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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 14h

GOP consciences. Lol

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 14h

And yet, the lazy "journalists" @nytimes.com put a picture of Noem staring down a handful of protesters and a guy in a chicken suit and said, "Gosh, it depends on the narrator, what the situation in Portland is." Gee, I wonder how a newspaper could show their readers the actual scene?

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 3d

Tough titties

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 3d

Do we really need this level of biological study in K-8? Honest question. It seems like unnecessary overreach to me.

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 3d

Uh-huh. I so remember every time new technology came in it made everything cheaper. Happens every time, in fact. /insert sarcasm icon here/

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 3d

Suspending the Constitution, taking away all civil rights, forcibly requiring a single cultural model for all art and expression, and outlawing all other political parties. That’s what’s left. This former downstater stands firm with you, Governor.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 4d

I think Tom is spot on, but drink Manhattans with a few puffs from a J. I promise to still disparage your uneducated rants about fascism.

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 4d

If this is real, then it’s about the clearest example yet that we do not yet live in a fascist state. You think the SS would just stand there looking at these people mocking them?

Detroit Breakdown @detroitbreakdown.bsky.social · 4d

ICE FISHING. LOL

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 4d

I am a retired German professor, my mother lost her father on the Russian front in WWII, spent the first years of her life in a refugee camp and lived on the border of newly formed East Germany. I am quite confident we are not yet living in a fascist state. They are trying, but they haven't won yet.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

Maybe we need to rebrand for more heroic drama.

Voting: The Ultimate Velvet Revolution

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

I am so damn sorry. It hurts so much to loss a furry friend

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

You could have googled this before you made an utter fool of yourself, ya know. My advice is to take a moment to do so next time. Unless you enjoy looking the fool, then please continue as is.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

2/ I hear nothing of Dems rebuilding, voter drives, candidate recruitment. It's utter malpractice. Our best ability to push back is in the upcoming midterms and the Dems are largely silent. It's pathetic to watch.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

1/ I've been registered independent most of my life, but switched to Dem and gave my first donation, ever, to Harris. Trump is that big of a threat. What is driving my totally insane right now...I get nothing but texts asking for me to donate.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

Terrible analogy. This is serious business and you’re pretending like things like free speech don’t matter. It’s childish and terribly wrong.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

Please check these out. For certain Trump and his minions are pushing on all of these, but they haven’t managed to push it all the way yet. bsky.app/profile/safi...

Tom Carlton @safisana.bsky.social · 7d

Historical support of Tom Nichols’ distinction between fascism and incipient authoritarianism:
Trump’s efforts for a fascist controlled state has not yet achieved the elements of total control.
* Suspend the Constitution,
* Ban opposition parties,
* Control the courts and media,
* Rule by decree.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

There are distinct elements of fascism and removing free speech is one of them. That you don’t know that doesn’t mean I e moved the goalposts. It means you don’t know the distinct features of fascism.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

This

Allen Woke 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🌐 @captainmeap.bsky.social · 6d

I think there is an inability among a lot of people to distinguish in the moment between a *leader* who is authoritarian and a *state* that is

But these are two very separate things and one does not strictly follow the other

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 6d

I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 5d

Demons! My God woman, that's when you introduce leeches!

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

No thanks

suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

Which authoritarians did that?

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

Great talk

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

No, they did not.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

Under fascism, Kimmel would be in prison or dead, not back on the air.

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suzitabonita.bsky.social @suzitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

Hell, the Nazi SA was beating up and killing political opponents before Hitler came to power. They ramped it up immediately after he was made Chancellor.

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