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politics is that there's a struggle for liberatory change against the state and oppressive systems; there's a struggle against fascists and the Far Right more broadly; and these two struggles are interconnected but also different from each other. Historically, some leftists have treated the struggle against the Far Right as unimportant or secondary-or worse, have given a platform to Far Rightists or made common cause with them in the name of fighting a common enemy. Meanwhile, some antifascists have said we need to put radical politics on the back burner and "defend democracy" against a common threat. But three way fight says that radical politics needs to be antifascist, and antifascist politics needs to be radical. Three way fight politics also means recognizing that political movements Right, Left, and center are made up of human beings and have all sorts of contradictions and contending interests and motivations. Political struggle is dynamic, and the categories and analyses that make sense at one time may not work ten years or even two weeks later. No one has all the answers, and debate and disagreement are an important part of what we need to do in order to work together more effectively and develop better politics.
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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That would hold up better if it wasn’t the first time in a long time and if it didn’t also happen in Mississippi for statewide seats.
All of Zohran's Policies Are Popular Across The United States
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Transphobia IS fascism, created and promulgated by fascist orgs. No gateway needed. Pinning blame on a trans person (he’s not), phrase (it’s not), roommate (who isn’t), musician (who isn’t) is the propaganda technique of “accusation in a mirror”, a known precursor to genocide. Warning is from 2022!
The Lemkin Institute reminds readers that one of the first libraries to be burned under the National Socialists in Germany was the library and archive of Magnus [Hirschfeld's] Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin, a groundbreaking research organization studying human sexuality and gender. The Nazis, like other genocidal groups, believed that national strength and existential power could only be achieved through an imposition of a strict gender binary within the racially-pure "national community." A fundamentalist gender binary was a key feature of Nazi racial politics and genocide ... All these laws seek to create a society that is hostile to the very idea of trans identity and in which it is impossible to live openly and legally as a trans person ... There is no shutting the floodgates once states and societies acquiesce to the eradication of a specific people from the earth.
September 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Wait a minute…
Screenshot from X with a photo of Trump departing to play golf with a community note added that says “Video was taken 2 months ago” and a link to YouTube
August 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Wired saw the contract and chats. Would they have disclosed being paid at all without this article? They hadn’t yet.
Creators in the program are not allowed to use any funds or resources that they receive as part of the program to make content that supports or opposes any political candidate or campaign without express authorization from Chorus in advance and in writing, per the contract. The contracts reviewed by WIRED prohibit standard partnership disclosures, declaring that creators will "not publicize" their relationship with Chorus or tell others that they're members of the program "without Chorus's prior express consent." (A screenshot from a slideshow was shared with WIRED following this article's publication by Graham Wilson, a lawyer working with Chorus, that offers several talking points if a member of the cohort wanted to discuss Chorus publicly.) They also forbid creators from "disclosing] the identity of any Funder" and give Chorus the ability to force creators to remove or correct content based solely on the organization's discretion if that content was made at a Chorus-organized The influencers offered the funding were given just days to sign the contract, which was essentially presented on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. At least one cohort was specifically told they could not have their lawyers redline it. In the group chat formed to discuss contract negotiations, some creators discussed a clause prohibiting the disparagement of other creators. Not being able to criticize anyone else affiliated with Chorus felt restrictive to some, according to text messages posted to the chat.
August 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Are Republicans doing these things? If so Democrats are obligated under their oath. A big part of the problem is that they think staying elected is their only job. The number of crimes makes it impossible to address them all right now but they should pick a few big, obvious ones and make a record.
Abuse of Power: Actions that misuse the power of the office for personal gain or other improper purposes. ® • Breach of Public Trust: A violation of the public trust associated with a public office. • • Misconduct Incompatible with Office: Behavior that makes an official unfit to continue serving. o • Serious Harm to the Constitution or Society: Actions that are considered injuries to the nation's system of government.
August 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The chaotic confusion is part of the ideology/method. It’s hard for people to understand but it’s a process of radicalization. Very hard to simplify. A hodgepodge of hate plus wanting validation infamy.
The point of the extreme true crime community adherent who commits violence is to shitpost their way through every grievance possible so as to get as many people to pay attention and sow discord within society. The disparate grievances are a feature, not a bug.
August 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The “nihilistic accelerationist” description seems to fit here, they are deliberately chaotic, ironic edgelords
Seamus Hughes @Seamus...•2h The point of the extreme true crime community adherent who commits violence is to shitpost their way through every grievance possible so as to get as many people to pay attention and sow discord within society. The disparate grievances are a feature, not a bug.
August 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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It’s not an ‘official’ DNC event but features big, stalwart donors. They aren’t going rogue here.
Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who is one of the Democratic Party's top targets in the 2026 midterm elections, will visit Los Angeles for an event on Sept. 26, according to an invitation reviewed by The New York Times. That Ms. Collins is the toast of some liberal donors is something of an odd-bedfellows moment. But the senator has prided herself as independent, with fans among moderate Democratic voters and donors. The fund-raiser will be held at the home of Sherry Lansing, a former Paramount Pictures chairwoman and prominent liberal donor, according to three people with knowledge of the fund-raiser.
August 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Part 2
even keep the air warm. A woman clutched her four children, trying to cover them with a single, damp piece of cloth. Above them, the sky shows no mercy... warplanes constantly flying, the sound of shelling never stops. And still, despite it all, people just try to sleep-to steal a moment of peace in the middle of this hell. By God, as I walked among them, my tears wouldn't stop... I couldn't bear it anymore. What brought us to this? How did the streets become the beds of thousands of souls? And where has the world gone?
August 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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A Palestinian speaks
I came home late today, and from the moment I stepped onto the road, my eyes couldn't leave the streets and the tents. I swear to God, I saw a scene that was unbearable... Men, women, children, the elderly, even infants-sleeping out in the open, directly on the ground. No mattresses, no blankets, nothing to shield them from the cold of night or the heat of day. Their bodies were scattered across sidewalks and beneath trees, as if trying to share the earth with the dust, without even the shade of a wall to protect them. I saw a child asleep on his mother's lap. She was leaning against a pile of dirt, trying to appear strong, but her eyes told a story of indescribable pain. An elderly man lay on the pavement, covered with a plastic bag that couldn't even keep the air warm.
August 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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America's Razor: Never ascribe to other causes that which can adequately be explained by racism.
August 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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MAGA have ZDS
Screenshot of SM interaction Evan: this is a desperate Zohran dude on a dating app cold texting a girl who wouldn’t be caught dead at a lame event for the racist Indian mayoral candidate GL: I’m the girl in the pic and am currently at the Zohran scavenger hunt
August 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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On the origin of “cracker” from Greg Grandin’s book America América
Nomadic Like Arabs Florida's Spanish governor Vicente Manuel de Zespedes kept track of Anglo plots and maneuvers. Zéspedes updated Spain on the ceaseless incursion of white settlers from Georgia into land belonging to Creek Indians, which lay along Spanish West Florida's Oconee River, Georgia officials, over Spanish objections, claimed the river was part of the new United States." Zéspedes also explained the term cracker to his superiors. The phrase was already common in English; Shakespeare used it in King Johns to refer to a braggart. Zéspedes defined it as referring to certain kinds of frontiersmen hostile to "all civil control." He described Anglo settlers as "nomadic like Arabs and distinguished from savages only in their color, language, and the superiority of their depraved cunning and unworthiness." They often feigned a British accent when dealing with Indians since Indians trusted Great Britain more than the United States. Once the Indian was being had for whatever he was being had for, the accent dropped. Crackers moved into Florida not to submit to Spanish authority but "to escape all legal authority" complained Zéspedes.
August 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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From Greg Grandin’s book America, América
Nomadic Like Arabs Florida's Spanish governor Vicente Manuel de Zespedes kept track of Anglo plots and maneuvers. Zéspedes updated Spain on the ceaseless incursion of white settlers from Georgia into land belonging to Creek Indians, which lay along Spanish West Florida's Oconee River, Georgia officials, over Spanish objections, claimed the river was part of the new United States." Zéspedes also explained the term cracker to his superiors. The phrase was already common in English; Shakespeare used it in King Johns to refer to a braggart. Zéspedes defined it as referring to certain kinds of frontiersmen hostile to "all civil control." He described Anglo settlers as "nomadic like Arabs and distinguished from savages only in their color, language, and the superiority of their depraved cunning and unworthiness." They often feigned a British accent when dealing with Indians since Indians trusted Great Britain more than the United States. Once the Indian was being had for whatever he was being had for, the accent dropped. Crackers moved into Florida not to submit to Spanish authority but "to escape all legal authority" complained Zéspedes.
August 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Speaking of Cracker Barrel, Greg Grandin posted this on X from his recent book America, América. lmao these people don’t evolve
Nomadic Like Arabs Florida's Spanish governor Vicente Manuel de Zespedes kept track of Anglo pors and maneuvers. Zéspedes updated Spain on the ceaselers incursion of white settlers from Georgia into land belonging to Creek Indians, which lay along Spanish West Florida's Oconee River, Georgia officials, over Spanish objections, claimed the river was part of the new United States." Zéspedes also explained the term cracker to his superiors. The phrase was already common in English; Shakespeare used it in King Johns to refer to a braggart. Zéspedes defined it as referring to certain kinds of frontiersmen hostile to "all civil control." He described Anglo settlers as "nomadie like Arabs and distinguished from savages only in their color, language, and the superiority of their depraved cunning and unworthiness." They often feigned a British accent when dealing with Indians since Indians trusted Great Britain more than the United States. Once the Indian was being had for whatever he was being had for, the accent dropped. Crackers moved into forida not to submit to Spanish authority but "to escape all legal authority" complained Zéspedes.
