@cjfuego98.bsky.social
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So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
In 1932, on the eve of seizing power, the Nazi goon army - the Sturmabteiling or SA - numbered 400,000 members. By 1933, it was over two *million.*
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
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He’s right: this is not a collapsed state. We still have civic power. Elections can’t just be canceled. Courts won’t close. Martial law isn’t coming. American democracy is wounded, not dead. Pressure is maintenance. Keep pushing relentlessly, without despair. Nihilism isn’t insight. It’s abdication.
Many of you have become drama-addicted doomers, and you seem to think it's important for the rest of us to join you.
Yes, things are bad. But change is within our power. Grow up. Act like sober, responsible adults in a democracy instead of cynical, all-is-lost teenagers.
Now get off my lawn.
/5x
Yes, things are bad. But change is within our power. Grow up. Act like sober, responsible adults in a democracy instead of cynical, all-is-lost teenagers.
Now get off my lawn.
/5x
January 10, 2026 at 4:24 AM
He’s right: this is not a collapsed state. We still have civic power. Elections can’t just be canceled. Courts won’t close. Martial law isn’t coming. American democracy is wounded, not dead. Pressure is maintenance. Keep pushing relentlessly, without despair. Nihilism isn’t insight. It’s abdication.
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The response to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good is not what the White House was expecting.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The response to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good is not what the White House was expecting.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
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they’re also scraping the bottom of the barrel on new recruits, borderline illiterate morons who are all wildly out of shape and who are far more likely to figure out ways of shirking work than they are actually showing up on the job
So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
In 1932, on the eve of seizing power, the Nazi goon army - the Sturmabteiling or SA - numbered 400,000 members. By 1933, it was over two *million.*
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
January 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
they’re also scraping the bottom of the barrel on new recruits, borderline illiterate morons who are all wildly out of shape and who are far more likely to figure out ways of shirking work than they are actually showing up on the job
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publicly rejecting it, on every social media account you have, and amplifying every other rejection, is also signaling. they’re a weak regime, getting weaker, in a mix of false bravado and panic and fear, and who they fear is us. they should.
The president is also signalling to his followers in and out of government what the party line on this horrific murder will be. That it's transparently false is almost beside the point. Indeed, publicly adopting the falsehood will fast become a loyalty test.
That he chooses the "me or your lying eyes?" approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment.
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 AM
publicly rejecting it, on every social media account you have, and amplifying every other rejection, is also signaling. they’re a weak regime, getting weaker, in a mix of false bravado and panic and fear, and who they fear is us. they should.
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the trump approval charts on the data hub are updated www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data
January 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
the trump approval charts on the data hub are updated www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data
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Bush-appointee Judge N.R. Smith dissents, arguing that Bruen established that states could not ban altogether, but could regulate the manner--they could ban open carry if they allowed concealed carry, or vice versa.
January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Bush-appointee Judge N.R. Smith dissents, arguing that Bruen established that states could not ban altogether, but could regulate the manner--they could ban open carry if they allowed concealed carry, or vice versa.
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lmao i love how fast these things leak its great.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
lmao i love how fast these things leak its great.
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ah, there we go. looks like bottom may be falling out for Platner.
like to see Ds doing better than that against Collins in this environment though. still. it's close.
like to see Ds doing better than that against Collins in this environment though. still. it's close.
2026 Maine Senate General
Collins vs. Mills
🔵 Mills 43%
🔴 Collins 43%
Collins vs. Platner
🔵 Platner 43%
🔴 Collins 42%
Collins vs. Mills
🔵 Mills 43%
🔴 Collins 43%
Collins vs. Platner
🔵 Platner 43%
🔴 Collins 42%
December 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
ah, there we go. looks like bottom may be falling out for Platner.
like to see Ds doing better than that against Collins in this environment though. still. it's close.
like to see Ds doing better than that against Collins in this environment though. still. it's close.
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Last Friday, SCOTUS denied cert in a couple of cases in which lower courts UPHELD the federal law banning short-barrel rifles - they left in place rulings that the Second Amendment does not protect such weapons.
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Last Friday, SCOTUS denied cert in a couple of cases in which lower courts UPHELD the federal law banning short-barrel rifles - they left in place rulings that the Second Amendment does not protect such weapons.
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I'm sorry but Judge Thapar's concurrence/dissent show one absolutely bonkers way to do constitutional law!
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm sorry but Judge Thapar's concurrence/dissent show one absolutely bonkers way to do constitutional law!
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States that particularly seem to be going nuts when it comes to public higher education: Florida, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas.
December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
States that particularly seem to be going nuts when it comes to public higher education: Florida, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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But lower unfavorable, and more undecided.
Which is .. not good for Collins, because the easiest thing to do politically will be tie her to Kavanaugh (and by extension tie Planter to Kavanaugh since Planter voted for Collins in 2018) and from Kavanaugh to Trump.
Which is .. not good for Collins, because the easiest thing to do politically will be tie her to Kavanaugh (and by extension tie Planter to Kavanaugh since Planter voted for Collins in 2018) and from Kavanaugh to Trump.
December 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
But lower unfavorable, and more undecided.
Which is .. not good for Collins, because the easiest thing to do politically will be tie her to Kavanaugh (and by extension tie Planter to Kavanaugh since Planter voted for Collins in 2018) and from Kavanaugh to Trump.
Which is .. not good for Collins, because the easiest thing to do politically will be tie her to Kavanaugh (and by extension tie Planter to Kavanaugh since Planter voted for Collins in 2018) and from Kavanaugh to Trump.
