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dahlialithwick.bsky.social • 56 days ago

where we are and why. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-5-2025?utm_source=substack&publication_id=20533&post_id=154256182&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=cffj&triedRedirect=true

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duffer04.bsky.social•55 days ago

This is a sad day for America

campwalker.bsky.social•55 days ago

Guy had some issues.

hcrichardson.bsky.social•55 days ago

Thank you, Dahlia.

irish-pawpaw.bsky.social•56 days ago

More weak men telling others that they cannot be stronger so everyone else must be made weaker and dumber so they look better without having to grow

bubbacat23.bsky.social•56 days ago

This is one of her best!!!

julieshields.bsky.social•56 days ago

Great piece. Covers a lot of ground, persuasively. Those who buy the false inflammatory rhetoric on the right get very angry and violent. I wonder if the unpopularity of pardoning the January 6 insurgents will make any difference in the long run: Basically, 60% includes all but MAGA.

coreycottrell.bsky.social•56 days ago

Tks @dahlialithwick.bsky.social ! I've been on a cable news fast and this is effectively my first info dump on this and it feels total and complete!

And not surprising.

Toxic MAGA 'masculinity' blows itself up effectively in 'support' of musk & trump.
By blowing up a Tesla at Trump tower. Idiots.

jfaure2024.bsky.social•55 days ago

Great letter, as usual.

jettdash.bsky.social•56 days ago

thanks for the article.
I don't understand why these psychos aren't raging against the billionaires.

picniclife.bsky.social•55 days ago

They consider themselves to be temporarily embarrassed billionaires.

kleinline.bsky.social•55 days ago

Eventually they'll wise up on this point, I think. This is common cause which the uber rich work very hard to distract the plebs from noticing - but the new govt is about to throw the class war into stark relief.

ksprtx.bsky.social•56 days ago

It increasingly feels like we're on a fast track to oblivion that we cannot escape. Where is the resistance we saw in January 2017?

bluerider99.bsky.social•55 days ago

A violent maga insisting on purging Democrats that's an active member of the Special Forces- odd this angle doesn't get much attention broadly

lynnf.bsky.social•55 days ago

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/6/2295472/-Misguided-Individualism-is-Destroying-American-Democracy?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

krysiaw.bsky.social•56 days ago

“Livelsberger’s notes reflect not reality but rather the political rhetoric in which many Americans have marinated since the 1950s: the idea that a government that regulates business, provides a basic social safety net, …and protects civil rights crushes the individualism on which America depends.”

stackhouse01.bsky.social•56 days ago

Heather is always spot on! Always great reads!

tmagi.bsky.social•56 days ago

When their Commander in Chief refers to them as "suckers and losers" troopies tend to become less loyal to the dominant paradigm.

teal-island.bsky.social•56 days ago

The madness behind the agenda we are all facing

tonyjoyce.bsky.social•56 days ago

It’s the selfishness that only rich white males have the answers, IMHO.

rickgerardi.bsky.social•55 days ago

I look forward to reading Heather’s newsletter every day but today’s was especially good.

lissahat.bsky.social•56 days ago

The NYTimes has a feature article with beautiful photos of Jan 6 criminals who don't regret their actions, who have become even more convinced and ready to fight. Why would the NYTimes do that? ARGH!

songbird3411.bsky.social•55 days ago

Not sure why he thought putting GOP in charge would solve income inequality. That’s a total contradiction from thought to reality

otispott.bsky.social•56 days ago

It's astonishing a person can look at our present circumstances and come to the exact 180 degree wrong conclusion about the cause. This is the effect of repetitious lies and propaganda. And the movie "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is about fighting fascism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6iEna2pJqM

kleinline.bsky.social•55 days ago

Adding this to my watch list. I love old movies that have stayed extremely relevant today.

We seem to have learned little in the last 100 years, when old films contain such courage and truth.

celestemarx.bsky.social•55 days ago

Rented

hari-tewari.bsky.social•56 days ago

😮😮😮

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