Gadfly
@gadflypod.bsky.social
Gadfly is a podcast about third parties, fringe candidates, and generally weird American electoral history. Hosted by Dusty Wilson & Oona O'Leary. https://www.buzzsprout.com/760511
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@gadflypod.bsky.social
· Mar 1
Hey, y'all! Posting today with a bit of sad news.
Oona & I started this pod five years ago and it's been a ridiculous rush ever since. We've met amazing people and the fan base has been truly amazing. That said, matters of personal health have made it harder and harder to create each episode. 1/4
Oona & I started this pod five years ago and it's been a ridiculous rush ever since. We've met amazing people and the fan base has been truly amazing. That said, matters of personal health have made it harder and harder to create each episode. 1/4
Hey, y'all! Just hopping on real quick to note Elon Musk's desire the start a new third party called the America Party. On one hand, congrats on picking the most generic, overused name. On the other, this is never going to happen. 1/3
June 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Hey, y'all! Just hopping on real quick to note Elon Musk's desire the start a new third party called the America Party. On one hand, congrats on picking the most generic, overused name. On the other, this is never going to happen. 1/3
Hey, y'all! Posting today with a bit of sad news.
Oona & I started this pod five years ago and it's been a ridiculous rush ever since. We've met amazing people and the fan base has been truly amazing. That said, matters of personal health have made it harder and harder to create each episode. 1/4
Oona & I started this pod five years ago and it's been a ridiculous rush ever since. We've met amazing people and the fan base has been truly amazing. That said, matters of personal health have made it harder and harder to create each episode. 1/4
March 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hey, y'all! Posting today with a bit of sad news.
Oona & I started this pod five years ago and it's been a ridiculous rush ever since. We've met amazing people and the fan base has been truly amazing. That said, matters of personal health have made it harder and harder to create each episode. 1/4
Oona & I started this pod five years ago and it's been a ridiculous rush ever since. We've met amazing people and the fan base has been truly amazing. That said, matters of personal health have made it harder and harder to create each episode. 1/4
Hey, y'all! We're back from our holiday hiatus to tell you the story of a cute little cat named Stubbs. In the late '90s the small village of Talkeetna, Alaska made the town bodega cat their mayor. This is the story of not just Stubbs, but of Talkeetna itself.
Stubbs Stec-Spone - Gadfly
Hey, y'all! We are back from our holiday hiatus and due to the world just being a ball of chaos, we are focusing on something a bit more whimsical. In the late '90s, the town of Talkeetna, Alaska name...
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January 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hey, y'all! We're back from our holiday hiatus to tell you the story of a cute little cat named Stubbs. In the late '90s the small village of Talkeetna, Alaska made the town bodega cat their mayor. This is the story of not just Stubbs, but of Talkeetna itself.
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When you make eugenicist arguments, a Nazi will happily agree with you.
"So you agree that mentally ill people are dangerous? We both agree that fat people need to be punished? Sounds like we're both disgusted by gay and trans people my friend"
They'll nod along happily as you say Nazi shit.
"So you agree that mentally ill people are dangerous? We both agree that fat people need to be punished? Sounds like we're both disgusted by gay and trans people my friend"
They'll nod along happily as you say Nazi shit.
January 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
When you make eugenicist arguments, a Nazi will happily agree with you.
"So you agree that mentally ill people are dangerous? We both agree that fat people need to be punished? Sounds like we're both disgusted by gay and trans people my friend"
They'll nod along happily as you say Nazi shit.
"So you agree that mentally ill people are dangerous? We both agree that fat people need to be punished? Sounds like we're both disgusted by gay and trans people my friend"
They'll nod along happily as you say Nazi shit.
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We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
We failed to stop the rise of fascism. What comes next?
How to navigate the future without a map.
shatterzone.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
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Already there are wannabe local influencers here in Chicago making all-caps posts about ICE raids in neighborhood Facebook groups because their friend saw an unmarked cop car somewhere and they consider that evidence enough to growth-hack off of people's fear. Listen to trusted orgs, not randos.
January 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Already there are wannabe local influencers here in Chicago making all-caps posts about ICE raids in neighborhood Facebook groups because their friend saw an unmarked cop car somewhere and they consider that evidence enough to growth-hack off of people's fear. Listen to trusted orgs, not randos.
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For a man of God, Raphael Warnock sure seems to be voting like he doesn't believe Hell is real.
