Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
@jorunara.bsky.social
SCA armoured combat nerd, tailor, small business failure, anarchist, friend
she/her
she/her
Pinned
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
New Republic: Gretchen Whitmer was standing beside Trump in the Oval Office when he signed the Executive Order ordering a criminal investigation into the alleged treason by two of his former staffers that had criticized him or pointed out his lies. How could she have made herself a part of that?
April 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New Republic: Gretchen Whitmer was standing beside Trump in the Oval Office when he signed the Executive Order ordering a criminal investigation into the alleged treason by two of his former staffers that had criticized him or pointed out his lies. How could she have made herself a part of that?
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
This picture of Whitmer is a legitimately stunningly perfect depiction of the Democratic Party right now. A bunch of fucking cowards capitulating and complying. Secretly totally on board with fascism while hiding behind their labels and “lesser of two evils you have no choice but to vote for me”.
April 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This picture of Whitmer is a legitimately stunningly perfect depiction of the Democratic Party right now. A bunch of fucking cowards capitulating and complying. Secretly totally on board with fascism while hiding behind their labels and “lesser of two evils you have no choice but to vote for me”.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
Jawdropping.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Jawdropping.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
You literally cannot tell this incredibly cool part of American history without centering Native American identity. It is an powerful demonstration of how diversity provided tangible military advantages over an enemy committed to White supremacy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
March 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You literally cannot tell this incredibly cool part of American history without centering Native American identity. It is an powerful demonstration of how diversity provided tangible military advantages over an enemy committed to White supremacy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
need you to constantly remind yourself that the average normal person has no idea that any of the stuff we are rightly getting upset about is going on. they dont know. and we need to do everything we individually can to make them know.
March 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
need you to constantly remind yourself that the average normal person has no idea that any of the stuff we are rightly getting upset about is going on. they dont know. and we need to do everything we individually can to make them know.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
Democrats—various House members, Tim Walz, etc.—have been engaged in a campaign to highlight Republicans’ fear of their own constituents by holding appearances in their districts. Now, after his epic fold, Schumer is shying away from appearances in NYC, as wall as other blue states.
"Events are being rescheduled"...uhh for when?
I don't think the people that planned to protest are just going to forget to protest later on.
I don't think the people that planned to protest are just going to forget to protest later on.
March 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Democrats—various House members, Tim Walz, etc.—have been engaged in a campaign to highlight Republicans’ fear of their own constituents by holding appearances in their districts. Now, after his epic fold, Schumer is shying away from appearances in NYC, as wall as other blue states.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
just made a few small updates
March 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
just made a few small updates
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
March 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
This is not rocket science, Dems. Identify the victims of Trumpism, give them a voice, and get their stories told.
The Big Lesson From Bernie Sanders’s Gangbusters Anti-Oligarchy Tour
The thousands of victims of Trumpism are out there. Democrats just need to find them—and be their champion.
newrepublic.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is not rocket science, Dems. Identify the victims of Trumpism, give them a voice, and get their stories told.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
These are dangerous times for those sacrificing their safety to speak truth to power. Far less dangerous for all the white men in charge who are fully on board with this colonial/capitalist power structure. But, whatevs. All you've done is ensure his message gets heard LOUD AND CLEAR BY MILLIONS. ✌️
March 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
These are dangerous times for those sacrificing their safety to speak truth to power. Far less dangerous for all the white men in charge who are fully on board with this colonial/capitalist power structure. But, whatevs. All you've done is ensure his message gets heard LOUD AND CLEAR BY MILLIONS. ✌️
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
Colleges the most powerful people in the country send all their money to: "sometimes students write the wrong thing and get disappeared by some guys in a Cybertruck, what are we supposed to do about it?"
A part-time elementary school art teacher named Deb: "if ICE shows up I will eat their faces"
A part-time elementary school art teacher named Deb: "if ICE shows up I will eat their faces"
March 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Colleges the most powerful people in the country send all their money to: "sometimes students write the wrong thing and get disappeared by some guys in a Cybertruck, what are we supposed to do about it?"
