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Cake day: August 18th, 2023

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  • So he basically hired a very progressive PR team, followed their lead until he got elected, then 180’d on all his views. After that, the progressives he hired started to quit, and he lost the ability to continue to project himself as a progressive.

    Here is a pretty good deep dive on the situation.

    He was elected while running against Dr. Oz so not like there were good choices.

    I’ve seen this tactic before tho. Like the owner of the 76ers wanted to build a new stadium in Philly, but knew people would protest it because there are already a lot of sports stadiums. So he made a big push to advertise that it would be built like right in the middle of a neighborhood faaaarrrr away from all the other stadiums. Everyone protested THAT and after a few weeks the owner capitulated. He was like “FINE , I’ll build my big, expensive, tax break garnering stadium by all the others,” which is what he actually wanted from the beginning.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Fetterman was supported by Republican interests for a similar purpose.










  • The political climate in America is deeply imbalanced. Right-wing violence is so common because it is tacitly or openly sanctioned by the state—it aligns with existing power structures. This is why, historically, regular Germans didn’t rise up against the early Nazi movement: the violence was coming from those the state favored. When left-wing groups try to mimic these tactics—like impersonating secret police or kidnapping elites—they invite swift and deadly repression. The government does not treat both sides equally. One is shielded; the other is crushed.