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06.03.2026 19:44
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What do you make of Trump’s refusal to abide by a federal judge’s orders not to send immigrants to a brutal prison in El Salvador and of him ignoring a Supreme Court decision that a man wrongfully deported should be returned from that prison? We are accustomed to thinking in terms of rule of law, as we have been a mature democracy for a while, but the Trump administration is at a different developmental stage, which in moral psychology we call preconventional. This means that abstract concepts such as rules and the law do not yet make sense, but might makes right. The president has the power to defy any rule of law, and he will flout the law to demonstrate his power, and not cease to commit greater and greater arbitrary atrocities until troops physically come and stop him. He is, in fact, internally screaming for someone to intervene and to stop the impulses that are frightening even to him, but few recognize this. I have seen this with many violent offenders: They in truth feel comforted when limits are set on them, because like toddlers they are actually testing to see if a parental figure will hold them and guide them. This is why the president is drawn to brutal dictators, because he feels safe there. But those who purport to guide him have no benevolent intent in mind, just as he has done nothing but manipulate, exploit, and harm his own followers. This is what was important for the psychiatric establishment to point out, and why I call the APA’s refusal not only to intervene early but to stop those of us trying to do so as the original sin of where we are today. Because we did not set boundaries and help him to ground himself back in reality, everything we saw has only grown worse. And will grow worse still. There will be no end to his destructive aspirations to become a dictator and to deprive all others of what he never had in his early life. Now, cognitive problems have combined with perhaps a dozen other preexisting conditions to show acute deterioration.
Dr. @bandylee.bsky.social (author of "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump") gives the best insights into Trump's psychology, in my opinion.
I just read one of her interviews and this really interesting part stood out to me, because it seems so counterintuitive!
But explains things like TACO.
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Anyone interested should check out @generalstrikeus.bsky.social !
They have more info, printable flyers, you can sign a strike card, and more.
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Die sehen das alles durchaus, aber verurteilen es eben nicht.
Deshalb rasen wir hier Stück für Stück auf ähnliche Zustände zu:
Angriffe auf den Sozialstaat, Absägen der Klimapolitik, Lobbyismus, keine Konsequenzen für Spahns Maskenaffäre und mehr, Dobrindt der ohne Folgen EU-Recht bricht, ...
Trump’s defense secretary ‘can’t remember washing hands once over last decade’ in bizarre resurfaced footage President-elect Donald Trump's new defense secretary once said that he could not remember washing his hands in ten years in bizarre footage that has resurfaced following his appointment. In 2019, Fox News host Pete Hegseth declared on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because "germs are not a real thing". He said he believes that germs do not exist because they cannot be seen with the naked eye.
In his unwashed hands. 🙃
🙍🏻♀️ Oh god, this is just so stupid and dull. And he loves it!
Not much text, big headline, over-the-top buzzwords like "new era", and a big picture of Trump, that he likes so much.
They really figured him out! 😂
Trump is just the biggest textbook narcissist there is (among god knows how many other issues).
He not only wants to be seen as an accomplished winner himself, he wants to be associated with and surrounded by attractive, successful, and popular people.
Mamdani & his team know how to handle him. 👌🏻
They know they are about to lose power, so they will move extremely quickly now to fuck over all groups who most likely will vote blue.
And trans people are the most vulnerable and easiest victims to attack, that's why they start here.
An image of Steve Bannon standing behind a podium and speaking at an event in November 2025. Below, added text says: "Dems' new 2026 midterms ad just dropped" "Steve Bannon says the quiet part out loud: 'If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.'"
Same vibe as Bannon. They know they are about to lose their grip on power.
They will double down on messing with the midterms in any way they can - like trying to lock people up in warehouses to keep them from voting.
Buckle up America, the next few months might turn even uglier.
