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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

I find it telling that the WH (with its love of theater) stuck with the name NSPM-7 rather than some wannabe-cool name like 'President's Program To Shut Dorn Evil Commies' as they usually do. They really don't want people to look at it closely.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed. Willis dragged her feet and then blew things badly by entangling it with her private life. Considering how compelling the evidence was, I am amazed how poorly it has been handled.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

You're thinking of impeachment. The 25th amendment can be triggered by a majority of cabinet members, but in that case we get President Joy Divan Vance.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

Publishing what should be diary entries should be a criminal offense

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

This is their job. Streaming and podcasting for a right wing audience very profitable, and has been for decades. High profile streamers can pull in thousands per day, no problem.

The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

By far the best strategy for anyone dealing with a bunch of streamer bros is to say nothing at all. Arguing wastes your energy but makes money for them. Remember, people on their streams pay for drama.

A subject who won't engage or provide emotional theatrics leaves them bored and disappointed.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

Up next on the Newshour: we talk to Scorpion, who assures us he won't sting Frog as long as he gets a ride across the river.

Then it's off to football practice, to watch Lucy help Charlie Brown with his kicking game.

The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

She's not the Attorney General, that's Pam Bondi. Tricia McLaughlin works for DHS. It's right there on the screen.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 2d

Quite, but I think there's far more of the latter group than people want to admit and we should stop rhetorically giving them the benefit of the doubt. Posobiec in particular flaunts his nazi sympathies on a regular basis.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

Perplexing to me that Democrats have done so little to pursue the rather obvious corruption in the administration and GOP, although some of them are fonder of their portfolios than than their principles.

The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

This is obviously not in Portland, not even in the United States. Given that the uniforms say 'Polizie' it's more likely to be Poland. Please check things out minimally before you post.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

"No-one has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people."

The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

Telling the would-be dictator what he wants to hear seems like a pretty sound strategy to me, albeit one with a short half-life

The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

They are not clueless. I dearly wish liberals would stop congratulating themselves on being smarter than their political opponents and face up to the fact that said opponents actually want to kill them, and not in a figurative or metaphorical way.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is just casually ripping up the First Amendment
I know Democrats are basically the middle management party, but it'd be nice if you could acknowledge the massive and ongoing Constitutional violations
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

Yet another reason to vote for impeachment Congresswoman @replsimon.bsky.social - is there *anything* the President could do that would cause you to state a position on this topic?

Or are you going to continue to focus only on budgetary issues, and stay silent while he rips up the Constitution?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

It's aggravating to me that there's only one f these protests happening every 3-4 months, allowing all the momentum to leak away.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

I know

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

It works in some contexts and not in others. What I and other people have been trying to point out (not just to you) is that it's very contextual, not universal, and that lionizing famous advocates is overly simplistic and often glosses over the suffering of those who bear the burden of repression.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

Insults and putting words in people's mouths don't make for a good discussion. If you don't have a good answer for the other person's point, that's not their fault.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 4d

But note how the era of 'Twitter revolutions' was short lived compared to the impact of previous novel media like film/tv, and in turn to the centuries-long impact of print. There's a relation between the transmission speed of the medium and its half-life as an effective channel for organizing.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 4d

This is close to my view. It's not that armed resistance should be a first resort by any means, but expressly pacifist moral appeal has imho been over-valued because of the amplifying effects of mass communication.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 4d

>guessing he realized

a different take: they use BS arguments like these to give their MAGA audience a new rhetorical weapon with which to advance their agenda online. It takes more time to debunk a BS assertion than to make it, and theft of time advances a kind of rhetorical Lanchester collapse.

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The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 4d

I do in fact think they should be leading by example as opposed to just lecturing others about it. I think most of them are sincere, but I think their work is often coopted to delegitimize others, and that their ideas are partly to blame for the impunity with which right-wingers employ violence.

The Book of the Void @eddyrobinson.bsky.social · 4d

Good, more of this please. Perhaps you could follow up with a similar vote on his efforts to deploy the military domestically.

Also, could you wake up @padilla.senate.gov and suggest he post about what he's doing once in a while?

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