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Historian of the US and Germany (retired). Fighting fascism since before it became cool. Lectures and Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMaischak tumblr: http://larsmaischak.tumblr.com My Book: https://tinyurl.com/53vkj2k8

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Nuremburg Trials level stuff

10.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Shut up, you fucking asshole!"

10.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hungary is the template.
Liberal academics have ignored these threats, ostracized those who warned them, and will find ways to comply with the new requirements, since their paychecks depend on that.
Most will find it easy to adjust to teaching from a fascist textbook.

10.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TPUSA's "professor watchlist" and the cadre of students they've deputized to report on their professors and fellow students is the ground operation, but it's the bureaucratic long game that Vought and the Project 2025 folks are carrying out that's the far more substantial threat to US higher ed.

10.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

No end to the escalation. Next they'll deploy mimes, and then what?!

10.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I always thought NATO had delegated mine sweeping to the Bundesmarine?

10.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm really with Brecht on this whole question, who, when asked whether he could not enjoy a beautiful green forest, replied, "Am I a deer?"

10.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She's posing in a straw hat, while one step away from joining RFK Jr. in MAHA with her plant medicine. Give me a break with that whole package!

10.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Commande Sandwiches
Commande Sandwiches YouTube video by LoulPaleo

There's footage of that:

10.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The first "it's complicated" war. We're "at" war with each other, but not "in" war. We're also both bombing other people.

10.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

10.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 16614 πŸ” 4078 πŸ’¬ 283 πŸ“Œ 246

Ask who can name the members of Stray Kidz in your next faculty meeting.

09.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I figured I'd be better off knowing than not knowing. Saved me from the common mistake of underestimating the threat.

09.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Early on, I decided to take mental notes and ask questions when they started, since I wanted to know what they'd say. Took a lot of restraint.

09.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screen inside an ICE train from Leipzig to Nuremburg, showing a map of the train's route, current location, speed (250 km/h), and time (13:58). Taken 2022.

Screen inside an ICE train from Leipzig to Nuremburg, showing a map of the train's route, current location, speed (250 km/h), and time (13:58). Taken 2022.

Word! Here's an ICE train in 2022 doing 250 km/h. Max speed is 280.

09.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The stuff people feel comfortable saying to me b/c I'm not just white, but German! I long knew the Republican Party was becoming a fully fascist org. I don't think many people bothered to ask for or listen to these folks opinions.
In slogans like "Nuke & Pave", it reached the surface.
Now practiced.

09.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And just in case you wonder, yes, there are many Palestinian flags flying at this rally.
Solidarity with Palestine does not require suspension of one's critical abilities; but may in fact be improved by their application.

08.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How I missed the German left! Kurdish communist speaker at the women's rally: our enemies are capitalism, jihadists, and liberal representation politics.
Meanwhile, the US has Judith Butler, who includes islamo- fascism in the global left and has never said a critical word about capitalism.

08.03.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Splitterpartei mit regionalen Hochburgen.
Drei Buchstaben.
Hmmm?
Ah!
SPD!
Ja, das paßt!

08.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lucky! I'm glad for you. I am now in the land of public transportation, so I won't be renting cars anytime soon.

07.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess now that role is up for grabs again.

07.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, *you're* that guy! Everyone else hasn't. πŸ˜€

07.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about daffodils.

07.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why Hertz, though? They're the worst.

07.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not only is disdain the cheapest way of virtue signaling, but "evil and stupid" are not even remotely valid categories of political, let alone scientific analysis.
Thank you for your work!
This has been my mantra since 2015. "It's about ideology, power, and interest; not morality/psychology!"

07.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet? | Aditya Chakrabortty The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

In the 19thC Engels described the suffering of the working class for which the bourgeoisie was responsible as social murder. The austerity policies of recent times are a continuation of the same responsibility.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

06.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lol!

05.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've known German Navy officers from WWII who made it a point of pride to always make sure everyone was saved when they sank a ship. It was official policy of the Nazi armed forces to do that.
The US is managing to out-evil the Kriegsmarine.

05.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Paraphrase of very long text; 
The Iranian ship that was just sunk by the US off Sri Lanka was unarmed, and part of a training exercise. The US knew this, and torpedoed them anyway before leaving the crew to die.

Paraphrase of very long text; The Iranian ship that was just sunk by the US off Sri Lanka was unarmed, and part of a training exercise. The US knew this, and torpedoed them anyway before leaving the crew to die.

New level of performative depravity unlocked

05.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

Many lantern fish have a better understanding of fascism than the people working for those publications.
And they do have stalks growing out of their forehead.

04.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0