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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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August 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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3 years ago, Congress voted to honor the officers who defended our democracy on January 6th with a memorial plaque in the Capitol.
Yet Republicans are ignoring the law and refusing to install it.
In its absence, we are hanging replicas—because heroism deserves more than silence.
Yet Republicans are ignoring the law and refusing to install it.
In its absence, we are hanging replicas—because heroism deserves more than silence.
June 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
3 years ago, Congress voted to honor the officers who defended our democracy on January 6th with a memorial plaque in the Capitol.
Yet Republicans are ignoring the law and refusing to install it.
In its absence, we are hanging replicas—because heroism deserves more than silence.
Yet Republicans are ignoring the law and refusing to install it.
In its absence, we are hanging replicas—because heroism deserves more than silence.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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This conversation is definitely worth the watch.
June 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This conversation is definitely worth the watch.
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Henceforth please refer to the Senator from Iowa as Joni Hearse
June 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Henceforth please refer to the Senator from Iowa as Joni Hearse
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Remember when this pic of Elián González was a national scandal instead of a daily occurrence?
June 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Remember when this pic of Elián González was a national scandal instead of a daily occurrence?
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Chattanooga’s WTVC reporting on Trump choosing a LIV golf tournament over the ceremony for the 🇺🇸 soldiers killed in Lithuania…
April 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Chattanooga’s WTVC reporting on Trump choosing a LIV golf tournament over the ceremony for the 🇺🇸 soldiers killed in Lithuania…
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The 22nd Amendment bars presidents from being elected to a third term. Amending the Constitution is an arduous path that's unlikely to succeed.
The 22nd Amendment: Why Trump can't be elected a third time
The 22nd Amendment states that "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice."
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March 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The 22nd Amendment bars presidents from being elected to a third term. Amending the Constitution is an arduous path that's unlikely to succeed.
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Has any new drug saved your life or the life of someone you know? If so, you can thank the NIH, which Trump and Musk are illegally destroying, in violation both of the law creating the NIH, and appropriations laws telling NIH what money to spend and how
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Has any new drug saved your life or the life of someone you know? If so, you can thank the NIH, which Trump and Musk are illegally destroying, in violation both of the law creating the NIH, and appropriations laws telling NIH what money to spend and how
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ICYMI: “They died telling their stories. DOGE isn’t real. THIS is real. F*ck Elon Musk.”
9/11 First Responders rip Musk & DOGE after Trump’s administration cut funding for the World Trade Center health program. (H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )
9/11 First Responders rip Musk & DOGE after Trump’s administration cut funding for the World Trade Center health program. (H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )
March 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
ICYMI: “They died telling their stories. DOGE isn’t real. THIS is real. F*ck Elon Musk.”
9/11 First Responders rip Musk & DOGE after Trump’s administration cut funding for the World Trade Center health program. (H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )
9/11 First Responders rip Musk & DOGE after Trump’s administration cut funding for the World Trade Center health program. (H/T @realdlhughley.bsky.social )
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So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
February 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
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It’s Advocacy Day at the IN statehouse! We are here to ask the #INLegis to keep Hoosiers safe by enacting gun sense legislation! @momsdemand.bsky.social @everytown.bsky.social @studentsdemand.bsky.social #ExpectUs
February 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It’s Advocacy Day at the IN statehouse! We are here to ask the #INLegis to keep Hoosiers safe by enacting gun sense legislation! @momsdemand.bsky.social @everytown.bsky.social @studentsdemand.bsky.social #ExpectUs
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Jeff Bezos Gave US ALL the Middle Finger…
Jeff Bezos Gave US ALL the Middle Finger…
Written by Ben Meiselas
www.meidasplus.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Jeff Bezos Gave US ALL the Middle Finger…