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Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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November 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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What do affordable healthcare and sarcasm have in common?
Most Americans don't get it.
Most Americans don't get it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
What do affordable healthcare and sarcasm have in common?
Most Americans don't get it.
Most Americans don't get it.
While 42m Americans lost food assistance, Trump threw a Great Gatsby party. But this wasn't a celebration - it was a wake. The death knell for bloated American capitalism. They know it's ending. We know it too. The champagne bubbles burst, but the dawn is coming
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November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
While 42m Americans lost food assistance, Trump threw a Great Gatsby party. But this wasn't a celebration - it was a wake. The death knell for bloated American capitalism. They know it's ending. We know it too. The champagne bubbles burst, but the dawn is coming
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Silicon Valley billionaires publicly celebrate their love of Tolkien while embodying everything he warned against. How Musk and Thiel chose Mordor.
#Tolkien #Musk #SiliconValley #Thiel #LordOfTheRings #Palantir #Tech #Democracy #BritishPolitics #Billionaires
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#Tolkien #Musk #SiliconValley #Thiel #LordOfTheRings #Palantir #Tech #Democracy #BritishPolitics #Billionaires
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November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Silicon Valley billionaires publicly celebrate their love of Tolkien while embodying everything he warned against. How Musk and Thiel chose Mordor.
#Tolkien #Musk #SiliconValley #Thiel #LordOfTheRings #Palantir #Tech #Democracy #BritishPolitics #Billionaires
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#Tolkien #Musk #SiliconValley #Thiel #LordOfTheRings #Palantir #Tech #Democracy #BritishPolitics #Billionaires
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Trump's meetings with MBS & al-Sharaa were a unified message from the predator class. Khashoggi's family, Syrian refugees: all erased by F-35 deals and trillion-dollar handshakes. Spectacle diplomacy is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Trump's meetings with MBS & al-Sharaa were a unified message from the predator class. Khashoggi's family, Syrian refugees: all erased by F-35 deals and trillion-dollar handshakes. Spectacle diplomacy is here.
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The #Home Office rejected an 8 year-old’s visa after a hurricane destroyed her home. Her Dad is British; both parents work in the UK. This is how ‘control politics’ looks - choosing rules over mercy.
#UKImmigration #Compassion #Starmer #UKPolitics #PlagueIsland
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#UKImmigration #Compassion #Starmer #UKPolitics #PlagueIsland
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The Architecture of Indifference: Lati-Yana Brown and the Unmaking of Compassion
Lati-Yana Brown, an eight-year-old with a British father, was rejected an expedited visa after Hurricane Melissa destroyed her home. Her case exposes the UK's bureaucratic indifference to human suffer...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The #Home Office rejected an 8 year-old’s visa after a hurricane destroyed her home. Her Dad is British; both parents work in the UK. This is how ‘control politics’ looks - choosing rules over mercy.
#UKImmigration #Compassion #Starmer #UKPolitics #PlagueIsland
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#UKImmigration #Compassion #Starmer #UKPolitics #PlagueIsland
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Trump just apparently called for the execution of 6 veteran lawmakers for telling soldiers they can refuse illegal orders.
The line between democracy and dictatorship is being erased.
Read now:
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The line between democracy and dictatorship is being erased.
Read now:
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-dons-d...
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Trump just apparently called for the execution of 6 veteran lawmakers for telling soldiers they can refuse illegal orders.
The line between democracy and dictatorship is being erased.
Read now:
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-dons-d...
The line between democracy and dictatorship is being erased.
Read now:
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-dons-d...
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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The National Guard shooting feels like the kind of flashpoint this administration seizes on. Fear becomes justification; “order” becomes authority. Is this the pretext for something darker?
#US
#Trump
#NationalGuard
#WashingtonDC
#MartialLaw
#DemocracyCrisis
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#US
#Trump
#NationalGuard
#WashingtonDC
#MartialLaw
#DemocracyCrisis
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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State
Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..
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November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The National Guard shooting feels like the kind of flashpoint this administration seizes on. Fear becomes justification; “order” becomes authority. Is this the pretext for something darker?
#US
#Trump
#NationalGuard
#WashingtonDC
#MartialLaw
#DemocracyCrisis
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#US
#Trump
#NationalGuard
#WashingtonDC
#MartialLaw
#DemocracyCrisis
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Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
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Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
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Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
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Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
www.plagueisland.com/p/the-aging-...
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his fear of aging. From "piggy" to "ugly," explore how misogyny masks his desperation as his power fades.
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Authoritarianism #PoliticalAnalysis
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Read our new essay on how Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his desperate rage against the undeniable truth of his own decline. From "piggy" to "ugly," misogyny as a weapon of distraction.
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Democracy #Narcissism
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#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Democracy #Narcissism
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The Aging Narcissus: Trump's Desperate War on Mirrors
A follow-up to "Quiet. Quiet, Piggy." Trump's escalating attacks on female journalists expose his narcissistic rage against the mirrors reflecting his decline.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Read our new essay on how Trump's attacks on female journalists reveal his desperate rage against the undeniable truth of his own decline. From "piggy" to "ugly," misogyny as a weapon of distraction.
