@rotcodd.bsky.social
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You may not *need* a political science degree to understand why having billionaires fund the US military is a bad idea, but I *do* have a political science degree and would like to underscore *how* bad of an idea it is.
“You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why having wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
A Donor-Funded Army Wouldn’t Just Be Illegal—It Would be Dangerous
You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
You may not *need* a political science degree to understand why having billionaires fund the US military is a bad idea, but I *do* have a political science degree and would like to underscore *how* bad of an idea it is.
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Find the post or the article I've written that denies we are on a path to authoritarianism.
I'll just keep saying, for the stubborn and/or dense among you: We are not living under fascism in 2025. We are heading for an authoritarian takeover and I have been shouting it from the rafters every day.
I'll just keep saying, for the stubborn and/or dense among you: We are not living under fascism in 2025. We are heading for an authoritarian takeover and I have been shouting it from the rafters every day.
October 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Find the post or the article I've written that denies we are on a path to authoritarianism.
I'll just keep saying, for the stubborn and/or dense among you: We are not living under fascism in 2025. We are heading for an authoritarian takeover and I have been shouting it from the rafters every day.
I'll just keep saying, for the stubborn and/or dense among you: We are not living under fascism in 2025. We are heading for an authoritarian takeover and I have been shouting it from the rafters every day.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social cooked last night at the NYC mayoral debate
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social cooked last night at the NYC mayoral debate
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Are you ready for the largest peaceful protest in modern US history? In five days, millions of Americans will stand up and speak out on a massive scale to reject Trump’s authoritarianism and show the world what democracy looks like. We’ll see you on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Are you ready for the largest peaceful protest in modern US history? In five days, millions of Americans will stand up and speak out on a massive scale to reject Trump’s authoritarianism and show the world what democracy looks like. We’ll see you on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Millions came out for the last #NoKings protests.
These will be even bigger.
They want to scare people into not showing up.
Show up. Exercise your Constitutional rights. Be in community with all those who believe in democracy.
These will be even bigger.
They want to scare people into not showing up.
Show up. Exercise your Constitutional rights. Be in community with all those who believe in democracy.
October 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Millions came out for the last #NoKings protests.
These will be even bigger.
They want to scare people into not showing up.
Show up. Exercise your Constitutional rights. Be in community with all those who believe in democracy.
These will be even bigger.
They want to scare people into not showing up.
Show up. Exercise your Constitutional rights. Be in community with all those who believe in democracy.
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/5 Look at Vance, or Yarvin, or Miller, or any of these true believers and see how unhappy they are in their own skin, how they ooze resentment towards the world that finds them strange and creepy and doesn’t want to sit with them at lunch.
October 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
/5 Look at Vance, or Yarvin, or Miller, or any of these true believers and see how unhappy they are in their own skin, how they ooze resentment towards the world that finds them strange and creepy and doesn’t want to sit with them at lunch.
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I declare that in my home, the California Constitution is the law of the land, superseding Federal law, because Californians enjoy expanded rights, including an explicit right to privacy & the right to reproductive freedom. I also declare that if Trump doesn’t like it, he can kiss my ass.
June 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I declare that in my home, the California Constitution is the law of the land, superseding Federal law, because Californians enjoy expanded rights, including an explicit right to privacy & the right to reproductive freedom. I also declare that if Trump doesn’t like it, he can kiss my ass.
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anyway, now they effectively control CBS, on their way to dominating the entirety of mainstream media
With Looming CBS Hire Of Bari Weiss, Two Of The Four Major U.S. Networks Will Now Be Right Wing Propaganda Mills
For fifty years or so, U.S. media academics warned anybody who would listen about the perils of letting your media companies consolidate in the hands of a bunch of rich assholes and giant, amoral c…
www.techdirt.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
anyway, now they effectively control CBS, on their way to dominating the entirety of mainstream media
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kinda doesn't get brought up enough in context that the two richest corporate leaders in America are directly bankrolling and supporting authoritarianism
seems like something our modern journalistic gumshoes might want to include in their articles about MAGA flyover country diner "populism"
seems like something our modern journalistic gumshoes might want to include in their articles about MAGA flyover country diner "populism"
Larry Ellison is $110 billion richer after blowout Oracle earnings report
Larry Ellison, the co-founder and technology chief of database software incumbent Oracle, is closing in on his friend Elon Musk's net worth.
