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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 2h

We'll see if the increasingly hypothetical next Dem administration / Congress has the guts to take that entirely sensible position.

Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 4h

I think the answer is "back it to the hilt in the shadow docket so there aren't any precedents to follow if a Democrat is ever permitted to be elected President again."

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 5h

Yes. Exactly. The Herrenvolk Americans are far-right exurban and rural white men who wear meshbacks and hardhats. And of course, billionaires from Southern Africa.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 5h

Pretty sure his authority is just bofa.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 6h

According to opinion polling, they're a distinct minority now.

Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 6h

Because it's equal representation per state, regardless of population, it's structurally gerrymandered for small rural states. Unless you think that Wyoming, which has fewer people than the City of San Francisco, definitely deserves the same representation as the entire state of California.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 9h

Look, we all know that White Republican Men are in their "just a kid" phase until at least 40. Recall, GWB was just a kid when he was reportedly doing cocaine and drinking heavily until his fortieth birthday.

So they just can't be held responsible for anything they do until, what, maybe 80? 85?

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 9h

“Don’t know,” said the girl. “Maybe, maybe not. Maybe you’ll get rich. I have a very special service for rich people….”
“Oh yes,” said Ford, intrigued but careful, “and what’s that?”
“I tell them it’s okay to be rich.”

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 9h

Douglas Adams had her number:

“Do you want to have a good time?” said a voice from a doorway.
“As far as I can tell,” said Ford, “I’m having one. Thanks.”
“Are you rich?” said another.
This made Ford laugh.
He turned and opened his arms in a wide gesture.
“Do I look rich?” he said.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 9h

Look, man. Nobody likes the Normans. They talk funny, they smash up the place, and they just can't be trusted.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 10h

So you…Captured Agua Under the Eaves?

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

It does start to call into question the value of the union, when the blue cities and blue states who pay all the taxes aren't doing anything but funding their own oppression and propping up welfare for thugs and shitty conservative economies.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

At least lead with "DHS claims", you fuckos. Don't hide that at the end of that horrifically convoluted sentence where people will miss it as you try to lie for them.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

Just to be clear, Mike doesn't think that minister is a Christian under Mike's definition. He's just a commie.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

Everything is subjective, and Mike's an objectively weird and repressed little fundie creep. So, maybe a bunch of nude bicyclist's really are the most threatening thing to HIM.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

They've got all the right stuff at the bottom of the page, but that hostile pop-up is extraordinary. I haven't gone to their page before now, so I don't know how long that's been in place, but it contradicts the legally-compliant language at the bottom of the page (and their policy text).

Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

Try really hard to understand their economic anxiety, reach out to them, become friends with them when they're elected to the Senate. They're doing politics right, they're fine people, they just spoke a little intemperately because they love America so much.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

The private right of action is pretty limited; the AG or maybe the new privacy agency could investigate. Also, some of the newer regs about dark patterns, etc. aren't really in play yet. So maybe they've been technically compliant on the site despite this kind of heavy-handed up-front statement.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

That is… definitely not CCPA/CPRA compliant. And it's actively hostile to users.

Dunno, seems bad.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 1d

OR, and hear me out on this. The person who is seventy-goddamn-six and termed out of the governship should put their political machine at the disposal of whoever wins the Dem primary, not hold onto elected office with a LITERAL death grip.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 2d

Not just ICE. Pretty much every state and local police force is a 5th column for the regime – which I remember trying to explain to people as we watched the Biden interregnum fritter away the last chance to prevent this from happening.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 3d

I could be swayed if Putin said something like "Damn that person for capturing me and sending me to the Hague to stand trial."

That would have evidentiary weight for me.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 3d

This kind of moral clarity and plain speech in a 40 y/o Democratic candidate for Senate is why it was so important for Chuck Schumer's DSCC to recruit a septegenerian primary opponent. Can't be having a Dem senator demonstrate physical vitality and moral clarity!

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes heroes have placards and screwdrivers.

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Ghosts of Doggerland @onlylooksharmless.bsky.social · 3d

The simplistic MAGA/Trump mindset is that because China produces a lot of things for the world, they're like a servant or a contractor you can order around, abuse, stiff. That's wrong on most levels here, but it especially fails to grasp that a key source of supply owns you, not vice-versa.