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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h

This guy is a legend
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

The DNC didn't win last night; the fired-up Democratic voters did.

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, of course it’s delusional, but he’s telling his flock that he alone can save the world. This is part of his branding as a hero, and their protector. Democrats should learn to tell stories like this, appeal to myth, and people’s desire for a strong leader to protect them.

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Bill Walter @billwalter.bsky.social · 1d

Escalate: Democrats should announce that, going forward, for each week we are forced to endure this GOP shutdown they will reveal one more demand. Each demand should be universally popular, and fiscally neutral or positive. They should start with increased tax on billionaires to fund the ACA.

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s power comes from a feedback loop:

He validates his followers →
They worship him →
He grows more “mythic” →
Criticism strengthens belief he’s fighting evil forces

To critics:
He is just an old con man.

To followers:
He is the chosen protector.

—religion, myth, and hero storytelling.

LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 1d

Why It Feels Like Magic
• Emotion > Evidence
• Story > Policy
• Group Loyalty > Individual Judgment
• Feelings of empowerment are attributed to the leader

The “magic” is actually psychological pattern matching: He makes people feel powerful so they believe he must have special power.

LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 1d

He creates a world where:
• He is the hero
• His supporters are the good guys
• Critics are villains or demons
• Victory = salvation
• Doubt = betrayal

He thus seems magical to the duped.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d

When they say they’d never support Fuentes, ask them about what they used to say about Trump. This is from a now deleted piece on The Blaze from Matt Walsh

Many people have asked me what I'll do if — as is incredibly likely at this point
- Trump tragically wins the nomination. Will I coalesce around the nominee and support "my" party, they wonder?
The answer is no. Also hell no. Also how dare you even ask me that?
I have spent months calling Trump what he is: a conman, a tyrant, a pathological liar, a flamboyant despot, a fraudster, a big government liberal, progressive in a very poorly fitting and unconvincing conservative costume, a Planned Parenthood apologist, an unrepentant philanderer, a crook, a creep, a fascist with a spray tan, a reality TV Mussolini, a Caligula with bad hair, etc.
How could I possibly vote for a guy who I've just described this way? How could I possibly unite around this man when I've spent months correctly observing the fact that he's a scam artist who lies about everything, including his opposition to illegal immigration?

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 1d

Support for tyrants collapses fastest in regimes based on fear or economic catastrophe → Hitler in 1945 · Pol Pot in 1979 · Saddam in 2003

Support stays artificially high in regimes built on:
✅ Propaganda cults
✅ No foreign defeat
✅ Reward networks
→ Stalin, Mao, Kim, Trump

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Monmichee @monmichee.bsky.social · 1d

He says they lost because he wasn’t on the ballot.

So he announced to all that they sold their soul for absolutely nothing once he keels over.

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, Reagan sold the masses on trickle down and they got pissed on. But Fox News and a.m. radio and the evangelical preachers tell them different so that’s their reality. If we come back in 100 years it’ll probably be the same story— propaganda wins.

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Kathy @ktaffy.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Remember when Reagan died, and EVERYONE made him sound like he was the country's savior? My head was exploding because all I could remember about his years in office was that everyone hated him. Trickle this.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us:

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

He wants to kill Obamacare, but has no other plan. He is not satisfied with his deportation operation because his ICE agents are not abusive enough. He plans to continue murdering people in the Caribbean Sea because the law and these humans are of no concern to him. All this thanks to John Roberts.

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 3d

Those rich 400 people are going to die someday, just like all of us. What happens to all that money? After all, there’s no sense having so many digits in a computer unless you can take those fucking digits with you—right?

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 4d

The person who is currently running our country has lost his mind and it’s time we start talking about it.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4d

Trump said he has instructed the Defense Department to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria over the country’s alleged killing of Christians.

Trump tells Defense Department to 'prepare for possible action' in Nigeria

The move came a day after Trump designated Nigeria a "country of particular concern" over alleged violations of religious freedom.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 5d

Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.

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bakrialdati.bsky.social @bakrialdati.bsky.social · 7d

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 4d

Bullet holes from the machine guns shot from helicopter into Building 245 (전일빌딩 245) at protesters inside — historic building directly tied to the May 18 Gwangju Democracy Movement.

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 4d

Fish Woman. Jeonju, South Korea.

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Max Burbank @mxburbank.bsky.social · 5d

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 6d

Reminder that Republicans are forcing tens of millions of Americans to lose access to food & healthcare on purpose so they can protect Epstein’s accomplices in child rape from public accountability and protect billionaires & corporations from paying taxes. And they’ve added more than $2T to our debt

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 6d

Why does it matter. Religion is all man-made bullshit. It just divides people. Who gives a fuck if she agrees with his belief system. Bullshit is bullshit.

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Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 6d

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LOPKERJO @lopker.bsky.social · 7d

Trump, the idiot, cannot appreciate the intelligence of other leaders. He simply has no capacity to understand real intelligence because he has none.