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I really do think this is an excellent metaphor for the moment.

i am trying not to joke about the Epstein stuff because it's so horrible but there's also this ridiculous element where it's like... discovering Dracula is real, he's taken over human society at the highest levels, he's involved in tons of evil and also he's a huge dipshit

It feels worth saying that the thing that unifies men as disparate as Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra and Trump is patriarchy. Patriarchy, hatred of women, and the need to dominate them, persists across race and class status. Left movements refuse a robust analysis of persisting gender violence.

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

the billionaires think somehow they’re separate from humanity, from Nature, from the very fundamentals of existence. astounds me how they ignore lessons history teaches us, nature teaches us. like, if there is The Event/an apocalypse, no bunker will save you. hunting and gathering as a tribe might

we learn the same lesson, there is no hardness or control that can’t be beat. the goal is to be dynamic and soft. the ocean always breaks the rock of the continent. as Bruce Lee said “be like water.” and he was spot-on! the best we can do is be soft and dynamic. be pliable like a tree in a storm

realized I’d read this when it was published!
their ideas: “special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew”; “making guards wear disciplinary collars”; “maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers” are laughable!
a slave-master always fears revolt, but never thinks to free

and it’s not just humans, their AI robots or whatever would come to the same conclusion. it’s not just human nature, it’s nature, which also includes robots

btw your Buttonwillow shoutout made me legit LOL

their arrogance is beyond ignorance!
like, folks have tried similar moves in the past and it never ends well. i’m thinking of the Norman Vikings in Sicily, but there are plenty of examples of paid muscle just taking over

do billionaires forget their money only has value in a society? they act like their money’s real and not an abstract function of a social contract/exchange. they seem to believe they can wreck society and it won’t touch ‘em. but one day, their bodyguards will teach ‘em, when they take their bunkers

Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

Chuck Schumer’s leadership style is like a dog eating another dog’s crap while claiming it’s a commonsense approach bc there’s a lotta undigested protein in dogshit

Yeah this isn't hard. But we've been hammered so much with both sidesism in this country that "lots of evidence of horrific pedophilia involving everyone in power" is a news story to be debated and not HOLY SHIT THROW EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE OCEAN

every Sunday on them politics shows Dem leadership needs to repeat Epstein’s take on his old best friend and wingman: “I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body.”

hammer that quote each week until every American can repeat it from memory like a pop song

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

p sure as Trump talks more and more abt blue states where he believes there’s fraud and he should’ve won but didn’t he’s also gonna start talking more and more abt how he has the support of a “silent majority” of Americans and nationalized elections will prove it. (meanwhile, he just plans to cheat)

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

The year is 2026. The entire economy is scams. But some scammers are scamming for justice.

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

Death could use a PR win, and I have a suggestion.

Arresting Black journalists is also vice signaling. Their base is racist and hates journalists and they want to get them excited again. The mainstream media industry has never protected Black journalists or journalists of color the way it should.

every morning I wake up with the same hope. then I read the news. and like a prayer, I ask: why won’t it happen already?!!

The nice thing about working in law enforcement is that you get to pick and choose what laws you’re into

"I don't know that I've seen before the president of the United States attempt to build a white supremacist army within the government....that is new, and I don't know what else to call it."

Ta-Nehisi Coates joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.

during my work day I listen to a lot of old radio shows. one big draw is how in those old shows the Nazis fight but they always eventually lose. find it bolsters my spirit for the news of today

I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage