Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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October 18, 2026 178 points • No mistakes 🌟🟦🟦 🌟🟪🟪 🌟🟩🟩 🌟🟨🟨 4x3.fun

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That's what was always so hollow about those so called concerns about free speech. They didn't take any analysis of power into account. They wanted the right for powerful people to monolog without criticism and that's the world we're getting.

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The Harper's Letter people were once again full of shit. They paved the way for this to happen. They painted trans people and people of color as threats to free speech while silicon Valley oligarchs bought the media and consolidated control to censor any criticism or political opposition.

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It was always projection how the right claimed censorship when there wasn't any while complicit reactionary centrists played along. Now, there's actual censorship affecting elections and those same reactionary centrists are completely silent.

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