retiring, three people who aren’t up until 2030, and Schumer. You have to work every single 2026 House candidate to go on record in calling for Schumer’s head. In other words, the Democrat tea party needs to form yesterday.
If these 8 democrats do this, I hope they experience the most miserable primary campaigns in history www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday
Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government.
www.politico.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Again, the eight Democrats who will do this will be four people who are retiring, three people who aren’t up until 2030, and Schumer. You have to work every single 2026 House candidate to go on record in calling for Schumer’s head. In other words, the Democrat tea party needs to form yesterday.