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Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

Communist regimes: Own companies Control their central banks Use tariffs to insulate their economies Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition Idolize their leaders with posters & praise Sound familiar?

Wait, if we want to eliminate male cheerleaders, why don’t we start with Trump’s GOP?!

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Such an idiot. But the Guardians of Predators will praise him.

And with the way he's trying to rewrite FACTS it is absolutely necessary. My grandkids will know the truth.

Horrible woman. Guess a pardon is next.

The unitary executive can set the curriculum at Harvard, order the owners to change the names of professional sports teams, throw his enemies in prison, close a Cabinet-level Department, but he is powerless to ask the sycophants he put in place in the FBI and DOJ to release the Epstein files.

EXACTLY THIS.

Yep.

#booksky

My past week of reads. One was an experiment in reading something completely out of my usual genres. It was decent. Miracle Creek Incident Around the House This One Life When the Moon Hits Your Eye Sideways Life of Denny Voss

The looting will continue until the system collapses. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...

July 4th will be a day of mourning in our home. Dark years ahead.

Weird how the same people who cried about being asked to wear masks have no problem covering their faces to attack brown people as “ICE.”

"Trump’s scheme to upend the rule of law in this country — and install himself as a quasi-dictator, who gets a 'taste' of whatever business he chooses — is going to induce many investors to look elsewhere to make their investments." — @davidrlurie.bsky.social

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

Madness.

RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc. It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.

"The House is preparing to vote, as early as next week, on the worst legislative assault in history on the environment and public health, a potentially ruinous bucket of unconscionable proposals that put polluter profits first—and put the rest of us at risk . . ." www.nrdc.org/media/4-reas...

For Magats: The image on the left is an outrage. The image on the right is heroic. They have lost their minds.

Please watch this in its entirety. I defy you to get through it without several "Holy fucks!" We are completely sleeping on how mass deportations will destroy the economy. And we need to wake up. It's far worse than the tariffs. youtu.be/ENyHfi6Y8W8?...

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Yes! I thought everyone did this but apparently not.

Washer, dryer, dishwasher, trash and recycling all empty AT THE SAME TIME! Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

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GOP no longer exists. It's MAGA. Why pretend?

Very creative, San Francisco! 8647 ✊

NEW: I've read a lot of court documents in my time, but this is one of my new favorites. How a Judge tells a President to F**k Off. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/how-a-judg...

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Well, other than the cruelty, reckless and violent mass deportations, attacks on free speech, impetuous firings of thousands of people, cuts to education, healthcare, and environmental protection, and inflation… At least we’ve alienated all of our allies!

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Yep.

Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us. It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin. You must understand what is truly at stake here. All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.

No longer playing nice

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

'If Your Church Won't Speak Out About a Deported Father (and Thousands More Like Him)—It May as Well Cancel Easter' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-your-ch...

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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States