Wm.Porter
@thescenario.bsky.social
Lib-Dem-Soc - Anti-Facist - Unionize!
🖕Maga🖕tRump🖕Citizens United
Pro Term Limits & Financial Dislosure
Melt the Guns - Live the Arts
Nature - Wildlife - Bike
We Don’t Need No Gang-Boss
🖕Maga🖕tRump🖕Citizens United
Pro Term Limits & Financial Dislosure
Melt the Guns - Live the Arts
Nature - Wildlife - Bike
We Don’t Need No Gang-Boss
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"Left on the economy, right on the culture," is just fascism in the end. Also it will never take you left on the economy in the long run, because a machine built for eating people will keep eating people.
"Left on the economy, right on culture" is also, as needs repeating a hundred thousand time, the central lie of fascism.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
OF COURSE it appeals to the in-group who thinks their well-being AND their prejudices will be pandered to.
The thing about "left on the economy, right on culture" is it's based on analysis of swing voters. Those voters are often low attention and their politics are often not especially coherent. Which is fine for them, it's not their job to run the country, but, you know, the government is
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Left on the economy, right on the culture," is just fascism in the end. Also it will never take you left on the economy in the long run, because a machine built for eating people will keep eating people.
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Never before has America Ever had a more Corrupt Government. Trump, his Corrupt Administration, his Corrupt Republican Party are Destroying America 🇺🇸. Midterms vote Democratic and stop 🛑 the bleeding 🩸👊⚖️⚖️🇺🇸😎
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Never before has America Ever had a more Corrupt Government. Trump, his Corrupt Administration, his Corrupt Republican Party are Destroying America 🇺🇸. Midterms vote Democratic and stop 🛑 the bleeding 🩸👊⚖️⚖️🇺🇸😎
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Nostalghia, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nostalghia, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983
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This incredibly irresponsible alcoholic idiot is calling for 500 additional troops in Washington. Because that won't incite more violence.
Everything about this silly "Secretary of War" is about saber rattling and pretending he is so strong. He really must have been picked on in school.
Everything about this silly "Secretary of War" is about saber rattling and pretending he is so strong. He really must have been picked on in school.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This incredibly irresponsible alcoholic idiot is calling for 500 additional troops in Washington. Because that won't incite more violence.
Everything about this silly "Secretary of War" is about saber rattling and pretending he is so strong. He really must have been picked on in school.
Everything about this silly "Secretary of War" is about saber rattling and pretending he is so strong. He really must have been picked on in school.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I think it’s frankly ridiculous how easily you lie. Really.
You are the best at it!Everybody says so. Effortlessly…like breathing. Incredibly impressive!
You are the best at it!Everybody says so. Effortlessly…like breathing. Incredibly impressive!
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I think it’s frankly ridiculous how easily you lie. Really.
You are the best at it!Everybody says so. Effortlessly…like breathing. Incredibly impressive!
You are the best at it!Everybody says so. Effortlessly…like breathing. Incredibly impressive!
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
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We are fukt with these lunatics in charge
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We are fukt with these lunatics in charge
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Republicans are purposely and strategically incompetent on antiterror; they hope for violent attacks they can frame as terrorist, to justify accelerating the terrorist violence they’re already enacting against the US civilian population.
2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Republicans are purposely and strategically incompetent on antiterror; they hope for violent attacks they can frame as terrorist, to justify accelerating the terrorist violence they’re already enacting against the US civilian population.
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E.W. Scripps, the family controlled local broadcast conglomerate, on Wednesday adopted a shareholder rights plan, known as a "poison pill" tactic, to deflect a $538 million hostile takeover bid from the larger family controlled broadcaster Sinclair.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/s...
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/s...
Scripps adopts poison pill to thwart Sinclair takeover attempt
The defensive tactic is meant to make it harder for Sinclair to gain a controlling interest in the company without board approval.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
E.W. Scripps, the family controlled local broadcast conglomerate, on Wednesday adopted a shareholder rights plan, known as a "poison pill" tactic, to deflect a $538 million hostile takeover bid from the larger family controlled broadcaster Sinclair.
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/s...
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/s...
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The Food and Drug Administration said today it is abruptly withdrawing its proposed rule that would have created approved, standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying cancer-causing asbestos in talc-containing cosmetics.
www.consumeraffairs.com/news/fda-dro...
www.consumeraffairs.com/news/fda-dro...
