“It pulled together a fragmented set of conservative circles and gave them a single banner. In that sense, MAGA didn’t emerge from Trump’s imagination — Trump emerged from the cultural terrain MAGA had already shaped.” www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2026/02/maga...

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"this is the very substance of the rightwing strategy: politicians feign enough of an interest in what voters care about so they can get on with what they care about." By Jonathan Liew. #GortonandDentonByElection

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"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito." —Dalai Lama 🦟 bsky.app/profile/mind...

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The point is not that bluesky magically has nicer people. As I said the other day: people are SO FUCKING WEIRD TO ME ON THIS SITE. The point is that they won't get boosted in the algorithm for abusing me, and I can detach quotes & make them vanish forever with the nuclear block.

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The first thing we noticed when we left that hellsite was the ability to think of solutions and communicate with our peers again. You can't do that in an environment that is so hostile and toxic that it immediately puts you into fight or flight.

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