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They're so happy, aren't they, the Cummings of this world that, following Trump's election, they no longer need to hide who they are?

Stop showing me the Nazi AI video of Gaza. I do not want to see the Nazi AI video.

In England, they treat the economy like a household budget. Only instead of food, water and heating the priority is the Bombs and Guns fund. If you speak out and say this is a bad system, a man called Paul Mason refers you to Prevent.

"The biggest overhaul since the service’s creation in 1948..." NHS Chair Richard Meddings sacked in favour of privatisation zealot Dr Penny Dash, now James Mackey in for Pritchard. You know what this means, don't you... #NHX www.dumptheguardian.com/society/2025...

Energy bills are set to rise again by 6.4% this April — while companies have raked in over £457,000,000,000 in profits since 2020. Your skyrocketing bills are funding their obscene gains. It's time to end this scam and put people before profit. Nationalise our utilities NOW.

I bet the next pope will be an Opus DEI hire.

When The Media Sees Fascism

I’m 44 years old and we’ve been talking about immigration/hearing elites complain that legitimate concerns aren’t being heard for my entire adult life

This is important, I think. You hear cynicism about democracy on the left. Understandable bc the only democracy we know is bourgeois democracy: partial and compromised at best. But democracy isn't zero sum, on/off. A bit is better than none. You need some to get more. And we won what we have.

trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything

Worst. Episode. EVER.

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

Both Sides

Editorial note: fascism is not insanity, and the language of mental illness should not be used to describe the hearts and minds of evil men.

This should be exceedingly obvious, but when Stonewall stays up while references to trans people come down, they will measure the silence of cisgender people as concurrence for whatever they plan next, and it still won't protect you in the end. So please get loud. Our mutual survival depends on it.

A lot of allies are finding out that saying 'I support trans people' is no longer enough to get by on. The time for action is long overdue

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

contrary to the recent revisionism going around, i and many others in 2017 were saying "ice is the gestapo" and "this is the beginning of the 4th reich" and similar, while resistance libs focused on "covfefe" and calling him "drumpf" and telling us to stop overreacting and focus on the midterms

An entire generation of young adults who've only ever known Austerity Britain – rising prices, stagnated wages, public services in the gutter, owning a house unattainable – all while unrelatable politicians stand in front of flags & tell you it won't get better. Gen Z, eh? What a bunch of dicks

Honestly it's hilarious that after centuries of "I need my second amendment so I can overthrow tyranny," America has degenerated into a country that shoots up elementary school with assault rifles but can't take out one South African trying to eliminate the department of education by fiat.

I'm jealous of medieval peasants right now. At least back in the day when a bunch of ergot-poisoned barons shitehoused some absolute roaster onto the throne, I could just get on with farming my goddamn millet and not have to constantly hear about whatever King Dipshit was doing today.

Anecdotally, the Dems’ attempt to enter Treasury on Tues broke through to the public in a big way. At least according to..the Mom-o-meter. My Mom before Tues: You’re doing what? Where? This can’t be a national emergency. Mom on Tuesday: WHO ARE THESE KIDS AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH MY MONEY?

Have you been asked, as a federal worker, to do something you don't want to do? But they won't put it in writing? DON'T DO IT. If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT. Document, document, document. Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document

If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.

A cross-party joint statement from LGBT+ Liberal Democrats, Rainbow Greens, LGBTQIA+ Greens, and Out for Independence on Wes Streeting’s engagement with anti-trans organisations and call for his resignation. Read and share the full statement here: lgbt.libdems.org.uk/news/article...

An important aspect of fascism is always the swaggering, tittering arrogance of spotty, hormonal, semi-clever little nerdlingers who think they are Hobbes multiplied by Einstein because their balls just dropped. At least the unpleasant specimens below have the excuse of actually being very young.

Normal people: You should ban child torture Labour Party: Well, we met some people from the How to Torture Your Child Discord and they said a ban would actually be *more* harmful Centrists: Truly this is a complex issue 🤔 There are no easy answers 😞

This Govt has raised tuition fees, won't reopen Erasmus, is killing their trans friends, isn't serious about climate change, won't tax the rich, and has done nothing on housing. And it's elected and pretends to be left. And you ask why Gen Zs don't like democracy? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

If, for whatever reason, you still have doubts about where Streeting is on the political spectrum, this is the Telegraph calling him the 'only hope' for the NHS.

MAGA has launched what amounts to a political purge of the FBI. You don't have to like the FBI to see how dangerous this is. The Weimar German police forces were bad. Of course. ACAB, yes. The new Nazi regime's political takeover and reorganisation of them was *catastrophic*.

Most telling paragraph of the piece, imo

My Labour MP has responded to my email asking her to protect the provision of LGBT healthcare in this country. She backs the internationally discredited 'Cass Report'