@mrdoublev.bsky.social
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well, for one, Trumpism is enabled by oligarchic tech capital that hates its workers.
Twitter becoming a propaganda outlet is in large part a story of an individual capitalist running roughshod over a professionalized workforce whose bargaining power big tech resented
Twitter becoming a propaganda outlet is in large part a story of an individual capitalist running roughshod over a professionalized workforce whose bargaining power big tech resented
right now there are armed soldiers on my streets and it has literally nothing to do with worker's rights
please tell me how stronger labor unions are going to protect trans kids lol
please tell me how stronger labor unions are going to protect trans kids lol
my sibling in the light of allah YOU ARE A WORKER
do you go home between shifts? worker rights!
are you guaranteed a wage? worker rights!
are there guardrails and safety equipment? worker rights!
are children worked to death in mines and factories? worker rights!
capital wants to undo all that
do you go home between shifts? worker rights!
are you guaranteed a wage? worker rights!
are there guardrails and safety equipment? worker rights!
are children worked to death in mines and factories? worker rights!
capital wants to undo all that
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
well, for one, Trumpism is enabled by oligarchic tech capital that hates its workers.
Twitter becoming a propaganda outlet is in large part a story of an individual capitalist running roughshod over a professionalized workforce whose bargaining power big tech resented
Twitter becoming a propaganda outlet is in large part a story of an individual capitalist running roughshod over a professionalized workforce whose bargaining power big tech resented
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Specifically, lawyers who look at the plain meaning of laws and constitution as something to be gamed if they are clever enough, like looking for the loophole to help their rich client beat the murder charge.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
There is a history book to be written about the role of Harvard Law and Yale Law in the creation of this authoritarian moment in America.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear
Trump’s former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Specifically, lawyers who look at the plain meaning of laws and constitution as something to be gamed if they are clever enough, like looking for the loophole to help their rich client beat the murder charge.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
Dershowitz would sell out the constitution for a dozen pierogis.
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These people imagine a world where center-left parties, be they liberal, social-democratic, or some combination of the two, never lose. They just need to Decide to Win (TM)!
Which shows, among other things, they’re unappreciative of both democracy and contingency.
Which shows, among other things, they’re unappreciative of both democracy and contingency.
this is the post that drove me insane and has me considering tossing myself out the nearest window
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
These people imagine a world where center-left parties, be they liberal, social-democratic, or some combination of the two, never lose. They just need to Decide to Win (TM)!
Which shows, among other things, they’re unappreciative of both democracy and contingency.
Which shows, among other things, they’re unappreciative of both democracy and contingency.
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No single thesis has ever been so vindicated as 'they like Trump and want him to win'
About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
No single thesis has ever been so vindicated as 'they like Trump and want him to win'
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ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
This is true, but also an important thing to remember with supervillains is that they’re incredibly arrogant and loose all the time because of it.
recurring gripe of mine: stop talking about these people like they’re fucking supervillains, Palmer Luckey is grifter bullshit artist who is going to steal a lot of public money in exchange for buggy vaporware, he’s not Lex Luthor. they get off when breathlessl hyperventilating about them like this.
The Merchant of Death, billionaire Palmer Luckey, rebranded the DOD the Department of War.
Peter Thiel/Palantir gave his company, Andruil, a billion dollars in January.
This is Palmer “I love killer robots” Luckey.
Origin story on rename below, as well as him hanging out with the worst people.
Peter Thiel/Palantir gave his company, Andruil, a billion dollars in January.
This is Palmer “I love killer robots” Luckey.
Origin story on rename below, as well as him hanging out with the worst people.
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is true, but also an important thing to remember with supervillains is that they’re incredibly arrogant and loose all the time because of it.
The failure of the profession to properly recon with Iraq and its decades of neurosis about appearing too liberal made it incredibly easy pickings for a right wing media guy like Trump to bring out their inner Vichy.
yeah this is on the level of the iraq war casus belli coverage
The difference bet the way the press handled Biden’s vs Trump’s health issues, as well as the standard to which they hold his conduct is one of the greatest scandals in the history of journalism.
