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Aurelien Mondon

@aurelmondon.bsky.social

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Researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics

Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social

Reactionary Democracy w. @aaronwinter.bsky.social and co-editor of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · Sep 24

Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression

Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social

reacpol.net/on-reactiona...

Article: On reactionary politics (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network

This article by Aurelien Mondon explores the meaning of reactionary politics and its use in our current context

reacpol.net

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 17h

Good old horseshoe theory...

Anyone who blames what is happening today on "polarisation" is squarely standing on the wrong side

The issue is not between the left and the right, it's with an incredibly emboldened (far-)right and complicit "centre" as we argue here
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 18h

In all seriousness, this omission is something I've been thinking a lot about since (as I'm sure you've noticed)!

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 18h

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 19h

As if you can take what Vance is saying in good faith...

I can't imagine Lammy believing it to be true so the aim can only be to placate Trump and serve his interests and propaganda

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David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’

Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PM

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...

The video also allegedly shows the CBP agent saying “Do something, bitch” before shots were fired. In private Signal chats, the CBP agent boasted to other officers: “I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.” If he felt comfortable enough communicating that to fellow employees, it speaks to an irredeemable organizational culture.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21h

Excellent work everyone: if we redouble our efforts, I’m sure we could get the statutory Resigned In Disgrace period for members of our irremovable, permanent ruling class down to less than two months.

Laura Kuenssberg • @bbclaurak•21m
Tomorrow!
Lord Mandelson's first interview since he lost his job
- we talk Trump, Epstein, and his future From 0900

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 1d

Two months away from the launch of my book, Making the Liberal Media!

Events scheduled this spring for: New York (NY), Tuscaloosa (AL), Berkeley (CA), and Davis (CA).

Give a shout if you'd like to review the book or would like me to come talk about it?

cup.columbia.edu/book/making-...

Making the Liberal Media | Columbia University Press

Conservatives have disagreed about many things, but they have long been united by the belief that the mainstream—or “liberal”—media is biased against... | CUP

cup.columbia.edu

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom's already calling for a joining of hands with the Nazis and let atrocities be bygones.

“At the inaugural, the next president announces that he’s turning the page—” He caught himself. “Or she is turning the page on all of this. Throngs of boos, maybe, in the audience; I don’t know. ’Cause there’s a sense of vengeance and two can play this game, fight fire with fire.” At the same time, he thought that the country was exhausted. “There is an Isaiah part of all of this: We need whoever the next president is to be a ‘repairer of the breach.’ That should be a big part of the messaging for the next president. I hope they can maybe read the serenity prayer.”

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.

workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...

Only a few hours after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Minneapolis resident and mother Renee Good on January 7, federal immigration enforcement agents descended onto Roosevelt High School property during school dismissal as students were exiting the building. MFE members say that ICE agents tackled and detained a school staff member and union member who was working at the time. The MFE member was since released, according to a union spokesperson. The agents also deployed a chemical irritant against students and staff on school grounds, MFE says. A school official, speaking to MPR News on condition of anonymity, said many students sheltered in a nearby library.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty fucked!

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

2020 uprisings scared shit out of the right, & they sometimes openly fantasized about attacking/murdering protesters

Vance promoting the vid of Renee Nicole Good's murder is a signal to supporters this admin wants to make those fantasies a reality

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Owen Blacker @owenblacker.bsky.social · 2d

In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

www.theverge.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

before murdering renee good, the ice goon was frightened for his life, we’re told

It’s meant to justify the murder

nobody telling us this ever seems to wonder whether the woman who was murdered might have been afraid for her life

killing because you’re afraid is only for cops, it seems

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

They've totally given up as they feel their privilege is not really at stake...

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out Walt Whitman saw Bari Weiss coming some 150 yrs ago. His description of hacks: "kept-editors, spaniels well-train'd to carry & fetch, creatures of the President, creatures of would-be Presidents... , the lousy combings and born freedom-sellers of the earth."

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

Haha, that's reassuring then! It's no Twitter as it once was but it's the least worst I've found so far

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

How was I not following you by the way?!

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely and in fact I think my (morbid?) fascination for such twisted logic is part of what keeps me hooked on it all

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Sean, likewise. Honestly, I don't know anymore whether I do what I do as a distraction or because I believe it might be of use, even a little.

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

It's truly gutting to see how different things could have been and yet how difficult it is now to imagine anything but the worst

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

And I'm not talking about reactionary circles, I'm talking about the liberal elite, including the centre left media and parties

While they pretended they were there to protect us from the far right, they fed the beast as a distraction from their complicity in fostering the many crises facing us

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

Everything that's happening is making me feel increasingly speechless

So much to say and yet none of it seems to matter

All of what is happening was predictable but there was just zero appetite to stop it in the circles that could easily have

Instead they enabled it all to protect their position

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Libération @liberation.fr · 2d

«Dégage sale bougnoule» : six élus RN membres d’un groupe Facebook raciste et antisémite

«Un bon nègre, c’est du jus d’esclave» : six élus RN membres d’un groupe Facebook raciste et antisémite

Le média «Les Jours» révèle que des députés et eurodéputés du Rassemblement national ont appartenu à un groupe où s’échangent de nombreux messages haineux. Le député LFI Thomas Portes a annoncé saisir la justice.

www.liberation.fr

WIRED @wired.com · 2d

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

WIRED @wired.com · 2d

Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

www.wired.com

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d

they are already turning this into a "debate" and an excuse to scold the left
www.thefp.com/p/the-right-...

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 3d

Asked why Keir Starmer has not followed through on his commitment to ban all apps producing deep fakes, after X's Grok engine generated multiple AI-generated sexual images of children, his spokesman would not commit to either banning the app, or stopping posting there
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/k...

Keir Starmer Says ‘All Options Are on the Table’ to Stop Elon Musk’s Grok Creating Deep Fakes of Children

The Prime Minister's spokesman told Byline Times that X's creation of sexual deep fakes was "completely unacceptable" but did not commit to direct action against the company

bylinetimes.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

Eye witness reports are that after shooting Renee Good, ICE fascists prevented medical aid for up to 15 minutes. Crucial minutes that could have saved her life.

Abolish ICE. End Qualified Immunity. Prosecute ICE fascists who murder people.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 3d

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

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