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catz @whenwearebothcats.bsky.social · 7h

these people pulled the "enjoy the camps" strat last time to coerce votes out of minorities & it didn't save them. they can't believe this is at all endearing to their party. they'd just rather punch down on defenseless people rather than pressure the party to course correct and do the right thing.

a very low effort edit of the "Hmm today i will vote for-" comic. a smug looking individual in a blue shirt with a red check mark on it crosses their arms, raises an eyebrow and considers reaching out to minority voters. at their computer they type (presumably on some sort of social media), "we're gonna throw even more of you under the bus this time & if you don't like it then enjoy the camps!" in the next panels, a graph shows republicans win by an even larger margin than expected, as the individual in the blue shirt continues to smug it up.

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Old King Cole Nidrei @smollusk.bsky.social · 9h

I've run out of civility for both "enjoy the camps" and "Gavin Newsom is literally the only extant D candidate so any failure to love his garbage politics means you want to vote for Double Hitler" and here you are doing both at once

dung beetles have higher standards, jellyfish have more spine

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 14h

He said this deliberately because he is a Nazi and he wants you to know he's a Nazi who you can't touch. He also wants other Nazis to know they can be open about the fact they are Nazis too.

This isn't an oversight, a fumble or an opportunity for a "heh, well actually, dummy" zinger.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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catz @whenwearebothcats.bsky.social · 12h

every time i ask this they only dodge with another question, "oh so you like cheetoh!?" they refuse to engage with the reality of how stupid and counter productive alienating marginalized voters really is.

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catz @whenwearebothcats.bsky.social · 12h

funniest thing about this (and someone said this in a reply) is that there doesn't even seem to be a theoretical bigot on the right who's saying, "ill join you if you promise that some random trans kid in another state doesn't get to participate in sports." so they're doing this for nothing.

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 8d

It's fascinating and revealing how many centrists think refusing to compromise on human rights to gain the support of bigots represents a "political purity test," yet also think that a bigot saying "I won't join you unless you accommodate my bigotry" does NOT represent a "political purity test."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 9d

anyway:

www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 19h

"I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights."

Then don't expect trans people to sacrifice themselves for your rights either. We are all free or none of us are, and if you can't stand and die on this hill, your country isn't worth dying for.

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I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can't protect ANY groups if we can't win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That's not "erasing" them; it's long-horizon strategy.
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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 17h

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

no they're LITERALLY exaggerating this issue. there is absolutely no data backing up their claims. ffs just say that!!

NBC news: The discussions come as Trump has sought to deploy National Guard troops in several major cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon — saying they’re needed to reduce crime and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from protesters. Critics have said that the Trump administration is exaggerating issues in those cities.

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 17h

it did not for one second occur to me that democrats are afraid to speak out about the troops invading our cities because they're worried it's a trap to make them look soft on crime. do these guys have working brains

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

Feds were actively arresting people just a few miles away while he was giving this interview.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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catz @whenwearebothcats.bsky.social · 23h

i asked a similar question and all they have is this running away with a question of their own to try and reach their next overdone talking point. it's just a tactic to exhaust people as they chase them from goal post to goal post.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

Minimum demands from here on:
- Abolish ICE immediately
- Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution
- Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level
- Abolish Dept of Homeland Security

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident