Anthony DiPaolo
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Not a single mention of this across the Sunday shows as far as I could tell
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Not a single mention of this across the Sunday shows as far as I could tell
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“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
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to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”
I agree with whoever said a rather under-appreciated dynamic is the extent to which Professional Politics Opinion Havers flat out just find the left interpersonally irritating in a way they do not find the right so, and I think a lot of the talk of a vibe shift was wish-casting their irritants away.
October 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”
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The antifa terrorist marxists are out
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The antifa terrorist marxists are out
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I'm a bit confused by all the snarky comments about older, white protesters as if they somehow aren't legitimate. They actually represent a very big chunk of the population and are usually considered to be more conservative than everyone else. Isn't a good thing that they're protesting fascism?
October 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I'm a bit confused by all the snarky comments about older, white protesters as if they somehow aren't legitimate. They actually represent a very big chunk of the population and are usually considered to be more conservative than everyone else. Isn't a good thing that they're protesting fascism?
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Seriously, though - people keep asking "what are the protesters asking for, and what's their strategic plan to get it?"
I think what they're asking for is for America to be restored and Trump to subjected to the law. And I think the plan to get it is to demonstrate that there are so, so many of us.
I think what they're asking for is for America to be restored and Trump to subjected to the law. And I think the plan to get it is to demonstrate that there are so, so many of us.
October 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Seriously, though - people keep asking "what are the protesters asking for, and what's their strategic plan to get it?"
I think what they're asking for is for America to be restored and Trump to subjected to the law. And I think the plan to get it is to demonstrate that there are so, so many of us.
I think what they're asking for is for America to be restored and Trump to subjected to the law. And I think the plan to get it is to demonstrate that there are so, so many of us.
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Trump has been able to make so much headway against the constitutional system because the institutions that are supposed to hold him in check have adopted the posture that it's savvy to let him have his way. Now millions of people are saying "Are you sure? An enormous number of us disagree."
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Trump has been able to make so much headway against the constitutional system because the institutions that are supposed to hold him in check have adopted the posture that it's savvy to let him have his way. Now millions of people are saying "Are you sure? An enormous number of us disagree."
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If you can shatter the paralyzing consensus that Americans are somehow okay with this, that the majority of us endorse it, then some of the many mechanisms in society that are supposed to stop someone like Trump, which thus far have been frozen in place, or even helping him, might re-engage.
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If you can shatter the paralyzing consensus that Americans are somehow okay with this, that the majority of us endorse it, then some of the many mechanisms in society that are supposed to stop someone like Trump, which thus far have been frozen in place, or even helping him, might re-engage.
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The polls and numbers show THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM - but that doesn't feel real and visceral to our institutions, which imagine a silent MAGA majority hiding under their bed.
You know what feels real? Ten million people in the streets, saying "Look around, THERE ARE MORE OF US"
You know what feels real? Ten million people in the streets, saying "Look around, THERE ARE MORE OF US"
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The polls and numbers show THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM - but that doesn't feel real and visceral to our institutions, which imagine a silent MAGA majority hiding under their bed.
You know what feels real? Ten million people in the streets, saying "Look around, THERE ARE MORE OF US"
You know what feels real? Ten million people in the streets, saying "Look around, THERE ARE MORE OF US"
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Republicans were right, crowd is singing communist songs (Woody Guthrie)
Tried to sing This Land Is Your Land with the crowd and got too choked up to do it. A+ experience.
October 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Republicans were right, crowd is singing communist songs (Woody Guthrie)
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Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.
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This me, here in Tokyo. #CaptainAmerica
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This me, here in Tokyo. #CaptainAmerica
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And what I'm describing is actually a weakness on the left: We do believe that if we could just make people *understand,* they'd agree.
They don't care about shared understanding on the right. They believe in power.
We could learn from how they do things and it's not the art of persuasion.
They don't care about shared understanding on the right. They believe in power.
