Chris J
@ordinary-portals.bsky.social
Poet. Former professor. Nature and dog enthusiast.
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Notable w/ DHS falsely claiming people are “weaponizing” vehicles is that since George Floyd uprisings GOP lawmakers have pushed laws legalizing plowing over protesters w/ cars
Also MAGA/alt-right memes were rife w/ fantasies abt doing just that, portending neo-Nazi car attack in Charlottesville
Also MAGA/alt-right memes were rife w/ fantasies abt doing just that, portending neo-Nazi car attack in Charlottesville
January 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Notable w/ DHS falsely claiming people are “weaponizing” vehicles is that since George Floyd uprisings GOP lawmakers have pushed laws legalizing plowing over protesters w/ cars
Also MAGA/alt-right memes were rife w/ fantasies abt doing just that, portending neo-Nazi car attack in Charlottesville
Also MAGA/alt-right memes were rife w/ fantasies abt doing just that, portending neo-Nazi car attack in Charlottesville
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a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8
Abolish ICE
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January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8
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Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
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Every day is like the parable about the man on the deserted island refusing to be saved by boat, helicopter etc because he's waiting for God's help, but it's about any Democrat with a backbone and an iota of charisma being offered the chance to become the next president by simply describing reality.
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Every day is like the parable about the man on the deserted island refusing to be saved by boat, helicopter etc because he's waiting for God's help, but it's about any Democrat with a backbone and an iota of charisma being offered the chance to become the next president by simply describing reality.
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"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
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don't you see they're killing us as a distraction
January 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
don't you see they're killing us as a distraction
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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I am beginning to think orange man bad
September 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I am beginning to think orange man bad
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It is pretty amazing to see people go from “the left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to “who can really know why good kids do bad things?”
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is pretty amazing to see people go from “the left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to “who can really know why good kids do bad things?”
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
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The tariffs are not a negotiating tactic. Trump is going to try to replace the federal income tax with permanent tariffs. He's said as much. You can't play strategically when there's a dog sitting across the poker table from you.
April 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The tariffs are not a negotiating tactic. Trump is going to try to replace the federal income tax with permanent tariffs. He's said as much. You can't play strategically when there's a dog sitting across the poker table from you.
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
April 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
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I think we don't talk about the massive amounts of political assassinations in the US in the 20th century because it worked.
Most infighting on the left in the US is simply due to the US government spending a century shooting any leftist leader in the head and strangling every organization with.
You've never seen a healthy, thriving leftist movement in the US, a Pinkerton put a bullet in its head a century ago
You've never seen a healthy, thriving leftist movement in the US, a Pinkerton put a bullet in its head a century ago
April 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I think we don't talk about the massive amounts of political assassinations in the US in the 20th century because it worked.
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With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.
April 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.
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turns out the United States was an incredible moneymaking engine that ran on wokeness
April 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
turns out the United States was an incredible moneymaking engine that ran on wokeness
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The Verge completely owned the story of the last time Trump tried to bring manufacturing back to America. www.theverge.com/c/2150796…
April 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Verge completely owned the story of the last time Trump tried to bring manufacturing back to America. www.theverge.com/c/2150796…
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I'm "unsupervised female health decisions"
Tag yourself.
I'm "School lunches for unemployed minors."
I'm "School lunches for unemployed minors."
March 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm "unsupervised female health decisions"
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You heard Trump’s attorney general — if you visit a Tesla dealership, she will prosecute you.
Be safe! Shop somewhere else.
Be safe! Shop somewhere else.
Pam Bondi: "If you're gonna touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out, because we're coming after you."
March 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
You heard Trump’s attorney general — if you visit a Tesla dealership, she will prosecute you.
Be safe! Shop somewhere else.
Be safe! Shop somewhere else.
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I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
February 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'd like to see more writing on how the Musk/Trump junta feels like a frontal attack on the entire concept of virtue, in even the most traditional senses.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
They are actively demonizing and punishing everyone who doesn't worship Mammon.
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You can have the cops come beat the shit out of your students to prove you’re not a filthy commie and they’ll still do this to you and all you’ll have done is show everyone what a pathetic little coward you are. Might as well do the right thing the first time
March 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You can have the cops come beat the shit out of your students to prove you’re not a filthy commie and they’ll still do this to you and all you’ll have done is show everyone what a pathetic little coward you are. Might as well do the right thing the first time
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