FDA drops proposed rule on asbestos testing in cosmetics
• Agency abruptly withdraws plan to require standardized asbestos testing
• Move contradicts congressional mandate in 2022 cosmetics reform law
• Health
www.consumeraffairs.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Food and Drug Administration said today it is abruptly withdrawing its proposed rule that would have created approved, standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying cancer-causing asbestos in talc-containing cosmetics.
www.consumeraffairs.com/news/fda-dro...
www.consumeraffairs.com/news/fda-dro...
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The U.S. House will dramatically increase the amount of money available to its members for their personal security as part of a new program launching next month, according to an email to congressional offices obtained by Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/h...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/h...
U.S. House dramatically ramps up security for its lawmakers as fears of violence rise
Capitol security officials are launching a mobile duress app and giving members $20,000 a month on security.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The U.S. House will dramatically increase the amount of money available to its members for their personal security as part of a new program launching next month, according to an email to congressional offices obtained by Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/h...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
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The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
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It took me less than 3 minutes to send this to my Governor. Consider doing the same in your state.
robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It took me less than 3 minutes to send this to my Governor. Consider doing the same in your state.
robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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This is going to wipe out 28 BILLION from our economy. Red states hate that Blue states have gained economic boosts from the industry despite the fact that Red states suck the money teat of the economically stable Blue states. Tobacco lobbys thrive in red states.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...?
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...?
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is going to wipe out 28 BILLION from our economy. Red states hate that Blue states have gained economic boosts from the industry despite the fact that Red states suck the money teat of the economically stable Blue states. Tobacco lobbys thrive in red states.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...?
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...?
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The corruption and bigotry and terror, and the damage done by it, are almost impossible to fathom, but as a society we must fathom it.
If we are lucky, we'll get out of this, and there will be calls to "look forward, not back." Those who say it will say its to heal. It's to avoid doing their job.
If we are lucky, we'll get out of this, and there will be calls to "look forward, not back." Those who say it will say its to heal. It's to avoid doing their job.
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The corruption and bigotry and terror, and the damage done by it, are almost impossible to fathom, but as a society we must fathom it.
If we are lucky, we'll get out of this, and there will be calls to "look forward, not back." Those who say it will say its to heal. It's to avoid doing their job.
If we are lucky, we'll get out of this, and there will be calls to "look forward, not back." Those who say it will say its to heal. It's to avoid doing their job.
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We must make a world that is cares equally for all, that exists to serve humanity rather than capital.
That's a world where breaking public trust must carry grave weight. Having been a member of the Republican Party must necessarily bar you for seeking or holding elected or appointed public office.
That's a world where breaking public trust must carry grave weight. Having been a member of the Republican Party must necessarily bar you for seeking or holding elected or appointed public office.
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We must make a world that is cares equally for all, that exists to serve humanity rather than capital.
That's a world where breaking public trust must carry grave weight. Having been a member of the Republican Party must necessarily bar you for seeking or holding elected or appointed public office.
That's a world where breaking public trust must carry grave weight. Having been a member of the Republican Party must necessarily bar you for seeking or holding elected or appointed public office.
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It's not a matter of whether or not we'll have such tribunals. It's whether or not we can still manage to have them in prosecution of fascist Republicans for crimes against humanity. If we can't, fascist Republicans will eventually hold them against everyone else for the crime of humanity.
Happy to chat with the administration about the Nuremberg tribunals.
Including about the crime of enforced disappearance and the limits of the defense of superior orders.
Including about the crime of enforced disappearance and the limits of the defense of superior orders.
Hey look POTUS calling for military tribunals
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It's not a matter of whether or not we'll have such tribunals. It's whether or not we can still manage to have them in prosecution of fascist Republicans for crimes against humanity. If we can't, fascist Republicans will eventually hold them against everyone else for the crime of humanity.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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"Hey, look America, I just pulled 'Many legal scholars' out of my butt."
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Hey, look America, I just pulled 'Many legal scholars' out of my butt."
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Trump is so far detached from reality it’s absurd. It’s past time to talk seriously about the 25th Amendment.
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Trump is so far detached from reality it’s absurd. It’s past time to talk seriously about the 25th Amendment.