@drakowski.bsky.social
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There’s a good chance Trump will push for a show of force using immigration raids soon after taking power.
Immigrants, allies, and protesters need to quickly get familiar with their rights and we all need to get emotionally and mentally prepared.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/get-ready-...
Immigrants, allies, and protesters need to quickly get familiar with their rights and we all need to get emotionally and mentally prepared.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/get-ready-...
Get Ready: Immigration Raids and Information for the Targeted and Allies
Trump isn't going to waste time. We need to be ready.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
There’s a good chance Trump will push for a show of force using immigration raids soon after taking power.
Immigrants, allies, and protesters need to quickly get familiar with their rights and we all need to get emotionally and mentally prepared.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/get-ready-...
Immigrants, allies, and protesters need to quickly get familiar with their rights and we all need to get emotionally and mentally prepared.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/get-ready-...
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like, i'm barely being glib saying that there's a non-trivial amt of people out there whose politics are loosely just 'i want to be able to say the r-word loudly in public like i used to'
January 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
like, i'm barely being glib saying that there's a non-trivial amt of people out there whose politics are loosely just 'i want to be able to say the r-word loudly in public like i used to'
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this piece is quite good mostly because it gets at the real reason for a lot of maga support. it's not about trump. they simply hate having to think about what they say and they absolutely will not stand for having to take responsibility for their speech. not remotely deep. nymag.com/intelligence...
January 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
this piece is quite good mostly because it gets at the real reason for a lot of maga support. it's not about trump. they simply hate having to think about what they say and they absolutely will not stand for having to take responsibility for their speech. not remotely deep. nymag.com/intelligence...
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hall of fame sub-hed here from the great @benmathislilley.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...
January 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
hall of fame sub-hed here from the great @benmathislilley.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...
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just a lovely remembrance and a truly wonderful piece of writing by @raxkingisdead.bsky.social. damn. www.welcometohellworld.com/everything-t...
Everything they gave us before they left
On Garth Hudson of The Band by Rax King
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
just a lovely remembrance and a truly wonderful piece of writing by @raxkingisdead.bsky.social. damn. www.welcometohellworld.com/everything-t...
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well that was a short run, lol. my tumblr was terminated with no notice or explanation. it only had three posts, so I’m guessing the culprit was my link to this excellent piece by @bcmerchant.bsky.social, which i am now requesting that you read out of spite
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
January 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
well that was a short run, lol. my tumblr was terminated with no notice or explanation. it only had three posts, so I’m guessing the culprit was my link to this excellent piece by @bcmerchant.bsky.social, which i am now requesting that you read out of spite
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
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I do take pleasure in thinking about how a Trump voter I know hid behind "inflation" in justifying her vote, and is also a massive coffee drinker. Oops!
January 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I do take pleasure in thinking about how a Trump voter I know hid behind "inflation" in justifying her vote, and is also a massive coffee drinker. Oops!
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The myth that Mussolini made the trains run on time is, I think, one reason why people talked themselves into voting for a fascist. There's this whole fiction about how they may be "harsh" but they "get things done."
Nah. They even fuck up on kitchen table issues.
www.axios.com/2025/01/26/t...
Nah. They even fuck up on kitchen table issues.
www.axios.com/2025/01/26/t...
Trump's Colombia tariffs will raise the price of a cup of coffee
20% of U.S. coffee bean imports come from Colombia.
www.axios.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The myth that Mussolini made the trains run on time is, I think, one reason why people talked themselves into voting for a fascist. There's this whole fiction about how they may be "harsh" but they "get things done."
Nah. They even fuck up on kitchen table issues.
www.axios.com/2025/01/26/t...
Nah. They even fuck up on kitchen table issues.
www.axios.com/2025/01/26/t...
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Because people are correctly interpreting MAGA’s use of the terms “DEI” and “woke” to mean Black.
The White House didn't say "stop teaching about the Tuskegee Airmen when you do US history." The White House said "stop doing DEI and wokeness," and the military interpreted it as "stop saying the Tuskegee Airmen were heroes, and maybe stop teaching about them altogether."
Yeah, that's bad.
Yeah, that's bad.
Here's the thing about the Tuskegee Airmen history - there was nothing in the EO about it. Someone in the Air Force interpreted it that way -- which is far worse.
January 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Because people are correctly interpreting MAGA’s use of the terms “DEI” and “woke” to mean Black.
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The failure of the mainstream media to report on the mind-bogglingly huge Nazi movement being built on Twitter with the full cooperation of the site's leadership is a massive scandal
January 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The failure of the mainstream media to report on the mind-bogglingly huge Nazi movement being built on Twitter with the full cooperation of the site's leadership is a massive scandal
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Have to raise up independent media voices now more than ever. Danielle gives it to you straight up! “Miss me with the bullshit” will probably become your new anthem like it has mine.
Looking for a reprieve from mainstream corporate media and to be in community with likeminded folks who believe in democracy?!?Subscribe Today: youtube.com/@daniellemoo...
Danielle Moodie
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January 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Have to raise up independent media voices now more than ever. Danielle gives it to you straight up! “Miss me with the bullshit” will probably become your new anthem like it has mine.
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Becoming increasingly clear that World War III is going to be a corporate conflict, which builds off the previous ones and brings the whole thing to its logical conclusion.
January 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Becoming increasingly clear that World War III is going to be a corporate conflict, which builds off the previous ones and brings the whole thing to its logical conclusion.
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Amid a week of destruction and abuse, GOP leaders said they think Dems will help them keep the crime spree going in exchange for nothing. My plea to Dems is to prove Republicans wrong, and use the GOP obligation to keep government humming as leverage to force them back to rule of law. Here’s how.
