General Trump Administration F**kery Thread (2025-2029)

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For all my no hope brehs.

jamelle (@jamellebouie.net)

wrote about the importance of ambition and political leadership https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/opinion/trump-van-hollen-abrego-garcia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B08.ceTM.p6y6JqnhH84v&smid=url-share

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Sounds like hippy talk. Get off the shrooms, it’s over. We had a good run better start learning Chinese

Me and @Regular_P have accepted civil war 2.0 is a matter of when not if

 

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Al gore is pissed off

Keith Edwards (@keithedwards.bsky.social)

Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

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[Ku$h Parker]

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Jesus mayne

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

So you got hit pretty good huh?

Dude, he has no legs.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

He's still calling it Tesler lmao

 

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Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social)

Resistance is NOT futile [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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karaswisher.bsky.social
Resistance is NOT futile

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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
https://video.bsky.app/watch/did:pl...2bn73iv2on6iof4so7g4ondcprur7em/playlist.m3u8

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mik3ar.bsky.social
Trump is a useless pile of shyt, not everyone can or will kiss his ass

3/35
selale.bsky.social
"Then candidate Donald Trump" That was a verbal bytch slap if I ever heard one.

4/35
ver68.bsky.social
60 minutes was the anchor for cbs to me. I watched 60 minutes as a child, I loved it because they had the answers before they asked the questions. Always caught the lies first. Mike Wallace, Morley Schaffer, Bernard Shaw, Andy Rooney, harry reasoner, Lesley and all people that made 60 minutes.

5/35
grammysue1776.bsky.social
Yes!

6/35
mycatisfamous.bsky.social
We are under a dictatorship and many Americans are wondering how long it will be allowed to continue and where it will all end? State-run media in the United States of America? Will slavery be reinstated? Really, how far will it go? No one is doing anything to stop it.

7/35
wzrdprang.bsky.social
Slavery will return. Class warfare, changing all the rules to destroy us little people. Things will cost more, we'll be paid less, and because of that we'll have fewer choices left to us. It's happening now.

8/35
socal92109.bsky.social
Stand up to the fukking fascists. It’s a real shame billionaires own most media AND tend to be fukking cowards. Notable exception is Laurene Powell Jobs, owner of The Atlantic.

9/35
pechelele.bsky.social
good gravy I'm sick of billionaires

10/35
wzrdprang.bsky.social
Billionaires created by gop tax cuts, a media created by the changes in media ownership started by Reagan. The fascists have played a very long game and we didn't want to overreact, instead we hoped they'd sort themselves out. Trump is just a symptom, he's not the disease.

11/35
pechelele.bsky.social
No argument here

12/35
bpgibson.bsky.social
Just saying...

13/35
domestic-disaster.bsky.social
I was coming here to say the same thing!

14/35
obrienvt.bsky.social
Paramount cowards

15/35
lunonni.bsky.social
That’s how it’s done! Good job, anchors.

16/35
cooperhamilton.bsky.social
A big FU to Paramount. Good job guys.

17/35
water-moon.bsky.social
Remember, Paramount doesn't just own CBS, they also own Comedy Central, BET, Showtime Networks, Nickelodeon, MTV and the film studio Paramount Pictures.

18/35
birdie1958.bsky.social
If we ever get control of this Republic again, this needs to be repealed.
Clinton's Telecommunication Act of 1996:

19/35
showsmejoy.bsky.social
Trump lives for extortion. Rob Cohen was his mentor

20/35
zman12.bsky.social
Our news organizations are not serving the public interest, if they kiss the boots of any administration or public figure.
It is the duty of the news organizations to inform us; and help pint out the lies & deceit of elected officials.

21/35
justdlm.bsky.social
Sad. Owens should stay.

22/35
reginamia.bsky.social
Bill Owens (60 min), and anyone in media, law or governmental positions who refused to bow to the Heritage Foundation, AIPAC or any of the fascist organizations behind Project 2025 should immediately be nominated for elected positions. Bernie Sanders is the unifying figurehead of this coalition.

23/35
citizenalpha.bsky.social
Why the fukk is POTUS involved AT ALL in corporate MAA petitions? This is mos def fascistic overloading.
Paramount would have won the 60M case if it went to trial so this is just pandering to a tyrant.
Add Paramount to the boycott list. It tanked Tesla so…

24/35
kmbailey59.bsky.social
It's more than pandering, it's flat out bribery. We will settle the bogus lawsuit and hand you millions if you approve our merger.

25/35
questioning1.bsky.social
Congratulations to the CBS anchors for standing up for Owen.

