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Musician, lover of dogs & soccer, proponent of democracy & bold action on climate change. Don’t blame me, I voted for the laughing lady.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · Jun 22

The saddest thing about the whole Trump era is that Americans, in general, are so easily duped by a snake oil salesman, repeatedly. Even after seeing that they were duped, repeatedly, they just sign right back up again. OK, that snake oil, again, didn't work, but he's got a new one out now!

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 3h

He may or may not be aware of the timeline, but it doesn't much matter. The truth need not get in the way of propaganda, even when the falsity should be blatantly obvious. You just hammer away, get cover from the RW propaganda machinery, and gaslight your base. Off you go.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 5h

Looks vaguely familiar...

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 5h

Predisposing capability on the basis of a physical characteristic is bigotry. Again, there is no special exception for ageism. This is not to say that many US pols don't stay in their jobs well past the point that they are near their best. But it depends on the individual. /2

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 5h

Depends on how well you're doing your job. Bernie is 84 and still bringing it. Anyway, there really isn't such a thing as a "retirement age" other than what Social Security deems the age when you can get full benefits. But many people work well beyond that age & perform their jobs very very well. /1

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 6h

Yes. I'm all for more young people running - yes, please, more! But agism is also a type of bigotry, we don't get a special pass for it, and at the end of the day, we have to judge people on their merits, not by physical characteristics.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 6h

Lankford's hair getting a little orange there. Needs to go heavier on the bronzer though if he's really gonna pick up MAGA street cred.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.

The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.

No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 9h

Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 7h

And this of course was Elon's plan all along, to bend the perception of reality in his direction towards neo-fascism. Like Putin with Trump, his plan is likely far exceeding his expectations. And now we have RW oligarchs coming in as owners of TikTok? We're in deep, deep trouble.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 7h

Yep, sounds familiar.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 8h

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, it was truly terrible when "antifa" ransacked the Capitol building on 1/6/2025 to try to stop the certification of Trump's election in 2024. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 10h

That's right. The RW propaganda machine manages to gaslight them into not believing the reality in front of their eyes in favor of some pro-MAGA false narrative.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 10h

Either that or he was talking about literally painting everything gold. 🤦

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 11h

Right now, the left just does not have the bandwidth to compete with the whole of the RW propaganda machine, which is getting more & more powerful daily with oligarchs buying up more media + govt pressure. That's the problem to be solved. Get the bandwidth, then use it for counterpropaganda.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 11h

I’m not saying don’t do this, it’s that we need way, way, way *more* of this kind of counterpropaganda across our entire political landscape, in a systematic and sustained manner.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 11h

It’s good but it’s still a popgun vs. the howitzer of RW propaganda. I like Mamdani a lot but if he was running a national race he’d get pummeled 24/7 with propaganda and his popularity would plummet nationally (it’s already low nationally).

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 11h

Yes the Democrats already owns the center when the R’s have moved way extreme right with neo-fascism. Heck when Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are campaigning for you, you’ve got the center-right too if not what used to be straight right.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 11h

I can’t bear to read the piece. I value my sanity too much. Did he really frame it as a NIMBY issue? 🤦‍♂️

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12h

Sad to say this is true. And everyone who has any involvement with the Trump administration killing people on these boats-from the Secretary of State to the aide who brings in the coffee-better make sure they get a pardon before Trump leaves office

Because the statue of limitations won’t have run

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

This is the thing that the President and Vice-President routinely joke about

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13h

In Trinidad and Tobago, fishermen are staying home and a family mourns following U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug boats.

Fear Grips a Caribbean Nation in the Shadow of U.S. Boat Strikes

In Trinidad and Tobago, fishermen are staying home and a family mourns following airstrikes on alleged drug boats.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah he’s not “feeling any pain”. He’s probably making bank on the side too thru insider trading and crypto grifting.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 22h

It just doesn't matter if it makes sense. He knows his base is not smart enough to figure it out, especially when they're gaslit with this nonsense 24/7.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 23h

Oh, and bye.

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 23h

And were working on a ceasefire for months but Trump torpedoed it in an under the table deal with Trump at Mar a Lago in July '24. Don't give Biden a win & when I get into power I'll let you go at it for several more months & I won't demand a 2-state solution. Then do the ceasefire so I get my prize

jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 23h

They be physically threatened 24/7. But that's why they'd be heroes. I don't think there are any that remotely have the spine to do it. The ones that might have long been run out of the party already.