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Captain Paule @captainpaule.bsky.social · 1d

Absolut bemerkenswertes Interview von @camlinger.bsky.social und @onachtwey.bsky.social zu ihrem neuen Buch «Zerstörungslust».

«Die rechte Zerstörungslust erfasst auch Teile der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft»
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zerstoerungs...

Demokratischer Faschismus? Carolin Amlinger und Oliver Nachtwey über die Lust an Zerstörung

Amlinger und Nachtwey sehen eine Gefahr heraufziehen, die grösser sei als der Rechtspopulismus. Dabei stützt sich das Autorenpaar auch auf eigene Erhebungen.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 2d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Cédric Wermuth @cedricwermuth.bsky.social · 6d

Ich dachte immer, wenn traditionelle Konservative mit Rechtsaussen kooperieren, wird’s sehr schnell total gefährlich. Ich muss mich korrigieren. Es wird zuerst total bescheuert und erst dann gefährlich.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/e...

Entscheidung im Streit über Bezeichnung: EU-Parlament stimmt für »Veggie-Burger«-Verbot

Veggie-Schnitte statt -Schnitzel? Straßburg hat über die Bezeichnung von Fleischalternativen entschieden. Nun müssen die Staaten ausloten, ob solche Produkte bald nicht mehr Wurst oder Schnitzel heiße...

www.spiegel.de

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

I’m starting to think Trump might not know what the fuck he’s doing on all this trade war stuff.

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FragDenStaat @fragdenstaat.de · 5d

Unsere Recherchen zeigen: Ministerin und Ministerium stimmten sich eng mit der Milliardärslobby ab und könnten damit gegen das Neutralitätsgebot verstoßen haben. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...

Wirtschaftsministerium: Reiche berät Reiche

Bei Treffen mit der Stiftung Familienunternehmen gaben Ministerin Reiche und ihr Staatssekretär Tipps, wie die Superreichen-Lobby Steuersenkungen erreichen könne. Das zeigen interne Unterlagen.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“America is now in a dangerous period, in which the president can order investigations and indictments against his enemies,” the editorial board writes.

Opinion | James Comey. Letitia James. Who’s Next?

America is now in a dangerous period, in which the president can order investigations and indictments against his enemies.

nyti.ms

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe Noem can go undercover to the Portland war zone so she can prove it exists.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Yet another incident that would’ve gotten any other president immediately impeached that is only the 127th worst thing Trump has done in 2025.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Dec 3

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7d

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Pete Hegseth is furiously screaming "I SAID NO FATTIES!"

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine if Obama had said this in front of military personnel about Republicans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 9d

Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

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DieChefin @diechefin.bsky.social · 12d

This!

Sometimes I really think2019 was thw last normal year of our lives and ever since, it feels like like we‘ve slipped into some alternate reality where nothing males swnsw, everyone is on the esge, time moves too fast yet too slow, and the worls we knew just doesn‘t ecist anymore.
Via Insta @goodmindquotes

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 12d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

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