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america, slamming its dick in the car door, over and over again

democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard

Truth and propaganda are not necessarily opposed! Propaganda is just a charged term for emotionally engaging information. FDR is one of the most successful propagandists in executive history, and most of it was good (from our perspective)!

Two things are true: This type of weak sauce learned helplessness from Democrats is pathetic. Yet it’s true that the broad mobilization of civil society we desperately need in order to stop this authoritarian assault will create dangerous, volatile situations. That’s just where we are.

“Some dream-dashed refugee will soon be wearing the orange prison garb that should have been tailored for New York’s mayor, who instead will keep his designer threads while raising an after-hours champagne glass to toast the absurd joke of what passes for justice in America in the 21st century.”

“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

I think the reason people are frustrated with Democratic leaders is that they expect these elected representatives to act like a real disaster is happening, which it is. Four-day weekends and bratwurst junkets in Munich kind of undercut that

I know Stathis. He was a colleague of mine at the University of Chicago. He is a pretty buttoned-down scholar. For him to tweet this out is… something.

Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?

the reason to systematically primary safe seat Dems in 2026 and 2028 is because they don't have the guts to do what needs to be done in 2029 even if they get the spine to do what needs to be done when under crushing pressure in 2025

Twitter is a Nazi site. Get the hell off it. Delete your accounts today, friends. Just do it.