August 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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This is from October 2023, explain to me like I’m 5 why you think I should overlook support for genocide instead of Harris listening to the will of the people.
Most voters want a ceasefire, but hardly anyone in Congress supports one % in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza Democratic voters 80% House Democrats 8% Republican voters House Republicans All voters 56% 0% 66% All House members 4% Data: H.Res, 786, Data for Progress 20 Oct 2023 poll, More: stephensemier.substack.com Chart: Stephen Semier (@stephensemler) • Created with Datawrapper
August 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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‘Boo hoo poor me I don’t get to incite genocide without criticism’. I know you dismiss all criticism from trans people but maybe you should reflect when experts on genocide unequivocally condemn your actions. Go learn something and repent.
"Genocide by attrition occurs when a group is stripped of its human rights, political, civil and economic. This leads to deprivation of conditions essential for maintaining health, thereby producing mass death. ... Unlike genocide executed primarily by murder, genocide by attrition decimates group members by several methods, including creating conditions undermining physical and mental health that regularly result in death of part of the group and demoralization and atomization of the remainder." -Helen Fein, executive director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Fein, 1997) The Lemkin Institute reminds American voters and legislators that "the gender critical movement is a totalitarian and genocidal social force that targets not just transgender people, but also all the institutions of democracy that protect individual and collective human rights," as we pointed out in our statement on November 29, 2022. Anti-trans legislation, anti-trans organizations, and the anti-trans movement must be fought forcefully in the name of saving lives as well as securing democratic institutions from the accelerating threat of fascism in the United States.
June 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Shut the fuck up Jonathan C and Politico. I will never abandon my trans siblings but I will gladly not be a Democrat. Fuck you, you genocidal fucks.
Voters Reject Candidates Who Support Anti-Trans Legislation Which one of the following candidates are you most likely to vote for? A candidate who says that the government should stay out of people's private lives and that there is too much legislation targeting a small minority of the population Don't know A candidate who says that we need new laws that restrict access to transgender health care and keep "biological boys" out of girls' sports All likely voters Democrat Independent / Third party Republican 57% Partisanship 79% 54%0 33% 34% 25% Ostobe 18-21 2024 survuy af 1216 lialy votuns S0% 14% 33% 58% 35% IDDA di DATA FOR PROGRESS
June 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Everyone should be expelled for saying that, because it’s incitement to genocide no matter what a bigoted judge decided.
"Genocide by attrition occurs when a group is stripped of its human rights, political, civil and economic. This leads to deprivation of conditions essential for maintaining health, thereby producing mass death. ... Unlike genocide executed primarily by murder, genocide by attrition decimates group members by several methods, including creating conditions undermining physical and mental health that regularly result in death of part of the group and demoralization and atomization of the remainder." -Helen Fein, executive director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Fein, 1997) The Lemkin Institute reminds American voters and legislators that "the gender critical movement is a totalitarian and genocidal social force that targets not just transgender people, but also all the institutions of democracy that protect individual and collective human rights," as we pointed out in our statement on November 29, 2022. Anti-trans legislation, anti-trans organizations, and the anti-trans movement must be fought forcefully in the name of saving lives as well as securing democratic institutions from the accelerating threat of fascism in the United States.
April 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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People know what due process is and they hate what Trump is doing. Beshear ran a campaign loudly against anti trans laws in a red state.
Politics & Poll Tracker 5 @.9m ••. YouGov poll (4/12) "The Supreme Court upheld a federal court order requiring the government to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported to El Salvador. Do you support or oppose the Supreme Court's decision?" Support All 64% Dem 83 Rep Oppose 14 6 Not sure 22% 10 27 27
April 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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An expressionless, standing Charlie Brown, the speech bubble says “MY IDOLS ARE DEAD AND MY ENEMIES ARE IN POWER”
April 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Politics & Poll Tracker 5 @.9m ••. YouGov poll (4/12) "The Supreme Court upheld a federal court order requiring the government to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported to El Salvador. Do you support or oppose the Supreme Court's decision?" Support All 64% Dem 83 Rep Oppose 14 6 Not sure 22% 10 27 27
April 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Of all team sports rugby is maybe the most ridiculous.
Photo of a post from SuperSchoolsRugby of a small boy standing next to a boy from the opposing team who is three times his size, both are wearing rugby gear. The post reads “Rugby is truly a wonderful game for all shapes and sizes. Here are two opponents posing for a photo in the u15C clash between Paarl Boys' High and SACS over the weekend”
April 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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"You know what solves it? When the economy crashes, when the country goes to total hell, and everything is a disaster, then you'll have riots to go back to where we used to be, when we were great." - Donald Trump, 'Fox & Friends' (Feb. 2014)
April 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM