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As the fight for democracy goes inward and autocracies gloat, the number of those of us who still demand democracy promotion abroad continues to dwindle… To one. To the last neoconservative.

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Last Neocon @deejaymcg.bsky.social · Nov 21

There are still folks who get that fighting autocracy abroad is a vital part of fighting for democracy at home. Most are younger than I and have their own labels. Others have dropped the one that I adopted in college. But I refuse to give it up. So I am the last neoconservative.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

Trump is much weaker than he looks. He's always been a bloated, sloppy, low-IQ flaccid failure. Now he’s a bloated, sloppy, low-IQ flaccid failure desperately trying to distract from all that by attacking US cities with our military and sending his Justice Dept after political opponents.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h

Dizzying how some of the biggest doofuses who skulked around the most feverish, fetid corners of the internet now whisper in the ears of the people who run the government.

Ten years ago, Posobiec was an Infowars clown who was throwing out 1488s and parenthesizing Jews on Twitter.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18h

Antisemitic, pro-Putin, in league with white nationalists, promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory - and now being platformed by the president of the United States

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Hansel Krankepantzen @krankepantzen.bsky.social · 14h

I watched one of those person-in-the-street videos from Russia and it really brought home the close connection between right wing political rhetoric in Russia and the USA. Many of those interviewed professed to think Mr. Putin and Russia, working closely with Lord Dampnut, were fighting "fascism."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14h

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 15h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 14h

Geopolitics as told by a dim toddler.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I spoke to Bibi Netanyahu just a little while ago. He called, he said, 'I can't believe it. Everybody is liking me now,' meaning him. I said, 'more importantly they are loving Israel again.'"

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Andrew K. Gardner @akgardner.com · 14h

This is one of those things where, if you said after the first (couple) strikes on Venezuelan boats that they were laying the groundwork for killing people on US soil, you sound crazy. Hysterical.

And then.... When it actually does happen on US soil, it's nearly normalized.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14h

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Last Neocon @deejaymcg.bsky.social · 14h

Yet another bruh-skie

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 14h

The Israel-Hamas deal was possible any time in the past year or more. Trump is personally sick of Netanyahu and chose to apply the screws now. That’s all it is.

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Last Neocon @deejaymcg.bsky.social · 14h

Cops are great.
Right, @gregdoucette.bsky.social?

www.koin.com/news/portlan...

www.koin.com

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 15h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16h

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 17h

www.huffpost.com/entry/noem-j...

Jan. 6 Insurrectionist Travels In Kristi Noem’s Portland Motorcade

The Oregon GOP political operative was pardoned by Trump on his first day back in office. On Tuesday, he was part of Noem’s entourage.

www.huffpost.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth is furiously screaming "I SAID NO FATTIES!"

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Motorhead @bradmunchen.bsky.social · 1d

"Putin couldn't do a better job" of attacking America.

How do we know this isn't Putin's doing?

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 1d

Really glad none of the people calling American cities “war zones” were with us in Afghanistan. Would’ve become tiresome constantly hosing them down after they soiled themselves.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

lol. Snowflake alert👇👇

m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 2d

Zach Bryan wrote an anti ICE song. officially declaring Woke 2 in full effect.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

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Last Neocon @deejaymcg.bsky.social · 23h

But deportation is important! We're already on the cusp of benefitting from a

**checks notes*

...a food shortage

standingathwartyellingstop.substack.com/p/labor-shor...

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

This is the part that kills me. Rs literally did this *mere weeks ago* and it was barely a one-day story, already forgotten to the mists of time

Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 1d

Every time a GOP Senator blames the shutdown on Democrats, a reporter should ask why they don’t just eliminate the filibuster for budget bills, like they just did for block confirmations.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Last Neocon @deejaymcg.bsky.social · 23h

Meanwhile, the fruits of Trump's tyrannical labors are coming into view...a food shortage. standingathwartyellingstop.substack.com/p/labor-shor...

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pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · 1d

Together we fight back and resist! Ordinary people doing something big corporations are afraid to do!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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