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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 New episode out now on The Glitterpill Podcast 🎙️

@allsourcenews.bsky.social breaks down #cartels, intelligence & why understanding these networks matters more than ever.

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 12d

proudboyswhisperer.com

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 14d

Hold on to your capacity for joy, awe, gratitude, and beautiful music. It’s the only way forward, and the way back to what’s real.

🎶 #highlinequartet

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled to share my upcoming conversation with @All_Source_News & @SITREP_artorias!

On this episode of @glitterpillpod, we cover cartels, intelligence, and why understanding these networks matters now more than ever.

Out next week!

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18d

one thing that is true for everyone reading this: unless something changes dramatically the number of people who agree with you on what basic facts constitute "reality" will shrink every year for the rest of your life

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 18d

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 18d

It’s important to revisit how we arrived here, and to examine the social, political, and cultural forces that drove individuals to join groups like the Proud Boys.

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Swiping Right: The Allure of Hyper Masculinity and Cryptofascism for Men Who Join the Proud Boys

Little scholarly research exists on participants in crypto-fascist extremist organizations. In this research paper, Samantha Kutner, MA, communication studies, explores the scripts and narratives that...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18d

Yes and also we all aren't outrage jukeboxes, you can't just press a button and have us be outraged on request. We're all allowed to focus on what we want and where we feel our voices will be effective right now, and trust that others will fight the other fights worth fighting. It's a group effort.

Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 18d

Them: Where was your outrage for [awful thing unrelated to the post they're replying to]??!

Me: ... Clearly you don't actually follow me on social media where I've been ranting for years. 🙄

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 19d

Red-Brown-Green Alliance

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 19d

Life is too short not to go for it. With this combo or these pants. 😂

🎶 #perotengounswingsabroso

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 24d

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I don’t publish a lot, but when I do, I make sure it’s impactful.

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 24d

The last sentence. 🧑‍🍳💋

Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 25d

*2021 I’ve lost track of years. Every year feels like seven. 🫠

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 25d

Antifascism is being opposed to fascism. It’s not a unified group. I spoke with @shaneburley.bsky.social @brooklynmarie.bsky.social @davidneiwert.bsky.social and @professorstas.bsky.social about this in 2020.

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10. Modern Horrors

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Stephanie Kemmerer @doubtisthewayout.bsky.social · 26d

Y'all should take a listen to this episode of DNW.
open.spotify.com/episode/58yH...
@grza.bsky.social and @ashkenaz89.bsky.social are amazing

Did Nothing Wrong 09/15/25 "There's Room For More Than One Bad Guy"

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you Stephanie! I’m glad people like you appreciated it. ❤️

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 26d

Since others have asked.

Charlie Kirk may have been the impetus for this conversation, but he’s not the heart of it.

Listen for yourself and be the judge here.

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 27d

When someone is repeatedly provoked or dismissed and eventually reacts, that reaction is often seized upon and taken out of context & used to further malign the individual.

Catch my 3 min explainer for UNR here.

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 27d

Tomorrow on the Did Nothing Wrong Pod with Glitterpill founder Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social, we have a conversation about nuance, among other things.

Don't miss it, subscribe today kthx.

www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/did-nothin...

Did Nothing Wrong 09/15/25 "There's Room For More Than One Bad Guy"

Griff and Glitterpill Community founder Samantha Kutner discuss the assassination of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk and the chaotic immediate information space response.

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 28d

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28d

This gets to something that as a former stand-up I recognized but couldn’t name. A 31 year old professional content creator baiting 19 year old amateurs into the format of his choice isn’t debate, it’s crowd work. It’s debate-shaped crowd work farmed for content.

Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 29d

One thing that I think some not-youngs forget (and is different from 20 years ago) is that Kirk used his ‘debates’ to generate video that could go viral and, to use an old phrase, catapult the propaganda. His debates weren’t in any way, shape, or form educational.

Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 29d

When Charlie Kirk, who put together lists of professors he didn't like so people could target & harass them, used the phrase "free speech", he used it in the same way creationists use "teach the controversy." For Kirk, it was just another way to bludgeon the left and also to promote his propaganda.

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 28d

Believe me, I know.

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Samantha Kutner @ashkenaz89.bsky.social · 28d

I’m really glad we had this conversation. Dialogue, discussion, and avoiding speculation are so important in moments like this.

Listen here: x.com/sitrep_artor...

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · Sep 12

I'm just saying until someone shows me actual evidence the guy was a groyper I'm not going to be like "oh yeah he was" and I don't get what is so hard to understand about that???????

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