Maku Atherton
@makuatherton.bsky.social
Proud centrist against the Far Right and Far Left.
I don't care about pronouns, so use whatever you like.
I don't care about pronouns, so use whatever you like.
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The Trump presidency is being kept alive by nothing more than denial at this point.
Denial that his policies aren't gravely hurting American households and potentially pushing the economy into a recession.
Denial that he doesn't have dementia and isn't fit to serve. #trump
Denial that his policies aren't gravely hurting American households and potentially pushing the economy into a recession.
Denial that he doesn't have dementia and isn't fit to serve. #trump
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Trump presidency is being kept alive by nothing more than denial at this point.
Denial that his policies aren't gravely hurting American households and potentially pushing the economy into a recession.
Denial that he doesn't have dementia and isn't fit to serve. #trump
Denial that his policies aren't gravely hurting American households and potentially pushing the economy into a recession.
Denial that he doesn't have dementia and isn't fit to serve. #trump
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Trump is one of the worst people on this planet. Not just the worst politician. He says things that are shockingly vile.
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trump is one of the worst people on this planet. Not just the worst politician. He says things that are shockingly vile.
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"He was very bad for our country." A person's life, and that person using his life to exercise his First Amendment rights, is "bad for our country", according to the worst person and worst President for our country there has ever been. He just said it out loud. What a deranged person.
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"He was very bad for our country." A person's life, and that person using his life to exercise his First Amendment rights, is "bad for our country", according to the worst person and worst President for our country there has ever been. He just said it out loud. What a deranged person.
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Worst possible version of him is on the way. Be ready for it.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Worst possible version of him is on the way. Be ready for it.
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Every time you think Trump can’t possibly get any worse, he gets worse.
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Every time you think Trump can’t possibly get any worse, he gets worse.
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That's part of it for sure. I hope he's got Vance's ear on this.
December 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
That's part of it for sure. I hope he's got Vance's ear on this.
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Probably so Vance, his friend, can be installed faster.
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Probably so Vance, his friend, can be installed faster.
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Rod Dreher—a close friend of JD Vance—is starting to acknowledge the pathology of the man in the White House. 1/https://x.com/roddreher/status/2000587916574118238?s=46
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Rod Dreher—a close friend of JD Vance—is starting to acknowledge the pathology of the man in the White House. 1/https://x.com/roddreher/status/2000587916574118238?s=46
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Um, no he's not. OBVIOUSLY his government is fascist, but signing an order designating some imagnined organization calling itself "antifa" isn't hard evidence of fascism. He's not trying to take down an explicitly anti-fascist rebellion movement.
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Um, no he's not. OBVIOUSLY his government is fascist, but signing an order designating some imagnined organization calling itself "antifa" isn't hard evidence of fascism. He's not trying to take down an explicitly anti-fascist rebellion movement.
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"This is beneath you and your office. I am so shocked and appalled that you'd say something like this!"
MAGA is so, so, so, so, SOOOOO fucking dumb.
MAGA is so, so, so, so, SOOOOO fucking dumb.
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"This is beneath you and your office. I am so shocked and appalled that you'd say something like this!"
MAGA is so, so, so, so, SOOOOO fucking dumb.
MAGA is so, so, so, so, SOOOOO fucking dumb.
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He's a real life (except much stupider) Mr. Potter - "sick in the head, sick in the soul."
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
He's a real life (except much stupider) Mr. Potter - "sick in the head, sick in the soul."
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Source: "Trust me, bro."
Also, you know who thinks violence and even murder is OK if the ones on the recieving end are leftist? Mad King Trump, the guy whose job you REALLY should be demanding he hand over to you right now!
Also, you know who thinks violence and even murder is OK if the ones on the recieving end are leftist? Mad King Trump, the guy whose job you REALLY should be demanding he hand over to you right now!
The single biggest obstacle to prosecuting violent leftists is judges and prosecutors in deep blue areas who think violence is OK if you're a leftist. This is why we must get rid of the blue slip process.
It's an institutional safeguard that has long outlives its purpose.
It's an institutional safeguard that has long outlives its purpose.
December 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Source: "Trust me, bro."
Also, you know who thinks violence and even murder is OK if the ones on the recieving end are leftist? Mad King Trump, the guy whose job you REALLY should be demanding he hand over to you right now!
Also, you know who thinks violence and even murder is OK if the ones on the recieving end are leftist? Mad King Trump, the guy whose job you REALLY should be demanding he hand over to you right now!
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Live your life in a way that earns a hate-tweet from Donald Trump when you’re gone.