#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Democracy #Narcissism
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#Trump #Misogyny #Journalism #Democracy #Narcissism
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Silicon Valley billionaires publicly celebrate their love of Tolkien while embodying everything he warned against. How Musk and Thiel chose Mordor.
www.plagueisland.com/p/saurons-di...
www.plagueisland.com/p/saurons-di...
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Silicon Valley billionaires publicly celebrate their love of Tolkien while embodying everything he warned against. How Musk and Thiel chose Mordor.
www.plagueisland.com/p/saurons-di...
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Silicon Valley billionaires publicly celebrate their love of Tolkien while embodying everything he warned against. How Musk and Thiel chose Mordor.
www.plagueisland.com/p/saurons-di...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Silicon Valley billionaires publicly celebrate their love of Tolkien while embodying everything he warned against. How Musk and Thiel chose Mordor.
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"The Shire is the Greater London area, like Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire" - Musk
Hertfordshire isn't part of Greater London.
Neither is Oxfordshire.
And finally, Tolkien based The Shire on a little village in Warwickshire, over 100 miles away from any of them.
THIS MAN IS A PANGALACTIC MORON
Hertfordshire isn't part of Greater London.
Neither is Oxfordshire.
And finally, Tolkien based The Shire on a little village in Warwickshire, over 100 miles away from any of them.
THIS MAN IS A PANGALACTIC MORON
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"The Shire is the Greater London area, like Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire" - Musk
Hertfordshire isn't part of Greater London.
Neither is Oxfordshire.
And finally, Tolkien based The Shire on a little village in Warwickshire, over 100 miles away from any of them.
THIS MAN IS A PANGALACTIC MORON
Hertfordshire isn't part of Greater London.
Neither is Oxfordshire.
And finally, Tolkien based The Shire on a little village in Warwickshire, over 100 miles away from any of them.
THIS MAN IS A PANGALACTIC MORON
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Elon Musk has read Tolkien, not realising he has become Saruman
He has read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, not realising he is the Vogons
He read comic books, thought he was Iron Man. But he is the Marvel villain
He has read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, not realising he is the Vogons
He read comic books, thought he was Iron Man. But he is the Marvel villain
November 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Elon Musk has read Tolkien, not realising he has become Saruman
He has read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, not realising he is the Vogons
He read comic books, thought he was Iron Man. But he is the Marvel villain
He has read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, not realising he is the Vogons
He read comic books, thought he was Iron Man. But he is the Marvel villain
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Musk optaget af Tolkien men er nok ikke helt med
Have now written something article-length about tech bros and Tolkien www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
Lord of the Wrongs: What Musk gets wrong about Tolkien and Orwell
The far right tech guru is supposed to be a genius - so why does he misunderstand the books he loves?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Musk optaget af Tolkien men er nok ikke helt med
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Musk: "Quando Tolkien escreveu sobre os hobbits, ele se referia aos nobres habitantes dos condados ingleses, que não tinham noção dos horrores que aconteciam em lugares distantes. Eles podiam viver em paz e tranquilidade, mas apenas porque eram protegidos pelos homens valentes de Gondor."
Elon Musk declaring British people 'Hobbits' sparks backlash
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Elon Musk declaring British people 'Hobbits' sparks backlash
Elon Musk has been branded "sick" and "dangerous" following recent remarks he made on an episode of Joe Rogan.
www.newsweek.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Musk: "Quando Tolkien escreveu sobre os hobbits, ele se referia aos nobres habitantes dos condados ingleses, que não tinham noção dos horrores que aconteciam em lugares distantes. Eles podiam viver em paz e tranquilidade, mas apenas porque eram protegidos pelos homens valentes de Gondor."
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I don't wanna spend all my time thinking about how Musk has no inner life or whatever, but I am still kinda reeling from how even as a kid he never read a book seriously.
This is a crazy take. The Shire hobbits were refugees from Gondor's leadership failures.
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This is a crazy take. The Shire hobbits were refugees from Gondor's leadership failures.
From www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-jo...
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I don't wanna spend all my time thinking about how Musk has no inner life or whatever, but I am still kinda reeling from how even as a kid he never read a book seriously.
This is a crazy take. The Shire hobbits were refugees from Gondor's leadership failures.
From www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-jo...
This is a crazy take. The Shire hobbits were refugees from Gondor's leadership failures.
From www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-jo...
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Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
Musk and the far right don't have cultural literacy or life experience to comprehend Tolkien's POV.
LOTR is about sacrifice for greater good. Coming together with people different from you and ignoring centuries old blood feuds to fight evil.
Musk and the far right don't have cultural literacy or life experience to comprehend Tolkien's POV.
LOTR is about sacrifice for greater good. Coming together with people different from you and ignoring centuries old blood feuds to fight evil.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
Musk and the far right don't have cultural literacy or life experience to comprehend Tolkien's POV.
LOTR is about sacrifice for greater good. Coming together with people different from you and ignoring centuries old blood feuds to fight evil.
Musk and the far right don't have cultural literacy or life experience to comprehend Tolkien's POV.
LOTR is about sacrifice for greater good. Coming together with people different from you and ignoring centuries old blood feuds to fight evil.