Dan Mitchell
@danmitchell.bsky.social
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Reporter based in Oakland. An American, Chicago-born.
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We live in a time where the most ridiculous and most nakedly evil people are in charge, destroying countless lives and creating terror and ruination everywhere, and the news media's main response is "maybe they have point."
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lauraolin.bsky.social
The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.
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mmasnick.bsky.social
I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?
Tweet from Pam Bondi: 

Today following outreach from 
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target 
@ICEgov
 agents in Chicago. 

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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bowlerhatscience.org
I hate that it's easier to reach some people with violence against animals than against humans, but anything helps. And of course people who are cruel to animals are usually cruel to other people too.
faineg.bsky.social
I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.
danmitchell.bsky.social
And it's rife throughout our institutions, particularly the ones meant to safeguard us: the media, academia, and even the Democratic Party.

This, and not fascism itself, is the root of the problem. Without these people, fascism would never have gained traction. We'd have had President Jeb Bush.
danmitchell.bsky.social
There is a mass denial of reality among people who are (at least ostensibly) opposed to Trump. The denial is always in service of excusing MAGA and downplaying the threat while blaming liberals for everything, including for MAGA itself. This mass delusion is both widespread and severe.
danmitchell.bsky.social
Which would explain his work with the College Republicans and Americans for Prosperity. But now he's vehemently anti-Trump (which, good! But I don't know if he still IDs as a Republican).

This kind of thing is precisely why Trump gained power.
danmitchell.bsky.social
I had to look this guy up because the statement and the certainty with which he expressed it really threw me for a loop, which is hard to do these days: he's a normie in a midwestern suburb. Professional job, good education. In 2012, he was in high school, but politically aware.
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aelkus.bsky.social
i think one very clear lesson of 2024 is necessity of having media infrastructure to reach public. right now legacy media is either passively or actively complicit and social media increasingly owned by allies of administration
samd.bsky.social
“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question
beijingpalmer.bsky.social
while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.
danmitchell.bsky.social
I guess it's just readiness for so many (mainly "centrist" white dudes, but people of all kinds) to accept right-wing messaging as valid. But they take it beyond the bounds of reason. They're *so* ready to do so that they deny observable reality. It's like they haven't achieved object permanence.
danmitchell.bsky.social
Are you in fact a historian?
danmitchell.bsky.social
Two questions: 1: can you demonstrate that the media "smeared Romney as a Nazi?" To be convincing, you'd have to cite at least a few examples, which should be quite easy to find. You know, because Internet. But I'll accept just one: can you cite a single instance where the media did this? And 2:
danmitchell.bsky.social
This kind of thing just outright befuddles me. We were all there in 2012, right? Presumably, this guy was, too. This is like a guy who presents as sane declaring that the ocean is solid rock while everybody's standing on the beach with him looking at the waves. It's bewildering.
daninkc.bsky.social
The media smeared Mitt Romney as Hitler. Then Republicans thought, well we might as well run Hitler.
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oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
danmitchell.bsky.social
Guarding our nation.
bradheath.bsky.social
The previous Sunday, a 7-11 manager flagged down soldiers to report that a man who tried to pay $2 for $4.50 worth of pizza. He also threw pizza at the manager, then his friend stole two slices of pizza.

Soldiers pursued and detained both accused pizza thieves.
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mattortega.com
His neck hangs like sleeve of wizard.
elivalley.bsky.social
Honored to draw my first cover for TIME ❤️
TIME tweet:
The living Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, alongside a Palestinian prisoner release. The deal may become a signature achievement of Trump's second term, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the Middle East https://time.com/7325156/trump-gaza-ceasefire-deal/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=131025
With cover image of a worms-eye view of Trump
https://x.com/TIME/status/1977784098929385818
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jamesnorth7.bsky.social
The bias in this #NYTimes headline is just astonishing.

@mondoweiss.net #Israel #Gaza #Palestine
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alaskahd20dems.bsky.social
Circled is a teargas canister thrown by Donald Trump’s thugs flying towards a family as they flee with their baby from ICE’s violent escalation in Chicago.
danmitchell.bsky.social
Amazing. Not surprising.
jodyavirgan.com
Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.
Peter Giunta participates in a CNN-POLITICO Grill discussion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO
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anem0ne.net
facebook has always supported groups performing ethnic cleansings
chicagotribune.com
A Facebook group that shared information on sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Chicago area was taken down by Meta following pressure from the Justice Department, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Facebook removes Chicago-area page dedicated to ICE sightings after Justice Department intervenes
The Facebook page ICE Sighting-Chicagoland amassed over 70,000 members in recent weeks as the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has ramped up in Chicago and the suburbs.
trib.al
danmitchell.bsky.social
Google AI gets serious.
Google AI on search for “epm.”

EPM can stand for Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (a neurological disease in horses) or Enterprise Performance Management (a business software and process for planning, budgeting, and reporting). The specific meaning depends on the context, but both refer to serious conditions or processes.
danmitchell.bsky.social
I think I’ve solved the mystery of what Lumon is really up to: it’s about the cones.
danmitchell.bsky.social
"Look, I'm no fan of the GOP [i.e., explicit, active fascism], but [seething rage toward Democrats]" is strikingly common. When it's someone's go-to sentiment, over years, I ask again: what are we to conclude?
danmitchell.bsky.social
The second thing there is especially obvious when you’re constantly defending fascists. Most of the people I’m thinking of do both things. What else are we to conclude from these behaviors?