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True story: Mussolini didn't actually make the trains run on time. He just said he did.
Sen. Mike Rounds: "I think people want to see the trains run on time."
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
True story: Mussolini didn't actually make the trains run on time. He just said he did.
Doublespeak translator:
"We want to restore the dignity of work"
-- translates to -->
Arbeit Mach Fre (Work makes one free)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_...
"We want to restore the dignity of work"
-- translates to -->
Arbeit Mach Fre (Work makes one free)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_...
July 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Doublespeak translator:
"We want to restore the dignity of work"
-- translates to -->
Arbeit Mach Fre (Work makes one free)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_...
"We want to restore the dignity of work"
-- translates to -->
Arbeit Mach Fre (Work makes one free)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_...
Reposted by W
Mussolini did not make the trains run on time. What he did do was *make people say* that the trains were on time despite evidence otherwise.
January 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Mussolini did not make the trains run on time. What he did do was *make people say* that the trains were on time despite evidence otherwise.
When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
March 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
doublespeak translator:
make a deal
-- translates to -->
be extorted
make a deal
-- translates to -->
be extorted
REPORTER: What do you say to critics who say that your actions toward law firms amount to coercion?
TRUMP: Well, the law firms all want to make deals ... those law firms did bad things.
TRUMP: Well, the law firms all want to make deals ... those law firms did bad things.
March 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
doublespeak translator:
make a deal
-- translates to -->
be extorted
make a deal
-- translates to -->
be extorted
Doublespeak translator:
subsidy
-- translates to -->
exchange money for goods and services; buy stuff from
subsidy
-- translates to -->
exchange money for goods and services; buy stuff from
Trump: "We don't need anything from Canada, and yet it costs up $200b in subsidy to keep Canada afloat. So when I say they should be a state, I mean that. I really mean that ... some people don't have the cards."
March 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Doublespeak translator:
subsidy
-- translates to -->
exchange money for goods and services; buy stuff from
subsidy
-- translates to -->
exchange money for goods and services; buy stuff from
"If you are a citizen and you are casting doubt on the importance of due process, remember this: you need due process in order to prove that you are a citizen."
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"If you are a citizen and you are casting doubt on the importance of due process, remember this: you need due process in order to prove that you are a citizen."
Doublespeak translator:
*incoherent, easily disprovable rambling*
-- translates to -->
I dare you to try to stop me.
*incoherent, easily disprovable rambling*
-- translates to -->
I dare you to try to stop me.
March 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Doublespeak translator:
*incoherent, easily disprovable rambling*
-- translates to -->
I dare you to try to stop me.
*incoherent, easily disprovable rambling*
-- translates to -->
I dare you to try to stop me.
doublespeak translator:
DEI
-- translates to-->
not white, male and Christian
... and ...
wants the best and brightest (merit based)
-- translates to -->
we can only judge merit by the color of your skin and the shape of your genitals
DEI
-- translates to-->
not white, male and Christian
... and ...
wants the best and brightest (merit based)
-- translates to -->
we can only judge merit by the color of your skin and the shape of your genitals
Duffy: "We should do an investigation. I want to know -- are there DEI practices still in place? Because the president has been incredibly clear he wants the best and brightest air controllers controlling our skies. I agree with him on that. So we're gonna be an OIG investigation."
March 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
doublespeak translator:
DEI
-- translates to-->
not white, male and Christian
... and ...
wants the best and brightest (merit based)
-- translates to -->
we can only judge merit by the color of your skin and the shape of your genitals
DEI
-- translates to-->
not white, male and Christian
... and ...
wants the best and brightest (merit based)
-- translates to -->
we can only judge merit by the color of your skin and the shape of your genitals
doublespeak translator:
fundamental to our security
-- translates to -->
I need to create pretext for atrocities
fundamental to our security
-- translates to -->
I need to create pretext for atrocities
Lutnick: "Donald Trump is saying the Panama Canal is fundamental to our security, and he's gonna take care of America. Now Greenland is much easier. We are a great democracy. Greenland is going to join America if the people of Greenland want to vote to join America."
