2026-05-10T17:26:55Z https://yabu.me Alexander Karn https://yabu.me/npub1ndjdlm4durn66h2rjkdvkd00ruvgnl02w7fr4w3h7lp9u0uj0xxsr4vl5c https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/298/561/550/976/689/original/0282980718eda1e6.jpeg https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/298/561/550/976/689/original/0282980718eda1e6.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdlanrd6fjlzyauf2hzeu3hcp5l9h8yshtgwcser4xy538u630epqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6uxjuxg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv7y4p37y8elte60v7v3fv4xqumfhjjra7gnhxxct46gad0lrha8qukddek'>nevent1q…ddek</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am resisting the most obvious comparison here, but the killing of Charlie Kirk does come to mind. <br/><br/>Okay, I wasn’t really resisting. 2025-11-18T22:36:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhwwvrvac5rqs9ajlgdxnzxuddhlcclrqpeku8wkmvy67pyrswgqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6l5ca0h DJT has presided over the two longest govt shutdowns in US history.<br/><br/>He&#39;s perfectly happy to sit on his hands while Russ Vought guts the whole thing because &#34;dismantlement of the administrative state&#34; makes his dictatorial ambitions easier.<br/><br/>Pesky democracy. Pesky checks and balances. Pesky rule of law.<br/><br/>King Donald can&#39;t be bothered with any of it.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/government-shutdown-trump-democrats.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/government-shutdown-trump-democrats.html</a> 2025-10-24T14:06:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspazuq7fjdyscpu00a9gqa2e8g2tmg3fvjalfw22gw3qq9ykmqa2szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc64hff0k USAG Pam Bondi making the rounds to say that Feds will target anyone who uses or promotes hate speech.<br/><br/>Of course, there is no definition of hate speech under federal law and no federal laws against hate speech, except when speech can be shown to directly incite criminal violence or when it consists of direct threats of violence against a group or a member of the group. <br/><br/>Hate speech is protected under 1A, and many MAGA influencers have built their whole careers on this.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/hate">https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/hate</a> 2025-09-16T16:45:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsym46qfjyrwkx4d4q7ehv9hsmp8fapr06ya5twt69k7yrm9ay8unszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6z8gpe2 If you&#39;re wondering, &#34;&#34;Who is the greatest American writer of the 20th century?&#34; let me offer James Baldwin as a leading candidate.<br/><br/>&#34;All that can save you now is your confrontation with your own history...which is not your past, but your present. [Y]our history has led you to this moment, and you can only begin to change yourself and save yourself by looking at what you are doing in the name of your history.&#34;<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/024/524/651/737/949/original/546731d52e68f2b2.png"> <br/> 2025-08-14T01:31:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgwrz8xz6d45mdeaup793sdlfthxcefce2gx2z9uq74urg5sn88jszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6hzycq9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2wpf924fmqz7dpy8czagghzxnp4z0rz3af7d6vsdmuzxevmtdpgq8r96ul'>nevent1q…96ul</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Perhaps he’s not fighting anti-Semitism? 2025-05-02T15:31:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrgy6xm8z8mfrkyq0456lh88eg5nrq08k349rvkwwxd3yeu99jp8szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6wl033d Letter to Harvard was an accident. <br/><br/>Trade war with China not sustainable. <br/><br/>Peace deal in Ukraine not feasible. <br/><br/>Markets and treasuries in nosedive. <br/><br/>Etc. <br/><br/>Never has a president been so inept. So incompetent. So utterly full of shit. <br/><br/>What’s left when the curtain is pulled back?<br/><br/>Just the cruelty, the vindictiveness, and the grift. <br/><br/>#uspol #democracy 2025-04-23T12:39:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0pnd3rwn7egsnmxyyut7rylkmv0tndd6930sncy8mhsjw4uqnl4szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6l0kdzz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsragjr8pakl3nh0snlqg6cq9s2u5k04jph36808juq6drf844h3hg7um9k0'>nevent1q…m9k0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With Trump, everything is singular and unprecedented. There is no form to the world except the superlative form. <br/><br/>“Like never before…”<br/><br/>“The worst/best we’ve ever seen…”<br/><br/>“You’re not going to have a country…”<br/><br/>“A golden age like no other…”<br/><br/>All of this language creates the conditions for a state of exception. <br/><br/>Nothing can ever be normal for the man who intends to dismantle normal politics and rule of law. 2025-04-16T11:56:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ep6ms0q2ve0jnhnrnf693n4rseep26qjjypsgf6p9ymhe6wyzkgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc67fg00k Reposting cuz post-totalitarian dictatorship is here. <br/><br/>#uspol #democracy #authoritarianism #liveintruth #rmol<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/344/839/601/463/295/original/1ebeb81575ec248b.png"> <br/> 2025-04-16T00:37:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsragjr8pakl3nh0snlqg6cq9s2u5k04jph36808juq6drf844h3hgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6pjj96c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgwuuy26xlvq75m8rtadxsh8nhqcg5x9p0j4w5amsgfpppe9s3xqrc6luc'>nevent1q…6luc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>MAGA rhetoric strikes a hyperbolic and hysterical tone whenever political obstacles and rivals appear in its path. <br/><br/>Rivals are recast as insane lunatics. Enemies inside the gates. <br/><br/>Divergent perspectives are presented as toxins and poisons in the body politic. <br/><br/>Opposition becomes something treasonous. <br/><br/>All of this fear-mongering is done to lay the groundwork for a state of exception. The nation has never been so deeply imperiled; the gloves must come off. Lawlessness is patriotism. 