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Circumspect mixologist That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. Aldous Huxley Fuck ICE and punch Nazis, always, everywhere

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · Nov 15

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 3m

Always.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 5h

And to think it only took teetering on the precipice of martial law to do it.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 7h

"Meine Ehre heißt Treue" (My Honor is Loyalty): phrase was adopted by the Nazi SS and became its official motto, inscribed on their belt buckles, reflecting the intense loyalty expected within the organization.

They'll probably have it inscribed on cowboy hats instead belt buckles down in Texas.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 7h

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 14h

They're chomping at the bit, they want to shoot people, they want to kill. What else do we expect from a bunch of Call of Duty freaks who get to cosplay soldier.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 15h

These hearings are basically useless, people coming in with their PR talking point bullshit. I wish the senators had a switch to kill the mic of the person before them when they refuse to answer the question and start grandstanding.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 16h

I didn't mean to suggest they acted alone, rather that as a nation who once helped change the course of a world war, who today would serve that role for the US, now apparently aligning itself with Russia rather than Nato. It's a void and shift in alliance I was not expecting to contemplate in 2025.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 16h

I hope we would still have some left. It's just been such an amazingly fast slide downward from the perception, not always justified, of the US as being on the 'good side'.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 16h

Regardless of why we entereed, willingly or not, US involvement changed the course of the war. My point was who saves the US from ourselves?

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 17h

This is a great precedent. IF there are mid terms and IF democrats win seats the fascists can simply refuse to allow them to serve.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 17h

True, but remember who ultimately ended the Third Reich? The US. Who will come to our rescue when we become the Nazis?

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 17h

Haven't been for a long time. Why even have the talking head if he's just gonna sit there blankly. They should just let Miller spew his Nazi playbook unquestioned like a good little State News bureau.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 18h

Hatd to have checks and balances when right wing fascists control all branches of government.

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 5d

The killer, 17-year-old Vincent Battiloro, hopped on a 22-minute talk about the events!

Horrific. The weapon was a vehicle, not a gun, but Battiloro was yet another terminally online young white man, a fan of MAGA, Trump, Vance, Kirk, & Tate, based on his social media.

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Teen suspect’s eerie remarks about hit-and-run deaths of NJ girls in disturbing livestream: ‘More to the story’

The teen driver charged with intentionally mowing down two 17-year-old girls in New Jersey recorded a chilling livestream about the horrific crash a day before his arrest – claiming the whole story…

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Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · 5d

You need to know about NSPM-7: Trump’s new blueprint to police “pre-crime”

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 20h

They're coming for everyone eventually. Get your Miller, Hegseth and Patel jokes in while you can.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 22h

The Florida Fascists ripped out a rainbow crosswalk in Miami because color frightens their miserable black hearted souls.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Trump canceled $7.5 billion in state grants, apparently motivated largely by whether the state where they recipients are located voted for him and the position taken by that state's senators on the government shutdown.

Vindictive fascists. What a country.

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Just say no to the Nazi Car.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Acting like the true abusers they are. "Its your fault. I didn't want to do it, you made me hit you"

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's team "are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns.... [creating] the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely." -- Barbara Walter ("How Civil Wars Start") via @tombedsall.bsky.social

Carl Hoffman @carlhoffman.bsky.social · 1d

“...you will live in exile, because the power of law enforcement under President Trump’s leadership will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and if you have broken the law, to take away your freedom.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

www.nytimes.com

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

I dont want to be right about this but that is absolutely what will happen. If they can't "legally illegally" rig elections through gerrymandering & other voter suppression tactics they will use fear, violence & outright elimination of voting as we've known it to maintain a Republican dictatorship

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Because all those people have been replaced by Bari Weiss.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the words never to be uttered in the same sentence as Hegseth, nuance is at the top of the list.

velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

A spoon.

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