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Multiple reports of drivers doing spontaneous sieg heil salutes at protesters today, including in one case from someone I know personally. What is being normalized is monstrous and dangerous; every day we step closer to the abyss

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“For all the big talk about putting an end to “social engineering,” the Great Resegregation is itself a radical attempt to socially engineer America to be poorer, whiter, less equal, and less democratic.”

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✊🏳️‍⚧️

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Even Luigi’s ankle cuffs photos just serve to make him look cool, and I hate preppy clothes. I have never seen a folk hero emerge like this in my lifetime, so odd

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by the time of the convention, tlaib and the other dissenters were practically begging harris and the dem leadership to give them anything they could hang their hat on and the dems still refused

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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Firing General Brown and Admiral Franchetti is not a complete surprise to civmil watchers, but pulling this guy from retirement for chairman definitely is It’s a strong signal that promotion to top positions will require complete ideological conformity from here on out

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Looking for good folks to follow to understand emerging crisis in US civ-military relations? Try: @smsaideman.bsky.social @profjessblankshain.bsky.social @risabrooks12.bsky.social @kschake.bsky.social @bafriedman.bsky.social @uticaeric.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social @sharangrewal.bsky.social

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Great new piece by Christopher Holcroft on Poilievre’s hamfisted attempt to rebrand as Captain Canada, despite opposing literally everything that makes Canada, Canada @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

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"What would you have done as Hitler rose to power?" is an old trope but like, my dawg, here it is. You finally get to answer that question. It is no longer a pure theoretical

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why go to therapy when you can drink coffee and buy books as a little treat to fill the void inside.

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Seen today in Lower Manhattan...

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I’ll never get over the willful delusion it takes for a grown adult to natter on about Trump’s business acumen.

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I had a pretty maximalist view of how bad things were going to get, but even I did not expect "normalizing the seig heil" to be one of the bullet points.

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Out: banana republic In: orange republic

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I am of a mind accelerationism won on December 4, 2024. The second the celebration of a targeted, interpersonal violent act, even one against someone like Brian Thompson, entered the public, mass rhetoric shifted instantly. You can think it's good or bad, but it's what happened.

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Percy Shelley: I propose a ghost story contest! What is the SCARIEST story concept??? Mary Shelley: a guy creates another guy Byron: I don’t get it Mary Shelley: (*looks directly into the camera)

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DITCH HIM 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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The US, Russia, and the richest man in the world who is busy carrying out a coup in our government, are coordinating a brutal shakedown of an ally whose very existence depends on our support. This is repulsive and people need to understand we’re only in the beginning of what is possible.

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Important for understanding implications of the Defense Department purge. Who will be their replacements? Recall this report from December: "Prospective occupants of high posts inside the Pentagon" were asked "whether they believed the 2020 election was stolen."

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People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out. Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.

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He nails it.

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Worst. Episode. EVER.

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it was subversive to oppose Spanish fascism in 1937, patriotic to oppose German fascism in 1942

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The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

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The NYPD and our criminal mayor accidentally Brady violating this guy out of a conviction because they can’t stop publicity hounding would absolutely be the most fitting end to the entire saga.

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My weekly column and news roundup of our national crisis, written in the style of how the US media would—with more clear-eyed authority—cover these events if they were happening overseas: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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www.nj.com/entertainmen...

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Caption for Americans: “I win!”

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Nice work, everyone. You wore out the bot.

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NYC real estate developer redlines the senior military. The man is consistent.

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

Multiple reports of drivers doing spontaneous sieg heil salutes at protesters today, including in one case from someone I know personally. What is being normalized is monstrous and dangerous; every day we step closer to the abyss

“For all the big talk about putting an end to “social engineering,” the Great Resegregation is itself a radical attempt to socially engineer America to be poorer, whiter, less equal, and less democratic.”

✊🏳️‍⚧️

Even Luigi’s ankle cuffs photos just serve to make him look cool, and I hate preppy clothes. I have never seen a folk hero emerge like this in my lifetime, so odd

by the time of the convention, tlaib and the other dissenters were practically begging harris and the dem leadership to give them anything they could hang their hat on and the dems still refused

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Firing General Brown and Admiral Franchetti is not a complete surprise to civmil watchers, but pulling this guy from retirement for chairman definitely is It’s a strong signal that promotion to top positions will require complete ideological conformity from here on out

Looking for good folks to follow to understand emerging crisis in US civ-military relations? Try: @smsaideman.bsky.social @profjessblankshain.bsky.social @risabrooks12.bsky.social @kschake.bsky.social @bafriedman.bsky.social @uticaeric.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social @sharangrewal.bsky.social

Great new piece by Christopher Holcroft on Poilievre’s hamfisted attempt to rebrand as Captain Canada, despite opposing literally everything that makes Canada, Canada @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

"What would you have done as Hitler rose to power?" is an old trope but like, my dawg, here it is. You finally get to answer that question. It is no longer a pure theoretical

why go to therapy when you can drink coffee and buy books as a little treat to fill the void inside.

Seen today in Lower Manhattan...

I’ll never get over the willful delusion it takes for a grown adult to natter on about Trump’s business acumen.

I had a pretty maximalist view of how bad things were going to get, but even I did not expect "normalizing the seig heil" to be one of the bullet points.

Out: banana republic In: orange republic

I am of a mind accelerationism won on December 4, 2024. The second the celebration of a targeted, interpersonal violent act, even one against someone like Brian Thompson, entered the public, mass rhetoric shifted instantly. You can think it's good or bad, but it's what happened.

Percy Shelley: I propose a ghost story contest! What is the SCARIEST story concept??? Mary Shelley: a guy creates another guy Byron: I don’t get it Mary Shelley: (*looks directly into the camera)

DITCH HIM 🇨🇦🇺🇸

The US, Russia, and the richest man in the world who is busy carrying out a coup in our government, are coordinating a brutal shakedown of an ally whose very existence depends on our support. This is repulsive and people need to understand we’re only in the beginning of what is possible.

Important for understanding implications of the Defense Department purge. Who will be their replacements? Recall this report from December: "Prospective occupants of high posts inside the Pentagon" were asked "whether they believed the 2020 election was stolen."

People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out. Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.

He nails it.

Worst. Episode. EVER.

it was subversive to oppose Spanish fascism in 1937, patriotic to oppose German fascism in 1942

The NYPD and our criminal mayor accidentally Brady violating this guy out of a conviction because they can’t stop publicity hounding would absolutely be the most fitting end to the entire saga.

My weekly column and news roundup of our national crisis, written in the style of how the US media would—with more clear-eyed authority—cover these events if they were happening overseas: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...

SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

www.nj.com/entertainmen...

Caption for Americans: “I win!”

Nice work, everyone. You wore out the bot.

NYC real estate developer redlines the senior military. The man is consistent.

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

Referring to an empty thrown bottle as a virgin molotov cocktail

Tfw your plane hits an icebergs