mollrat
@mollrat.bsky.social
Lover of democracy and of fun silly things like musicals
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mtg spent like ten years making enemies on the left and that seemed fine with her. she spent ten days making enemies on the right, had to hire security, and then had to quit altogether.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
mtg spent like ten years making enemies on the left and that seemed fine with her. she spent ten days making enemies on the right, had to hire security, and then had to quit altogether.
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okay but hear me out: what if artificial scarcity AND corporate consolidation were BOTH problems
crazy i know
crazy i know
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November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
okay but hear me out: what if artificial scarcity AND corporate consolidation were BOTH problems
crazy i know
crazy i know
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While said soldier is allied with the country's most prominent open Nazi.
Who just destroyed Heritage Foundation.
While the Christian right falls apart over internal child abuse scandals.
As the Catholics denounce Trump.
And oh also QAnon is done, because Epstein files.
Who just destroyed Heritage Foundation.
While the Christian right falls apart over internal child abuse scandals.
As the Catholics denounce Trump.
And oh also QAnon is done, because Epstein files.
“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right
no, it’s fucking terrible for trump, lol
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
While said soldier is allied with the country's most prominent open Nazi.
Who just destroyed Heritage Foundation.
While the Christian right falls apart over internal child abuse scandals.
As the Catholics denounce Trump.
And oh also QAnon is done, because Epstein files.
Who just destroyed Heritage Foundation.
While the Christian right falls apart over internal child abuse scandals.
As the Catholics denounce Trump.
And oh also QAnon is done, because Epstein files.
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Don Jr: Did he ever look at you that way?
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Don Jr: Did he ever look at you that way?
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
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“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right
no, it’s fucking terrible for trump, lol
I don't know if it makes sense to describe what happened today as "good PR". The Fox crowd doesn't seem terribly thrilled about the meeting either.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right
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Stephen Miller is a cornered animal now, so we can expect some spasms from the administration. But it is in the political death throes.
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Stephen Miller is a cornered animal now, so we can expect some spasms from the administration. But it is in the political death throes.
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As an exvangelical, I encourage everyone to read this. Deconstructing the ideas I was taught about sexuality and relationships was the hardest personal work I had to do.
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
As an exvangelical, I encourage everyone to read this. Deconstructing the ideas I was taught about sexuality and relationships was the hardest personal work I had to do.
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this base has always been fractious and finding their divisions and driving a crowbar into them has always been the way to break them
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
this base has always been fractious and finding their divisions and driving a crowbar into them has always been the way to break them
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the occam’s razor explanation for greene’s behavior all year is and always has been that she is a maga true believer who increasingly thinks trump and his cabinet have betrayed the movement, and she’s right
“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right
no, it’s fucking terrible for trump, lol
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
the occam’s razor explanation for greene’s behavior all year is and always has been that she is a maga true believer who increasingly thinks trump and his cabinet have betrayed the movement, and she’s right
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MTG quitting: first of all, lmao. second of all, mike johnson will be confronted with ever more unworkable house math, which, lmaoooo
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
MTG quitting: first of all, lmao. second of all, mike johnson will be confronted with ever more unworkable house math, which, lmaoooo
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The MAGA implosion continues unabated.
The dog caught the car.
The dog caught the car.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The MAGA implosion continues unabated.
The dog caught the car.
The dog caught the car.
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In her resignation statement, MTG breaks very dramatically with the secret-plan conspiracy theorists about what’s happening in DC.
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In her resignation statement, MTG breaks very dramatically with the secret-plan conspiracy theorists about what’s happening in DC.
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I can think of two possibilities:
1. She is planning a run for the Senate or GA governor
2. Her career of incredibly toxic politics has finally caught up to her, and the one time she's tried to take a serious stand on something, the leopards have eaten her face and she doesn't like it.
1. She is planning a run for the Senate or GA governor
2. Her career of incredibly toxic politics has finally caught up to her, and the one time she's tried to take a serious stand on something, the leopards have eaten her face and she doesn't like it.
OK what is the play here? What am I missing?
Greene: I will be resigning from office, with my last day being January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I can think of two possibilities:
1. She is planning a run for the Senate or GA governor
2. Her career of incredibly toxic politics has finally caught up to her, and the one time she's tried to take a serious stand on something, the leopards have eaten her face and she doesn't like it.
1. She is planning a run for the Senate or GA governor
2. Her career of incredibly toxic politics has finally caught up to her, and the one time she's tried to take a serious stand on something, the leopards have eaten her face and she doesn't like it.
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
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This is a big obstacle to creating an antitrust movement. It requires convincing people that making capitalism work better is a worthwhile goal, which is pretty hard to do when people have basically redefined "capitalism" to mean the behavior of monopolies.
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is a big obstacle to creating an antitrust movement. It requires convincing people that making capitalism work better is a worthwhile goal, which is pretty hard to do when people have basically redefined "capitalism" to mean the behavior of monopolies.
