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We're watching an incredibly rapid state collapse--faster than pretty much any except those involving tanks in the streets--in real time. I say this as a person who's been in places with tanks in the streets. And as one who reads enough to know that the first lie of fascism is inevitability.

This is truly excellent, and quantifies what many of us have been thinking. DEFINITE READ.

TOMORROW! Take Back The Arts Day! Thank you Star Magazine for the mention! Creatives, see below for details! #FirstAmendment #KennedyCenter #Arts #Creative #Music #Theatre #Dance #Songwriter #Painter #Photographer #WashingtonDC #CreativeCensorship

🚨ALERT 🚨 In Florida the deadline to register to vote in the Special Elections if you are not registered, is Monday! #VoteBlue

Trump and Vance — elected by MAGA voters, and supported by spineless Republican members of Congress — are both shamelessly subservient to their Kremlin master.

Wake the fuck up, Democrats and any actual Republican patriots left in Congress. Wake. The. Fuck. Up.

Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

If you're still posting on X or, worse, giving Elon Musk money for a blue check, today would be a good day to stop. Would you provide content to Joseph Goebbels' propaganda outlet or subscribe to it in 1933?

I’m in DC and I sincerely hope none of you need government services because they are absolutely gutting all departments and agencies. It’s wild.

@reverendwarnock.bsky.social: "That [Trump] would use this moment - when bodies are still literally on the bottom of the Potomac and families are being notified - to advance his agenda of attacking DEI and Democrats speaks volumes. Not only is it shameful, quite frankly it's dangerous."

Sen. Warnock: 'We gotta have a handful of Republicans who understand that they work for the people of America and not for someone who wants to be a king. That's the moral decision for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I pray to God that they find the backbone to make the right decision.'

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs. Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

Excellent post

Congressman Eric Swalwell: "Donald Trump does not back the blue. He backs the coup."

The LA Times is now officially a MAGA haven. They're even bringing Scott Jennings on board. www.semafor.com/article/01/2...

At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory I’m pretty sure this is accurate. 🤔

There is only one reason Trump pulled the security off Pompeo and Bolton…to put them in danger for “crossing him.” To send a message to anyone else who would oppose. Both have active death threats from Iran. All to intimidate. This is the opposite of a real man of God. This is evil

Hegspeth is confirmed. Now What? He has no idea how to manage the Pentagon. So he is going to be dependent on his direct reports. Most of which require confirmation. The Dems have to use whatever political skills they have to get qualified, rational people in these positions ? Suggestions ?

Check out these peaceful protesters on the day of love!

Bloomberg will cover our dues for climate action!

I’m impressed : Former N.Y.C. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm said on Thurs. it will provide funding to help cover the U.S.contrib. to the U.N. climate budget, filling a gap left by Pres.Trump. Thank goodness Mayor Bloomberg is stepping up.He understands the gravity of climate chg.

The past several days have proven without a shadow of a doubt that Project 2025 is real and underway. And those who warned America about it were right.

We suspended the Constitution and upended our criminal justice system so Trump could run for office on the platform of suspending the Constitution and upending our criminal justice system.

Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.

Listening to the mother of former Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone describing on @joy.msnbc.com how she has been harassed and menaced is making my chest so tight. If your police union hasn’t condemned this conduct if, as a Member of Congress, you’ve condoned these pardons, you are a disgrace.

This is your mission. We take our power back now at the local and state level. Stop waiting for a national hero. It’s you. Get to work.

BREAKING -- Trump RAISES prescription drug costs. He just reversed all the cost caps that had been negotiated for anyone on Medicare or Medicaid -- over 120 MILLION Americans. He's pro Big Pharma -- and pro Big Insurance. He doesn't care about you. It was all LIES.

“.. The president's stash of 800 million $TRUMP coins will start to be unlocked in April, at which point the Trump Organization will be free to sell them to anybody who would like to buy their way into his good graces.” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...

They’re all still criminals, just like the man who gave them clemency.

Meanwhile, Meta tells the BBC "We're aware of an error affecting hashtags across the political spectrum and we are working quickly to resolve it" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pam Hemphill, a J6er who has since expressed serious regret for what she did, says she will not accept a pardon from President Trump. “I committed a crime.”

Government website that outlines reproductive rights, abortion rights, and reproductive care is offline just hours after Trump takes office. www.reproductiverights.gov

Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform. Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ? Their greed is our opportunity.

So he pardoned the violent offenders as well.

👀 “[E]very mass social media platform in the United States has been taken over by the right wing, with the exception of @bsky.app” Strong email from @aoc.bsky.social putting all the pieces together.

(Also, fun fact: *many* convicted felons don’t get incarcerated. I swear, no one on Earth knows less about the U.S. criminal justice system than the people who demagogue it daily.)

Best take ever on Elon Musk. From the 2019 movie “What Men Want.”

In a world of evil scumbags like George Bush, Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Matt Gaetz, Marsha Blackburn and the orange convicted felon, always be like President Jimmy Carter. RIP to a hero and one of the most decent human beings to have ever existed. 💙🇺🇸

How President Musk's Twitter Alt Account "Adrian Dittmann" Was Unmasked charlesjohnson.substack.com/p/how-elon-m...

Thou shalt not try to take over *checks notes* Greenland, Panama and Canada.

“Reporters drink” is not an argument for confirming an unfit person as defense secretary

The real news we're not hearing!