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Nick Idler

@nickidler.bsky.social

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Keeper of the flame. Trying to go full-on activist, but not sure I know how ... Never lived under a fascist oligarchy before. #resist BTW, I'm a career digital advertiser who'd love to stop working with Google and Meta... Any ideas?

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Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 13h

Quick fact, America started with immigrants coming to the U.S. and living here undocumented for years before becoming citizens.

Another fun one, the 14th Amendment, which gives due process to "all persons", was created while we still had this type of open immigration.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like they should be more worried about that. Aren't 60+ kind of their base?

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 1d

Not you, @stephenking.bsky.social ... Lol

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 1d

This is why we protest kings.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings
Fort Myers, FL

We covered probably 3/4 of a mile.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like there's a good ska scene in Portland. It seems like everyone there can play a horn, and I see those banana costumes at concerts all the time.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 2d

In his defense, if I did some of the shit ICE agents have been doing, I'd probably hate myself enough to start day drinking, too.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 2d

A couple thoughts:
1) I don't think Private Bone Spurs has the right to comment on anyone's military service or lack there of.
2) Did he really say George Santos should serve less time for his crimes because he votes Republican?

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure FOX replaced "legally & peacefully" with "...".

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know the rules, are we allowed to shame racists?

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 2d

So, we're to believe Antifa snuck into various congressmen's offices undetected while carrying American flags all for a mild prank?

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think he's an idiot as much as he hopes we're all idiots.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 3d

At this point, I'm convinced the Republican party's main constituency is made up of billionaire pedos and white nationalists, so ...

Maybe we just pick the lesser of 2 evils?

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, I'd be mad too if my neck came out looking like a balloon knot.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 3d

Just a reminder: given its history, I don't think "America First" is a movement we want.
allthatsinteresting.com/america-firs...

The Ugly History Of The Original 'America First' Movement — And How It Ultimately Failed

The committee was initially founded to keep the United States out of World War II, but it quickly grew into something far more ugly.

allthatsinteresting.com

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 3d

For real. They were literally disappearing college kids for shit they said about Palestine, but hate speech about u.s. citizens is just 'kids being kids'.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 4d

I don't know, it looks like some kind of acme device backfired again.

a coyote is holding a sign that says " -8% "

ALT: a coyote is holding a sign that says " -8% "

media.tenor.com

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 7d

If doctors really are mostly right leaning, then that really shows just how greedy we are in this country.
I'm sure they don't vote Republican because of the party's logical, science-backed stance on medicine or its generous funding of healthcare (sarcasm)
... it's gotta be for the tax cuts.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 7d

Did he forget that he was still in office when this happened? That'd make it his FBI.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 7d

Lol, I was just thinking that. The cognitive decline is pretty clear.
The right needs to draw a line, though ... They need to stop covering it up before he goes even further off the rails.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 7d

You get it. Very insightful, too. Thanks for that!

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this is a dangerous thought. Dude just "proved" circumcisions result in autism, and way too many people believe him.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 8d

I think this kind of proves there are no independent bodies, and no checks and balances. Everyone's just there to do what Trump says.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 8d

Lol, well reaching 90 is pretty good. God bless him.

Nick Idler @nickidler.bsky.social · 8d

I hope your dad is ok, but yeah, that's exactly the point.