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@lsto4.bsky.social

This really helped me make sense of or at least name the response to authoritarianism in the U.S. I’m witnessing. Life just hums along while some are dying.
#pinks #sad #dichotomy #proudprogressive

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Andy Bennett OpEd in The Guardian commentary on rising populist fascism in the world…In ".
'...downtown LA, a gentrified grid
of former warehouses and factories, the bakeries and cafes were busy as usual. Over pricey iced coffees and fat, artisanal sandwiches, fashionably dressed clusters of largely white people chatted about their latest cultural projects. The fact that Trump and his supporters would probably hate the whole scene, or that something approaching martial law had been imposed just up the road, did not appear to be affecting these ambitious millennials. In the US, as in other countries that are becoming or have become authoritarian, for those spared by the state, careers, social lives, leisure and consumerism carry on - and sometimes with a new intensity, as a form of escape..."

October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM Everybody can reply

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onlyduh

@onlyduh.bsky.social

More No Kings Antics... #nokings #ihateamericarally #dumptrump #SCnokings #notashamed #progressive #fuckice #fucktrump #thisisamerica #takebackourcountry #trump #moreofusthanyou #proudprogressive #supportjournalism #letFREEDOMring

October 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM Everybody can reply

Torn 🌸

@asiaotic.bsky.social

So happy to be one of the intelligent types moving away from that cesspit of a site that promotes fascism and flagrant disinformation, owned by that creepy weirdo who shall not be named.

Let's make progress! 💪🏻

#ProudProgressive

November 16, 2024 at 7:22 PM Everybody can reply

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Capt. Kirk Over

@sagebrushscw.bsky.social

#proudprogressive

January 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Grandzilla she/her

@grandzilla.bsky.social

This adds up #libtard #trumpers #america2025 #liberal #proudprogressive

January 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM Everybody can reply

onlyduh

@onlyduh.bsky.social

More No Kings Antics... #nokings #ihateamericarally #dumptrump #SCnokings #notashamed #progressive #fuckice #fucktrump #thisisamerica #takebackourcountry #trump #moreofusthanyou #proudprogressive #supportjournalism #frogsforamerica #letFREEDOMring

October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM Everybody can reply

💙💙💙💙Blue wave resistance💙💙💙💙

@eliminatethegop.bsky.social

The nerve of liberals—wanting clean air, healthcare, and not dying in a grocery store. Truly outrageous stuff. Proud to be one of those damn radicals. #DamnLiberals #CommonSenseCriminals #CleanAirCrew #ProudProgressive #LiberalAF #SorryNotSorry