Jen Mercieca
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. Views represent my academic research, not my university. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
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Jen Mercieca
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
· Nov 10
We are the leaders we are looking for. 🫶
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The liberal democratic consensus that had briefly restrained the powerful from the worst abuses of the powerless ended in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. The planet overheated, causing widespread draughts, fires, floods & hurricanes. Crops dwindled & the wars came.
November 11, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The liberal democratic consensus that had briefly restrained the powerful from the worst abuses of the powerless ended in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. The planet overheated, causing widespread draughts, fires, floods & hurricanes. Crops dwindled & the wars came.
The AI spambots are very busy on fb 🙄
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The AI spambots are very busy on fb 🙄
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you want to watch this 🥹🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
Intermarché - Unloved
YouTube video by Romance Agency
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December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
you want to watch this 🥹🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
Freeze warning in Texas
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Freeze warning in Texas
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What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
you want to watch this 🥹🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
Intermarché - Unloved
YouTube video by Romance Agency
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
you want to watch this 🥹🥰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLER...
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holy crap watch this
youtu.be/ROJZntCBZCc?...
youtu.be/ROJZntCBZCc?...
Erin Morton | Creep | Radiohead Cover | CCM Musical Theatre
YouTube video by In.love.with.angels
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
holy crap watch this
youtu.be/ROJZntCBZCc?...
youtu.be/ROJZntCBZCc?...
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Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
holy crap watch this
youtu.be/ROJZntCBZCc?...
youtu.be/ROJZntCBZCc?...
Erin Morton | Creep | Radiohead Cover | CCM Musical Theatre
YouTube video by In.love.with.angels
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
holy crap watch this
youtu.be/ROJZntCBZCc?...
youtu.be/ROJZntCBZCc?...
Crimes against humanity enabled by our corrupt politics.
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Crimes against humanity enabled by our corrupt politics.
This picture makes me very sad.
Getting increasingly difficult to believe that Chomsky had an innocent relationship with Epstein
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This picture makes me very sad.
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No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
WOKE COINS BAD
Quarters that were meant to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage, and the civil rights movement will no longer be produced, The WSJ reports. Instead, the Treasury Department will replace those with designs honoring the Mayflower, the Revolutionary War, and the Gettysburg Address.
Quarters honoring women's suffrage, civil rights canceled by Trump
Quarters that were meant to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage, and the civil rights movement will no longer be produced
qz.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
WOKE COINS BAD
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block President Trump’s construction of a large new ballroom on White House grounds, arguing that he violated at least four laws in bypassing any review process.
National Trust Sues to Block Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction
The lawsuit seeks to force President Trump to submit his ballroom plans for public review and input.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block President Trump’s construction of a large new ballroom on White House grounds, arguing that he violated at least four laws in bypassing any review process.
this is the way!
lol AI walker photo hits the top of Reddit. I hope he sees it.
![r/topofreddit 2h ago topredditbot
Trump using a walker after he signed an executive order banning states from regulating Al [r/pics by u/Rex-In-Effect]
Photo shows Trump walking down the hallway using a walker. It’s fake.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gy3v7opwo3bfoa7dojkfhvp/bafkreicghra3mbvshy4y4i6yo3fvvamshfreq6tjusxrwzs7p3ljyzrr5a@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
this is the way!
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December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
oh I see we're doing class v race again. cool
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh I see we're doing class v race again. cool
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
Who wouldn’t want to vacation in a totalitarian state? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
In addition to 5 years of social media history, CBP would also require tourists to provide all phone numbers used over that period, any email addresses used in the past decade, DNA and iris scans, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members
Including children
Including children
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Who wouldn’t want to vacation in a totalitarian state? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Authoritarians in power are weak, actually.
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Authoritarians in power are weak, actually.
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HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!
🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!
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The Overlords would like for us to believe that "affordability crisis" is a hoax.
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Overlords would like for us to believe that "affordability crisis" is a hoax.
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“Project Censored’s List of Buried Stories Hits Half-Century Mark”
My review of @projectcensored.bsky.social Top 10 Stories for @randomlengthsnews.bsky.social. Independent media stories—ignored/marginalized by M$M—frame a different worldpicture. 1/12
www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...
My review of @projectcensored.bsky.social Top 10 Stories for @randomlengthsnews.bsky.social. Independent media stories—ignored/marginalized by M$M—frame a different worldpicture. 1/12
www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“Project Censored’s List of Buried Stories Hits Half-Century Mark”
My review of @projectcensored.bsky.social Top 10 Stories for @randomlengthsnews.bsky.social. Independent media stories—ignored/marginalized by M$M—frame a different worldpicture. 1/12
www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...
My review of @projectcensored.bsky.social Top 10 Stories for @randomlengthsnews.bsky.social. Independent media stories—ignored/marginalized by M$M—frame a different worldpicture. 1/12
www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...
ALERT: check your Sassafras Decoders for an IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
ALERT: check your Sassafras Decoders for an IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION.