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We're all about empowering independent voices and telling stories that corporate media can't or won't see.
Founded by @matthew.flux.community
We're all about empowering independent voices and telling stories that corporate media can't or won't see.
Founded by @matthew.flux.community
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My latest at @flux.community: Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably revealed five years ago. 1/
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The insurrectionary spirit of January 6 infuses the second Trump Administration
Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably revealed five years ago
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January 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
My latest at @flux.community: Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably revealed five years ago. 1/
plus.flux.community/p/the-insurr...
plus.flux.community/p/the-insurr...
The insurrectionary spirit of January 6 infuses the second Trump Administration
Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably revealed five years ago
plus.flux.community/p/the-insurr...
Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably revealed five years ago
plus.flux.community/p/the-insurr...
The insurrectionary spirit of January 6 infuses the second Trump Administration
Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably revealed five years ago
plus.flux.community
January 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The insurrectionary spirit of January 6 infuses the second Trump Administration
Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably revealed five years ago
plus.flux.community/p/the-insurr...
Both the attack on Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good can be traced back to the president's embrace of lawlessness and violence unforgettably revealed five years ago
plus.flux.community/p/the-insurr...
Even Democrats who disagree can learn from Zohran Mamdani.
@espiers.bsky.social on how Mamdani is pointing ways forward for his party on campaigning, policy, and media plus.flux.community/p/even-democ...
@espiers.bsky.social on how Mamdani is pointing ways forward for his party on campaigning, policy, and media plus.flux.community/p/even-democ...
Even Democrats who disagree can learn from Zohran Mamdani
New York Times contributor and long-time city politics observer Elizabeth Spiers on how Mamdani is pointing ways forward for his party
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January 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Even Democrats who disagree can learn from Zohran Mamdani.
@espiers.bsky.social on how Mamdani is pointing ways forward for his party on campaigning, policy, and media plus.flux.community/p/even-democ...
@espiers.bsky.social on how Mamdani is pointing ways forward for his party on campaigning, policy, and media plus.flux.community/p/even-democ...
Five years after the Capitol putsch, Trump’s shock troops are rebuilding the same organizations
After Trump pardoned and commuted their sentences, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are reconstituting, actively co-opting organizing techniques of terrorist organizations
After Trump pardoned and commuted their sentences, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are reconstituting, actively co-opting organizing techniques of terrorist organizations
Five years after the Capitol putsch, Trump’s shock troops are rebuilding the same organizations
After Trump pardoned and commuted their sentences, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are reconstituting, actively co-opting organizing techniques of terrorist organizations
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January 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Five years after the Capitol putsch, Trump’s shock troops are rebuilding the same organizations
After Trump pardoned and commuted their sentences, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are reconstituting, actively co-opting organizing techniques of terrorist organizations
After Trump pardoned and commuted their sentences, the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are reconstituting, actively co-opting organizing techniques of terrorist organizations
With Venezuela intervention, President Trump's lawlessness goes global
Attempting to clothe himself in the glory of military conquest while openly scheming to steal another country's oil, the president once again betrays his oath of office
Via: @jtccarroll.bsky.social
Attempting to clothe himself in the glory of military conquest while openly scheming to steal another country's oil, the president once again betrays his oath of office
Via: @jtccarroll.bsky.social
With Venezuela intervention, President Trump's lawlessness goes global
Attempting to clothe himself in the glory of military conquest while openly scheming to steal another country's oil, the president once again betrays his oath of office
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January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
With Venezuela intervention, President Trump's lawlessness goes global
Attempting to clothe himself in the glory of military conquest while openly scheming to steal another country's oil, the president once again betrays his oath of office
Via: @jtccarroll.bsky.social
Attempting to clothe himself in the glory of military conquest while openly scheming to steal another country's oil, the president once again betrays his oath of office
Via: @jtccarroll.bsky.social
Far-right activists across the world have sought to replace international peace organizations with the antiquated ‘spheres of influence’ model that generated two world wars.
Trump is doing exactly that. plus.flux.community/p/the-danger...
Trump is doing exactly that. plus.flux.community/p/the-danger...
