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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 7h

The more people oppose Trump, the harder it'll be for them to protect his supporters without delegitimizing the result.

yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 8h

I think that, if you want that, the first step is to write out what it means to be a progressive candidate, and how that can be justified based on proactive non-shoehorning politics rather than based on aesthetics.

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“Boo!” Saysceej @saysceej.bsky.social · 8h

And that’s bad! I want more progressive candidates! But I don’t need them to be in carhartt or whatever. It’s a politics built mostly on aesthetics which is exactly what the right does! We need a politics that’s proactive not reactive.

And this desire to shoehorn a guy is a lazy shortcut.

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 8h

Conflict doesn’t destroy connection.

Avoiding it does.

You were taught that hard conversations mean danger.

That peace means silence.

But peace built on silence isn’t peace.

It’s fear.

Real intimacy sounds messy.

It sounds like truth.

Autistic connection must be built on authenticity.

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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 8h

If the people continue often enough, that may flip either Congress or state legislatures with the knowledge they won't keep their jobs if they continue to support Trump.

Or, failing that, build the momentum to win in 2026.

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DodgerFanLA @dodgerfanla.bsky.social · 8h

they cannot say he's flagrantly breaking the law. they need to pretend he's some legal geniuses. no he's just taking power he doesn't have

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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 8h

He looks more like a Xehanort to me.

yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 8h

When we reach 33/67 in the Senate, or 12/38 in the State Legislatures, then things can really move.

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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 8h

So what do you do if the squishy humans on the other end are demanding either something impossible, or various things that are incompatible with each other, and refuse to listen when you try to explain that?

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Undivided@bsky @mcbf.bsky.social · 1d

The United States has developed a predatory healthcare system & predatory health insurance system. Why more Americans don’t understand that it should not be normal to have no idea what your healthcare will cost you when you walk into a doctors office or into a hospital is itself insane

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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 8h

Since the actual Pentagon made it clear that they will stop taking orders from Trump on January 20, 2029.

So now he's trying to make an alternative to be on his side so he can start a civil war.

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ponder @ponder.ooo · 9h

you can take all the hrt you want but when archaeologists dig up ur bones all they're gonna notice is your teeth, those freaks are gonna be so obsessed with your teeth, they're gonna look at every little cavity, filling, scratch, the wear patterns, prob reconstruct your diet and social class from it

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 9h

Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!

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⚡🧟‍♀️ MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE!! 🧟‍♀️⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things that's hard about being autistic is that usually when you get pushed over the edge into a meltdown, the thing that pushed you over the edge isn't the reason why you're melting down BUT BOY HOWDY THAT'S THE THING YOU'RE MELTING DOWN OVER.

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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 8h

It wouldn't be Trump's most openly anti-Semitic close contact in any case...

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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 8h

At this point, I'm thinking maybe the next step is to put pressure on the state legislatures.

38 of them guarantees victory...or at least a basis on which to declare Trump in open rebellion and use the actual U.S. military against him.

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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 9h

He must have realized that the real military will never back him.

This looks a *lot* like he's preparing for a civil war in 2029 when he refuses to leave.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 22h

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yitzi2.bsky.social @yitzi2.bsky.social · 9h

This works in English too.

"Terrible".

"Awful".

Awe *is* a type of fear, and that often comes from bad things.

But not always. "Awesome" also comes from the same source.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

I’m sure many other people have pointed this out but the Jewish High Holidays are also called ימים נוראים, translated into English as “Days of Awe,” except in modern Hebrew נורא can mean bad, making our holiest time of the year a series of Bad Days

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

[looks over shoulder]

[looks over other shoulder]

[whispers]

(i’m actually totally fine with razing the whole white house to the ground on the off chance it makes previously disinterested people angry in a way that the destruction of actual human lives has not.)