But you got this! 🌊
An excerpt from Curtis Yarvin's blog. It says: "Dear open-minded progressive, perhaps you were horrified by Chapter X. I mean, I did propose the liquidation of democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law, and the transfer of absolute power to a mysterious figure known only as the Receiver, who in the process of converting Washington into a heavily-armed, ultra-profitable corporation will abolish the press, smash the universities, sell the public schools, and transfer “decivilized populations” to “secure relocation facilities” where they will be assigned to “mandatory apprenticeships.” If this doesn’t horrify you, I’m not sure what would."
Since the planned concentration camps in warehouses are supposed to hold thousands of people & Vance is a supporter of Yarvin's ideology, he might be talking about "mandatory apprenticeships".
(src: Yarvin's blog unqualified-reservations.org/2008/06/olxi... Don't read more of his shit, it's vile.)
Especially creepy, because Altman & his partner had a child via surrogacy roughly a year ago.
Who tf talks about how inefficient it is to feed & teach a child, when you became a dad not too long ago?! Instead of being amazed at how quickly children learn, discover the world, and grow day by day?
Dr. @bandylee.bsky.social provides the best insights into Trump's psychology imo!
She edited the book “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump,” and there are many interviews with her on YT that I recommend to check out.
Here is a compilation of several contributors to the book talking about Trump:
An intelligent, capable, confident, and beautiful woman is the greatest threat to his alpha male shtick, that he tries SO hard to play.
And she has the charisma that he lacks.
Face to face, she would eat him for breakfast and he knows it.
He thinks of himself as the evil genius pulling the strings from the shadows.
So keep dragging this cockroach into the spotlight. Keep talking about him and what he does, tell people in your social circles who might not have heard about him yet.
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Vance is an easy to control empty puppet without fixed values or personality, who will do whatever he is told to gain power.
And Thiel lives in his billionaire bubble surrounded by yes-men. I don't think he has a good grasp on reality outside of that, or on how other people work and what they value.
Art by fabfeministart. It shows a heart with an angry looking bird (a nuthatch) inside and the words "Radicalized By Basic Decency" next to it.
VETERANS - Heads Up
Please Share Widely
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I just saw this and it reminded me of your post.
Maybe you could get in contact, and you guys could exchange some ideas?
Yes, turn it into a celebration of democracy! Food, live music, some fun activities for good vibes...
This might also motivate some non-voters to show up.
And it will be harder to frame the people who stay around to keep an eye on ICE as violent/intimidating by Trump's regime or the media.
I now have a question stuck in my mind, but I'm afraid I already know the answer...
Does he wash his hands after using the bathroom?
Ah yes, when there is no table available so you have to take your lunch break in a restroom...
Put your delicious roadkill sandwich on the floor, drink from the toilet, and snort your cocaine off the toilet seat.
The normal stuff.
A screenshot of a tweet by Musk from February 2024. It says: "Put 'Never Went to Therapy' on my gravestone"
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There is a whole Reddit community dedicated to this! People discuss different alternatives and show off their degoogled devices and which apps they picked:
"Our nation is quickly being destroyed by 'necropolitics', which dictates who has the right to live - and who the state may kill or dispose of at its whim."
A screenshot of a tweet at Grok from March 2025. @Goncalo_MC_ "Grok, do you think Elon is a big baby, with all the bad stuff he has been doing in the USA gov as well as its influence in the whole world?" @grok "Elon Musk's actions, like his controversial gesture at Trump's 2025 inauguration and leading DOGE to cut U.S. spending, spark debate. Some see immaturity in his impulsive moves and personal antics, like firing staff over tweet views. Globally, his influence via Tesla and X is polarizing, with claims of bias and misinformation. Evidence suggests a "big baby" label fits his reckless style."
The cruelty is the point.
“Miller made clear to us that, if you start to treat children badly enough, you’ll be able to convince other parents to stop trying to come with theirs."
"In 2013, [..] The White House had dismissed the proposal as inhumane, but Miller took it up again."
Feeling sad again? Just destroy other lives to have a little fun!
"Aside from his public memeing, when he has privately messaged associates & confidants about reports from federal staffers about how their lives have been wrecked, the Tesla CEO has been known to react with laugh-crying emojis"