Their conduct, and the knowledge they’ve done tremendous damage to their profession, should shame them.
Their conduct, and the knowledge they’ve done tremendous damage to their profession, should shame them.
October 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The failure of the profession to properly recon with Iraq and its decades of neurosis about appearing too liberal made it incredibly easy pickings for a right wing media guy like Trump to bring out their inner Vichy.
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It’s like a warrior culture chafing against ceding the battlefield to the common soldiery, ironically enough.
September 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It’s like a warrior culture chafing against ceding the battlefield to the common soldiery, ironically enough.
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Happy 3²/4²/5² Day to all.
September 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Happy 3²/4²/5² Day to all.
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somehow don't think the state funeral happens now
September 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
somehow don't think the state funeral happens now
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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The elite centrist crowd wants Trump to do their dirty work; they don't want to be dirtied themselves. They want to be able to dispose of him once he's provided the healthful corrective they've diagnosed as both necessary & overdue.
August 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The elite centrist crowd wants Trump to do their dirty work; they don't want to be dirtied themselves. They want to be able to dispose of him once he's provided the healthful corrective they've diagnosed as both necessary & overdue.
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i think that this is a particularly narcissistic type of doom, insofar as he was one of the major figures behind the Biden administration and everything he recommended conclusively failed
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
i think that this is a particularly narcissistic type of doom, insofar as he was one of the major figures behind the Biden administration and everything he recommended conclusively failed
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Good morning this is all I have to contribute to the discourse
August 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Good morning this is all I have to contribute to the discourse
Polling like this points to a lot of incumbents getting decimated unless they distinguish themselves from the bad vibes of leadership.
The voters aren’t aware that being tough with “the groups” is supposed to show big and bad they are.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective.”
apnews.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Polling like this points to a lot of incumbents getting decimated unless they distinguish themselves from the bad vibes of leadership.
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they don't want pussy. they want to endlessly critique pussy
August 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
they don't want pussy. they want to endlessly critique pussy
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During our midnight screening of Batman Begins, when Gordon flipped over the card that said Joker, a guy dressed in a Bat suit rose to his feet, cheering. The guy in front of him said “that’s it,” turned around, and punched him in the face.
Got me thinking.. What's the strongest reaction you've seen an audience member have to a scene in a cinema?
During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
Someone in my audience had a very audible negative reaction to the dog scene in TOGETHER. So that was fun!
August 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
During our midnight screening of Batman Begins, when Gordon flipped over the card that said Joker, a guy dressed in a Bat suit rose to his feet, cheering. The guy in front of him said “that’s it,” turned around, and punched him in the face.
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revolutionary war update
July 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
revolutionary war update
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My next door neighbor is super drunk and is standing in the middle of the street holding fireworks and letting them off.
There are no children. The street is otherwise dead
He is doing this for himself
There are no children. The street is otherwise dead
He is doing this for himself
July 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My next door neighbor is super drunk and is standing in the middle of the street holding fireworks and letting them off.
There are no children. The street is otherwise dead
He is doing this for himself
There are no children. The street is otherwise dead
He is doing this for himself
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I just don't get this logic:
•harm reducing politician makes bad choices -> they lose -> "you're harmed? candidate should have earned my vote"
• harm increasing politician harms people -> "I hope this makes them lose" -> "wtf you sociopath how dare you"
•harm reducing politician makes bad choices -> they lose -> "you're harmed? candidate should have earned my vote"
• harm increasing politician harms people -> "I hope this makes them lose" -> "wtf you sociopath how dare you"
July 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I just don't get this logic:
•harm reducing politician makes bad choices -> they lose -> "you're harmed? candidate should have earned my vote"
• harm increasing politician harms people -> "I hope this makes them lose" -> "wtf you sociopath how dare you"
•harm reducing politician makes bad choices -> they lose -> "you're harmed? candidate should have earned my vote"
• harm increasing politician harms people -> "I hope this makes them lose" -> "wtf you sociopath how dare you"
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bold of them to directly attack their base like this
Scalise: "The 35-year-old who's sitting in his mom's basement playing video games is gonna have to go get a job again."
July 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
bold of them to directly attack their base like this