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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 2h

Between Jeffery Lord, from the first Trump regime, to Scott Jennings now, they have no problem putting on liars for hire who exist to spew bad faith arguments for tv drama.
It's Jerry Springer, but with politics. Unwatchable.

thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 2h

Personally, I have a distaste for any media that decides that one person and their substack is worth 150 million dollars and I have to ask myself, "what is really being purchased here?"
But when it comes to legacy media and maga trolls, cnn is unwatchable.

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 3h

It’s important to understand that the demonization of ‘Antifa’ isn’t just about kneecapping the enemies of MAGA. It’s about creating an opportunity to bring down the law-enforcement apparatus on anyone who dares dissent.

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 2h

This Cathy Young?
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social
She looks my age. 👴🏻

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 2h

I'm putting my money on the jawas. Utinni!

thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 7h

It's worth reviewing the video @codyjohnston.bsky.social did on this subject pre 2020.
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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 6d

And if anyone needs an entertaining analysis of what fascism is and how it applies to the Trump regime, assuming he hasn't deleted his social media and/or fled the country, @codyjohnston.bsky.social has been a valuable resource.
He was on top of the antifa back on day one.
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How To Actually Cover Stories About Antifa - Some News

YouTube video by Cracked

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 7h

They wanted to make jokes about the victims of right wing political violence, but then they wanted to browbeat anyone who doesn't validate their fury over right wing victims of violence.
And now they're just purging the word 'right' from the reports of political violence.
This is willful delusion.

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 7h

And the reason they have to rewrite the narrative is because the cognitive dissonance, the doublethink is uncomfortable. It's rage inducing:

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Megyn Kelly Praises Greg Gutfeld Passionately Pushing Back at Jessica Tarlov During Kirk Discussion

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 7h

Man, that Minnesota LIE is egregious. We've gone from "Don't play both sides with me!" over the Kirk assassination:
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to "That assassination that made us look bad? No, that was the left too!"
This is Ministry of Truth level bs.

thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · Sep 11

@ryanobles.bsky.social was the reporter asking Nancy Mace about the violence on 'both sides':
www.instagram.com/reel/DOcDY0y...
After Nancy Mace put a target on the back of trans people by claiming Kirk was talking about 'mass trannie violence when this happened.'

youtu.be/qkmI4pTw3b4
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WATCH: US Representative Nancy Mace on Charlie Kirk shooting

YouTube video by 13WMAZ

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 8h

This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 8h

A great part of David's book The Age of Insurrection details all the mass shootings and natural disasters and other tragedies that were baselessly blamed on antifa in 2020. Highly recommend: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720886...

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 9h

And @froomkin.bsky.social, I am not seeing anyone pointing out how this kind of, cut your arm off to save on skin, mentality worked out the last time when it was done to a much less severe degree:
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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · Feb 16

Nobody heard of the NSC Directorate for Global Health and Security and Bio-Defense back in 2018.
And then Trump closed it, in the words of @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social.
apnews.com/article/dona...
The rest is history.

Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus "came out of nowhere" and “blindsided the world.”

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 9h

Ps. As to what this means in the epidemiology/public health space, @angierasmussen.bsky.social is a great follow:
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10h

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 9h

During the last pandemic, which the president at the time viewed as completely unfair to him, experts in disease and public health kept embarrassing and contradicting him when he would attempt to keep the numbers down, by suppressing testing, and keep the economy up through "let'er rip".

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 9h

And if you cannot do that duty, then -in Catch 22 fashion- you are removed from public service.
Michael Lewis has been writting about the value of that denigrated public service, the loss of which, like the NOAA, is not a national loss - it's a global one.
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Who Is Government? Storytime with Michael Lewis | The Weekly Show

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 9h

But the key is that people who are bound to public service will find their duties conflict with party loyalty specifically loyalty to party leadership.
When your party espouses a lie, your duty is to the lie, not to the public.

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 9h

Now this may be my opinion, but I suspect this man can hold a grudge.
So what he is doing now is rewarding quacks and punishing experts and the institutions that house them.
@michaelemann.bsky.social and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social may have more background to offer on this subject.

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 9h

The quacks were on his side then as he pushed for magic cures and justifications to do big super spreader rallies. He was focused on pushing pandemic responsibility off himself and, since democrats were listening to experts, he began to paint experts as partisan.

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 9h

During the last pandemic, which the president at the time viewed as completely unfair to him, experts in disease and public health kept embarrassing and contradicting him when he would attempt to keep the numbers down, by suppressing testing, and keep the economy up through "let'er rip".

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
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Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Your regular reminder, aside from the performative public lying of far right authoritarians, that the GOP & the national media would have a week-long Discourse On Civility if <any Democrat> ever spoke about GOP voters/conservatives the way GOP leaders speak about Dem voters/liberals every single day

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 2d

The first link that comes up when I try to look up what happened to @katieporteroc.bsky.social online.
youtu.be/qqKr9hK8_N4?...

Gawd the new york post is a horrible organ8zation.

California’s Katie Porter Tries to Storm Out of CBS Interview After Meltdown Over Trump Question

YouTube video by New York Post

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SteveBev @stevebev.bsky.social · 3d

Not caring is their super-power.
Caring is ours.

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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 3d

And here's something folks might to want to bring up with their commissions:
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We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It's in Your Electric Bill

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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