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concerned citizen of Armageddon.
unprofessional. bullshit detector.
queer as in "bashes back."
public deathwish proponent.
the difference between traffic stops & being robbed at gunpoint is that the cop doesn't need your money.
concerned citizen of Armageddon.
unprofessional. bullshit detector.
queer as in "bashes back."
public deathwish proponent.
the difference between traffic stops & being robbed at gunpoint is that the cop doesn't need your money.
Pinned
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White ‘Moderates’ and Despotism: An Example from the Archive | Historian @wihorne.bsky.social looks back at a letter written by a Bucks County teacher to President Lincoln’s Secretary of War to draw lessons for today about resistance in the face of white supremacist threats to democracy.
White ‘Moderates’ and Despotism: An Example from the Archive - Bucks County Beacon
Historian William Horne looks back at a letter written by a Bucks County teacher to President Lincoln’s Secretary of War to draw lessons for today about resistance in the face of white supremacist thr...
buckscountybeacon.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
White ‘Moderates’ and Despotism: An Example from the Archive | Historian @wihorne.bsky.social looks back at a letter written by a Bucks County teacher to President Lincoln’s Secretary of War to draw lessons for today about resistance in the face of white supremacist threats to democracy.
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New from me: an example of how the voices of "moderation" have ALWAYS gotten it wrong in struggles for civil rights & equality. This would be a very good time to FINALLY collectively figure this out.
White ‘Moderates’ and Despotism: An Example from the Archive | Historian @wihorne.bsky.social looks back at a letter written by a Bucks County teacher to President Lincoln’s Secretary of War to draw lessons for today about resistance in the face of white supremacist threats to democracy.
White ‘Moderates’ and Despotism: An Example from the Archive - Bucks County Beacon
Historian William Horne looks back at a letter written by a Bucks County teacher to President Lincoln’s Secretary of War to draw lessons for today about resistance in the face of white supremacist thr...
buckscountybeacon.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
New from me: an example of how the voices of "moderation" have ALWAYS gotten it wrong in struggles for civil rights & equality. This would be a very good time to FINALLY collectively figure this out.
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Legal attempts to claw back at abuses are important. They do slow things down, help some people, force a formal record.
It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.
We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway
It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.
We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway
February 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Legal attempts to claw back at abuses are important. They do slow things down, help some people, force a formal record.
It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.
We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway
It will never ever be enough. Individual humans cannot litigate out from under an $85 bil avalanche.
We all know this but gently cultivate our judicial branch fantasies anyway
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Not one .gov lawbreaker charged over illegal immigration procedure. Never forced to hire a criminal defense attorney. The lower courts, working.
Hundreds of thousands of hours of human capital spent to try to slow down this system's lawless abuse. And still it grinds on. This is courts WORKING.
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Hundreds of thousands of hours of human capital spent to try to slow down this system's lawless abuse. And still it grinds on. This is courts WORKING.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Not one .gov lawbreaker charged over illegal immigration procedure. Never forced to hire a criminal defense attorney. The lower courts, working.
Hundreds of thousands of hours of human capital spent to try to slow down this system's lawless abuse. And still it grinds on. This is courts WORKING.
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Hundreds of thousands of hours of human capital spent to try to slow down this system's lawless abuse. And still it grinds on. This is courts WORKING.
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And then: the .gov has frequently ignored the orders. Deported and disappeared people as their cases were pending, whisking them away. 76 kids (said to be) from Guatemala taken out of bed at 1AM to try to beat the courts.
This is the lower courts, working.
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This is the lower courts, working.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
And then: the .gov has frequently ignored the orders. Deported and disappeared people as their cases were pending, whisking them away. 76 kids (said to be) from Guatemala taken out of bed at 1AM to try to beat the courts.
This is the lower courts, working.
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This is the lower courts, working.
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In court, the .gov receives presumptions in its favor. Because it's so trustworthy. And still it lost and was proven untrustworthy, thousands of times. But it will again and again receive these presumptions. This is the lower courts, working.
Some ppl excluded. Others w/ a higher hill to climb. +
Some ppl excluded. Others w/ a higher hill to climb. +
February 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
In court, the .gov receives presumptions in its favor. Because it's so trustworthy. And still it lost and was proven untrustworthy, thousands of times. But it will again and again receive these presumptions. This is the lower courts, working.
Some ppl excluded. Others w/ a higher hill to climb. +
Some ppl excluded. Others w/ a higher hill to climb. +
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I'm not trying to add snark. I keep hearing versions of this and think it's useful to consider.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +
Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +
February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I'm not trying to add snark. I keep hearing versions of this and think it's useful to consider.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +
Let's assume for the sake of argument that it is true that the lower courts are working. That forcing lawyers for immigrants to prove 4,400 times that the .gov breaking the law is the system working. +
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Everything else is commentary
February 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Everything else is commentary
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The right-wing obsession with Sparta is so weird to me. They were a culture that mandated pedophilia, were ruled by corrupt oligarchs, and eventually collapsed because of their dependence on slave labor and I see it now, that's on me.
