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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · Feb 1

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 13h

The same "unafraid dems" who increased ice funding for decades? The unafraid dems who voted yes to confirm all trump's cabinet picks?
The unafraid dems who refused to adopt a popular policy to stop Israel's genocide, preferring to throw the election to Trump?

𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 13h

The unafraid dems who voted to confirm trump's cabinet? The ones who increased ice funding for decades?

𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 1d

"If you don't like capitalism, why don't you go live in a communist country?"
Said someone who knows nothing about capitalism, Socialism, communism, imperialism, US coups and wars, or basic facts about visas and citizenship and the cost of moving to another country.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 1d

"Patient deaths increased in the emergency rooms of hospitals that were bought by private equity firms" per Harvard University.
Never seen a clearer argument for socialized health care.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 3d

Always worth stopping to think about what Noam Chomsky has to say.

“Capitalism has always
been a system of class war,
one in which the rich and
powerful fight an unending
battle to control society
and its institutions.”
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- Noam Chomsky

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 3d

A headline informs us that mister beast had a contestant trapped inside a burning house to win five hundred thousand dollars in his new video.
A tweet adds that " i feel like some of you need to be reminded that in squid game, the contestants were allowed to safely leave.But none of them chose to because they were so desperate for the money.So they continued to risk their lives."
An additional tweet suggests "we are watching this ni ga turn into Jigsaw in real time"

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 3d

Just one-third of white families and about 1 in every 10 Black families receive ANY inheritance at all, and more than half of those inheritances will amount to less than $50,000, according to a separate study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 4d

Capitalists have grossly mismanaged virtually the entire fucking planet. They have no business running it any longer.

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 4d

You got mad at us for saying Free Palestine and now, inevitably, it's Free Chicago, Free Portland, and we really aren't free until all of us are free.

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 6d

They made health care a commodity, education a debt trap, and housing, a speculation market -- Then told you that poverty is a personal failing. They privatized survival and called it freedom.

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 6d

@aeirlys.bsky.social said it, I just turned it into a meme

𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 9d

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/f...

Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections

Unit led by Tal Hanan that boasts vast army of bots exposed by undercover reporters and leaked emails

www.theguardian.com

𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 9d

It's wild
www.npr.org/2024/07/09/n...

How Israel tried to use AI to covertly sway Americans about Gaza

A new report by an Israeli watchdog group ties an Israeli firm to a covert online campaign intended to sway crucial Democratic lawmakers to continue backing Israel’s campaign in Gaza.

www.npr.org

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 9d

Stop me if you've heard this one
readsludge.com/2025/09/15/d...

Democratic PR Firm to Run Bot Army for Israel

A new FARA document reveals SKDK's plan to "flood the zone" with social media bots as part of its $600,000 contract with Israel.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10d

Content creators tend to think any spectacle is defensible if they can say health and safety concerns have been attended to behind the scenes, but that’s not really it imho. Mr. Beast’s whole thing is that his subjects’ desperation for cash allows him—a wealthier person—to indulge his sadism.

@KillaKreww
MrBeast had a contestant TRAPPED inside a BURNING house to win $500,000 in his new video [link]

@MrBeast
This blew up, if you're curious obviously we had ventilation for the smoke and a kill switch to cut off the fires. We had professionals test this extensively and the guy in the video as stated is a professional stunt man. I take safety more serious than you could ever imagine.

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 10d

𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 12d

When i say 𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙, this is the type of shit I'm talking about

Brian Thompson, ex ceo of uhc allegedly killed by Luigi Mangioni, himself killed more US citizens than every serial killer combined. But because he made money off it, the media considered him a successful businessman and morally upstanding citizen.

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 12d

𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 13d

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𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕮𝖚𝖑𝖙 @kurtpaints.bsky.social · 13d