🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 I talked to @erichalsey.bsky.social of The Bulgarian History podcast about the First Bulgarian Empire and his book "State Builders from the Steppe" Listen below ⬇️ or wherever you get your podcasts:

Andor nails it — Many of Nazism's earliest supporters ended up in the camps. The man who wrote 'First They Came For' was an anti-communist Minister who cheered the incarceration of socialists. The poem is a warning about the dangers of supporting authoritarianism that you think works for you.

“America is spinning quickly in the direction of Hungarian populism, Hungarian politics, and Hungarian justice. But that means Hungarian stagnation, Hungarian corruption, and Hungarian poverty lie in our future too,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social warns. theatln.tc/yK2nzSbM

one of the great messaging victories of the conservative movement is how it, outside of nerds like me, successfully buried the fact that it was vocally anti-anti-apartheid

A massive assault on the first amendment is well underway. The GOP pretends to stand for free speech even as they take unprecedented steps to undermine it.

Once again Trump promises the art of the deal only to deliver the art of the CAPITULATION.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

HHS Secretary Dr. Leo Spacemen

Pillaging Medicaid to pay for armored Teslas.

More clear evidence of the fascist tendencies if Trump and Musk. Judicial oversight of the executive branch is as fundamental to our constitution and democracy as it gets.

To all those saying "shouldn't we root out government inefficiency? What's wrong with DOGE?" a quick background on Constitutional law and why the WAY it is being violated exposes the true motives of the criminals:

It's worth emphasizing the reality that whether you're looking at politics or a team at a company, leading through force is a bad strategy used by people without the strength, intelligence, or imagination to figure out something better.

Finally deactivated my X account. Couldn't bear seeing what that fascist POS had done to the platform I've found so useful for covering news in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. It mostly took me too long to leave because I kept waiting for some accounts to migrate here.

The genius of Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is the visceral way it conveys the real impact of totalitarian dictatorship. It's not that fear instills obedience. It's that everyone is guilty by default, and only the usefulness of their crime determines whether or not they are punished for it.

Trump's open imperialist phase is such a tech bro thing - he comes up with the most idiotic ideas and opinions and acts like they are simple, easy and 100% guaranteed to work as advertised. "One weird trick" mentality in action. "Why didn't anyone think of this before? Because they were too woke!"

Study: More Americans Buying Firearms To Defend Selves From Toddlers Who Found Their Guns | Onion News Network A new study among the nation's gun owners has found their top reason for purchasing a firearm: self-defense against children who have picked up their unsecured guns.