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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 8h

Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 12h

That's the germ of white male resentment, right? Although that germ doesn't grow without a social culture that seems determined to inflame resentment for a political end.

Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 15h

Why should you be able to go to a food pantry if you're able-bodied?

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 15h

Homan has in his possession $50,000 of government property. If he doesn't return it, isn't his continued possession an illegal act?

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 15h

Sure. But they won't. It is up to us. We are the only people who can restore the rule of law. Don't look to courts, don't look to politicians. This is our job.

Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 15h

Distinguishing truth and falsity no longer matters. Logic doesn't matter. Consistency doesn't matter. Pure belief in the autocratic leader is all that matters.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 16h

i think it’s noteworthy that a lot of centrist pundits have decided to just take it as a given that jd vance lies constantly and to treat this as almost part of his intellectual program so that only gauche rubes would bother to mention or care about it.

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 16h

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
-George Orwell, 1984

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 16h

In our current politics "elite" does not refer to an economic class. It refers to a cultural class. The great achievement of rightwing propaganda has been to reframe resentment of capitalism into resentment of symbolic capitalism. "The professors are the enemy," as JD Vance puts it.

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 1d

I want a Congress that actually does something.

Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau

www.nytimes.com

Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, something like the Green New Deal is going like gangbusters in China
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...

How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains

www.nytimes.com

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 1d

In other words, Donald Trump will be effectively running TikTok.

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 2d

I expect Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize because no one on the jury could stomach the prospect of him giving "a lecture on a subject connected with the work for which the prize has been awarded” which is required of recipients.

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 2d

I expect Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize because no one on the jury could stomach the prospect of him giving "a lecture on a subject connected with the work for which the prize has been awarded” which is required of recipients.

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 3d

Loyalty is everything. The autocrat can only trust the loyal and obsequious.

Ideology is not a proxy for loyalty. The autocrat will not trust anyone based only on ideology. The only ideology in an autocracy is whatever the autocrat wants.

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 3d

Loyalists are identifiable by their willingness to repeat the pronouncements of the leader, no matter the falsity or absurdity. In fact, greater absurdity is preferred, as it requires greater loyalty.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 3d

The President would also like to sell you a penthouse with gold-plated toilet seats.

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Dean Blobaum @dblobaum.bsky.social · 3d

Nonsensical historical argument by Judge Ryan Nelson of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
After Fort Sumter, who would say "It's OK, things are quiet now?" Sumter was occupied by treasonous rebels!!
When protesters bombard and occupy an ICE facility, then you can make that argument, Judge.