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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 2h

The $20 billion (even just the first $20 billion) being thrown at Argentina could have covered the entire SNAP cuts in the OBBB for a whole year. Why does Mr "America first" Trump suddenly care more about Argentinians than Americans? He doesn't. He cares about their oil, gas, and other minerals.

Blue-G (He/Him/His) 🌱 @spotonthesun.bsky.social · 7h

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 7h

Q: What do you have to say to farmers who feel that the deal is benefitting Argentina more than it is them?

TRUMP: Look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. You understand what that means? They are dying.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 2h

People want to believe this grotesque escalation is a sign of weakness, not consolidation. That the regime humiliating dissenters with fascist AI memes is somehow the last gasp of a dying movement, not the normalization of the new order. But the truth, it isn't unhinged, it's calculated to normalize

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just posted an AI slop video of himself dumping shit on protestors from a fighter jet while wearing a crown, just in case you were wondering how today’s events impacted his mental health situation.

They’re losing. They’ve already lost. He will get a lot more weird and aggro from here on out.

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 3h

It’s wild, isn’t it? The evidence is everywhere with decades of failed one-day boycotts, every single one making zero dent in corporate profits, policy, or behavior. And yet, like clockwork, people still rally around the same empty gestures, convinced that this time, it’ll make a difference.

Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 13h

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 3h

One day, or even one week, spending boycotts are the political equivalent of “thoughts and prayers.” Easy. Costless. Emotionally satisfying in the moment, but utterly toothless. No risk, no disruption, no sustained pressure. The corporations and political actors don’t even notice. #GeneralStrike

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 3h

If that's the extent of your boycott, you're literally just saving them money.

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 6h

As for “just vote them out”? That only works in a functioning democracy with fair elections, a free press, and institutions that haven’t already been captured. When those things are gone—or nearly gone, like now—a general strike is one of the last nonviolent cards left to play.

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 6h

General strikes are dangerous, risky, and costly. Sometimes, you “end up poorer and weaker,” yes. But sometimes you end up with rights, wages, dignity, and a seat at the table... or you remind the rulers that their power is not absolute. We show each other, and ourselves, that we're not alone.

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 6h

The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike forced the city to recognize Black workers’ humanity, and changed history.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 6h

The 1946 Oakland General Strike paralyzed a city, won gains for workers, and scared the bosses so badly they moved to crush labor rights ever after. (The bosses failed.)

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 7h

Yesterday, a historic protest took place, the mayor of Chicago called for a General Strike, the POTUS posted videos of his king fantasies, including people bowing to him in full regalia, and dumping literal shit from a fighter jet on American citizens. And what's trending here today? Sports.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 7h

If there’s one thing history shows about authoritarian consolidation, it’s that the regime’s power depends on isolation and silence. Every refusal to be silent, every person who stands up and says “I see what’s happening, and I won’t pretend otherwise,” makes the lies less heard. #GeneralStrike now!

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 7h

"Impeach him!"
It’s tragic how much of the conversation online still circles around impossible institutional fixes, while the window for them has already closed. Most people simply can’t accept the reality of what “authoritarian consolidation” means: the guardrails are gone. #GeneralStrike now!

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 7h

The problem with either of those options is that it would require either the Vice President or 2/3 of the Senate, neither of which is going to happen. Impeachment is not an option for us. The only peaceable option left to us is a prolonged general strike.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 8h

This is the stage where the “form” of democracy exists but the substance is being gutted from within, right in public. It’s not just corruption. It’s a demonstration that the old rules, and any pretense of fairness, no longer apply to them.

NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 8h

Mike Johnson was asked if he’ll swear in Adelita Grijalva. His reply? “We couldn’t. We wouldn’t.” He could—he’s choosing not to. He swore in two Republicans but is blocking the Democrat who’d cast the 218th vote to release the Epstein files.

Cowardice and corruption, on full display.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 14h

I don't live there, but I think these 13 people deserve to be counted. kansasreflector.com/2025/10/18/s...

Small No Kings event puts love ahead of politics in rural Kansas town where immigrants are detained • Kansas Reflector

Kay Krause hosts a "love in action" rally at her house in Cottonwood Falls as part of the 42 No Kings events that were planned across the state as part of a nationwide uprising.

kansasreflector.com

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 15h

If the media had reported on Occupy the way they're reporting on #NoKings instead of discrediting the movement, today's fascist leaders would never have gained power. Never forget the Democrats and mainstream media helped this happen.

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 2d

They've already shown that they are.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 2d

Except that it's false, unfortunately. Only takes a moment to fact-check.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

This week:

-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions

The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 3d

When the only choices are corporate center-right or fascist, and the left has no institutional foothold, reactionary movements thrive.

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 3d

By failing to address working-class suffering, rejecting systemic reforms, and treating the left as a threat rather than an ally, the Democrats created a political vacuum — one the far right has filled with faux-populism, rage farming, and identity scapegoating.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 3d

Never forget that today's fascism is a direct result of the neoliberalist democratic party's war on leftist movements.

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MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 5d

They do, but most of us already know that, so it isn't really accomplishing anything. Personally, I think anything damning has already been destroyed, and we'll never see it, so I see no sense in letting it distract from the work of stopping the fascist coup happening in this country.

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 5d

My social commentary for today:
The path of least resistance always leads downhill.

Maybe read it a few times, and let it really sink in.

MollyFamous @mollyfamous.bsky.social · 10d