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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 19h

Who is Carl Schmitt, the authoritarian political theorist that the New Right and the Neocons are obsessed with?

before being the obsession of
peter thiel and every favourite
podcaster of your incel cousin,
schmitt was the jurist who
came up with the theoretical
legal foundation for the
nazi party's power grab and
subsequent atrocities.
he wrote: "sovereign is he who
decides on the exception." he
believed that constitutional
democracies were facades for
the total power of the execu-
tive, since the legislative was
powerless during exceptional
times.
schmitt also wrote about
the friend-enemy distinction,
which he saw as the basis of
the politic. people are sorted
into groups, either with you or
against you, in a struggle for
survival. big incel vibes, I know.
in his view, liberalism
challenged that "natural order"
by restricting the power of
the executive and by easing
the distinctions with enemy
groups, which he thought led
to social paralysis and
racial decay.

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 22h

I could see a future where the kids who've had to endure this brutality of having their parents disappeared, will come back after entering adulthood and track down the ppl who did this to them.

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 22h

Well. Our large newspaper in Lexington is owned by the same ppl who own the National Enquirer, if that's any help. 😏

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Politeness did not win World War 2. Being nice did not defeat the fascists of the era. Likewise with sternly worded letters.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

That reminds me. The German NAZI Party loved to make propaganda films too and had crews following them around.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

I call this "shit our newspapers won't touch with a ten foot pole"

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Portland? Chicago? Fuck that. There are plenty of places I could take you to here in rural Kentucky less than an hours drive that I'd never visit, day or night. And I'm a white dude.

Map reveals most dangerous states in the US

A new study comparing the safety of all 50 states in America has found that Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are the three most dangerous states in the U.S.

www.newsweek.com

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

A war zone that comes with its own dance party. That's a new one on me.

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

A local public radio station just stopped carrying BBC news broadcasts in favor of those NYT, The Daily podcasts.

*facepalm*

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

That's a great, comical way to deflate their claims that Portland is "war ravaged. I love it.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Thank #MoscowMitch McConnell. And the press back in KY who let him get away with it.

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Just what we needed. Another billionaire backed candidate. More of the same; the wealthy buying politicians to destroy Democracy. No. Thank. You.

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

#9 - Thou shalt not bear false witness.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

I have an original copy of that album. Bought my first copy when I was about 10.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Thiel. So "smart" he thinks the antiChrist is a real thing (hint: it's not).

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Shorter Bondi: We're clueless and I just pulled it out my ass.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Musical Interlude

Killing Joke - Eighties

YouTube video by KillingJokeVEVO

www.youtube.com

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

The question corporate media would rather ignore when they're breathlessly covering "riots" in Chicago or Portland.

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Kentucky. Where every race is a horse race. Even when half of the field are cheating, lying or simply just lack morals or good judgement.

Key Trump ally’s family to host Nate Morris Senate fundraiser at KY horse farm

Steve Witkoff, worth $2B, is a top Trump administration official. His son is hosting the event for Nate Morris on their Kentucky farm.

www.kentucky.com

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

This is how propaganda works. This is what happens when our corporate press establishment publishes whatever the GOP says as though it were gospel.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

You'd think he'd be smart enough to know that the anti-christ stuff is a complete fabrication.

Hell. Tolkien wrote better fantasy. And nobody has had to die defending his words.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Violent, convicted felons should be prohibited from invoking the Insurrection Act.

After all, Ashli Babbitt is dead because HE failed to call the National Guard before that shit got out of control. Her blood?
His hands are stained with it.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Violent, convicted felons should be prohibited from invoking the Insurrection Act.

After all, Ashli Babbitt is dead because HE failed to call the National Guard before that shit got out of control. Her blood?
His hands are stained with it.

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Kentucky Bluegrass Politics @kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 3d