the use of "color revolution" here is like the spoor of the authoritarian internationale--the way that russian propaganda has slithered its way in to the american right

From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...

After working with hundreds of young afghans attempting to rebuild their lives in the US, all I can say is that I'm surprised their suffering hasn't gotten national attention sooner. I know a dozen guys with almost identical stories to Rahmanullah. We've fucked them constantly since summer 2021.

you better watch out You better watch out You Better Watch Out 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘉𝘌𝘛𝘛𝘌𝘙 𝘞𝘈𝘛𝘊𝘏 𝘖𝘜𝘛 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘽𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙒𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐔𝐓 《根据中华人民共和国相关法律法规，强烈建议谨慎行事》

the thing of it is... russia's invasion of ukraine is already a decisive strategic defeat and has been for some time. -did not achieve war aims -minimal territorial gains, w/little economic significance -major loss of russian life/materiel -2 new nato members www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

We don’t just miss the past. We miss a past vision of the future. My Soviet ice-cream memories open this video, but the story leads to something bigger: how authoritarian populists weaponise nostalgia today. "How Soviet Nostalgia Still Rules Putin’s Russia" youtu.be/gI1VcTVmqA8?...

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos. I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

Today I passed a CPB/ICE checkpoint on the Clara Barton Parkway—an unwelcome reminder of the administration's authoritarian aspirations. But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead" 🧵

NEW: Russian forces continue to advance and to intensify offensive operations in the Hulyaipole and Velykomykhailivka directions, exploiting the effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI) and poor weather that hampers Ukrainian drone observation. Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar111325

I’ll level with u morale is low

oh hey it's monday morning again www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

I know this will impact tens of millions of people, obviously, but I'm currently thinking of my old refugee clients, mostly Afghans, who were 100% reliant on SNAP to eat. Mostly big families, with a single earner (the husband) who worked minimum wage jobs cleaning hotels or working groceries.

The U.S navy is being used to essentially do piracy. You can't just go blow up random fishing boats, murdering their crews. What's worse is that this is the exact kind of behaviour China engages in. Worse in fact. At least the Chinese navy didn't blow up and murder Filipino fishermen yet.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

Note that other countries are talking soberly about whether or not it's possible to fill the vacuum left by the U.S. - not whether or not the U.S. is still looked to as a leader.

We had a NATO coalition and tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan for 20 years and never managed to stop the cultivation of opium. I have no idea what sort of brain damage the Trump administration has that makes them think they’re going to drone strike their way into ending cocaine use.

There isn't really any two ways about the SS death's head. Where I live, you go to jail for 3 years if you got it tattooed on your body.

America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️

How exactly is this different from Kristallnacht?

When the MAGA era ends, Americans need to have a serious discussion about establishing better safeguards for their republic. Because the only reason Trump is failing at becoming a dictator so far, is his incompetence.

Pete Hegseth: only clean-shaven men can win wars U.S. Grant:

I want the world to read these numbers about the night attack Ukrainian Air Force downed or jammed 611 russian drones and missiles out of 643: • 566 drones out of 593 • 2 jet-propelled drones • 35 Kh-101 missiles out of 38 • 8 Kalibr missiles • 0 Kinzhal missiles out of 2 The main target was Kyiv

"The Coming Age of American Putinism". Putinism and Trumpism share ideological DNA. They are two versions of the same global ideology - a kind of consumerist monarchism that makes might into right. 🎥Watch now on the main YouTube channel

Just so everyone is clear, this right here is what an actual violation of the First Amendment looks like. When the head of the FCC says a company needs to do something about someone who displeased the administration or lose its license, that’s no joke unconstitutional

Even I didn’t fully appreciate the insanity of the last 9 months. The conflicts of interest within the administration with the PRC. Gutting ONA, States China policy staff, the NSC, universities, renewable energy, sabotaging alliances and agreements. Just a whole of government effort to car crash

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Ngl, the rhetorical silence from elected dem China hawks over this entire fiasco has me putting them on fraud watch

🧵 1/ What is this photograph? It's a custom-made mask fitted for a software engineer in northern Virginia who suffered third-degree burns on her face when the Tesla Model Y she was in crashed and caught on fire. A heroic crowd of bystanders could not open the doors

Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around! 1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video" 2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound

Only in America would anyone turn child massacres into an industry--rather than banning weapons that are used to in mass murder.

Death tall in russian air strike on Yarova has risen to 23 dead, 18 others were injured, according to local authorities‼️ 3 of the injured are in serious condition. The vast majority of the victims are pensioners. People just stood in line to get their pension!

A provision banning racial profiling of Hispanics by ICE in reaction to yesterday's SCotUs action should immediately be added as a non-negotiable position for any kind of CR. *Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it

The 2025 National Defense Strategy proves once and for all that the GOP China Hawks were who we thought they were: Complete and Total Frauds

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics. The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

stop calling everything a distraction youtube.com/shorts/yyFjN...

“What we are seeing is not merely a “slide toward authoritarianism.” It’s a march toward despotism. And it’s a march whose pace is accelerating.” www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...

just thinking about it makes me so angry. the worst kind of open race baiting in american politics since george wallace.

In Kharkiv Oblast, a russian FPV drone killed a 70-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman in their car. Somewhere, a russian soldier piloting that drone likely laughed — pleased to add two more kills to their brutal human safari, where murder is the mission, and joy is found in death.

trump's fundamental view of international relations is that of a rapist, but the field is extremely hostile to leader psychology and also to gender studies and so has been largely incapable of dealing with him in any realistic way.

This is an incredibly sad moment. I am a transatlanticist. I believe the democracies of this world should be allied. This is not the end of that idea, it is an acknowledgement that the U.S can no longer lead and possibly no longer even be part of such an alliance.

DC Statehood on demand and without apology

DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man? Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.

*thorny twig snaps* *a Louisiana baptist with an aunt who has refused hospice care* “I do *sniff* solemnly swear that I *sniffle* will faithfully execute…” www.reddit.com/r/fixedbythe...

Hitler tells Neville Chamberlain he'll halt war in exchange for the Sudetenland. And the rest of Czechoslovakia. And Danzig. And the rest of Poland. And Denmark. And the Low Countries. And Northern France. And...

In contemporary authoritarian regimes, like in Russia or Turkey, they still have “elections.” But, they aren’t free or fair—they’re mostly rigged in favor of the ruling party. Trump and MAGA are trying to bring these sham elections to the US. Rigging the midterms is their first attempt.

Don't look away. www.wthr.com/article/news...

Americans voted for Yankee Peronism and by god are they getting it

@safety.bsky.app could you please unban Mira of Kyiv @reshetz.bsky.social she is one of the least offensive people I can imagine. I would also argue that it is morally questionable to deplatform Ukrainians who through their presence keep us informed of this criminal war forced upon them.

We are finally here. The largest arsenal of weapons created in human history is gone.