26/35
nobsforgma.bsky.social
CBS News was the "gold standard." Hard truth, deep investigations, interesting output. Edward R. Murrow,. Walter Kronkite. Dan Rather. Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, Face the Nation. "CBS News has a history of producing high-quality journalism since its inception..." Sad that it's all gone now.

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maxpw.bsky.social
The names Murrow, Kronkite and Rather are famous in the UK as well.
What's happening in WH press briefings and invite the press Cabinet meetings is anathema to their journalism

28/35
kentuckychrome.bsky.social
Sure hope CBS can complete their merger at the insignificant cost of a free press

29/35
craigm2062.bsky.social
It would have been good if both anchors also quit and walked off at the end.

30/35
merveswerve7.bsky.social
"As Paramount Global is working towards a merger that needs government approval"

31/35
bryanttl1953.bsky.social
So, Trump sued CBS and 60 Minutes because they were not “fair to him”. If he is successful in his lawsuit, then every democrat candidate should sue FOX for the same reason. Trump is such a small minded petulant man/child. Does he really think everyone HAS to treat him “fairly”? I mean, REALLY!!!!!

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ladykirashka.bsky.social
How much hate speech and character attacks has he engaged in via Truth Social and Twitter alike? Who recalls THIS gem? And all because she wouldn't endorse him...

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maryjanetoker.bsky.social
Swift should sue Trump. She’s got enough money to do it.

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johnathanperk.bsky.social
I don’t get it?

Dude is leaving the profession because of censorship from Trump.

That’s “resistance?” How?

Help me understand.

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lucydw.bsky.social
It’s Sinclair Broadcasting…this outcome was inevitable.

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[88m3]

I thought they got rid of the woke shyt?

he's a whole crossdresser

 

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Al gore is pissed off

Keith Edwards (@keithedwards.bsky.social)

Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

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If centrist neo liberal Voltron didn’t form and steal the election from him we’d be living like the jetsons right now

I hope he can find it in his heart to forgive us one day

 

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I thought they got rid of the woke shyt?

JD has to be somewhere heated he still is doing his own eyeliner

 

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Mother Jones (@motherjones.com)

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/national-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-youth-cuts-rfk-jr-hhs/

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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth

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garretthide319.bsky.social
The cruelty knows no limits!

3/35
ksilvers.bsky.social
Maggot brain is not making us heathier nor safer just exposing people to illness, disease and death.

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letsplaythisbro.bsky.social
It's unfortunate that these people are that stupid, ignorant, and evil because I actually support taking artificial colors out of our system.

There are a handful of little things that he wants to do that aren't that bad. But the bad far outweighs the good, we've got to get rid of these people.

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oraxy51.bsky.social
Well sure, if there’s something easy and obviously good then they’ll do it. Can’t say Hitler was good for infrastructure because he built trains IF THOSE TRAINS WENT TO DEATH CAMPS

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letsplaythisbro.bsky.social
Like I said specifically about artificial colors, at least someone is addressing it at this point. I just hope when the Dems come back in control they continue those good initiatives and not throw them all away.

And again with this administration the bad far outweighs the good.

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kinyutaka.bsky.social
Because the cruelty is the point.

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susanbostonmama.bsky.social
This is pure EVIL.

If you’re an #LGBTQYouth who needs to talk to someone & the Hotline doesn’t answer, ask for help here on BlueSky.
There are more decent people in the world than you realize.
There are people who are ready to listen & point you in the right direction for help.
YOU MATTER!
Bluesky

9/35
northstar919.bsky.social
Yes, it's time for ordinary people to step up. And time for us to stop paying our federal taxes.

10/35
broekn.bsky.social
it realy is time to stop paying taxes but tell it to our employers

11/35
mike-m1967.bsky.social
Kennedys uses the Ebenezer Scrooge approach to health issues.
"Let them die and decrease the surplus population "

I believe this is how Trump, Elon and all the monsters behind project 2025 feel.
They do not care if you lose your life.

12/35
margotcanada.bsky.social
Cruelty is the point for Republicans.

13/35
broekn.bsky.social
it certainly is for Trump

14/35
mrsmason7.bsky.social
Evil. Just evil.

15/35
seattlesanta.bsky.social
Apparently, Of the People, By the People and For the People has no meaning anymore...

16/35
johngroby231.bsky.social
LGBTQ kids are 5 percent of youths but represent 33 percent of suicide. So they cut off possibly the only help some kids have.

17/35
transtastic77.bsky.social
We need to up that 5%. We need more trans kids to fight these evil nazis.

18/35
oleander0.bsky.social
Truly one of the worst ideas among many dreadful ideas.

