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remember, fascists are small men who want to feel big, dorks who want to look cool, simpletons who cant handle complexity
theyre losers who embrace a low effort ideology that lets them win, playing on easy mode to feel like theyve conquered something
theyre losers who embrace a low effort ideology that lets them win, playing on easy mode to feel like theyve conquered something
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This is always the plan with authoritarians wielding militaristic power. They create their own enemies to justify their power grabs.
Netanyahu loved October 7th for this exact reason. His failures led to it, and instead of being held accountable, he got more power than ever.
Netanyahu loved October 7th for this exact reason. His failures led to it, and instead of being held accountable, he got more power than ever.
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This is always the plan with authoritarians wielding militaristic power. They create their own enemies to justify their power grabs.
Netanyahu loved October 7th for this exact reason. His failures led to it, and instead of being held accountable, he got more power than ever.
Netanyahu loved October 7th for this exact reason. His failures led to it, and instead of being held accountable, he got more power than ever.
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Trump is, and has been for years, the leader of a terrorist movement.
“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
“I’d rather my house not get firebombed.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Trump is, and has been for years, the leader of a terrorist movement.
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It is also important to keep in mind that one of the first immigration actions Trump & Miller took was stranding the next batch of these Afghan refugees who were approved & waiting to come here. Essentially condemning them to persecution & possible torture or death.
this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It is also important to keep in mind that one of the first immigration actions Trump & Miller took was stranding the next batch of these Afghan refugees who were approved & waiting to come here. Essentially condemning them to persecution & possible torture or death.
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
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These people convert to Catholicism for the aesthetic and because they think it's Hard Mode compared to Protestantism. They think Catholicism is the Dark Souls of Christianity
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
These people convert to Catholicism for the aesthetic and because they think it's Hard Mode compared to Protestantism. They think Catholicism is the Dark Souls of Christianity
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Very funny that far-right ideologues have reverse-engineered a preference for Catholic-style hierarchies, obeisance to authority, and timeless tradition, and most of them are too wedded to “Western Civilization“ to embrace Eastern Orthodox denominations, and they find themselves right back in 1520
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Very funny that far-right ideologues have reverse-engineered a preference for Catholic-style hierarchies, obeisance to authority, and timeless tradition, and most of them are too wedded to “Western Civilization“ to embrace Eastern Orthodox denominations, and they find themselves right back in 1520
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
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Republicans will respond to this by threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in the army and the navy and the marines and the royal dragoons and accusing everyone else of being spies and traitors and cowards, which is how they have responded to every single other fucking inconvenience.
CBS is reporting the suspect ID-ed as 29 year old Afghan national who entered US in 2021.
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
2 National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., suspect in custody, officials say
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot a few blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and a suspect is in custody, officials say.
www.cbsnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Republicans will respond to this by threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in the army and the navy and the marines and the royal dragoons and accusing everyone else of being spies and traitors and cowards, which is how they have responded to every single other fucking inconvenience.
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90% of the responses: "It's not about our public safety lies. It's just the fact they're here illegally." But that's a lie too! They're canceling millions of people's status. Every other week, it's 100K more stripped of status. FFS they're even trying to deport US-born children!
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
90% of the responses: "It's not about our public safety lies. It's just the fact they're here illegally." But that's a lie too! They're canceling millions of people's status. Every other week, it's 100K more stripped of status. FFS they're even trying to deport US-born children!
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modern fascism has global ambitions, example 578
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable in which Rubio orders diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to press for immigration limits and cite crime. They’re also told to report on governments that are pro-immigration. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
modern fascism has global ambitions, example 578
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wonder how, exactly, America fucked him over- did we deport somebody or did we fail to get somebody out?
CBS is reporting the suspect ID-ed as 29 year old Afghan national who entered US in 2021.
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
2 National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., suspect in custody, officials say
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot a few blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and a suspect is in custody, officials say.
www.cbsnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wonder how, exactly, America fucked him over- did we deport somebody or did we fail to get somebody out?
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Elon Musk is a fascist and a nazi. Chaya Rachick is a fascist and a nazi. The national guard deployments are fascist, and the troops agreeing to it are fascist collaborators at best. Seriously, fuck these people. We have to stop having empathy for people who willingly participate in fascism.
