Dwight McCabe
@dwightmc.bsky.social
Retired marketing exec. Recovering moderate concerned about the takeover of our democracy by billionaires. Some knowledge of history and foreign policy. I've lived in 5 countries on 3 continents but my adult life in the US.
And Trump is a Russian tool.
And Trump is a Russian tool.
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Dwight McCabe
@dwightmc.bsky.social
· May 16
🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?
I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
Important
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.
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Exactly. Dems should say: Are you really sure you want to stake your future liberty on this serial criminal's promises to protect you?
Combo of Trump’s lawlessness and the pardon power complicate the psychology. Deterrence requires more than warning of future prosecution. The people committing these murders need to ask:
Can I depend on a faithless man like Trump to pardon me?
What other forms of accountability might I face?
Can I depend on a faithless man like Trump to pardon me?
What other forms of accountability might I face?
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Exactly. Dems should say: Are you really sure you want to stake your future liberty on this serial criminal's promises to protect you?
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Holy shit. They're really doing it. They're doing "actually pedophilia is good now." The debasement of the American Right is complete.
MEGYN KELLY IS RIGHT ABOUT EPSTEIN - Catholic League
Bill Donohue
www.catholicleague.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Holy shit. They're really doing it. They're doing "actually pedophilia is good now." The debasement of the American Right is complete.
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When you literally underperform Fartcoin. 💩
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
When you literally underperform Fartcoin. 💩
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Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
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In case you haven’t figured it out yet.
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In case you haven’t figured it out yet.
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The Netherlands and an unspecified number of NATO partner countries are pulling out of plans to purchase six U.S.-made Boeing E-7 Wedgetail surveillance aircraft following the United States' withdrawal in July from a multinational effort to replace the alliance's aging Boeing E-3A planes.
NATO partners halt E-7 Wedgetail buy after US backs out
NATO ally the Netherlands and several partner countries are pulling out of plans to purchase six U.S.-made Boeing E-7 Wedgetail surveillance aircraft.
www.stripes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The Netherlands and an unspecified number of NATO partner countries are pulling out of plans to purchase six U.S.-made Boeing E-7 Wedgetail surveillance aircraft following the United States' withdrawal in July from a multinational effort to replace the alliance's aging Boeing E-3A planes.
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Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
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Inside Politics does a detailed analysis of the new Texas map and concludes that, no, nothing about it looks like a dummymander.
Dems there could do better than the GOP expected, but even then the map would have shielded GOP from more losses. Important to be realistic:
Dems there could do better than the GOP expected, but even then the map would have shielded GOP from more losses. Important to be realistic:
Could Democrats Break the Texas Gerrymander?
Would a return to form among Latino voters help Democrats break the Texas GOP gerrymander?
www.insideelections.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Inside Politics does a detailed analysis of the new Texas map and concludes that, no, nothing about it looks like a dummymander.
Dems there could do better than the GOP expected, but even then the map would have shielded GOP from more losses. Important to be realistic:
Dems there could do better than the GOP expected, but even then the map would have shielded GOP from more losses. Important to be realistic:
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Think big picture story is big chunks of RoW asking 2 qs.
1) what can we do with America? And the answer is “deals”.
2) what can we do without America? And the answer is try to build an alternative institutional architecture that facilitates dealing.
1) what can we do with America? And the answer is “deals”.
2) what can we do without America? And the answer is try to build an alternative institutional architecture that facilitates dealing.
October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Think big picture story is big chunks of RoW asking 2 qs.
1) what can we do with America? And the answer is “deals”.
2) what can we do without America? And the answer is try to build an alternative institutional architecture that facilitates dealing.
1) what can we do with America? And the answer is “deals”.
2) what can we do without America? And the answer is try to build an alternative institutional architecture that facilitates dealing.
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
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I was 15 when it happened .
I was so traumatized I had to drop out of 10th grade halfway through the year. I finished HS through the mail while I spent my days in intensive outpatient therapy.
I am 42 now & hardly a day goes by I don’t think about it.
So no, it’s not ok to rape 15yr olds. #MeToo
I was so traumatized I had to drop out of 10th grade halfway through the year. I finished HS through the mail while I spent my days in intensive outpatient therapy.
I am 42 now & hardly a day goes by I don’t think about it.
So no, it’s not ok to rape 15yr olds. #MeToo
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I was 15 when it happened .
I was so traumatized I had to drop out of 10th grade halfway through the year. I finished HS through the mail while I spent my days in intensive outpatient therapy.
I am 42 now & hardly a day goes by I don’t think about it.
So no, it’s not ok to rape 15yr olds. #MeToo
I was so traumatized I had to drop out of 10th grade halfway through the year. I finished HS through the mail while I spent my days in intensive outpatient therapy.
I am 42 now & hardly a day goes by I don’t think about it.
So no, it’s not ok to rape 15yr olds. #MeToo
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FYI: tons of replies here telling me why Trump is doing this, which I just want to point out I already know. bsky.app/profile/muel...
Trump is opening an "investigation" because that precludes DOJ from being allowed to release the files.
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
FYI: tons of replies here telling me why Trump is doing this, which I just want to point out I already know. bsky.app/profile/muel...
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Here are the two versions of the signature line on Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer's unsworn electronic signed declaration submitted yesterday, where she submitted an entirely new filing to fix her "United Stated Attorney."
She really just cut-and-pasted to fix.
She really just cut-and-pasted to fix.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Here are the two versions of the signature line on Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer's unsworn electronic signed declaration submitted yesterday, where she submitted an entirely new filing to fix her "United Stated Attorney."
She really just cut-and-pasted to fix.
She really just cut-and-pasted to fix.
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Dems should say this right now, loudly and clearly: Anyone who is trusting Donald Trump, of all people, when he says what he’s directing you to do is lawful and that you’ll be protected later may be putting themselves in a very precarious position. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dems should say this right now, loudly and clearly: Anyone who is trusting Donald Trump, of all people, when he says what he’s directing you to do is lawful and that you’ll be protected later may be putting themselves in a very precarious position. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Today, the BBC bent the knee.
Yesterday, it came out that a NYT reporter had with emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 that were highly damaging to Trump and were never disclosed to the public.
This is on top of WaPo, ABC, CBS all capitulating.
Support pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Yesterday, it came out that a NYT reporter had with emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 that were highly damaging to Trump and were never disclosed to the public.
This is on top of WaPo, ABC, CBS all capitulating.
Support pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Today, the BBC bent the knee.
Yesterday, it came out that a NYT reporter had with emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 that were highly damaging to Trump and were never disclosed to the public.
This is on top of WaPo, ABC, CBS all capitulating.
Support pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Yesterday, it came out that a NYT reporter had with emails from Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 that were highly damaging to Trump and were never disclosed to the public.
This is on top of WaPo, ABC, CBS all capitulating.
Support pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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At some point I'm going to truly internalize that @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been right about all of this from day one
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
At some point I'm going to truly internalize that @sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been right about all of this from day one
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
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Blue Sky censored one of the most important writers of our times, and they owe her an apology. In the meantime …
I’m getting back to work. You can stay in touch with me at sarahkendzior.substack.com: my newsletter is free.
Finally, please use my suspension to draw attention to other unjustly suspended people including Palestinians attempting to raise awareness of genocide, and the user Link. Thank you.
Finally, please use my suspension to draw attention to other unjustly suspended people including Palestinians attempting to raise awareness of genocide, and the user Link. Thank you.
Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter | Substack
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sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Blue Sky censored one of the most important writers of our times, and they owe her an apology. In the meantime …
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@bsky.app @safety.bsky.app
You said a 3-day suspension. It's day 4. Sarah's insights into current events would be super helpful right now.
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior!
You said a 3-day suspension. It's day 4. Sarah's insights into current events would be super helpful right now.
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior!
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@bsky.app @safety.bsky.app
You said a 3-day suspension. It's day 4. Sarah's insights into current events would be super helpful right now.
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior!
You said a 3-day suspension. It's day 4. Sarah's insights into current events would be super helpful right now.
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior!
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Call me crazy but I don't think the rich and powerful in Britain should be selling to the rich and powerful in Russia.
Going full Marxist has never looked so tempting.
Going full Marxist has never looked so tempting.
Princess Eugenie’s gallery charged with breaching Russian sanctions
Hauser & Wirth is accused of supplying luxury goods to Moscow in violation of British-imposed sanctions
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Call me crazy but I don't think the rich and powerful in Britain should be selling to the rich and powerful in Russia.
Going full Marxist has never looked so tempting.
Going full Marxist has never looked so tempting.
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
Only senior elected officials can accept holiday gifts, right?
LOL: Eric Adams. ERIC ADAMS sent an email out today reminding state employees they can't accept gifts this holiday season. BAHAHAHAHA
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Only senior elected officials can accept holiday gifts, right?
Is she condoning older men having sex with 15 year olds? As in statutory rape at the least.
Megyn Kelly has law degree and was an attorney at Jones Day
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Is she condoning older men having sex with 15 year olds? As in statutory rape at the least.
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Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson—who sets the agenda for the state Senate—is almost solely responsible for stymieing efforts to redraw the congressional districts in his state.
The most despised Democrat in America? www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-m...
The most despised Democrat in America? www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-m...
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson—who sets the agenda for the state Senate—is almost solely responsible for stymieing efforts to redraw the congressional districts in his state.
The most despised Democrat in America? www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-m...
The most despised Democrat in America? www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-m...
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Today, the conservatives (EPP) passed a major piece of EU legislation with the far-right groups in the EU Parliament, marking the breakdown of the cordon sanitaire. The EPP, under Weber, has decided to sacrifice long-term principles and stability for short-term political gains.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today, the conservatives (EPP) passed a major piece of EU legislation with the far-right groups in the EU Parliament, marking the breakdown of the cordon sanitaire. The EPP, under Weber, has decided to sacrifice long-term principles and stability for short-term political gains.
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