The dangerous delusions behind Trump’s illegal Venezuela invasion
Far-right activists across the world have sought to replace international peace organizations with the antiquated ‘spheres of influence’ model that generated two world wars
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January 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Far-right activists across the world have sought to replace international peace organizations with the antiquated ‘spheres of influence’ model that generated two world wars.
Trump is doing exactly that. plus.flux.community/p/the-danger...
Trump is doing exactly that. plus.flux.community/p/the-danger...
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New from me: With his illegal Venezuela invasion, Donald Trump has made it crystal-clear that he wants to shift the US from a global superpower constrained by int'l law into a local colonial regime w absolute power over neighbors.
It's a return to the dangerous world that FDR & Eisenhower replaced
It's a return to the dangerous world that FDR & Eisenhower replaced
The dangerous delusions behind Trump’s illegal Venezuela invasion
Far-right activists across the world have sought to replace international peace organizations with the antiquated ‘spheres of influence’ model that generated two world wars
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January 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
New from me: With his illegal Venezuela invasion, Donald Trump has made it crystal-clear that he wants to shift the US from a global superpower constrained by int'l law into a local colonial regime w absolute power over neighbors.
It's a return to the dangerous world that FDR & Eisenhower replaced
It's a return to the dangerous world that FDR & Eisenhower replaced
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American wellness culture! Never not providing endless fodder for analysis… psyched to return to @matthew.flux.community podcast to discuss RFK, Jr.’s latest. Out today!
Just released a great discussion with @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social about RFK Junior and the danger of making "natural" the centerpiece of your worldview.
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Robert Kennedy’s bizarre obsession with ‘natural’ isn’t going to make Americans healthier
Historian of fitness Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on why an obese president has a health secretary who moralizes about wellness
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December 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
American wellness culture! Never not providing endless fodder for analysis… psyched to return to @matthew.flux.community podcast to discuss RFK, Jr.’s latest. Out today!
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Just released a great discussion with @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social about RFK Junior and the danger of making "natural" the centerpiece of your worldview.
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Robert Kennedy’s bizarre obsession with ‘natural’ isn’t going to make Americans healthier
Historian of fitness Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on why an obese president has a health secretary who moralizes about wellness
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December 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just released a great discussion with @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social about RFK Junior and the danger of making "natural" the centerpiece of your worldview.
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Glenn Beck's AI George Washington makes an appearance as well!
Too many Democrats don't grasp that the war on immigrants is also a war on non-white American citizens, and in favor of white supremacist rule over all. Opposing both should be non-negotiable. Via @jtccarroll.bsky.social
Failing to challenge Trump on immigration, Democrats have given MAGA free rein to redefine American identity
Too many Democrats don't grasp that the war on immigrants is also a war on non-white American citizens, and in favor of white supremacist rule over all. Opposing both should be non-negotiable.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Too many Democrats don't grasp that the war on immigrants is also a war on non-white American citizens, and in favor of white supremacist rule over all. Opposing both should be non-negotiable. Via @jtccarroll.bsky.social
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Democrats are hiding their 2024 postmortem, luckily, I was invited by the great @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social to talk about what Democrats have been doing wrong and where they can improve: plus.flux.community/p/democrats-...
Democrats won’t release their 2024 election autopsy, here is ours
Discussing ‘What Republicans Know’ on the Liberal Currents podcast Half the Answer
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December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Democrats are hiding their 2024 postmortem, luckily, I was invited by the great @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social to talk about what Democrats have been doing wrong and where they can improve: plus.flux.community/p/democrats-...
Richest 0.001 percent of people now have more wealth than poorest half of humanity plus.flux.community/p/richest-00...
Richest 0.001 percent of people now have more wealth than poorest half of humanity
‘The benefits of globalization and economic growth have flowed disproportionately to a small minority’
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December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Richest 0.001 percent of people now have more wealth than poorest half of humanity plus.flux.community/p/richest-00...
When Donald Trump attacks Somali immigrants, he attacks America
The president's recent rant against Somalis spotlights a white nationalist vision to remake the U.S. plus.flux.community/p/when-donal...
The president's recent rant against Somalis spotlights a white nationalist vision to remake the U.S. plus.flux.community/p/when-donal...
When Donald Trump attacks Somali immigrants, he attacks America
The president's recent rant against Somalis spotlights a white nationalist vision to remake the U.S., and needs to be called out for the unforgivable hate speech that it is.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
When Donald Trump attacks Somali immigrants, he attacks America
The president's recent rant against Somalis spotlights a white nationalist vision to remake the U.S. plus.flux.community/p/when-donal...
The president's recent rant against Somalis spotlights a white nationalist vision to remake the U.S. plus.flux.community/p/when-donal...
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Had a great Theory of Change chat with @molly.wiki about the crypto industry and Trump and also the very strong overlap between crypto advocates and Wikipedia haters.
Here's the transcript, audio, and video: plus.flux.community/p/web3-has-b...
Here's the transcript, audio, and video: plus.flux.community/p/web3-has-b...
Web3 has been great for Republican billionaires—and awful for almost everyone else
Molly White on how the cryptocurrency industry ate Trump’s second presidency and possibly the global economy as well
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December 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Had a great Theory of Change chat with @molly.wiki about the crypto industry and Trump and also the very strong overlap between crypto advocates and Wikipedia haters.
Here's the transcript, audio, and video: plus.flux.community/p/web3-has-b...
Here's the transcript, audio, and video: plus.flux.community/p/web3-has-b...
While Republican healthcare plans are often thought of as just memes, in fact the party now actually has two. And unsurprisingly, they are both variations on health savings accounts that will increase costs for Americans plus.flux.community/p/republican...
Republicans actually do have healthcare proposals
Replacing Biden-era insurance subsidies with health savings accounts is likely to cause costs to skyrocket and markets to destabilize
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December 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
While Republican healthcare plans are often thought of as just memes, in fact the party now actually has two. And unsurprisingly, they are both variations on health savings accounts that will increase costs for Americans plus.flux.community/p/republican...
Trump’s attacks on DEI in college admissions are likely to hurt men
With women far outpacing men in applying to universities, male students are often the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action plus.flux.community/p/trumps-att...
With women far outpacing men in applying to universities, male students are often the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action plus.flux.community/p/trumps-att...
Trump’s attacks on DEI in college admissions are likely to hurt men
With women far outpacing men in applying to universities, male students often benefit from affirmative action
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December 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Trump’s attacks on DEI in college admissions are likely to hurt men
With women far outpacing men in applying to universities, male students are often the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action plus.flux.community/p/trumps-att...
With women far outpacing men in applying to universities, male students are often the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action plus.flux.community/p/trumps-att...
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My latest at @flux.community : Democrats must insist that not just Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth but the Republicans who voted to confirm him are complicit with murder and possible war crimes off the coast of South America. 1/
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GOP pirates of the Caribbean
Democrats must insist that not just Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth but the Republicans who voted to confirm him are complicit with murder and possible war crimes off the coast of South America
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December 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
My latest at @flux.community : Democrats must insist that not just Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth but the Republicans who voted to confirm him are complicit with murder and possible war crimes off the coast of South America. 1/
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Threatening to execute Democratic officials, Donald Trump tacitly admits he can't beat them politically
Opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...
Opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...
Threatening to execute Democratic officials, Donald Trump tacitly acknowledges he can't beat them politically
As the president acts in increasingly erratic and dangerous ways, opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it
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November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Threatening to execute Democratic officials, Donald Trump tacitly admits he can't beat them politically
Opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...
Opponents should highlight his crazed rhetoric and the fundamental weakness driving it plus.flux.community/p/threatenin...
Trump isn’t just attacking the Department of Education, he’s going after all public schools
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is trying to massively shift federal money to religious and private schools
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is trying to massively shift federal money to religious and private schools
Trump isn’t just attacking the Department of Education, he’s going after all public schools
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is trying to massively shift federal money to religious and private schools
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November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Trump isn’t just attacking the Department of Education, he’s going after all public schools
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is trying to massively shift federal money to religious and private schools
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is trying to massively shift federal money to religious and private schools
A well-deserved victory for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims
After years of being ignored and smeared, a group of courageous women is finally getting some answers
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After years of being ignored and smeared, a group of courageous women is finally getting some answers
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A well-deserved victory for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims
After years of being ignored and smeared, a group of courageous women is finally getting some answers
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A well-deserved victory for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims
After years of being ignored and smeared, a group of courageous women is finally getting some answers
plus.flux.community/p/a-victory-...
