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Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.
October 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.
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Anti fascist educational film from 1945
August 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Anti fascist educational film from 1945
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1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
April 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
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lemme tell you i study fascism for a living and this one got me staring at the screen gobsmacked for a good five minutes
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, explaining he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ • Michigan Advance
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
michiganadvance.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
lemme tell you i study fascism for a living and this one got me staring at the screen gobsmacked for a good five minutes
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Short poem written this morning. Mood. #PoemsForUncertainTimes
This Fragile Thing
How can this thing, this fragile thing, hold?
How can this land, this stolen land, endure?
How can we turn on the weak and not break?
How can we hail the eagle while we lie?
[Part 1 of 2]
This Fragile Thing
How can this thing, this fragile thing, hold?
How can this land, this stolen land, endure?
How can we turn on the weak and not break?
How can we hail the eagle while we lie?
[Part 1 of 2]
March 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Short poem written this morning. Mood. #PoemsForUncertainTimes
This Fragile Thing
How can this thing, this fragile thing, hold?
How can this land, this stolen land, endure?
How can we turn on the weak and not break?
How can we hail the eagle while we lie?
[Part 1 of 2]
This Fragile Thing
How can this thing, this fragile thing, hold?
How can this land, this stolen land, endure?
How can we turn on the weak and not break?
How can we hail the eagle while we lie?
[Part 1 of 2]
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It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
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Man, I just love Pete.
March 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Man, I just love Pete.
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Kinda striking how often the current administration's justification for their actions is literally just "I want to do this and I won the election, therefore I can do this." The whole point of a functioning US system of govt is to PREVENT all-powerful monarchs, not to just choose them via elections.
March 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Kinda striking how often the current administration's justification for their actions is literally just "I want to do this and I won the election, therefore I can do this." The whole point of a functioning US system of govt is to PREVENT all-powerful monarchs, not to just choose them via elections.
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“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
You have to look no further than the pedestal of Lady Liberty to see what defines America. That’s who we are.
This speech – and this President – is not who we are.
You have to look no further than the pedestal of Lady Liberty to see what defines America. That’s who we are.
This speech – and this President – is not who we are.
March 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
You have to look no further than the pedestal of Lady Liberty to see what defines America. That’s who we are.
This speech – and this President – is not who we are.
You have to look no further than the pedestal of Lady Liberty to see what defines America. That’s who we are.
This speech – and this President – is not who we are.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
sign.moveon.org
March 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
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Protestors met JD Vance in Vermont when he went to vacation there today. This is a good one:
March 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Protestors met JD Vance in Vermont when he went to vacation there today. This is a good one:
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This next step towards fascism seems terrifying.
“CISA will pause all elections security activities until the completion of this review,” Bean added. The agency is also cutting off funding for these activities” electionlawblog.org?p=148644
"Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work" #ELB
Eric Geller for Wired: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secur...
electionlawblog.org
February 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This next step towards fascism seems terrifying.
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And who determines what the executive’s legitimate power is, JD? The executive?! Come on.
Let me put it in terms you’d get. It’s like football. The judges are the refs, and they say whether you’re in or out of bounds. And Musk is waaaaaay out of bounds with these takeovers of our systems.
Let me put it in terms you’d get. It’s like football. The judges are the refs, and they say whether you’re in or out of bounds. And Musk is waaaaaay out of bounds with these takeovers of our systems.
February 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And who determines what the executive’s legitimate power is, JD? The executive?! Come on.
Let me put it in terms you’d get. It’s like football. The judges are the refs, and they say whether you’re in or out of bounds. And Musk is waaaaaay out of bounds with these takeovers of our systems.
Let me put it in terms you’d get. It’s like football. The judges are the refs, and they say whether you’re in or out of bounds. And Musk is waaaaaay out of bounds with these takeovers of our systems.
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This photo hits hard.
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This photo hits hard.
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Excellent post
January 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Excellent post
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This is absolutely chilling.
He truly is a sociopath.
He truly is a sociopath.
January 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is absolutely chilling.
He truly is a sociopath.
He truly is a sociopath.
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Donald Trump does not have the authority to rewrite the Constitution.
@massago.bsky.social Campbell is fighting to protect Massachusetts and hold the line against this giant abuse of power.
@massago.bsky.social Campbell is fighting to protect Massachusetts and hold the line against this giant abuse of power.
January 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Donald Trump does not have the authority to rewrite the Constitution.
@massago.bsky.social Campbell is fighting to protect Massachusetts and hold the line against this giant abuse of power.
@massago.bsky.social Campbell is fighting to protect Massachusetts and hold the line against this giant abuse of power.
On any given day, some state rep is gonna put their foot in their mouth clear back to their tonsils.
January 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
On any given day, some state rep is gonna put their foot in their mouth clear back to their tonsils.
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One more note to this bracing essay: the US Constitution, while not being very old, is nonetheless the oldest of all current democratic charters. Democracy is a very new thing in the world, and not deeply rooted.
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Opinion | We like to think of the Constitution as eternal. It’s anything but.
The entire run of American constitutionalism can be encompassed in three lifespans.
wapo.st
January 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
One more note to this bracing essay: the US Constitution, while not being very old, is nonetheless the oldest of all current democratic charters. Democracy is a very new thing in the world, and not deeply rooted.
wapo.st/4062f8U
wapo.st/4062f8U
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I'm tired of politicians getting in front of a microphone and trashing victims of disaster.
I want to hear these privileged assholes tell us what they're going to do to help. I want to hear empathy, plans, and support. That's what they were elected to do.
Otherwise they need to shut the fuck up.
I want to hear these privileged assholes tell us what they're going to do to help. I want to hear empathy, plans, and support. That's what they were elected to do.
Otherwise they need to shut the fuck up.
January 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm tired of politicians getting in front of a microphone and trashing victims of disaster.
I want to hear these privileged assholes tell us what they're going to do to help. I want to hear empathy, plans, and support. That's what they were elected to do.
Otherwise they need to shut the fuck up.
I want to hear these privileged assholes tell us what they're going to do to help. I want to hear empathy, plans, and support. That's what they were elected to do.
Otherwise they need to shut the fuck up.
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Jimmy Carter: Trump "was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf."
December 30, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Jimmy Carter: Trump "was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf."
