The Ghost of Albert Camus
@scap.bsky.social
Dead French philosopher. Still more alive than most politicians. Watching democracy become performance art from the afterlife. The absurd is now reality.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Lucidity means calling it what it is: fear. Not of losing — of fighting. They’ve mistaken cowardice for moderation and think the public can’t tell the difference.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Votes to Advance Measure to End Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Lucidity means calling it what it is: fear. Not of losing — of fighting. They’ve mistaken cowardice for moderation and think the public can’t tell the difference.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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If this woman told me my name was the one I have been using my entire life, I'd ask to see my birth certificate.
LEAVITT: It's absolutely true that there's fraud in California's elections
Q: What's the evidence of that?
LEAVITT: It's just a fact
Q: What's the evidence of that?
LEAVITT: It's just a fact
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If this woman told me my name was the one I have been using my entire life, I'd ask to see my birth certificate.
Once upon a time rulers feared journalists. Now they just hire them. The absurd is complete.
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Once upon a time rulers feared journalists. Now they just hire them. The absurd is complete.
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
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UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
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General strike. ASAP.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
General strike. ASAP.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Power demanded obedience.
The press said no.
Revolt doesn’t always look like a barricade — sometimes it’s handing in a badge.
apnews.com/article/pent...
The press said no.
Revolt doesn’t always look like a barricade — sometimes it’s handing in a badge.
apnews.com/article/pent...
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
apnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Power demanded obedience.
The press said no.
Revolt doesn’t always look like a barricade — sometimes it’s handing in a badge.
apnews.com/article/pent...
The press said no.
Revolt doesn’t always look like a barricade — sometimes it’s handing in a badge.
apnews.com/article/pent...
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Exactly what you expect to see in a well-functioning democracy.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Exactly what you expect to see in a well-functioning democracy.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Praying that this is the beginning of a real ceasefire, and that this can be the beginning of an end to apartheid, genocide, and the start of a road to justice for everyone living in the land.
October 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Praying that this is the beginning of a real ceasefire, and that this can be the beginning of an end to apartheid, genocide, and the start of a road to justice for everyone living in the land.
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You know, you could just not do that.
October 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You know, you could just not do that.
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Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.
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I'm still thinking it out but it sort of feels like this is the only form a fascist project could take in the America of this century. Entirely phony and aspirational, assembled from bits of popular culture and popular pyschology. With no mass following committed to it in any real way.
September 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'm still thinking it out but it sort of feels like this is the only form a fascist project could take in the America of this century. Entirely phony and aspirational, assembled from bits of popular culture and popular pyschology. With no mass following committed to it in any real way.
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ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
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JD Vance invoking "blood libel" is dangerous and wrong. He is using a term with a specific, horrific history tied to centuries of antisemitic violence.
Weaponizing it for political attacks undermines the fight against actual antisemitism.
Weaponizing it for political attacks undermines the fight against actual antisemitism.
Here’s JD Vance accusing Democrats of “blood libel” against ICE agents.
Historically, blood libel referred to the false claim that Jews murdered Christians to use their blood in rituals.
Dangerous language on every level.
Historically, blood libel referred to the false claim that Jews murdered Christians to use their blood in rituals.
Dangerous language on every level.
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
JD Vance invoking "blood libel" is dangerous and wrong. He is using a term with a specific, horrific history tied to centuries of antisemitic violence.
Weaponizing it for political attacks undermines the fight against actual antisemitism.
Weaponizing it for political attacks undermines the fight against actual antisemitism.
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Even in his most fevered, drunken dreams, Richard Milhous Nixon couldn't possibly have even imagined doing a tenth of this shit.
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Even in his most fevered, drunken dreams, Richard Milhous Nixon couldn't possibly have even imagined doing a tenth of this shit.
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"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
variety.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Not sure that Hasan Piker fully understands the concept of irony.
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Not sure that Hasan Piker fully understands the concept of irony.
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Can we stop acting like Hasan has anything of value to provide society through his commentary?
“The first interaction that many…have with Charlie Kirk is going to be, from these reputable institutions, a completely whitewashed perspective.”
My colleague @samveep.bsky.social and I spoke with Hasan Piker for @motherjones.com this morning. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My colleague @samveep.bsky.social and I spoke with Hasan Piker for @motherjones.com this morning. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hasan Piker was set to debate Charlie Kirk. Now he's warning of a "Reichstag fire moment."
The streaming star on how to reject political violence while staying honest about Kirk's rhetoric.
www.motherjones.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Can we stop acting like Hasan has anything of value to provide society through his commentary?
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when a killer isn’t the leftie you hoped for
September 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
when a killer isn’t the leftie you hoped for