@trumpet.bsky.social
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"The ‘moderates’ got *their* candidate in every single election in which the Republicans nominated Trump: 2016 Clinton, 2020 Biden, 2024 Harris… and they lost to Trump two out of three times. And now they’re going to blame *the left* for that? No f*cking way."
My rant:
My rant:
'There was nothing left-wing about Harris': Mehdi Hasan slams the media for blaming the Left
YouTube video by Zeteo
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November 27, 2024 at 3:20 AM
"The ‘moderates’ got *their* candidate in every single election in which the Republicans nominated Trump: 2016 Clinton, 2020 Biden, 2024 Harris… and they lost to Trump two out of three times. And now they’re going to blame *the left* for that? No f*cking way."
My rant:
My rant:
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Sen. Bernie Sanders goes scorched earth, saying "The Democrats ran a campaign protecting the status quo and tinkering around the edges" and that its leadership "are much too wedded to the billionaires and corporate interests that fund their campaigns."
November 23, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders goes scorched earth, saying "The Democrats ran a campaign protecting the status quo and tinkering around the edges" and that its leadership "are much too wedded to the billionaires and corporate interests that fund their campaigns."
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Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
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Last night, 19 Senators voted to end illegal arms sales to Israel.
We stood up to AIPAC, the Democratic Senate leadership, and the Biden administration.
We must continue going forward to end illegal arms sales and hold Netanyahu accountable for his war crimes.
We stood up to AIPAC, the Democratic Senate leadership, and the Biden administration.
We must continue going forward to end illegal arms sales and hold Netanyahu accountable for his war crimes.
November 21, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Last night, 19 Senators voted to end illegal arms sales to Israel.
We stood up to AIPAC, the Democratic Senate leadership, and the Biden administration.
We must continue going forward to end illegal arms sales and hold Netanyahu accountable for his war crimes.
We stood up to AIPAC, the Democratic Senate leadership, and the Biden administration.
We must continue going forward to end illegal arms sales and hold Netanyahu accountable for his war crimes.
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Hi, I’m God.
I’m not for everyone.
I’m not for everyone.
November 21, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Hi, I’m God.
I’m not for everyone.
I’m not for everyone.
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MSNBC being spun off.
Wall Street Journal and Washington Post both sacking their political editors on the same day.
Media is capitulating in advance. There will be no mainstream media resistance this time.
Wall Street Journal and Washington Post both sacking their political editors on the same day.
Media is capitulating in advance. There will be no mainstream media resistance this time.
November 21, 2024 at 11:37 PM
MSNBC being spun off.
Wall Street Journal and Washington Post both sacking their political editors on the same day.
Media is capitulating in advance. There will be no mainstream media resistance this time.
Wall Street Journal and Washington Post both sacking their political editors on the same day.
Media is capitulating in advance. There will be no mainstream media resistance this time.
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This explains why conservative fear-mongering is such an easy play in America.
— Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%)
— Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%)
— Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)
— Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%)
— Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%)
— Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)
November 21, 2024 at 11:16 PM
This explains why conservative fear-mongering is such an easy play in America.
— Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%)
— Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%)
— Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)
— Ppl believe trans ppl make up 21% of the population (Real number: 1%)
— Ppl believe Black ppl make up 41% of the nation (real number 12%)
— Ppl believe Jewish ppl make up 30% of the nation (Real number, 2%)
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I made a blocklist for some of the new showing up to troll anti trans folks. No oxygen for these schmoes! bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 18, 2024 at 11:25 PM
I made a blocklist for some of the new showing up to troll anti trans folks. No oxygen for these schmoes! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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This piece is absolute dreck -- the prose so purple it's suffering from near-fatal strangulation -- AND it manages to elide whether McCarthy was having sex with a 16-year-old runaway from foster care. Demerits all around and also jesus christ www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.”
When he was 42, Cormac McCarthy fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. Augusta Britt would go on to become one of the most significant—and secret—inspirations in literary history...
www.vanityfair.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:08 PM
This piece is absolute dreck -- the prose so purple it's suffering from near-fatal strangulation -- AND it manages to elide whether McCarthy was having sex with a 16-year-old runaway from foster care. Demerits all around and also jesus christ www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
November 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
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Out of roughly 153 million votes cast in this election, the presidency was decided by 230k across the three states of Wisconsin (30k), Michigan (80k) and Pennsylvania (120k). That's 00.15%.
