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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · 13h

I’m doubtful that demographic collapse is a salient enough issue to overcome this collective action problem. It would require corps to be extremely (20+ yrs) forward-looking.

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · 6d

a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .

ALT: a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .

media.tenor.com

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · 6d

First dem to run on detrumpification in ‘28 has my vote

Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · 6d

Basically that people are going to do it regardless, so better to regulate and tax it like we do other vices.

Unfortunately, the “regulate” part has been completely inadequate so far.

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · 6d

At this point I’d settle for restrictions on advertising i.e. tobacco. Gambling is every other ad on an NFL broadcast now.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 7d

we are going to win. these people are fucking losers

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Doc Vivi Leandra - Real-Life Scientist VTuber 🧬🖥️ @docvivileandra.bsky.social · 18d

You have shit like Disney/ABC getting blindsided by the backlash to the Jimmy Kimmel suspension because they thought suspending him would be broadly popular because that's what Twitter was saying

Everyone with power is addicted to fucking Twitter

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 21d

our Khan calls for aid

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21d

Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · 24d

That’s a gnarly piece of the schedule wow

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Miles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social · 26d

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.

This is Kirk's legacy.

You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @grayathena.bsky.social · 28d

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Aug 30

Remember when Biden was working on National Plan to End Parkinson's bill, and was consulting with experts, and NYT ran this hit piece?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 8

Breaking News: A Parkinson’s expert visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through this spring, according to official visitor logs. The administration has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease.

Parkinson’s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Months

The White House has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease and that there has been no reason to update the most recent testing, conducted in February.

www.nytimes.com

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 28

God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 25

Need this guy to run for president

Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 25

Snyder Brunell looking kinda nice out there

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Aug 25

>national guard are carrying guns now
>Trump is planning on deploying the military to even more cities
>the FBI is going after domestic political enemies
>the administration is manufacturing cases against members of the FED
>we’re staging Naval assets near Venezuela
>ICE is rapidly expanding

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 21

Called his shot! Awesome moment

Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 21

Apple TV showing the Lowe’s best assist of the match (tm) during a 0-0 game is peak

Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 21

Really can’t argue with that red sadly

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Aug 20

The GOP attacks on universities are more popular in the editorial offices of legacy media than among the people...

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · Aug 19

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....

13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · Aug 19

My sense is that we are at an incredibly unstable moment in history--almost no outcome should be written off as impossible. We're in the middle of a tech bubble and democracy failure. Things are looking flakey around the edges, to put it mildly. 3/x

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 14

We’re approaching The Cool Zone at rapid pace

Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · Aug 14

Gavin Newsom is holding a press conference today on redistricting and DHS agents have arrived masked up and in full gear. Many are armed with guns.

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Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 13

Anyone want to take a shot at defining identitarian left neoliberalism?

Adrian @adrianconrad.bsky.social · Aug 13

reg y x, r remains undefeated

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