Fascism And Its Discontents
@in-broken-country.bsky.social
Writer, Westerner, former Diplomat. Alpinist & Trail Runner.
'Life gave America gold and a ghoulish destiny' - D.H. Lawrence
Current project: The Taste of Olives: An American Novel
Home: American Rockies +7,000'
'I could be wrong, but I'm not' - Eagles
'Life gave America gold and a ghoulish destiny' - D.H. Lawrence
Current project: The Taste of Olives: An American Novel
Home: American Rockies +7,000'
'I could be wrong, but I'm not' - Eagles
@emrazz.bsky.social You may have noticed, the lines are now drawn in the Senate re Thurs ACA subsidy vote: Dem 3-year extension vs GOP $1,000 checks into HSA accounts.
- neither of these bills will get the necessry 60 votes to pass.
- and no, Dems will *not* support the Cassidy-Crapo bill.
- neither of these bills will get the necessry 60 votes to pass.
- and no, Dems will *not* support the Cassidy-Crapo bill.
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
@emrazz.bsky.social You may have noticed, the lines are now drawn in the Senate re Thurs ACA subsidy vote: Dem 3-year extension vs GOP $1,000 checks into HSA accounts.
- neither of these bills will get the necessry 60 votes to pass.
- and no, Dems will *not* support the Cassidy-Crapo bill.
- neither of these bills will get the necessry 60 votes to pass.
- and no, Dems will *not* support the Cassidy-Crapo bill.
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for the record I am not having a crisis of masculinity, okay?
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
for the record I am not having a crisis of masculinity, okay?
Blocked by @jamellebouie here and @RogerJStoneJr over on the hellsite.
- they say you're known by the company you keep....
- they say you're known by the company you keep....
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Blocked by @jamellebouie here and @RogerJStoneJr over on the hellsite.
- they say you're known by the company you keep....
- they say you're known by the company you keep....
great question actually.
- realistic answer? prob not a damn thing. he is how he is, only knows one recipe: toxic racism + extreme $ corruption. too deluded to do a sudden 180 degree turn on any policy priority.
- SCOTUS scuttling tariffs won't help him, effects too diffuse to resonate w/ voters.
- realistic answer? prob not a damn thing. he is how he is, only knows one recipe: toxic racism + extreme $ corruption. too deluded to do a sudden 180 degree turn on any policy priority.
- SCOTUS scuttling tariffs won't help him, effects too diffuse to resonate w/ voters.
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
great question actually.
- realistic answer? prob not a damn thing. he is how he is, only knows one recipe: toxic racism + extreme $ corruption. too deluded to do a sudden 180 degree turn on any policy priority.
- SCOTUS scuttling tariffs won't help him, effects too diffuse to resonate w/ voters.
- realistic answer? prob not a damn thing. he is how he is, only knows one recipe: toxic racism + extreme $ corruption. too deluded to do a sudden 180 degree turn on any policy priority.
- SCOTUS scuttling tariffs won't help him, effects too diffuse to resonate w/ voters.
what # for sedition?
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
what # for sedition?
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
c'est simple!
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
c'est simple!
Excellent advice for us all.
The gentlest, firmest, weapon for us to use in the culture wars, from Goethe:
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Excellent advice for us all.
'nuff said!
Trump is a criminal and convicted liar / fraud. Believe nothing the man says and give him no quarter.
He is tearing our country apart.
He is tearing our country apart.
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
'nuff said!
Terrific to see Lindsey working undercover...... 😂
@sarahposner.bsky.social
@sarahposner.bsky.social
guys, I felt a need to repost this today
Lindsey Halligan, the attorney selected by Donald Trump to bring criminal charges against James Comey, has never prosecuted a case.
But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.
Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:
But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.
Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Terrific to see Lindsey working undercover...... 😂
@sarahposner.bsky.social
@sarahposner.bsky.social
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Imagine being such a cretin. Smearing a man who was brutally murdered and dismembered. Another brazen example of the soullessness of Donald Trump.
