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Ordinary Rendition @renderjudgment.bsky.social · 15m

"Don't shit on people for doing the thing you want them to" is generally a pretty good rule.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 31m

the idea something like No Kings could evolve into something more than occasional marches is beyond their understanding, revolutions must burst forth fully formed, all contradictions resolved

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Baptiste Lerak @baptistelerak.bsky.social · 19m

Bernie Would Have Won theology posits that while the right *is* bad, they also fundamentally lack agency, as they would be defeated as a matter of course if leftists were in charge of opposing them. Hence, the great political struggle is actually between leftists and everyone else not on the right.

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Remain In Hell Without Despair @daphnelawless.com · 12m

This is correct, but it is simply the modern version of Stalin's "Third Period" strategy. It's happening all over again because the history of capitalist society is on "loop" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_P...

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 14m

people like The Bad Talia will always be against any mass movement that gains popular support, because their "political movement" is more of a hipster subculture, and once anything becomes popular it becomes lame normie shit

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 16m

what they're building to is a return to the old KPD "After Hitler, our turn"
the idiot block of the left loves studying history, because it gives so many examples of things they can do the same while expecting different results

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 18m

if you as a leftist are telling people as a whole not to protest against fascism, you are either an infiltrator or doing the exact same thing an infiltrator, and at some point the difference becomes a moot point
the purpose of an activist is what they do

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 20m

the "liberals always side with fascists against the Left" accusation is often a confession, from self-styled leftists who will eventually side with fascists against liberals

Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 12h

This is exactly backwards, the no kings protests are a mass movement of regular people that have every republican politician in the country raging about "hate America rallies," and the online protest industry weirdos who say shit like "radlib" to each other are the ones skimming off the top of them

it is no wonder that 50501, a movement of radlibs who are very upset but don’t want to get in trouble, would be boosting superficial activism.

superficial activism has its place, but if that place is front and center, it kills whatever movement it is skimming off the top of.

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 12h

This is exactly backwards, the no kings protests are a mass movement of regular people that have every republican politician in the country raging about "hate America rallies," and the online protest industry weirdos who say shit like "radlib" to each other are the ones skimming off the top of them

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 1h

This has been bothering me all day because the obvious point of No Kings is to show we have the power to do a color revolution if they don‘t honor the results of future elections.

The other point is to radicalize fence-sitters by having people who are *clearly doing nothing wrong* be tear gassed

Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 12h

This is exactly backwards, the no kings protests are a mass movement of regular people that have every republican politician in the country raging about "hate America rallies," and the online protest industry weirdos who say shit like "radlib" to each other are the ones skimming off the top of them

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 22m

the I-5 shutdown thing seems innately plausible though

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 23m

I don't think they're going to shoot live rounds into an American military base either

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 24m

I need you to understand: even Putin doesn't do this shit. when Assad - already a dictator - did it, the result was a decade-long civil war that he eventually lost

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 25m

i'd be more disturbed if i believed Meidas Touch wasn't full of shit
"firing missiles at American cities" is the kind of insane escalation that would prompt an immediate and spontaneous military coup

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 27m

alternatively, this is a Spinal Tap type scenario and the model on his desk *is* the Triumphal Arch

state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 29m

everything else aside, it is not possible to start with concept art and build something like this in 9 months

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 1h

A model of President Trump's proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary was seen on the Resolute Desk as the president held a press conference in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

When asked on Wednesday who the arc is for, Trump told CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe: “Me.”

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 37m

I’m old enough to remember when their biggest fucking grievance was a made-up complaint that Obama did this.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING via WSJ

The Trump administration is planning sweeping changes in criminal division at the IRS.

Full Story: on.wsj.com/3LbVFtK

The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said.
The undertaking aims to install allies of President Trump at the IRS criminal-investigative division, or IRS-CI, to exert firmer control over the unit and weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations, officials said. The proposed changes could open the door to politically motivated probes and are being driven by Gary Shapley, an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 32m

What a 2025 sentence.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 43m

musk personally allowed a nazi pedo doxxing cult to publish a bunch of leftists banking information, I think?

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 32m

a key part of the reconstruction plan is making his opinion no longer matter

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 33m

fwiw there are a lot - probably a majority - of left or far-left figures who are really excited about the protests

state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 35m

the "center" is actually the Right, and the "Far Left" are basically just a 19th century political larp club

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Daniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 2h

The general expectation among US elite culture is that the broad catch all of "liberals"--urban dwellers, minorities, women, LGBTQ ppl, etc--are expected to eat unending amounts of shit from "real" Americans while a) not complaining and b) still financially supporting them but without holding power

King Blackwhale @kingblackwhale.bsky.social · 2h

I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area, and never once in my 40 years of life have I heard a mainstream media figure say that the right — or government generally — has any obligation to treat me as an equal citizen or human being, or in any way be protected or served by the federal government.

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King Blackwhale @kingblackwhale.bsky.social · 2h

I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area, and never once in my 40 years of life have I heard a mainstream media figure say that the right — or government generally — has any obligation to treat me as an equal citizen or human being, or in any way be protected or served by the federal government.

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 1h

Image of GI Robot from DC Creature Commandos, with text "oh boy nazis"

state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 2h

having an "I can't focus I'm so depressed about everything" type day

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