David Neiwert
@davidneiwert.bsky.social
Journalist/author based in the Pacific Northwest. Enemy of fascists, friend of whales. Author of ‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s War on American Democracy’ and nine other books. Subscribe to my work at https://davidneiwert.substack.com/.
Not a Communist or a Socialist or a Maoist. Just a Narcissist.
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Not a Communist or a Socialist or a Maoist. Just a Narcissist.
Reposted by David Neiwert
Trump getting away with, and the Supreme Court signing off on, designating "ANTIFA" as a "foreign terrorist group" is as likely as the administration getting away with, and the Supreme Court signing off on, Trump making war against a country that doesn't export fentanyl, for exporting fentanyl. So.
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trump getting away with, and the Supreme Court signing off on, designating "ANTIFA" as a "foreign terrorist group" is as likely as the administration getting away with, and the Supreme Court signing off on, Trump making war against a country that doesn't export fentanyl, for exporting fentanyl. So.
Coulda played Runcorn.
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Coulda played Runcorn.
Yeah, that’s some tiger and elephant and giraffe.
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Yeah, that’s some tiger and elephant and giraffe.
And in the case of the Minnesota murders, the inversion of reality couldn’t be more stark: The killer was a classic far-right domestic terrorist who was directly inspired by Donald Trump.
www.npr.org/2025/06/16/n...
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The suspect in the shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers had a 'hit list' of 45 officials
Vance Boelter was captured in a wooded area on Sunday night, and charged in the shootings of two state lawmakers and their spouses. He appeared in federal court after being charged with murder.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And in the case of the Minnesota murders, the inversion of reality couldn’t be more stark: The killer was a classic far-right domestic terrorist who was directly inspired by Donald Trump.
www.npr.org/2025/06/16/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/16/n...
That was followed by Mike Pence blaming “leftists” for the shootings during his GOP convention acceptance speech.
Whatever MAGA claims, you can almost guarantee that it will be an inversion of factual reality.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
Whatever MAGA claims, you can almost guarantee that it will be an inversion of factual reality.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
By portraying Oakland cop killer as 'leftist,' Pence joins GOP chorus erasing far-right violence
As Mike Pence demonstrated last night in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC), conservatives have come up with a handy way to simply erase far-right domestic terrorism fro...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
That was followed by Mike Pence blaming “leftists” for the shootings during his GOP convention acceptance speech.
Whatever MAGA claims, you can almost guarantee that it will be an inversion of factual reality.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
Whatever MAGA claims, you can almost guarantee that it will be an inversion of factual reality.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
And of course, their plan worked because the media are so lazy and corrupt. It wasn’t long before there was a congressional hearing at which Sen. Ted Cruz blamed the shootings on “antifa”.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
Turning reality on its head, Cruz claims right-wing ‘Boogaloo’ killer was ‘antifa’
Republicans have long embraced Trumpian lies they call “alternative facts,” but Texas Sen. Ted Cruz this week reached new depths by outright falsifying the record about a domestic terrorist who killed...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
And of course, their plan worked because the media are so lazy and corrupt. It wasn’t long before there was a congressional hearing at which Sen. Ted Cruz blamed the shootings on “antifa”.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...
You might recall that in fact the secret militia with whom this Air Force staff sergeant trained plotted the killings in hopes that “leftists” would get the blame. Of course, since this was barely even reported on, no one could blame you for not knowing.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2021...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2021...
‘Boogaloo Boi’ killer was an active member of a secretive terrorist militia group planning violence
Despite the widespread media narrative blaming Black Lives Matter and antifascist activists for last summer’s protest violence, there were plenty of suspicions that far-right extremists seeking to int...
www.dailykos.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You might recall that in fact the secret militia with whom this Air Force staff sergeant trained plotted the killings in hopes that “leftists” would get the blame. Of course, since this was barely even reported on, no one could blame you for not knowing.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2021...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2021...