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Michael Fenichel<p>Immediate action to take - by We the People:</p><p>It's been approved (how?!) by the Senate, &amp; back one more time to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> in the House. (How likely is it they won't just say, "Yes, SIR!?")</p><p>&gt; Urge Congress: Save Public Media]<br><a href="https://protectmypublicmedia.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">protectmypublicmedia.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>&gt; The Senate has approved the Rescissions Act, stripping $1.1 billion in already-approved funding for public media...of millions of Americans.</p><p>&gt;Now is the time for one final push to urge your Representative to vote NO on the Rescissions Act.</p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Immediate action to take - by We the People:</p><p>It's been approved (how?!) by the Senate, &amp; back one more time to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> in the House. (How likely is it they won't just say, "Yes, SIR!?")</p><p>&gt; Urge Congress: Save Public Media]<br><a href="https://protectmypublicmedia.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">protectmypublicmedia.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>&gt; The Senate has approved the Rescissions Act, stripping $1.1 billion in already-approved funding for public media...of millions of Americans.</p><p>&gt;Now is the time for one final push to urge your Representative to vote NO on the Rescissions Act.</p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Democracy Dies in Darkness* Department:</p><p>Talk about "concerning" (Collins!) ... Bye bye voices of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a><br>Once again, in the dead of night, pure <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a></p><p>&gt;&gt; Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/senate-votes-to-kill-entire-public-broadcasting-budget-in-blow-to-npr-and-pbs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/senate-votes-to-kill-entire-public-broadcasting-budget-in-blow-to-npr-and-pbs</span></a> </p><p>The imposition of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a></p><p>"Can't make it any clearer"<br>A cartoon by Pedro Molina. </p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/7/16/2333706/-Cartoon-Can-t-make-it-any-clearer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/story/2025/7/16/2</span><span class="invisible">333706/-Cartoon-Can-t-make-it-any-clearer</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/@MalcolmNance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MalcolmNance</span></a></span> Why do <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTheDeplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTheDeplorable</span></a> and his <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Talibangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Talibangelicals</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FakeChristians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeChristians</span></a> go out of their way to hurt poor families?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DeplorableGene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeplorableGene</span></a> 🧬 ? 🤔</p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> Unless it becomes the government (<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> , <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> , <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> under <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Stalin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stalin</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> ), or goes global (<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> , <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> ), every <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> will have a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/KoolAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KoolAid</span></a> crisis.</p><p>For the People’s Temple cult of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JimJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimJones</span></a> the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/KoolAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KoolAid</span></a> contained cyanide and the cult members died.</p><p>For the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> , the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/KoolAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KoolAid</span></a> is that an adjudicated rapist and ‘best friend’ of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JeffreyEpstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyEpstein</span></a> is NOT in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a>.</p><p>But if they all ‘swallow it’, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> dies.</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>This is monumental</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is saying he does not want the support of any of his voters anymore who still believe in the "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> Hoax"</p><p>He's telling his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> the fundamental tenets of the cult are wrong, in a 180 degree turn</p><p>For those of us not in a cult, that he would throw his own supporters under the bus after they hand him power was obvious</p><p>Now we watch it happen</p><p>And the cult's reaction to realizing what their great orange god emperor really is and always was</p><p><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-melts-down-over-epstein-hoax-slams-supporters-who-believe-this-bullsht-i-dont-want-their-support-anymore/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mediaite.com/media/news/trump-</span><span class="invisible">melts-down-over-epstein-hoax-slams-supporters-who-believe-this-bullsht-i-dont-want-their-support-anymore/</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEH7sF6pA4s&amp;t=51s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rEH7sF6pA4</span><span class="invisible">s&amp;t=51s</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@WorkWithKirk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WorkWithKirk</span></a></span> <br>That's all... Right. <br>Just the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> </p><p>Still, even a few small drops can poison a well. Especially with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> system "like nobody's ever seen before". But now we have a 'flood the zone with lies' envisioned and deployed, by terrific people like Goebbels, Murdoch, and Bannon...Written about in "1984", and maybe a bit of Lord of the Flies. (ref: our Toddler King)</p><p>Yes, a good thing *only* the GQP cult of believers is living in that world *we inhabit*.</p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Meanwhile... </p><p>Colbert/Late Show is back from a 2-week hiatus, with a news catchup - and a blistering reaction to his Bosses @ CBS/Paramount.</p><p>&gt; Paramount’s Trump Settlement: A Big Fat Bribe | Jeffrey Epstein Never Dies | FIFA Trophy Row </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvx3L3DQb8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=zzvx3L3DQb8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>After which the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> acted in the dark of night to prevent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> about themselves and Boss <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> &amp; BFF <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a></p><p>Missing 'better angels' of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakeAmericaSaneAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaSaneAgain</span></a> - or at least not a cesspool of corruption <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USC</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Linux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Linux</span></a></span> becaise they are acting like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> members: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sheeple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sheeple</span></a>!</p>
