Grafx Rob
@grafxrob.bsky.social
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it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills
“We are living under FDR’s personal monarchy.”
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
-Marc Andreessen, quoting Curtis Yarvin, yesterday
December 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills
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This moment could never have been reached without Donald Trump. All they had to do was hold this motherfucker accountable and we'd be facing a far more manageable situation.
No one else in the Republican Party had the charisma to pull this off & hold MAGA together in a reliable way. No one.
No one else in the Republican Party had the charisma to pull this off & hold MAGA together in a reliable way. No one.
December 11, 2024 at 3:07 AM
This moment could never have been reached without Donald Trump. All they had to do was hold this motherfucker accountable and we'd be facing a far more manageable situation.
No one else in the Republican Party had the charisma to pull this off & hold MAGA together in a reliable way. No one.
No one else in the Republican Party had the charisma to pull this off & hold MAGA together in a reliable way. No one.
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A baseball stadium in New York's deep blue Flushing neighborhood may seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the jolly refrain of "Meet the Mets," you can hear whispers that Biden is the reason that an outfielder costs $765 million.
December 9, 2024 at 12:43 PM
A baseball stadium in New York's deep blue Flushing neighborhood may seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the jolly refrain of "Meet the Mets," you can hear whispers that Biden is the reason that an outfielder costs $765 million.
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DOGE is nothing more than two billionaires cosplaying as government officials. I’m all for making government for efficient, but these guys just want to slash resources for agencies that help working people.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Democrat Frost slams DOGE: Billionaires ‘cosplaying as government officials’
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) criticized President-elect Trump’s choices to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying it’s “two billionaires who are co…
thehill.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:43 AM
DOGE is nothing more than two billionaires cosplaying as government officials. I’m all for making government for efficient, but these guys just want to slash resources for agencies that help working people.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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in 2004 journalist Ron Suskind quoted an unnamed Bush official (speculated to be Karl Rove) with what we didn't know at the time was the Rosetta Stone of the 21st century Republican Party
![The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4vhu6pap5wzanbuzg6gjmytk/bafkreichcjsqmdhoo52vlvrm7c6byriyzdi67tee5msnkjo2j23q5kx7sq@jpeg)
December 7, 2024 at 1:55 PM
in 2004 journalist Ron Suskind quoted an unnamed Bush official (speculated to be Karl Rove) with what we didn't know at the time was the Rosetta Stone of the 21st century Republican Party
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Response to coups by elected leaders:
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
December 3, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Response to coups by elected leaders:
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
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Elon Musk: The Comic Strip
November 28, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Elon Musk: The Comic Strip
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Tommy Tuberville is so dumb, he could throw himself down on the ground and miss.
November 27, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Tommy Tuberville is so dumb, he could throw himself down on the ground and miss.
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Trump announces that on his first day in office, he’s going to put a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada and an extra 10% tariff on China.
Stock up on whatever you need before January 20 - everything is about to get more expensive. Groceries, cars, medications, all of it.
Stock up on whatever you need before January 20 - everything is about to get more expensive. Groceries, cars, medications, all of it.
November 25, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Trump announces that on his first day in office, he’s going to put a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada and an extra 10% tariff on China.
Stock up on whatever you need before January 20 - everything is about to get more expensive. Groceries, cars, medications, all of it.
Stock up on whatever you need before January 20 - everything is about to get more expensive. Groceries, cars, medications, all of it.
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Good advice from Tom Nichols. In addition to not "obeying in advance" he says, "I might add a corollary here: People should not panic and exhaust themselves in advance, either." I needed to hear that cuz I'm already worn out. Gift read. @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Trump Marathon
If Americans want to hold Trump accountable in a second term, they must keep their heads when he uses chaos as a strategy.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Good advice from Tom Nichols. In addition to not "obeying in advance" he says, "I might add a corollary here: People should not panic and exhaust themselves in advance, either." I needed to hear that cuz I'm already worn out. Gift read. @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
This. His Twitch stream is highly recommended.
(He normally streams on Saturdays, and he's on as I post this.)
(He normally streams on Saturdays, and he's on as I post this.)
Generation X Bluesky, listen up: the great Jake Rudh is doing Friday Night Videos right now and it is what you need what you need: www.twitch.tv/djjakerudh
djjakerudh - Twitch
Transmission with DJ Jake Rudh
www.twitch.tv
November 24, 2024 at 2:54 AM
This. His Twitch stream is highly recommended.
(He normally streams on Saturdays, and he's on as I post this.)
(He normally streams on Saturdays, and he's on as I post this.)
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Your purpose on earth is not to argue with people who intentionally want to misunderstand you
November 22, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Your purpose on earth is not to argue with people who intentionally want to misunderstand you
Still dipping my toe in the water here while trying to avoid the temptation to doomscroll or doom-post, so ... meet Reece!
November 23, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Still dipping my toe in the water here while trying to avoid the temptation to doomscroll or doom-post, so ... meet Reece!
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"Under heavy pressure from the right, and with the help of Elon Musk, the leading tech platforms opened the floodgates for propaganda to spread unchecked. The result was a flood of lies and distortions...that led to possibly the most misinformed electorate we’ve ever seen."
Opinion | The Right Triumphed Over Social Media and Helped Elect Trump
Under heavy pressure from the right, and with the help of Elon Musk, the leading social media platforms opened the floodgates for propaganda.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:40 PM
"Under heavy pressure from the right, and with the help of Elon Musk, the leading tech platforms opened the floodgates for propaganda to spread unchecked. The result was a flood of lies and distortions...that led to possibly the most misinformed electorate we’ve ever seen."
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BREAKING NEWS:
Attorney General nomination is now so old that Gaetz no longer has interest in it
Attorney General nomination is now so old that Gaetz no longer has interest in it
BREAKING:
Matt Gaetz just withdrew his name to be Trump's attorney general nominee.
Matt Gaetz just withdrew his name to be Trump's attorney general nominee.
November 21, 2024 at 5:38 PM
BREAKING NEWS:
Attorney General nomination is now so old that Gaetz no longer has interest in it
Attorney General nomination is now so old that Gaetz no longer has interest in it
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Trump promised Oz would “cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency”
Some facts.
1. CMS is expensive because it funds health care, which is expensive. And popular!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Some facts.
1. CMS is expensive because it funds health care, which is expensive. And popular!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Mehmet Oz once proposed massive changes to Medicare. Now he could run it.
Trump tapped "Dr. Oz" to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The physician and TV personality’s views on health policy have evolved significantly over the years.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Trump promised Oz would “cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency”
Some facts.
1. CMS is expensive because it funds health care, which is expensive. And popular!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Some facts.
1. CMS is expensive because it funds health care, which is expensive. And popular!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Hold the fuck on.
Trump voters with preexisting conditions are out there crying now because they JUST realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act?!?
The Affordable Care Act they just voted to repeal cuz they were good thanks to… OBAMACARE?!?
Are you fucking kidding me???
I can’t with this.
Trump voters with preexisting conditions are out there crying now because they JUST realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act?!?
The Affordable Care Act they just voted to repeal cuz they were good thanks to… OBAMACARE?!?
Are you fucking kidding me???
I can’t with this.
November 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Hold the fuck on.
Trump voters with preexisting conditions are out there crying now because they JUST realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act?!?
The Affordable Care Act they just voted to repeal cuz they were good thanks to… OBAMACARE?!?
Are you fucking kidding me???
I can’t with this.
Trump voters with preexisting conditions are out there crying now because they JUST realized Obamacare *is* the Affordable Care Act?!?
The Affordable Care Act they just voted to repeal cuz they were good thanks to… OBAMACARE?!?
Are you fucking kidding me???
I can’t with this.
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Some of the same people who want to ban library books and drag shows seem perfectly fine with sexual predators serving in the cabinet. Make that make sense.
November 20, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Some of the same people who want to ban library books and drag shows seem perfectly fine with sexual predators serving in the cabinet. Make that make sense.
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of course once the build the infrastructure to do mass deportations they aren't going to let it go to waste. they'll find other targets.
November 8, 2024 at 2:32 PM
of course once the build the infrastructure to do mass deportations they aren't going to let it go to waste. they'll find other targets.
Well! Guess I'm going to have to start posting over here at long last -- I have no patience for bots or dumpster fires.
November 6, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Well! Guess I'm going to have to start posting over here at long last -- I have no patience for bots or dumpster fires.
Anybody remember when "deplorables" was an insult? Now it's an accurate assessment of character.
(Spoiler alert: It was before, too.)
(Spoiler alert: It was before, too.)
One of the two favorites to be Trump’s AG has promised a three week “reign of terror” (his term) in which he’d imprison journalists, prosecutors and others who have criticized Trump. The other is Stephen Miller.
www.axios.com/2023/12/07/t...
www.axios.com/2023/12/07/t...
Exclusive: Trump's loyalty-first Cabinet could include Stephen Miller, J.D Vance and Steve Bannon
Trump would turn to loyalists who share his zeal to punish critics, purge non-believers, and take controversial legal and military action.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2023 at 1:40 AM
Anybody remember when "deplorables" was an insult? Now it's an accurate assessment of character.
(Spoiler alert: It was before, too.)
(Spoiler alert: It was before, too.)
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Crucial article about Trump's longstanding admiration for fascism & his ambitions to turn America into a fascist state. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/u...
Why a Second Trump Presidency May Be More Radical Than His First
Donald Trump has long exhibited authoritarian impulses, but his policy operation is now more sophisticated, and the buffers to check him are weaker.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2023 at 2:32 PM
Crucial article about Trump's longstanding admiration for fascism & his ambitions to turn America into a fascist state. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/u...
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People should be absolutely infuriated by the extreme demands that Republicans are making in exchange for supporting Ukraine aid.
I have some ugly new details for you on what's really going on in these talks. The GOP bad faith is off the charts.
Free link to my new piece:
wapo.st/3R3lH1A
I have some ugly new details for you on what's really going on in these talks. The GOP bad faith is off the charts.
Free link to my new piece:
wapo.st/3R3lH1A
Opinion | How Trump is wrecking hopes for a ‘reasonable’ Ukraine deal
Republicans’ latest demands for extreme concessions on immigration are absurd and indefensible.
wapo.st
November 29, 2023 at 12:31 PM
People should be absolutely infuriated by the extreme demands that Republicans are making in exchange for supporting Ukraine aid.
I have some ugly new details for you on what's really going on in these talks. The GOP bad faith is off the charts.
Free link to my new piece:
wapo.st/3R3lH1A
I have some ugly new details for you on what's really going on in these talks. The GOP bad faith is off the charts.
Free link to my new piece:
wapo.st/3R3lH1A