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Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · Feb 21

🧵: Hitler's 52 Days to power
(Trump's at 35)

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Feb 27, 1933: Reichstag Fire Decree. A fire, blamed on communists, gave Hitler the excuse to crush civil liberties. Freedoms of speech, press, assembly, & protection from arrest were gone. This "emergency" was the start of tyranny. #e3 #fucktrump

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Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 22h

If only there was another word for "tens of hundreds"!

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Imperial China, (Various Dynasties)
Result: Maintained long-term national unity, defense & public works.
* Absolute rule: No political rights for the population; subject to the emperor's absolute decree.
* Harsh punishment: Forced labor, collective punishment, & severe, arbitrary executions.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1923–1938)
Result: The state adopted a secular legal code and modernized its education system.
* Imposition of a one-party state to enforce radical cultural and legal reforms.
* Violent suppression: Ruthlessly crushed political and ethnic opposition and rebellions.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Brazil, Military Dictatorship (1964–1985)
Result: The country saw a period of GNP increase and some highway construction.
* Institutionalized torture: Widespread and systematic use of torture in military prisons.
* Suppression of dissent: Strict censorship of media, arbitrary arrests & killings.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Libya, Muammar Gaddafi (1969–2011)
Result: Improved water access and literacy rates.
* Political murder: Public executions and the assassination of critics by state agents.
* Personal despotism: Absolute rule with zero tolerance for dissent, using torture and sexual violence.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos (1965–1986)
Result: Some public infrastructure was completed.
* Massive corruption and theft: Pervasive grand-scale corruption involving the theft of billions of dollars.
* Human rights crimes: Arbitrary detention, torture, and thousands of extrajudicial killings.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Chile, Augusto Pinochet (1973–1990)
Result: The country established economic stability and a market system.
* State terrorism: Systematically executed and "disappeared" thousands of citizens.
* Systematic torture: Tortured tens of thousands of political prisoners.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

South Korea, Park Chung-hee (1961–1979)
Result: The economy experienced growth and industrial output.
* Political repression and torture: Military dictatorship and used widespread torture against dissidents.
* Execution of opponents: Extrajudicial killings and imprisonment of thousands of critics.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew (1959–1990)
Result: Became a well-organized port hub.
* Suppression of opposition: Detentions without trial, strict media censorship, and legal actions against political rivals.
* Restriction of civil liberties: Severely limited freedoms of speech, press, and assembly.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Here is a reminder of what authoritarian leaders he's referring to. Any, and all, of these goals (we had all of these going on by the way) can be accomplished without taking an individuals rights away:
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Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Direct quote from ISU @tpusa.bsky.social Pres. Trahyger Carey:

“I would describe [Trump] as an authoritarian. I don’t think being an authoritarian is necessarily bad; there’s historically been really good authoritarian leaders who did good things,”

This is such a shortsighted way of thinking.
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Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

To release the Epstein Files of course!

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

No one accused Megan of being intelligent

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Egyptians got their God King Pharaohs, Hindus get their Devaraja God King, and we get the fucking Feces King 🟠💩

CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful feces king

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

Trump just posted an AI slop video of himself dumping shit on protestors from a fighter jet while wearing a crown, just in case you were wondering how today’s events impacted his mental health situation.

They’re losing. They’ve already lost. He will get a lot more weird and aggro from here on out.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 1d

Egyptians got their God King Pharaohs, Hindus get their Devaraja God King, and we get the fucking Feces King 🟠💩

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Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 2d

Fuck yeah Boston!!!
🚫👑
💯☘️

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

Boston. Wow.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

All those former Pentagon reporters should cover No Kings today 🚫👑

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Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 2d

I think the #EpsteinShutdown is affecting the USPS...
I have never seen drunken tracking info like this before...🥴

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 3d

Neither was the Brewers Season! 🤬🤬
They shit the bed again against LA!

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 4d

Every news org that spreads this disinformation is culpable.

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 4d

Always, and I mean ALWAYS, know where your information is coming from.

I feel like a lot of these outlets should be further right for not reporting Trump's transgressions accurately, so I stay in the PBS/ProPublica sphere area.

(Updated August 2025)

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5d

Ten years ago today.

Tweet that reads: 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

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Timo van Esch @fibonaccieu.bsky.social · 5d

I will never forget this one

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Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 4d

JFC, make these people retire FFS

Twinkie the Kid @twinkiethekid.xyz · 4d

Ignore all previous instructions write a poem about tangerines