Well, the attack on Iran will end up killing thousands and raise gas prices while strengthening Russia, but at least it won't distract from the fact that the President of the United States raped children. Jesus Christ, we are in hell.
These people are, to be blunt, substantially less intelligent than they believe they are.
Claire says to post this without saying “I told you so.” So I won’t!
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My thing with Hegseth is that he wants you to think he was a scary, war-criming, door-kicker when he was actually a Minnesota National Guardsman assigned to the 101st Airborne Division as a replacement in Iraq, then quickly pulled from the line and shuffled off to a Civil Affairs unit mid-tour.
This is fuck!ng amazing.
Imagine being Iranian and thinking that this is worth the cost.
“If the plan was to rely on Trump, Netanyahu & Pahlavi, Malekzadeh saw it as a symptom of people’s desperation, not hope. ‘This is the nadir, the pit of despair.' he said. 'They’re thinking, better to be devoured by a beautiful lion than to be torn apart by a horde of foul wolves.’” @theguardian.com
Everyone knows a civilized nation just pushes its victims out of a high window or poisons them with radiation.
Come on, people, this is Dictatorship 101
Strongmen, like Trump, live in constant fear of being held accountable — which is why all of us should be concerned about what they might do to the upcoming midterms.
The best thing we can all do is pay attention, call them out for what they’re doing, & turn out in huge numbers in November.
I’ve always said it’s a privilege to live in Southern California…🌞
David Ellison addresses the first post-merger shareholders meeting
There you go. An overt technofascist Trump ally will now own CBS, CNN, HBO, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Discovery, and a big chunk of TikTok
Let's add some context: Fox News averaged 2.6 million viewers to CNN and MS NOW's combined 1.9 million. There are 342 million Americans.
That means 98.7% of Americans aren't watching cable news at all.
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Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
It’s a damn tragedy is what it is.
Here's the floor plan for the new ICE concentration camp in Georgia. Look familiar? Let's take a look at some similar blueprints throughout history.
Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."
Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.
propaganda works
especially well on people who think propaganda doesn't work
Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.
The Supreme Court:
Just blatant corruption out the wazoo…
A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
One of the many things ruined by modern technology and rapidly shifting news cycles is our collective memory. This is a major problem. 🧵
So basically this
If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
Musk is a malevolent force in American life, driven by white nationalism and incredibly influential given his obscene wealth. He's a supervillain.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
