Eric Forst
@eforst.bsky.social
Technologist, teacher, lover of truth, justice, and San Francisco.
Today's impeachable offense: giving Qatar an air base in Idaho in exchange for a 747 gifted to Trump, a clear violation of the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution.
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today's impeachable offense: giving Qatar an air base in Idaho in exchange for a 747 gifted to Trump, a clear violation of the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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Trump to Bukele on Salvadoran concentration camps: “Home-growns are next. You’re going to have to build about five more places.”
April 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Trump to Bukele on Salvadoran concentration camps: “Home-growns are next. You’re going to have to build about five more places.”
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Everything lines up for autocracy.
Trump is doing exactly what we knew he would—handpicking nominees who will toe the line in his authoritarian quest.
We have a conspiracy theorist and election denier with no qualifications except undying loyalty to Trump as nominee for FBI director.
PLEASE MEET OUR LATEST NIGHTMARE— KASH PATEL
We have a conspiracy theorist and election denier with no qualifications except undying loyalty to Trump as nominee for FBI director.
PLEASE MEET OUR LATEST NIGHTMARE— KASH PATEL
December 1, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Everything lines up for autocracy.
Yale Historian Timothy Snyder. "It is a mistake to think of these people as flawed. It is not they will do a bad job in their assigned posts. It is that they will do a good job using those assigned posts to destroy our country."
Decapitation Strike (December)
Preserving America from Trump's Appointments (updated)
substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Yale Historian Timothy Snyder. "It is a mistake to think of these people as flawed. It is not they will do a bad job in their assigned posts. It is that they will do a good job using those assigned posts to destroy our country."
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Trump has apparently selected a Fox News host to be Secretary of Defense. Tom Hegseth encouraged Trump to pardon American soldiers convicted of killing innocent civilians during his first term in office. www.businessinsider.com/pete-hegseth...
Fox and Friends' co-host Pete Hegseth convinced Trump to consider pardons for troops accused of war crimes
Trump appears to be listening to a Fox News host about pardoning convicted war criminals, but a general said pardons would send a "bad message."
www.businessinsider.com
November 13, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Trump has apparently selected a Fox News host to be Secretary of Defense. Tom Hegseth encouraged Trump to pardon American soldiers convicted of killing innocent civilians during his first term in office. www.businessinsider.com/pete-hegseth...
Fascism has come to America…
I shit you not, today Trump announced he will seize the Ivy’s endowments and use it to pay reparations to White people.
November 13, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Fascism has come to America…
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“Freedom means you decide who you are, and then when things change around you, you continue to be that person. And in so doing, you do constructive work. You set an example for other people. You meet new people who are also trying to remain themselves.”
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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Timothy Snyder: ‘You have to be in the moment in order to get through the moment’
In a time when many voters feel despair following the presidential election, it’s key to remember this is not the end. Americans still have their freedom and there are ways to remain politically activ...
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2024 at 2:31 PM
“Freedom means you decide who you are, and then when things change around you, you continue to be that person. And in so doing, you do constructive work. You set an example for other people. You meet new people who are also trying to remain themselves.”
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...