My organizer friend agreed that they, the friend, couldn't sit this out because #Trump is that big of a threat.
But this person also "understood" their other friends' point of view.
I just can't get over how much this is Germany 1933 all over again.
"Yeah, but the communists, yeah but the centrists, yeah but the conservatives, yeah but..." yeah but, FASCISTS. TEAM TRUMP ARE FASCISTS. NO 'YEAH BUT' THEY ARE FASCISTS AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS.
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This is a smart guy, fairly well informed. Reads Heather Cox Richardson.
But he seemed genuinely surprised that #Trump did what Trump said he was going to do.
It's the same story I've heard from my liberal organizer friend who is hyper-focused on local issues. That person has friends who refused to vote because "both sides" bull shit.
I feel like that friend is also a bit surprised.
It's almost those of us screaming for two years Trump 2.0 will be a catastrophe weren't just being shrill.
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So, my best friend from grade school texted me. He's a big union guy with a major #union in California.
He is hardcore never #Trumper but understood why many in the union were against #Harris and #Biden.
So, texts me today shocked by how fast #Trump was moving on the #Constitution. He seemed a little irritated that I didn't seem shocked (I'm not even a little--Trump campaigned on it and Project 2025 wrote a 900 page book on the plan).
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[#]musk #Nazi #Salute https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/20/trump-elon-musk-salute
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And the tow truck driver has a Trump bumper sticker, is wearing a Trump shirt and has a fucking picture of Trump taped to the glove box.
O. M. G.
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My car threw a code in November. I took it to the dealership. They got it back to me this past Saturday.
Yes, the dealership took TWO MONTHS to get my car back.
Then they charged $200 more than the $3600 quote.
Today it wouldn't start. In front of a donut shop.
So very exciting.
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Everyone thinks they understand or "know" the history of whatever they've got opinions on and then they post on social media and show why history is an important, undervalued and desperately needed field of study.
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This is a real photo posted prominently on CNN's website.
At least someone there is resisting. Or maybe they just see new clothes. Idk.
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And to be clear, at this point the cost of defeating them is beyond my ability to comprehend.
I just know it can be done because at the end of the day fascism is so stupid and so violent it ultimately turns on itself.
So, we're going to win. The question is how soon can we take the victory, what will it cost and how much more will each day we wait cost.
And I'm not talking about money, y'all.
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You, yes you, are a better person, better rounded and more capable than anyone in Trump's circle or administration.
Sure, some of them might have been smarter than you or me (whatever that means) at some point but those that applies to are a) rare and b) turned off their brains and hearts to fit in.
Imagine being smarter than everyone in a room of #Nazis--that know you're smarter than them.
They are extraordinarily dangerous. But we can beat them if we stick together.
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Remember the real genius of #Mussolini, #Hitler, their minions and other #fascists is
Nothing. Almost to a person they turned their brains and their hearts off and replaced them with greed, a thirst for violence and grievance.
This does not mean they are stupid, per se. Eichmann developed an extremely efficient transportation for murder system.
In other words the #Nazis spent astonishing resources and skill on murdering innocent people at the expense of their war machine.
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I'm starting to think the 9 November 1979 NORAD false alarm wasn't a false alarm at all and the world ended that day and we're actually in hell.
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OMG someone boosting anarchists into my timeline again.
On a nihilism server no less.
I'm not even gonna bother.
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Are you worried about the #LakenRileyAct?
You will be.
It's an immigration bill that even ICE says goes way too far.
Please read Alec Karakatsanis' breakdown.
https://open.substack.com/pub/equalityalec/p/the-enduring-power-of-copaganda?r=3d3gr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Off the top of my head. Top POTUSes:
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Fucking influencers. JFC.
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And my list above? I'd STILL rank Biden as a top five all time POTUS.
But look at my list. Am I being nice? Charitable? Defending him? Saying he aligns well with me politically?
The fuck I am not. He's a right of center moderate with a penchant for building and filling prisons and over funding the police while telling normal people to get back to work during a pandemic because "it's the economy stupid."
I HATE everything about that sentence with my entire fiber.
Like Biden or hate him. IDC
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There's a ton to blame #biden for. As I've said repeatedly, my list is probably longer than most "liberals". And, yes, I'm a liberal. But my list is backed up by data and not a lust for clicks, not "everyone is talking about it," not my feelings, whatever.
Do I get things wrong?
Of course I do.
But take your fascist-ignoring hot takes on the election right the fuck out of here.
I've got no time or patience for people more concerned with clicks than people.
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You can criticize #Biden for not doing enough quickly enough in #Palestine, for his shit #Covid response, for being way too pro #Police, for not doing enough for #Sudan, for doing too much for #China, for not being harsh enough with #Republicans, for obsessing over the #economy instead of people, or a range of other things
But blaming him for an election he wasn't in? GTFOH. For blaming him for the DOJ not moving fast enough? FOH. Not being "insert your thing" enough? FO. Being an asshole? No.
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I hate this so much.
Most people there just want to be free from missiles, rockets and bullets.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/16/israel-gaza-war-live-blog-updates-strikes-hamas-ceasefire-talks
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