Seeing Trump's pardon as an endorsement of their violent tactics, anti-abortion activists are actively planning and recruiting people willing to be arrested in nationwide demonstrations. Brittany Fonteno, President and CEO of @natabortionfed.bsky.social, joins me to discuss this threat.
How does "we want to be in the truth business" and "we want to speak to 70% of Americans" add up? He wants to frame stories so they appeal to centrists, or if he were being honest, right-wing zealots. That isn't the truth.
You could, you know, report the facts. But we know that's not the goal here.
Swee’Pea, the white English Bulldog, is lying in her bed looking gorgeous and comfy
Impossible to have a bad day when you see this perfect being 😍
A new Economist/YouGov poll shows 50% of Americans now support abolishing ICE. With more people waking up to the realities of systems that harm, it’s time to talk about what else needs to change! youtu.be/xQON2gMSCDw?...
I have a very special contempt for Markwayne Mullin!
Van Hollen is coming out swinging with a new tax plan. Individuals making $46,000 or less & married couples making $92,000 or less will not pay federal income taxes. Tens of millions of middle-class Americans get tax cuts. It's all paid for by a new surcharge on millionaires. wapo.st/40c20tC
You were just provided evidence that this man uses gutter racism to generate views and your first response to this vile racism isn’t to denounce it or to say you’re horrified by it. Your first response is to continue to defend your boy who praises the man who peddles this gutter racism.
Silence or defense. Every time.
Anthropic tries to sell itself as the “ethical” AI company, more concerned with guardrails than profit, only to turn around and help the US military murder over 1,000 civilians in Iran, including at least 175 schoolgirls and their teachers.
He said he’s a longtime fan of the channel using anti-Black racism to generate views? With a host who is pals with a Holocaust denier? Valhalla VFT’s anti-Black racism is seemingly not a problem for a lot of Platner fans.
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We still have time to stop Casey Means.
Trump's nominee for Surgeon General has spent her career fear-mongering about birth control, calling it a "disrespect of things that create life." She is essentially Douglas Wilson, but with an inactive medical license & she wants to BAN BIRTH CONTROL!
Exactly!
I wish all children had the opportunity to escape. It's why we see conservatives attacking access to education. They want kids trapped in an ideology that benefits the Republican Party.
Platner fans either go silent or defend Valhalla VFT's use of AI-generated thumbnails falsely depicting Black people looting and robbing stores after SNAP cuts. It's been a wild few days in my mentions.
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With the intersection of my calling out racism and receiving the response below and @etvpod.bsky.social reposting it, it seems appropriate to recommend the episode of Aaron's show where I discuss my upbringing in the white power movement. Check it out here: www.voidpod.com/podcasts/202...
Neera Tanden reposted Nick Fuentes on the 2nd. I mean, we're losing the plot here.
If your only political concern is whether someone is critical of Trump, you need to reevaluate what you stand for. Please.
You're playing into the white power movement's goals to broaden the coalition of Fuentes supporters by using his criticism of Israel and the increasing disapproval of Israel to win more people. Stop assisting this project by promoting Nick's posts.
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The first post in my feed this morning was an anti-MAGA account sharing a Nick Fuentes tweet and saying, “You know it’s bad when I’m reposting Fuentes.”
Yes, that is bad. Please stop. You’re playing right into the white power movement’s goals. Clip from Channel 5 on “Return to the Land” in AR:
I recognize I am an extremely rare holdout in that I have been so hardline anti-AI that I have still yet to use a chatbot willingly, but uh, I feel like every other story I read is about how all the consumer-facing stuff is a mental illness particle accelerator www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Andy O'Brien @aobrien2024.bsky.social: “Brittany, I think if we talked face-to-face we find a lot in common & we would listen to each other. You're not listening & I have no interest in debating with you further because everything to you is black & white, good & evil.” Brittany writes: Racism is indeed a black and white issue for me. When someone uses racism to generate views on YouTube, that is indeed a black and white issue for me. That person is not an ally. That person is not a friend to the movement. Your promotion of that person is a problem you refuse to acknowledge. Andy O'Brien @aobrien2024.bsky.social: “Ok white lady.”
When you’re promoting a YouTuber who uses AI-generated thumbnails falsely depicting Black people looting after SNAP cut benefits & who is friends with a Holocaust denying far-right influencer, and respond like this to people calling you on it, what do we think it means, guys?
It's a lot easier to dunk on libs who love Chuck Schumer than to admit when you've fucked up, I get it. Hopefully, you come around and stop promoting Nate. Racism should be a red line.
Racism is indeed a black and white issue for me.
When someone uses racism to generate views on YouTube, that is indeed a black and white issue for me. That person is not an ally. That person is not a friend to the movement.
Your promotion of that person is a problem you refuse to acknowledge.
You keep talking about Graham.
I'm talking about you.
Learn to keep up.
Read back through the thread. See how many opportunities you had to say anti-Black racism was indeed a problem. Instead, you can't stop promoting Valhalla VFT.
You'll respond to anything other than your promotion of a YouTube channel that uses AI-generated thumbnails depicting Black people looting and robbing stores after SNAP cuts and a host who is self-described buddies with a Holocaust denier. Shameless.
For those finding this post unsure of who Nate is: I am referring to Nate Cornacchia, the host of the YouTube channel Valhalla VFT that Andy is promoting. Nate is also friends with Jake Shields, a Holocaust denier.
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The number of people who admit that racism is not a red line while simultaneously professing left-wing politics is disturbing to say the least.
So even when faced with the evidence that this channel uses anti-Black racism to generate views, you are going to continue to promote it like you work for Nate & double down instead of admitting there is a problem? Anti-Black racism is not a line for you?
Is this supposed to be a response to you promoting a YouTube channel profiting off views from AI thumbnails depicting Black people looting and robbing stores after SNAP cuts with a host who is friends with a Holocaust denier?
I see Andy linking to all his work exposing Nazis instead of grappling with his promotion of a YouTube channel generating views using AI images of Black people looting and robbing stores after SNAP cuts, with a host who is friends with a Holocaust denier. Any response to that, Andy?
Andy is encouraging people to watch a channel that generates views using AI images of Black people looting and robbing stores after SNAP cuts, and he wants to represent himself as someone who hates Nazis? Wild times. Nate has photos with Jake Shields on his Instagram. This man is not an ally.