www.cnbc.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
kinda doesn't get brought up enough in context that the two richest corporate leaders in America are directly bankrolling and supporting authoritarianism
seems like something our modern journalistic gumshoes might want to include in their articles about MAGA flyover country diner "populism"
seems like something our modern journalistic gumshoes might want to include in their articles about MAGA flyover country diner "populism"
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Is this what Jesus would do?? If it is, then Jesus is Satan!
September 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Is this what Jesus would do?? If it is, then Jesus is Satan!
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He’s the Vice President of the United States. He could actually *do* something about this instead of just play pretend games.
August 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
He’s the Vice President of the United States. He could actually *do* something about this instead of just play pretend games.
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Scientists have studied mRNA for decades. The vaccine has proven to be safe & effective-saving millions of lives. Researchers are working on mRNA vaccine for HIV.
RFK Jr is an ignorant nut.
In 2019 he visited Samoa & told ppl measles vaccine is dangerous. Tragically he was believed. 83 kids died
RFK Jr is an ignorant nut.
In 2019 he visited Samoa & told ppl measles vaccine is dangerous. Tragically he was believed. 83 kids died
August 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Scientists have studied mRNA for decades. The vaccine has proven to be safe & effective-saving millions of lives. Researchers are working on mRNA vaccine for HIV.
RFK Jr is an ignorant nut.
In 2019 he visited Samoa & told ppl measles vaccine is dangerous. Tragically he was believed. 83 kids died
RFK Jr is an ignorant nut.
In 2019 he visited Samoa & told ppl measles vaccine is dangerous. Tragically he was believed. 83 kids died
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In the USA we have brilliant scientists- medical experts. RFK Jr is not among them
August 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In the USA we have brilliant scientists- medical experts. RFK Jr is not among them
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Did I mention ICE arresting firefighters who were LITERALLY fighting a massive fire at the time of their arrest? 🔥
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
August 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Did I mention ICE arresting firefighters who were LITERALLY fighting a massive fire at the time of their arrest? 🔥
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
August 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post.
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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The reason ACT UP was necessary was bc it was political to suggest that letting gay men die was bad.
The reason Black women have to advocate so hard for themselves when pregnant is bc it's political to value the lives of Black women as much as white women.
Of course public health is political!
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The reason Black women have to advocate so hard for themselves when pregnant is bc it's political to value the lives of Black women as much as white women.
Of course public health is political!
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August 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The reason ACT UP was necessary was bc it was political to suggest that letting gay men die was bad.
The reason Black women have to advocate so hard for themselves when pregnant is bc it's political to value the lives of Black women as much as white women.
Of course public health is political!
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The reason Black women have to advocate so hard for themselves when pregnant is bc it's political to value the lives of Black women as much as white women.
Of course public health is political!
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Trump started with federal workers, but make no mistake, Trump's goal is to eliminate labor unions everywhere.
The right to organize a union is sacred, and Democrats, along with @mnaflcio.org and AFGE, will continue to fight Trump’s attacks on labor until the battle is won.
The right to organize a union is sacred, and Democrats, along with @mnaflcio.org and AFGE, will continue to fight Trump’s attacks on labor until the battle is won.
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump started with federal workers, but make no mistake, Trump's goal is to eliminate labor unions everywhere.
The right to organize a union is sacred, and Democrats, along with @mnaflcio.org and AFGE, will continue to fight Trump’s attacks on labor until the battle is won.
The right to organize a union is sacred, and Democrats, along with @mnaflcio.org and AFGE, will continue to fight Trump’s attacks on labor until the battle is won.
