driftglass
@driftglass.bsky.social
The internet's grim conscience. OG blogger. Blue Blaze Irregular. Coiner of the phrase #DumpsterFire. Also podcast w/ Blue Gal -- @ProLeftPodcast -- https://professionalleft.blogspot.com/
I AM the motherf*cking shore patrol!
I AM the motherf*cking shore patrol!
The Mommy Party needs to put the Daddy Party out of its misery.
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The Mommy Party needs to put the Daddy Party out of its misery.
They cancel Liberal writers (who've been right about the Right all along) while promoting recently-former Republicans (who built the monster machine that created Trump) because the legacy media and the Rick Wilsons of the world have a shared common interest in never talking about the Before Time.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
They cancel Liberal writers (who've been right about the Right all along) while promoting recently-former Republicans (who built the monster machine that created Trump) because the legacy media and the Rick Wilsons of the world have a shared common interest in never talking about the Before Time.
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Certain journalists e.g. at Zeteo?
Plus "real Muricans" i.e. low info voters? But they're not really numb to things T does. They don't know what he did.
Bc most media are Right Wing & only tell ppl pretty lies about T & ugly lies about Dems--but no real news.
upine.medium.com/the-vast-rea...
Plus "real Muricans" i.e. low info voters? But they're not really numb to things T does. They don't know what he did.
Bc most media are Right Wing & only tell ppl pretty lies about T & ugly lies about Dems--but no real news.
upine.medium.com/the-vast-rea...
The Vast Reach of Right Wing Disinformation
In one of my previous essays, I explained how very much in denial most Americans are about the extent to which our nation is immersed in…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Certain journalists e.g. at Zeteo?
Plus "real Muricans" i.e. low info voters? But they're not really numb to things T does. They don't know what he did.
Bc most media are Right Wing & only tell ppl pretty lies about T & ugly lies about Dems--but no real news.
upine.medium.com/the-vast-rea...
Plus "real Muricans" i.e. low info voters? But they're not really numb to things T does. They don't know what he did.
Bc most media are Right Wing & only tell ppl pretty lies about T & ugly lies about Dems--but no real news.
upine.medium.com/the-vast-rea...
"We"?
Who the fuck is "we"?
Who the fuck is "we"?
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"We"?
Who the fuck is "we"?
Who the fuck is "we"?
...they need to conjure some alternate, imaginary factor(s) that make their sociological equation = their preconceived opinions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
...they need to conjure some alternate, imaginary factor(s) that make their sociological equation = their preconceived opinions.
Much of American punditocracy is built on this kind of backward reasoning. Since they refuse to accept the obvious -- that the GOP has been on a fascist trajectory for decades, fueled by Conservative media pushing Limbaugh-brand propaganda and the GOP adopting Gingrich-style politics -- ...
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Much of American punditocracy is built on this kind of backward reasoning. Since they refuse to accept the obvious -- that the GOP has been on a fascist trajectory for decades, fueled by Conservative media pushing Limbaugh-brand propaganda and the GOP adopting Gingrich-style politics -- ...
It's from 2017. I wouldn't expect anyone to remember. :-)
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's from 2017. I wouldn't expect anyone to remember. :-)
Paging Judge Roy Bean.
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Paging Judge Roy Bean.
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I fully admit that a certain amount of my media criticism is vibe based (this is mostly a humor account and humor tends to be vibe-based). But when you see a statistic like this...well it's pretty clear that my central criticism of establishment media is correct.
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I fully admit that a certain amount of my media criticism is vibe based (this is mostly a humor account and humor tends to be vibe-based). But when you see a statistic like this...well it's pretty clear that my central criticism of establishment media is correct.
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NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
