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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 5h

It is obvious & well evidenced that Republican activists are by & large racist, misogynist, xenophobic assholes, &/or idiots. (voters who are for various reasons suckered into voting for them, I wouldn’t characterize as such).

But the media refuses to cover it as such, just like our fascist Prez

Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 5h

Wouldn’t it be great if reporters were reporting relevant reality more often?

Politico @politico.com · 10h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 1d

Not surprised but Texas is about as Free Speech-friendly as Elon Musk’s butthole (aka his mouth) is

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 3d

As close as they might get there really are no good billionaires

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 3d

Long-time liberal and tech billionaire Marc Benioff just declared for Trump and said troops should be sent to SF.
“At the end of the interview, he turned to a public relations executive. He could be heard why
her mouth was wide open.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 4d

Ah liberals. Always ready to take digs at the Right by celebrating the victories of… the Right

(in case you didn’t know, this woman sucks: she supports Trump’s extra-judicial killings, Israel, sanctions on her own people, etc)

“Democracy in Venezuela”? Let’s have it in the USA too shall we?

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 4d

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 4d

Another shocking revelation 😱

Ok ok I know good journalism is important, & it matters to disclose this admin’s bad acts, but these people are evil in literally everything they do! Anyone who isn’t a cultist can see this! I still think the limiting factor for change isn’t potentially damaging intel.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 4d

When I was young, there was a radical poster that said “cars are the dinosaurs of tomorrow”…

now I see that phrase was optimistic; we have to make cars the large prehistoric land mammals of tomorrow (a.k.a., they will only go away if we extinct them ourselves!)

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 4d

Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.

Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?

My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 4d

Tbc I’m no fan of Nicolas maduro but the fiction that Venezuela is a “dictatorship” has been pushed since Chavez first won democratically and tried to create a more socialist state. That’s what they don’t like: socialism.

You’re a fool & a tool if you buy the narrative of “right wing tool = peace”

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder to anyone who thinks the “peace prize” means really anything; they gave it to Obama the drone bomber of civilians in chief.

This is not an institution dedicated to peace. It is dedicated to western hegemony, which includes the active project to undermine the people of Venezuela.

Shawn's Socialist Slipstreaming（宇祥）- he/him/他/dia @shawnybantzy.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently our newest Nobel Peace Prize winner wrote to fucking Netanyahu for help in overthrowing the government of her own country dawg

The population of Venezuela needs international protection against the widespread and systematic attack to which the Venezuelan regime subjects it. This is demonstrated by the report dated May 29, 2018, submitted by the Organisation of American States to the International Criminal Court. This has served as the basis for nine states, including Argentina, to file complaints against the regime before that international body. We deeply appreciate this effort, which is decisive for the outcome of the Venezuelan tragedy.

I am convinced that the international community, in accordance with the responsibility to protect doctrine, is called upon to provide Venezuelans with the necessary support to bring about the regime change that is urgently needed to restore national and international security. Therefore, I have recently sent letters to several of the world’s leading figures to promote before the United Nations Security Council the adoption of effective protection measures for Venezuela by fostering regime change, a step that necessarily entails strengthening international security. Today I want to ask Israel and Argentina to contribute their expertise and influence to advance a sound and urgent decision-making process in the Security Council.

Such measures are imperative in the face of a hemispheric security hotspot like the one currently posed by the regime oppressing Venezuela. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration have certified that the current refugee crisis of people fleeing Venezuela is the largest in the history of the Americas. Argentina is an example of this crisis, having welcomed hundreds of thousands of our compatriots—a gesture for which Venezuelans will always be grateful. However, we must be aware that without a change of regime in our country, hemispheric and global security will be at risk.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 5d

Mark Bray keeps it real: it’s really not that hard to see through the Trump admin’s lies and fear mongering!

Wishing the best to him and his family, plus all of us who are unfortunately committed to being anti-fascist no matter the personal costs!

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6d

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 6d

It takes teams of assholes to make evil choices come true and destroy countless lives, but on this particular team I do blame Elon Musk most of all.

He should be remembered as a mass murderer (among the many other awful things he is)

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 7d

There's plenty of complexity to the story of Ian Roberts, the Black Iowa superintendent arrested by ICE.

But the way the @nytimes.com chose to frame this article is racist and shameful.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

www.nytimes.com

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 8d

Add LA times to the “being stenographers for fascists” = “I’m a journalist” club

With garbage like this, who needs a well-informed public? We can just roll over and accept lies as truth, and Stephen Miller as President!

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 8d

Stephen Miller leads GOP charge equating Democrats to 'domestic terrorists'

Trump advisors amp up extreme rhetoric against Democrats during government shutdown, immigration raids

Miller's rhetoric comes amid a federal crackdown on Portland, Ore., where he says the president has unchecked authority to protect federal lives and property.

www.latimes.com

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 8d

Oh yes jury nullifications too!

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

trib.al

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 8d

Is there a website that tracks every day peoples’ brave interference of the new fascist status quo?

I’m thinking obstructions of ICE, sandwiches thrown, harassment of MAGA figures in public, etc.

I imagine someone must be tracking & compiling, & I’d like to see more beyond mere social media feeds.

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 8d

Much prefer Raj Patel or Nimesh Patel if we’re talking Patels — although this Ka$h Patel guy is also funny, just not intentionally so

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 8d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Invictus Ghost @invictusghost.bsky.social · 8d

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 8d

Damn I may quit this platform too. Shame i hoped i could keep my twitter addiction.

But @jay.bsky.team and other admins seem like they hate people with good taste and actual politics!

carrion🐛 @carrion.bsky.social · 8d

the wise admins of bluesky have decided that creating a moderation list of AI slop posters is a no no

Hi there,
Your Bluesky account
(@carrion.bsky.social) has created a list called "Al Slop Posters" that may violate our Community Guidelines. We've temporarily hidden this list from other users because it contains one or more of these issues.
- Harmful language such as insults or slurs
- Unverified claims
- Appears intended to shame or abuse users

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8d

In the last 2 weeks MAGA aligned people have done 2 attempted mass shootings of a gay bar and pride center in Arizona and Texas, murdered 2 teenage girls for mocking Charlie Kirk, and torched a judge's home.

Meanwhile, the government mobilized the military to go after the left.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9d

NEW inside CBS—

Staff are insulted executives will spend $150 million to buy The Free Press & make self-proclaimed “Zionist fanatic” Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief, while many of them are set to be laid off.

“If I wrote 90 percent of what’s on The Free Press, I would get flagged and fired,” one says.

‘What the F**k?’ CBS News Insiders Prepare for Takeover by Self-Described ‘Zionist Fanatic’

Bari Weiss is expected to be announced as editor-in-chief of CBS News, as employees worry her new role will bring a pro-Israel bias, more censorship, and lower editorial standards.

zeteo.com

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Antonio Roman-Alcalá @antidogmatist.bsky.social · 9d

The “this isn’t who we are people” should open a history book.

And maybe then learn what actually works against fascism. Give you hint, it isn’t procedural liberalism or ceding discursive ground to fascist ideas and Othering.

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