Mike Varak
@mikevarak.bsky.social
Anti-filatelist, armchair enthusiast and shallow font of warmed-over and under-considered opinions. Chicago over everything.
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An openly Nazi government that wishes the Axis powers had won World War II:
In its US national security strategy memo, the Trump administration claimed Europe is facing the “stark prospect of civilizational erasure.”
It said it will support “patriotic” far-right parties across Europe to prevent a future in which “certain NATO members will become majority non-European.”
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It said it will support “patriotic” far-right parties across Europe to prevent a future in which “certain NATO members will become majority non-European.”
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Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
An openly Nazi government that wishes the Axis powers had won World War II:
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I keep reading these horror stories where people are left hollering "I'm a citizen!" which is valid but concedes that this is treatment for a non-citizen. Targeting "illegals" allows racism. Non-white people object, insist they are citizens. No, you're not! Not to this regime!
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I keep reading these horror stories where people are left hollering "I'm a citizen!" which is valid but concedes that this is treatment for a non-citizen. Targeting "illegals" allows racism. Non-white people object, insist they are citizens. No, you're not! Not to this regime!
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In the same vein, the titles to our podcast episodes are such a big part of the joy of making them
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
In the same vein, the titles to our podcast episodes are such a big part of the joy of making them
A 9 Justice scotus is legit insane. 9? To rule millions? no fuck off that’s a crazy system. What are we doing here.
December 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A 9 Justice scotus is legit insane. 9? To rule millions? no fuck off that’s a crazy system. What are we doing here.
How many times do you think Samuel Alito said “woke mind virus” *today*? 50? A bajillion?
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
How many times do you think Samuel Alito said “woke mind virus” *today*? 50? A bajillion?
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...And did you know, the Pavilion was initially illegal, violating height limits for the park, until they simply declared the proscenium a sculpture? Again, the Chicago Way.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
...And did you know, the Pavilion was initially illegal, violating height limits for the park, until they simply declared the proscenium a sculpture? Again, the Chicago Way.
Kind of crazy to see how much gas they are pouring into the racism machine
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Kind of crazy to see how much gas they are pouring into the racism machine
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Democrats in 2028 who don’t support expanding the court should be ignored
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Democrats in 2028 who don’t support expanding the court should be ignored
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The Nick Fuentes party
Among Republicans - " The Holocaust of Jews and Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe"
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Nick Fuentes party
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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Man, it's always the ones you most suspect
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Man, it's always the ones you most suspect
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Current* conditions near Goderich, ON:
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Current* conditions near Goderich, ON:
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That final sentence is a civilization killer. Resistance to women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, Irish and Indian independence, and so on is predicated on a baseless fear that the moment "they" attain political and economic power, "they" will treat "us" as shittily as "we" treated "them".
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
That final sentence is a civilization killer. Resistance to women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, Irish and Indian independence, and so on is predicated on a baseless fear that the moment "they" attain political and economic power, "they" will treat "us" as shittily as "we" treated "them".
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Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
I don’t know what to make of just learning about how aggrieved kids are about 5% ideology being a major part of golden era and beyond hip hop- like a law student discovering Hugo Black was in the Klan
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I don’t know what to make of just learning about how aggrieved kids are about 5% ideology being a major part of golden era and beyond hip hop- like a law student discovering Hugo Black was in the Klan
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this is a BOP
I'm going to pretend that @skatunenetwork.bsky.social made this just for me because every aspect of this speaks to my childhood
Inspector Gadget (SKA COVER)
YouTube video by Ska Tune Network
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
this is a BOP
It’s very funny that James Cameron is running the clock out on Avatar. Very you do you, bud.
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s very funny that James Cameron is running the clock out on Avatar. Very you do you, bud.
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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What has made it possible for the president to ignore the Constitution is that the corrupt Supreme Court has let him.
The Roberts Court is the root of the destruction of the American Republic.
The Roberts Court is the root of the destruction of the American Republic.
And it didn’t take much to kill it, did it? Just ignore it and it immediately doesn’t exist.
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What has made it possible for the president to ignore the Constitution is that the corrupt Supreme Court has let him.
The Roberts Court is the root of the destruction of the American Republic.
The Roberts Court is the root of the destruction of the American Republic.