After years of being ignored and smeared, a group of courageous women is finally getting some answers
plus.flux.community/p/a-victory-...
Democratic performance in off-year elections demonstrates Trump and MAGA's weakness
A key challenge for Democrats in the coming year will be to sharpen public defiance into a force powerful enough to foil Trump's authoritarian responses to his growing unpopularity
A key challenge for Democrats in the coming year will be to sharpen public defiance into a force powerful enough to foil Trump's authoritarian responses to his growing unpopularity
Democratic performance in off-year elections demonstrates Trump and MAGA's weakness
A key challenge for Democrats in the coming year will be to sharpen public defiance into a force powerful enough to foil Trump's authoritarian responses to his growing unpopularity
plus.flux.community
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Democratic performance in off-year elections demonstrates Trump and MAGA's weakness
A key challenge for Democrats in the coming year will be to sharpen public defiance into a force powerful enough to foil Trump's authoritarian responses to his growing unpopularity
A key challenge for Democrats in the coming year will be to sharpen public defiance into a force powerful enough to foil Trump's authoritarian responses to his growing unpopularity
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In the latest Theory of Change, @devawo.bsky.social and I talked about how the leaders of the broader US left become post-political by wrongfully trying to evade the somatic politics of community and real emotion.
Read, watch, or listen: plus.flux.community/p/how-the-am...
Read, watch, or listen: plus.flux.community/p/how-the-am...
How the American left became post-political, and how to change that
Political scientist Deva Woodly on why recent left-leaning protest movements haven’t lead to large and lasting reforms
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November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In the latest Theory of Change, @devawo.bsky.social and I talked about how the leaders of the broader US left become post-political by wrongfully trying to evade the somatic politics of community and real emotion.
Read, watch, or listen: plus.flux.community/p/how-the-am...
Read, watch, or listen: plus.flux.community/p/how-the-am...
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My latest at @flux.community: With so many rich and powerful Americans leaning into self-preservation or even the benefits of authoritarian rule, the U.S. will need a cultural and economic reset as well as a political one. 1/
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As elite complicity with Trumpism grows, a revival of democracy will require a social reckoning
With so many rich and powerful Americans leaning into self-preservation or even the benefits of authoritarian rule, the U.S. will need a cultural and economic reset as well as a political one
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November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My latest at @flux.community: With so many rich and powerful Americans leaning into self-preservation or even the benefits of authoritarian rule, the U.S. will need a cultural and economic reset as well as a political one. 1/
plus.flux.community/p/as-elite-c...
plus.flux.community/p/as-elite-c...
Fascist podcaster Nick Fuentes proclaims victory over Republican rivals
Far-right host says he and his fans can now operate openly within Republican politics: ‘We won, and now we’re taking it to the next level’ plus.flux.community/p/fascist-po...
Far-right host says he and his fans can now operate openly within Republican politics: ‘We won, and now we’re taking it to the next level’ plus.flux.community/p/fascist-po...
Fascist podcaster Nick Fuentes proclaims victory over his Republican opponents
Far-right host says he and his fans can now operate openly within Republican politics: ‘We won, and now we’re taking it to the next level’
plus.flux.community
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Fascist podcaster Nick Fuentes proclaims victory over Republican rivals
Far-right host says he and his fans can now operate openly within Republican politics: ‘We won, and now we’re taking it to the next level’ plus.flux.community/p/fascist-po...
Far-right host says he and his fans can now operate openly within Republican politics: ‘We won, and now we’re taking it to the next level’ plus.flux.community/p/fascist-po...
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One of the most interesting articles I've read about disinformation and how it manifests. This is one we should read and then read again. Well worth a look. #CDNpoli #ABpoli plus.flux.community/p/disinforma...
Disinformation belief is more about defying societal norms than having incorrect views
New study finds that believers in false statements are trying to project strength
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October 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
One of the most interesting articles I've read about disinformation and how it manifests. This is one we should read and then read again. Well worth a look. #CDNpoli #ABpoli plus.flux.community/p/disinforma...