19/35
nancyimagines.bsky.social
fukk

20/35
calimari-s.bsky.social
That sounds idiotic to cut!

21/35
jenniekstone.bsky.social
Evil fukking kunts

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speede.bsky.social
It is good to see the GOP living up to their pro life stance.

23/35
rumikokimura.bsky.social
It seems like they only worry about the babies in the womb but once they are out they are worthless

24/35
nisaxg.bsky.social
It’s almost like it was a fake issue to get dumb voters on board.

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kathy48.bsky.social
It was always an issue of control.

26/35
witchybytchy2112.bsky.social
They say LGBTQ people need mental health care and then they take that care away. I think they are just trying to kill us. I don’t think so turtleneck. Go fukk yourself.

27/35
corriegt63.bsky.social
The cruelty’s the point.

28/35
trueblueguy.bsky.social
They are immoral f***ers.

29/35
dmfeil1960.bsky.social
This level of cruelty is monstrous

30/35
whitesky2045.bsky.social
Given another Republican mayor literally asked Trump to allow him to legally distribute fentanyl to homeless people, and doubled down when questioned, it seems to be on brand for Republicans.

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dinosaurtwink.bsky.social
They want all minorities dead, that’s clear now, if your not straight, white, rich, and a fake Christian they want you dead

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arosium.bsky.social
Yeah man I believe in Christ wholeheartedly and my wife and I think this is a bad decision, I didn’t know people were allowed to politicize the suicide and crisis hotline, I hope this gets stuffed tbh

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broekn.bsky.social
they can't be allowed to politicize the suicide & crisis hotlines @schumer.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov

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mwoodpen.bsky.social
Cold hearted RFKJR- his wife committed suicide after finding his sex book of affairs and witnessed his affair w now wife the blonde actress. So ironic he’s deleting the help line, since he’s supposed to help HEALTH, not rack up corpses. Can states create a shared phone line? Hey #AT&T
Bluesky

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kmhamlin.bsky.social
Wow. He IS a sociopath with no empathy; seems to be the prerequisite of the cabinet membership of misfits.

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jamelle (@jamellebouie.net)

these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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jamellebouie.net
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism

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Just read this.

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justthefactsman.bsky.social
I view the anti-DEI thing as a hobby-horse for less than mediocre men who long for the day when all you had to do to get a job was be white and male. I mean, who would hire Charlie Kirk? College dropout, never held a real job, makes a living whining that his skin color and penis are handicaps.

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drbartlette.bsky.social
I mean, his skin color is objectively ugly, and I have to assume his penis is, too.

4/35
paulette59.bsky.social
Not only ugly, but probably very small too just like the size of his brain....

5/35
dannycay.bsky.social
I love the words vs the letters: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion. I understand they wish it to mean hiring while placing other factors over merit. But opposing DEI means disliking THOSE components. Which to me sounds like racism, white nationalism, and Christofascism.

6/35
ibnorfolk.bsky.social
“Calling military officials by a lower rank on purpose” is peak “relying on others self-discipline to abide by social norms rather than beat you to death in front of everyone in the office”.

7/35
cecivrai.bsky.social
PEAK

8/35
terryezell.bsky.social
Is everyone in this administration on the intellectual level of thirteen year old boys?

9/35
litzz11.bsky.social
Yes.

10/35
pharmasus.bsky.social
Nepotism and racism have been the only reason they have gotten so far in life and they depend on it to maintain their advantage

11/35
rainsend.bsky.social
Frat boyz.

12/35
amandacoop.bsky.social
As a woman who has watched white dudes around me fail upwards my whole working life, YUP.

Being privy to how much they earned, and how little they accomplished has been eye opening.

13/35
notaspiring2bhmbl.bsky.social
When I started working in corporate America I was mind boggled at how unqualified so many of them were. Not much has changed in 25 years.

14/35
amandacoop.bsky.social
Suckiest part is watching my work make them look good.

15/35
texastwinkie.bsky.social
40 years of this shyt...

16/35
digitalmb.bsky.social
400 years of it

White people wanted to start an agrarian economy when they came to the shores of America not as "white people", but as English emigres -- but they COULDN'T DO IT without the knowledge they kidnapped African people for and forced them to use FOR FREE

www.youtube.com/shorts/uLeXe...

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phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social
They also were taking land that had already been developed.

18/35
dantheguitarman.bsky.social
Trump land

19/35
sadiemay37.bsky.social
Deserved to be fired.

20/35
brookeo.bsky.social
What do they like to call themselves? Warfighters? I can’t believe people voted for this.

