@dad-in-the-woods.bsky.social
The days of me not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle
Reposted
The reason the conservative intelligentsia has spent decades pretending that societal shifts in cultural attitudes are the same as state coercion is to justify the use of state coercion against the elements of society they disapprove of.
Here's one of the many clarifying passages in the White House (notionally GSA) letter. It demands Harvard set up a system of political commissars who will enforce hiring and admissions set asides for MAGA luminaries and high school red hats.
April 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The reason the conservative intelligentsia has spent decades pretending that societal shifts in cultural attitudes are the same as state coercion is to justify the use of state coercion against the elements of society they disapprove of.
Reposted
The thing is, it is the nature of reactionary psychology to believe on a deep brainstem level that *everyone* acts this way, that everyone is out for themselves and their own advantage, that all talk of principles is bullshit. It is fundamental to their worldview.
April 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The thing is, it is the nature of reactionary psychology to believe on a deep brainstem level that *everyone* acts this way, that everyone is out for themselves and their own advantage, that all talk of principles is bullshit. It is fundamental to their worldview.
Reposted
The next step is the realization that their stated principles were *always* bullshit -- always a rhetorical cover for the accumulation of power.
I challenge you to cite a single counter example, a single time when Republicans acted on principle in a way that sacrificed their short-term power.
I challenge you to cite a single counter example, a single time when Republicans acted on principle in a way that sacrificed their short-term power.
Former Republican congressman from Michigan 👇
April 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The next step is the realization that their stated principles were *always* bullshit -- always a rhetorical cover for the accumulation of power.
I challenge you to cite a single counter example, a single time when Republicans acted on principle in a way that sacrificed their short-term power.
I challenge you to cite a single counter example, a single time when Republicans acted on principle in a way that sacrificed their short-term power.
Reposted
Wow only took 80 or so days to do the bare minimum
Breaking: Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he plans to place a hold on ALL Trump nominees going forward.
This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda.
🔗: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda.
🔗: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
April 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Wow only took 80 or so days to do the bare minimum
Reposted
The main concern for Democratic Party leaders right now is trying to hold onto billionaire donors who are moving rightward or more concerned about moderating than anything else.
That’s the fear, not authoritarianism or the ongoing oligarchical coup or the fates of the people who depend on them.
That’s the fear, not authoritarianism or the ongoing oligarchical coup or the fates of the people who depend on them.
March 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The main concern for Democratic Party leaders right now is trying to hold onto billionaire donors who are moving rightward or more concerned about moderating than anything else.
That’s the fear, not authoritarianism or the ongoing oligarchical coup or the fates of the people who depend on them.
That’s the fear, not authoritarianism or the ongoing oligarchical coup or the fates of the people who depend on them.
Reposted
I know Schumer and Dems’ capitulation to naked fascism is upsetting for online lefties who want some childish perfect world…
But Dems’ rolling over for the destruction of the last vestiges of democracy is the lesser rolling over for the destruction of the last vestiges of democracy.
So grow up.
But Dems’ rolling over for the destruction of the last vestiges of democracy is the lesser rolling over for the destruction of the last vestiges of democracy.
So grow up.
March 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I know Schumer and Dems’ capitulation to naked fascism is upsetting for online lefties who want some childish perfect world…
But Dems’ rolling over for the destruction of the last vestiges of democracy is the lesser rolling over for the destruction of the last vestiges of democracy.
So grow up.
But Dems’ rolling over for the destruction of the last vestiges of democracy is the lesser rolling over for the destruction of the last vestiges of democracy.
So grow up.
Reposted
Civil servants, by and large, *care*. I really think that explains why reactionaries are so hostile to them. Reactionaries can't conceive of sincerely dedicating yourself to others, sacrificing for others, so they must invent elaborate "deep state" conspiracies to explain it away.
March 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Civil servants, by and large, *care*. I really think that explains why reactionaries are so hostile to them. Reactionaries can't conceive of sincerely dedicating yourself to others, sacrificing for others, so they must invent elaborate "deep state" conspiracies to explain it away.
Reposted
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
Reposted
This isn’t really news but the chairman of the New York Democratic Party really fucking sucks
March 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This isn’t really news but the chairman of the New York Democratic Party really fucking sucks