Theta Salmon

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Vance is the perfect pick for Trump in another way. He's a former somewhat honest critic who now is Trump's human bidet. That's just the kind of fantastic character arc Trump wants for all of us!

The Man-Baby Billionaires run a large chunk of all media now (here’s looking at you Mark “Genocide” Fuckerberg & Elno “Fascist” Musk) & they are pushing the RW oligarcho-dictatorship b/c then they will Rule like kings, & reality will finally match their disgusting degree of grandiose narcissism.

Facebook is redacting users' posts about Project 2025 as "misinformation" based on the disputations of a conservative news site

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The simmering rage against tech is partly because what they are doing is impeding the really cool shit that happens online. The internet rocks, I have made incredible friendships online that have lasted 15+ years, built a business, made art, and I hate how badly they've hurt being online.

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The whole of Liz Truss's political career has been a screaming door-slamming teenage row with her dad about what time she's supposed to be home by and we're all standing around witnessing it, mortified, and wondering how to sneak out of the room and leave her to it.

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[Biden wins in November] I wonder if he’ll survive his whole term. [Trump wins in November] I wonder if we’ll survive his whole term.

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Reporter on this piece is here now: @ksalvord.bsky.social

People Magazine is writing about Christian nationalism in Project 2025!

I’ll never forgive the Israeli Gov, Military or Citizens for these utter atrocities. This is the modern Holocaust & their own ancestors would be puking at their inhuman behaviour. Imagine escaping the Nazi camps to then watch your children round up & mass-murder civilian women & children… #nzpol

It looks like the Israeli military dropped leaflets in Gaza city telling them all to evacuate but it was a trick, where they had set up snipers covering the evacuation trail and began to pick out targets as people fled.

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Just repeating a lost (technically a found puppy but a lost owner) Newfoundland puppy in Auckland message posted in the bad place

ACT: We just deliver any stuff rich people want… Apply here! Cookers welcome!

Act guy who called climate change a 'farce' and people who care about it 'nut jobs', then publicly promised he wasn't a misogynistic cooker anymore in order to get elected... has now put in a member's bill to stop councils considering climate change in their decisions. 🤦‍♀️

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"An attack that interferes with our sacred mission in service of the Lord will be met with the full force of our arsenal."

Megachurch Conducts Successful Nuclear Missile Testwww.theonion.com LAKELAND, FL—In what the evangelical congregation hailed as a significant step forward for its security capabilities, local megachurch Lakeland Liberty Fellowship confirmed Tuesday it had conducted ...

Because Musk is a fetid, deluded, pro-Authoritarian fuckwit surrounded by so many ball-lickers the biggest mirror in the world couldn’t break his narcissistic self-regard.

This is real

Note: Our NACTCOOKER government has already started doing this. Firing neutral govt data collectors because the facts they collect are inconvenient to the gaslighting they need to do. #nzpol

Here’s a new fresh horror I hadn’t considered yet: not only will GOP change rules to entrench their hold on power if they gain the presidency in November, they will also entrench the detachment from reality of all Republican voters, by wrecking the machinery of objective fact gathering

Meet the “anti-porn”, family values, Christian party, everyone…

jeepers talkingpointsmemo.com/news/lies-le...

Lies, Lewd Texts, ‘Sexualized Relationship’ At Center Of Trump-Appointed Fed Judge’s Abrupt Resignationtalkingpointsmemo.com A Trump-appointed federal judge in Alaska abruptly and with no explanation resigned...

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… just add “because she’s corrupt.” on the end of these stories. Next NACTCOOKER target will obviously be the powers of the ombudsmen. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

NZ First Minister Casey Costello forced to apologise after acting ‘contrary to law’www.rnz.co.nz NZ First's Casey Costello has been severely reprimanded for trying to keep information about tobacco and vaping policy secret.

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Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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Interesting how the cartoonists worked out Luxon way ahead of the political commentators. Maybe cartoonists have retained that detachment you'd think political journos should have.

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Btw y'all ... if you want some lovely Fish & Chips on Waiheke Island, definitely recommend 'Little Oneroa Takeaways'. They're my go-to on the island, and honestly their burgers are some of the best I've had from a fish & chip place. Also they're really super friendly: maps.app.goo.gl/9xtP1YV3hFJj...

Little Oneroa Takeaways · 2 Goodwin Avenue, Oneroa, Auckland 1081, New Zealandmaps.app.goo.gl ★★★★☆ · Takeout Restaurant

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Well this is grim

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Sanity prevails and once again the TERFs are shown to be loud mouthed bigots with no support.

Kelly-Jay Keen aka Posie Parker received 196 votes in the electorate she stood for, meanwhile, this woman won the seat with over 24,000 votes

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When you see the way the press is treating Joe Biden for aging in public, you see how they could treat Donald Trump for committing fraud, rape, espionage, and insurrection and never, ever will.

Useful for the next few NZ elections. …Especially if the public turn on the NACTCOOKER coalition for their overt power grabs & corruption, & Luxon gets angry at the bottom feeders criticizing his hollow, business-fellating faux-governance… There’s no rage like incompetent privilege rage. #nzpol

Timothy Snyder: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

How to Stop Fascismopen.substack.com Five Lessons of the Nazi Takeover

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I know full well that proportional systems have their own pathologies, but nothing like this. What a deranged way to elect a legislature.

good heavens www.ft.com/content/7410...

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Just like none of the bold investigators backfilling Joe Biden's feeble debate performance with punchy anonymous quotes have ever figured out why Trump was rushed to Walter Reed, claimed he wanted a spur-of-the-moment weekend checkup, and a year later declared that he had NOT had a series of strokes

"Executive Time" fell out of the coverage of Donald Trump in the most incredible way. Nobody writing about his quest to become president again ever mentions the fact that he hated the job when he had it and he couldn't and wouldn't really do it!

Perfect summary. Worth a read if you want to understand Luxon and his mates. It’s not exactly equal to this (because USA) but the same basic processes apply if you met Kings/Grammar boys circa the 80s to 90s. I have a large collection of horror stories. TW: Discussions of sexual assault #nzpol

In "How Men Like Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, And Brock Turner Are Made," writer Amelia Mavis Christnot explores the roots of toxic masculinity and privilege. From Ivy League halls to positions of power, see how entitlement shapes behavior and fuels impunity. A powerful read.

How Men Like Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh And Brock Turner Are Madethinkbigpicture.substack.com As an Ivy alumnus, I witnessed the process in action.

It’s funny… Until you see the people hanging in the town square. Then it’s suddenly not funny.

The largely silent ad, which will reportedly air in battleground states across the country, features a sequence of headshots depicting politicians, former Trump White House officials, journalists, and seemingly random average Americans with big red X’s over their faces.

New Trump Ad Shows Montage Of People He’ll Kill If Electedwww.theonion.com PHOENIX—Following this week’s landmark Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity against criminal prosecution for official acts, Donald Trump’s campaign released an ad Wednesday that con...

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I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

The Radical Roberts Courtopen.substack.com The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever. For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court l...

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It’s all so obvious in retrospect once you pack the court completely against the will of most voters, you need fascism to retain that control. So why wouldn’t they just go for it?

Would pay good money for Biden’s press release this morning to be: “As an official act as Commander in Chief I’m putting together a military target package for corrupt Justices Thomas & Alito. I will have a list of replacements ready for confirmation.” Play stupid games, win stupid prizes… #nzpol

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NYT: Joe should quit, he stutters Philly Inquirer: Trump is a fucking criminal what the fuck are we doing here

God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Boardwww.inquirer.com Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.