mattpb.bsky.social
He/him. Physically disabled. Canadian-American; fond of rye toast, when he can get it. Dreams a little.
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I remember meeting a leftwing german in the early 90s wearing a DDR pin on his jacket and I asked him what it meant. “I’m for an independent east germany”.
I thought it was a weird position at the time since unification finished in late 1990 but now…
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I was in Düsseldorf in late 1990 and every person I spoke to about it was vehemently against reunification.
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Why is East Germany always the place that supports AfD the most?
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A German friend explained to me that, historically, East Germans were taught that they were victims of Nazism because they were Communists, so eastern Germany lacks the sense of remembering/never again as the west
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It's a sort of intellectual and emotional submerging that happens when you and the world both decide to leave each other behind. Nothing built and nothing torn down, spiteful withering and empty fields. All that's left are factions of angry ghosts.
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COVID is a huge part of this. The decline of the DSA and the shifts within it against AOC last year feel like they came from an antisociality that would have been pretty marginalized in 2018-2019. It's a development that is poisonous to real political work.
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And while the blatant typecasting exposes the racism inherent in this move, it also raises real and encouraging questions about how likely he'd be to follow unconstitutional orders. We badly need a Mark Milley in that position right now.
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It's interesting to note that while Trump wouldn't have nominated Caine if he hadn't been assured of his party loyalty, Caine seems like a pretty central-casting "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs" type as opposed to a rah-rah MAGA lunatic (which are, in all likelihood, rare at the Lt. General level).
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Most people's lives go on the same, but the fact is that these are the darkest days in the history of the USA.
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The "good" news is that, at least from his bio, Dan Caine looks more experienced, qualified, and reasonable than most of Trump's nominees for stuff. He was even a CIA official under Biden.
But man. This is an unbelievably dark day in the history of the US armed forces. This is gross stuff.
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Walked into the building and everyone there said they only answer to the Drizz now and he realized he better go along with it at least for the time being
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“I see,” said the blind man to the deaf dog, who nodded in agreement.
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bsky.app/profile/murg...
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What a complete cluster F. Of course these psycho egos are going to go to war with each other to prove to their overlord who's the most alpha of the alphas... may they all destroy each other.
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How long before Musk tries to fire Kash Patel now?
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You know it's bad when... KASH PATEL is the voice of fucking reason.
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Right??? The people I've started routing for... Kash Patel???
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I was just thinking it would be hilarious if Kash Patel being an deranged lunatic was just an elaborate long con and he ends up being a decent FBI director.
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Believe me I'm not.
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Don’t hold your breath
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Another... more realistic and fun possibility is that Kash sicks the FBI on Musk in this power struggle.
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I'll buy a ticket to the show.
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I think Trump has checked out. He has no thoughts of his own anymore, it's just whoever is in his ear.
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trump isnt smart enough for that, i truly believe he doesnt have any idea the depth of whats happening right now
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I agree with this. I think his brain has deteriorated so much and he's lost so much energy, I don't think he has the brainpower or willpower to control his own administration. 2016-2020 Trump would not let Elon get away with stealing his spotlight... now he just doesn't care.
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I’m making a joke but it’s worth considering how everyone in MAGALand’s goals are at odds with each other and what that means for anyone’s ability to accomplish their goals
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The only overriding thing that Trump believes in outside of tariffs is government gets rid of people I don’t like, and the degree to which Elon complicates that between gutting government and drawing attention eventually fucks him over
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Kash Patel could face-turn in to The Man Who Saved America and it would be the funniest thing in all of recorded history
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It’s just funny he has an entire ass disclaimer stating he doesn’t know anything
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Gonna commission a poll of just Trump voters with only one question:
Which of these two individuals do you hold more responsible for the war in Ukraine?
• Hunter Biden
• Vladimir Putin
Guessing we'd get about, what, 95-5?
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"I read a book, once. Green, it was."
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Wait, Hunter Biden ordered the invasion of Ukraine? Huh, I guess you learn something new every day.