Chris_tut_bass
@bassman67.bsky.social
Bass player. Carpenter. Chicken dad. Decidedly anti-fascist.
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If resisting oppressive power entails uncritically accepting and reproducing its dictated terms so as to push back against them, we run the risk of dooming resistance from the outset. Alongside resistance, to win not just a battle but also the war, we need redirection, subversion, and invention.
February 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Okay… Who do we call for a medical intervention?
You’re worried about tomato prices.
Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.
Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.
February 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Okay… Who do we call for a medical intervention?
Rand Paul performance art, for the uneducated.
Rand Paul beginning to realize that the rest of his conference stands for nothing other than blind loyalty to the Godking.
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Rand Paul performance art, for the uneducated.
This is some of the fire we need sitting next to leadership. 🤞
Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.
February 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is some of the fire we need sitting next to leadership. 🤞
Anybody yelling at Marc for “not doing enough” truly need to shut their mouths for a second, and take a good look. He has been in the trenches fighting for your rights far longer than most have even known he existed.
Some of you really need to step back, take a breath, and think.
Some of you really need to step back, take a breath, and think.
If you are posting here that I need to fight harder, I think you've lost the plot. But good luck to you!
February 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Anybody yelling at Marc for “not doing enough” truly need to shut their mouths for a second, and take a good look. He has been in the trenches fighting for your rights far longer than most have even known he existed.
Some of you really need to step back, take a breath, and think.
Some of you really need to step back, take a breath, and think.
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Jan 6 must be fully & conclusively adjudicated in a court of law if this country is to ever move forward.
They can't just wish it away unless we let them.
They can't just wish it away unless we let them.
Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Jan 6 must be fully & conclusively adjudicated in a court of law if this country is to ever move forward.
They can't just wish it away unless we let them.
They can't just wish it away unless we let them.
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Time sensitive: we've created a generic informal grievance template. Always defer to your collective bargaining unit. This isn't legal advice, just a recommendation based on personal experience. www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions
There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Time sensitive: we've created a generic informal grievance template. Always defer to your collective bargaining unit. This isn't legal advice, just a recommendation based on personal experience. www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
This is one of my pet peeves, and one of the scariest aspects of Bluesky. I wish more people would, not just vet mod/block lists before they subscribe, but continue to monitor how those lists are being wielded. I’ve seen more than one that have turned into dumpsters for personal grievances.
I’ve had that too. Like, you disagree with someone about the particulars of strategy or whatever and they decide you’re an enemy.
I do think a lot of it is actual sabotage to try to prevent Bluesky community from reaching critical mass.
I do think a lot of it is actual sabotage to try to prevent Bluesky community from reaching critical mass.
February 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is one of my pet peeves, and one of the scariest aspects of Bluesky. I wish more people would, not just vet mod/block lists before they subscribe, but continue to monitor how those lists are being wielded. I’ve seen more than one that have turned into dumpsters for personal grievances.
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Take over the narrative playing on the GOP oligarch-owned networks? ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC are all owned by billionaire Republicans who don't even try to let their networks do fair reports. X and Meta are owned by oligarchs who have kissed the ring. The NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, same.
February 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Take over the narrative playing on the GOP oligarch-owned networks? ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC are all owned by billionaire Republicans who don't even try to let their networks do fair reports. X and Meta are owned by oligarchs who have kissed the ring. The NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, same.
Am I really so controversial, that someone on the left feels the need to block me, never once having interacted with me?
Someday, that bubble will pop.
Someday, that bubble will pop.
February 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Am I really so controversial, that someone on the left feels the need to block me, never once having interacted with me?
Someday, that bubble will pop.
Someday, that bubble will pop.
He’s done a great job in Minnesota. I just hope he can translate that understanding of outreach and ground game to the national stage, while slogging through our current constitutional crisis. This is a multi layered fight he’s been put in charge of.
I'll wish Ken Martin the best, he has a hard job in front of him.
February 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
He’s done a great job in Minnesota. I just hope he can translate that understanding of outreach and ground game to the national stage, while slogging through our current constitutional crisis. This is a multi layered fight he’s been put in charge of.
There are some who are fighting back. There’s a link in the post, for any who want to follow the cases.