A part-time elementary school art teacher named Deb: "if ICE shows up I will eat their faces"
A part-time elementary school art teacher named Deb: "if ICE shows up I will eat their faces"
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
"By rejecting passivity, Sanders is also doing more to actually put Republicans—who’ve recently been ordered to abandon town halls in the wake of mounting anger from their own voters—under pressure."
Bernie Sanders Is Showing Democrats How It’s Done
The Vermont senator is taking his anti-Trump tour to red America—and it’s a smash hit.
newrepublic.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"By rejecting passivity, Sanders is also doing more to actually put Republicans—who’ve recently been ordered to abandon town halls in the wake of mounting anger from their own voters—under pressure."
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
The reason why you don’t run a government like you run a business is because Jersey Mike’s does not have the capacity to drop atomic weaponry on my house if I stop buying sandwiches there
“America is deeply unprofitable” it’s a country not a B2B startup you fucking dweeb
March 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The reason why you don’t run a government like you run a business is because Jersey Mike’s does not have the capacity to drop atomic weaponry on my house if I stop buying sandwiches there
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
the financial depression won't be fun but i am gonna get the chance to do a lot of "I told you so"s in
Good thing the U.S. is banking on $1/2 trillion+ private investment in AI infrastructure for our new “Golden Age” 🫠
March 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
the financial depression won't be fun but i am gonna get the chance to do a lot of "I told you so"s in
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
The scene of Andor getting arrested shows exactly how stupid fascism works. Everything is arbitrary and it's all so stupid.
youtu.be/SayKxc3ee7I?...
youtu.be/SayKxc3ee7I?...
March 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The scene of Andor getting arrested shows exactly how stupid fascism works. Everything is arbitrary and it's all so stupid.
youtu.be/SayKxc3ee7I?...
youtu.be/SayKxc3ee7I?...
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
it was written by a guy who had supported the Nazis as a conservative and came to terribly regret his direct contribution to their evil.
I need to remind you that the famous poem "first they came for x" was written by a White German Priest. The poem was a warning since he too was later to be captured by the Nazis and sent to a camp. Speak up/act before its too late.
Silence will not save you. Your silence will NOT save you. I am always infuriated by the American incapacity for collective action but if y'all don't wake up there's really going to be nothing left for anyone.
March 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
it was written by a guy who had supported the Nazis as a conservative and came to terribly regret his direct contribution to their evil.
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
i think this is exactly right. and it also fits with my original post. hegseth wants an all white and all male military and he is going to look for every bureaucratic trick he can find to get nonwhite and women servicemembers to leave bsky.app/profile/dema...
I could be talking out my ass here but this is just more racism given that most no shave chits go to black dudes
March 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
i think this is exactly right. and it also fits with my original post. hegseth wants an all white and all male military and he is going to look for every bureaucratic trick he can find to get nonwhite and women servicemembers to leave bsky.app/profile/dema...
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
shout out to FDR and robert wagner. what a legacy to have enraged generations of rich assholes
March 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
shout out to FDR and robert wagner. what a legacy to have enraged generations of rich assholes
Reposted by Jorun Aragunnrsdottir
Trump is fuming over who signed the deal allowing Canada to send energy to the US.
He did of course - in 2018
But wait there's more.
The people who will be hurt the most are the MAGAS in Stefanic's old District.
He did of course - in 2018
But wait there's more.
The people who will be hurt the most are the MAGAS in Stefanic's old District.
March 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Trump is fuming over who signed the deal allowing Canada to send energy to the US.
He did of course - in 2018
But wait there's more.
The people who will be hurt the most are the MAGAS in Stefanic's old District.
He did of course - in 2018
But wait there's more.
The people who will be hurt the most are the MAGAS in Stefanic's old District.