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In 1945, the US Army put out a training manual intended to help rank and file soldiers spot incipient fascism in the US. One of the telltale signs that one was dealing with a fascist was that they called everyone to their left "a communist." bsky.app/profile/seth...
sethcotlar.bsky.social Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1
The third fascistic tactic to watch out for is their tendency to label anyone they disagree with who is to their left "a Communist." Fascists claim that they alone can save their nations from "the communist menace." Anyway, the 2024 GOP platform contains the phrase "Christ-hating communists."
3. It is accurate to call a member of a communist party a "communist." For short, he is often called a "Red." Indiscriminate pinning of the label "Red" on people and proposals which one opposes is a common political device. It is a favorite trick of native as well as foreign fascists. Many fascists make the spurious claim that the world has but two choices either fascism or com-munism, and they label as "communist" everyone who refuses to support them. By attacking our free enterprise, capitalist democracy and by denying the effectiveness of our way of life they hope to trap many people. Hitler insisted that only fascism could save Europe and the world from the "communist menace." There were many people inside and outside Germany and Italy who welcomed and supported Hitler and Mussolini because they believed fascism was the only safeguard against communism. The "Red bogey" was a convincing enough argument to help Hitler take and maintain power. The Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, whose aggressions plunged the world into global war, was called the "Anti-Comintern Axis." It was proclaimed by Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito as a "bulwark against communism." Learning to identify native fascists and to detect their techniques is not easy. They plan it that way. But it is vitally important to learn to spot them, even though they adopt names and slogans with popular appeal, drape themselves with the American flag, and attempt to carry out their program in the name of the democracy they are trying to destroy.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This asshat claims to represent a town in MA yet has his own delusions. Trans friends and allies, you shouldn't have to deal with this. We deserve better.
Dipshit state rep Marc Lombardo misgenders a woman. Stay classy, asshole.
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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dagnabitalltoheck.bsky.social
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)

the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Nov 9
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.

If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
joshtpm.bsky.social Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Nov 9
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Ok Google, show me someone that has never had to deal with open enrollment
followtheh.bsky.social Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · Nov 8
Hey kids the Trump Healthcare
Plan just dropped!
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cory Doctorow nails it again. The fact that they have to mute/hide the word "Enshitification" just goes on to prove his points. youtu.be/I8l1uSb0LZg
The “Ensh*ttification” of the Internet and How to Fix It | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Politipod the podcast can be found at SoundCloud.com/PolitiPod

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September 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
@krisstgabriel.bsky.social Trader Joe's brings it.
August 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
1776: No Kings Then
2025: No Kings Now
June 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas has been put on paid administrative leave. The Globe quotes a memo to employees, saying the board's executive committee is investigating whether he was considering plans to lead a work stoppage that could disrupt the chain's business.
May 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Show is supposed to start in 2 minutes and the line goes 4 blocks. @maddow.msnbc.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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May 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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So DOGE showed up at the CFPB last night. This truly epic press release identifies the workers by name (and biographical low-points) and goes on to say "we welcome our newest colleagues and look forward to the smell of Axe Body Spray in our elevators." nteu335.org/2025/02/07/c...
CFPB Union NTEU 335 spies dodgy DOGE bros - CFPB Union
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**   Washington, DC, February 7, 2025 — On the evening of February 6, three minions of professional Twitter poster and Jeffrey Epstein confidant Elon Musk appeared in the Consum...
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February 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Back in the early 90s I spent a few years being a developer for the Department of Veterans Affairs. It was a fun job and I liked the job and people I worked with but the level of care put into development was incredible. 1/
February 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey nerds, install this now for your community.

github.com/iiab
Internet-in-a-Box
Build your own LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA with a Raspberry Pi ! - Internet-in-a-Box
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February 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Welp I forgot en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Bo...
2007 Boston Mooninite panic - Wikipedia
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January 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
On a stick!
January 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We need more movies like Muppet Christmas Carol. Take a classic story, a well respected actor that puts everything into it, and Muppets.
December 2, 2024 at 2:15 AM