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Pantomime Democracy

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just trying to make sense of why we find it so hard to collectively make good political decisions

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/12/2025
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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Miss Machete, Pumpkin Spice Cannibal @miss-machete.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Saw a movie post about a film that I am a detractor for. But I did not comment. Rage posting is the tool of the enemy. We do not use it. We do not *need* it.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY? Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I’m going to miss the BBC an awful lot. It’s a very important part of British life.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Who would have thought another series of #CelebrityTraitors was reaching a finale inside the BBC board, just as the first was coming to a climax on TV
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Steve Bannon: “If you merge MAHA with MAGA, it’s like 1932 - you govern forever.” Marjorie Taylor Greene: “100%”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Yes. We keep writing headlines that assign powers to the president that he does not have.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
If you collaborated with a friend to build a big sandcastle, you'd probably be pretty pleased. If that friend then decided to demonstrate his power by stomping all over the castle devaluing it - how would you feel? Is it a surprise that he has this ability? No. Collaborate again? Probably not.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This is one of the most chilling things I have seen for a long time. This is what Trump is about. He's not a statesman. He's acting more like a bullying gangster, tormenting hostages.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This is an actual government communication channel. The US govt has been hijacked and everyone seems to be carrying on as if all is normal.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Trump and co can't keep this concealed forever - it's going to start affecting people.
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Helen Bracken #FBPE 🇪🇺🌻 #RejoinEU 🕯️ #FBPPR 🇺🇦 #NAFO @helentbracken.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Says it all - how far the #USA has fallen, thanks to ONE man 😫
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
If Trump hates humiliation so much and really wants respect - as he has so often expressed - why does he choose to do things that everyone knows will make him a laughing stock?
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Countries around the world should be changing future plans, changing the way they trade, changing their relationship with - and any reliance on - the USA. The consequence is that the USA will be left out of things in future. They will be sidelined and become a marginalised country. (Permanently?)
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Let's stop talking about Trump policies as if he's just mad and random, and try to understand what he wants to do. Trump has talked about loving tariffs since the 1980s. Edward Fishman discusses the reasons: [1/3]
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This is really good. Well worth a watch. What's Trump doing with Macron handshake? What was happening when Zelensky went to Whitehouse? etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=imSd...
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The Truth behind Trump: Leading body language expert exposes the president
YouTube video by Times Radio
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
All the economic turmoil around the world's stock exchanges is part of the plan. It's not some kind of failure. This is a demonstration of POWER: Trump saying "Look what I can do!"
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Not just make it look "more scientific" (because they suddenly do approve of scientific experts after all?) but more importantly to obscure it and discourage people from talking about it.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Is a trade deficit the same as "unfair trade practices"? (as expressed by Whitehouse spokesperson) Is trade deficit/surplus a bad thing for a country and we should always ensure Balance Of Trade? Can any economists explain this?
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This is right. These ARE sanctions. And it's not revitalization or you'd promote it differently: long-term planning, support for people financing and building new factories. It takes time and can't just burst to life instantly when you put prices up. People will suffer; governments should mitigate.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
In what world does this look like a "complicated formula", as the BBC tried to present it??
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
‘Weak beef’ deserves more pick-up.
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
No joke. On Tuesday, Trump issued an extraordinary Executive Order that would give “the DOGE Administrator,” that is, Elon Musk, access to the voter files of every state for the purpose of purging millions of Americans from voter rolls as suspected “non-citizens.” open.substack.com/pub/gregpala...
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It's not that Trump doesn't know the law, or wouldn't apply same complaints to other people. Trump WANTS you to know he is above the law.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Hard to imagine in the past. But at this point I can see NATO throwing out USA as a member. And maybe this would be better than waiting for USA to walk out...
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Well well... I've only just heard of Janet Ossebaard. (thanks to @contrapoints.bsky.social ) Wow... hard to believe this is a real person.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
As entertaining and captivating as always. SO much work goes into these videos (and I mean the content research, not just the costumes). Seriously, don't be put off by the fact it's nearly 3 hours long.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Here's the Director of National Intelligence retweeting Elon Musk's top reply guy Ian Miles Cheong celebrating the dismantling of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe
Trump has ordered the shut down of United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) which oversees:

Voice of America
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio and Television Marti
Radio Free Asia
Middle East Broadcasting Networks

These organizations produced and disseminated far-left propaganda, including media hostile to conservatives in Central European countries such as Poland, Slovakia and Hungary—and perpetuated a pro-war narratives against Russia.  

Journalists who showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast their programs found themselves locked out and given termination notices. 

In addition, every contractor and international broadcaster funded by the organization has had their contracts severed indefinitely. 

According to NPR, “Three staffers for DOGE, the government cost-slashing initiative led by Musk, have been camped out at the agency gaining access to its budget, social media and other activities, according to several people with knowledge.”

Well done, DOGE!
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Surprised to find an insightful analysis of Trump from Gove, of all people. A lot of this fits well. www.youtube.com/shorts/zoXj2...
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'Trump is unlike any other human being I’ve ever met' | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I know that he’s pretty gullible these days but even Russell Brand wouldn’t believe it was Penelope Keith, would he?
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Angelo Carusone @goangelo.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance. My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Every time newsreaders mention the Polish president, my first thought is that they've forgotten his last name.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Labour should really be making the case against austerity, just like they should be challenging populist immigration narratives. It’s endlessly exasperating that they prefer to just go with those but do them a little less.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
A ‘stalemate which means one side will inevitably lose’ shows Musk does not understand chess either.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 03/03/2025
If Trump was President in 1940
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
These smug pilots have lost touch with regular passengers like us. Who thinks I should fly the plane?
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
But how would we recognise fascism if it came along anyway?
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This is unfortunately the best and only sane attitude to the current situation. Other countries need to catch up fast.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
You want to be the resistance? OK, be the resistance. RESIST the people who are manipulating you with populist narratives.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Anyone else exhausted by Trump? This is entirely by design (Bannon's "flood the zone"). We are one month into 48 months of this.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Any trade deal Trump offers Starmer is going to include opening up the NHS even further to US private health firms. Unfortunately, this Labour government is all too likely to accept such terms.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Two more points about Labour copying Reform's immigration push: - Labour doing this actually reinforces the underlying message of Reform and strengthens them - By treating Reform's stance as a legitimate political idea, they fail to criticise it as a populist tactic. No one talks about this aspect.
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Pantomime Democracy @pantodemocracy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
What on earth are they playing at here? Does no one remember that USA/CIA asked the same thing and were given a point blank No, that even Apple can't unencrypt people's private messages? Whoever they think they are going after (terrorists, drugdealers, I guess) will add their own encryption layers.
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