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The right-wing obsession with Sparta is so weird to me. They were a culture that mandated pedophilia, were ruled by corrupt oligarchs, and eventually collapsed because of their dependence on slave labor and I see it now, that's on me.
Don Jr's girlfriends ex-boyfriend will not be president, will y'all please stop
February 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Don Jr's girlfriends ex-boyfriend will not be president, will y'all please stop
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EVERY PALANTIR BIGWIG: i am evil. this is an evil company with expressly evil goals.
EVERY PALANTIR EMPLOYEE: [eating the 24 dollar erowhon strawberry] anyone else get a weird feeling in the pit of their stomach when they go in to the office
EVERY PALANTIR EMPLOYEE: [eating the 24 dollar erowhon strawberry] anyone else get a weird feeling in the pit of their stomach when they go in to the office
Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.
February 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
EVERY PALANTIR BIGWIG: i am evil. this is an evil company with expressly evil goals.
EVERY PALANTIR EMPLOYEE: [eating the 24 dollar erowhon strawberry] anyone else get a weird feeling in the pit of their stomach when they go in to the office
EVERY PALANTIR EMPLOYEE: [eating the 24 dollar erowhon strawberry] anyone else get a weird feeling in the pit of their stomach when they go in to the office
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it's neoliberalism when i throw the boomerang, it's fascism when i lose all my teeth
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
it's neoliberalism when i throw the boomerang, it's fascism when i lose all my teeth
FYI if it's yapping about Newsom but don't got a pfp, that's a bot.
February 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
FYI if it's yapping about Newsom but don't got a pfp, that's a bot.
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This is—ironically enough—what I am talking about.
RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.
RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
This is—ironically enough—what I am talking about.
RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.
RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.
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One of the things language like this does is conveys the way that leftism is seen as feminized in america. Leftists are called “hysterical,” told we “throw tantrums,” and “are shrill and unreasonable.”
This is the language of cultural misogyny, used to denigrate and silence women.
This is the language of cultural misogyny, used to denigrate and silence women.
This is—ironically enough—what I am talking about.
RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.
RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.
February 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
One of the things language like this does is conveys the way that leftism is seen as feminized in america. Leftists are called “hysterical,” told we “throw tantrums,” and “are shrill and unreasonable.”
This is the language of cultural misogyny, used to denigrate and silence women.
This is the language of cultural misogyny, used to denigrate and silence women.
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A quick "whoa, really? that's really fucked up, man" from a white dude to another white dude for expressing a conservative opinion is (sadly) one of the most effective ways to change that white dude's behavior. Not usually the underlying beliefs, but the behavior. It gets in their kitchen.
Part of my theory of change is to share the words white men need to hear, spoken by white men. This is because creating defections is crucial to stopping authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. This is because almost everyone else is already off the Trump train.
"I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again"
Notes on changing brains. And Brians.
www.thefarce.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM
A quick "whoa, really? that's really fucked up, man" from a white dude to another white dude for expressing a conservative opinion is (sadly) one of the most effective ways to change that white dude's behavior. Not usually the underlying beliefs, but the behavior. It gets in their kitchen.
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"Look, it's okay for moderates to say they won't vote for someone because they're too progressive, but progressives aren't allowed to say they won't vote for someone for being too moderate/conservative"... for reasons. Uh huh. Sure.
“Sanders is too radical to appeal to moderates” was not some smokescreen, it was the honest opinion of all the dem voters I knew personally because *Sanders was too radical to appeal to them*
February 16, 2026 at 1:24 AM
"Look, it's okay for moderates to say they won't vote for someone because they're too progressive, but progressives aren't allowed to say they won't vote for someone for being too moderate/conservative"... for reasons. Uh huh. Sure.
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My god do we need UBI
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet
Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.
www.nbcnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
My god do we need UBI
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
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it keeps going back and forth between being infuriating and funny how much we study this when the answer is always the same and it never matters
My god do we need UBI
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet
Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.
www.nbcnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:56 AM
it keeps going back and forth between being infuriating and funny how much we study this when the answer is always the same and it never matters
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
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They’ll say ANYTHING.
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
They’ll say ANYTHING.
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Can’t believe we are still doing this
February 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Can’t believe we are still doing this
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Personally, I think it’s important to take note of the people eager to solidify racial revanchism as a given.
February 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Personally, I think it’s important to take note of the people eager to solidify racial revanchism as a given.
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It's unchartered, but we can see the terrain: the territory ahead includes masked secret police taking people to concentration camps but not new vaccines. That's our reward for a system in which fewer than 20 people, all of them deranged and malicious, control over $3 trillion.
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
It's unchartered, but we can see the terrain: the territory ahead includes masked secret police taking people to concentration camps but not new vaccines. That's our reward for a system in which fewer than 20 people, all of them deranged and malicious, control over $3 trillion.