@irishpoet.bsky.social
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"But Kirk was not just putting on a show. He was a dedicated proponent of a specific political program. He was a champion for an authoritarian politics that backed the repression of opponents and made light of violence against them."
@jamellebouie.net, with a litany of quotes to back it up.
@jamellebouie.net, with a litany of quotes to back it up.
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"But Kirk was not just putting on a show. He was a dedicated proponent of a specific political program. He was a champion for an authoritarian politics that backed the repression of opponents and made light of violence against them."
@jamellebouie.net, with a litany of quotes to back it up.
@jamellebouie.net, with a litany of quotes to back it up.
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Congrats to Stephen Colbert for never bending the knee.
July 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Congrats to Stephen Colbert for never bending the knee.
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Are we great yet?
July 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Are we great yet?
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The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
July 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
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Seriously, they're the worst!
June 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Seriously, they're the worst!
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@padilla.senate.gov: "We’re a co-equal branch of government, our job is oversight and accountability... If there's an opportunity for me to ask a question in-person at a press conference in my home state, that's me doing my job."
June 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
@padilla.senate.gov: "We’re a co-equal branch of government, our job is oversight and accountability... If there's an opportunity for me to ask a question in-person at a press conference in my home state, that's me doing my job."
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Boebert: What we’re seeing in LA is an insurrection
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
June 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Boebert: What we’re seeing in LA is an insurrection
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
June 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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When do we start winning?
May 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
When do we start winning?
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"You can't have science without scientists.”
May 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"You can't have science without scientists.”
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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A complex and confusing scheme whose myriad corrupt dimensions would take, I don’t know, a second-grader to sniff out
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A complex and confusing scheme whose myriad corrupt dimensions would take, I don’t know, a second-grader to sniff out
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
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#JimmyCarter was a very wise man.
I am blessed to have the opportunity to have had a long conversation with him before he left us.
In a sense, I'm happy that he doesn't have to see this happening to our democracy
I am blessed to have the opportunity to have had a long conversation with him before he left us.
In a sense, I'm happy that he doesn't have to see this happening to our democracy
March 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
#JimmyCarter was a very wise man.
I am blessed to have the opportunity to have had a long conversation with him before he left us.
In a sense, I'm happy that he doesn't have to see this happening to our democracy
I am blessed to have the opportunity to have had a long conversation with him before he left us.
In a sense, I'm happy that he doesn't have to see this happening to our democracy
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Roses are red
Witches are cool
Who’s idea was it
To let rich men rule?
Witches are cool
Who’s idea was it
To let rich men rule?
February 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Roses are red
Witches are cool
Who’s idea was it
To let rich men rule?
Witches are cool
Who’s idea was it
To let rich men rule?
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When you look at the diagram, it all comes together. Musk-RAT is trying to cover his tracks to gain unchecked power.
h/t CAP Action
h/t CAP Action
February 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
When you look at the diagram, it all comes together. Musk-RAT is trying to cover his tracks to gain unchecked power.
h/t CAP Action
h/t CAP Action
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize *Mexico* when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of *Mexico* today.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
February 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize *Mexico* when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of *Mexico* today.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.