One of the things we’ll talk about is the extremely unusual case of vindictive prosecution this raises. Trump has made quite a record. RE:
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Your Last Merry Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
Good thing we’re recording on Friday this week
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Good thing we’re recording on Friday this week
Also: when a government acts brutally and lawlessly and immorally, but tells you that pointing those things out incites violence and terrorism, that government and its agents are entitled to no respect or credence. RE:
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Your Last Merry Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p&cid=bafkreicd5nn4tx64tvy7hhwdxkkwfsenaj7gxhxxy5rwtydqbrsw3gv7zu
Despite everything I still have fundamental faith in the American people turning this around and making things better. [reads any New York Times focus group] Fuck this. Fuck everything. Burn it all down. [drinks directly from tequila bottle]
CHOTINER: So You created us right GOD: Yes CHOTINER: In Your image GOD: Yes CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things GOD: Oh Yes CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
When you have an administration that so constantly, shamelessly, openly lies, pretty soon there’s no faith in any information streams coming from the administration, so there’s no way to convey true information in a way that lands right, which leads to more chaos.
Schrödinger's Shooter exists as both a deranged leftist motivated by dangerous rhetoric AND as a misunderstood troubled youth who needed Jesus until the waveform collapses
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The Popehat Report
How "Free Speech Culture" Is Killing Free Speech: Part One
Blurring The Lines Between Official Censorship And Individual Criticism Built The Intellectual Foundation For Trump's Assault On Free Expression
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Even if you take the most lenient possible interpretation -- that SCOTUS has made it increasingly hard to prosecute bribery and corruption -- you still have to ask what kind of crooked-ass administration hires a guy who just took $50k cash. RE:
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Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social)
lol. Emil Bove intervened. The guy that Senate Republicans just confirmed for a lifetime position on the federal bench. https://www.nytimes.com/20...
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