Anti-Communications
@xitstageleft.bsky.social
Does it really matter?
A word I have not read except in books about fascism during WWII: quisling. Sadly, it’s making a comeback. Use it wisely.
Anyone who accepts a Kennedy Center award at this point is a quisling to be shunned. No one with any self-respect would even attend this ceremony. I would hope that whatever TV network broadcasts these awards would get the lowest ratings imaginable.
August 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A word I have not read except in books about fascism during WWII: quisling. Sadly, it’s making a comeback. Use it wisely.
A long read but worth it.
August 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A long read but worth it.
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dan balz upon retiring his column after 47 years at the washington post:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
August 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
dan balz upon retiring his column after 47 years at the washington post:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Good quote but not attributed to Mark Twain. Started on Twitter in 2012 (according to Snopes) and other great Twainisms are also false according to Reuters.
July 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Good quote but not attributed to Mark Twain. Started on Twitter in 2012 (according to Snopes) and other great Twainisms are also false according to Reuters.
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My father has a Trump shrine too. It’s disheartening.
This octogenarian with a Trump shrine shows how deep his support runs
This octogenarian with a Trump shrine shows how deep his support runs
“I fight anybody who has anything bad to say about Donald Trump."
www.motherjones.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My father has a Trump shrine too. It’s disheartening.
Too bad LAPD doesn’t have a backbone.
🆘 🇺🇸 LATEST: #Seattle #PoliceChief #ShonBarnes says he's "probably going to jail" for resisting the TACO administration.
June 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Too bad LAPD doesn’t have a backbone.
Troll or true?
June 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Troll or true?
Idiots.
Kristi Noem, standing next to the president in the White House, urges Californians to not elect Gavin Newsom again
June 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Idiots.
I’m proud of you LA, my home, my heart. Make some good trouble on June 14th!
June 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m proud of you LA, my home, my heart. Make some good trouble on June 14th!
Is there no end to their prickish ways??
Survivors of domestic abuse often struggle to leave their abusers if they are forced to abandon their pets.
Now, in the latest attack on domestic violence services, Republicans are hoping to eliminate a program that helps shelters support survivors' pets.
Now, in the latest attack on domestic violence services, Republicans are hoping to eliminate a program that helps shelters support survivors' pets.
Republicans want to ban pets from domestic violence shelters
The budget proposal is the Trump administration's latest attack on services supporting abuse survivors.
www.motherjones.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Is there no end to their prickish ways??
Brilliant!!
June 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Brilliant!!
Not to be the one to ruin the entertainment value of the “One Big, Beautiful Feud,” BUT this is a distraction from them trying to push through the hideous bill. Stay vigilant!!
June 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not to be the one to ruin the entertainment value of the “One Big, Beautiful Feud,” BUT this is a distraction from them trying to push through the hideous bill. Stay vigilant!!
“Write My Name”
Palestinian poet Zeina Azzam whose powerful words reflect the resilience, resistance and the will to be remembered by the children in #Gaza.
Palestinian poet Zeina Azzam whose powerful words reflect the resilience, resistance and the will to be remembered by the children in #Gaza.
May 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Write My Name”
Palestinian poet Zeina Azzam whose powerful words reflect the resilience, resistance and the will to be remembered by the children in #Gaza.
Palestinian poet Zeina Azzam whose powerful words reflect the resilience, resistance and the will to be remembered by the children in #Gaza.
I’d say this is a bit naive. Protests to stop the genocide in Gaza, for women’s productive rights, anti fascist and supporting LGBTQ+ rights are being met with brutal police violence and arrests all over the “Western world.” This is the rich of the world trying to control the masses, Trump or no.
"The democratic Western world is not following Trump’s lead; it continues to furiously resist him."
Jen Rubin returns from London recharged by art, history, and adventure—from baby gorillas to John Lithgow. The fight at home continues, with renewed purpose.
Jen Rubin returns from London recharged by art, history, and adventure—from baby gorillas to John Lithgow. The fight at home continues, with renewed purpose.
Reflections on travels
On the millions of people striving to (and succeeding at) keeping the achievements of Western Civilization from the clutches of fascism, xenophobia, know-nothingism, and conspiracy-mongering
contrarian.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I’d say this is a bit naive. Protests to stop the genocide in Gaza, for women’s productive rights, anti fascist and supporting LGBTQ+ rights are being met with brutal police violence and arrests all over the “Western world.” This is the rich of the world trying to control the masses, Trump or no.
Alberta is the Texas of Canada.
There it is. Book banning in AB. Trust #UCP to choose age-appropriate books? This guy can't even identify age-appropriate assessments & has K and Gr 1 kids in tears, calling themselves stupid because they can't write the number 1427. #abpoli #ableg #cndpoli
torontosun.com/news/nationa...
torontosun.com/news/nationa...
Alberta changing rules to ensure only ’age appropriate’ books in schools by fall
Alberta is bringing in new rules this fall to ensure that only what it calls "age appropriate" books are available in school libraries.
torontosun.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Alberta is the Texas of Canada.
Republicans think
California = Woman
Take away autonomy
Take away their voice
Destroy their natural beauty
Abuse them
Control them
California = Woman
Take away autonomy
Take away their voice
Destroy their natural beauty
Abuse them
Control them
The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.
Senate overrules parliamentarian and votes to undo California EV rule
The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.
www.npr.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Republicans think
California = Woman
Take away autonomy
Take away their voice
Destroy their natural beauty
Abuse them
Control them
California = Woman
Take away autonomy
Take away their voice
Destroy their natural beauty
Abuse them
Control them
That should go over like a lead balloon considering all the pedos,ra*ists, and pervs in Washington.
May 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
That should go over like a lead balloon considering all the pedos,ra*ists, and pervs in Washington.
Jump in and read this thread-when the bell tolls.
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Jump in and read this thread-when the bell tolls.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Totally wrecked, cried my eyes out every time I thought about it. Later read the true history and was wrecked again.
How about you?
Totally wrecked, cried my eyes out every time I thought about it. Later read the true history and was wrecked again.
How about you?
Screw your favorite book, which was the first that upset you?
A Wrinkle in Time was mine. The possessed baby scared the everloving shit out of me. My babysitter had to call my mom to come home early because I was hysterical.
A Wrinkle in Time was mine. The possessed baby scared the everloving shit out of me. My babysitter had to call my mom to come home early because I was hysterical.
May 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Totally wrecked, cried my eyes out every time I thought about it. Later read the true history and was wrecked again.
How about you?
Totally wrecked, cried my eyes out every time I thought about it. Later read the true history and was wrecked again.
How about you?
Would hell even want to take these twisted tools?
Together, the now rescinded policies laid out standards for detainees with heightened medical needs—requiring, for instance, access to water and food for pregnant people, ensuring privacy for breastfeeding mothers, and mandating diapers and unexpired formula be stocked in holding facilities.
US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
CBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.
www.wired.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Would hell even want to take these twisted tools?
JFC
The end of the separation of church and state could arrive this summer, in the form of a Supreme Court ruling requiring Oklahoma to fund the nation’s first religious charter school. Ruth Marcus reports.
Is This the End of the Separation of Church and State?
The Justices, who have steadily eroded prohibitions on government sponsorship of religious schools, now seem ready to end them entirely.
www.newyorker.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
JFC
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
It’s like if Dr Evil had a more evil twin brother.
May 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It’s like if Dr Evil had a more evil twin brother.