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Elon Musk is a fascist and a nazi. Chaya Rachick is a fascist and a nazi. The national guard deployments are fascist, and the troops agreeing to it are fascist collaborators at best. Seriously, fuck these people. We have to stop having empathy for people who willingly participate in fascism.
they imagined themselves raiding the cathedral, frantically searching for the switch to turn off the woke
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
they imagined themselves raiding the cathedral, frantically searching for the switch to turn off the woke
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DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
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Apropos of nothing, I’ve always liked the term “Amerikaner” for a resident of the United States. Has that old sci-fi novel vibe.
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Apropos of nothing, I’ve always liked the term “Amerikaner” for a resident of the United States. Has that old sci-fi novel vibe.
the other half here is that it would be very fruitful for "american" to mean all of the americas because decentering the us illuminates its many commonalities with countries across the western hemisphere due to their shared history of settler colonialism, racial slavery, cultural admixture, etc
The correct response is to say that USian is an awkward formulation and that the demonym should be Usonian, Frank Lloyd Wright's formulation
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
the other half here is that it would be very fruitful for "american" to mean all of the americas because decentering the us illuminates its many commonalities with countries across the western hemisphere due to their shared history of settler colonialism, racial slavery, cultural admixture, etc
fascists do not make verifiable descriptive statements but affirmative, aspirational declarations
fascists say what they *want* to be true, as a ritualistic affirmation of their ideology, and what they *need* to be true to justify their intentions
fascists say what they *want* to be true, as a ritualistic affirmation of their ideology, and what they *need* to be true to justify their intentions
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
fascists do not make verifiable descriptive statements but affirmative, aspirational declarations
fascists say what they *want* to be true, as a ritualistic affirmation of their ideology, and what they *need* to be true to justify their intentions
fascists say what they *want* to be true, as a ritualistic affirmation of their ideology, and what they *need* to be true to justify their intentions
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The correct response is to say that USian is an awkward formulation and that the demonym should be Usonian, Frank Lloyd Wright's formulation
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The correct response is to say that USian is an awkward formulation and that the demonym should be Usonian, Frank Lloyd Wright's formulation
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For two hundred years, the United States and Europe have taken every fucking opportunity to destroy Haiti‘s economy, to prevent it from developing durable civil society and state institutions, to keep the Haitian people impoverished.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
For two hundred years, the United States and Europe have taken every fucking opportunity to destroy Haiti‘s economy, to prevent it from developing durable civil society and state institutions, to keep the Haitian people impoverished.
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We will never stop punishing Haitians for having had the temerity, over two hundred years ago, to free themselves by force
DHS has announced the end of temporary immigration protections for Haitians.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We will never stop punishing Haitians for having had the temerity, over two hundred years ago, to free themselves by force
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We proved Keynesianism is objectively true! And the voters rewarded this by returning the most manifestly unfit man to hold the White House to power!
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We proved Keynesianism is objectively true! And the voters rewarded this by returning the most manifestly unfit man to hold the White House to power!
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Correct, though I’d modify one aspect of your post. The inflation was *not* triggered by our economic policies. It was triggered *globally* by the supply disruptions caused by the pandemic. There’s even an argument our policies may have reduced the inflationary impact of those disruptions.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Correct, though I’d modify one aspect of your post. The inflation was *not* triggered by our economic policies. It was triggered *globally* by the supply disruptions caused by the pandemic. There’s even an argument our policies may have reduced the inflationary impact of those disruptions.
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That’s one of the many depressing things about the last five years. For the first time in my adult life policymakers ditched Reagan-era orthodox economic policy, it succeeded SPECTACULARLY and saved millions from misery, and it will never happen again because everyone was convinced to hate it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
That’s one of the many depressing things about the last five years. For the first time in my adult life policymakers ditched Reagan-era orthodox economic policy, it succeeded SPECTACULARLY and saved millions from misery, and it will never happen again because everyone was convinced to hate it.
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Honestly, I think logic and rhetoric are worth teaching on their own merits: if done right, they can be a lot of fun. I'd probably not even wait til grad school and teach it at high school in considerable depth.
If nothing else, it might improve the overall quality of political discourse
If nothing else, it might improve the overall quality of political discourse
One way I am quite philosophically conservative is I do basically think that knowledge of logic (like the traditional discipline including in its modern mathematical format) makes one better at following and reconstructing ordinary language arguments, and thus should be mandatory for grad students.
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Honestly, I think logic and rhetoric are worth teaching on their own merits: if done right, they can be a lot of fun. I'd probably not even wait til grad school and teach it at high school in considerable depth.
If nothing else, it might improve the overall quality of political discourse
If nothing else, it might improve the overall quality of political discourse