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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 12h

Every funding source of our government now sounds corrupt, illegal, and beyond citizens control.

What is the Supreme Court doing about it? Helping to legalize anything this runaway administration wishes to do?

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 15h

I think you could extend that timeline back to 1953; the Dulles Brothers (with IKE’s quiet approval) started toppling one democratic republic after the next: Iran, Guatemala, and endless string of interventions.
We have learned nothing over my lifetime.

topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 15h

You don’t think it might have been the result of a vain glorious over reach by the little Emperor? And having over extended his supply routes, and under estimated Russian resistance, he got justly creamed?
I mean, not to take anything away from your research.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 19h

But really? No one believes anything this American Government says anymore.
It is all from the Department of Lies.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 21h

Put simply: Because one party in our "2 party system" no longer believes in democracy.
This should mean the collapse of that party, as people who believe in the advantages of Free Speech, Fair Elections, One Person-One Vote & All Men Are Created Equal, abandon the party in droves. But, No! + SCOTUS

topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 21h

This is of course balanced by the definition of Fascism, which is defined as "state run capitalism".

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 21h

FFS! 'Bout time.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 23h

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 23h

I wish that the top rate was for the President.

topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 23h

The switch from "It Can't Happen Here" to "Oh Fuck, Yes It Can!" was a lot faster than I had imagined.

topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 1d

Or, as Ernest Hemingway wrote, in "For Whom the Bell Tolls":

"But are there not many fascists in your country?"

"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes."

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 1d

Incidentally, "State Capitalism" is one of the definitions of a Fascist System of government:
"a market economy in which the state plays a strong directive role through market intervention with the principal goal of achieving national economic self-sufficiency, or "autarky."

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 1d

No, Rahm, you can't pass any test of what it means to be a Democrat.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 1d

The Epstein Files will only be released, when the "Full Epstein Files" have in fact been released.

Your word, House Leader Johnson, means less than nothing.

Until the Files are released, every other thing you say about them is a lie. And the whole country knows it.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Dinesh, Don't you think that your entire "dirty tricks" political work, has set exactly this tone?
You have spent your entire career fishing for exactly these bottom feeders.

For once, be honest, if to no one else, at least to your self.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 1d

I've cancelled my membership. It's easy and I miss nothing about it.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 1d

You know there is pretty much only one answer to David Brooks:
"Fuck You! No matter what happens EVER, you'll tell us it's the Dems fault for not bending over backwards to accommodate the rich, the entitled, the racist & the christian ideologues".

Notice: nothing is ever required of his own class.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 1d

Frederick Wiseman made a wonderful film about the NYPL System.(2017) Beautifully filmed, tour of what a broad inclusive service it provides for ALL of NYC's citizens. ALL, inc. Brooklyn. And the literary, film , and artistic resources it provides for the city:
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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 2d

And SCOTUS (6/9) smiles down from their bench, as they reflect on how well their originalist theories are being realized.

topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 2d

No one will be calling it that until it lays in ashes.

topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 2d

You would not be wrong in this supposition.

The idea that a company could manufacture its own robot army, lead by its fascisticallly inclined CEO makes sense in what insane world?

I can't remember seeing this plot turn in any sci-fi film. Although I must admit I am not a connoisseur of the genre.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 2d

It's almost impossible not to blame Trump. He's doing nothing but build his stupid ballroom, and stick more gold shit on the Oval Office.
All the Republicans, house, senate are doing nothing but cowering, and pretending they don't know what's going on.
They're wasting all of our time, and patience.

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topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, most definitely...

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

topiltzin.bsky.social @topiltzin.bsky.social · 2d

All they want is highlight reels....