21/35
bayoka.bsky.social
DEI made the color blind be able to see the truth. It made employers hire people they normally wouldn’t because of race etc, & then realizing that most of the time the individual was far smarter than they were. As an employer, I’ve never had to worry about DEI because we always complied naturally.

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nej1945.bsky.social
That’s horrible..crude, crass & completely unprofessional

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friskyferretsmumma.bsky.social


24/35
bluegreen195.bsky.social
He's the quality of folks Trump likes. AH and ignorant

25/35
wwwilliedo.bsky.social
More proof that no MAGA voters watched or heard a goddam fukking think #Krasnov said for 10 yrs on the campaign trail!

And that Twitter is all Russian bots since the Muskrat bought it.

Arnold Palmers giant dikk is cool but heavens forbid you talk about blowing up the co-ed bathroom
Bluesky

26/35
conticreative.net
He sounds very "charming".
Maybe he can get a gig advertising "Ultra Soft Charmin TP".

27/35
birchcraft.bsky.social
Who would have guessed the immoral are bad for morale?

28/35
wowt.news
DEI exists specifically because of people like them. It gives managers a way to avoid having to hire the bosses’ incompetent friends and family.

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dkildey.bsky.social
100%. I've heard many dudes (white dudes) complain about how they didn't get a job because of 'DEI'; literally every single time they'd ignore their recent felony conviction, or their fake diploma, or the fact that they had no experience at all, or were rude & smelled like booze at the interview.

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beingbenh.bsky.social
There has been zero transparency from this administration around the meritocratic process that was used to hire these “experts”, but they keep chanting about “merit”.

This was never about merit; it was always about authoritarianism.

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the-greetest.bsky.social
The term meritocracy itself was originally a sarcastic term for people pretending that privilege doesn't exist.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ris...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_rise_of_the_meritocracy

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s-ort.bsky.social
Be best

34/35
nwsoftwareguy.bsky.social
Sounds like unkie MAGA at Thanksgiving. Mean, stupid, and proud of it.

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ooogma.bsky.social
But they wanna call Black Men thugs & criminals . I'm guessing this is acceptable behavior from White thugs & criminals.

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Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social)

RFK Jr.: The teen cum is insufficient. I need more teen cum. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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bencollins.bsky.social
RFK Jr.: The teen cum is insufficient. I need more teen cum.

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RFK Jr: An American teenager today has less testosterone than a 68 year old man. Sperm counts are down 50 percent.

WATTERS: Wait -- an American teenager has less testosterone than a 68 year old man?

RFK JR: That's right
https://video.bsky.app/watch/did:pl...ybam4vtb54howma2yjf37cqgvidt73i/playlist.m3u8

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locksmithprime.bsky.social
We travel, people from other countries make fun of us, and the only thing we can do is say "yeah, I know..."

3/35
msmaura.bsky.social
He gets sicker by the minute.

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5/35
nosln.bsky.social
WTF are we actually going all this now where men will rape women to inseminate them we will force them to have babies?

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thebilldelgrosso.bsky.social
It’s an idiot being interviewed by an imbecile…. Or is it the other way around?

7/35
locksmithprime.bsky.social
Either works fine.

8/35
lizard217.bsky.social
I work in Pediatrics. I can tell you not ONCE has one of my providers ordered a sperm count test on a teenager. WHO IS TESTING THIS? Jesus....

9/35
johnsmallberries.bsky.social
Republicans sure Iike thinking about young men and sperm. Denny Hastert in the house

10/35
fromoverthepond.bsky.social
Why is JFK jr soooo brown?

11/35
diamantinamua.bsky.social
Because he is cooking his head every day for 4 hours on a chicken rotisserie device.
I don’t understand these white supremacists who are going out of their way to look as orange as possible.
Maybe rename the movement? Orangesy?
It is also offensive to the eyes.

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williamchatnoir.bsky.social
Asked where he got this stat from, RFK Jr replies: “I just know it…I can feel it”

14/35
jim-robison.bsky.social
I'm tempted to ask where he feels it, but I don't really want to know.

15/35
71-to-100.bsky.social
It’s sad if he believes everything he says.

16/35
laugh-about-it.bsky.social
Wouldn’t that mean that we would have less fighting, wars, mass shooting, rape -- less of the sort of thing that’s exaggerated by testosterone?

17/35
johnsmallberries.bsky.social
Less Marjorie Taylor Greene

18/35
dontbcomplicit.bsky.social
What a fukking idiot.

19/35
tordallas.bsky.social
FUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK make it stop.

20/35
ruprecht-monkeeboy.bsky.social
OK RFK Jr., I don't mean to pull rank, but we need to see your masturbation papers.

