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Bringing you my take on our current political landscape as a lifelong leftist who never sold out.
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Leftist Bastard

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All of society crashing out just didn't seem realistic back then. It does now!

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Feb 18

Everything we were told was going to happen after Y2K is just happening under Trump

February 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM

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Emma Vigeland

@emmavigeland.bsky.social

Can Democrats introduce some grandstanding bill about Republican cuts crashing airplanes? Where's their Alan Grayson moment, saying the GOP healthcare plan is to "die quickly?"

What's their version of the "Laken Riley Act," for victims of our for-profit healthcare industry?

February 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM

Leftist Bastard

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Boycott Tesla!!!!

Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · Feb 13

First people started saying Tesla was Musk’s biggest vulnerability. Then sporadic protests started popping up. Then people began to systematically organizing against Tesla. Join in. Share with friends. Hit Musk where it hurts the most — his wallet.

www.jphilll.com/p/its-time-t...

It’s time to take down Tesla

Links and picket locations at the end

www.jphilll.com

February 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM

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Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

Just a few years ago she called him “Saudi Arabia’s bitch” and now she’s his Director of National Intelligence.

American politics is a strange, strange world.

February 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM

Leftist Bastard

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100% agree!
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Nov 19

Pathetic capitulations to authoritarianism.

When fascism is defeated don't let them rebrand once again as people who were always opposed to it, rather than opportunists whose morality is based on proximation to power

Cenk Uygur
@cenkuygur
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6h
I asked
@elonmusk
to put me in charge of cutting the Pentagon. And he said - what are your suggestions? I run the largest left-wing network online and a Democratic leader has NEVER asked me that question. The idea that they would take advice from a populist is disdainful to them.
Cenk Uygur
@cenkuygur
Now, which side seems more open and inclusive? Which side seems more welcoming and which side tries really hard to drive you away if you disagree even a little with orthodoxy? Which side is asking for suggestions and which one is demanding compliance and obedience?

@jysexton.bsky.social‬

Following
Morning Joe licking Trump’s boots wasn’t an isolated incident. Many people will save themselves and normalize authoritarianism.

It’s time for you to make a decision about what you’ll do and what you won’t accept. And the time of choosing is now.

‪Marc Elias‬ ‪@marcelias.bsky.social‬
We are all witnessing anticipatory obedience in real time.

NYT Opinion essay "End the criminal cases against Trump"

The Intercept: Vice's hard right turn to Trumpism. Shane Smith treats immigrants as a problem and apologizes to Elon Musk for past coverage.

February 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM

Leftist Bastard

@leftistbastard.bsky.social

Israel has always been more flagrant in defying rules than even the US. They attacked one of our warships (the USS Liberty) and nothing happened to them.

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · Feb 12

The tragedy here is it's Hamas that believes the rules apply and that the agreement that was reached has meaning. Story in second post:

February 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Leftist Bastard

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You don't have to have a criminal record, just a tattoo they don't like.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Feb 12

We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.