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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1h

this is why i think that successfully prosecuting trump would have ended trumpism. what he is selling -- especially this second time around -- is the same fantasy of utter impunity which Doug Wilson has substituted for Christianity.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2h

Could not be clearer that we’re in a moment of almost universal elite rebellion against any kind of restriction or limit. You saw this shift in all the rhetoric too; Trump I was all about the little guy but everyone dropped that and started talking about grindset and being “aristocratic.”

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2h

one interesting thing is the collapse of mass support for trump before he took office. his in-person events were sparsely attended. his conventional fundraising (donations in the dollar to thousand dollar range) was more or less nonexistent.

Trump I was a grassroots phenomenon. Trump II was elite.

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ʟɪɴᴇs @lines.snail.skin · 2h

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Dan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 18h

The Ukraine War is happening because the people of Ukraine showed Putin and Yanukovych that freedom loving patriots have more power than 1000 autocrats. Putin was scared shitless by Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity and responded the only way autocrats know.

Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 21h

Once again, the Revolution of Dignity is the single best recent example of a people power revolution creating a durable successor state and much of the left cannot accept it

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 23h

went back and found it

this is a tweet from the official White House account on February 19th, over three months before the first No Kings protest was held

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 23h

a lot of right-wing discourse about No Kings messaging exists in this amnesiac state where they completely ignore that the entire bit was formed in direct response to Donald Trump posting a picture of himself in a crown and calling himself king

it wasn't pulled out of thin air

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Croatsky @croatsky.bsky.social · 22h

One thing Cuomo suoporters don't realise is that Sliwa wants for Cuomo to lose far more than Mamdani.

He doesn't luke Mandani politics, but neither Cuomo's and hates him on personal lever.

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings is the lib version of the tea party I’m pretty sure:

✅ Hate the President
✅ Overwrought revolutionary aesthetics
✅ Old people with cringe signs
✅ Calling politicians pedophiles
✅ Extremely likely to vote for fighters in primaries

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Croatsky @croatsky.bsky.social · 1d

Is this what Eisenhower was thinking?

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

“well it’s only good if people actually put in the work in between these events”

yeah and how do you think they get the motivation to do that? sitting around and posting on the internet all day about how much everything sucks doesn’t seem to be very effective

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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Croatsky @croatsky.bsky.social · 1d

Like there was rock bottom morale among liberals after Trump won popular vote and deep soul searching, but that was always gonna be temporary.

Genuinely deeply arrogant by these institutions to assume it's a permanent thing.

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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 1d

Democratic countries should never forgive MAGA the harassment to which they are subjecting the leader of the free world.

While his brave country is fighting off a genocidal invasion supported by America's worst enemies, MAGA made him wear a suit.

That's how petty and whiny the regime is.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1d

Key points from Zelensky's press conference with Trump:

Ukraine and US agreed not to discuss long-range systems publicly to avoid escalation and will focus more on joint weapons production. Ukraine cannot counter ballistic strikes with its air defense alone.

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jack 🌹 @kyriakos.bsky.social · 1d

Someone needs to write a story on how the Right relies on decade old memes because since then they’ve bought/ruined the internet and flooded it with AI slop

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Team having a normal one

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Hasan: The UK still has a king. King Charles III, but he has less gold in his palace then Donald Trump in the oval office right now. King Charles has more respect for democratic norms than the whiny manchild trying to send his troops into as many blue cities as he can.

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 1d

any word from this guy

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 1d

Loving the 🦄 holding the "I'm horny for democracy" sign.

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1d

Times Square

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, though - people keep asking "what are the protesters asking for, and what's their strategic plan to get it?"

I think what they're asking for is for America to be restored and Trump to subjected to the law. And I think the plan to get it is to demonstrate that there are so, so many of us.

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Croatsky @croatsky.bsky.social · 1d

Battlefield 6 has 10 times more active Steam playerbase than Call of Duty Black Ops 7.

First Battlefield game BioWare worked on, beats CoD. Coincidence?

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Croatsky @croatsky.bsky.social · 1d

LMAO the discrepancy

Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 1d

Hungary, Publicus poll:

TISZA-EPP: 45% (-1)
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 38% (+1)
DK-S&D: 7%
MH-ESN: 5% (-1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 4%
MSZP-S&D: 1% (n.a.)

+/- vs. 08-12 September 2025

Fieldwork: 06-13 October 2025
Sample size: 1,000

➤ europeelects.eu/hungary

Croatsky @croatsky.bsky.social · 1d

If Orban wins re-election after everything, Magyars should be banned from having sovereignty and voting rights.

Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 1d

Hungary, Real-PR 93 poll:

Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 49% (+2)
TISZA-EPP: 40%
MH-ESN: 5%
MKKP→G/EFA: 3%
DK-S&D: 2% (-2)

+/- vs. 08-10 September 2025

Fieldwork: 13-14 October 2025
Sample size: 1,000

➤ europeelects.eu/hungary

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 2d

They weirdly feel more juiceless as a result of respectability rolling over and dying in a "without Batman, crime has no punchline" sort of way.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know if it's just me, but honestly I just feel like they are leaning harder and harder into the cringe and it's just... not working anymore? They don't have the juice?

I mean, they have 2.7 million followers and 2.5 hours later they couldn't even get to 100 angry tweets at a critic?

Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 2d

man, them typing ratio and it not happening is the ultimate sad cringe

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 2d

I need a lot of you to understand that me hating your favorite parasocial relationships starts with how they talked about the Hong Kong protests and most of their other opinions just continue confirm my priors about them

Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 2d

I get a really bad taste in my mouth over the fact that most of the people doing their protest tactics theater are acting like it's 2019 Hong Kong and often reposting protest guides from 2019 Hong Kong while also having pushed rhe narrative those protests were an op

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

This administration has been, by far, the most censorial administration in my lifetime. They're punishing people for speech about Palestine, about Charlie Kirk, about ICE, about the President. It's been nonstop attacks on speech.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."

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Mass Effect News @masseffectnews.bsky.social · 2d

3 weeks until N7 Day. #MassEffect

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