Tidings Of Comfort And James
@mistermagic.bsky.social
Fuck the populists and defund the police.
Anti-Confederate extremist, movie novelization collector
Anti-Confederate extremist, movie novelization collector
Pinned
Populism punches up in theory and punches down in practice.
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The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.
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I'm really coming over to the idea that elite weirdo groupchats have melted the brains of WAAAAY too many elite Dems.
Xitter plays a significant role here, but I'm pretty sure the main vector here is that all the well-connected rich ppl they hang out with have gone (comparatively) mildly batshit.
Xitter plays a significant role here, but I'm pretty sure the main vector here is that all the well-connected rich ppl they hang out with have gone (comparatively) mildly batshit.
Thanks for validating me, governor
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'm really coming over to the idea that elite weirdo groupchats have melted the brains of WAAAAY too many elite Dems.
Xitter plays a significant role here, but I'm pretty sure the main vector here is that all the well-connected rich ppl they hang out with have gone (comparatively) mildly batshit.
Xitter plays a significant role here, but I'm pretty sure the main vector here is that all the well-connected rich ppl they hang out with have gone (comparatively) mildly batshit.
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Have you noticed that the populist left and a hell of a lot of "normal" Democrats have aligned of the issue of accommodating white working class racism and bigotry?
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Have you noticed that the populist left and a hell of a lot of "normal" Democrats have aligned of the issue of accommodating white working class racism and bigotry?
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Bovino and his ICE goons were not welcome and were locked out of the gas station.
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Bovino and his ICE goons were not welcome and were locked out of the gas station.
This is why we don't say "based", kids. You don't want to associate with these putzes
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is why we don't say "based", kids. You don't want to associate with these putzes
Found on a cheeky (presumably decommissioned) hearse
December 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Found on a cheeky (presumably decommissioned) hearse
Concerning Newsom's latest idiocy
We're already culturally normal and we need to be wayyy more judgemental
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Concerning Newsom's latest idiocy
PLOT TWIST: That *is* Santa on the roof
December 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
PLOT TWIST: That *is* Santa on the roof
This is what happens when two spiders want to build a web in the same corner of the wall
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is what happens when two spiders want to build a web in the same corner of the wall
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i hate this new ending to The Shining.
The quality of the wax exhibits at Madame Tussaud’s is greatly diminished
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i hate this new ending to The Shining.
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Its wild to say this sort of shit about Democrats when the current Republican/MAGA political project is built around cultural supremacist crusade that centers openly trying to destroy the lives of anyone who doesnt sufficiently conform to it
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Its wild to say this sort of shit about Democrats when the current Republican/MAGA political project is built around cultural supremacist crusade that centers openly trying to destroy the lives of anyone who doesnt sufficiently conform to it
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Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’
The former president gave a speech expressing support for LGBTQ+ rights at an LGBTQ+ leaders conference on Friday
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
I am angry about human lives being taken or ruined by the most corrupt administration in our history.
You are angry about women acting in Ghostbusters and Star Wars.
We are unironically Not The Same.
You are angry about women acting in Ghostbusters and Star Wars.
We are unironically Not The Same.
Peak bothsidesing: the worst of news & polling, taking a complex reality, reducing it to one word--"anger"--and a caricatured analysis--"polarization". This is how each fails democracy.
Anger is a defining character trait for both parties, new study shows www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Anger is a defining character trait for both parties, new study shows www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Column | Anger is a defining character trait for both parties, new study shows
An updated Pew study shows that, with the change in administrations and party power in Congress, Democrats are now at record levels of anger toward government.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I am angry about human lives being taken or ruined by the most corrupt administration in our history.
You are angry about women acting in Ghostbusters and Star Wars.
We are unironically Not The Same.
You are angry about women acting in Ghostbusters and Star Wars.
We are unironically Not The Same.
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"Among the tragic consequences of the 1924 act: The United States allowed in only an estimated 250,000 Jewish refugees between 1933 and 1944, a modest number compared to the estimated 6 million who were killed in the Holocaust."
My Sunday Take: Trump’s latest anti-immigration push echoes the nativism of the 1920s (gift link) wapo.st/48zBjTj
Analysis | Trump’s latest anti-immigration push echoes the nativism of the 1920s
The president and his aides have escalated anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies in recent weeks.
wapo.st
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Among the tragic consequences of the 1924 act: The United States allowed in only an estimated 250,000 Jewish refugees between 1933 and 1944, a modest number compared to the estimated 6 million who were killed in the Holocaust."