This remains an extremely closely divided nation. Any agenda viewed as extreme is likely to face backlash.
This remains an extremely closely divided nation. Any agenda viewed as extreme is likely to face backlash.
November 19, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Out of roughly 153 million votes cast in this election, the presidency was decided by 230k across the three states of Wisconsin (30k), Michigan (80k) and Pennsylvania (120k). That's 00.15%.
This remains an extremely closely divided nation. Any agenda viewed as extreme is likely to face backlash.
This remains an extremely closely divided nation. Any agenda viewed as extreme is likely to face backlash.
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Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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🚨NEWS: Trump’s new Medicare chief Dr. Oz has pressed to privatize Medicare, has been paid to advertise private Medicare Advantage plans, and has massive health investments that could benefit from further privatization. https://buff.ly/3UZprEk
Dr. Oz Pushes Medicare Privatization For All
The New Jersey TV doctor wants to privatize Medicare — and tax workers to boost the profits of insurance giants whose stock he owns.
buff.ly
November 19, 2024 at 10:35 PM
🚨NEWS: Trump’s new Medicare chief Dr. Oz has pressed to privatize Medicare, has been paid to advertise private Medicare Advantage plans, and has massive health investments that could benefit from further privatization. https://buff.ly/3UZprEk
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right wingers spent 45 years building a massive and hugely effective propaganda system across old and new media that tells cult adherents every last one of their worst impulses is correct, 24/7
but yes it's a hand full of academics, journalists and civil rights activists that are the problem
but yes it's a hand full of academics, journalists and civil rights activists that are the problem
November 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
right wingers spent 45 years building a massive and hugely effective propaganda system across old and new media that tells cult adherents every last one of their worst impulses is correct, 24/7
but yes it's a hand full of academics, journalists and civil rights activists that are the problem
but yes it's a hand full of academics, journalists and civil rights activists that are the problem
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This is very much worth a read from @zacharyamueller.bsky.social:
The American Right’s Campaign to Sell the Horrors of Mass Deportation
zacharymueller.substack.com/p/the-americ...
The American Right’s Campaign to Sell the Horrors of Mass Deportation
zacharymueller.substack.com/p/the-americ...
The American Right’s Campaign to Sell the Horrors of Mass Deportation
On the Thursday after the election, Donald Trump did an interview with NBC News where he reiterated that his nativist agenda would be a top priority, saying there is “no price tag” on his violent mass...
zacharymueller.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:44 PM
This is very much worth a read from @zacharyamueller.bsky.social:
The American Right’s Campaign to Sell the Horrors of Mass Deportation
zacharymueller.substack.com/p/the-americ...
The American Right’s Campaign to Sell the Horrors of Mass Deportation
zacharymueller.substack.com/p/the-americ...
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The U.S is the only developed nation to not guarantee healthcare to its citizens. A single-payer system would actually save us nearly 400 billion dollars(linked) but healthcare lobbyists would never let it happen.
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
How CBO Analyzes the Costs of Proposals for Single-Payer Health Care Systems That Are Based on Medicare’s Fee-for-Service Program: Working Paper 2020-08 | Congressional Budget Office
CBO describes the methods it has developed to analyze the federal budgetary costs of proposals for single-payer health care systems that are based on the Medicare fee-for-service program.
www.cbo.gov
November 17, 2024 at 7:14 PM
The U.S is the only developed nation to not guarantee healthcare to its citizens. A single-payer system would actually save us nearly 400 billion dollars(linked) but healthcare lobbyists would never let it happen.
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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In fascist authoritarian regimes, the state becomes a vehicle for the enrichment of a wealthy elite, however, their proximity to power does not guarantee their safety, security, or wealth.
In the end, fascist authoritarians crush everyone.
In the end, fascist authoritarians crush everyone.
A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
November 15, 2024 at 11:05 PM
In fascist authoritarian regimes, the state becomes a vehicle for the enrichment of a wealthy elite, however, their proximity to power does not guarantee their safety, security, or wealth.
In the end, fascist authoritarians crush everyone.
In the end, fascist authoritarians crush everyone.