@wolfgangbrooks.bsky.social
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The biggest problem with popularism is the failure to acknowledge that tailoring policy and messaging to what gets you the most electoral bang for the buck tends to pander to right-leaning swing voters and donors, which is not coincidentally where most boosters of popularism are ideologically.
February 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The biggest problem with popularism is the failure to acknowledge that tailoring policy and messaging to what gets you the most electoral bang for the buck tends to pander to right-leaning swing voters and donors, which is not coincidentally where most boosters of popularism are ideologically.
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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it's 2026. PC Gamer is doing journalism while actual news outlets post more transphobia. a sandwich costs $16 or five easy payments of $5 with SandoLoan
Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.
www.pcgamer.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
it's 2026. PC Gamer is doing journalism while actual news outlets post more transphobia. a sandwich costs $16 or five easy payments of $5 with SandoLoan
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I've had "Where There's a Whip There's a Way" from Rankin-Bass' "Return of the King" stuck in my head for ages, so I had to get that energy out somehow.
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I've had "Where There's a Whip There's a Way" from Rankin-Bass' "Return of the King" stuck in my head for ages, so I had to get that energy out somehow.
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Federal judge has ordered Trump administration to facilitate the return of certain Venezuelan migrants who he found were unlawfully deported to a Salvadoran prison under the Alien Enemies Act last year
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Judge orders Trump administration to facilitate return of some Venezuelan migrants deported under Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Venezuelan migrants who were deported to a Salvadoran prison last year and then released into other countries.
www.cbsnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Federal judge has ordered Trump administration to facilitate the return of certain Venezuelan migrants who he found were unlawfully deported to a Salvadoran prison under the Alien Enemies Act last year
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
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It's an open question whether Trump will kill more people by:
A) Canceling aid to starving people overseas
B) Undermining vaccines to invite a resurgence of previously conquered diseases
C) Destroying efforts to address climate change
Add them together and it's obvious Trump is a mass murderer.
A) Canceling aid to starving people overseas
B) Undermining vaccines to invite a resurgence of previously conquered diseases
C) Destroying efforts to address climate change
Add them together and it's obvious Trump is a mass murderer.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
It's an open question whether Trump will kill more people by:
A) Canceling aid to starving people overseas
B) Undermining vaccines to invite a resurgence of previously conquered diseases
C) Destroying efforts to address climate change
Add them together and it's obvious Trump is a mass murderer.
A) Canceling aid to starving people overseas
B) Undermining vaccines to invite a resurgence of previously conquered diseases
C) Destroying efforts to address climate change
Add them together and it's obvious Trump is a mass murderer.
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The long and the short of it is:
-gamers don’t know what they want
-content creators have positioned themselves as the “voice of the gamer”
-it’s established that negative content consistently drives engagement
-“everything sucks” has become the prevailing attitude cultivated by these personalities
-gamers don’t know what they want
-content creators have positioned themselves as the “voice of the gamer”
-it’s established that negative content consistently drives engagement
-“everything sucks” has become the prevailing attitude cultivated by these personalities
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
The long and the short of it is:
-gamers don’t know what they want
-content creators have positioned themselves as the “voice of the gamer”
-it’s established that negative content consistently drives engagement
-“everything sucks” has become the prevailing attitude cultivated by these personalities
-gamers don’t know what they want
-content creators have positioned themselves as the “voice of the gamer”
-it’s established that negative content consistently drives engagement
-“everything sucks” has become the prevailing attitude cultivated by these personalities
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They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
They literally dragged a minor employee out of a Target as he was wailing that he was a US citizen, roughed him up in their car, and then dropped him off bloodied and bruised in the freezing cold a couple of miles away, so miss us with this.
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People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy.
But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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Everything is Gender
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Everything is Gender
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I hate how much the online left has made fun off the whole 'Russiagate' shit because it just allowed people to ignore just how much of European fascism is funded by dark money from the Russian state.
"A conservative network led by Michael Gove and Nigel Farage’s senior adviser James Orr has spent more than half a million pounds pushing far-right and anti-trans voices – some of it fuelled by profits from Russian oil."
Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil | Good Law Project
Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
goodlaw.social
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I hate how much the online left has made fun off the whole 'Russiagate' shit because it just allowed people to ignore just how much of European fascism is funded by dark money from the Russian state.
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Outright corruption
The billionaire owner of a rival bridge called Lutnick, apparently to get Trump to block the Gordie Howe project. That's worse for Rs.
“We need a senator who is going to defend Michiganders, not be a rubber stamp for anything Trump wants,” Mallory McMorrow tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
“We need a senator who is going to defend Michiganders, not be a rubber stamp for anything Trump wants,” Mallory McMorrow tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
February 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Outright corruption
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It’s extraordinary that the President of the United States upended a major project involving extensive trade and cooperation with an important ally right after a billionaire pal chatted with a cabinet member, who then apparently had a quick word with Trump about the situation, and everyone yawns.
Remarkable: Trump's deranged threat to block the bridge connecting Detroit to Canada is backfiring, giving Dems a big issue in 2026 races in Michigan, which could help decide control of Congress.
Michigan Dems tell me they'll use this against Republicans big time:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Michigan Dems tell me they'll use this against Republicans big time:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Trump Tirade over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon
His corrupt threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge is about to become a big albatross around the necks of GOP candidates in pivotal Michigan.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It’s extraordinary that the President of the United States upended a major project involving extensive trade and cooperation with an important ally right after a billionaire pal chatted with a cabinet member, who then apparently had a quick word with Trump about the situation, and everyone yawns.
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Let's go aHEAD and start things off with my attempt at animation
May 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Let's go aHEAD and start things off with my attempt at animation
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Why do you think they’re desperate to make sure we’re not anonymous on the internet?
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Why do you think they’re desperate to make sure we’re not anonymous on the internet?
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BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
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People saw what Republicans were able to achieve with a scrappy set of propagandists on AM radio and later social media and thought: "that's genius, I can replicate that playbook."
And thus they too started to produce content blaming Dems for everything wrong in the world.
And thus they too started to produce content blaming Dems for everything wrong in the world.
February 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
People saw what Republicans were able to achieve with a scrappy set of propagandists on AM radio and later social media and thought: "that's genius, I can replicate that playbook."
And thus they too started to produce content blaming Dems for everything wrong in the world.
And thus they too started to produce content blaming Dems for everything wrong in the world.
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you’re not actually helping anyone if you see a post criticizing republicans for their behavior and use it as a springboard to criticize democrats
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
you’re not actually helping anyone if you see a post criticizing republicans for their behavior and use it as a springboard to criticize democrats
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A big part of why I never took most third parties seriously was their hyperfocus on the presidency.
When the Libertarian Party is more successful at elections than you you might have a serious problem.
When the Libertarian Party is more successful at elections than you you might have a serious problem.
February 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM
A big part of why I never took most third parties seriously was their hyperfocus on the presidency.
When the Libertarian Party is more successful at elections than you you might have a serious problem.
When the Libertarian Party is more successful at elections than you you might have a serious problem.
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okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
okay but like the burden is literally on us
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Well we just need to have a revolution and overthrow the government. That's much easier than voting
February 10, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Well we just need to have a revolution and overthrow the government. That's much easier than voting
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Voters as consumers has been a blight on democracy. Just lay back and wait for the perfect product, which is their responsibility to provide for you.
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Voters as consumers has been a blight on democracy. Just lay back and wait for the perfect product, which is their responsibility to provide for you.