Mastodawn

Lots of us knew of the misogyny in the anti-war and civil rights movement when we were kids listening to our activist parents discussing it. But Delores Huerte affirming Chavez raped her is more than shocking. What hurts is she felt she had to hide it for the greater good. Damn.

Jon Shifflett 1d ago

Dave Rahardja 1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116248355762185053

They stole a year of her life, with no credible charges filed.

Jon Shifflett Mar 6

sOlOw-NH Mar 6

Safe to say MAGAts in charge have little to no impulse control

Jon Shifflett Mar 6

emptywheel Mar 6

Hypothesis: The quickest way to alter Trump's behavior might be to start betting lines on the prediction sites for when he falls under 20%.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tt2mid3wiy3eldzfi3cltyeh/post/3mgfjmyvdp22p

Jon Shifflett Mar 1

Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈Feb 28

"The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous." - George Orwell

They were wondering how to spend all that extra hundreds of billions of dollars they allocated to the military-industrial complex. Now they know.

Jon Shifflett Mar 1

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Mar 1

Also a reminder that while the Iranian regime is undeniably horrible, it is also the result of CIA and MI6 instigating (in 1953) a coup d'état against the government of Iran that had a democratic mandate, over oil:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

Here's the Wikipedia page about the prime minister of that government, Mohammad Mosaddegh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh

The coup made shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi an authoritarian monarch with US backing. His oppressive regime ended with the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

1953 Iranian coup d'état - Wikipedia

Jon Shifflett Mar 1

emptywheel Mar 1

Between SOTU, w/its dead pretty lady porn, & the Iran invasion, Trump has juiced the fawning loyalty oaths that had been trailing off of late. It's not remotely clear it'll have an effect on his general popularity: He's playing to a much-narrowed audience. Even if it does, what is the encore?

Jon Shifflett Mar 1

European News 🇪🇺Mar 1

Putin’s friendship has limits — as Iran just found out

Leaders in Damascus, Caracas and now Tehran have all discovered that Russian support only goes so far.

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-friendship-limits-iran-leader-khamenei-found-out/

Putin’s friendship has limits — as Iran just found out

Leaders in Damascus, Caracas and now Tehran have all discovered that Russian support only goes so far.

POLITICO

Jon Shifflett Feb 26

Tengrain Feb 26

BirdChan News: 4th Reich Better Than Russian Bots At Propaganda

The Nazi Bar. An account on BirdChan with nearly 300,000 followers is being run by the same jamoke in charge of the White House’s rapid response account: "A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED."

http://mockpaperscissors.com/2026/02/26/birdchan-news-4th-reich-better-than-russian-bots-at-propaganda/

BirdChan News: 4th Reich Better Than Russian Bots At Propaganda

The Nazi Bar. An account on BirdChan with nearly 300,000 followers is being run by the same jamoke in charge of the White House’s rapid response account: “A popular right-wing account that ca…

Mock Paper Scissors

Jon Shifflett Feb 26

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Noah Berlatsky Feb 26

it's from 2006, but it's a film you watch and say, yeah, not really a surprise we ended up with trump.

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