In /4 (above) in this thread, I quoted Aaron Parnas on a three-time Trump voter who has stated publicly that Trump's vile racist attack on the Obamas has — finally — opened his eyes. That voter spoke to C-SPAN, and his statement is also now available in recorded fomr — link below.
"For years, the political establishment has sanitized the motivations of the 'forgotten voter' by labeling their fervor as 'economic anxiety.' However, the reality is often closer to a cultural addiction. Many voters were willing to overlook blatant corruption, misogyny, and even alleged involvement in sex trafficking rings as long as they were promised a return to a specific hierarchy of dominance."
In /4 (above) in this thread, I quoted Aaron Parnas on a three-time Trump voter who has stated publicly that Trump's vile racist attack on the Obamas has — finally — opened his eyes. That voter spoke to C-SPAN, and his statement is also now available in recorded fomr — link below.
"While some see these actions as a display of strength or 'doubling down,' they are more accurately interpreted as a sign of profound weakness. It is the act of a cornered figure attempting to incite chaos in the streets to justify the Insurrection Act or to distract from the 'blood in the water' found in legal files and economic failures."
"For years, the political establishment has sanitized the motivations of the 'forgotten voter' by labeling their fervor as 'economic anxiety.' However, the reality is often closer to a cultural addiction. Many voters were willing to overlook blatant corruption, misogyny, and even alleged involvement in sex trafficking rings as long as they were promised a return to a specific hierarchy of dominance."
"In the theater of modern power, racism is rarely an accidental outburst; it is a tactical retreat. Historically, when a leader’s back is against the wall—facing plummeting approval ratings, disastrous job numbers, or the looming shadow of criminal evidence—they return to the most reliable well in the American psyche: the politics of division."
~ Danielle Moodie
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/magas-addiction-to-hate-why-trumps
"While some see these actions as a display of strength or 'doubling down,' they are more accurately interpreted as a sign of profound weakness. It is the act of a cornered figure attempting to incite chaos in the streets to justify the Insurrection Act or to distract from the 'blood in the water' found in legal files and economic failures."
(continued from /8)
"instead of them saying this man could never be and should never be president of the United States, they said, Isn't it great for our ratings? Isn't it good for our bottom line? Doesn't he sell a lot of papers? …
The reality is, is that it was never economic anxiety. It was always racism."
"In the theater of modern power, racism is rarely an accidental outburst; it is a tactical retreat. Historically, when a leader’s back is against the wall—facing plummeting approval ratings, disastrous job numbers, or the looming shadow of criminal evidence—they return to the most reliable well in the American psyche: the politics of division."
~ Danielle Moodie
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/magas-addiction-to-hate-why-trumps
"It has always been those who do not have the target on their back that wanted to tell us that we were making much ado about nothing. And the reality is that this is how we got here, because instead of mainstream corporatized media calling from jump when Donald Trump came down that escalator in 2015 and said that Mexicans were rapists and and thugs and criminals," (continued in /9)
~ Danielle Moodie
https://katiephang.substack.com/p/racist-covfefe-from-racist-convicted-d62
(continued from /8)
"instead of them saying this man could never be and should never be president of the United States, they said, Isn't it great for our ratings? Isn't it good for our bottom line? Doesn't he sell a lot of papers? …
The reality is, is that it was never economic anxiety. It was always racism."
"It has always been those who do not have the target on their back that wanted to tell us that we were making much ado about nothing. And the reality is that this is how we got here, because instead of mainstream corporatized media calling from jump when Donald Trump came down that escalator in 2015 and said that Mexicans were rapists and and thugs and criminals," (continued in /9)
~ Danielle Moodie
https://katiephang.substack.com/p/racist-covfefe-from-racist-convicted-d62
"The sin and stain of racism within white Christian nationalism is but another piece of rotten fruit from a long-diseased tree. It is in this history that we see how white supremacy is—and always has been—intimately intertwined with idolizing power, fear, and violence in the calls to make the United States a Christian nation."
~ Andrew Whitehead
#Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #authoritarianism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/15
https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/p/racial-equality-in-a-christian-nation
"And they will create these perfect cities in Greenland and other places, not making this up. And then, of course, what ties together other folks and ties together all these people is white supremacy. That's what ties together Russell Vought. That's what ties together Stephen Miller. That's what ties together Elon Musk. At the end of the day, power must be in the hands of the white man."
#Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #techbros #CurtisYarvin #RusselVought #ElonMusk #StephenMiller
/14
"The sin and stain of racism within white Christian nationalism is but another piece of rotten fruit from a long-diseased tree. It is in this history that we see how white supremacy is—and always has been—intimately intertwined with idolizing power, fear, and violence in the calls to make the United States a Christian nation."
~ Andrew Whitehead
#Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #authoritarianism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/15
https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/p/racial-equality-in-a-christian-nation
Having been through the US immigration process (I got my first work visa more than 25 years ago and became a citizen in 2022), it's obvious to me that Americans have *no idea* how weird and tortuous their immigration system is:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/52177745821/
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/06/doge-ball/#n-600
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I'm surprised about your experience. As a European, I thougt, that #US/#Gilead (and other American) #immigration works as easy as:
"You go there, kill the existing population, and settle. Optionally, BYOS (bring your own slaves) from elsewhere."
It used to be like that. Good ol' times.
"It’s time for the world to boycott the US"
"Under Donald Trump, the US is escalating violence abroad & repression at home while facing none of the sanctions routinely demanded of other states."
"A global boycott & divestment campaign may now be the only nonviolent way to force accountability."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/5/its-time-for-the-world-to-boycott-the-us
"It’s time for the world to boycott the US"
"Under Donald Trump, the US is escalating violence abroad & repression at home while facing none of the sanctions routinely demanded of other states."
"A global boycott & divestment campaign may now be the only nonviolent way to force accountability."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/5/its-time-for-the-world-to-boycott-the-us
BIPOC have said it over & over (before most of 'em left for Blue Sky), but if a white woman with lots of followers here here has just been driven into "taking a long break" because of the toxicity of the reply guys here, perhaps some of the white folks here might now be ready to realize that aspects of culture here on Mastodon can be really toxic and the tools for dealing with it are less robust here than what is reportedly available elsewhere. #Sexism #Racism #JustDebateMeBros
Report: Israeli students pepper-sprayed & assaulted "Palestinian teachers & pupils in northern Israel on Wednesday, leaving more than a dozen people hospitalised."
"Attacks against Arab citizens, solely because they are Arabs, are becoming an everyday phenomenon. But a person is not born racist. The racist & inciting government bears the main responsibility."
~Ayman Odeh, Palestinian member of the Knesset.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israelis-launch-racist-attack-palestinians-during-school-trip
Report: Israeli students pepper-sprayed & assaulted "Palestinian teachers & pupils in northern Israel on Wednesday, leaving more than a dozen people hospitalised."
"Attacks against Arab citizens, solely because they are Arabs, are becoming an everyday phenomenon. But a person is not born racist. The racist & inciting government bears the main responsibility."
~Ayman Odeh, Palestinian member of the Knesset.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israelis-launch-racist-attack-palestinians-during-school-trip
BIPOC have said it over & over (before most of 'em left for Blue Sky), but if a white woman with lots of followers here here has just been driven into "taking a long break" because of the toxicity of the reply guys here, perhaps some of the white folks here might now be ready to realize that aspects of culture here on Mastodon can be really toxic and the tools for dealing with it are less robust here than what is reportedly available elsewhere. #Sexism #Racism #JustDebateMeBros
The Supreme Court is considering a case challenging Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — and it’s expected to overturn it, a change that legal historians say would make it easier to dilute Black voting power and roll back decades of political gains.
https://theconversation.com/the-supreme-court-may-soon-diminish-black-political-power-undoing-generations-of-gains-274179
#USPolitics
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 #ALERT
Read the post above
#Racism #AntiBlackRacism #NaziUSA #farright #MAGA #VoterSuppression #Elections #VotingRightsAct
Report: The Israelis "blindfolded me.. interrogated me in the 1st tent, asking why I wanted to enter Gaza.. tried to pressure me psychologically.. wanted to separate me from my children & force me into exile."
In a 2nd tent, they "asked political questions.. told me I could be detained if I didn’t answer. After three hours of interrogation under threat, we finally went on the bus".
#GazaGenocide #USPol #EUPol #CdnPoli #palestine #Rafah #Racism #Press #Displacement .