2025-04-16T00:11:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgwuuy26xlvq75m8rtadxsh8nhqcg5x9p0j4w5amsgfpppe9s3xqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6n6tt08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvv36effctdy90sl3z87tp8x9z7usm2kczkh65ncp8kkwyc8c3zsuwjvad'>nevent1q…jvad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Snyder on language and the state of exception (i.e., how authoritarians talk their way out of their legal obligations):<br/><br/>“If we are living in normal times, then we think we should be governed by law. But if politicians can use words to make us think that these are exceptional times, then we might accept their lawlessness.” 2025-04-16T00:03:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvv36effctdy90sl3z87tp8x9z7usm2kczkh65ncp8kkwyc8c3zszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6ahcz4f Tim Snyder today on state terror and MAGA’s assault on language. <br/><br/>“The control of language is necessary to undermine a legal or constitutional order. Our rule of law begins with notions such as the people and their rights. If politicians shift the framework to &#34;criminals&#34; and &#34;terrorism,&#34; then they are shifting the purpose of the state.”<br/><br/>Something from last year on MAGA language and the linguistic barrage that subverts democratic values. <br/><br/><a href="https://progressive.org/op-eds/trumps-rhetoric-is-frightening-and-toxic-karn-20241029/">https://progressive.org/op-eds/trumps-rhetoric-is-frightening-and-toxic-karn-20241029/</a> 2025-04-15T23:54:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqste80ftnx07gwu0axjl2xwxt9ckyg00qmn69mwyyxnz39ud564wjgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6frw0dy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspf6dmcle84av559kcdcvamugpjxy6jyh0jhm5vk0rvh26sh478dszdg0d2'>nevent1q…g0d2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Congratulations. Very inspiring to see people being focused and productive in their chosen field. 2025-03-27T08:46:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0fs3yy4587wxmc5ecua3ekl8xlxz865hwk046hf7gewdwzdj2kxszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc632l683 Oeufs, I did it again. <br/><br/>I ❤️ 🇨🇦<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/207/350/612/376/342/original/f85023c4bc0e12aa.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-22T17:52:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx4qayr6har8ht4yxs39h54lvjw0980uyfdzh0gxw7zur5jd0tm9gzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6mvha6l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspl556mp7f2a7gpuwze0py0739xfs54lc7lfrhv7xdkum5ajvrlyc7jhtmg'>nevent1q…htmg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wish I could remember who came up with this b/c I think there&#39;s some truth in it.<br/><br/>Dems have struggled to enact solutions, but require citizens to be morally restrained.<br/><br/>Trump/MAGA pitch big solutions, while giving their supporters permission to be morally unrestrained. <br/><br/>There are plenty of people who don&#39;t believe that Trump can or even wants to solve problems, but while he pitches himself as the redeemer (only I can fix it), we should highlight each and every failure. 2025-02-02T20:59:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyhvhzkguw59x77t3uaa782f5gsyjaxlenfe5awuwqvahnz3zfvmqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc63976vr Not yet in the driver&#39;s seat, but AOC continues to fight, speak truth, and run the diagnostics. <br/><br/>&#34;I have a weird relationship with the Democratic Party. I don&#39;t believe in a two-party system, but I also understand the Democratic Party is a coalition and if we want the party to change, the balance of the coalition has to change. But right now, you open the hood on the Democratic Party, what you have is, I think, a bit of a power struggle over the last couple of years.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-warns-democrats-about-confused-messaging-2024852">https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-warns-democrats-about-confused-messaging-2024852</a> 2025-02-02T20:03:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8k3uf0hrumtyccvy8fm7k4n83vchdkhkklh7fl37d5evgqmzh0qzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc60pnfkf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hssmpe3mny9d555gl7r4e9qatleklvlhnvudy2dtqszu09mu0sccwkg3g'>nevent1q…kg3g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thoroughly disgusting. But do note the masks. <br/><br/>The white “pride” clique are still (for now) ashamed to show their faces. <br/><br/>Why? Because they KNOW it’s terrorism, not heritage. Even as they whoop and holler in an attempt to convince themselves otherwise, they know it’s despicable and un-American. <br/><br/>There’s hope while this remains true. 2024-11-12T00:20:05Z