Joe Bandy
@joebandy.bsky.social
Dad, leftist, cinephile and some other stuff. Here for the vibes and solidarity. Opinions my own.
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Stop fucking posting on X, the white nationalist site for white nationalists.
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
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Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Stop fucking posting on X, the white nationalist site for white nationalists.
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American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.
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"You deserve to die if you disagree with us" is their position. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
"You deserve to die if you disagree with us" is their position. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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I can guarantee all the MAGAs shamelessly dehumanizing the woman ICE murdered by saying "she should have listened" have an entire social media history defending Ashlee Babbit for refusing to listen to a police officer as she violently stormed the Capitol to commit insurrection. Disgusting hypocrisy.
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I can guarantee all the MAGAs shamelessly dehumanizing the woman ICE murdered by saying "she should have listened" have an entire social media history defending Ashlee Babbit for refusing to listen to a police officer as she violently stormed the Capitol to commit insurrection. Disgusting hypocrisy.
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
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love to be a libertarian whose response to the summary execution of an american citizen is “you shouldn’t say bad words”
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
love to be a libertarian whose response to the summary execution of an american citizen is “you shouldn’t say bad words”
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The thing I always come back to is how many people never despaired against longer odds, and how arrogant it would be to put myself above them.
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The thing I always come back to is how many people never despaired against longer odds, and how arrogant it would be to put myself above them.
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The person shot in Minneapolis was driving a Honda SUV covered in bumper stickers. She wasn't a fucking domestic terrorist. She was a resident concerned about her neighbors being kidnapped.
January 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The person shot in Minneapolis was driving a Honda SUV covered in bumper stickers. She wasn't a fucking domestic terrorist. She was a resident concerned about her neighbors being kidnapped.
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As always, the best time for you to stop using Twitter/X was yesterday. But today is also a good day for you to stop using Twitter/X.
January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
As always, the best time for you to stop using Twitter/X was yesterday. But today is also a good day for you to stop using Twitter/X.
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A tribute to how fucking stupid Bari Weiss is that her iteration of the CBS evening news instantly became a laughably partisan joke, when the obvious better strategy was to play it straight for at least a few months and keep it as a legit-looking sleeper cell to activate before the election.
January 7, 2026 at 4:36 AM
A tribute to how fucking stupid Bari Weiss is that her iteration of the CBS evening news instantly became a laughably partisan joke, when the obvious better strategy was to play it straight for at least a few months and keep it as a legit-looking sleeper cell to activate before the election.
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If you’re not willing to draw the line on your participation in a platform at “it helps create sexualized images of minors against their will” then I’m not sure you have a line or that it’s particularly meaningful.
Many such cases but might as well acknowledge it.
Many such cases but might as well acknowledge it.
January 7, 2026 at 10:41 AM
If you’re not willing to draw the line on your participation in a platform at “it helps create sexualized images of minors against their will” then I’m not sure you have a line or that it’s particularly meaningful.
Many such cases but might as well acknowledge it.
Many such cases but might as well acknowledge it.
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It is properly moral degeneracy that our political elites spend all day soaking their brains in the Literal Nazi Sex Crimes Factory, which is still the predominant communications outlet for Dem politicians.
I don't have a political strategy lecture about that. It's just viscerally disgusting.
I don't have a political strategy lecture about that. It's just viscerally disgusting.
January 7, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It is properly moral degeneracy that our political elites spend all day soaking their brains in the Literal Nazi Sex Crimes Factory, which is still the predominant communications outlet for Dem politicians.
I don't have a political strategy lecture about that. It's just viscerally disgusting.
I don't have a political strategy lecture about that. It's just viscerally disgusting.
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miller's feelings of inadequacy are the only well-grounded beliefs he has
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
miller's feelings of inadequacy are the only well-grounded beliefs he has
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ProPublica reviewed months of Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos from Portland protests. The found that Fox repeatedly aired 2020 footage and labeled it 2025. Trump watched, announced the National Guard was coming, and said the city looked like "World War II."
January 6, 2026 at 11:09 AM
ProPublica reviewed months of Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos from Portland protests. The found that Fox repeatedly aired 2020 footage and labeled it 2025. Trump watched, announced the National Guard was coming, and said the city looked like "World War II."
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means
This isn't about democratizing the news. It's about elevating "vibes" and "feelings" to be on par with lived experience and subject-matter expertise.
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means
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Harold Washington Library alongside foggy skies.
December 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Harold Washington Library alongside foggy skies.
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I love when people complain that Avatar isn't more like the worst things that have happened to movies in the last 20 years.
The huge box office is what makes it such a paradox. Everyone sees them, and then what? No “May the Force be with you,” no Quidditch, no MCU-like fan theorizing. Compared to the other franchises of its scale, it has weirdly little hold over the popular imagination. I repeat: “Jake Sully.”
December 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I love when people complain that Avatar isn't more like the worst things that have happened to movies in the last 20 years.
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DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
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December 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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the broad inability to leave a social media platform owned by a white supremacist and prolific manipulator of public perception really is one of the most discouraging data points right now
December 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
the broad inability to leave a social media platform owned by a white supremacist and prolific manipulator of public perception really is one of the most discouraging data points right now