Bespoke Mind Virus
@bespokemindvirus.bsky.social
Executive Director of the Federal Alliance of Fighting Oligarchy (FAFO)
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New: contra a major current of liberal thought, not all expressive politics is pointless or counterproductive. Boycotting or walking out of Trump’s address to Congress would be both satisfying and politically valuable. www.offmessage.net/p/boycott-th...
Boycott The Donald Trump Show
Playing captive to the lies he’ll tell at his coming address to Congress is weak, conveys weakness, and surrenders the whole national stage to him.
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March 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New: contra a major current of liberal thought, not all expressive politics is pointless or counterproductive. Boycotting or walking out of Trump’s address to Congress would be both satisfying and politically valuable. www.offmessage.net/p/boycott-th...
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relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
Seems like why the meeting imploded was more like "Trump is senile and has lost all impulse control and JD Vance is pickled in online fash propaganda" www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded
It happened in part because the White House perceived a loss of focus on the reason they were even gathering.
www.semafor.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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these terminations are good evidence that this is just wanton destruction by deranged ideologues. there is no rhyme or reason other than whatever makes sense to a bunch of zoomer nazis and their bosses and enablers
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
February 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
these terminations are good evidence that this is just wanton destruction by deranged ideologues. there is no rhyme or reason other than whatever makes sense to a bunch of zoomer nazis and their bosses and enablers
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worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
…and no one organized a boycott
I really think this is literally all happening because Musk took over Twitter
February 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
…and no one organized a boycott
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hey guys I'm trying to establish right-wing dictatorship in a wealthy, diverse, and relatively robust democracy. the ideal political economy for my project is one in which I've picked fights with the military and professional classes and strapped a ticking time bomb to Wall Street, right?
February 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
hey guys I'm trying to establish right-wing dictatorship in a wealthy, diverse, and relatively robust democracy. the ideal political economy for my project is one in which I've picked fights with the military and professional classes and strapped a ticking time bomb to Wall Street, right?
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The point of excluding categories of people from the military like this is to send the message that they are unworthy of citizenship, it is pure bigotry and the assumptions behind it are disproven by the honorable service of the people being targeted in the first place bsky.app/profile/bran...
If transgender service members don't voluntarily agree to resign, they'll be forced by the Defense Department to repay the signing bonuses they received at enlistment. Not only will they be fired, they'll be punished with thousands of dollars in debt. All for attempting to serve their country.
February 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The point of excluding categories of people from the military like this is to send the message that they are unworthy of citizenship, it is pure bigotry and the assumptions behind it are disproven by the honorable service of the people being targeted in the first place bsky.app/profile/bran...
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Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
February 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.
February 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.
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I’ve been arguing for four weeks that Trump is basically a ceremonial head of state while Musk is the actual head of government. There is nothing in today’s Cabinet meeting that argues against that theory. Musk has even paid Trump $10M for the privilege! www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
February 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’ve been arguing for four weeks that Trump is basically a ceremonial head of state while Musk is the actual head of government. There is nothing in today’s Cabinet meeting that argues against that theory. Musk has even paid Trump $10M for the privilege! www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
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It seems to me that people should start investigating what Elon musk has on Donald Trump to let him cuck him so spectacularly
February 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It seems to me that people should start investigating what Elon musk has on Donald Trump to let him cuck him so spectacularly
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Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.
February 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.
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If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
February 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
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Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."
February 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."
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🚨🚨ALERT🚨🚨: If you want Democrats to hold the line on Musk's illegal funding/firing spree, **RIGHT NOW** is time to make your voice heard. This update below is about just that. Not clear how hard a line they're taking. GOPS are abt to shutdown the govt. Their leadership wants Dem help outmaneuver...
This looks like the battle is joined. Republicans are on course to shut down the govt because of their extremist wing. They're asking Dems for help. Dems are saying bill has to have agreement that Prez can't unconstitutionally "impound" appropriated money - i.e., allow Elon's crime spree.
“Look, there's no way a Republican Senate and Republican House are going to limit what a Republican president can do.” www.politico.com/live-updates...
February 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
🚨🚨ALERT🚨🚨: If you want Democrats to hold the line on Musk's illegal funding/firing spree, **RIGHT NOW** is time to make your voice heard. This update below is about just that. Not clear how hard a line they're taking. GOPS are abt to shutdown the govt. Their leadership wants Dem help outmaneuver...
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And 2018 and 2020.
Liberal activist are urging Democrats to fight harder against the administration. But this is the same bad advice that led to crushing Democratic defeats in 2006 and 2008.
February 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
And 2018 and 2020.
Listen -- it's not nuts to expect congressional Democrats to do something about the on-going coup undertaken by an unelected foreign oligarch.
But, the WAY Democrats are doing it? By Just Asking Questions? This is just not serious stuff.
But, the WAY Democrats are doing it? By Just Asking Questions? This is just not serious stuff.
Listen – it’s not nuts to ask federal employees to report what they’re working on. My staff has to do weekly reports too.
But the WAY Musk is doing this? What’s he gonna do, read 2 million emails? This is just not serious stuff.
But the WAY Musk is doing this? What’s he gonna do, read 2 million emails? This is just not serious stuff.
February 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Listen -- it's not nuts to expect congressional Democrats to do something about the on-going coup undertaken by an unelected foreign oligarch.
But, the WAY Democrats are doing it? By Just Asking Questions? This is just not serious stuff.
But, the WAY Democrats are doing it? By Just Asking Questions? This is just not serious stuff.
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The richest man in the world has parasitically imposed himself on the federal government to insist that all employees generate content for his language-processing machine, conscripted the administrative state as monkeys at typewriters, all under penalty of dismissal should they refuse.
February 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The richest man in the world has parasitically imposed himself on the federal government to insist that all employees generate content for his language-processing machine, conscripted the administrative state as monkeys at typewriters, all under penalty of dismissal should they refuse.
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The jokes come easy here but the reality of having an entire political party existing above and beyond the law is fucking terrifying and signifies the end of our social contract.
February 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The jokes come easy here but the reality of having an entire political party existing above and beyond the law is fucking terrifying and signifies the end of our social contract.
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February 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Considering that Musk routinely shares the personal data, addresses, etc. of people who make him mad and sics his degenerate legions on those enemies, is it any wonder people don't want him to have access to all their banking, social security, medical info?
February 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Considering that Musk routinely shares the personal data, addresses, etc. of people who make him mad and sics his degenerate legions on those enemies, is it any wonder people don't want him to have access to all their banking, social security, medical info?