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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 4m

This is happening because capitalism. There's no way to stop AI slop without first moving off of capitalism.

AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 48m

@democrats.org are the epitome of “controlled opposition”.

Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 10h

Antifa Girlfriends is the name of my new band.

Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 11h

This assessment was true long before 2025. DECADES before. AT LEAST as far back as the rise of Newt Gingrich.

But I’ll take this one and as many more as it takes until the Republican Party fascists and their enablers are banished forever from power.

The Republican Party Has Become Incompatible With Democratic Governance

Let’s begin with a principle that transcends partisan politics: democratic legitimacy derives from the consent of the governed, expressed…

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 13h

Somebody please explain this to me. Explain it to me like I'm 5.

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 22h

This is the way.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 1d

@thunberggreta.bsky.social exposes the stark difference between Leftism and Liberalism.

TL;DR: Liberalism is just mild-mannered right-winger conservatism. Be more like Greta.

The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg

The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gaza’s territoria...

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 1d

@dahlialithwick.bsky.social "The Epstein-Maxwell ordeal must be viewed through a massive reframing of our legal system’s devastating collective failures when it comes to [the victims]: This is not a whodunit so much as a What kind of society are we?"

The National Failure at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Story

It is a great challenge to pay sustained attention to any one of the onslaught of moral or legal indignities unfolding in this moment.

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 1d

When fascism isn't enough, the fascists legalize the violent oppression of thoughtcrime. Supposedly, Orwell's 1984 was "speculative fiction". Turns out, he wasn't nearly cynical enough.

It’s Hard to Overstate How Disturbing This Trump Directive Is

It’s the clearest statement of the president’s intentions that we’ve seen so far.

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans voted for this. Don’t let them off the hook. They are fascists, and are responsible for all of this.

Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 2d

AI must be destroyed. It's too harmful to be allowed to exist. I am skeptical that any amount of regulation will prevent it from wrecking lives.

I Got Laid Off. Job Hunting in the Age of Robots Has Been a Pain.

The robots are no longer satisfied with taking our jobs—they also want to prevent us from getting new ones.

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 2d

SCOTUS happy to use a fake case built upon lies to assert that a therapist's 1st Amendment rights—while being a paid employee!—outweighs a trans or gay person's right to exist.

The Supreme Court’s First Blockbuster Case This Term Looks Pretty Fake

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that seeks to undo a major triumph of the LGBTQ+ movement.

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GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 3d

You must stop thinking the absence of law & due process, cruelty & incarceration will only affect “them.”

Under fascism, everyone is eventually “them.”

All of us.

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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 2d

FIVE grown guys encircling ONE woman and pinning her to the ground as she screams in torture and her clothes are ripped away....
It's called assault, and your uniform doesn't negate that.

Real tough, guys. I hope you all have daughters watching.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

January 6 was basically a training session for upcoming ICE agents.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States

Beachfront home of South Carolina judge, ex-senator burned to ground, injuring 3

Ex-senator Arnold Goodstein, along with two additional people, were rescued by several neighbors and paramedics from a marshy, remote area behind the home after jumping from the fist floor.

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 3d

Whether you like it or not, this is our painful truth in America.

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA fascist violence. This is what Republicans want, encourage, and voted for. Republicans are the enemy.

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Damon Butler @damondaemon.bsky.social · 2d

No forgiveness. Only accountability, consequences, and ridicule.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

JD VANCE: "My mother got the drugs that almost killed her from Mexicans."

REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

The regime keeps losing in court because what they’re doing is illegal

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Saturday blocked President Donald Trump’s call-up of the National Guard for a deployment in Portland, saying Trump’s actions were based on false claims and undermined Oregon’s sovereignty. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Seizure of Oregon National Guard for Portland Deployment