Graf Zeppelin
@granitehull.bsky.social
Library haunter (public service / private passion); against fascists & other pimps of false realities; love lit, film, music, art - from classy to junk, depending. Also into history, politics, & foreign languages. Praying for the scouring of the Shire.
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When "confused" Trump supporters say "I thought he was just gonna deport the criminals" you need to remember we arent talking about criminals as a legal term. We are talking about criminals as a *social* classification.
December 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
When "confused" Trump supporters say "I thought he was just gonna deport the criminals" you need to remember we arent talking about criminals as a legal term. We are talking about criminals as a *social* classification.
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Since I first posted on Sunday about Trump's radio spot alleging a land strike on Venezuela, I've gotten a surprising amount of hand waving in response. No matter what the explanation is here, it's important to understand what actually did (or didn't) happen.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
![But what struck me most [no pun intended] was the incuriousness and the learned helplessness; the permeation of this idea that Trump’s words and actions are so often inscrutable that trying to divine meaning from them is useless. I think this is wrong. Not only does it let Trump off the hook from explaining himself, but it also lets journalists off the hook from doing our jobs.
If Trump is lying about ordering a land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump did, in fact, order his first land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump believes the US carried out a land strike on Venezuela based on social media rumors or his own cognitive deficiencies and his team is running cover for him, that is important information. This isn’t Trump running his mouth about how the economy is really great, actually, and how America is back, baby. No, this is a question of whether or not the US just escalated a war.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreibr5goyfmlq7ixngscguajpmjyhypjrcuraaifutoniwxbvs7iggy@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Since I first posted on Sunday about Trump's radio spot alleging a land strike on Venezuela, I've gotten a surprising amount of hand waving in response. No matter what the explanation is here, it's important to understand what actually did (or didn't) happen.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
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Yes.
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yes.
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I realize there is no plan and there is no one who will hold these people to account for saying stuff like this, but what is even the pretend case for a bustling middle class by April? It ain’t happening.
December 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I realize there is no plan and there is no one who will hold these people to account for saying stuff like this, but what is even the pretend case for a bustling middle class by April? It ain’t happening.
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She followed around a Parkland kid to harass him about how school shootings aren’t real, and her doing this shit propelled her to conspiracy internet fame then Congress. You do not have to hand it to her.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
She followed around a Parkland kid to harass him about how school shootings aren’t real, and her doing this shit propelled her to conspiracy internet fame then Congress. You do not have to hand it to her.
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and once again shoutout to the beltway political press that turned a blind eye to his race-baiting campaign and treated him like the coming of christ
December 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
and once again shoutout to the beltway political press that turned a blind eye to his race-baiting campaign and treated him like the coming of christ