January 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
For a man of God, Raphael Warnock sure seems to be voting like he doesn't believe Hell is real.
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Still probably one of the best pieces ever written about the people who do go Nazi and what that looks like. This is from the 1940s but every time I read it the more I appreciate the game Dorothy Thompson played. 
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
November 14, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Still probably one of the best pieces ever written about the people who do go Nazi and what that looks like. This is from the 1940s but every time I read it the more I appreciate the game Dorothy Thompson played. 
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Chicago Legal Responders Network has produced a series of short videos about what to do if ICE shows up at your house, stops you while driving, etc. Available in Spanish and English. Please share with those who may find them useful.
Here's what to do if they show up at your house.
Here's what to do if they show up at your house.
En Su Casa
YouTube video by Chicago Legal Responders Network
youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Chicago Legal Responders Network has produced a series of short videos about what to do if ICE shows up at your house, stops you while driving, etc. Available in Spanish and English. Please share with those who may find them useful.
Here's what to do if they show up at your house.
Here's what to do if they show up at your house.
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The instinct people online have to make a dumb clichéd joke in response to other people suffering in a way that will never affect them is really fucking annoying
January 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The instinct people online have to make a dumb clichéd joke in response to other people suffering in a way that will never affect them is really fucking annoying
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@jesspish.bsky.social raises the relevant questions about the opening salvo on immigrants and the eagerness of Democratic “centrists” to cooperate with what will inevitably prove to be a historic travesty.
substack.com/@sheriffs/no...
substack.com/@sheriffs/no...
Are these the "working class" politics the center wanted?
January 18, 2024
substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
@jesspish.bsky.social raises the relevant questions about the opening salvo on immigrants and the eagerness of Democratic “centrists” to cooperate with what will inevitably prove to be a historic travesty.
substack.com/@sheriffs/no...
substack.com/@sheriffs/no...
Is it just me or are a lot of big Blue accounts absolutely silent about the Laken Riley Act?
January 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Is it just me or are a lot of big Blue accounts absolutely silent about the Laken Riley Act?
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Just so we’re all clear:
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
January 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just so we’re all clear:
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
-Dems bend over backwards to Netanyahu’s every whim carrying through with financing a genocide, Bibi wants Trump to win and it costs Dems the election.
-At the request of Netanyahu, the Tiktok Ban bill is Revived under a Dem President, closer tying it to Biden moreso
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I want to do a quick “How To Tell That This Is An Op” tutorial, because apparently some propaganda tank or trollboard somewhere decided it’s time to send out Leftist Trolls, and they’re both very bad at it but also very effective.
So let’s talk about How To Troll, Generic
So let’s talk about How To Troll, Generic
January 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I want to do a quick “How To Tell That This Is An Op” tutorial, because apparently some propaganda tank or trollboard somewhere decided it’s time to send out Leftist Trolls, and they’re both very bad at it but also very effective.
So let’s talk about How To Troll, Generic
So let’s talk about How To Troll, Generic
Going to be interesting to see if Rep. Robert Menendez starts voting more favorably with Trumpist bills all of a sudden
Left with the impression that he won’t receive a pardon from President Biden, former Sen. Bob Menendez has now shifted his focus onto President-elect Donald Trump, three people familiar with the discussions say.
Rebuffed by Biden, former Sen. Bob Menendez seeks a pardon from Trump
Former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is facing potentially years in prison after he was convicted on federal corruption charges in July.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Going to be interesting to see if Rep. Robert Menendez starts voting more favorably with Trumpist bills all of a sudden
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The Wall Street Journal says there will be a splashy ICE operation in Chicago on Tuesday.
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday
The incoming Trump administration is planning a large-scale immigration raid in Chicago next week, the first move in President-Elect Donald Trump’s promised mass deportation campaign.
www.wsj.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Wall Street Journal says there will be a splashy ICE operation in Chicago on Tuesday.
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
While the headline is lurid, the actual operation described in the piece (100-200 agents) seems not that unusual for ICE (google Operation Cross-check). Expect a PR blitz, though.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Dems are on board to pass Laken Riley in the Senate, a bill that mandates detention & deportation of immigrants *accused* of petty theft. Bill was amended to add that any immigrant accused of assaulting an officer should suffer same fate.
This country is going to hell in a handbasket.
This country is going to hell in a handbasket.
