Nate Lassen
@natelassen.bsky.social
Dad. Twin Cities native. Embattled MN sports fan. Technical writer. Art and science enthusiast. Liberal political observer with a consequentialist perspective.
The President's Goons Are Glitching
YouTube video by Leeja Miller
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
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I thought a little history and refresher might be helpful. Maybe you can use some of these points with others.
WHAT IS FASCISM?
Fascism is an ultranationalist, authoritarian political philosophy. It combines elements of nationalism, militarism, economic self-sufficiency, and totalitarianism.
WHAT IS FASCISM?
Fascism is an ultranationalist, authoritarian political philosophy. It combines elements of nationalism, militarism, economic self-sufficiency, and totalitarianism.
Fascism | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Fascism is a far-right authoritarian political philosophy. Learn about the history and principles of fascism and its implementation in Nazi Germany.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I thought a little history and refresher might be helpful. Maybe you can use some of these points with others.
WHAT IS FASCISM?
Fascism is an ultranationalist, authoritarian political philosophy. It combines elements of nationalism, militarism, economic self-sufficiency, and totalitarianism.
WHAT IS FASCISM?
Fascism is an ultranationalist, authoritarian political philosophy. It combines elements of nationalism, militarism, economic self-sufficiency, and totalitarianism.
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We're fired up and ready to GO! Watch this kick off for No Kings Oct 18: www.youtube.com/live/HJewRRf...
No Kings October Mobilization Kickoff Call
YouTube video by No Kings
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We're fired up and ready to GO! Watch this kick off for No Kings Oct 18: www.youtube.com/live/HJewRRf...
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We are America!
I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.
September 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We are America!
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Time zones are incredible; it's different times all around the world. For example, in America, we've gone back to 1934 Germany.
September 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Time zones are incredible; it's different times all around the world. For example, in America, we've gone back to 1934 Germany.
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Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
September 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fuck Walt Disney. Fuck these elite idiot clowns. Bury their shareholder profits. Literally who gives a fuck about streaming shows when we don’t have actual freedom of speech?!!
They want to cancel Jimmy Kimmel and kill free speech?
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
September 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Fuck Walt Disney. Fuck these elite idiot clowns. Bury their shareholder profits. Literally who gives a fuck about streaming shows when we don’t have actual freedom of speech?!!
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I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
August 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
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Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.
May 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.
Total badass.
"I have spent the better part of my career listening to loud men talk tough to disguise their weakness."
We’re stanning Janet Mills for her unwavering commitment to the law and her refusal to capitulate to bullies. ❤️🔥🙌💪
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
www.wmtw.com/article/no-n...
We’re stanning Janet Mills for her unwavering commitment to the law and her refusal to capitulate to bullies. ❤️🔥🙌💪
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
www.wmtw.com/article/no-n...
Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’
Observers of her political rise — and some who have sparred with her — say Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bow to President Trump is right in character.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Total badass.
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Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2
April 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2
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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
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Kind of incredible how much Trumpism really is just a dumber version of Pat Buchanan’s shtick.
April 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Kind of incredible how much Trumpism really is just a dumber version of Pat Buchanan’s shtick.
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After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
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Elections I’m 👀 TOMORROW:
—WI’s Supreme Court
—FL’s specials
—Mayoral race in Omaha
—Mayoral race in Aurora, a Trumpian mayor in an IL city
—County executives in Dane and Winnebago, WI
—WI’s school superintendent
—school boards all around, including far-right candidates
—WI’s voter ID referendum
—WI’s Supreme Court
—FL’s specials
—Mayoral race in Omaha
—Mayoral race in Aurora, a Trumpian mayor in an IL city
—County executives in Dane and Winnebago, WI
—WI’s school superintendent
—school boards all around, including far-right candidates
—WI’s voter ID referendum
March 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Elections I’m 👀 TOMORROW:
—WI’s Supreme Court
—FL’s specials
—Mayoral race in Omaha
—Mayoral race in Aurora, a Trumpian mayor in an IL city
—County executives in Dane and Winnebago, WI
—WI’s school superintendent
—school boards all around, including far-right candidates
—WI’s voter ID referendum
—WI’s Supreme Court
—FL’s specials
—Mayoral race in Omaha
—Mayoral race in Aurora, a Trumpian mayor in an IL city
—County executives in Dane and Winnebago, WI
—WI’s school superintendent
—school boards all around, including far-right candidates
—WI’s voter ID referendum
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merit is back baby
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials
Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
merit is back baby
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Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has said they are pursuing a “wholesale shift on what a terrorist is and how they should be treated in the United States,” a view that would allow the state to conclude it could conduct extrajudicial executions.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/trust-m...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/trust-m...
Trust Me, You Want Due Process
A quick refresher on a principle that everyone should fight to protect.
www.currentaffairs.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has said they are pursuing a “wholesale shift on what a terrorist is and how they should be treated in the United States,” a view that would allow the state to conclude it could conduct extrajudicial executions.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/trust-m...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/trust-m...
Buying one of these.
March 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Buying one of these.
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whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
March 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them
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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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Cases in the Texas measles outbreak are now up to 259, an increase of 36 cases since Tuesday. Total U.S. measles cases are now higher than they were for all of 2024. RFK Jr. continues to spread misinformation about MMR vaccines. This is epidemiology hell.
March 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cases in the Texas measles outbreak are now up to 259, an increase of 36 cases since Tuesday. Total U.S. measles cases are now higher than they were for all of 2024. RFK Jr. continues to spread misinformation about MMR vaccines. This is epidemiology hell.
I just left my voicemails and sent an email. Let’s all do the same.. like, RIGHT NOW! The vote is scheduled for 12:15pm CT!!
All hands on deck!
All hands on deck!
ACTION ALERT: Call @klobuchar.senate.gov NOW to tell her to VOTE NO on Cloture and on the dirty MAGA GOP CR funding bill.
202-224-3244
612-727-5220
Or send an email via democracy.io#!/
She is slated as a YES vote. C’mon, Amy, we need you to fight for US, not King Trusk!
202-224-3244
612-727-5220
Or send an email via democracy.io#!/
She is slated as a YES vote. C’mon, Amy, we need you to fight for US, not King Trusk!
March 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I just left my voicemails and sent an email. Let’s all do the same.. like, RIGHT NOW! The vote is scheduled for 12:15pm CT!!
All hands on deck!
All hands on deck!