@fauxintellectual14.bsky.social
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No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people.
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
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It’s fun that every generation since the dawn of industrialism has had at least one more panic about what’s warping kids (video games, heavy metal, the Lindy Hop, not working in a coal mine etc) but the most measurably harmful things to emotional and intellectual development are being championed
NEW: A report found that a significant number of kids and teens are using AI companions.
More striking: themes of violence — which can include sexual violence — drove more engagement among young users than any other type of content, according to the report.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
More striking: themes of violence — which can include sexual violence — drove more engagement among young users than any other type of content, according to the report.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It’s fun that every generation since the dawn of industrialism has had at least one more panic about what’s warping kids (video games, heavy metal, the Lindy Hop, not working in a coal mine etc) but the most measurably harmful things to emotional and intellectual development are being championed
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Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
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It’s obviously nowhere the biggest concern but I really hate that a phrase as poetic as “history written in lightning” was used to describe one of the most malignant dishonest and catastrophically reality-influencing works of art ever made.
I watched it in grad school and was SHOOK. If you haven’t watched it, I’m not sure you can appreciate the significance of President Woodrow Wilson loving it so much that he screened it in the White House. The first film to be screened there, of course. It is incandescently racist.
one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It’s obviously nowhere the biggest concern but I really hate that a phrase as poetic as “history written in lightning” was used to describe one of the most malignant dishonest and catastrophically reality-influencing works of art ever made.
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Vought is one of the top three or four enemies of the Constitution & American democracy. His removal from power is one of the highest priorities for any project of checking the dictatorship's lawless wielding of the vast powers of the state
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Vought is one of the top three or four enemies of the Constitution & American democracy. His removal from power is one of the highest priorities for any project of checking the dictatorship's lawless wielding of the vast powers of the state
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I long ago discovered that anything written about sex work by non-sex workers is worse than garbage and may be safely disregarded. this article is a perfect example
The link between sexual repression and militarism is becoming clearer by the day.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Scott Galloway: OnlyFans is the billion-dollar symptom of a loneliness pandemic
The most unstable, violent societies have one thing in common: lonely young men. We are producing millions of them, writes Scott Galloway
www.standard.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I long ago discovered that anything written about sex work by non-sex workers is worse than garbage and may be safely disregarded. this article is a perfect example
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President rapist. Cabinet full of rapists. A rapist and an abuser on the Supreme Court. Pro-rape policies.
The Republican Party is objectively pro-rape.
The Republican Party is objectively pro-rape.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
President rapist. Cabinet full of rapists. A rapist and an abuser on the Supreme Court. Pro-rape policies.
The Republican Party is objectively pro-rape.
The Republican Party is objectively pro-rape.
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Is there a weirder thing than this show, run by a wannabe auteur who is just the Boondock Saints guy with a better rental history that has somehow become a career launchpad for some major young and older talent, and also stars Sydney Sweeney
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Is there a weirder thing than this show, run by a wannabe auteur who is just the Boondock Saints guy with a better rental history that has somehow become a career launchpad for some major young and older talent, and also stars Sydney Sweeney
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Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.
One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies age 111
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, has died. She was 111.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.
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One of his bdays I said on Twitter how heartening it was that the greatest living American artist was also a household name. I think at this point he’s eclipsed Ford as the best US director
A top 5 that’ll change by this afternoon
Taxi Driver
Silence
Casino
Bringing Out the Dead
Age of Innocence
A top 5 that’ll change by this afternoon
Taxi Driver
Silence
Casino
Bringing Out the Dead
Age of Innocence
It’s the GOAT’s birthday
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. The King of Comedy
5. The Irishman
a man wearing glasses and a black suit is talking
Alt: Scorsese pointing at himself with a twinkle in his eye
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
One of his bdays I said on Twitter how heartening it was that the greatest living American artist was also a household name. I think at this point he’s eclipsed Ford as the best US director
A top 5 that’ll change by this afternoon
Taxi Driver
Silence
Casino
Bringing Out the Dead
Age of Innocence
A top 5 that’ll change by this afternoon
Taxi Driver
Silence
Casino
Bringing Out the Dead
Age of Innocence
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Because nearly every last person who did so went crawling back to Trump it’s easy to forget, but Trump 1.0’s colossal unpopularity was full of the most rancid right wing figures attempting to pivot into reform narratives, such as this fucking cursed moment burned into my brain like a dead pixel
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Because nearly every last person who did so went crawling back to Trump it’s easy to forget, but Trump 1.0’s colossal unpopularity was full of the most rancid right wing figures attempting to pivot into reform narratives, such as this fucking cursed moment burned into my brain like a dead pixel
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everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
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Wait uh if you watch through to the end of the clip THEY TRIED TO BUY TACOS FROM A SHOP WHERE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY KIDNAPPED A WORKER, WHO IS STILL DETAINED
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Wait uh if you watch through to the end of the clip THEY TRIED TO BUY TACOS FROM A SHOP WHERE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY KIDNAPPED A WORKER, WHO IS STILL DETAINED
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Maybe the tent system is the problem? Let’s try something more structurally sound than a tent, it might work out
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Maybe the tent system is the problem? Let’s try something more structurally sound than a tent, it might work out
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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An entire nation hinges on a generation quickly succumbing to old age.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
An entire nation hinges on a generation quickly succumbing to old age.
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
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“the old dream of making the world into a place awful enough to justify American conservatism, never had a better champion” is the perfect epitaph for this monster and the literal and moral death he left in his wake
This is the greatest last sentence ever written in an obituary. defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a ...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“the old dream of making the world into a place awful enough to justify American conservatism, never had a better champion” is the perfect epitaph for this monster and the literal and moral death he left in his wake
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This is guaranteed to happen. And they will post a "TRUMP SAVED YOUR SNAP BENEFITS" message when you log on to the site.
Mark this down:
On Monday, Trump will announce that he "saved" the SNAP program and people will get their food stamps for November. Republicans will claim that Democrats wanted people to starve but Trump made sure it didn't happen. The media will go along with them.
On Monday, Trump will announce that he "saved" the SNAP program and people will get their food stamps for November. Republicans will claim that Democrats wanted people to starve but Trump made sure it didn't happen. The media will go along with them.
October 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is guaranteed to happen. And they will post a "TRUMP SAVED YOUR SNAP BENEFITS" message when you log on to the site.
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He's not sacrificing an entire group of people for political reasons because he feels pressured. He is very securely the governor of the biggest state in the country. We can assume he says and does hateful things because he's hateful.
gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
He's not sacrificing an entire group of people for political reasons because he feels pressured. He is very securely the governor of the biggest state in the country. We can assume he says and does hateful things because he's hateful.
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reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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This should be an Iran-Contra level scandal and I don’t even know if it will make the front page in this news environment
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This should be an Iran-Contra level scandal and I don’t even know if it will make the front page in this news environment
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The diarrhea vid is truly deranged but I do think it’s even more insane for Vance to suck up to daddy with the king video the same day a British royal had to surrender his titles over his own deep Epstein ties. Fucking moron lmao
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The diarrhea vid is truly deranged but I do think it’s even more insane for Vance to suck up to daddy with the king video the same day a British royal had to surrender his titles over his own deep Epstein ties. Fucking moron lmao