January 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Dems are on board to pass Laken Riley in the Senate, a bill that mandates detention & deportation of immigrants *accused* of petty theft. Bill was amended to add that any immigrant accused of assaulting an officer should suffer same fate.
This country is going to hell in a handbasket.
This country is going to hell in a handbasket.
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I've seen people dismiss the Pornhub bans, sometimes couching their dismissal in an anti-porn stance. What I don't think they realize is that the people pushing this stuff conflate porn with LGBTQ people and sex education and are part of Project 2025
mashable.com/article/free...
mashable.com/article/free...
What the Supreme Court hearing about age verification could mean for you
The court's decision could set a new precedent for free speech online.
mashable.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I've seen people dismiss the Pornhub bans, sometimes couching their dismissal in an anti-porn stance. What I don't think they realize is that the people pushing this stuff conflate porn with LGBTQ people and sex education and are part of Project 2025
mashable.com/article/free...
mashable.com/article/free...
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@debtcollective.bsky.social sent out an email newsletter yesterday that took the breath out my chest, warning people to screenshot and save their student loan payment just in case the incoming Trump administration/DOE DELETES people’s PSLF standings b/c loan servicers arent keeping track.
January 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
@debtcollective.bsky.social sent out an email newsletter yesterday that took the breath out my chest, warning people to screenshot and save their student loan payment just in case the incoming Trump administration/DOE DELETES people’s PSLF standings b/c loan servicers arent keeping track.
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NEW — Young Lords founder and revolutionary José “Cha Cha” Jiménez passed away on Jan. 10
Read these letters of love from Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., son of the late Black Panther Party revolutionary; and the actor who played Jiménez in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah.’
thetriibe.com/2025/01/lett...
Read these letters of love from Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., son of the late Black Panther Party revolutionary; and the actor who played Jiménez in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah.’
thetriibe.com/2025/01/lett...
Letters: Long live Chairman José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez of the Young Lords • The TRiiBE
Young Lords founder and revolutionary José “Cha Cha” Jiménez passed away on January 10, 2025. He was 76 years old.
thetriibe.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW — Young Lords founder and revolutionary José “Cha Cha” Jiménez passed away on Jan. 10
Read these letters of love from Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., son of the late Black Panther Party revolutionary; and the actor who played Jiménez in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah.’
thetriibe.com/2025/01/lett...
Read these letters of love from Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., son of the late Black Panther Party revolutionary; and the actor who played Jiménez in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah.’
thetriibe.com/2025/01/lett...
Hey, y'all! Thanks for your patience in waiting for our next episode. In the mean time, we have a new side project!
Fascist Dem Tracker is a blog that follows fascist bills, notes what makes these bills fascist, and name the Democrats that voted to pass the legislation. Hope to see y'all there!
Fascist Dem Tracker is a blog that follows fascist bills, notes what makes these bills fascist, and name the Democrats that voted to pass the legislation. Hope to see y'all there!
The 2nd fascist bill of the term is HR 28/SR 9. While officially it's called the Protection of Women & Girls in Sports Act, it can more accurately be referred to as a complete ban on trans women in school sports.
Protection of Women & Girls in Sports Act
HR 28/SR 9
fdt.beehiiv.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Hey, y'all! Thanks for your patience in waiting for our next episode. In the mean time, we have a new side project!
Fascist Dem Tracker is a blog that follows fascist bills, notes what makes these bills fascist, and name the Democrats that voted to pass the legislation. Hope to see y'all there!
Fascist Dem Tracker is a blog that follows fascist bills, notes what makes these bills fascist, and name the Democrats that voted to pass the legislation. Hope to see y'all there!
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The first fascist law on the docket is HR 29/SR 5: the Laken Riley Act. The bill has been introduced by Rep Mike Collins (R-GA-10) and, if passed, would require federal imprisonment for any undocumented immigrant arrested for theft of over $100.
Laken Riley Act
HR 29/SR 5
fdt.beehiiv.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The first fascist law on the docket is HR 29/SR 5: the Laken Riley Act. The bill has been introduced by Rep Mike Collins (R-GA-10) and, if passed, would require federal imprisonment for any undocumented immigrant arrested for theft of over $100.
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Genuinely impressive that in just 30 years we created this vast digital resource of human knowledge and then monopolized it down to three guys everyone hates
January 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Genuinely impressive that in just 30 years we created this vast digital resource of human knowledge and then monopolized it down to three guys everyone hates