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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 28

People keep operating under the assumption that they have a place in a government/society owned by billionaires who’ve amassed enough wealth to make it meaningless. Wake up-it’s clear that they envision a future without most of us. They’re saying it openly here.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 28

Take note, Canada.
It’s almost as if allowing unfettered corporate spending in elections and privatization of government services eventually destroys a country. You have MAGA candidates in power and running in elections. You mustn’t make the same mistakes as the US. No one’s immune to propaganda.

Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 25

Exactly. Anyone unfamiliar with Yarvin and the Butterfly Revolution needs to learn about it. Compare it to what’s happening today. RAGE vs DOGE.
Keep in mind it was written as a playbook for a second Trump presidency.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 25

People keep chalking it up to their “stupidity”. That’s a dangerous mistake. Yes, they are stupid. That’s not why they cut this. The plan is mass auto genocide-always was. They’re eliminating the “parasite class” because they think AI and robots will do most of the work-they fear our numbers.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 20

The ones who don’t worship him were purchased by the same people-Yarvinists and other dictators.

Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 15

Remind everyone that they collaborated with the GOP. Across media, there’s been a tendency to focus only on the Dem’s betrayal in headlines. We also need to STRONGLY emphasize that ALL Republicans supported it. Otherwise, the public tends to only take away a “Democrats bad” message.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Mar 14

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.

Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters

Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

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This Will Hold @thiswillhold.bsky.social · Jan 27

Musk’s Direct-to-Cell constellation and the U.S. election.

Background: This began in 2022 as “digging,” when Musk launched his bid to purchase Twitter at $20B over value, just 49 days after Putin invaded Ukraine.

A convo re NATO considering Article 5 over Cyber attacks prompted the original post.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 12

Abortion bans kill women.

Supporters of these bans don’t care, despite calling themselves “pro-life”. Why not?

It was never about “protecting life”.
It was always about controlling women.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 12

NEW: St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, is the one major institution standing in the way of a ban on emergency abortion care in Idaho — a move that would make the state’s policy one of the most extreme in the country.

With @statesnewsroom.com

A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.

St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing…

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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Mar 12

Anyway Gavin Newsom’s podcast is premised on this concept “I will bring on people I disagree with and have conversations with them and that’s good for Discourse” and then he invites Charlie Kirk, Steve Bannon, and Michael Savage. This is the thing about “Discourse among people who disagree:”
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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 12

Too many for comfort, but not all of them. Despite how it feels right now, we still have good and decent people fighting against this.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 12

Think about this. He issued a state employee RTO order to appease Trump. Then he pulls this shameful stunt. Do you remember when Trump ranted that all the blue states would “disappear” from the map before next election?

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 12

I think hes just comfortable enough to show what he truly is.

An “old friend” of Peter Theil who’s received many donations from Vance’s campaign backer. This is an attempt to normalize and legitimize far right, Nazi beliefs.
www.politico.com/states/calif...

Newsom: It will get 'intriguing' if Thiel runs for governor

Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom says it could get 'intriguing' if Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech entrepreneur -- and key ally of President Donald Trump -- makes the move to challenge him in the ra...

www.politico.com

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 12

Perhaps a game show a la Gwar-

“Hey, why do Nazi skinheads wear red suspenders anyways?”

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 12

Let us not forget Newsom goes far back with Peter Theil, describing him as an “old friend”. Theil has also given Newsom several donations. They’ve become comfortable enough to go mask off.

Theil also gave JD Vance $15 million.

www.politico.com/states/calif...

Newsom: It will get 'intriguing' if Thiel runs for governor

Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom says it could get 'intriguing' if Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech entrepreneur -- and key ally of President Donald Trump -- makes the move to challenge him in the ra...

www.politico.com

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 11

Let’s call it exactly what it is-an attempt to divide and conquer. Pure Fascism 101 tactics. Working to “other” a very small percentage of the population in order to use them as scapegoats to divide and weaken us. They’re trying to distract us from the real war-the class war.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 10

Oh, it was never for us. Only for billionaires to exploit.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Mar 9

“Trey Goff, the chief of staff of the startup nation known as Próspera, tells WIRED that he & other Próspera representatives working under an advocacy group called the Freedom Cities Coalition have been meeting w/ the Trump administration about the [Freedom Cities] idea in recent weeks.” 3/7/25 1/

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 9

Yes. The moderate Dems fear party change and losing their big donors, so they fight tooth and nail to keep actual progressive candidates from being nominated. It seems they’d rather lose than risk alienating their wealthy backers. Yet another reason to axe Citizens United.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 9

Don’t do my boys like that! Beavis would ask “Hey, how’s it going?” and perhaps interject with an “I’ll be damned” in response to anything Zelenskyy said. He’d end with a polite “thank you, drive thru.” Butthead probably would ask if he could help him score with “hot Iranian” chicks or something.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 9

Them-when did things start to go wrong?
Me-pictures of Ronald Reagan heads photoshopped onto three photos of Zac Efron shrugging.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 9

Nearly 80 years old, just as relevant today.

youtu.be/nsC8A5xOASM

The Dangers of Demagogues - Dont Be a Sucker 1947

YouTube video by King Rose Archives

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 7

Don’t let those industry players use any safety arguments designed to stop innovation! They should deliver them immediately so he can have a celebratory flight party with his entire administration and his special guest Elonia.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 7

Remember when Agent Orange blathered about blue states “disappearing from the map”? Then this fucker issues a RTO mandate in CA to lick the boot, and now is agreeing with Charlie Kirk? At the very least, he’s playing the culture war to distract from the class war. Worst case, traitor turncoat…vile.

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Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 7

Imagine being such a cringy, wannabe Sith lord that you name a child Exa Dark Sideræl.
Sorry Leona, you’re such a pathetic loser that having more money than anyone else in the world can’t wash away the shame, stupidity, and stench of failure.

Sickly Ill @illsickly.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thank you for having the courage to stand up, being loud, and refusing to stop. Thank you for having the courage to draft impeachment articles. If we had more reps like you, we would not be in this crisis. This is what we need.