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…which is both unconstitutional and obviously fascistic.
March 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
…which is both unconstitutional and obviously fascistic.
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Ronan Farrow’s deep dive on Elon Musk is required reading. Incredibly revealing and consequential reporting. But I keep coming back to this. RW folk fear-monger about the state, put placing administrative power in the hands of individuals is markedly worse.
August 21, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Ronan Farrow’s deep dive on Elon Musk is required reading. Incredibly revealing and consequential reporting. But I keep coming back to this. RW folk fear-monger about the state, put placing administrative power in the hands of individuals is markedly worse.
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"The abuse of the word 'antisemitism' is meant to generate a sense of plausibility, confuse opposition, and create more space for the actual phenomenon of antisemitism. And this misdirection is an integral part of the effort to replace a constitutional order with an authoritarian one."
Fascism places emotion over reason. Words become just tools to achieve the vision of the Leader. In our post-truth world, this takes the special form of the inversion of meaning: fascists call other people "fascists" and antisemites call other people "antisemites"
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
"Antisemitism" and Antisemitism
The abuse of the word and the spread of the phenomenon
snyder.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"The abuse of the word 'antisemitism' is meant to generate a sense of plausibility, confuse opposition, and create more space for the actual phenomenon of antisemitism. And this misdirection is an integral part of the effort to replace a constitutional order with an authoritarian one."
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Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.
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The tide is shifting. Republicans are beginning to recognize that the attacks on trans people need to stop.
They do nothing but demean people & distract from the work government should be focused on—improving the lives of all who call this country home.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They do nothing but demean people & distract from the work government should be focused on—improving the lives of all who call this country home.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in Montana
One bill would remove trans children from their parents, and the other would ban drag shows and Pride marches
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The tide is shifting. Republicans are beginning to recognize that the attacks on trans people need to stop.
They do nothing but demean people & distract from the work government should be focused on—improving the lives of all who call this country home.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They do nothing but demean people & distract from the work government should be focused on—improving the lives of all who call this country home.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...
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“.. In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. .. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four?”
- “1984”
www.barrons.com/articles/soc...
- “1984”
www.barrons.com/articles/soc...
March 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“.. In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. .. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four?”
- “1984”
www.barrons.com/articles/soc...
- “1984”
www.barrons.com/articles/soc...
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Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid
March 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid
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80,000.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to reduce its work force by more than 80,000 people, according to a memo seen by The New York Times outlining part of President Trump’s escalating efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees (Gift Article)
The job reductions would be a major escalation of the downsizing that has already occurred at the department, which provides health care and many other services to veterans.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
80,000.
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Trump thanked John Roberts on his way out of the state of the union because he sees John Roberts more clearly than Roberts sees himself www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump thanked John Roberts on his way out of the state of the union because he sees John Roberts more clearly than Roberts sees himself www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Are you fucking kidding me? He was the bravest of all. And if you censure him when you failed to censor literal Nazis, I am done.
Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.
March 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Are you fucking kidding me? He was the bravest of all. And if you censure him when you failed to censor literal Nazis, I am done.
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I have to be honest: it is really really bothering me how people are blaming Arab and Muslim Americans for not endorsing the genocide of their friends and family with their votes and not considering how it is we have a system where defeating fascism requires supporting genocide.
March 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I have to be honest: it is really really bothering me how people are blaming Arab and Muslim Americans for not endorsing the genocide of their friends and family with their votes and not considering how it is we have a system where defeating fascism requires supporting genocide.
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ALL of the Republicans are standing up and cheering for DOGE, Elon Musk, and Trump’s “policies.”
Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.
Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
ALL of the Republicans are standing up and cheering for DOGE, Elon Musk, and Trump’s “policies.”
Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.
Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.
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This is sized to fit on a 2x4" label. Print up a sheet, stick 'em around town. (Don't be a jerk though.)
March 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is sized to fit on a 2x4" label. Print up a sheet, stick 'em around town. (Don't be a jerk though.)
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1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.
Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
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Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies
The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.
Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Not being able to differentiate between a feeling you have inside and a person DOING something to you is a long-standing, often ignored, addressable problem. How much could change if it wasn’t typical to experience new information as a hostile confrontation when it makes you uncomfortable?
March 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Not being able to differentiate between a feeling you have inside and a person DOING something to you is a long-standing, often ignored, addressable problem. How much could change if it wasn’t typical to experience new information as a hostile confrontation when it makes you uncomfortable?
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Call it by its name: Trumpcession
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Call it by its name: Trumpcession
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A really clarifying question that I think should be asked of basically every politician out there is "what do you imagine power to be and why do you want it?"
March 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A really clarifying question that I think should be asked of basically every politician out there is "what do you imagine power to be and why do you want it?"
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He is incompetent
"Just a big mess": Musk's team claims credit for saving $53.7 million for "canceling" a federal contract that in fact was just for $144,000 and was actually completed 20 years ago. @Fahrenthold.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social @jsvine.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead
Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
He is incompetent
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bathroom bills were considered a hugely bigoted overreach a decade ago and the backsliding on trans rights is the result of a sustained propaganda campaign by elites
the pendulum can swing back the other way if you try, and anyone who is not willing to do so is showcasing their own bigotry
the pendulum can swing back the other way if you try, and anyone who is not willing to do so is showcasing their own bigotry
the thing about “democrats should take popular cultural positions” is that what constitutes popular is a function of an interaction between the public and elites. if a faction of elites start screaming about a vulnerable minority and another faction says they have a point, this shapes the public.
In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
March 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
bathroom bills were considered a hugely bigoted overreach a decade ago and the backsliding on trans rights is the result of a sustained propaganda campaign by elites
the pendulum can swing back the other way if you try, and anyone who is not willing to do so is showcasing their own bigotry
the pendulum can swing back the other way if you try, and anyone who is not willing to do so is showcasing their own bigotry
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This is so out of touch you kinda have to laugh. "Move away from the dominance of small dollar donors"? Yeah, small dollar donors are the problem. Harris started on a rocket ship of small dollar enthusiasm. Her campaign fell apart when she started listening to these clowns
www.politico.com/playbook
www.politico.com/playbook
March 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is so out of touch you kinda have to laugh. "Move away from the dominance of small dollar donors"? Yeah, small dollar donors are the problem. Harris started on a rocket ship of small dollar enthusiasm. Her campaign fell apart when she started listening to these clowns
www.politico.com/playbook
www.politico.com/playbook