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John Austin

@thesameperson.bsky.social

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TRIGGER WARNING: I'm a cynic! Heavy into politics... or what's left of them here in the good ol' Christo-fascist US of A. Refugee from the SM platform formerly known as Twitter Also spent a little time on Counter Social. Long-winded YouTube commenter

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · Sep 1

I am absolutely sure of two things:

1. The fascists hacked the vote last year, at least in the swing states.
2. We still need to vote... and in such a way that the world will be unable to deny who we are and what we were doing: telling our wanna-be oligarchs what they can go do with themselves! 🖕🖕

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1h

One must remember never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity

but here's the thing and yes I've said this before but it really bears repeating

You want a revolution, you fuck with the money or the food.

And the GOP is doing both.

So why does the GOP want to kill/fuck ACA? WELL

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 30m

Article written in 2017 after Trump first took office.
It's not a coincidence. The woman who wrote it understands how the human mind works and knew exactly how bad things could get. The country is still in danger...
medium.com/@Elamika/and...

And So It Begins

Last night, writing to a friend on the subject of Trump’s most unfortunate first weekend in office, I said the following:

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 37m

We'll see if Cuomo's narcissism gets the better of him again - I'm pretty sure it will. Maybe Bari Weiss can get him to do an interview on 60 Minutes. If not, there's always the bottom of the barrel Fox News.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18h

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 4h

It's not possible to help that person by confronting them with the truth - that only pushes them further away from it. Here's a recent video of people who can hopefully help:
lucid.substack.com/p/disengagin...

Disengaging from Leader Cults: On the MAGA Cult, with Dr. Steve Hassan

A video and an essay about Fascist and other leader cults

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18h

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

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Colleen @gracie87.bsky.social · 1d

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 17h

I'd be willing to bet it's not true, just like his imaginary inauguration numbers from 2017. If you've heard him speak once, you've heard him speak a thousand times. Everything he says revolves around the delusion of how "perfect" and "great" he is.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19h

What just happened tonight:

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 18h

One of my favorite episodes! I remember this scene in particular because Nichols looked as though she was holding a real live critter that absolutely delighted her! 🥰

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Starship Tempest @starshiptempest.bsky.social · 1d

A gorgeous #Uhura piece for you today from @pop_goesmyheart on IG! Who wouldn’t want to love on a #tribble?!? I bet they’re soft and floofy…

#SupportArtists #ArtNotAI #StarTrekArt #TroubleWithTribbles #StarshipTempest

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

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Missy 💙 Votes 💙 Blue 💙 Defender of Democracy! @missyvotesblue.bsky.social · 21h

She’s pissed right along with the rest of us!

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 18h

My precognitive abilities can no longer be denied!
Or I simply understand how these fiends think...
bsky.app/profile/thes...

John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 19h

Question:
So what's next for Andrew Cuomo?

Prediction:
Crying about how he's been victimized by the "radical left" on Faux News.

John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 19h

Excuse me, everyone, but if you believe this woman has suddenly sprouted a conscience, I've got a bridge to sell you. The moment you start trusting her, she will turn around and do something completely insane. How easily we all forget.

John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 19h

You just better believe us when we tell you what to believe, OK? What a stupid dummy. Gosh!

And at the bottom of the screen is another lie. They want as much chaos as possible in order to justify imposing martial law prior to the midterms. Our government is broken on purpose.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

LEAVITT: It's absolutely true that there's fraud in California's elections

Q: What's the evidence of that?

LEAVITT: It's just a fact

John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 20h

This is what happens when you "flood the zone with shit" and just let people choose whatever they want to believe. Without teaching people to think critically and question information sources, mass disinformation campaigns were way more successful than they should have been.

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 20h

Soon we'll be completely dependant on AI to do all of our thinking for us.

Slowly but surely, Americans are being transformed into the mindless proletariats from Orwell's 1984.

John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 20h

A few simple questions:

Has Rethuglican behavior gotten better or worse since 2016? Do you think this trend will continue? Why or why not?

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Alex Fernie @ferniecommaalex.bsky.social · 1d

Several hundred kids just marched past my house because John Marshall High is doing an anti-ICE walk out.

LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.

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John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 20h

Wasn't this case *thrown* out of court? 😆

John Austin @thesameperson.bsky.social · 20h

An excellent summary of how we arrived at this dark moment in history. We keep waiting for the system to fix itself but it was designed this way. It was broken by the narcissism and greed of evil men long before last year's election.