Our Litigation Tracker is now souped up with interactive Table. ⬇️
Now tracking 23 cases and expecting more to drop soon.
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
Now tracking 23 cases and expecting more to drop soon.
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
February 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There are some who are fighting back. There’s a link in the post, for any who want to follow the cases.
How to pop a troll 101. A google lens search of profile pics can point you in the right direction. Ms? Mr? “Jabarina” made the really stupid choice of grabbing a pic of a successful immigrant, for a troll account that spreading anti-immigrant hate. It only took a couple call outs to banish them.
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How to pop a troll 101. A google lens search of profile pics can point you in the right direction. Ms? Mr? “Jabarina” made the really stupid choice of grabbing a pic of a successful immigrant, for a troll account that spreading anti-immigrant hate. It only took a couple call outs to banish them.
Please pass this on, and follow Marc. He is a man who has been in the trenches fighting for us, longer and harder than most of us realize.
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Please pass this on, and follow Marc. He is a man who has been in the trenches fighting for us, longer and harder than most of us realize.
It is pretty suspicious, the sudden breakdown in coordination and cooperation that the corp had with the local authorities for so long. 🤔 I would not be surprised if the big man baby demanded the taps be opened immediately.
Seems quite possible this is the tap the President sent the military to turn on—an unscheduled flood release from Army Corps reservoirs into the surrounding farmland 200 miles and a couple mountain ranges distant from the wildfires. sjvwater.org/decision-to-...
Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
sjvwater.org
February 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It is pretty suspicious, the sudden breakdown in coordination and cooperation that the corp had with the local authorities for so long. 🤔 I would not be surprised if the big man baby demanded the taps be opened immediately.
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It’s pretty insane that a private citizen can come in, hijack federal government servers, fire people, and steal their PII.
February 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It’s pretty insane that a private citizen can come in, hijack federal government servers, fire people, and steal their PII.
The most hilarious part of this, is that the business of the person in the pic of this fake profile, got its big break through an Amazon DEI program.
That’s how lazy these trolls are.
That’s how lazy these trolls are.
February 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The most hilarious part of this, is that the business of the person in the pic of this fake profile, got its big break through an Amazon DEI program.
That’s how lazy these trolls are.
That’s how lazy these trolls are.
The governor is a disgusting liar, when he talks about immigrants being responsible for their drug problems. I lived in WVa for a bit, and everybody there knows a white boy in a holler with whatever shit you might be looking for.
www.yahoo.com/news/west-vi...
www.yahoo.com/news/west-vi...
West Virginia governor's order leads to nearly 60 suspected illegal immigrant criminals detained
An illegal immigrant crackdown in West Virginia is yielding dozens of detentions as of Tuesday afternoon.
www.yahoo.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The governor is a disgusting liar, when he talks about immigrants being responsible for their drug problems. I lived in WVa for a bit, and everybody there knows a white boy in a holler with whatever shit you might be looking for.
www.yahoo.com/news/west-vi...
www.yahoo.com/news/west-vi...
I’m so glad Robert Reich is still here, standing with us.
America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up.
Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting.
My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️
Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting.
My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️
Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist | Robert Reich
America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I’m so glad Robert Reich is still here, standing with us.
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Trump is trying to “flood the zone” so we focus on a few outrages that we find most offensive and lose sight of the big picture.
Some thoughts on how to maintain focus. robertreich.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Some thoughts on how to maintain focus. robertreich.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Keep your eye on the big picture
5 ways Trump is concentrating power in his own hands, thereby replacing democracy with oligarchy
robertreich.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Trump is trying to “flood the zone” so we focus on a few outrages that we find most offensive and lose sight of the big picture.
Some thoughts on how to maintain focus. robertreich.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Some thoughts on how to maintain focus. robertreich.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Although I have a sick feeling it may end up escalating past non violent action, this is still an important bed of information to work from.
Sharing for no reason whatsoever the go-to handbook for nonviolent opposition parties across the planet and definitely not suggesting you print out a hardcopy
198 Methods of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp
The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.
commonslibrary.org
February 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Although I have a sick feeling it may end up escalating past non violent action, this is still an important bed of information to work from.