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For-Profit Hospitals Want to Put a Price on Life
Dominique Dupont didn’t ask to be an advocate. She just wanted a safe delivery. But in 2013, a New Mexico hospital ignored basic medication protocols—and her daughter was born with a severe brain injury.
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Dominique Dupont didn’t ask to be an advocate. She just wanted a safe delivery. But in 2013, a New Mexico hospital ignored basic medication protocols—and her daughter was born with a severe brain injury.
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July 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For-Profit Hospitals Want to Put a Price on Life
Dominique Dupont didn’t ask to be an advocate. She just wanted a safe delivery. But in 2013, a New Mexico hospital ignored basic medication protocols—and her daughter was born with a severe brain injury.
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Dominique Dupont didn’t ask to be an advocate. She just wanted a safe delivery. But in 2013, a New Mexico hospital ignored basic medication protocols—and her daughter was born with a severe brain injury.
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This is footage from today in MacArthur Park.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
July 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is footage from today in MacArthur Park.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through.
The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW.
Absolutely outrageous.
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funny thing about this is i had no idea it happened until someone asked me about it on stream last night
Tagging Jamelle Bouie in these trolling posts from the literal Vice President of the United States is such scummy, racist behavior. These really are the worst people in the world. This guy isn't even trying to be a statesman; he's a gutter troll.
June 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
funny thing about this is i had no idea it happened until someone asked me about it on stream last night
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It is wild how approximately 70% of the entire nation has lost its shit over a racialized Muslim man whose egalitarian mayoral platform of rent freezes and free busses is barely a drop in the bucket compared with leftist capitalist Finland, and hasn't even won a general election, let alone governed.
fwiw and I know it’s not much I am a Jew who lives in New York City and while I am neither afraid of Zohran Mamdani nor his views on Israel and Palestine, I’m actually scared as hell about the horrific wave of racism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia that has been unleashed since his primary win
June 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It is wild how approximately 70% of the entire nation has lost its shit over a racialized Muslim man whose egalitarian mayoral platform of rent freezes and free busses is barely a drop in the bucket compared with leftist capitalist Finland, and hasn't even won a general election, let alone governed.
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Trump tried to indefinitely detain Mahmoud Khalil for protesting—but a judge just ordered his release on bail.
Meanwhile, Harvard fought back, sued Trump for interfering in its affairs, and the judge ruled in Harvard’s favor.
A perfect reminder: caving to MAGA isn’t necessary. Resistance works.
Meanwhile, Harvard fought back, sued Trump for interfering in its affairs, and the judge ruled in Harvard’s favor.
A perfect reminder: caving to MAGA isn’t necessary. Resistance works.
June 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trump tried to indefinitely detain Mahmoud Khalil for protesting—but a judge just ordered his release on bail.
Meanwhile, Harvard fought back, sued Trump for interfering in its affairs, and the judge ruled in Harvard’s favor.
A perfect reminder: caving to MAGA isn’t necessary. Resistance works.
Meanwhile, Harvard fought back, sued Trump for interfering in its affairs, and the judge ruled in Harvard’s favor.
A perfect reminder: caving to MAGA isn’t necessary. Resistance works.
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As the Senate’s resident privacy hawk I have to recommend against giving Donald Trump your most sensitive health data
The company owned by the family of the President of the United States is getting into the mobile phone business.
In September, the Trump Org will launch Trump Mobile, offering a $499 smartphone with a $47.45/month plan & a "Telehealth & Pharmacy Benefit.”
In September, the Trump Org will launch Trump Mobile, offering a $499 smartphone with a $47.45/month plan & a "Telehealth & Pharmacy Benefit.”
Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone
President Donald Trump and his businesses have rolled out numerous products during his political career, including watches, sneakers and Bibles.
www.cnbc.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As the Senate’s resident privacy hawk I have to recommend against giving Donald Trump your most sensitive health data
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On the Ben Franklin Parkway, they keep coming and coming
June 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
On the Ben Franklin Parkway, they keep coming and coming