March 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
doublespeak translator:
fundamental to our security
-- translates to -->
I need to create pretext for atrocities
fundamental to our security
-- translates to -->
I need to create pretext for atrocities
doublespeak translator
has the authority to
-- translates to-->
obviously illegal, but who is going to stop me?
has the authority to
-- translates to-->
obviously illegal, but who is going to stop me?
NEW: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responds to federal judges' rulings that blocked the firing of thousands of federal workers, claiming, “this [block] is entirely unconstitutional… the President has the authority to hire and fire [federal workers].”
March 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
doublespeak translator
has the authority to
-- translates to-->
obviously illegal, but who is going to stop me?
has the authority to
-- translates to-->
obviously illegal, but who is going to stop me?
doublespeak translator:
corruption
--translates to-->
I have not been able to sufficiently corrupt, yet
corruption
--translates to-->
I have not been able to sufficiently corrupt, yet
Trump, speaking at the DOJ, announces a "far-reaching investigation into the corruption of our system" and says "we will expose their egregious crimes and severe misconduct."
March 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
doublespeak translator:
corruption
--translates to-->
I have not been able to sufficiently corrupt, yet
corruption
--translates to-->
I have not been able to sufficiently corrupt, yet
Doublespeak translator:
illegal
--translates to-->
does not benefit me
illegal
--translates to-->
does not benefit me
Trump at the DOJ: "I believe that CNN and MSNDC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party. And in my opinion, they are really corrupt and they are illegal. What they do is illegal."
March 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Doublespeak translator:
illegal
--translates to-->
does not benefit me
illegal
--translates to-->
does not benefit me
I have been working on a doublespeak translator (might create a browser plugin!) ... I'm in the testing against real quotes phase.
we really need it for national security
-- translates to-->
I need to create pretext for atrocities
(so far so good)
we really need it for national security
-- translates to-->
I need to create pretext for atrocities
(so far so good)
Trump on Greenland: "Denmark is very far away. A boat landed there 200 years ago or something and they say they have rights to it. I don't know if that's true. I don't think it is, actually ... we really need it for national security ... maybe you'll see more and more soldiers go there."
March 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I have been working on a doublespeak translator (might create a browser plugin!) ... I'm in the testing against real quotes phase.
we really need it for national security
-- translates to-->
I need to create pretext for atrocities
(so far so good)
we really need it for national security
-- translates to-->
I need to create pretext for atrocities
(so far so good)
Now that's how you write a headline.
Five major airlines—American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, and United—have joined an airline trade association lawsuit to overturn a Department of Transportation rule that forces airlines to treat wheelchair users and their mobility devices with dignity.
Airlines sue to overturn rule against breaking wheelchairs
Major carriers are trying to overturn a Biden-era policy that ended decades of mistreatment.
www.motherjones.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Now that's how you write a headline.
Civil Rights are a smokescreen to distract us while
"Government Efficiency" creates the pretext
for the end of democracy.
Anyway, enjoy the big game. Go Birds.
"Government Efficiency" creates the pretext
for the end of democracy.
Anyway, enjoy the big game. Go Birds.
a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Civil Rights are a smokescreen to distract us while
"Government Efficiency" creates the pretext
for the end of democracy.
Anyway, enjoy the big game. Go Birds.
"Government Efficiency" creates the pretext
for the end of democracy.
Anyway, enjoy the big game. Go Birds.
To state the obvious: when he says "subsidize" he means "buy stuff from." Much the way I subsidize the grocery store. But nobody says they have a trade imbalance with the grocery store, in part because it's dumb language, and in part because we get stuff in return.
February 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
To state the obvious: when he says "subsidize" he means "buy stuff from." Much the way I subsidize the grocery store. But nobody says they have a trade imbalance with the grocery store, in part because it's dumb language, and in part because we get stuff in return.
kayfabe!
January 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
kayfabe!
Mussolini did not make the trains run on time. What he did do was *make people say* that the trains were on time despite evidence otherwise.
January 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Mussolini did not make the trains run on time. What he did do was *make people say* that the trains were on time despite evidence otherwise.