Medieval Ben Affleck
@chriskattan4eva.bsky.social
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Some truly demonic stuff online
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Some truly demonic stuff online
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This reminds me of white people in the antebellum South who had no slaves but supported the system because racial superiority was all they had. We have to be a gangster state because it makes a few losers feel cool
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This reminds me of white people in the antebellum South who had no slaves but supported the system because racial superiority was all they had. We have to be a gangster state because it makes a few losers feel cool
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The phone is for making posts like "the ass is the father of the legs" whereas the computer is for posts that include words like "inexorably"
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The phone is for making posts like "the ass is the father of the legs" whereas the computer is for posts that include words like "inexorably"
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that's so crazy. i'm sure you put him in prison and banned him from ever holding office again right
Five years ago today, the United States Capitol was attacked in a violent insurrection incited by the President of the United States for one purpose: to overturn a free and fair election and cling to power in clear violation of the Constitution.
January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
that's so crazy. i'm sure you put him in prison and banned him from ever holding office again right
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there’s just really no pretense of being able to protest against the trump government anymore
MICHIGAN: Police arrest protestor of Trump’s attack on Venezuela while she’s live on air 🤔🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
there’s just really no pretense of being able to protest against the trump government anymore
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Will Trump voters also support seizing Venezuela's oil? I don't know, but Trump believes they will. He thinks they are just as corrupt, amoral, indifferent to the fate of those killed by our military, and eager to pillage weaker countries as he is. 7/7
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Will Trump voters also support seizing Venezuela's oil? I don't know, but Trump believes they will. He thinks they are just as corrupt, amoral, indifferent to the fate of those killed by our military, and eager to pillage weaker countries as he is. 7/7
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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Will "non-interventionist" MAGA go along? Yup.
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Will "non-interventionist" MAGA go along? Yup.
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
A new WaPo poll finds only 40% overall approve of the Maduro capture and only 37% say this was appropriate without Congress.
But 80% of Trump voters support the capture and 78% are fine with not going to Congress. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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Trump openly told oil execs in 2024 that he'd govern in their naked financial interests if they raised $1 billion for his campaign. He's now taking this further, telling them they'll reap great riches if they buy into his vision of imperial hemispheric dominance. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Trump openly told oil execs in 2024 that he'd govern in their naked financial interests if they raised $1 billion for his campaign. He's now taking this further, telling them they'll reap great riches if they buy into his vision of imperial hemispheric dominance. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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Trump is like the schoolyard bully who sneers, “What did you say about my mother?” to a hapless smaller kid who actually said nothing, then cites this invented insult as justification for forcibly taking his lunch money. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Trump is like the schoolyard bully who sneers, “What did you say about my mother?” to a hapless smaller kid who actually said nothing, then cites this invented insult as justification for forcibly taking his lunch money. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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“Putin envisions a world in which a small group of imperialists loot their portions of the globe as they see fit. Trump has been envious of this model for a long time. He’s implementing it himself in the Western hemisphere.”
-an expert on global oligarchy, to me 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
-an expert on global oligarchy, to me 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
“Putin envisions a world in which a small group of imperialists loot their portions of the globe as they see fit. Trump has been envious of this model for a long time. He’s implementing it himself in the Western hemisphere.”
-an expert on global oligarchy, to me 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
-an expert on global oligarchy, to me 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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When Trump says we must have "total access" to Venezuela's oil and that some of that "wealth" will go to the US, and justifies it with a story of our alleged victimization by that country that's largely invented, it sure looks like outright plunder. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
When Trump says we must have "total access" to Venezuela's oil and that some of that "wealth" will go to the US, and justifies it with a story of our alleged victimization by that country that's largely invented, it sure looks like outright plunder. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Venezuela Plan—and about MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
newrepublic.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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should probably be a bigger deal that the vice president's favorite intellectual is a dull nazi bsky.app/profile/leah...
Curtis Yarvin has written a very long screed in defense of his post in which he said, “Hitler spoke the truth.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
January 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
should probably be a bigger deal that the vice president's favorite intellectual is a dull nazi bsky.app/profile/leah...
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extremely difficult to explain to my offline friends the daily whiplash I recieve on this website by like, having a stranger yell at me over an old joke about eating molten lava only to click on their profile to find they exlusively post about wanting to suck a dog's dick. how did you find me
January 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
extremely difficult to explain to my offline friends the daily whiplash I recieve on this website by like, having a stranger yell at me over an old joke about eating molten lava only to click on their profile to find they exlusively post about wanting to suck a dog's dick. how did you find me
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New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
Call Trump's power grab in Venezuela what it is
Corporate media must recognize they're being openly lied to—and report accordingly.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
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And I'd also note that making excuses for these wimps is giving them permission to continue failing. They don't deserve it. They have extremely easy jobs they are choosing to be absolutely terrible at! They have lives of extreme luxury while you face the consequences of their failure!
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM
And I'd also note that making excuses for these wimps is giving them permission to continue failing. They don't deserve it. They have extremely easy jobs they are choosing to be absolutely terrible at! They have lives of extreme luxury while you face the consequences of their failure!
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The thing is that the Dem response to Trump has ranged from paralysis to open collaboration. They have surrendered at every turn, usually in advance. No one thinks they can just stop him, but they've yet to signal they even want to.
A lot of people are mad at Schumer for saying this. But he's right. Democrats don't control a single branch of government and they can't pass anything. Only Republicans can rein in Trump because they control both chambers of Congress. Democrats have no cards to play here.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The thing is that the Dem response to Trump has ranged from paralysis to open collaboration. They have surrendered at every turn, usually in advance. No one thinks they can just stop him, but they've yet to signal they even want to.
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The MAHA movement has so much blood on its hands
CDC Pares List of Recommended Childhood Vaccines
The changes would bring the U.S. closer to Denmark’s schedule and end recommendations for Covid-19 and flu vaccines, among others.
www.wsj.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The MAHA movement has so much blood on its hands
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations