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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1m

the most ardent US white supremacists at the time also absolutely fuckin hated the nazis, history is complex, read a book

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 7m

Liberals found this and are whining about it. Guys you can post the meme if you want but the "greatest generation" were not anti fascist freedom fighters. They came home and by and fought against desegregation. It's okay to say the obvious truth out loud sometimes.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 14m

I do not think that is what happened, no

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Teles Santos @telesjr.bsky.social · 30m

The US never fought to end fascism anywhere. They joined the war because Japan forced their hand, and they saw a great way to make money. After the USSR pretty much had pushed Germany out of eastern Europe and they knew the nazis were going to lose, they jumped in.

Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 51m

I love liberal memes like this because the implication seems to be that the guys storming Normandy would have all voted for Kamala Harris or whatever. It's like...have you ever talked to a super old white guy?

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 15m

regurgitating right wing talking points but leftistly

Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 51m

I love liberal memes like this because the implication seems to be that the guys storming Normandy would have all voted for Kamala Harris or whatever. It's like...have you ever talked to a super old white guy?

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 2m

Oh get fucked

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10m

I love guys who are just blithely confident in their ignorance, they read like one statement on a tankie forum four years ago and now they think they know everything about one of the most involved conflicts in human history.

Teles Santos @telesjr.bsky.social · 30m

The US never fought to end fascism anywhere. They joined the war because Japan forced their hand, and they saw a great way to make money. After the USSR pretty much had pushed Germany out of eastern Europe and they knew the nazis were going to lose, they jumped in.

Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 51m

I love liberal memes like this because the implication seems to be that the guys storming Normandy would have all voted for Kamala Harris or whatever. It's like...have you ever talked to a super old white guy?

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 1h

The founders rn:

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 13h

If you see a tree in the middle of the road, please be patient as it takes time for them to cross

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 3h

Boo

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

what happens if it isn't and will we find out in the next three years is uh, one of the questions of Our Time

Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 1d

The US economy has more forward inertia than virtually any in history, but the prevailing wisdom is that said inertia is literally infinite

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

a thing that i think i am coming to terms with as a polisci guy is the US economy is so vast that it can actually tank an incredibly amount of disaster before it rattles apart, but we could uh still get there

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 3h

It's basically Whiggery™ Simulator at the end of the day

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Chris Farnell is behind you right now @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 3h

You can only have so many tech billionaire supervillains before someone dresses up as their favourite animal to conceal their identity as they try to help people.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 4h

Academia has a certain amount of this going on too.

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 4h

there's a years ago tweet that basically said that anyone writing TV or movies by definition managed to land their extremely-hard-to-get dream job and it colors how they think about work and jobs and wish fulfillment in the stuff they write, and i think about it a lot

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 4h

every single dem should be taking notes. this is how you message around trans issues

(of note: i believe he is the only cis candidate for office to have trans people consult on his lgtbq+ policy platform)

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 4h

My Editor is Trying To Get BlueSky To Murder Me: A Conspiracy Thread.

Firstly-

The New Statesman @handle.invalid · 4h

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

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Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 4h

Oh no

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 4h

look i'm just gonna say: everyone involved in this shit needs to go to jail

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 23h

this is why they are getting no true billed on grand jury indictments

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 23h

This shit is crazy because they're just straight up on video hitting a car that was blocked in the street. The extent as to which DHS now just brazenly puts out lies is utterly obscene.

CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 13h

A surge? FFS

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Jur @jurdj.bsky.social · 23h

Almost all set up at the Hartenstein Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek for some Market Garden Garden games of #ChainofCommand onSaturday and Sunday. Feel free to drop in and look, chat, and maybe roll a few dice #SpreadtheLard

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 22h

A meme saying “EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM: TARIFF GRANDPA HAS AWOKEN, TARIFFS TO 10000%”

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 20h

gonna keep reposting this until i don't have to

www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...

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Mike @mtannenbaum.bsky.social · 22h

"If you save one life you save the world."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22h

this man's name is written in the book of life

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 21h

The fact that these goons - the footsoldiers of the counter revolution - are already at total apathy nine months in is a clear sign We Are Going To Win

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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