And be on the lookout for agents provocateurs. An administration which needs conflict to survive will be sure to bring their own conflict, if need be.

"But are the flags that now bedeck our suburbs and estates patriotic or racist? It’s a nuanced notion unlikely to be adequately interrogated in a world where the main forum for public debate is an algorithmically amplified digital dogfighting pit presided over by a ketamine-cranked egomaniac."

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick” Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

This Is Fascism

We've all heard that there is no free lunch. Well, guess what? There is no free 747 either.

Pam Bondi, responding to every committee question

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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That's some mealy-mouthed bullshit, right there. Civilians are not "bearing the brunt of this conflict". They're being murdered by the IDF. They're the victims of a genocide perpetrated by a malevolent right-wing nationalistic government, headed by a war criminal. Say it how it is.

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

OTD in 2006 journalist & activist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead. Whoever is responsible for having her killed is still at large. And turns 73 today.

Wait. So if I remember and long to return to these days... am I future MAGA?

They blame another group. Maybe the Irish. Or Italians. Maybe eventually it’s everyone with brown eyes. You blame and persecute to avoid responsibility. The logical conclusion of Fascism is one angry bigot, alone on the planet Earth, screaming at the dirt to grow something.

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

I don't mean to seem as though I'm trivializing anything going on. It's more a desperate attempt to carve out a little place for myself where I can hear myself think amid the horrors

Watching videos of Russians queuing for fuel for 3 hours...it's like a massage for the soul.

Human junk drawer. That's beautiful.

Science questions settled science, the result of which is more science. That's just science sciencing.

We all make wrong calls and are captives of our emotional baggage. A thoughtful and temperate reaction can still be mistaken in content, but is never the wrong approach. Instead of tallying the things you were right about, today is a day for all of us to tally what we were wrong about. Gmar tov. 4/4

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

This one really matters.

It's odd that Republicans can do the mental gymnastics to link Tylenol to autism, but not link gun deaths to guns.

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Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's difficult to overstate the degree of damage inflicted by James Comey on this world. So why do I feel sorry for him. Hell's wrong with me.

cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

The Brits have such a way with words. You know. Those things with letter that help you define and say stuff about things.

OMG, this afternoon's ANTIFA Board of Directors meeting went on and on. I thought Jesus would *never* stop talking!

While we don’t know all of the details yet, what we can, and all should, agree on is that the vilification of any group of people endangers them. It makes them targets. And it must stop.

And lo, the archangel Michael did descend from on high to commence the rapture, cast an eye about, and spake thus: "Fuck that. You keep 'em"

Is this really sustainable? Are there really so few journalists and politicians willing to stand up to this wildly undignified and ignorant insanity? I know it’s a captive audience here but why aren’t people standing up at every opportunity and asking him “WT ACTUAL FUCK are you talking about?”

Americans I am begging you to sort this out. Your mad racist uncle has shat himself in public again.

Paracetamol doesn't cause autism The mayor isn't introducing Sharia law into London UK has more free speech than America currently We aren't being invaded. Now fuck off you thick 🍊 fucking shitgibbon.

And now climate change is the biggest conjob 'ever perpetrated.' We are back to that. They don't believe in science. It's like a nightmare...it just keeps getting worse and worse. This country is being run by people who are proud of being complete idiots. www.nbcnews.com

For the UK to then use that as a study guide... well, that is a whole new sub-basement of idiocy.

Every election is a sort of collective entrance exam into the future. It occasionally happens that populations fail the exam. But for the US to fail essentially a resit of its 2016 exam, featuring the same questions, having studied the answers for eight years, is much rarer and pretty unforgivable.

An interesting take.

One of the things I find vexing about Kimmel's sacking is how it reveals Disney to be precisely the disingenuous "virtue signaller" the right accused them of being. "BRAVELY" casting The Little Mermaid, so it made them $250m, but voluntarily kissing dictator sphincter, if they stand to lose a cent.

Czech President Petr Pavel calls for shooting down Russian planes violating NATO airspace. "This is extremely irresponsible behavior," he said, stressing that such violations warrant defense action. "Russia must understand its mistake," adding that NATO must stand firm against aggression.

Andor would want you to cancel your Disney+ subscription. It's the least you can do for the Rebellion.

When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.

Ukrainians chatting on Twitter

This will carry on until you'll start shooting them down. Erdogan is of course a sack of shit, but he knew how to deal with such problem.

I like it. We can call it Day In memorial of Charlie Kirk, or D.I.C.K. for short.

If Russia does this 4, 5 or 6 more times this year, I’m sure the strongly worded letters and summoning of ambassadors across Western Europe will begin.

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade just looked into the camera and spoke these words: "Kimmel's comments went way too far." My brain hurts.

So Disney wins a stack of awards for Andor, the most blatantly, unapologetically anti-fascist work in decades, and the lesson they learned is to immediately lick Nazi boot and fire Jimmy Kimmel for telling the truth. No Hell hot enough.

February 4 1939 - Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime

This is EXACTLY the kind of patriotism I want to feel.