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indiahouse.bsky.social

@indiahouse.bsky.social

BJP-ruled states are competing to make Modi’s birthday bigger and brighter.

#NarendraModi #ModiBirthday #India #BJP #TaxpayersMoney #PublicFunds #Inflation #UPI #PoliticalSpectacle #Democracy #IndiaHouseFoundation

September 17, 2026 at 4:49 PM

Gaute Gulliksen

@gagullik.bsky.social

The "sombrero sticker" simplifies US politics & reduces Mexico to a 1950s postcard. It's the same lazy spectacle, distracting us from complex realities.

Read "Shutdown and Sombreros" at gaute.work/shutdown-and...

#Mexico #USPolitics #CulturalStereotypes #MediaCriticism #PoliticalSpectacle

Shutdown and Sombreros – Gaute Gulliksen

gaute.work

October 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM

Ravenous 🦋

@kindofabitch.bsky.social

Politics rarely announces its hierarchy.
It normalizes it.

Over the next few notes, I’m mapping how that normalization operates — through insulation, reflex, and spectacle.

The structure is quieter than the outrage.

#PowerStructures #PoliticalSpectacle
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cheaprivalman.substack.com

Cheap Rival Man | Raven MacPhail | Substack

Culture tells us who we should be. History tells us how we got here. Cheap Rival Man is where the two collide — decoding propaganda, soft power, and the narratives that quietly govern our world. Click...

cheaprivalman.substack.com

March 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM

mikronews

@calculito.bsky.social

Terminator, a government check, and a folding phone enter the same bar. Is the crocodile still safe?

#AI #MediaEconomics #Technology #PoliticalSpectacle

www.linkedin.com/pulse/notes-...

Notes from the Resonance Pavilion Regarding the Upcoming Primate Extermination (And How to Fold Your Screen)

The newest, most urgent item on the national panic roster — squeezed right between the release of the Apple Folduophone and the campaign promise of five thousand dollars cash delivered to every Americ...

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September 10, 2026 at 8:03 AM

Sister Sue

@onemoretime24.bsky.social

If we accept POTUS can deport anyone he calls "foreign alien terrorist," none of us has any rights. Trump's #politicalspectacle video is propaganda film worthy of the 1930s, in which the Leader determines what is true and what is false.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...

The evil at your door

The deportation action as regime change

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March 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Charity Matlhare

@thrivetribeza.bsky.social

What if I told you that Rome never fell?
That the Empire still rules
- only now through #technology, #AI, and #politicalspectacle?

The maze is deeper than you think, and many are trapped in it. Let’s trace the thread.

February 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM

UnreadWhy

@unreadwhy.bsky.social

Trump's Miami Moment: Key to the City or Key to Controversy?

#TrumpMiami #EconomicDivide #VoterConcerns #PoliticalSpectacle #UnreadWhyInsights

November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM

bne IntelliNews

@intellinews.com

BALKAN BLOG: Dancing robots, giant flags and Serbia's latest political spectacle: Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić has confirmed he will resign within weeks, signalling the start of an election… Bne IntelliNews #BalkanBlog #SerbiaPolitics #ElectionCampaign #PoliticalSpectacle #AleksandarVucic