So if you watch football, you've probably seen this ad, which may be a clearer explication of a distinctly American fascist movement than I could imagine in my worst fever dreams
The first half of the ad depicts Joe Biden as: communist; socialist; a tax-raiser; and "past his prime, too weak to rebuild our nation" ImageImageImageImage
The second half suggests that the holy spirit is present at Trump rallies Image
It also suggests that a 260-pound septuagenarian who never served and whined that he wanted an Afghanistan troop withdrawal announcement in time for Election Day is a military inspiration Image
And there's this ImageImageImage
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Image
Anyway the story of the American 21st century is "Who needs Leni Riefenstahl when you have an ad budget and access to freelance craft editors who need money"

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26 Oct
Same people who claim flag-burners are criminals have no problem draining the flag of its colors for a niche fascistic branding exercise Image
Same energy Image
Still thinking about law and order types that commit Grand Theft, Symbology Image
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22 Oct
As evidence of the strength of the Trump administration's coronavirus response, he tells Stahl, "Barron had it, and it was gone in no time"
"You're behind with suburban women in the polls."

"I doubt it. I doubt it. I really doubt it. I'm saving suburbia. He's gonna destroy suburbia... bring low income housing projects into suburbia... Suburban women want security."

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"We got hit with [COVID], it's not our fault. And we've done a good job, not a good job, we've done a great job..."

"...You called Dr. Fauci and other health officials 'idiots."

"...where, where did I call him an idiot?"

"You called them idiots."

"Well he's been wrong a lot."
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21 Oct
This @MehdiHasanShow interview with Jon Stewart and @JohnFeal1, wow. Clips coming. Wow.
I've never heard it put quite so perfectly
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30 Aug
There is a whole generation of Americans who have covered, fought, or simply seen footage of various overseas fanatical and extremist groups riding technicals through contested territory with their asses and flags out. That generation understands exactly what it's seeing now
I remember covering it a decade ago when Al Qaeda released an English-language magazine encouraging supporters to use trucks to commit spectacular mass-killings of infidels
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12 Jul
When @BadDebutante wrote this in early April, Florida had reported 18,000 cases of coronavirus. It just reported 15,300 new cases in *one* day. newrepublic.com/article/157267…
When I wrote this, on June 17, Florida had reported 86,000 cases of coronavirus. Today, 25 days later, it has more than a quarter of a million. newrepublic.com/article/158215…
When I wrote this four days ago, as Republicans vowed to press forward with reopenings, Florida reported its 4,000th death of Covid. It has now added 70,000 infections in the past 7 days. That's 1 new case every minute. newrepublic.com/article/158394…
Read 12 tweets
29 Jun
This is the American flag now
wasp self-image vs wasp reality
Source. Somebody please tell me this rich white guy with the pink polo tucked into his pleated khakis paid extra for an AR with a left-hand ejection port, which is slightly less depressing than the possibility that he's just never held that rifle before
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