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Hope my pal @drensteppur.bsky.social doesn't mind me screenshotting this but I think it's THAT important to share.
Look, if you STILL think Dems made the wrong decision during the shutdown and weren't fighting for healthcare, you are just looking for a reason to be angry at this point.
Let it go
Look, if you STILL think Dems made the wrong decision during the shutdown and weren't fighting for healthcare, you are just looking for a reason to be angry at this point.
Let it go
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hope my pal @drensteppur.bsky.social doesn't mind me screenshotting this but I think it's THAT important to share.
Look, if you STILL think Dems made the wrong decision during the shutdown and weren't fighting for healthcare, you are just looking for a reason to be angry at this point.
Let it go
Look, if you STILL think Dems made the wrong decision during the shutdown and weren't fighting for healthcare, you are just looking for a reason to be angry at this point.
Let it go
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I'm sure that "down slightly" is absolutely how theyd describe a drop from the already low 42% to the abysmal 36% if the president in question was a Democrat
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm sure that "down slightly" is absolutely how theyd describe a drop from the already low 42% to the abysmal 36% if the president in question was a Democrat
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Like I said the other day, unaligned polls do not show the love for Nazis among the Democratic electorate that some Platner-allied media figures want.
2026 Maine Senate Democratic Primary
Janet Mills - 47%
Graham Platner - 37%
David Costello - 1%
Pan Atlantic Research | 11/29-12/7 | 318 LV
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Janet Mills - 47%
Graham Platner - 37%
David Costello - 1%
Pan Atlantic Research | 11/29-12/7 | 318 LV
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Like I said the other day, unaligned polls do not show the love for Nazis among the Democratic electorate that some Platner-allied media figures want.
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I believe this is the first poll showing Janet Mills ahead of Graham Platner in the Democratic primary for #MESen (47%-37%).
They are also in a nearly-identical dead heat against Susan Collins, with Collins only mustering a weak 42-43% against both.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
They are also in a nearly-identical dead heat against Susan Collins, with Collins only mustering a weak 42-43% against both.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Poll: Janet Mills favored over Graham Platner in Maine 2026 Democratic US Senate primary
Mills and Platner are in a dead heat with the incumbent Republican they each hope to face next year, Sen. Susan Collins.
www.newscentermaine.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I believe this is the first poll showing Janet Mills ahead of Graham Platner in the Democratic primary for #MESen (47%-37%).
They are also in a nearly-identical dead heat against Susan Collins, with Collins only mustering a weak 42-43% against both.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
They are also in a nearly-identical dead heat against Susan Collins, with Collins only mustering a weak 42-43% against both.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
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Buddy we've had one non-partisan poll of the race & Mills was winning it in a walk. But you keep rooting for your Nazi.
December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Buddy we've had one non-partisan poll of the race & Mills was winning it in a walk. But you keep rooting for your Nazi.
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The GOP plan is to let premiums massively spike for 21 million Americans.
And then it gives them $1k per year ONLY IF they switch to bronze plans — which it also raises the cost of.
Awful awful plan that fucks over sick people.
And then it gives them $1k per year ONLY IF they switch to bronze plans — which it also raises the cost of.
Awful awful plan that fucks over sick people.
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The GOP plan is to let premiums massively spike for 21 million Americans.
And then it gives them $1k per year ONLY IF they switch to bronze plans — which it also raises the cost of.
Awful awful plan that fucks over sick people.
And then it gives them $1k per year ONLY IF they switch to bronze plans — which it also raises the cost of.
Awful awful plan that fucks over sick people.
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How's the Graham Platner Left doing? Still downplaying war crimes while making racist shitposts about Indians?
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
How's the Graham Platner Left doing? Still downplaying war crimes while making racist shitposts about Indians?
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MPRC had a poll out a few weeks ago which had him only up 2. I seriously doubt this poll is reliable and seriously doubt he'll survive the ranked choice primary.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
MPRC had a poll out a few weeks ago which had him only up 2. I seriously doubt this poll is reliable and seriously doubt he'll survive the ranked choice primary.
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He's still not making it past March.
Well, this is certainly going to make for some interesting dialogue.....
(credit to @socialconcarne.bsky.social for catching this one)
(credit to @socialconcarne.bsky.social for catching this one)
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
He's still not making it past March.
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this is the kind of question they teach you never to ask if you want any kind of accurate response in political-science research courses, especially on public opinion polling
*unless*
your specific aim is to create a narrative for partisan reasons
*unless*
your specific aim is to create a narrative for partisan reasons
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
this is the kind of question they teach you never to ask if you want any kind of accurate response in political-science research courses, especially on public opinion polling
*unless*
your specific aim is to create a narrative for partisan reasons
*unless*
your specific aim is to create a narrative for partisan reasons
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damn, nina turner has such a massive lead, and it's only two months until the primary
she's got this one in the bag
she's got this one in the bag
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
damn, nina turner has such a massive lead, and it's only two months until the primary
she's got this one in the bag
she's got this one in the bag
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OK, I tried to tread lightly & not make judgements about someone whose work I didn’t know & who actually has been around legit polling operations, but screw her, this isn’t polling, this is hackery for hire bsky.app/profile/char...
THIS IS PATHETIC.
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
OK, I tried to tread lightly & not make judgements about someone whose work I didn’t know & who actually has been around legit polling operations, but screw her, this isn’t polling, this is hackery for hire bsky.app/profile/char...