Bad Faith Times

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An examination and analysis of how conservatives use bad-faith political arguments to advance fascism into the mainstream. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://badfaithtimes.com/, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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The Bad Faith Of Pro-Natalism Is Uglier Than You Know

"Anytime someone wants to have a conversation about pro-natalism, they really want to have a conversation about white supremacy."

4h ago·7 min read·1272 words

BFT Podcast: Centrism As Fuel For Fascism

Denny Carter talks about the lie of centrism and the unreality of January 6

4d ago·3 min read·425 words

There Is No Such Thing As Centrism

Americans don't want Democrats to make policy like Republicans. They want them to fight like Republicans.

5d ago·9 min read·1729 words

An Insurrectionist Slush Fund And A Win For The Unreality of January 6

The Trump regime's "weaponization" fund wasn't possible without an alternate version of January 6

May 19·8 min read·1492 words

Why I Was So Wrong About 2024, And What That Means for 2026

Controlling the realities of those who oppose your agenda is a powerful thing

May 15·9 min read·1696 words

'We've Got To Get Creative About Power'

Crushing the Supreme Court's far-right majority is the only path forward.

May 12·1 min read·18 words

Republican Judges Killed The Virginia Gerrymander. It Doesn't Matter.

There's no time for dooming.

May 8·1 min read·14 words

The American Right Dared To Imagine. Now It's Our Turn.

“It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope."

May 7·1 min read·25 words

Winning, Losing, And The Platner Problem

Graham Platner is the ultimate test of the Blue No Matter Who approach to American politics

May 5·1 min read·22 words

Weaponized Colorblindness Killed The Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court's conservative justices seem to be asking why we don't have a White History Month

May 1·6 min read·1159 words

This Is What A Dominant Democratic Midterm Election Looks Like

A deranged shitlib fever dream or an accurate depiction of the current political environment?

Apr 29·1 min read·24 words

It's Not Cool To Be A Democrat. Elon Musk Likes It That Way.

Check out a brand new BFT podcast

Apr 24·1 min read·20 words

The Backburn To Save American Democracy Goes On

It's all part of life under competitive authoritarianism.

Apr 23·1 min read·16 words

Peter Thiel Has Wanted To End Politics For A Long Time

If the tech fascists can't escape the annoyance of politics, they would like to end politics altogether

Apr 21·1 min read·28 words

The Left Has A Loser Problem

We should simply win.

Apr 17·1 min read·10 words

Virginia Republicans Are Suddenly Very Concerned About Gerrymandering

The right wing has finally seen the light on fair electoral maps for some reason

Apr 15·1 min read·23 words

You Are With Resistance Politics Or You Are Against Resistance Politics

Opposing fascism isn't going to make you feel cool. Get over it.

Apr 13·1 min read·23 words

We’re Going To Need So Much Judicial Review

The stain of the Roberts Court must be scrubbed out of the national fabric. There's really only one way to do that.

Apr 10·1 min read·30 words

Media Outlets Don't Understand This Political Environment

The idea that control of the House is going to come down to one or two seats is absurd.

Apr 8·1 min read·26 words

The Worst Democrat

John Fetterman lives to trigger the libs.

Apr 7·1 min read·10 words

You Are Valuable Because You Exist. The Machine Is Not.

Distinguishing between humans and machines might be the first step in freeing ourselves from the machines.

Apr 2·1 min read·26 words

No Kings Protests Failed To End Fascism on Saturday. Curious.

A pro-democracy movement approaching a critical threshold is a positive development, no matter what the haters say.

Mar 30·1 min read·27 words

We Live In A Society (Really)

If the left doesn't take anti-social behavior seriously, voters will turn to the right for solutions

Mar 26·1 min read·22 words

Judge To RFK Jr: Vaccine Policy Has To Be Reality-Based

The American right's unreality continues to get wrecked in the courts

Mar 17·1 min read·21 words

A Fuzzy Totalitarianism

The total incoherence of fascism is its greatest strength

Mar 13·1 min read·12 words

In The Absence Of Earnestness, Fascism Thrives

Woke 2 is going to be fueled by virtue signaling. And that's OK.

Mar 10·1 min read·20 words

Everybody Loves DEI Now

The Trump regime's efforts to undo the gains of the Civil Rights movement are shockingly unpopular

Mar 6·1 min read·20 words

No Gerrymander Can Save Republicans Now

Even the election doomers can see something is happening here

Mar 4·1 min read·16 words

This Is Not What Winning Looks Like

The Trump regime's online posting reveals the emptiness of its cause

Feb 27·1 min read·18 words

A Little Joy, A Little Sadness, And A Gold Medal

America's Olympic hockey gold medals were tinged by our seemingly intractable political crisis

Feb 25·1 min read·23 words

A Judge Sees Through The Ed Department's Anti-Diversity Bad Faith

The Trump regime's effort to crush diversity in American schools is effectively dead.

Feb 23·1 min read·23 words

I Can’t Be A Pessimist Because I Am Alive

The appeal of nihilism today is as strong and dangerous as it's ever been.

Feb 20·1 min read·23 words

It's Not A Trick Question

Answering a question about whether Donald Trump is racist doesn't have to be difficult.

Feb 17·1 min read·19 words

A Disinfectant for Bad-Faith White Supremacy

There is no real intellectual foundation for a politics of hate and fear

Feb 13·1 min read·19 words

A Chance To Establish The Run Against Authoritarianism

Let's help those facing immediate economic hardship after the regime's occupation of Minnesota

Feb 12·1 min read·21 words

Nothing Real Can Emerge From The American Right's Unreality

The idea that the US is split exactly down the middle politically and culturally infiltrates everything

Feb 10·1 min read·25 words

Elon Musk Is Doing The Bad Faith Dance Again

'In the civil libertarian view, the more repulsive the expression, the more protection it deserves.'

Feb 6·1 min read·24 words

Tell Your Kids This Shit Is Racist

American children deserve to know they're being raised under a white supremacist regime.

Dec 12·1 min read·20 words

Barack Obama (Finally) Sees The Game For What It Is

That Obama is backing California's gerrymander is hopeful and a little frightening.

Oct 15·1 min read·22 words