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Bill Watkins πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

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I’m Bill Watkins, a Public Scholar of Political Psychology. I write and teach about how rhetorical political agitation shapes uncertainty and, ultimately, political behavior.

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It makes sense when special operators have a higher risk tolerance for pushing the bounds of legality. The difference is normally their work goes unseen and unquestioned. This, however, is not unseen.

10.12.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s go. Strengthen the workers. Strengthen industry. The US is trying to do a regime change in Canada and we’ll
need unity and strength to prevent it.

29.11.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That is one SERIOUS looking philosopher. 🀣 Welcome Dr Gajauskas. Your work will be important.

10.11.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t forget. There’s another one being built on Arizonosis.

27.10.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This too.

27.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The gas masks are to continue hiding their faces. The court can tell them not to β€œhide” their faces with neck gaiters. But the court cannot tell them not to wear personal protective equipment. It’s an end run on the courts.

27.10.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

In fairness, it’s not saying FU to Americans. It’s saying FU to AMERICA. The myth that was sold to Americans of American exceptionalism etc. It’s not Americans’ fault they were indoctrinated. Americans are family.

25.10.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is funny like that weird uncle at thanksgiving who’s a wreck but cracks a laugh once in a while. Vance uses his comms people like a shield on say β€œI’d be really funny but I’m not allowed to be me”.

Douche.

22.10.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’ll start having press briefings again now that they have the home team in there. It was an ingenious way to get the entire professional press corps out in one fell swoop. Now they won’t have to worry about War Crimes questions.

22.10.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure. That might happen. Or…

15.10.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’ll be interesting to find out if there’s a dedicated group like the vp etc whose role is to start with the denial so the amplifiers can pick up on it, OR has MAGA just digested the need to deny all?

15.10.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Soon to be Ohio? Fuck that.
Slava Kanadi πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

15.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Place it in that conveniently Nazi Flag sized space on the wall next to his Mom’s photo. And don’t forget to rearrange the pins around it.

15.10.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Couldn’t Mr Rogers be right once in a while instead of you, Robert?

When you’re right, shit’s always going downhill.

15.10.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They are literally coming for everyone’s guns who are not violent and will leave the Proud Boys, Patriot Front etc well armed.

15.10.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And yet, people are still working hard to excuse that.

15.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Taylor says it doesn’t represent the values of his office. And yet, there it is.

Then he said he’s ordered an investigation.

Then he says it look like foul play setting up the false flag conspiracy. Literally.

15.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. We have a long relationship with the Dutch. They built dykes 400 years ago that are still in place.

11.10.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very nice. 🀌

05.10.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They won’t change the battlefield because they won’t be aimed at the battlefield.

They might change his office though.

02.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And then there’s the Constitutional Sheriffs. They will be local coordinators when the ICE/PBs Einsatzgruppen show up to raid a town. And, like the Wehrmacht, the National Guard will provide defense for those ethnic cleansing operations.

27.09.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Oath Keepers are to be watched. Unlike the PBs, the OKs were never pardoned. The question is…who decided to not pardon them and why? Did someone see them as a greater threat due to their military and police links and decided to kneecap them?

27.09.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been trying to figure out the PBs. So, lazily, I see them as an adjunct to ICE. There have been allegations that some have been hired by ICE and I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more. They seem the most likely to absorb into ICE. The Patriot Front strikes me as a stand alone RWDS.

27.09.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think ICE. Street brawlers hired as a pretorian guard. That makes Homan Ernst RΓΆhm. Bad luck Tommy.

25.09.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth: Knight of the Wrong Wives.

25.09.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s like Disney didn’t even watch Andor.

19.09.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

They can. They just don’t care. At all.

28.08.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least PP will be happy that they’re going after this guy. You know, with his β€œtough on crime” position. πŸ™„

28.08.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Part of their program to break up Canada. They had a fit when meta ads were banned by Canada and, as we know, Americans don’t like it when stars up for itself.

21.08.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree. The bots were in the room. But at least a journalist in Alaska asked Putin if he was going to keep killing children which I thought was a brave question. But here Trump kept calling on the same three dudes. Almost as if he knew they had more, and specific questions to ask. πŸ™„

19.08.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0