We could learn from how they do things and it's not the art of persuasion.
September 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
And what I'm describing is actually a weakness on the left: We do believe that if we could just make people *understand,* they'd agree.
They don't care about shared understanding on the right. They believe in power.
We could learn from how they do things and it's not the art of persuasion.
They don't care about shared understanding on the right. They believe in power.
We could learn from how they do things and it's not the art of persuasion.
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“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
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Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot
September 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Watching the cable news commentary on the bullet engravings is wild because none of these people seem to realize that the content of the engravings are indicative of extremely online meme brain rot
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There are many highly politically engaged men in our society who are lusting for opportunities to create a bloodbath that they feel is righteous.
We cannot move forward or escape this nightmare until mainstream figures finally admit that there are many, many people on the right - including some of its most powerful voices - who are openly seeking violence and tyranny and exploit every situation to move it closer.
September 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
There are many highly politically engaged men in our society who are lusting for opportunities to create a bloodbath that they feel is righteous.
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One thing the media's reticence to label Kirk an extremist has made jarringly clear is how scared they are of the people in power now who share his extremist beliefs.
In the space of nine months, they have internalized a fear of condemning racism, misogyny, homophobia and antisemiticism.
In the space of nine months, they have internalized a fear of condemning racism, misogyny, homophobia and antisemiticism.
September 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One thing the media's reticence to label Kirk an extremist has made jarringly clear is how scared they are of the people in power now who share his extremist beliefs.
In the space of nine months, they have internalized a fear of condemning racism, misogyny, homophobia and antisemiticism.
In the space of nine months, they have internalized a fear of condemning racism, misogyny, homophobia and antisemiticism.
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NEW: Right-wing extremists and an anonymously run website are targeting people for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder - and posting identifying details about people accused online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:
Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death
Extremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW: Right-wing extremists and an anonymously run website are targeting people for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder - and posting identifying details about people accused online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:
read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:
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/2 But here's what people like Charlie Kirk know:
It doesn't matter who the shooter actually was. It doesn't matter what their motives actually were. They can lie about it, propagandize it, deny it, and their audience will eat it up. And the legacy media will both-sides it in response.
It doesn't matter who the shooter actually was. It doesn't matter what their motives actually were. They can lie about it, propagandize it, deny it, and their audience will eat it up. And the legacy media will both-sides it in response.
September 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
/2 But here's what people like Charlie Kirk know:
It doesn't matter who the shooter actually was. It doesn't matter what their motives actually were. They can lie about it, propagandize it, deny it, and their audience will eat it up. And the legacy media will both-sides it in response.
It doesn't matter who the shooter actually was. It doesn't matter what their motives actually were. They can lie about it, propagandize it, deny it, and their audience will eat it up. And the legacy media will both-sides it in response.
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glad that Mikki said it.
If you are a Black woman who was online talking about race and class and gender and politics? Your feed was full of bigots incited by TPUSA and the precursors since social media existed. Bluesky has some folks forgetting what actually happened to BIPOC creators on Twitter
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
glad that Mikki said it.
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In a suit filed earlier today by three fired FBI officials, Patel and Bongino are portrayed as being so obsessed with social media that it could “risk outweighing more deliberate analyses of investigations."
September 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
In a suit filed earlier today by three fired FBI officials, Patel and Bongino are portrayed as being so obsessed with social media that it could “risk outweighing more deliberate analyses of investigations."
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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
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"the right wing habitually utters death threats against the left" is a feature of our politics that probably deserves more attention but the fact that it is habitual means it happening in response to a particular event doesn't prove anything
counterpoint: these exact same losers say the exact same thing every time anybody talks back or puts a girl in a video game or whatever so i don't think the liberal urge to performatively flinch at the canned backlash is a useful reflex in 2025
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"the right wing habitually utters death threats against the left" is a feature of our politics that probably deserves more attention but the fact that it is habitual means it happening in response to a particular event doesn't prove anything
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This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"