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Sarcastabitchy resistor in a lonely northern outpost of the void, teetering on the edge of hope and rage. I have multiple degrees and think and post too much: BS is saner than pasting photos/news articles on the wall and connecting the dots with string.

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · Nov 14

from 2017 (look how far US has come!) "Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism
Rule #1: Always think critically and fight ignorance with facts." Too bad the voters (and the DNC) couldn't address what was right in front of them b4 this. billmoyers.com/story/increa...

Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism – BillMoyers.com

It’s good to remember the very big, very frightening picture before us, how far we’ve already come, and to consider what recourse we have with complicit and corrupt forces standing in the way. Continu...

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 2h

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h

Trump’s war on wind power has one very big exception: His own sons.

Eric and Don Jr. have been using scarce clean energy to mine for bitcoins.

Trump's war on wind power has one very big exception

The president's sons are using scarce clean energy to mine for bitcoins.

www.motherjones.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2h

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 2h

because they're really not worried

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 2h

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🇺🇸🗳️ The Supreme Court’s Next Earthquake: How Gutting the Voting Rights Act Could Hand Republicans 19 More House Seats

Democracy isn’t supposed to collapse in one sweeping act.

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 2h

the media will not learn -- doesn't matter what news org they are with or how experienced (sometimes O'Donnell gets pretty close).

Lies should always be preceded with "following is a lie put forward by...."

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 3h

you first, gobshite bsky.app/profile/jeff...

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 3h

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 3h

here's a thought --- how about we decarbonise first????

Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 4h

Data centers want grid power faster—and utilities could supply it without burdening customers with extreme costs. But that won’t happen unless data centers and utilities start planning NOW for the data center flexibility to make this win-win possible:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
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How data centers can move fast without breaking things

A new analysis shows that developers and utilities can speed grid connections and lower costs by planning ahead for data centers to be flexible in their…

www.canarymedia.com

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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 5h

Until a few years ago, it was a criminal offence in Canada to scare the Queen of England

The Carney government's new hate crime proposals have a similar aim—to protect the ruling classes from discomfort and political dissent

My latest for @breachmedia.ca

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New hate crime law is a cover for suppressing Palestine protests ⋆ The Breach

The proposed 'Combatting Hate Act' is built on the idea that protests inspire hateful violence, and gives police the tools to crack down on expression

breachmedia.ca

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 3h

not super worried about posse comitatus, are they?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Hegseth: "There's no other way to create that kind of love and enthusiasm than with your leadership, sir. And it is an honor to work with Pam and Kristi in these cities across the country to make sure American citizens and law enforcement are protected with our National Guard. That's a core mission"

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 3h

They're all in it up to their necks now -- they can't find traction for any of their other "wars", so they've invented the "antifa" threat to get their insurrection.

To do this on camera shows desperation -- and/or zero fear of future criminal prosecution.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uOF...

IHIP News: Trump Has DISASTER MORNING As His Civil War BACKFIRES, Cancels Freedom of Speech?!

YouTube video by I've Had It

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 4h

watch and learn something -- Sen Whitehouse also has done a whole series of presentations to Congressional committees

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 4h

The org with a "professor watchlist" is A-okay in America.

Not terrorists, nope.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 20h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 4h

Corporate. Monarchy.

They also published a manifesto about this -- the Dark Enlightenment -- which apparently very few Americans know or understood.

Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 16h

Trump Administration now has acquired stakes in 5 corporations - a 10% stake in semiconductor giant Intel, a 15% stake in rare earth producer MP Materials, a 10% stake in Lithium Americas, a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals, and a “golden share” in US Steel. WTF? 🤔

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Trump Administration Now Holds Stakes In 5 Public Companies: Here's A List—INTC, MP, LAC And More

In a significant shift in U.S. industrial policy, the Donald Trump administration has acquired direct ownership stakes in five major publicly traded companies. This series of interventions, framed as ...

