Matt Out Of Hell

@casarino.bsky.social

IT'S A-ME, CASARINO Playwright, musician, writer, disc golf advocate. I was @Casarino on that outhouse-fire site.

If only there were a more concise word for “an overtly political campaign advertisement paid for by the government.” If only there were a roomful of writers and editors one could consult…

Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com
What an odd moment in United States history.
A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.
Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit.

This is a wild misapplication of the test for a stay, sure, but it’s also just disconnected from how the real world works. In Alito’s mind, the only factor for determining whether something is legal is “Does Mister Trump want it.” A little bobblehead for fascism. Vile, stupid, get out of my face.

Lotta people think this is dementia-induced fabulism, but for years trump and his minions have lived in a truth-free zone, where narrative and myth-building are the only things that matter. This is just more of that. MAYBE he's pushing it too far here, but I can't imagine his fans will care.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."

My counter to this is that these Democrats (I am not among them) probably believe Piker is actually an impediment to defeating fascism. Their mistake is shining a light on him, rather than simply saying "he's a blogger and entitled to his opinions."

Jacob Weindling@jakeweindling.bsky.social · last mo.

The Democrats who are talking about Hasan Piker more than Donald Trump are just proving us lefties' case that these folks care *far* more about disciplining us than defeating fascism.