TopDeckTyrant
@topdecktyrant.bsky.social
US Army Vet/Artist/Designer
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they understand insurance. the entire premise of libertarian opposition to mandatory insurance is that they should not have to care about anyone else and be permitted to take risks. it's the same opposition to vaccination and taxation.
they are bad neighbors.
they are bad neighbors.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
they understand insurance. the entire premise of libertarian opposition to mandatory insurance is that they should not have to care about anyone else and be permitted to take risks. it's the same opposition to vaccination and taxation.
they are bad neighbors.
they are bad neighbors.
Yep. Inflation was just cover for their decision because it was the most sanitary rationale they could think of.
I recall reading ages ago that some researchers studying the effect of automotive reviews on car purchases had made a surprising discovery: People most often pore over car magazines and reviews AFTER buying a car, rather than before.
I am so tired of hearing pundits - left, right, and center - ponderously announce that "what voters really care about is inflation and prices."
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LINKAGE YOU SEE BETWEEN THESE THINGS AND ELECTION RESULTS
PLEASE, DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND SHOW A RELATIONSHIP
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LINKAGE YOU SEE BETWEEN THESE THINGS AND ELECTION RESULTS
PLEASE, DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND SHOW A RELATIONSHIP
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Yep. Inflation was just cover for their decision because it was the most sanitary rationale they could think of.
They acted like last November was a mandate and it was never close to one.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
They acted like last November was a mandate and it was never close to one.
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I’m in a lot of Facebook veteran groups and this man is the most Facebook Veteran in the world
October 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I’m in a lot of Facebook veteran groups and this man is the most Facebook Veteran in the world
Vigorously tapping the sign: Americans are broadly conditioned to be consumers and not citizens.
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Vigorously tapping the sign: Americans are broadly conditioned to be consumers and not citizens.
If you ever wondered why scam texts, emails, or products of any kind persist, worry not because the NYT has dutifully provided the answer at various points since last November.
supreme court please stunt on these people and allow Trump to nuke their finances
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you ever wondered why scam texts, emails, or products of any kind persist, worry not because the NYT has dutifully provided the answer at various points since last November.
We are a nation of consumers, not citizens. And he understands this.
Trump signs an EO on H-1Bs raising "the fee that companies pay to sponsor H1-B applicants to $100,000"
September 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We are a nation of consumers, not citizens. And he understands this.
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Unspoken end game here is to felonize and incarcerate as many people in “blue” states/cities as possible so they can’t vote.
INGRAHAM: People say you all are gonna roll through other cities -- 'Oh, martial law is gonna be declared.' And to that you say?
JD VANCE: How is it a power grab when we've already declined murders by 35% in nine days?
JD VANCE: How is it a power grab when we've already declined murders by 35% in nine days?
August 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Unspoken end game here is to felonize and incarcerate as many people in “blue” states/cities as possible so they can’t vote.
Anyone who experiences conflict with the public writ large or in any kind of toxic relationship learns eventually you cannot simply reason your way out.
The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
August 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Anyone who experiences conflict with the public writ large or in any kind of toxic relationship learns eventually you cannot simply reason your way out.
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If folks hustled as hard as they hated maybe they’d be somewhere by now.
July 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
If folks hustled as hard as they hated maybe they’d be somewhere by now.
We didn’t allow Tecumseh Sherman to finish the job and we’ve been paying the price ever since.
July 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We didn’t allow Tecumseh Sherman to finish the job and we’ve been paying the price ever since.
No mention of immigrant communities or ICE funding at all.
Here’s who stands to gain from the ‘big, beautiful bill.’ And who may struggle | CNN Business
President Donald Trump has promised that the “big, beautiful bill” passed by the Senate and being considered by the House of Representatives will be one of the most successful pieces of legislation in...
www.cnn.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
No mention of immigrant communities or ICE funding at all.
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As a parent, you sometimes reflect on the sacrifices you’ve made to make your kids happy, and sitting through the Minecraft movie just shot to the top of my list.
April 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
As a parent, you sometimes reflect on the sacrifices you’ve made to make your kids happy, and sitting through the Minecraft movie just shot to the top of my list.
VERITAS MOTHERFUCKERS
READ THE COMPLAINT: Harvard sues the Trump administration for its attempts to "coerce and control" the university in violation of the First Amendment, the APA, etc. www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
April 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
VERITAS MOTHERFUCKERS
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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
April 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
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Congratulations to the new Secretary of Defense, Cocaine Bear!
April 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Congratulations to the new Secretary of Defense, Cocaine Bear!
Mainstream Liberals don’t believe in persuasion and have been actively conceding the immigration, trans rights, and economy issue to the right for a while now. Trump’s reelection should have proven how easily malleable (for better or worse) the electorate is and it doesn’t even register.
the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
If you think you can't make a political issue out of "people shouldn't be grabbed off the street and put in a foreign gulag forever," maybe consider getting out of politics/punditry. And these aren't technical slogans: they appear in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution (twice).
April 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mainstream Liberals don’t believe in persuasion and have been actively conceding the immigration, trans rights, and economy issue to the right for a while now. Trump’s reelection should have proven how easily malleable (for better or worse) the electorate is and it doesn’t even register.
The most astonishing success with reactionary rhetoric was getting the discourse to transmute their moral, bucolic superiority complex onto the very vulnerable populations — poor, queer, and migrant — they target.
This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump.
April 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The most astonishing success with reactionary rhetoric was getting the discourse to transmute their moral, bucolic superiority complex onto the very vulnerable populations — poor, queer, and migrant — they target.
Cannot emphasize enough how important it is the multiple times Van Hollen publicly describes this as an abduction — not deportation.
Van Hollen: "This case is not only about one man, as important as that is. It is about protecting fundamental freedoms and the fundamental principle in the Constitution for due process that protects everyone who resides in America."
April 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cannot emphasize enough how important it is the multiple times Van Hollen publicly describes this as an abduction — not deportation.
Modern conservatism — if The Narcissist Prayer were a political project.
The harper's letter crowd is pretending the real threat to free speech is the same as the fake one they spent years panicking about.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
April 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Modern conservatism — if The Narcissist Prayer were a political project.
Not surprising. Always said Independents are full of shit.
April 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Not surprising. Always said Independents are full of shit.
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i support any action that leads to the people in this video being put in front of an international criminal tribunal
COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
April 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
i support any action that leads to the people in this video being put in front of an international criminal tribunal
Again with the nostalgia. Only reason Carville stays relevant is due to the incessant reverence (and retconning) of the 90s Clinton era.
Back-to-back paragraphs: Democrats should "play dead" and get out of Trump's way, but also they should aggressively seize the public narrative.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
April 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Again with the nostalgia. Only reason Carville stays relevant is due to the incessant reverence (and retconning) of the 90s Clinton era.