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Jeffery Zavadil

@jefzav.bsky.social

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Political theorist, democratic socialist, and author of the Mallworld, Incorporated, dystopian trilogy. Website: http://coexalt.com. Facebook: http://bit.ly/2tJG7Gb

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Accepting that America is not longer a functioning democracy should change how we think about the future. Does America face a decades long shift away from democracy, as in Franco’s Spain, or a quicker rebound?“

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 28

New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

The authoritarian checklist

It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 8m

They aren’t stupid jokes, they’re the bullying displays of elitist douchebags who will be groomed for positions of power, yet who do not respect the humanity of entire swaths of their fellow citizens.

In a just world, JD Vance would be impeached and removed from office for defending this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 1h

This is the crux of the matter and Robert Reich has it exactly right.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment rage at a system that’s rigged against most people.

Democrats should ignore the carping of corporate-backed Wall Street Democrats and embrace Zohran Mamdani and other young progressives as the future of the party.

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🏰⚡ℌ𝔞𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔄𝔟𝔟𝔢𝔶🦇👻 @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 7h

How does permanent Republican rule sound? Because that's what SCOTUS is about to force on America. Democrats will never win control of the House of Representatives again.

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 1h

A fascist economy is one where private property is maintained, but economic activity has to subordinate itself to the demands of the state.

That isn’t socialism, or social democracy, or liberalism - it’s just power exerting domination.

It is to be despised and resisted.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h

Trump can simply give $40 billion in US tax money to his pals in Argentina, openly admit it is for the intended purpose of keeping the MAGA allied right wing government in power, and pocket billions for himself. The US has no laws anymore and that's your money they are stealing.

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 6h

Neither pessimism nor cynicism are helpful - they become a negative self-fulfilling prophecy. If we keep fighting, will will bring at least some of them to justice. They are weak, everyone hates them, and we will win!

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 8h

And yet you and all the other centrist and Democratic elite have been exceedingly slow to recognize this, and even slower to do anything about it. The results are lethal for literally millions of people, for democracy, for social interconnection, and for the environment.

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 8h

Release the Epstein files!

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 22h

If Trump is trying to be a mercantilist, he’s failing. If he’s trying to be competitive, he’s failing.

But he’s not. He’s just corrupt, power hungry, self-aggrandizing, and lacking in all civic virtue. A complete failure as a person and as a president.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Luigi is a folk hero! 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @seriesjunkie.bsky.social · 1d

Hello everyone.

Antifa is not a real organization.

Proud Boys are.

Oath Keepers are.

Patriot Front is.

KKK is.

Heritage Foundation is.

Antifa is not.

Thanks for your attention.

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 1d

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is refusing to swear in a new Arizona representative because she has announced her vote will break the tie to release the Epstein files.

Republicans are protecting pedophiles.

Republicans are evil.

Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 1d

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is threatening to "seek judicial relief" if US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson does not immediately swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva or "otherwise provide a reasonable explanation as to when she will be seated."

Arizona AG Threatens Legal Action Against Mike Johnson for 'Egregious' Refusal to Seat Grijalva

"With the House in possession of the certificate of election," Kris Mayes noted, "it is now a simple ministerial duty to administer the oath of office."

www.commondreams.org

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 1d

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 1d

I hope he’s terrified.

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t believe in heaven, but boy is it satisfying to know that 1) he does and 2) he’s increasingly, dreadfully certain that he’s not going

Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump: open the government immediately.

Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow about a third of Perseverance rover staff will be laid off, despite the mission being the penultimate step in a decades long effort to bring samples back from mars.

Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

The tenuous ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Tuesday even as the return of deceased hostages from Gaza progressed more slowly than Israelis had hoped and health officials in the devastated territory said the Israeli military fatally shot three Palestinians. https://to.pbs.org/4qbxJGS

As fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, Israelis lament incomplete return of dead hostages

While Israeli officials understood there could be some delay in the recovery effort, the families of hostages and their supporters expressed dismay that only four of the 28 bodies were returned on Mon...

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 1d

Tax the rich at 90%, break up social media monopolies and oligopolies, nationalize firms needed for national security, strictly enforce labor laws, mandate high worker wage scales and benefits, and end government contracts with pieces of s*** who do Nazi salutes. Prosecute crimes against humanity.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

The world's richest man, and owner of one of the largest social media platforms, is funding white supremacists seeking to undermine democracy everywhere he can. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...

Far-Right UK Activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ Says Elon Musk Is Funding His Latest Legal Fight

Musk recently appeared by videolink at a massive London rally hosted by the anti-Islam activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

www.huffpost.com

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2d

I think the counter argument to “Ellison and Weiss will turn CBS News into an unstoppable propaganda machine” is Bezos’s WaPo which lost basically all the talent and also is in a subscription death spiral

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 2d

More of this kind of unity from media outlets, universities, law firms, NGOs, and even corporations, please.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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Jeffery Zavadil @jefzav.bsky.social · 2d

Fascism is what capitalism does when its normal ideological control mechanisms start to break down.

Then the rabid alienation fascism agitates escapes the control of the capitalists themselves, and violently disintegrates all interconnection.

“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.” - Upton Sinclair

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16d

Monopoly and totalitarianism go hand in hand.

The only way to stop the growing censorship of Trump's critics is to fight the consolidation of media outlets into the hands of a few families that do not care about the best interests of the country.

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