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A brief break from puppy posting to remind you that Musk, Vance, and Peter Theil (who tapped Vance) all subscribe to a theory known as DARK ENLIGHTENMENT which is based around the idea that democracy is bad and America would be better off with an... checks notes ...absolute monarchy.

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Works as advertised

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I literally just downloaded all 500(!!!) of my Kindle library yesterday and saved them onto an external hard drive. I used Calibre and my old Kindle's serial number to remove the DRM software off of it. Thinking of getting a Kobo reader.

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It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out. They gut the FAA. Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted. Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.

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What’s coming up for #USProtests #3E

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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

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“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said. Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.

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Me: BATMAN BEGINS is great, but I was amused by the writers’-fiat plot device that a place can be SO corrupt that some reasonably-organized foreign actor can just puppeteer it on a whim. Me, 20 years later: fuck

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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The Oregon Trail generation speaks

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the thing they don't understand about forcibly taking over cultural institutions is that it will not make people love them or their sad excuse for a culture the actual creators will simply take their talents elsewhere and the institutions will crumble behind them

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🚨🚨🚨 Trump just fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin—one day after he exposed how Trump’s foreign aid freeze & mass firings have made it easier for U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund terrorist groups like Hamas & ISIS.

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This is an ominous precedent to set.

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Great point.

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Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

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Motherfucker.

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Are you f-ing kidding me right now? These are people that think acknowledging that not all people are Christian equates to anti-Christian bigotry. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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American culture can be quirky. Let’s hope it remains true to form.

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Not all hero’s wear capes. 🦮💩 NY: • Trump Tower • Trump World Tower • 40 Wall Street FL: • Mar-a-Lago • Trump National Doral Miami NJ: • Trump National Golf Club Bedminster Scotland: • Trump International Golf Links Ireland: • Trump International Golf Links and Hotel

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"Stop the Coup!" Scene at Treasury.

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There is still beauty in this world

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Thank you, Canada!

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Quick reminder that if you see a headline from a source you’ve never heard of that isn’t being reported by anyone else, you really should do some due diligence before spreading it around as fact. There’s enough misinformation floating around already; no need to add more.

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A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave. “Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”

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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

submitted 26 days ago • 3342 comments

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books. bookshop.org/ebooks

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