And just to drive a point home for the #GavinNewsom of this world:
You think that #fascists give a single fuck about #women's #sports? You're finding common cause with people who are unconvinced #women should be allowed to vote, & you're taking them at their word?
Not defending the most vulnerable groups makes everyone else *more* vulnerable, not less.
Government workers: the Trauma you are feeling is intentional. It's part of their strategy to demoralize as they destroy the very fabric of the federal government.
ProPublica predicted it all.
@j_@infosec.exchangeJon Sneider, Founder of Wild Gravity, on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sneider_dark-maga-if-youre-a-little-confused-activity-7304595429201981442-aJs5
*DARK MAGA*
If you're a little confused about what Musk is trying to achieve with DOGE here's the breakdown:
[...]
The three of them [Thiel, Musk, Vance], plus a lot of other tech billionaires subscribe to an ideology called the Dark Enlightenment espoused by this super weird, creepy dude: Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug.
Yarvin preaches that the media and academia represent "The Cathedral" that secretly controls power and must be dismantled.
He advocates for a corporate run, monarchy, led by a CEO-Dictator.
[...]
The strategy is to gut the government via R.A.G.E - Retire All Govt Employees to make government incapable of operating.
Then to replace government with private corporations.
To eliminate elections because they are "obsolete"
To use distraction and chaos to prevent public resistance.
Trump is their useful tool to be disposed of as soon as they can wrest control.
[...]
Sources:
Shane Almgren, Author of "The Trumpland Diaries"
https://shanealmgren.substack.com/p/democracy-is-done-the-rise-of-corporateThe Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/02217acf-ac64-49c2-acd5-ef4f107f014cThe New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/techno-fascism-comes-to-america-elon-musk
Read the cited articles too!
Further Reading (Watching/Listening):
NYT, The Interview, Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done
Gift Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/curtis-yarvin-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.3gW2.AqAef6fUkk1R&smid=nytcore-android-share
Wer reist denn jetzt noch in die #USA?!
Da muss man wohl nichts mitbekommen haben von dem Treiben der Herren #Trump, #Musk und #Vance. So schlecht informiert oder aber naiv kann man kaum sein.
Trump setzt #unplugtrump hier selbst am besten um, indem er dem Tourismus in den USA auf diese Weise den Stecker zieht. Eine ganze Branche im Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten dürfte das negativ zu spüren bekommen ...
https://www.gmx.net/magazine/panorama/reisehinweise-usa-abschiebehaft-40785522
@wdlindsy@toad.socialThe latest egregious example is JD Vance....
An eventual power struggle is inevitable, in which Mr Vance and Washington’s other high-profile Maga Catholic, Steve Bannon, may try to bring a Trumpian influence to bear. For now though, it is good to see the vice-president’s arch-antagonist in the Vatican apparently on the mend. His advocacy on behalf of ;the global common good' has never been more relevant."
@wdlindsy@toad.social"The pope’s enforced absence from the world stage has served as a reminder of his importance, as universal values are repudiated and cast aside in the name of a narrow and aggressive national self-interest. …
The weaponisation of Christianity as a means of cultural exclusion, and as a justification for illiberal policymaking, has been a key feature of this shift in the zeitgeist."
~ The Guardian
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaWhat did you expect!?
"He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center."
Die US-Administration beherrscht beide Grußtechniken, um sowohl Kommunisten als auch Faschisten anzusprechen.
Das ist gelebte Toleranz und Offenheit nach allen Seiten hin. Schön zu sehen, dass #Trump sich in die Reihe kommunistischer/sozialistischer Ikonen wie #Honecker und #Xi stellt, während #Musk den Granden #Hitler und #Mussolini die Ehre erweist.
Das ist wohl die wunderbare Meinungsfreiheit, die #Vance in #Europa so bitter vermisst ...
Democrats have enabled US fascism at every step of its development, and they're not going to stop it now. #Antifascist organizing also means anti-Democratic Party organizing. 
@tagesschau "Der Vorwurf, es gebe eine Zensur, ist sehr mächtig. Er rüttelt quasi an den Grundfesten unserer Demokratie", sagt Schilk."
Besonders am Tag nachdem der US-Präsident kritische Berichte über sich als ILLEGAL genannt hat.
Sarkasmus aus
@SmudgeTheInsultCat
And now we also understand this is the wet dream of the #GOP #Trump #Vance #Musk
#impeachTrump
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaAI is being used to make memes about the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting instead of solving real issues. This says a lot about how misplaced our priorities are.
Still, this meme nails the awkward and tense vibe of their clash perfectly.
@stux What s beautiful and poetic way to call a #nazi - he is #misguided.
#vance is not misguided, he is a #fascist - plain and simple so everyone can understand that.
@G4Media@mastodon.worldCe spunea Călin #Georgescu despre Donald #Trump în vara anului 2024. „Nu mai e ce a fost”.
JD #Vance și 
#Georgia #Meloni – “viruși” și „falși suveraniști”.
@itgrrl@infosec.exchangeUSpol
'We are Vladimir #Putin's #UsefulIdiots': Nate, JD #Vance's first cousin and volunteer fighter in #Ukraine
“The Texan spent three years in Ukraine, two and a half of which he fought on the bloodiest fronts. He despairs of the position of his cousin and Donald #Trump.”
note: this guy isn’t a bastion of progressive values in the family, he just strongly disagrees with Trump & Vance on this particular issue
