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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 2d

Bald-faced lie

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 2d

To borrow a phrase 'every word (he says) is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’”

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 2d

From the front in war torn Portland--notice the terror in the eyes of the police officers! The horror!

This is the Big Lie unfolding in real time--one third of the country thinks two of our greatest cities have crumbled into disorder--and its a complete fabrication

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 2d

We are all Oranians now, if that's a word

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 2d

Or the plague, which is why Camus is relavent today

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 2d

So says Hobbes—many have noted that fear is an insufficient means of securing collective action—legitimacy must be secured. Some basis of legitimacy has to exist so that most people go along as if they believe the order of authority has a basis in reason or faith—we are in a legitimization crisis

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 2d

Rarely does photojournalism capture the realities of the front lines in urban warfare so vividly! This has Pulitzer written all over it!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 4d

The Democratic backsliding began with Newt Gingrich in the House violating established norms, Fox News broking journalistic norms to pander to grievance, and the Supreme Court blew up limitations on the wealthy dominating electoral communications, and other structural changes in the 1990s

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder that most of our political rules & institutions are purely extra-constitutional norms, held together by shared beliefs in democracy & a lot of duct tape, & we’re all out of shared norms & have shredded our last rolls of tape.

“Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections”

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 4d

Is this satire? I can’t tell anymore

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 4d

Batman on METV: Egghead, played by Vincent Price, takes over Gotham City and fires everyone competent, and bans the dynamic duo—prophetic?

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall was actually the only one keeping the apes in control. Now there's a power vacuum

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 6d

Also: 'Oh my God!'

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 6d

These people do make me pray--as in 'Oh, for the Love of Christ!'

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 7d

A beautiful person has left us--we were elevated as a species for having her as a member

www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie...

Primatologist and ethologist Jane Goodall has died at age 91

The work carried out in Tanzania by the British researcher revolutionized the way we look at chimpanzees, and consequently, at humans. A pioneer of modern ethology, she became an ambassador for the pr...

www.lemonde.fr

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 9d

Also, more brew pubs than ICE stations--after hitting the cannabis shop, head on into Wayfairer for an IPA--things will be looking better right away

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 10d

He's not even in on the scam this time--like most Fox viewers he believes the hallucinatory depictions of US cities

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 10d

This is where the tariff revenue goes: federal agents chasing people on bicycles for making fun of them

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 10d

bsky.app/profile/davi... The Portland War Zone

David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 10d

Live footage of the Siege of Portland.

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 10d

A silent, inter-faith march near the ICE detention center in Portland, Oregon.

The marchers held flowers. 💐

Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 10d

The horror

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 10d

It looks like a UU/Quaker kind of war zone

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 10d

AP: “On Sunday, federal agents marched along Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River, attracting attention from shoppers and families dining at sidewalk cafes. Many pulled out cameras to record.”

If it weren’t tragic, it would be hilarious

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 13d

Remember the Patriot Act? This is why I was against it

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Old Fitz @citizenfitz.bsky.social · 14d

I smell a plot.

Prison populations have been dropping for a decade

GEO and CoreCivic have unused capacity in their private prisons

If we start putting people in prison for lying to Congress the cells will be full fast

Trump’s entire first administration would be eligible