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This continues to be why I will never give full legitimacy to the "gerontocracy" arguments. The way that Trump is currently being treated by news media makes it exceptionally clear that their main beef with Biden was him being Biden—not his age, physical/mental health, or fitness for the job.
It really is amazing that the president has a noticeable an unexplained physical ailment that is disfiguring his right hand and there's no reporting about it. The White House's line is that it's from Trump shaking too many hands! Something is clearly being covered up.
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This continues to be why I will never give full legitimacy to the "gerontocracy" arguments. The way that Trump is currently being treated by news media makes it exceptionally clear that their main beef with Biden was him being Biden—not his age, physical/mental health, or fitness for the job.
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Early 2029 will be like a post-conflict society starting a campaign of de-Trumpification.
Could not be more contrary to American traditions. A gold-bedecked White House with a massive gilded ballroom and a government-created personality cult around the president complete with giant banners of his face on government buildings and official celebrations of his birthday.
When I saw the story in passing I thought it was the same dumb bit as the army parade, the fig leaf of using Flag Day because it happens to also be his birthday. But no, Trump's birthday as such is now an official commemoration for NPS free admission days.
www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
December 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Early 2029 will be like a post-conflict society starting a campaign of de-Trumpification.
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
Happy Saint Nicholas' Day!
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Happy Saint Nicholas' Day!
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see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
see the thing about them all being the worst people in the world is that even when one of them gets killed they can't create a proper cult of martyrdom around him because the others get jealous he's getting all the attention.
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Another gross thing he’s done is make saying Merry Christmas into this culture war bullshit where people can use it like a slur, I’ve always said it to people because that was never a thing you couldn’t say and literally the only time I’ve felt uncomfortable saying it is when shit like this happens
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Another gross thing he’s done is make saying Merry Christmas into this culture war bullshit where people can use it like a slur, I’ve always said it to people because that was never a thing you couldn’t say and literally the only time I’ve felt uncomfortable saying it is when shit like this happens
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Stories like this need to harden people so that when it comes time to hold the perpetrators accountable, no one is persuaded by the mewling appeals to forgiveness, grace, cancellation, or whatever other disgraceful excuses are offered by the pundit class and spineless Democrats.
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Stories like this need to harden people so that when it comes time to hold the perpetrators accountable, no one is persuaded by the mewling appeals to forgiveness, grace, cancellation, or whatever other disgraceful excuses are offered by the pundit class and spineless Democrats.
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god josh shapiro is a giant piece of shit and i am absolutely glad kamala harris humiliated him
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
god josh shapiro is a giant piece of shit and i am absolutely glad kamala harris humiliated him
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“They’re economically disconnected and are distracted by culture war issues”
No. They justify their economic suffering through the lens of cultural hierarchy. We’ve been doing this since poor white Southerners marched into the maw of war for wealthy slaveholders.
No. They justify their economic suffering through the lens of cultural hierarchy. We’ve been doing this since poor white Southerners marched into the maw of war for wealthy slaveholders.
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“They’re economically disconnected and are distracted by culture war issues”
No. They justify their economic suffering through the lens of cultural hierarchy. We’ve been doing this since poor white Southerners marched into the maw of war for wealthy slaveholders.
No. They justify their economic suffering through the lens of cultural hierarchy. We’ve been doing this since poor white Southerners marched into the maw of war for wealthy slaveholders.
Happy Saint Nicholas Day!
December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Happy Saint Nicholas Day!
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An insightful thread and a good discussion of the not just importance but moral imperative in right sizing our description of threats from hateful administrations like Trumps
"Demeaning" trans people is exactly right. Their goal--and what they're most able to easily achieve--is our humiliation. The imposition of indignities. They also hope that, as humiliations often do, it exposes us to ridicule. Perhaps even violence. (e.g. forcibly outing people on their IDs).
It's really frustrating that a lot of the media just sort of frames the Trump admin as "wading into a hot debate over trans issues that have roiled american politics" when it's like, clear that they are motivated by a desire to demean trans people
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An insightful thread and a good discussion of the not just importance but moral imperative in right sizing our description of threats from hateful administrations like Trumps