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(SHAREABLE ARTICLE) NYT opinion writer flat-out lists the major ills of 47's reign and discusses impending gvt shutdown: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV experts stated that the deal between Trump and Putin was most likely already reached behind the scenes. They've asserted that Russia is in a position of strength and won't make any concessions to the United States.
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New edition of the Democracy Atlas coming out tomorrow! Looking for lessons and inspiration from others who have navigated authoritarian threats across the world? This is for you.
Read more about the series here and share with other democracy defenders. ⬇️ www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/eight-rule...
Miguel Lopez should be at his family dinner table. Instead, he was illegally removed by ICE, in defiance of a court order. I met with his wife, Rosa, to get an update on how the family is doing.
‘Help me, please!’
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.
It’s amazing that Washington DC can achieve its lowest crime rate in 30 years when 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is experiencing its highest crime rate in history.
1/ Elderly Russians are going to war with the explicit intention of getting killed so that their family get a 5 million ruble ($68,800) compensation payment. It's too much even for Russian warbloggers, who complain about how pointless this is. ⬇️
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Russian troops are seen laughing at a “new recruit” sent to their unit — a man near retirement age who can barely walk. He arrived at the front as part of reinforcements, and no one expects he'll last long in combat.
Trump’s response when asked about due process for citizens and non-citizens, and being questioned on 5th Amendment rights and his duty to uphold the Constitution: “I don’t know?”
Excellent piece from Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker on the significance of the election of Mark Carney and Canadas ejection of Trumpism
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Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*—and who could blame him?
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
🤨 ⚖️ If any of these people buying these meme coins are from state governments or foreign governments, then we're back to the unconstitutional emoluments problem.
So plans are in the works to lock up trumps political enemies and criminals in foreign countries. This screams what Hitler and the Nazis did. Ship undesirable people to concentration camps in other countries and use them for slave labor. Use them, abuse them and kill them.
Trump brings up "Governor Trudeau" and says, "I have to be honest. As a state, it works great. As a nation ... why are we spending $200 billion? It doesn't make sense."
"The message has to be clear, consistent, and credible: if you break democracy, you don’t get a quiet retirement. You get consequences."
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My take: They do fear consequences. That's why the plan this time is to never cede power (data stolen to weaponize, terrorize).
Plan for that.
The only thing that will scare MAGA off of trying to kill democracy is if Dems show they will hold them legally accountable and repay their use of state power in kind.
Avoiding confrontation and focusing on kitchen table issues fails to do that.
My latest: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/23/d...