The Small, Good Wolf (will help build your house)

Choosing WW3 instead of arresting the rich pedophiles was a wild choice.

Liberal elitism is dying. They chose Epstein, they chose genocide, they chose their corporate donors, they chose tech meglomaniacs, they chose to enable fascists, they chose to hollow out the very institutions they cling to. The professional class defending them must be defeated.

There is no just moving on from this. I mean, you can just move on from it. But you don’t have a legitimate country. You have an Epstein Child Rape Organization calling itself the federal government and demanding you fund them or else. While the corporate media launders it all.

Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket, not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.

Colombia President Petro: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil. They want to turn the region into another Lybia, full of slaves."

Trump’s 2AM meltdowns and dictator cosplay aren’t part of a predetermined strategy — they’re collapse. A malignant narcissist, weak and unhealthy, colliding with the one thing he can’t escape: DEATH. And his team knows it, which is why they’re going full-fascist now. (THREAD 🧵)

As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.

Fiona Hill: The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression.

I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset. I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states. I’ve been attacked on Fox News, berated by the VP and others and like many of you, I’ve gotten death threats. So please believe me when I say this. Things have changed. ICE is going to be the vehicle for fascism in this country. The extra-judicial practices (no warrants, no ID), the masks (anonymity leads to horrors again and again throughout history), the dehumanization of immigrants and Democrats (dehumanization precedes arrests, torture, murder, again and again). No we are not going to be Nazi Germany because nothing in history matches Nazi Germany. But fascism has arrived in America. Here is how it is going to happen: ICE will be the vehicle, the gestapo empowered by the President, to enforce his will, first among vulnerable undocumented people, then among legal immigrants, then among political rivals, then among citizens who speak out against the Trump grift. This is not a hypothetical. It’s happening. That Big Dumb Racist bill gives $170 billion dollars for an organization which has no respect for the constitution, no oversight, nothing but marching orders from a couple racist, power-hungry madmen. $170 billion to build hidden prisons with no oversight. To put this in perspective, this is 62% larger than the entire federal prison system. $170 billion to drag people out of their places of work, parks, homes. $170 billion to hire racist little man babies who hide their faces as they assault children, old people, pregnant women. How do you think this goes? How has this ever gone in history? We are entering a dark period. Our only hope is to draw the line now. To stick up for our friends and neighbors, our co-workers and loved ones, who are undocumented and being hunted. If morality or empathy for them is not enough to motivate you, fine. Then let this be your motivation: if you don’t draw this line, you are next. Do you think Trump will grow a conscience? Do you think Stephen Miller will have any trouble going from, “these people are criminals” (them) to “these people are helping criminals?” (You, by being against Trump). To “we must arrest the traitors opposing our efforts to arrest criminals?” (You or anyone you care about who publicly opposes Trump.) Do you think republican congressman are going to care? To lift onefinger to protect you? To do anything which gets in the way of Trump’s agenda? A person who has no problem letting children with cancer die in order to put a few dollars in the pockets of rich men will have no problem with letting Democrats and activists rot in jail for trying to stop it. This has happened again and again throughout the world. And now it’s happening here. I wish I had concrete plans. I don’t. Not now. All I know is the first step for change is identifying the gravity of the truth. And the truth is fascism has arrived in America. And we must stop it in its tracks or it will swallow all of us.

The least popular piece of Federal US legislation is paving the way for the largest increase in police state infrastructure since the passage of the Patriot Act. We are about to witness ICE becoming a true modern day American Gestapo. Allow us to break it down: (1/12)

If Trump truly wants to wreck Iran, he should just go be their president for a while.

If you have boomer parents, this may be helpful. Some of them know zero accountability and personal responsibility. This is why some genx and millennials go no contact w parents.

The "evolution" of the word "antisemitism".

⚡️This is not a “defense move.” It is the final logistical keystone in a pre-authorized strike package that has already been partially executed. Here’s the unfiltered strategic decode: 1. Extended deployment of U.S. warplanes means escalation posture has locked in. This is not reactive. These airframes were queued long ago, but withheld until narrative timing aligned. 2. Public framing as “defensive” is a classic reflexive misdirect to preserve plausible deniability before kinetic phase transitions. It’s what allows offensive doctrine to masquerade as restraint until the strike is irreversible. 3. Theater-wide saturation of U.S. aerial infrastructure is not to “defend Israel.” That’s the surface story. What’s actually being defended is the credibility of U.S. military dominance post-Afghanistan. The collapse of deterrence would mean collapse of empire logic itself. 4. Why Middle East? Because the petrodollar, regional drone access, and tactical dominance over Suez/Strait of Hormuz aren’t optional. This is not about morals. This is about maintaining global control over chokepoints, belief systems, and energy structure under the cover of a moral shield. Deep down, what you’re seeing is the final consolidation of power optics. Trump’s team has already accepted that soft power is gone. They are now hardwiring battlefield supremacy directly into public belief through synchronized deployment, ISR dominance, and narrative sequencing. Markets may flinch, but structurally this confirms what we’ve known: We are no longer in diplomacy. We are in post-permission warfare. This isn’t a response to Iran. It’s a message to the world: The empire is awake.

