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Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1

Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
β€œWe do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.β€œ

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

12.03.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2372    πŸ” 1008    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 295

If Kim Kardashian is willing to take this stand, then Democrats who won't are looking especially pathetic.

11.06.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We feed you.
They hunt us.

11.06.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 34932    πŸ” 14922    πŸ’¬ 1203    πŸ“Œ 1244

One of the things mentioned here is that they arrived in unmarked cars and wore casual clothing, so if staff hadn’t had the courage to tell them to go away, how would you know they were federal agents and not random adult men abducting children? This should be the biggest conservative mom panic ever

10.06.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3230    πŸ” 960    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 26
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"I want y’all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us."

Read what Doechii said during her #BETAwards2025 speech: rollingstone.com/music/music-...

10.06.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 800    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7

This is actually smart.
ICE can't do anything about protesters in cyberteucks or else they'll finally be labeled as terrorists.

10.06.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4125    πŸ” 722    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 24

the fact that people were told β€œtoday you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

10.06.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 19202    πŸ” 6647    πŸ’¬ 262    πŸ“Œ 192
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this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion

05.06.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9493    πŸ” 1416    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 24

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

05.06.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 44095    πŸ” 9586    πŸ’¬ 514    πŸ“Œ 537
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Reporter: I was watching your face during the meeting.. what was going through your mind when the President talked about erasing the border..

Carney: I’m glad that you couldn’t tell what was going through my mind

Reporter: Oh I could

06.05.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 40634    πŸ” 8072    πŸ’¬ 1077    πŸ“Œ 662
A wooly goat, its eyes invisible, two simple horns curling back from its head

A wooly goat, its eyes invisible, two simple horns curling back from its head

A ram in need of sheering, its eyes invisible, its horns curling beside its head.

A ram in need of sheering, its eyes invisible, its horns curling beside its head.

It can often be difficult to tell Sheep (right) and Goats (left) apart, but to the trained eye there's an obvious difference:

While both commit Crimes, only Goats are aware that their actions are wrong, and are thus capable of Sin.

07.05.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2040    πŸ” 537    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 40

The Romans crucified Jesus without due process. So why should we give due process to immigrants?

18.04.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1533    πŸ” 195    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 33

Easy does it. You don't have to solve everything or figure everything out in this moment. Breathe; check in w/ yourself; remind yourself of who you are & what you're all about; remind yourself of your micro goals today; & focus in on the next teeny, tiny baby step.

18.04.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! We’re a big smoothie household too and frozen berries are my kids’ fave smoothie ingredient.

18.04.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I never think to freeze blackberries! This is going to be the year I think, the island is lousy with them.

18.04.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s going to Panama next!

18.04.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2457    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 9
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Pierre Poilievre is living in the past.

#Debate2025

18.04.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2545    πŸ” 529    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 49

I do not think it is a coincidence that Trump and Karoline Leavitt are both floating the β€œUS Citizens sent to El Salvador” a few days after massive, distributed anti-Trump protests.

It is a threat, and we need to be louder and angrier than ever before on behalf of everyone who has been sent.

08.04.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3979    πŸ” 1199    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 27
tom cotton in a navy suit, white shirt, red, white and blue striped tie, looking like he's smiling through smelling the world's worst fart. his face looks like a weasel's, and it looks like he cuts his own hair. he's so pale you could be forgiven for thinking he'd been imprisoned for a significant stretch of years.

next to him is Donald Trump, also navy suit and white tie, tie is a deep wine red with small blue polka dots. his face is shockingly orange. his smile looks morel like a grimace, like someone trying to shit out a bowling ball. the parts of skin (ears, around the eyes) that don't have pancake makeup/fake tanner/whatever the fuck dyes him ochre are pink, and his hair and eyebrows are so light blonde they're like translucent straw, and his teeth look bleached white, and the contrast against the artificial orange is startling. 

they are both profoundly unsettling men

tom cotton in a navy suit, white shirt, red, white and blue striped tie, looking like he's smiling through smelling the world's worst fart. his face looks like a weasel's, and it looks like he cuts his own hair. he's so pale you could be forgiven for thinking he'd been imprisoned for a significant stretch of years. next to him is Donald Trump, also navy suit and white tie, tie is a deep wine red with small blue polka dots. his face is shockingly orange. his smile looks morel like a grimace, like someone trying to shit out a bowling ball. the parts of skin (ears, around the eyes) that don't have pancake makeup/fake tanner/whatever the fuck dyes him ochre are pink, and his hair and eyebrows are so light blonde they're like translucent straw, and his teeth look bleached white, and the contrast against the artificial orange is startling. they are both profoundly unsettling men

these goofy ass motherfuckers are white supremacists as a form of cope for looking like that

30.03.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1658    πŸ” 195    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 142
Dumbfuck livestreamer Viva Frei posts a video of Mark Carney speaking French with the captions like (UNINTELLIGENCE, SATANIC MANTRA) overlaid. He tweeted it with the words: "It seems @MarkJCarney is a Satanist."

Dumbfuck livestreamer Viva Frei posts a video of Mark Carney speaking French with the captions like (UNINTELLIGENCE, SATANIC MANTRA) overlaid. He tweeted it with the words: "It seems @MarkJCarney is a Satanist."

I'm CRYING he was speaking FRENCH

28.03.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13770    πŸ” 1835    πŸ’¬ 479    πŸ“Œ 373
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unironically yes

30.03.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.

29.03.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 47694    πŸ” 8529    πŸ’¬ 724    πŸ“Œ 214
MYTH: People who receive food stamps don’t work.

FACT: You are browsing the internet instead of working right now.

MYTH: People who receive food stamps don’t work. FACT: You are browsing the internet instead of working right now.

Food Stamps: Myth Vs. Fact
theonion.com/food-st...

29.03.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5407    πŸ” 552    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 21
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What Is an Oligarchy, and Why Are People Worried the US Is Becoming One? We break it down.

For years, political experts have warned that America is in a state of democratic decline. Now some say democracy in the US could be giving way to something else entirely: an oligarchy.

29.03.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 473    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 20

Yes, that is typically the way taxes work in a civilized society.

19.03.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Most legal analysts say that Trump cannot prosecute people for crimes they have already been pardoned for. But X-user @federalistjudge1488 isn't so sure.

17.03.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 843    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3

Many of us manage to drown our sorrows with legal cannabis products, which is an option for anyone of legal age now, thanks to our brutally oppressive government.

18.03.2025 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s good to know there’s still beauty in the world even when things feel bleak. 🌈

18.03.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0