Merry Christmas 2025! 🎄 😋

This is a powerful thread that chronicles the extent to which the Trump administration is steeped in antisemitic views.

In the battle between people who are proud to be called Nazis and Nazis who would rather not be called Nazis, JD Vance is neutral and believes in a big tent.

For years now, moderates have decried the division of identity politics of Democrats, ignoring of course that the Republican Party was defined by identity politics itself — the identity of whiteness. Now that it’s explicit the inability to call it out and to cover it aptly is starkly disappointing.

Bleak, yet plausible

It's so important we all learn about these groups and what their ideology is. They talk about "moving the Overton window" and having influence over Conservative parties.

Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK: "Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building."

“People always say it is a badge of honor, but I think it’s become less and less of a badge of honor and more and more cause for concern,” Green told PEN America in an interview.

This is so well written

I find compelling the idea of this thread on how Trump's appeal works because he's so easy to project on. "This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project."

This is a brilliant initiative. The website is easy to use to put the message together, the customization of the text is smart, the MP search is practical. I just sent my letter to my MP. Lots of people should. politicalhonesty.ca/MP-lookup-wi... #cdnPoli #canPoli

Chilling account of America's openly racist leaders "Trumpists desire to drastically narrow the boundaries of who gets to belong and purge millions from the 'homeland.' Those who are left would be living in a society that is not only unequal but has ostracized egalitarian aspirations as heresy."

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3272):

the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"

This matters A LOT. I did email my MP… have you? It only takes a moment to make a stand for something that truly matters. #cdnpoli

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"Quebec’s constitution, a slide into authoritarianism" - J'aimerais bien voir plus de gens inquiets par ceci. Pourtant, une petition contre cette loi a seulement 600 signatures.. www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/exprimez-... #poliQC #QCPoli #cdnPoli

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Quebec legislators brainstorming ideas for which religion to scapegoat next (Podcast)

I won an argument tonight with a "free-speech absolutist" (or at least got them to admit "yes, you're right, private platforms should have the right to decide their own moderation, and restrict the speech they want to restrict") thanks to this article. Thank you, Adam Serwer!

in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company

Exactly. The new U.S. National Security Strategy is much worse for Europe than most people had imagined. Europe is described as a bigger threat than both China and Russia, and they outline the need for regime change in Western European countries as part of a civilizational struggle.

"Politicians should learn to be responsible for what they say" Great talk on the petition to make the federal MPs accountable for spreading misinformation. #cdnPoli #canPoli Thanks @mikemontreal.bsky.social for bringing it up (Btw, I would have put the other guy on the video cover)

A pretty nice buck caught on one of our cams. I like the reflection in the water.

Just listened to Toby Buckle's podcast episode "Appeasement Isn't Working" and... it makes so much sense! youtu.be/uYwfbDoiOZQ?...

The CEOs of Ford and Stellantis, as well as senior executives from other auto manufacturers, standing beside him while Trump goes off on another vicious racist rant about African immigrants. Not one of them had the courage or the dignity to walk away. bsky.app/profile/just...

Hope

Here is a godawful joke in chart form to ruin your Christmas season 🤪🎄

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

"While the fight to re-stigmatize ethnic nationalism is an enormous one, we have to do everything we can to become engaged in the struggle."

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Nous y étions avec 50000 personnes, dans les rues de Montréal, pour dénoncer les politiques de droite de la CAQ. Solidaires pour notre projet féministe!

ARCC has submitted an official complaint about anti-choice bus ads specifically targeting students in Kamloops. Parents in the school district are also calling for their removal saying that students shouldn't be exposed to “anti-choice images and messaging” while on public buses. #BCPoli

Grande manifestation syndicale à Montréal Les neuf principales organisations syndicales ont organisé un rassemblement au centre-ville de Montréal pour dénoncer les politiques du gouvernement Legault. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...

Too many amazing moments to capture them all today as tens of thousands of labour and community activists poured into the streets of Montreal today to stand up to Premier Legault and his CAQ govt's increasingly hard turn to the right. Dans la rue pour le Québec! #polqc #assnat

Fighting the good fight in Montreal for the right of workers and community organizations

“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”

Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.

Heartwarming acts of solidarity and care

Excellent article about the reality of the social structure and political and cultural alignment of Trump's voters

Robert Reich's entertaining video about corporate greed and how "instead of being mad at the people at the top we've been tricked to be mad at each other"

you should support liberal currents!

Lot going on here

There must be something we can actively do to not let this dangerous movement spread. It's terrifying and it's harmful.

Amazing video by @leejamiller.bsky.social on weight and health standards and the acceptance and empathy that people deserve no matter how they look like and how healthy they manage to be. So rich in information and layers and soo eloquent! I love listening to her youtu.be/2Beau2vfsjY?...

Thomas Zimmer's latest article on Trump's wavering support from MAGA: "The pressure on Trump isn’t coming from whatever is left of the GOP establishment. (...) The radicalizing dynamic that has shaped the Right still applies. We are now witnessing the next step on that trajectory."

The good folks at @liberalcurrents.com are regularly producing and publishing stuff that will actually make you think - and leave you better equipped to understand the political, intellectual, and historical forces that are shaping this moment. Very much worth your support.

Straightforward. Powerful. Impressive. Hope this tone spreads out!

Protests against Home Depot over its collaboration with Trump's secret police are bringing the company to collapse bsky.app/profile/vict...

EU statement in response to new Trump admin anti-DEI rules for foreign nations