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Live your life in a way that earns a hate-tweet from Donald Trump when you’re gone.
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huh, the rob Reiner post has even some of the most brain melted going 'yeah that's not a good look'. I think it's because it's personally humiliating for them because the party line was 'you'll NEVER see US reveling in someone's death'
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
huh, the rob Reiner post has even some of the most brain melted going 'yeah that's not a good look'. I think it's because it's personally humiliating for them because the party line was 'you'll NEVER see US reveling in someone's death'
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I agree. No one who supports Trump should be able to say "oh, I didn't see/hear about that post about Reiner."
Correct; shove it in their faces.
How many people do you know that continue to delude themselves on this because they’re too embarrassed to admit how easily fooled they were.
Make them feel discomfort.
How many people do you know that continue to delude themselves on this because they’re too embarrassed to admit how easily fooled they were.
Make them feel discomfort.
December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I agree. No one who supports Trump should be able to say "oh, I didn't see/hear about that post about Reiner."
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Clinton's seemed small in comparison, but so did Trump's "perfect phone call." Both established that if the President is capable of abusing their position and what the office gives them for small and petty things, what's stopping them from eventually going bigger with it?
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Clinton's seemed small in comparison, but so did Trump's "perfect phone call." Both established that if the President is capable of abusing their position and what the office gives them for small and petty things, what's stopping them from eventually going bigger with it?
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BOTH were an abuse of Presidential power. Republican and Democrat Presidents alike are capable of it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BOTH were an abuse of Presidential power. Republican and Democrat Presidents alike are capable of it.
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That was impeachable too but the impeachment unfortunately didn't happen. What about it?
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
That was impeachable too but the impeachment unfortunately didn't happen. What about it?
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No. Clinton abused the nation's highest office to keep a personal affair covered. That was grounds for impeachment.
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
No. Clinton abused the nation's highest office to keep a personal affair covered. That was grounds for impeachment.
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That’s not my argument - that Ds forced Rs to behave badly. I’m a former R, and I find the way Rs have behaved re Trump inexcusable. I do think that convenient excuses and lowered standards take a toll on the political culture, overall.
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
That’s not my argument - that Ds forced Rs to behave badly. I’m a former R, and I find the way Rs have behaved re Trump inexcusable. I do think that convenient excuses and lowered standards take a toll on the political culture, overall.
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I see it as exactly the opposite - the moment when the President became untouchable, because there would always be a partisan minority to prevent his removal. There’s a reason Trump palled around with the Clintons so much, at the time.
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I see it as exactly the opposite - the moment when the President became untouchable, because there would always be a partisan minority to prevent his removal. There’s a reason Trump palled around with the Clintons so much, at the time.
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This country knowingly put evil in the White House. This great, good, decent country knowingly put someone who is evil in power. Americans knowingly voted for an evil monster. And so to remind you once more - this Trump era has never been about Trump. It’s always been about us, about us as a people.
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This country knowingly put evil in the White House. This great, good, decent country knowingly put someone who is evil in power. Americans knowingly voted for an evil monster. And so to remind you once more - this Trump era has never been about Trump. It’s always been about us, about us as a people.
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For The Umpteenth Time: Donald Trump Is One Of The Most Horrible Human Who’s Ever Lived: Rob Reiner & his wife are stabbed to death by their adult son who has a long history of drug & mental issues, and Trump blames “Trump derangement syndrome for their killings. Also, an update on Paxis,…
For The Umpteenth Time: Donald Trump Is One Of The Most Horrible Human Who’s Ever Lived
Rob Reiner & his wife are stabbed to death by their adult son who has a long history of drug & mental issues, and Trump blames “Trump derangement syndrome for their killings. Also, an update on Paxis, our “know your rights” tool for immigrants targeted by ICE.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
For The Umpteenth Time: Donald Trump Is One Of The Most Horrible Human Who’s Ever Lived: Rob Reiner & his wife are stabbed to death by their adult son who has a long history of drug & mental issues, and Trump blames “Trump derangement syndrome for their killings. Also, an update on Paxis,…
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Which is precisely how Republicans saw the efforts to impeach Trump. Both, in my view, were dead wrong. Both should have been removed.
December 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Which is precisely how Republicans saw the efforts to impeach Trump. Both, in my view, were dead wrong. Both should have been removed.
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As "just protect Clinton" was the operative instinct among Dems, even though he participated in the kind of inherently exploitative workplace "relationship" that would get most of us fired in a heartbeat.
December 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As "just protect Clinton" was the operative instinct among Dems, even though he participated in the kind of inherently exploitative workplace "relationship" that would get most of us fired in a heartbeat.