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himself132.bsky.social
The average 71-year-old Secretary of Health and Human Services talks 84% more bollocks than an 18-year-old conspiracy theorist who lives in his mum's basement. Fact.

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goodinplenty.bsky.social
It’s cause that secretary has time on his hands and nothing in them, directly counter to the “facts” he asserted. Once against Kennedy has embarrassingly failed to rise to the occasion.

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corillb.bsky.social
How is this idiot not institutionalized?

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peacetown.bsky.social
Make teen cum great again

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occulturecritic.bsky.social


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maryt51.bsky.social
I would like him to cite studies

27/35
bob-a-lob.bsky.social
Does citing the voices in his head count?

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sharonfox.dev
The worm in his head told him so years ago.

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savedemocracy123.bsky.social
THESE DELUDED, FACT-FREE MAGA CULT FOX FASCISTS are so totally FOS; so full of baseless anti-science conspiracies, that it's constantly seeping out their corrupt fascist little brains; polluting OUR information sphere. That's all MAGA has - TOTAL BULLshyt. It's STRATEGIC- "FILL THE ZONE WITH shyt".

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carrotsoup.bsky.social
People believe this sh..

31/35
gregfrey71.bsky.social
Scientifically speaking, this sounds an awful lot like complete bullshyt

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queenbee75.bsky.social
I'm a family practice nurse. Providers aren't ordering sperm counts on 16 year olds.

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jinkelheimers.bsky.social
Nor testosterone levels, I would bet.

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ardond.bsky.social
1st claim is false. 2nd is true, apparently (50% reduction)

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pachydad.bsky.social
Curious, where is that listed? I want to check something

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[mastermind]

I honestly think it's significantly more complex than this. I pitched an idea to the Atlantic this weekend. I doubt they pick it up. I don't have the cache yet, but it's coming. Here's an excerpt of what I sent:

I’d like to propose an essay titled “The Revolution Was Televised: Generational Disillusionment and the Long Arc of American Political Cynicism.” This piece explores a recurring cycle in American political life—waves of collective idealism followed by deep disillusionment—and how that cycle helps explain current political polarization.

The central argument: America doesn’t simply suffer from political fatigue, voter apathy, or political ignorance. It suffers from a historical pattern in which dashed hopes give way to increasingly radical reactions. This framework connects Reagan’s rise and “Greed is good,” ethos after the collective social movements of the ‘60s and ‘70s, the Obama-to-Trump voter phenomenon, and the surprising conservative leanings of Gen Z.

I trace three generational arcs:

The ’60s/’70s generation (Boomers and Early Gen X): They mobilized unprecedented mass movements—civil rights, anti-war protests, feminist coalitions, and environmental activism—that fundamentally challenged America's social fabric. They achieved landmark victories (Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, EPA creation, Title IX) but faced devastating setbacks: the assassinations of MLK and RFK, the violence at Kent State, the Watergate scandal that confirmed their deepest suspicions about power, and the unwavering persistence of systemic inequality despite profound legislative wins. Ultimately, they retreated into the privatized individualism of the Reagan era.

The Obama generation (Millennials): A generation who legitimately believed they would change the world once the “old guard” was removed. While they achieved the improbable, the historic election of Barack Obama, they experienced crushing systemic disappointments (2008 crash, endless wars, persistent and increasing inequality). Unlike their parents, many sought rupture rather than retreat, turning to figures like Trump not solely out of ideological alignment but a desire to “break the system.”

Today’s emerging youth (Gen Z): The offspring of parents who were convinced they would be the ones to change the world—as a result—they never passed on ideals about collective unity to their children, en masse. Instead, Gen Z was raised in a world of crisis, collapse, and cultural burnout. Where millennials inherited embers of the hope that once flourished within their parents, Gen Z inherited utter disillusionment. They inherited exhaustion—and a desire for order. In turn, many have embraced rigid gender roles, traditionalism, and nationalism. Consequently, many do not want to dismantle the system. They want to restore an imagined past.

The piece incorporates cultural touchstones—from Mayer’s Waiting on the World to Change to Lamar’s Alright to Gambino’s This Is America—to illustrate how public emotion has moved from hopeful to defiant to exhausted. The analysis engages with theoretical work by Gramsci (interregnum), Lauren Berlant (cruel optimism), Wendy Brown (neoliberal hollowing), and generational sociology.

Ultimately, this essay offers a new lens through which to understand America’s political mood not as a sudden rupture, but the logical outcome of deferred transformation and emotional exhaustion.

You can go back to WW1 when labor started pushing for more power and then that era ends with McCarthyism and the Cold War