Trump has done and said many outrageous things. This is on top of that list.
"Things happen." Exactly what Jesus would have said.
Trump has done and said many outrageous things. This is on top of that list.
"Things happen." Exactly what Jesus would have said.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Imagine being such a cretin. Smearing a man who was brutally murdered and dismembered. Another brazen example of the soullessness of Donald Trump.
Trump has done and said many outrageous things. This is on top of that list.
"Things happen." Exactly what Jesus would have said.
Trump has done and said many outrageous things. This is on top of that list.
"Things happen." Exactly what Jesus would have said.
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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2) I will not allow hungry people to be physically assaulted by domestic terrorists inside our food pantry.
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
2) I will not allow hungry people to be physically assaulted by domestic terrorists inside our food pantry.
@vreij.bsky.social this is a too-breezy overinterpretation of Tuesday's election results....and also assumes trump 'will soon be gone', which runs counter to every authoritarian move we've seen from Dildo Don in the past 9+ months. @eliothiggins.bsky.social
Politico: 'Donald Trump enters his lame duck era. Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they'll be fending for themselves.' www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Donald Trump enters his lame duck era
Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they'll be fending for themselves.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
@vreij.bsky.social this is a too-breezy overinterpretation of Tuesday's election results....and also assumes trump 'will soon be gone', which runs counter to every authoritarian move we've seen from Dildo Don in the past 9+ months. @eliothiggins.bsky.social
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@justinwolfers.bsky.social care to weigh in re this?
Is there any good thing that AI supposedly makes better cause all that’s ever been reported about it is how actually makes bad things worse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
A.I. Is Making Death Threats Way More Realistic
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
@justinwolfers.bsky.social care to weigh in re this?
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A Nuremberg prosecutor addressed accused businessmen: “They joined in stamping out the flame of liberty & in subjecting the German people to the monstrous, grinding tyranny of the Third Reich, whose purpose it was to brutalize the nation & fill people w/hate.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
Gold, Greed and Cowardice
Trump's corporate and billionaire supporters are emboldening him as he pursues his path of destruction. History proves the future does not bode well for them.
www.americaamerica.news
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A Nuremberg prosecutor addressed accused businessmen: “They joined in stamping out the flame of liberty & in subjecting the German people to the monstrous, grinding tyranny of the Third Reich, whose purpose it was to brutalize the nation & fill people w/hate.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
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“In America, the law is king.”
-Thomas Paine
-Thomas Paine
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“In America, the law is king.”
-Thomas Paine
-Thomas Paine
Good for him!
🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2
October 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Good for him!
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Pritzker should call for - and personally lead - a movement of *non-violent* civil disobedience at the Elwood Army Reserve base, where TX Guard units are located.
- Block the exits, prevent them from deploying into Chicago. Use IL State Police to enforce cordon.
Pritzker should call for - and personally lead - a movement of *non-violent* civil disobedience at the Elwood Army Reserve base, where TX Guard units are located.
- Block the exits, prevent them from deploying into Chicago. Use IL State Police to enforce cordon.
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
@eliothiggins.bsky.social
Pritzker should call for - and personally lead - a movement of *non-violent* civil disobedience at the Elwood Army Reserve base, where TX Guard units are located.
- Block the exits, prevent them from deploying into Chicago. Use IL State Police to enforce cordon.
Pritzker should call for - and personally lead - a movement of *non-violent* civil disobedience at the Elwood Army Reserve base, where TX Guard units are located.
- Block the exits, prevent them from deploying into Chicago. Use IL State Police to enforce cordon.
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Donald Trump has vowed to wreak his revenge for the murder of Charlie Kirk against the people who had absolutely fucking nothing to do with it
September 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Donald Trump has vowed to wreak his revenge for the murder of Charlie Kirk against the people who had absolutely fucking nothing to do with it