We’re going to need a general strike and massive demonstrations. We’re in an out-of-control failed state and we need them to know that we will not stand by while they destroy the world. Shut it all down. Bring them to their knees. I, for one, have fucking had it.

Everybody competes to be Israel’s favourite b*tch 😆😭😭😭

Neurodivergent, ADHD, Autistic and Sick with Long COVID? You’re Not Broken. You Were Set Up Let’s get something straight. Long COVID is not your fault. It’s not about how tough you are. It’s not about your attitude. It’s not about how much yoga you did in 2020 or whether you “pushed through” your exhaustion to get back to the gym. It’s not even about fear. It’s about biology. More specifically, it’s about your molecules. And if you’re neurodivergent, there’s a good chance your biology was already skating on the edge before the virus ever got in the door. That’s the ugly little secret no one talks about in all those chirpy headlines about “recovering from COVID.” Some of us don’t bounce back. Not because we didn’t try. But because our systems were already wired differently — and not in a way that medicine likes to study. If you’re autistic, if you have ADHD, if you live in a body that twists, cracks, stretches too far and hurts too long, then you were always more vulnerable. And COVID just lit the match. Nobody’s Talking About This, But They Should Be Let’s start with autism. A 2023 study out of the UK looked at healthcare workers who got COVID and found that the ones with higher autistic traits were way more likely to still be sick three months later. It didn’t matter if they had an official diagnosis. Their bodies responded differently, and not in a good way. And it makes sense. Many autistic people have immune systems that run hot, stuck in a low-grade fire fight that never ends. Chronic inflammation, cytokine storms, weird reactions to medications, mystery fatigue that predates any pandemic. Sound familiar? That’s because some autistic bodies already live in a state of near-Long COVID. The virus just took that and turned it up to eleven. Same story with ADHD. A huge pediatric study out of Israel found that kids with ADHD were twice as likely to end up with Long COVID. Not “a little more likely.” Not “worth monitoring.” Twice. And it wasn’t just them — the study also found a link with allergic disorders. The message here? If your body was already on high alert, COVID gave it the perfect excuse to spiral. And Then There’s the Connective Tissue Issue If you’ve got hypermobility, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or if your joints sound like bubble wrap when you stand up, buckle in, it gets worse. Connective tissue disorders are rampant in the neurodivergent community, and doctors are only just starting to figure that out. Research from the UK’s symptom-tracking study showed that people with joint hypermobility were significantly more likely to have Long COVID. Not maybe. Not hypothetically. Actually more likely. And it’s not just about joints. These folks, and I’m talking about a lot of autistic and ADHD people here, often have dysautonomia, too. That’s a fancy word for “your nervous system is fried.” Heart racing when you stand up. Blood pooling in your legs. Exercise making you feel like you just got hit by a truck. You think Long COVID invented that? No. It just cracked the veneer. Some researchers are now saying Long COVID didn’t cause dysautonomia in these people. It revealed it. It kicked the floor out from under systems that were already running on backup batteries. It took a barely stable balance and turned it into chaos. This Is What Happens When the System Ignores Complexity So let’s talk about what all this means. You’ve got a body that’s already different. Your immune system is twitchy. Your nervous system is touchy. Your connective tissue doesn’t follow the same rules. That’s not “in your head.” That’s not something you manifest with negative thoughts. That’s biochemistry. And yet when neurodivergent people get COVID and stay sick, the system shrugs. You’re anxious. You’re depressed. You need to exercise more. Take some supplements. Meditate. Try harder. The implication is always the same, you did something wrong. You made yourself sick. But here’s the truth: neurodivergent people are biologically more susceptible to Long COVID. Their bodies are wired differently. They metabolize stress differently. Their immune systems react differently. And for many, their joints, veins, and connective tissue don’t give the support most people take for granted. That’s not some fringe theory. That’s coming straight out of peer-reviewed research and clinical data. The Big Picture Is Bleak, But Knowing It Changes Everything Autistic folks and people with ADHD are already dealing with a medical system that doesn’t see them. Add a post-viral illness that affects every system in the body, and what do you get? Gaslighting. Misdiagnosis. Dismissal. But the science is finally catching up. Not fast enough. Not loud enough. But it’s coming. We’re learning that Long COVID is not just one thing. It’s a storm that hits hardest where the walls were already cracked. It’s the match dropped in a room full of dry kindling. And for many neurodivergent people, their biology was already flammable. This isn’t about pity. It’s about recognition. If you’re autistic or have ADHD, or both, and you’re dealing with Long COVID, you are not imagining it. You’re not overreacting. And you are not alone. Your body didn’t betray you. It was already fighting. And now it’s asking for help. 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sometimes it feels like the steadfast refusal of the palestinian people to give up despite facing every horror modernity has to offer is either a bridge to the future or the end of the world