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i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
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Please spread this footage everywhere… we can’t depend on MSM to report facts, so how to reach millions showing this cruelty at a daycare center?
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Please spread this footage everywhere… we can’t depend on MSM to report facts, so how to reach millions showing this cruelty at a daycare center?
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The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Tea Party never reached the magnitude of No Kings. Yet it was covered as if it represented “real America,” just like MAGA today. Those are not empirical assessments, but articles of faith – ideological claims about the world that are widely shared in the American mainstream discourse.
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36/ This article was written by Timon Cline and published by American Reformer where Chris Buskirk (Vance’s Rockbridge co-founder) is a director. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
I have warned repeatedly that Everson is the next Roe and that Republicans are organizing to persuade SCOTUS to reverse it. Here’s one of my long threads on it from September last year on X. 6/ threadreaderapp.com/thread/18358...
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
36/ This article was written by Timon Cline and published by American Reformer where Chris Buskirk (Vance’s Rockbridge co-founder) is a director. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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Still the most prescient piece of writing I’ve seen on the subject of the enshitification of America under Trump. This was written in 2016. You were warned. By Sarah Kendzior:
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
thecorrespondent.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The DHS has a communications team to establish its version of events and channels to disseminate them. It is very easy for hard pressed newsrooms to just reprint their claims. But real journalists should avoid becoming stenographers for a propagandist.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The DHS has a communications team to establish its version of events and channels to disseminate them. It is very easy for hard pressed newsrooms to just reprint their claims. But real journalists should avoid becoming stenographers for a propagandist.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...