Toby Buckle
Podcast host & writer. US & UK politics, philosophy, religion, & the odd food pics.
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- some in the online left have memed themselves into thinking they represent a majority of the country & if only libs got out the way, they'd win early & there is just very, very little reason to think that's true
- In that there's an outcome where the anti-MAGA movement appears broadly liberal and thus broadly popular (there are a lot of liberals) and so wins and there is an outcome where the anti-MAGA movement looks radical and leftist and thus unpopular (there are not a lot of radical leftists) and so loses.
- i'd like to think labour could be viable after a reset - if they even just got back the votes they lost to the greens that'd put them almost level with reform that, plus strong tactical voting for LD, SNP, PC where appropriate might *just* be enough
- 80-90% of dem voters support abolition & prosecutions
- it's catching on
- "The other iron law of reactionary centrism...is that only the left and liberals really have agency. The right just reacts – everything is always backlash, never a self-generated political project." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Toby Buckle"The other iron law of reactionary centrism...is that only the left and liberals really have agency. The right just reacts – everything is always backlash, never a self-generated political project." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- mace showing the same command of language as when she graffitied her own driveway & claimed antifa did it
- resistance liberalism is emerging as the dominant force in the anti-fascist coalition & that's triggering some people's neuroses
- Reposted by Toby BucklePhilidelphia DA Larry Krasner warns ICE: If an agent commits crimes in Philly, I will charge you. You will be arrested. You will stand trial, and you will be convicted in state or federal court and you will do your time. Donald Trump can't pardon you for a state court conviction.
- so i get that there's a bit of a wave of stupid, counter-productive posts can i, gently, suggest screen-capping & covering name if you want to debunk, not a quote post
- Reposted by Toby BuckleNEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY. Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
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- i see your watership down childhood trauma, & raise you youtu.be/nR9isVFvLe8?...
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