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Musician, lover of dogs & soccer, proponent of democracy & bold action on climate change. Don’t blame me, I voted for the laughing lady.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · Jun 22

The saddest thing about the whole Trump era is that Americans, in general, are so easily duped by a snake oil salesman, repeatedly. Even after seeing that they were duped, repeatedly, they just sign right back up again. OK, that snake oil, again, didn't work, but he's got a new one out now!

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 5h

Bingo. The visitor was probably Todd Blanche.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 23h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 7h

I thought his background was 8 but not sure.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 7h

I've been watching him. He's good! I hope he gets more chances with the 1st team next year. Is he a dmid? I'd say he's been playing more as an 8 or 10 recently.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 8h

Special visitor = Todd Blanche? Making sure they're still good on their deal?

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 8h

A++ - A bagpiping unicyclist! Incredible. Bagpipes, animal costumes, bubbles, it's getting better and better in Portland.

I dare Trump to issue an executive order outlawing bagpiping unicyclists.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

The WH is laughing at Republicans in Congress, because they know they’re dog walking them.

Trump’s top advisers joke about ruling Congress w/an “iron fist.” Bannon compared the GOP-controlled House to the Russian Duma, a ceremonial rubber stamp.

They’re Trump’s puppets, and everyone knows it.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 8h

It is very bizarre and uncharacteristically self-aware for Trump. The malignantly narcissistic Trump would be bragging about how he's a shoo-in for heaven and perhaps more godly than god himself.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, if they press is not on their game, these guys can get away with dismissing any fact, and spewing any kind of falsehood without challenge. IOW they are setting up a game where they never lose unless they are challenged. But the press rarely challenges them properly.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 10h

Yes and I would hate to be a business owner or CEO in this environment. You can’t plan for anything because you never know what the next knee jerk tariff nonsense is coming next. This has gotta be very bad for the economy.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 10h

She thinks that Fox News is fair and balanced. The MAGA SC justices are ensconced in a RW echo chamber, and therein lies the problem. To her, appearing on Fox News is like appearing on CBS with Walter Cronkite in 1965.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 12h

media (Sinclair), foreign influence ops targeting D's (Russia & others), print media like Epoch Times, RW oligarchs buying legacy media & turning it RW (e.g. Paramount / CBS & WaPo), & the Trump admin extorting to influence coverage. I don't think many people understand the scale of the problem.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 12h

Well, those might have been a good start, but it's going to take a long time & it needs to be massive & strategic. The RW has been at it for years, & now they have RW cable news, 100's of RW podcasts, RW talk radio all over the country, RW captured social media (twitter, now Tik Tok), RW local /1

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 12h

The dems need to understand that this is the fundamental problema & start fighting back to start to turn the tide. Otherwise, more losses incoming. /3

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 12h

It needs to be strategic, massive, and with immediate steps while building for the long term. The RW did it - they've launched a years long endeavor to own the information environment in the US, and they are owning more and more every day. Now Tik Tok is going RW. This is code red. /2

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 12h

My point is that no "pushing back against that" can work because it's not a message *content* problem. It's a bandwidth problem. The Dems just don't have the info bandwidth to compete with the RW propaganda machine. There needs to be a moonshot kind of counterpropaganda offensive to fight back. /1

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 13h

back against the RW propaganda machinery. No MagicMessage™ is going to fix it. It's a *bandwidth* problem, not a message content problem. The Dems just do not have the information bandwidth and reach right now to compete with the RW propaganda machine. /2

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 13h

I'd say that she was sabotoged by the RW propaganda machinery that dominates the info environment in this country. A can of tomato sauce should have beaten Trump in a country that's not completely awash in RW propaganda. Kamala did fine, her campaign did fine. We have to find a way to fight /1

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 17h

Common gaslighting tactic - disparage the source of the argument and not the argument itself. It's a variation of the ad hominem logical fallacy.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 17h

This is a common gaslighting techniuqe - denigrate the source of the argument rather than address the argument itself. It's a variation of the ad hominem logical fallacy.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 20h

Yes that is the point, along with using tariffs for extortion and using tariffs to personally enrich your friends thru market manipulation.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 20h

It’s almost as if we’re living in an age where trust in expertise is, I don’t know, dying? Someone should write a book about it.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 1d

A+

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 1d

All enabled by the RW propaganda machine that allows them to create an alternate reality and successfully push it down to their "base", dragging mainstream media halfway along. If people understood that they are useless performative con artists and not governing, they'd be voted out.