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Oct 31 ā¢ 13 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
š§µThree years ago, I found the work of @davetroy @Heidi_Cuda @jimstewartson @HC_Richardson @anelsona @gregolear @BaddCompani. I learned that the coup didnāt end on J6. I learned about Leonard Leo, Eel-0nās plans to subjugate us, dirty rubles that bought the g0p, kill the US$ā¦1/
ā¦ and so much more.
Every day I speak with my brave Ukrainian colleagues.š
Here on āDemocracy Twitterā I read āif you ever wondered what youād be doing in 1930s Germany, youāre doing it now.ā What I did is try. We all have tried. We are so fortunate that Kamala Harrisā¦ 2/
"It took years for the scales to fall from my eyes. A major turning point occurred when I took a leave of absence... to pursue a late-in-life doctorate. Part of my research involved the German Christian movement of the 1930s, which supported the Nazi Party...
Jul 20 ā¢ 15 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
Letās talk about āBut his debate!ā
You know how based on our networks and the stuff we hear some stuff gets amplified and takes hold as a narrative? The more someone is exposed to those narratives (which money helps amplify)
Cc @MsMalarkey24 @BaddCompani @BlackKnight10k
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the more widespread those systems of thought become?
You know how thereās some people on the left where if they canāt get their guy (eg Sarandon w Bernie) theyāre willing to say āfuck itā?
Well some of those people have money ā and they hate Biden and many also Harrisā¦ 2/
Apr 30 ā¢ 17 tweets ā¢ 4 min read
š§µon the student protests. Wish me luck...
Beware of those seeking to fan the flames of conflict for its own sake.
These things can all be true at the same time:
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These things can all be true at the same time:
- Hamas is a terror organization that committed some of the worst possible atrocities on 10/7.
- Netanyahu is a Trumpian strongman, whose atrocious and criminal actions in Gaza deserve protest...
2/n
Jan 15 ā¢ 21 tweets ā¢ 6 min read
The #BorderCrisis is part of Putin's war against the US. I fear it could enter a kinetic phase.
Now Republicans are helping Putin with the #border and it's scary AF. Receipts and videos 1/10 š§µ
(7-10 new)
@DHSgov @WhiteHouse
First, here's a photo of Greg and his friend. They sure seem nice.
Greg's transportation network drops people off in far-away US cities.
It could be redeployed to strategically disperse Russians and their agents. Why do I say that? ... 2/10
Basically, people who want to burn it all down so they can usher in something ābetterā. They donāt all have to agree on what comes next. So the clever ones can manipulate the naive into strange and dangerous alliances.š§µ
... Bring about Armageddon? Letās accelerate that! End the US dollar so we can have financial liberty with crypto and gold? Letās go! Speed up capitalism so we can get to Mars and fulfill our destiny as a multi planetary species - no time to waste...
Aug 17, 2023 ā¢ 9 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
THIS IS HUGE.
@judgeluttig, whom Pence turned to for legal advice on 1/6 AND Laurence Tribe AND Federalist Society scholars agree
that the 14th Amendment already disqualifies Trump.
Cc @MuellerSheWrote
But who will enforce it? Read on (quoting the Federalist Society profs)...
āyou could simply describe Trump as a never-ending poop cruise, guaranteed to create new content daily. And I donāt know how Licht can solve that systemic problem, with or without Trump.ā
#CNN
I have ideas in the next postā¦
vox.com/2022/8/26/2332ā¦
Imagine a network that filled those no-breaking-news hours with mind-blowing civic education and systems-level narratives. Examples: What @maddow did with #Ultra. @doctorow dissections of the #enshittification of big tech and media. @HC_Richardson-style historical parallelsā¦
Mar 13, 2023 ā¢ 9 tweets ā¢ 2 min read
Anyone else tired of this highway to dystopia? Hereās the deal:
Tech scales. Looking back, you know what we scaled? Advertising.
Synonym for advertising? Manipulation.
Thought it was sneaker companies and your benign democratic leaders that had your data? 1/š§µ
Well, yeah, but also billionaires and Putin and MBS.
And now AI will push even more drivel and deep fakes and phishing and disinfo at us. Hmmmā¦ 2/
Mar 13, 2023 ā¢ 4 tweets ā¢ 1 min read
Iām not done reading Resisting AI by Dan McQuillan but already must recommend it. Hereās just one passage:
ā[Narxcare] trawls medical and other records to assign patients an Overdose Risk Score. One classic failing of the system has been misinterpreting medicationā¦ā 1/4
that people had obtained for sick pets; dogs with medical problems are often prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines, and these veterinary prescriptions are made out in the ownerās name. As a result, people with a well-founded need for opioid painkillers forā¦ā 2/4
Mar 13, 2023 ā¢ 11 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
Libertarians seeking bailouts are *not* hypocritical. A short š§µ
Libertarians advocate for āeconomic freedom.ā Wealth should be allowed to beget more wealth, free of societal constraints. And of course wealth provides power š„, which in turn then begets wealth and power, and on and on. 2/11
Feb 2, 2023 ā¢ 16 tweets ā¢ 4 min read
At the heart of society lies a paradox.
Total disorder and total order are not opposites.
By failing to understand this, we fight about the wrong things and repeat the cycles of history.
A š§µ about power, institutions, and life itselfā¦
(or on medium) scafaria.com/the-paradox-atā¦
Imagine a society without any institutions. Itās not even a society at that point, reallyā¦ no family structures, no schools, no police, no stores. Itās total disorder, breeding chaos, violence, and every man for himself.
Jan 14, 2023 ā¢ 7 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
Iāll fix your headline:
āRepublicans take United States AAA credit rating hostage, scheme up demands list so they can cut social security.ā
First paragraph should readā¦ washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023ā¦
Fortunately, as Koch-backed group Heritage have themselves written, the government is already precluded from allowing itself to default.
per @TimothyDSnyder
"systematic seizure of Ukrainian women and children and their deportation into the vastness of Russia...some three million people have been deported, disproportionately young women and children. At least two hundred thousand and as many as 700,000 children."
Oct 15, 2022 ā¢ 23 tweets ā¢ 11 min read
Watching the UKš¬š§ self-immolateā¤ļøāš„, first with Brexit and now the disastrous libertarian economic policies of Liz Truss, itās time to debunk the Scarcity Myth. 1/š§µ #ScarcityMyth
If youāre catching up on the UK, read this @jaredbrock post.
āChurches and pubs are applying for grants to become āwarm spacesā just to keep the nation alive this winter. No one else can afford to turn their heat on.ā #ScarcityMyth 2/ survivingtomorrow.org/britain-is-tryā¦
This 30-second clip of Doug Mastriano provides a quick look at the prospective PA governor.
honored by Q adherents + election liar + power to decertify votes...
Jul 27, 2022 ā¢ 8 tweets ā¢ 2 min read
Hereās how Bannon, the Mercers, and Putin weaponized neuroscience to declare war on democracy. 1/š§µ
#neuroscience #antifascism #democracy
@JJMama2001 @CultExpert I slept on this and realized I buried the lede. The point of the Russia/Bannon/Mercer op known as Cambridge Analytica was to build a cult recruitment pipeline. It worked. @VelvetBlade shares more here. @davetroy and @CultExpert are experts.