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 4h

next up: voting booths

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16h

Texas National Guard troops are now protecting federal property in the Chicago area, a military spokesperson says. President Donald Trump has been emphatic in sending the Guard to Democratic-run cities that he argues have a rampant crime crisis, though statistics don’t always back that up.

Texas National Guard troops now protecting federal property in Chicago area, official says

A military spokesperson says an “element” of 200 Texas National Guard troops has started protecting federal property in the Chicago area. The spokesperson for the U.S.

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 4h

This was brilliant -- esp the bit about Halligan not even knowing how to present herself to the judge, and saying only two words, while the junior attorney argued the gov't -- that brought the indictment -- wasn't actually ready to bring the case.

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 16h

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: The only humiliation in court during Comey’s arraignment was on the Trump side youtu.be/rJMzk75fuaw?...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder: "the honor of my life"

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 16h

REPORT | Donald Trump phoned into Fox to claim credit for what he calls “peace in the Middle East,” tying the Gaza deal to his trade wars, military strikes, and his pressure on Iran. He presented himself as the architect of a global realignment—one that brings Israel, Arab states, and even Iran...

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 5h

ooops?

but all Colombians in boats are drug dealers, aren't they?

The Regime won't care either way.

They are also normalising collateral damage.

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 16h

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday there were “signs” that Colombian citizens were killed in the last small boat attacked by the U.S. military off the coast of Venezuela.

US strike in Caribbean may have killed Colombian citizens, president says

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 17h

Holy shit! Listen to what this former U.S. Army sniper has to say about Trump deploying the National Guard into America's blue state cities. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👇

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 5h

Dear WaPo -- there is no such thing as "antifa".

The Regime made it up -- and they hate the concept of resistance to fascism as a general movement because it calls them out for identifying themselves as being against that resistance, ergo they are fascists.

You really ought to know better.

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16h

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Professor who teaches about antifascism moves to Europe after death threats — The Washington Post

A Rutgers University professor who wrote a book about antifa received the threats after he commented on President Donald Trump designating the movement a “domestic terrorist organization.”

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 5h

what a man-baby with a victim complex

what would he be now if he'd been born poor and black in the US?

Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 16h

Dump says Nobel Committee will ‘find a reason’ to deny him Peace Prize 2025. Perhaps blowing up random boats in international waters, withdrawing support for Ukraine to defend itself, or egging on Netanyahu to make Gaza a joint US Riviera development. 🙄

www.financialexpress.com/world-news/u...

Trump says Nobel Committee will ‘find a reason’ to deny him Peace Prize 2025

US President Donald Trump said that although he has “no idea” about the decision, he believes the committee would likely “find a reason” not to award him the Nobel.

www.financialexpress.com

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 15h

nice to know how strongly principled the Congressional GOP are -- "we'll stand by the pedo we know is a pedo until it's impossible to deny we've known he was a pedo all along."

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 15h

The US is officially a dumpster fire

Pabst Blue Ronin @pabstblueronin.bsky.social · 19h

The law further specified it be a "major artery"

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 15h

For US healthcare workers watching the middle bit, not all of Canada is like Nanaimo (some bits are even nicer, but in different ways)

Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 17h

THE VIDEO IS OUT! Enjoy! 😁
youtu.be/9k7OUowPPMQ

I Am the Very Model of a Modern-Day Canadian

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 18h

www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/ro...

Robber barons, rebooted – Winnipeg Free Press

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

www.winnipegfreepress.com

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 18h

Can someone tell him his Nobel peace prize is in downtown Portland, so he might actually go there to see for himself that his staff are clearly gaslighting him with faked video? bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

awpiitr.bsky.social @awpiitr.bsky.social · 18h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "I can create peace with tariffs. I'm using them for a lot of different reasons. If that power was taken away, it would be a terrible terrible day for our country. I would say many of the things I've done could be eradicated ... these are enemies of the country that are pursuing that lawsuit"