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The US is no longer a democracy. It's been on thin ice for quite a while, but here we are.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck. This is a post about knot sees

I've been less active here because I've mostly been distracted by a family member's health crisis and helping them through it. I should be more active again soon.

Felon-Melon is the logical but absurd conclusion of Reagan-Thatcher.

I've picked up a lot of Dem followers. So look. I want you to understand I'm saying this in the most leftist way possible. The Democratic Party is a worthless pile of hogshit. They are right-leaning centrists at best, and fash-lite at worst. ..

"We should protest! We should fill the streets! We should riot!" You've all been declared terrorists by Felon & Melon. Take that under advisement and adjust yourself.

"They can't do [example]! That's illegal!" He's ignoring court orders and SCOTUS ruled that he has blanket immunity. What's legal and illegal doesn't matter anymore. What's legal is whatever Felon & Melon decide is legal. And that will change moment by moment depending on their goals and moods.

"Where's the military? Where's the CIA? Where are the 2A militia people?" They're all for this. They aren't going to stop it or save you.

You're missing the point if all you do is point to Felon & Melon and say "Man, these guys are so stupid." They aren't stupid. They're destroying agencies which produce data that contra-indicates their agendae. They're destroying the agencies that would regulate, oppose, and prosecute them.

So much of Democratic voters' energy has had to be focused on getting people they voted for to fight. It's sad. That diverts time they could be doing other things.

It's really important going forward to de-center people who voted for Tr*mp. They need to be de-centered. If they want to join in anti-fascist struggle, they can. But the focus needs to be on others especially those who will be most hurt by what's to come.

ICYMI: The White House claims it is imposing tariffs on Canadian imports is because fentanyl is "pouring" across the border – a 2050% increase in 2024. But a Globe investigation debunked its figures: (Gift link, no paywall) www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Meanwhile on Twitter, they are having a serious argument over whether or not Hitler should be rehabilitated, with most replying saying yes.

Elon Musk is John Galt and Henry Ford wrapped up into one person. This is not a compliment.

It doesn't matter how much spoon feeding and hand holding you do. Centrists will still fight you every step of the way. And then blame you for it.

"I'm sorry. I don't understand. But I want to understand" says the centrist who's been ignoring, invalidating, and gaslighting the oppressed their entire lives when challenged on an oppressive view.

Centrist feminist men think there shouldn't be any laws against sexual harassment and rape because men will sexually harass and rape anyway. Happy Intl Women's Day

Centrist men think women shouldn't speak up about their oppression. That makes them troublemakers who are just upsetting everyone. Happy Intl Women's Day.

Centrist men think we shouldn't legislate at any level, and that companies shouldn't have policies, regulating sexual harassment because what if those women really like their male bosses. Happy Intl Women's Day.

Centrist feminists think it's OK for women to oppress other women in service of the patriarchy, that this counts as changing the system from within. Happy Intl Women's Day.

How Peter Gillis’ “What If Captain America Were Not Revived Until Today?” Speaks to Readers in 2024 reactormag.com/how-peter-gi...

"DOGE has no formal authority, it's just that Trump and agency heads have never once said no to their demands" is quite a three card monte they've got going on. No one has agency apparently, the government is just immaculately self disassembling.

Luigi is innocent. He's not the guy.

Right accelerationism is a reactionary based revolution m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc7x...

Personally *Leftists* on social media are definitely why I'm officially becoming a fascist. That will show them!!!!

Major news media aren't ready to say directly that Trump and Musk are pushing us toward a dictatorship, and by the time they come around to that fact, it may be illegal to say so.

Princeton prof and NYT columnist Zeynep Tufekci on who’s watching the watchers — Musk, DOGE and their intimate access to everyone’s private data, which should concern all Americans:

He fights the zeitgeist with polite might

Listen: A lesser known figure in the early 1900s labor rights movement, Lucy Parsons made waves. Reset speaks with a scholar about the significance of her life and work. www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

Pritzker's $55.2 billion budget has no new taxes, cuts health care for adults lacking legal status chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

A vacant firehouse on a section of the old Union Stockyards site, seen by me in 2013, and demolished a few years later. The building hadn't been used since 1964.

Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Republicans want to cripple the IRS so their super-rich donors can cheat on their taxes. Then the rich tax cheats throw a few pennies at the Republicans as a thank you. The rest of us fund the government that Republicans and the super-rich have rigged.

In the new On-Target video, @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social and I discuss the need for a strong daily narrative by the opposition to Trump. It could be like the Covid briefings in 2020, as Steven and @newsjennifer.bsky.social have urged, or a "people's cabinet," as @timothysnyder.bsky.social suggests.