itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 17hVery much depends on the "social" media. And how much ground we will continue to give, electorally, to the GOPnik establishment/cartel. 000
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 17hThus, you vote for whatever major candidate that leads the opposition to the current GOP traitor-to-their-country. If you want a say in who this opponent is, do so in the primaries. The point is: VOTE! Online leftists(?) arguing that "not voting is GOOD ackshually" utterly bewilders me, post-2016. 000
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 17hIn FPtP voting systems (i.e. in the US) third party candidates are mainly a way for conservative forces to manipulate the vote and make them go to waste, the less votes for non-GOPniks all the better for them (and worse for America) 100
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 17hIt's binary voting system: You're not voting so much for your dream candidate, that's promising to make your wishes come true, as you're voting to make sure the other asshole doesn't win. By voting for their opponent. The vote for your preferred wish fulfilment candidate takes place in primaries. 200
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 17hIt might not be the romantic dream about the collective movement we all want to be part of, but the real deal is: Always vote, always vote against right-wing assholes. Because we're currently living with the consequences of not doing so. 000
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 17hHard disagree. Why would conservatives and/or fascists care for your anger? It's one of their main motivators. Despite us leftists' vision of how only perfect & revolutionary candidates are worthy of our votes, democracy is rather about making sure to vote AGAINST those making most harm to society. 330
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 23hyoutube.comRepublican Operative Paul Weyrich - "I Don't Want Everybody To Vote"YouTube video by Jim 011
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 23hIf only these voters could repudiate the anti-American party that has consistently eroded their rights and (US') interests for half a century(+)... Because it's not just Trump: www.brookings.edu/articles/how... 121
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/10/2026The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine. 402612637
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I just don't care ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ What's another whataboutism post on "social" media by some random account? And one's argument, what's actually being said, is far more important than whatever affiliation one is trying to claim. Have a nice day 000
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 138137955905
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"But the state supreme court(R) rejected the pleas and Henry McMaster(R), the Republican governor, announced just before the execution that he would not be granting clemency." 100
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We get that you're really doing your best to "BOTHSIDES!" this, especially in this rather clear-cut era of where the blame lies, but let us give you a hint about the responsible party:theguardian.comSouth Carolina executes first man in 13 years despite new evidence of innocenceKhalil Divine Black Sun Allah, 46, killed by lethal injection days after state’s key witness recanted critical testimony 100
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Hmmm, which party and its representatives have continuously worked to keep executing people (whether their guilt is proven or not...) and shut down all reform on capital punishment for half a century(+)? Really makes u think 210
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026...surprising no one. We've known this for ~a decade And it's not him: It's his ENTIRE party, currently ruling the United States of russia. Literal traitors that tried to seize power both by force and fraud (remember the fake electors?) in 2021. GOPniks need to go to prison. Pretty much all of thembrookings.eduHow the GOP became the party of Putin | BrookingsI never expected that the Republican Party—which once stood for a muscular, moralistic approach to the world, and which helped bring down the Soviet Union—would become a willing accomplice of what the... 010
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What else did people really expect when having a convicted felon and rapist elected, representing a party that tried to seize power by force...? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 140
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialEric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating. 18167001952
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 06/10/2026over at the newsletter I wrote about the useful bogeyman that is "polarization":karlbode.comThe Problem Is Right Wing Extremism, Not 'Polarization'Ambiguous media whining about "polarization" or "partisan tribalism" redirects attention away from the real cause of modern U.S. division: violent right wing extremism. 10545151
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialThe Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Government didn’t get in the way of growth, it got in the way of greed.” Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards, host of the Optimist Economy, on labor market policy and corporate complacence. New episode out now! @kedseconomist.com 1015045
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And that's why the Republican party and ideology has been the most successful tool for anti-American campaigns and interests in the past quarter-century(+). 021
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Doublethink is simply a core tenet of the conservative and Republican credo, always has been: www.openculture.com/2024/11/umbe... 110
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026• "Hussein" Obama has never been an American citizen, but somehow this never came up during his ~20 years at Harvard Law School nor at any time in his political career, going on since 1996. 111
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026• "Sleepy Joe" Biden cannot even put on his own pants by himself, but he's simultaneously also single-handedly responsible for planning and perpetrating a nationwide secret conspiracy of voter fraud, as well as covering up every trace of it since not a shred of evidence could be found... 120
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Why not? They've been doing this for literal decades 111
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The United States (of russia, these days...) invaded Iran so that US media would stop talking about the Epstein files. That's it. 000
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just like the rest of his entire party. www.brookings.edu/articles/how... 0142
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"We are not part of any political movement. And we are not attempting to further any political agenda." - says a right wing political operative in #SCOTUS robe who gutted voting rights, abortion rights, gave a Republican President king like powers in attempt to lock in right wing dominance. (1/2) 44525139
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Other candidate headlines: *Up Schmitt's Creek *Schmitting the Bed *Hearing Turns into a Schmittshow 2016728
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We literally saw this exact scene in Helsinki, 2018. I.e. almost a decade ago. 020
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The United States of russia.brookings.eduHow the GOP became the party of Putin | BrookingsI never expected that the Republican Party—which once stood for a muscular, moralistic approach to the world, and which helped bring down the Soviet Union—would become a willing accomplice of what the... 2299
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This old KGB has-been kinda had a point, actually... (before he allied with the conservative forces now utilizing his ideas, lol)youtube.comKGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984)YouTube video by Offensive Freedom 000
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We've let right-wingers and their russian allies/managers run "the public discourse" and narratives (i.e. "social" media) for basically 15+ years. The current sociopathic, anti-American and criminal regime is only the natural result of that. 100
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents 382473528
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026brookings.eduHow the GOP became the party of Putin | BrookingsI never expected that the Republican Party—which once stood for a muscular, moralistic approach to the world, and which helped bring down the Soviet Union—would become a willing accomplice of what the... 040
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The entire GOP belongs in prison, most likely for life. Anti-American traitors to their country. 0103
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"President Donald Trump suffers ego injury from mild-mannered Canadians, initiates geopolitical standoff with Canada and issues annexation threats" is a mid-tier South Park plotline from 2005 unleashed on the world 471337222
Reposted by @itwasgg.bsky.social Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 28/09/2026Claude making a scientific discovery 182100482
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They see russia as a model for America: A social-Darwinistic and despotic kleptocracy .brookings.eduHow the GOP became the party of Putin | BrookingsI never expected that the Republican Party—which once stood for a muscular, moralistic approach to the world, and which helped bring down the Soviet Union—would become a willing accomplice of what the... 010
itwasgg.bsky.social @itwasgg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026That's conservatives for you. They just don't have to hide nor pretend any more, they're wearing the uniforms now. 120
