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OpWolverines

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“Anonymous Boogey Man” | US National Security & Intelligence Community veteran, 1999-Present | ⬃ ⬃ ⬃ |

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OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · 5d

No kings. No masters

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Kristofer Goldsmith @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social · 10d

Veterans aren’t scamming the system — but Secretary Doug Collins and President Donald Trump want you to think they are.

How the Trump VA Set Up the Washington Post to Attack Veterans' Disability Benefits

Silence, spin, and sabotage made this “fraud” story inevitable — and dangerous

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 16d

Dems- don't engage "you want healthcare for undocumented immigrants." Reply with "The shutdown is for one reason only- to hide the Epstein evidence that is so damaging to the White House." Every interview, every comment, every time.

Learn how to win in the court of public opinion one goddam time.

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · 19d

Veterans info on the shutdown:

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · 20d

More team building

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · 20d

Just watching a movie on team building

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · 27d

A tale as old as Lee Atwater

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Sep 11

Where are all the right winger Sam Hyde memes when you need them.

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Sep 8

two cartoon characters are sitting next to each other and one of them is saying " uh no they 're saying "

ALT: two cartoon characters are sitting next to each other and one of them is saying " uh no they 're saying "

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OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Sep 1

Objectively this is a better place

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

In other words: at the end point, the “pretend” has stopped functioning as glue. People aren’t really fooled anymore, but there’s no stable replacement yet, so you get an atmosphere of absurdity, cynicism, and fragmentation.

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

5. Emergence of parallel realities.
Since the old shared narrative collapses, society fragments into competing micro-realities. Online echo chambers, alternative media ecosystems, or even decentralized economies form not just subcultures, but full rival “truth-worlds.”

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

4. Surreal transparency.
What once had to be hidden is now displayed openly- corruption, surveillance, disinformation, elite maneuvering- but without consequences. The exposure no longer breaks the system; it just confirms its absurdity.

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

3. Collapse of middle ground
It relies on everyone playing along. At the end point, people either disengage entirely (retreat into apathy, distraction, or private life) or attach to extreme, simplified alternatives (radical movements, conspiracy systems, strongman politics, techno-utopian salvation)

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

This doesn’t necessarily create rebellion, it creates surreal compliance, where people shrug at contradictions because they’ve given up on consistency as a standard

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

2. Authority openly contradicts itself.
Rules are applied inconsistently, power structures shift rapidly, and leaders no longer even try to maintain coherence.

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

Cynicism becomes the default, but also exhaustion: people stop arguing about what’s true because the performance is transparent.

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

1. Official narratives lose traction
When governments, corporations, or media outlets say something, fewer people believe or disbelieve, they treat it as noise. The gap between “what is said” and “what is experienced” is too obvious.

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

For decades, people and institutions could maintain a veneer of stability even when everyone knew the story didn’t match reality. But at the end point, cracks overwhelm the façade. A few markers of that phase:

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are at the end of hypernormalization.

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · Jul 18

Happy Shut The Fuck Up Friday, memorize the script 👇 and STFU

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Jul 16

WHAT.

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Jul 16

What.

Disgusting booger eating claw of an octogenarian despot

OpWolverines @dddx0.bsky.social · Jul 16

Trump has makeup on his hand, hiding some serious medical problem. Looks almost like a latex paint with how thick it is.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 14

FLASHBACK: Trump getting asked about saying “I wish her well” re: Ghislaine Maxwell (and repeatedly casting doubt upon how Epstein died) hits different now