'This is what the end of empire looks like.' 18 mins of @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and I basically losing our minds with despair as we survey the damage of Liberation Day. youtube.com/watch?v=upjw... - ThreadSky

iandunt.bsky.social • 2 days ago

'This is what the end of empire looks like.' 18 mins of @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and I basically losing our minds with despair as we survey the damage of Liberation Day.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=upjwiQJ-Xh4&si=M_VUZlQg-okKpKUn

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blogdignag.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's far worse than Brexit. We can rejoin. And we will, eventually. This is Endtimes for American hegemony because China will fully exploit US weakness and sporadic stupidity to ensure there's no going back.

dangurden.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also... all those people around Trump facilitating his orders. Only the president has immunity when the shit hits the fan.

... they all have to protect Trump/MAGA and its continuation or risk their own prosecution for some of the stuff they have been doing at this point.

That thought scares me.

cecilharr.bsky.social•2 days ago

If it makes you feel better, they can all get pardons for literally anything they do, and Trump has made it clear he'll do that. So they have de facto immunity.

Probably does not make you feel better :)

dangurden.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not really...

primalilith.bsky.social•2 days ago

It is nice to share the despair!

looneytoon.bsky.social•2 days ago

I watched the John Lennon/Yoko Ono film One to One this weekend. The amount of certainty among those demonstrating against the war in Vietnam, racism in the US & 'the Man' resulted in a Nixon landslide. I despair that AOC/Saunders will equally successful.

jamesnoo.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

kempchi.bsky.social•2 days ago

You guys have amazing chemistry, that was brilliant

rhid83.bsky.social•1 day ago

This was great to see, I'm old enough to remember Molly laughing at Liz Truss and the lettuce and now she's suffering the same fate but her version is a fuck tonne more fascistic. Molly did so much to broadcast the real fear of project 25 before Trump was elected, my heart truly goes out to her.

redballoonsue.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd like to say that made me feel less despondent. But it didn't. However, it was done with charming enthusiasm so I feel a bit more upbeat as a result.

libtrad.bsky.social•2 days ago

It sucks. Welcome aboard cousins! 🇬🇧 https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/18/politics/donald-trump-mr-brexit-2016-election/index.html

ada-l.bsky.social•2 days ago

Really great chat.

kevmarsh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Your appearances with Molly on The New Abnormal were my gateway drug that lead onto PSA (yeah, I know) and then finally The Bulwark. I’m not sure if this is a compliment or a warning to others.

titiaetxav.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

rsbell07.bsky.social•1 day ago

"End of empire"...fucking nailed it!

electricvolcano.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm disabled. I wish I could leave the country where I could be safer. Trump seems to be following Hitler's playbook which is disturbing. Hitler murdered the disabled. If trump is allowed to continue-- I don't want to think about it.

hubertlaneite.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hear hear well summarised.

gezza68.bsky.social•2 days ago

Love Molly.

martine2021.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is erecting prison walls around his beloved US and putting a turnstile in to charge access access to the outside world.
He thinks it's a castle - actually it's a prison.

sandandsea.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s almost like these populist right wing folk haven’t got a fucking clue.

partialtomusic.bsky.social•1 day ago

You should consider that they do and are simply lying because they know that if people knew what they wanted they’d recoil in disgust.

sandandsea.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Yes. I hardly allow myself to go there. Agitate until the public demonstrates, brutally suppress demonstrations, declare a state of emergency, no mid-terms, no more democracy.

iandunt.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fast Politics is my key bit of US political podcasting for what's going on over there, mostly because Molly somehow makes it all borderline tolerable https://fastpoliticspod.com/

paulgsy.bsky.social•2 days ago

The New Abnormal was how I first discovered you and, by extension, @dorianlynskey.bsky.social. You've kept me sane through the madness...

sarahlk.bsky.social•2 days ago

You're a good double act on Fast Politics

nonnie.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

rwdwhite.bsky.social•2 days ago

Great video, Ian. I didn’t know you had a YT channel.

redballoonsue.bsky.social•1 day ago

He has a great Substack too.

annetterosiep.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you. That was cheaper than a therapy session!

redballoonsue.bsky.social•1 day ago

But way less hopeful.

gueneuera.bsky.social•2 days ago

A Molly Jong-Fast/Ian Dunt collab - makes my day!

gregorypeccory.bsky.social•2 days ago

When Trumps enemies start to defenestrate, we will be sure that good ole Vlad P (Pooty to his pals) is in control. BTW, I have access to a really neat Trump sized straight jacket with mouth restraint and built in showers catcher if any one can cough up the readies.

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