LunchCounterPunch
@theultrasecret.bsky.social
Stale are playmates who play to stalemate.
Made political punk rock once, may again. Some recent-ish demos here: https://theultrasecret.bandcamp.com/album/the-ultra-secret
Made political punk rock once, may again. Some recent-ish demos here: https://theultrasecret.bandcamp.com/album/the-ultra-secret
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It's also notable how manufactured this whole panic has been. DEI can be a little silly but it's been a fixture at American corporations since the 1990s. The only reason we're all talking about it constantly is that right-wing media decided to pretend it was left-wing tyranny.
The right-wing has been priming Americans to think of population wide gains in freedom and equality as potentially ill-gotten; a theft against those who are already living with a full suite of rights. It's why attacks on DEI work. The Dems/the left must emphasize that this is a theft of Civil Rights
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Remarkable how Trump’s anti-black racism is both text and subtext, an animating principle for his entire life, and that his government is stocked with white supremacists and Nazis, yet elite media consensus still very much tip-toes around this, and the opposition deems it all a distraction.
August 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Remarkable how Trump’s anti-black racism is both text and subtext, an animating principle for his entire life, and that his government is stocked with white supremacists and Nazis, yet elite media consensus still very much tip-toes around this, and the opposition deems it all a distraction.
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Demanding a party possess cultural norms is demanding exclusion of marginalized groups, point blank. So this is the big tent, huh?
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Demanding a party possess cultural norms is demanding exclusion of marginalized groups, point blank. So this is the big tent, huh?
And not just criminals, but all of us. ICE becoming one of a narrow field of job options is precisely why good government jobs are being destroyed, academia is being attacked, and AI is being pushed to take over care work.
The harder it is for people with criminal records to get jobs, the easier it is to recruit them for jobs like this.
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
And not just criminals, but all of us. ICE becoming one of a narrow field of job options is precisely why good government jobs are being destroyed, academia is being attacked, and AI is being pushed to take over care work.
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If what the Constitution demanded was a popularly elected President who could then do whatever they pleased during their term, it would have just said that. But it goes through great lengths, and with good reason, to build out so much more.
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If what the Constitution demanded was a popularly elected President who could then do whatever they pleased during their term, it would have just said that. But it goes through great lengths, and with good reason, to build out so much more.
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The more profane and blasphemous the shitheads running this country, the more they need to brandish their Christian bona fides via the sorts of activities @marisakabas.bsky.social documents here.
“There is a difference between being surrounded by a religion & having it foisted upon you. The efforts of the Trump administration are the latter, creating uncomfortable & unsafe working conditions for federal employees who either practice a religion that is not Christianity—or no religion at all.”
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The more profane and blasphemous the shitheads running this country, the more they need to brandish their Christian bona fides via the sorts of activities @marisakabas.bsky.social documents here.
Demanding a party possess cultural norms is demanding exclusion of marginalized groups, point blank. So this is the big tent, huh?
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Demanding a party possess cultural norms is demanding exclusion of marginalized groups, point blank. So this is the big tent, huh?
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The pettiness itself is indictive of how deep the bigotry against Black Americans is; the assault on Black rights and recognition must be full-spectrum, from the implementation of apartheid to making sure Black names don't grace federal buildings.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The pettiness itself is indictive of how deep the bigotry against Black Americans is; the assault on Black rights and recognition must be full-spectrum, from the implementation of apartheid to making sure Black names don't grace federal buildings.
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Exporting our cultural and political values now means promoting global apartheid.
The goal is the creation of a white nationalist international.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Exporting our cultural and political values now means promoting global apartheid.
Individuals create content (in the case of the right-wing, racist demagoguery), but networks amplify and sustain it. @eladn.bsky.social is absolutely right; the battle against antisemitism specifically, and global fascism broadly, can only be won through a vast array of connections.
New piece.
On how media, leaders, and all the rest of us focus breathlessly on individual personalities on the far right instead of the networks they’re part of.
And in realizing that, we can find the answer for how to defeat them.
Networks, networks, networks.
On how media, leaders, and all the rest of us focus breathlessly on individual personalities on the far right instead of the networks they’re part of.
And in realizing that, we can find the answer for how to defeat them.
Networks, networks, networks.
Americans are waking up to right-wing antisemitism. We're still ignoring the root problem
Concerns about antisemitism on the right have focused on individuals like Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson. But networks are the real issue.
forward.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Individuals create content (in the case of the right-wing, racist demagoguery), but networks amplify and sustain it. @eladn.bsky.social is absolutely right; the battle against antisemitism specifically, and global fascism broadly, can only be won through a vast array of connections.
Exporting our cultural and political values now means promoting global apartheid.
The goal is the creation of a white nationalist international.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Exporting our cultural and political values now means promoting global apartheid.
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The liberal elite delusion that police are broadly on the side of truth and justice has put us all in existential danger.
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The liberal elite delusion that police are broadly on the side of truth and justice has put us all in existential danger.
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Jeffries’ messaging here is a capitulation to and an amplification of an unwell tyrant’s gutter racist lies. A total disaster.
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Jeffries’ messaging here is a capitulation to and an amplification of an unwell tyrant’s gutter racist lies. A total disaster.
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“Tastes great, less ceiling” perhaps?
December 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“Tastes great, less ceiling” perhaps?
Call it "The A-Team" for Accountability. Along with pressers, produce featurettes chronicling the agency's activities, who they're after and why, who they've put away and for how long, etc. It would be nationally cathartic.
One thing I think normies would support (after all This) is some kind of anti-corruption federal agency with a flashy name and hyperbolic daily pressers about going after everyone in the Trump orbit. Folks would tune in and pay attention.
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Call it "The A-Team" for Accountability. Along with pressers, produce featurettes chronicling the agency's activities, who they're after and why, who they've put away and for how long, etc. It would be nationally cathartic.
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We need to add freedom of movement to the suite of rights that demand protection. These fascist jackasses have hijacked what immigration is, and talking border security, etc won’t restore the fundamental rights we’re losing because of it.
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We need to add freedom of movement to the suite of rights that demand protection. These fascist jackasses have hijacked what immigration is, and talking border security, etc won’t restore the fundamental rights we’re losing because of it.
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Dems can keep blaming their losses on movements like "Uncommitted," but it's the moral rot of their iconic leaders that does the most broad and long-lasting damage.
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dems can keep blaming their losses on movements like "Uncommitted," but it's the moral rot of their iconic leaders that does the most broad and long-lasting damage.
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Throwing the country off a cliff and dislodging rocks on the way down is not “efficient boulder removal.”
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Throwing the country off a cliff and dislodging rocks on the way down is not “efficient boulder removal.”
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Because profane charlatans like Hegseth take no pride in their work, their blind spots are those who do.
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Because profane charlatans like Hegseth take no pride in their work, their blind spots are those who do.
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ChatGPT is less an introduction of a new tool to enhance institutional performance, and more an infiltration of institutions by nefarious actors, in an effort to diminish them. Either way, “it’s here, so use it” is morally vacuous reasoning.
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
ChatGPT is less an introduction of a new tool to enhance institutional performance, and more an infiltration of institutions by nefarious actors, in an effort to diminish them. Either way, “it’s here, so use it” is morally vacuous reasoning.
The more profane and blasphemous the shitheads running this country, the more they need to brandish their Christian bona fides via the sorts of activities @marisakabas.bsky.social documents here.
“There is a difference between being surrounded by a religion & having it foisted upon you. The efforts of the Trump administration are the latter, creating uncomfortable & unsafe working conditions for federal employees who either practice a religion that is not Christianity—or no religion at all.”
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The more profane and blasphemous the shitheads running this country, the more they need to brandish their Christian bona fides via the sorts of activities @marisakabas.bsky.social documents here.
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The spirit shattering “Work hard and play by the rules” pitch. Flat and condescending; I don’t know how they do it.
November 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The spirit shattering “Work hard and play by the rules” pitch. Flat and condescending; I don’t know how they do it.
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What they like about America is how easily exploitable it is internally, and how much power it has to exploit externally.
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
What they like about America is how easily exploitable it is internally, and how much power it has to exploit externally.
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What Hegseth has, and most people who serve absolutely do not, is bloodlust. He thinks there’s something inherently cool about getting to kill people. Dems must understand, as an existential matter, that this can’t be allowed to fester.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What Hegseth has, and most people who serve absolutely do not, is bloodlust. He thinks there’s something inherently cool about getting to kill people. Dems must understand, as an existential matter, that this can’t be allowed to fester.
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This analysis is loathsome, yes, but deeply saddening as well. Yet another generation being led by its elders to doubt the horror they feel at witnessing a genocide. As if revulsion toward war crimes and wanton murder is not completely natural, but rather something to be suspicious of. It's tragic.
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This analysis is loathsome, yes, but deeply saddening as well. Yet another generation being led by its elders to doubt the horror they feel at witnessing a genocide. As if revulsion toward war crimes and wanton murder is not completely natural, but rather something to be suspicious of. It's tragic.
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Planned, but this is also just the Conservative movement running on automatic. Without their frauds and manipulations, without their targets, without their bigotries and snot-nosed grievances, what would they have? Nothing. This is their plan because it’s their existence.
It was definitely planned, this is exactly how they do it every time. It's the Libs of TikTok faux outrage pipeline
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Planned, but this is also just the Conservative movement running on automatic. Without their frauds and manipulations, without their targets, without their bigotries and snot-nosed grievances, what would they have? Nothing. This is their plan because it’s their existence.