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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6m

A good example of Dems not adapting to MAGA war mindset is that they keep telling reporters they can't engage on Trump's military occupations because it's a "trap" to entice them into a losing debate about crime. That concedes too much up front and plays by old rules.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 6h

If you wanted to script a scenario to perfectly vindicate the work of Jean Baudrillard, it would be Trump II.

A simulacra of a president running a simulation of a presidency, based on simulacra of news broadcast by simulations of news media.

Baudrillard is to Trump II what Foucault was to GWB.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 53m

Trump's nonstop threats to arrest Dems are also about sleepwalking us into forgetting that free societies don't allow for arbitrary arrests of political opponents.

As @kristyparker.bsky.social says, we need to keep reminding ourselves that this isn't how it works:

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1h

This is surreal.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

Chicago federal court chief judge says she has not requested National Guard for courthouse

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 8h

Still can't get over they're using straight up unencrypted chats for official communications, let alone the actual content or the mistake

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 14h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 21h

So funny bro is whining about harassment when on my old account I had several accounts that were dedicated to harassing me and other Native people and they never got even a temporary suspension on 97% of the accounts

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 1d

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 9h

Bondi on antifa: “we will get more and more information about the network and how we can root them out and eliminate them from the existence in American society.”

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 18h

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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DakotaVAdams @toxicmicroceleb.bsky.social · 9h

Lol he blocked me

DakotaVAdams @toxicmicroceleb.bsky.social · 11h

Correct.

The Roberts Court is anti-constitutional and quite frankly the 6 Justice majority are seditious conspiracy against the United States. Their rulings amount to criminal vandalism & sabotage of the judicial branch, and the sooner we face that fact, the better.

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Military Unintelligence Expert 🇨🇦 @voltageanddoltage.bsky.social · 2d

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Military Unintelligence Expert 🇨🇦 @voltageanddoltage.bsky.social · 15h

I need a girlfriend (to gather data so I can write better interpersonal relationships for my tabletop games, it's my weakest facet as a writer and I feel like it's hurting my ability to create a more personal dramatic narrative for my PCs)

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DakotaVAdams @toxicmicroceleb.bsky.social · 9h

bsky.app/profile/volt...

A fictional Wikipedia page for a 2027 battle on the National Mall in Washington DC between a Trump loyalist government and an Opposition party Emergency Government with Canadian assistance.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 15h

BEHOLD THE MEGA GLONZO

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Dangit @dangbeetle.bsky.social · 12h

And everybody run for county committee www.repyourblock.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12h

Love this. “NATO for nonprofits.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

'NATO for nonprofits': Groups organize to band together if targeted by Trump

Nonprofit organizations took lessons away from law firms and universities that largely decided to act in isolation after finding themselves in the administration's crosshairs.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 10h

It's pretty wild a large portion of the internet tried to fabricate a scandal surrounding Hasan using a shock collar in the same day that Asmongold was saying that ICE agents should shoot protesters with live ammunition

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DakotaVAdams @toxicmicroceleb.bsky.social · 10h

I believe most of his net worth is in a blind trust, but I generally agree. I would like to see much more aggressive private action, especially as a deterrent against actors who aren't scared of the law.

I'm on the Pritzker boat mainly because I see him as the best current chance at Not Newsom.

DakotaVAdams @toxicmicroceleb.bsky.social · 10h

Broke: We have to build a parallel government system like revolutionary movements of old

Woke: We inherit by default & support the existing legal system when it secedes from the openly criminal High Court

ike, son of mike @i-bresnick.bsky.social · 10h

Its formal opinions have more sway but eventually you get enough "The President is literally above the law" and "but the Fed is different" and "well I mean if the President says John Roberts is dead, we have to defer to executive fact finding" and you start seeing district courts openly defying.

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ike, son of mike @i-bresnick.bsky.social · 10h

Its formal opinions have more sway but eventually you get enough "The President is literally above the law" and "but the Fed is different" and "well I mean if the President says John Roberts is dead, we have to defer to executive fact finding" and you start seeing district courts openly defying.

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DakotaVAdams @toxicmicroceleb.bsky.social · 10h

Is that the post you meant to QT? I'm not quite getting the connection.

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 10h

It's very telling that I made some minor criticisms today of 'the good billionaire in office' and the response was for people to lose their mind at the idea that if he advertised himself as such, he should be spending his money to accomplish his goals.

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 10h

We aren't getting our democracy back without first crushing billionaires' ability to monopolize public discourse. The simplest solution would be to tax billionaires out of existence, but however it's done it simply has to happen.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

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S373N of N1N3 @s373n.bsky.social · 23h

Saw this great tactic to get the word out there by beating social media’s own algorithms….

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