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I didn't have maga chides the pope about the true meaning of the bible on my apocalypse bingo card

I feel very strongly that we must use the next three years to build a new opposition movement. I tried to lay out my reasons and what I think we need to do to make it happen. Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc

Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic: Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...

Sound familiar?

I get that the general vibe leading into Trump V2 was that Trump V1 resistance was cringe and bad but like...I miss it.

To Donald Trump: Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities. Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US. Stop attacking the 1st Amendment. Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.

This era has been amazing efficient at highlight which commentators were raised in nice, safe, comfortable households and somehow got to 40, 50, 60, 70 years old without realizing many people weren't

Someone needs to determine if Trump even knows where and when he is before he is pushed out a first story window.

Republicans are one step away from outlawing LGBT and Schumer still thinks they are open to bipartisanship

They are going to have to change it to the Garand Old Party to stay relevant to their base...

How long until Trump orders Hegseth to draft the Kpop Demon Hunters?

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

I have repeatedly seen commentators trotting out 60's and 70's left wing political violence as if it is a good comparison to our current moment. My understanding is most of that was directed at property not people. Only a certain class of person would conflate the two...

Coates: Morality. Klein: Politics. Coates: Morality. Klein: Politics. Coates: MORALITY!. Klein: politics politics politics

Maybe it isn't important to win people back with a carrot but show the rest of us that they aren't wrong for continuing to believe in objective truth. The MAGA movement is built upon multiple layers of load-bearing lies shored up by an aggregate of lies so dense light cannot pass through it.

The only class that matters is economic, everything else is a distraction

My biggest issue with The Right is that their platform is just strawmen all the way down

It's not that I don't agree but if we have learned anything from the last decade its that consistent messaging only works AFTER you find something viral. Trump thrives on using social media to find a catchy narrative then stealing it which creates a horde of people scrambling for his attention.

At least the Moron in Chief picked possibly the best time of year to send people to Portland, its freaking gorgeous out.

This moment in America is bonkers. A bunch of people with low confidence in government voted for a 6 moron assuming he would have a plan and govern well but he's winging it. Contrary to their expressed opinion it feels like we have been spoiled by good governance for decades.

All of the current administration is George Santos

I DONT EVEN OWN AN IPHONE IM SO TIRED OF LOOKING AT THEM

How many billions of dollars have been stolen by scammers with ads on YouTube?

I wish more people wanted to be right not feel right

Being completely serious for once; the looming issue with the current moment in domestic American politics is all the aircraft carriers and nuclear missile submarines we have...

Can the rapture just happen already? I cannot wait for all the fundies to rise into the sky and leave us to finally manage our own shit without their idiocy.

Anyone who was worked in corporate America should understand that the government doesn't remotely have the market cornered on idiotic bureaucracy. How does the myth of corporate efficiency still persist?

Antifa

I have seen a lot of arguments about the inevitability of cuts to social services across multiple governments, usually tied to the fertility "crisis". I understand that confiscating rich people's wealth may only provide a temporary reprieve, however, that won't realistically matter.

It's wild to watch people who thought antifa was an existential threat to America pop back into existence after years of silence. All the gravy seals protecting their wee rural hamlet from shadowy anti fascist commies that never showed up must be back out pacing in front of the local Dairy Queen.

We’re seeing that corporate titans don’t care about authoritarianism. Look at the Big Tech overlords flocking to the White House. Conservatives use to celebrate the supposed link between capitalism and democracy. Not any more.

Shoveling money into the hands of rich people has really enhanced freedom in 'Merica /s

How many more tweaks and nudges can we come up with instead of paying people what they need to survive?

I wish I could ban the phrase "western civilization"

I think it's dumb but Ezra Klein wrote an opinion piece not a policy proposal

Go outside and enjoy the world, bonus points if it's somewhere with no service. I recommend places with fish but I understand that we don't all get as much out of making fish late for their next appointment as I do.

A progressive message lands when people hear it, not enough people are hearing it.

It seems as if hiring someone for a serious position in government based on their ability to make videos instead of actually having to work isn't paying off.

"Even in the face of gross incompetence from the FBI's leadership and even though the President purged perceived enemies from its ranks human decency prevailed allowing law enforcement to pretend this was a win."

What are we feeling now? Death penalty or a lenient sentence if he blames it on trans people?

So if they dig deeper and discover Chomsky books under his mattress and Zizek videos in his YouTube history is the civil war back on? This knee-jerk political theater from the adults in charge is why this moment feels so chaotic, its why COVID felt so scary, these people aren't competent.

It will continuously cause me brain damage that conservatives elect exactly the kind of feckless, unprincipled, grifting, fair weather messaging shitbirds that they think typifies "the left".

Jfc, it had to be a child raised by discord...

A lot of mean people are about to make a lot of money

Watching the left abandon the potential for gaining political momentum to take an imaginary high road in real time is wild

The Age of Obsequious Media continues

My latest newsletter is a response to @jerusalem.bsky.social on the politics of immigration, and why ticky-tack policy solutions won't save Democrats.

The intentional degradation of our political rhetoric was Donald Trump's big innovation as a birther when he was the only famous person willing to run with that racist garbage. He escalated that attrition of decency as a candidate and weaponized it as a president, culminating in January 6th.