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> applying 50% tariffs on Brazil to save his travelling companion in crime, Bolsonaro, was just another Trump thing, so I thought. </p><p>Then this disturbing item - a documentary Apocalypse of the Tropics - caught my eye. The Christian Taliban is on the rise everywhere. I fear (loath) them far more than Moslem fundamentalists. The latter are a mix of criminality and fervour. The former are utterly, suicidally delusional.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cult</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/apocalypse-in-the-tropics-harrowing-doc-about-rise-of-trump-of-brazil/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/obsessed/apo</span><span class="invisible">calypse-in-the-tropics-harrowing-doc-about-rise-of-trump-of-brazil/</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>&gt;Trump’s ‘warrior’ myth crumbles — and MAGA faith is cracking with it: NYT </p><p>‪<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gop-2673203747/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/trump-gop-2673203</span><span class="invisible">747/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cult</span></a> indoctrination is hard to get "deprogrammed" from, since the days of remote enclaves like the Manson 'family' or other self-contained bubbles of reality w/ a 'charismatic' &amp; all-powerful leader. "Perfect, really".</p><p>Now we have mass <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>, from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> to a WH <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> ministry of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Doublespeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doublespeak</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Goebbels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goebbels</span></a>' dream come true, lies often enough told become <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>Accepting that the adjudicated rapist, former “best friend” of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JeffreyEpstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyEpstein</span></a> and current <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> is NOT implicated by the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> is the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/KoolAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KoolAid</span></a> that <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> members must ‘swallow’.</p><p>But instead of *them* dying of cyanide poisoning like Jim Jones’s followers did, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> will die (effectively from <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TrumpRussiaCollusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRussiaCollusion</span></a> since <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> is behind <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Qanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qanon</span></a> ).</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@gtconway3/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gtconway3</span></a></span> It’s a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a>. Some of us outside the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FailedMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailedMedia</span></a> have been saying it for 10 years!!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> intelligently.</p>
Michael Fenichel<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a><br>And his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> enablers</p>
Preston MacDougall<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> “not ruling out a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> 3rd term”.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NancyMace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NancyMace</span></a> “challenging <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinNewsom</span></a> to a debate to emasculate him”.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> launch an <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> raid in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> arresting 200 ‘brown people’ and gravely injuring one.</p><p>All this ⬆️ and more is the ‘<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a> response’ to the current emergency in the mind of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTheDeplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTheDeplorable</span></a> : Distracting the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> from news about the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a>. <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-epstein-trump-maga-bannon_n_68712e9ae4b00de383c0e8c2?0au" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-eps</span><span class="invisible">tein-trump-maga-bannon_n_68712e9ae4b00de383c0e8c2?0au</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotCollaborateWithFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotCollaborateWithFascists</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a>.</p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@datum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>datum</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> Point taken. Kudos to all people who escape and expose a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a>. What I meant was that ALL cults are weird in their own unique way, and their cult-specific beliefs and rituals are meaningless. Even those with millions and millions of people in them.</p><p>But I agree that including general awareness of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cults</span></a> and how to distinguish them from normal social groups should be a required component of early <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>.</p>
Michael Fenichel<p>"Will we listen to his words today?"<br>Will we ever wake up to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> &amp; his demonic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> ?</p><p>VIDEO: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3ltmsnup7zc2o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.</span><span class="invisible">social/post/3ltmsnup7zc2o</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Totalitarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/47thReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>47thReich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychopathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychopathology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"And so it's a little hard to imagine, but in some ways I think a large percentage of the people that we talk to would kind of say that and like, well, I'll let the chips fall where they may, but I still see him as the only one who can get things done that I want to see done."</p><p>To repeat what Mike Masnick says, "It's about character." People who prize character know that their character is rightly judged according to who they choose to associate with.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> <br>/5</p>