Melinda Kovacs

#hungary #democracy #authoritarianism | Melinda Kovacs, Ph.D. I have been reflecting on developments in #Hungary from afar, and I am struck by the importance of political generations. In 1989 and during that regime change, there had not been a functioning #democ...

Lookie, I wrote me a political reflection on LinkedIn

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Hear hear

ICE is a state-sponsored terror organization.

„Aki beleszól a választásokba, annak nagyon nehéz dolga lesz” – Szijjártó Péter összehívta a budapesti nagyköveteket A miniszter világossá akarja tenni, hogy az EU-s nagyköveteknek mi a dolga, és mi nem.

Hungary's special way of preparing for elections in April: telling ambassadors from EU countries that if they criticize anything, they won't be allowed to meet w Hungarian government members.

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Okay, so apparently we are colonizing Venezuela, right? I mean for over 20 years I have been explaining colonization to students as removing sovereignty and extracting wealth to enrich the colonial center ...

#SCOTUS not overturning Obergefell is a relief and a joy but then why were they so ready to overturn Roe? Marriage equality is protected under the Constitution but bodily autonomy isn't? Or misogyny is stronger than homophobia?

I worry The Onion will go out of business

Every single moment of every single day, this delusional, Demented Disgrace spews shit out of his vile piehole. It's embarrassing that he is infesting the Oval.

DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]

SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in

I never wanted to learn this much about how stupid Senators can be.

Fuck every spineless folding Democrat.
#Shutdown

Congratulations California on letting your voice be heard! Prop 50 passes!!! Lets not forget, Republicans started this! We will finish it!!

That NYC has a new mayor who is 34, a Democratic Socialist, a Muslim and of South Asian descent, makes me think maybe the America I came to 30 years ago is not completely lost.
#Elections #ElectionNight

Insane demented dictators will insane demented dictator.

One of the first things I read this morning was @mehdirhasan.bsky.social saying Dick Cheney should have died alone in a prison cell at The Hague. I like it when ppl are not afraid of saying things.

When Graham Platner says "regular guy" and "regular people" he means white, right?

Had to block bot accounts again. To all the bots I haven't yet purged, nicely played. To all the actual people I want to talk to, here is one of our cats. His name is Balàzs.

The cult requires that you share in the delusion or at least say that you do. Standard authoritarian oppression - and I should know: I grew up under state socialism.

Boom.

I keep thinking about the definition "random indiscriminate violence" which defines terrorism and describes perfectly what they are doing

I am losing hope in: 1. My brain's processing capability 2. Humanity

I was sleeping like a sleeping thing, when a giant paw forcefully hit me and I was greeted with this "Mommy I need you" face. So I got up a half hour before my alarm because I am not a monster and Mozart needed me. Still unclear for what, though. Still: antidote to the world.

We need to find a pressure point that will make him stop. I like the suggestion that somehow we need to go after his money.

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Here’s what nobody’s talking about.

The government is shut down because they’re waiting for the Supreme Court to shut down the voter rights act.

There, I said it.

#GovShutDown #MikeJohnson #Epstein #SupremeCourt #VoterRightsAct

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Unless of course your state had open primaries 😘

Hiya! I think I haven't been here in about six or seven weeks. Sorry. Mental health, physical health, political landscape, everything makes me want to hide. But maybe I should read what y'all say.

@cajunblue.bsky.social hello! Long time no talk! Different platform - hope you are doing amazing

Where and when I grew up it was political opponents who were disappeared in the middle of the night. Not children.

Out for a stroll on another incredible Chicago day. This is ‘meet me on Milwaukee,’ a car free event in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Happy people & happy dogs everywhere. Remember this when Trump tries to paint an ugly picture of our beautiful city. #chicago

'It infuriates us': Veterans rage at 'abusive' Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.The reports started earlier in the summer that Tru...

Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on.

Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime.
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