Fat Man and Little Boy bombed.

This is a regime at war: With large segments of the population, with pluralistic democracy and American society as it actually exists. They are not looking to reform or compromise, they desire to destroy, conquer, and dominate.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12mo ago

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

Beware the “Trump’s political genius” fallacy! There has never been any actual evidence for his “brilliance” – and it’s a narrative that only serves to strengthen Trump while offering a convenient exculpatory tale for both those who support him and those who failed to stop him.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · last yr.

I agree with the general message of this piece, but "sinister brilliance" confers way too much credit. Sowing fear with lies about minority groups, then offering yourself as a savior through brute force isn't new or interesting enough to be evil genius. It's just the same old fascism.

New Is This Democracy is out, with a discussion on why binary ideas that suggest a clear directionality - Trump is either winning or losing - are not very helpful if we want to understand America’s trajectory. Also: Some big personal news and an update on the podcast’s - hopefully bright! - future.

Is This Democracy@isthisdemocracypod.bsky.social · last yr.

Is Trump Winning or Losing – or Should We Be Asking a Different Question?   New episode of Is This Democracy:

Just trying to imagine FDR treating Winston Churchill this way, and I can’t.

French #resistance

KYIV INDEPENDENT: “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.” kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...

O, while you live, tell truth and shame the devil!

So, actually, it always was Russia.

How it started: How it’s going: Any questions?

relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?

Tom Scocca@tomscocca.bsky.social · 2y ago

Seems like why the meeting imploded was more like "Trump is senile and has lost all impulse control and JD Vance is pickled in online fash propaganda" www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment. The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow

In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.

politico.com

The First Felon is appalling youtu.be/TRcUumrC8bs?...

Yesterday, every American who loves freedom and democracy and the other values for which prior generations fought and sacrificed found themselves aligned against our own president and vice president. The pro-American president in the Oval Office Friday was Zelensky.

The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...

Trump Thinks He Humiliated Zelensky. He Really Humiliated the United States

Trump’s Oval Office mob show proves he’s no Don Corleone. He’s Luca Brasi—with nukes.

thedailybeast.com

The Ugly American

Americans who live in blue states are extremely fortunate during this disastrous presidency, especially if we have active representatives. I wrote to our Hawaii Senator, Brian Schatz, about the federal funding freeze and its implications for Hawaii’s housing crisis. I was pleased to get this reply!

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2y ago

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

Bill on fire, srsly.

William Shakespeare@shakespeare.lol · 2y ago

They will steal any thing, and call it purchase.

The last, best description of Trump from British writer Nate White.

Rep. Jasmin Crockett is always 🔥

Lovely morning walk and the perfect Mary Oliver poem for our current state of tyranny

We’ve been resisting our so called leaders for years, this last election just motivated us more. #bluedotsintexas

I see how that works, yes. Do you?

Y'all are amazing. How can we help?

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There are so many amazing people on Bluesky that I’ve updated my Starter Pack to include even more of my favorites. This is a work in progress — I’ll continue to expand this pack over the coming days and weeks. 🦋 go.bsky.app/6pG2Wr8

Sure I'm a hippie but I've never been into meditation or chanting or anything super crunchy like that But now, every now and then I find myself breathing - and repeating to myself "At least Ruben Gallego beat Kari Lake" Over and over and over again Good morning Arizona🌵

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