i really sincerely think that tearing x apart with hammer and tong would do a great deal to smash an awful lot of right wing reactionary influence

In fact I'd argue that using it this way is intentional semantic dilution

"as a compromise, can we make murder illegal? oh, it's already illegal? well can that still be part of the compromise?" - average dem senator who wants to do literally nothing for a living

ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.

The existence and rise of Rufo is proof positive of how utterly compromised the media is. The man literally admits his dastardly villain plot in an open monologue and they still fete him like a legitimate human being. They never even get to the part of feigning shock that the villain is a villain.

Grindcore is taken guys

the Democrats should announce that they will not renew any contracts with XAI, Palantir, Tesla, or SpaceX and bankrupt the fucking tech right. announce that you have the votes to ban crypto too.

Does it inspire any introspection on the part of the Democratic foreign policy establishment that backing Israel to the hilt no matter what it did at any time undermined America's global position and image while also not getting any credit from Israel itself

"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt" "They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it" Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?

Idk, if you're parroting the propaganda of a state actually currently waging an imperial war of conquest it sounds a lot like your anti-imperialism *is* just vibes

The guy genuinely gave a shit. And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.

stancilgrad

the fuckin gall, man

Dems are starting so far back from what is needed that one of their demands is "warrants for arrests" MOTHER FUCKER THAT WAS ALREADY REQUIRED

This is translation for: “I received an Internal poll: D+12”

Mass movements are not going to be just you and your Cool Friends, sorry

Greg Bovino thwarted by the installation of a 54" YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO RIDE sign at CBP HQ

A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.

Two things: 1.) This is an enormous, huge, absolutely gigantic backtrack from the Trump admin that demonstrates that we're winning. 2.) lmao fuck him prison is next.

Get ready for Trump to throw Noem & Bovino under the bus—and maybe even the shooting agents too—as he desperately tries to be the hero and boost his cratering approval over this chaos. It’s what he always does. He’s the arsonist who then puts out his own fire & claims to be the hero. So predictable

The worst of my coreligionists happen to be the loudest

If you understand right-wing nationalist antisemitism not just as hatred of Jews qua Jews, but as a developed worldview in which the Jew stood for transnational border-crossing capital and ideology, you can see why right-wing Jews had to reinvent "rootless cosmopolitanism" from first principles.

doing some PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS planning by making a costco list

“it is possible for two things to be different amounts of bad” has broken so many brains

so ALL of these children just magically *have* orange slices after EVERY soccer game??? ok George Soros

I thank my lucky stars every day that the autocrats we are dealing with in this country are very impatient, and not very bright.

clinton is actually very good at this. it is easy to forget that because he is also bill clinton

"it's a curse having Roman and conquistador DNA" YOU ARE A MUSIC VIDEO CHOREOGRAPHER

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

I get that this is all just performance trolling for these guys, but it's still worth noting that what they perceive as their best tactic has shifted from confident "We are alpha dogs here to cleanse the degenerates" to brittle "ooooh im a tiny widdle baby im so scaaaaared."

they definitely think the insurrection act is martial law which lol lmao

The threat of invoking the Insurrection Act is way more powerful than actually doing it, and anyone who thinks doing it is a good idea has a terminal case of Twelve Year Old Brain where the victory is that the Army does what I want I win forever because they’re the tough guys from the Army.

yeah i generally think that there's mounting evidence that the trump admin does not actually think that the troops are willing to be the boot on people's necks like they're hoping.

without accountability, you will see smug think pieces from Pam Bondi in 20 years

Modern American Christianity isn't a religion in any meaningful sense. It is a social identity used to enforce a hierarchy by divine right. Everything else flows down from there

This seems to mark a noticeable change in their posture. Curious to see where this goes.

Looks like a thought through PR mission I'm still solidly in camp highly dubious

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A big part of this is the right wing podcaster/blue tick X feedback loop. Over in MAGAland, they're being pummelled for not being violent enough, vindictive enough. Bondi is panned as a weak sell-out. Their media environment tells them they'll be more popular if they go harder.

What a world we are experiencing

Complimenting the man in the urinal next to me thinking he has the same “Abolish ICE” penis tattoo as me, only to be told his says “Anarchy’s mayhem is wholly conjectural; the state’s mayhem is undeniable ”

jules they can't do this in one city and does it look like they are effectively suppressing dissent

People responding "but they don't need to do much because they'll make people afraid to vote" have literally not paid attention to what's happening in Minneapolis. The response of people is not to run and hide, it's "If you're going to kill me, I'm going to die standing up."

I'll take any rando from Cecot over Miller.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

How is PSL so good at getting their signs everywhere

Bsky has live events for NFL but not baseball, and we all know why (anti-Irish racism)

*taps sign* fascists do not make falsifiable descriptive statements but affirmative, aspirational declarations fascists say what they *want* to be true, as a ritualistic affirmation of their ideology, and what they *need* to be true to justify their actions fascist lies are *ecstatic truths*

The key to the far right’s recent ascendence is the realization that if they simply go on traditional or social media and describe things that are completely false but they’d prefer to be true, many people will treat this fictitious reality as, at least, a competing theory that must be dignified.