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We're all just monkeys howling at, shitting on, and jerking off to each other on an oblate spherical rock floating in space, that, due to complex coordination of physics beyond our control or full ken, and luck hasn't fallen into the Sun.
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We're all just monkeys howling at, shitting on, and jerking off to each other on an oblate spherical rock floating in space, that, due to complex coordination of physics beyond our control or full ken, and luck hasn't fallen into the Sun.
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People feel really uncomfortable with the actual truth that a lotta people's stupidity, complacency, and greed, especially from those at the top are the cause of much of the world's problems. There's no grand conspiracy, just a massive Fuck-up made up of littler, individual fuck ups that coalesce.
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
People feel really uncomfortable with the actual truth that a lotta people's stupidity, complacency, and greed, especially from those at the top are the cause of much of the world's problems. There's no grand conspiracy, just a massive Fuck-up made up of littler, individual fuck ups that coalesce.
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Note: this is true even if you're a numbers person (unless you're a particular sort of neurodivergent anyway)! Your brain does not naturally immediately map a big number into a context. It's just big! You have to stop and think about it!
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Note: this is true even if you're a numbers person (unless you're a particular sort of neurodivergent anyway)! Your brain does not naturally immediately map a big number into a context. It's just big! You have to stop and think about it!
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A big part of this is because the number in #1 might be $200 billion (say, the CA budget), which is a big number, and the number in #2 may be $100 million, which is a big number, but $100m/$200b is a very small number.
But number in 2 IS BIG I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
But number in 2 IS BIG I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A big part of this is because the number in #1 might be $200 billion (say, the CA budget), which is a big number, and the number in #2 may be $100 million, which is a big number, but $100m/$200b is a very small number.
But number in 2 IS BIG I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
But number in 2 IS BIG I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
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#1: There's plenty of money in the <level> of government's budget (because the numbers are big)
#2: An amorphous blob of that is spending that I don't agree with and is useless (because the numbers are big)
#3: Therefor we can have Luxury Space Communism (for me) if we just cut the things in 2.
#2: An amorphous blob of that is spending that I don't agree with and is useless (because the numbers are big)
#3: Therefor we can have Luxury Space Communism (for me) if we just cut the things in 2.
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#1: There's plenty of money in the <level> of government's budget (because the numbers are big)
#2: An amorphous blob of that is spending that I don't agree with and is useless (because the numbers are big)
#3: Therefor we can have Luxury Space Communism (for me) if we just cut the things in 2.
#2: An amorphous blob of that is spending that I don't agree with and is useless (because the numbers are big)
#3: Therefor we can have Luxury Space Communism (for me) if we just cut the things in 2.
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Reposting this to add a relevant tangent:
Almost every person across political ideologies is so breathlessly innumerate that they are all deeply susceptible to three very common narratives that have stuck with U.S. politics since 1960:
Almost every person across political ideologies is so breathlessly innumerate that they are all deeply susceptible to three very common narratives that have stuck with U.S. politics since 1960:
Anti-capitalism / anti-market conspiracy theories are an underrated cause of both MAGA & the extremely disorganized left-of-center response to it.
This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
This shit hasn't bought the public into socialism but it has convinced the public to view economic policy w/ maximal cynicism and narrow self-interest.
you ever just sit down and cut loose an absolutely enormous fart
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reposting this to add a relevant tangent:
Almost every person across political ideologies is so breathlessly innumerate that they are all deeply susceptible to three very common narratives that have stuck with U.S. politics since 1960:
Almost every person across political ideologies is so breathlessly innumerate that they are all deeply susceptible to three very common narratives that have stuck with U.S. politics since 1960:
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Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
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I think the Left's attempt to turn every important social cause into a battle against capitalism has turned many pro-market people inherently sceptical of any important social cause (example: climate action).
Thatcher didn't fix the ozone layer hole by abolishing capitalism.
Thatcher didn't fix the ozone layer hole by abolishing capitalism.
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I think the Left's attempt to turn every important social cause into a battle against capitalism has turned many pro-market people inherently sceptical of any important social cause (example: climate action).
Thatcher didn't fix the ozone layer hole by abolishing capitalism.
Thatcher didn't fix the ozone layer hole by abolishing capitalism.
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So my position will very likely always be that THAT'S what we should be aiming for, not an upending of the system itself. Way too many people rely on that system, imperfect though it is, and I have yet to hear a plan for a "revolution" that isn't doomed to fail those people miserably.
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
So my position will very likely always be that THAT'S what we should be aiming for, not an upending of the system itself. Way too many people rely on that system, imperfect though it is, and I have yet to hear a plan for a "revolution" that isn't doomed to fail those people miserably.
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Obviously we need more Europe-style safety nets, but honestly, when I look at the history of economics, Europe's "capitalism but with lots and lots of safety nets" seems to have produced the least pain and misery among its citizens.
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Obviously we need more Europe-style safety nets, but honestly, when I look at the history of economics, Europe's "capitalism but with lots and lots of safety nets" seems to have produced the least pain and misery among its citizens.