Don't Prop Up The Corrupt Trump Regime
The moral hazard of median-voter pandering and limp Democratic resistance.
www.offmessage.net
January 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Amid a week of destruction and abuse, GOP leaders said they think Dems will help them keep the crime spree going in exchange for nothing. My plea to Dems is to prove Republicans wrong, and use the GOP obligation to keep government humming as leverage to force them back to rule of law. Here’s how.
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Agree with this.
One of my former employers talked about the concept of "F- You!" money. Enough that you could do or say whatever you wanted, and not put up with intolerable or morally compromising situations.
The likes of Bezos, Musk, Thiel, Zuck have 1000x that much money. And yet...
One of my former employers talked about the concept of "F- You!" money. Enough that you could do or say whatever you wanted, and not put up with intolerable or morally compromising situations.
The likes of Bezos, Musk, Thiel, Zuck have 1000x that much money. And yet...
There’s essentially no one on earth with more independence to stand by basic moral values than billionaire tech barons. They have more wealth than they could ever spend, no voters or constituency. They could say “my values are all-important and immovable.” And instead they blow in the wind.
January 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Agree with this.
One of my former employers talked about the concept of "F- You!" money. Enough that you could do or say whatever you wanted, and not put up with intolerable or morally compromising situations.
The likes of Bezos, Musk, Thiel, Zuck have 1000x that much money. And yet...
One of my former employers talked about the concept of "F- You!" money. Enough that you could do or say whatever you wanted, and not put up with intolerable or morally compromising situations.
The likes of Bezos, Musk, Thiel, Zuck have 1000x that much money. And yet...
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Today’s #democracyish was absolute 💥💥💥💥 check out Waj’s Substack and subscribe there and my YouTube to never miss an episode! LIVE Monday and Friday 12pm EST!
"Civility for an Insurrectionist Criminal? Nah, I'll Pass"
As billionaires, Joe Scarborough, corporate media, & "moderate" Democrats obey in advance & urge civility towards Donald Trump, the rest of us should reject a relationship rooted in cruelty.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/civility-f...
As billionaires, Joe Scarborough, corporate media, & "moderate" Democrats obey in advance & urge civility towards Donald Trump, the rest of us should reject a relationship rooted in cruelty.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/civility-f...
January 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Today’s #democracyish was absolute 💥💥💥💥 check out Waj’s Substack and subscribe there and my YouTube to never miss an episode! LIVE Monday and Friday 12pm EST!
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Such a great article. Don't be fearful.
New from me: Trump is a lame duck, an old, tired, easily manipulated one, whose vanity is a useful tool. Foreign leaders like Claudia Sheinbaum are right to mock him, and American elites should uncurl from the fetal position and get in on the fun.
Poke The Bear
Donald Trump is a lame duck (not a bear)—an unusually weak one, in some ways—and he knows it.
www.offmessage.net
January 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Such a great article. Don't be fearful.
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You’ll notice how mainstream media tiptoes around this blatant worldwide power grab by Musk the same way it contorts itself in reporting on police violence and obvious acts of genocidal violence.
Why? Because they’re communication organs owned by the wealth class. That’s their purpose.
Why? Because they’re communication organs owned by the wealth class. That’s their purpose.
December 29, 2024 at 4:55 PM
You’ll notice how mainstream media tiptoes around this blatant worldwide power grab by Musk the same way it contorts itself in reporting on police violence and obvious acts of genocidal violence.
Why? Because they’re communication organs owned by the wealth class. That’s their purpose.
Why? Because they’re communication organs owned by the wealth class. That’s their purpose.
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According to Barron’s, Elon Musk’s wealth increased by almost $200 billion between November 5 and December 20. That means he could give $250,000 to every homeless person in the US and still be as rich as he was on November 5.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 6:13 PM
According to Barron’s, Elon Musk’s wealth increased by almost $200 billion between November 5 and December 20. That means he could give $250,000 to every homeless person in the US and still be as rich as he was on November 5.
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This is the core issue. Social media was never developed for healthy human connection because the founders are misfits. Many of them lack the ability to form healthy relationships. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
I wrote about a fundamental problem with algorithmic social media—that it was developed by misfits and cynics to diminish the value of interpersonal cohesion—and how conservative have exploited it to finally build the noxious, dominant counterculture they always wanted.
Trump, Tech Weirdos, And The Republican Crusade For Cultural Dominance
Make changing your relationship with social media a New Year's resolution.
www.offmessage.net
December 28, 2024 at 6:50 PM
This is the core issue. Social media was never developed for healthy human connection because the founders are misfits. Many of them lack the ability to form healthy relationships. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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While MAGA is at war… there is a life to live!!! Don’t get too caught up in their BS!
December 28, 2024 at 11:26 PM
While MAGA is at war… there is a life to live!!! Don’t get too caught up in their BS!
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the richest man in human history runs a burner account on the social media platform he bought for himself where he showers compliments on his own parenting to compensate for the fact that his actual kids don’t speak to him
December 29, 2024 at 6:05 PM
the richest man in human history runs a burner account on the social media platform he bought for himself where he showers compliments on his own parenting to compensate for the fact that his actual kids don’t speak to him
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Jimmy Carter—100! A life well lived. A life of service and compassion. Thank you Jimmy for all you did and inspire others to do. Rest well! 🙏🏾
December 29, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Jimmy Carter—100! A life well lived. A life of service and compassion. Thank you Jimmy for all you did and inspire others to do. Rest well! 🙏🏾