Fascist Dem Tracker
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A project of @gadflypod.bsky.social that tracks fascist bills, explains why they are fascist, and notes which Democrats vote for them. Check out our work at fdt.beehiiv.com
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It's time for this week's fascist bill preview. Going to start with the Senate due to it being a little more straightforward. This week, the Senate will be voting on three District Judge nominees. 1/7
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Our Cook County judicial election guide will be out soon! Let us know if you have ideas for drop-off spots for print copies and perhaps you will see me out front grinning and clutching a pile of papers.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Our Cook County judicial election guide will be out soon! Let us know if you have ideas for drop-off spots for print copies and perhaps you will see me out front grinning and clutching a pile of papers.
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
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In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
Willing to be proven wrong on this, but the author of this piece, Katherine Mangu-Ward seems to have very little to say about the Mises Caucus and how they worked to try to destroy the Libertarian Party in 2024 and turn it into a MAGA subsidiary.
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Willing to be proven wrong on this, but the author of this piece, Katherine Mangu-Ward seems to have very little to say about the Mises Caucus and how they worked to try to destroy the Libertarian Party in 2024 and turn it into a MAGA subsidiary.
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To repeat.
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And to repeat:
The political faction saying we must all have to log legal ID before speaking or accessing speech on the Internet,
and the political faction who believe transgenderism is a dangerous mental contagion that spreads by speech about transgenderism,
are the same faction.
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And to repeat:
The political faction saying we must all have to log legal ID before speaking or accessing speech on the Internet,
and the political faction who believe transgenderism is a dangerous mental contagion that spreads by speech about transgenderism,
are the same faction.
Age verification is deanonymization,
Deanonymization is censorship.
The Supreme Court is now taking away your right to anonymously *read* a form of speech. If speaking can mean that your readers have to subject themselves to potential consequences to read it, how can there be freedom of speech?
Deanonymization is censorship.
The Supreme Court is now taking away your right to anonymously *read* a form of speech. If speaking can mean that your readers have to subject themselves to potential consequences to read it, how can there be freedom of speech?
NEW: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that age verification for explicit sites is constitutional. The majority said it protects minors without violating free speech; dissenters warned it burdens adults’ rights and ignores First Amendment precedent.
by @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
by @mattburgess1.bsky.social:
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
To repeat.
--
And to repeat:
The political faction saying we must all have to log legal ID before speaking or accessing speech on the Internet,
and the political faction who believe transgenderism is a dangerous mental contagion that spreads by speech about transgenderism,
are the same faction.
--
And to repeat:
The political faction saying we must all have to log legal ID before speaking or accessing speech on the Internet,
and the political faction who believe transgenderism is a dangerous mental contagion that spreads by speech about transgenderism,
are the same faction.
One frustrating detail of HR 2189, a bill to declassify less-than-lethals as firearms in order to revoke a firearms tax levied against them, 23 Dems have signed onto the bill as co-sponsors: Joyce Beatty (OH), Sanford Bishop (GA), Brendan Boyle (PA). Troy Carter (LA), Yvette Clarke (NY), ->
Sorry for the late start, but this is the fascist bill preview for the week! The House has two bills that fit the description of fascist. The first is HR 2189, a bill that would de-classify less-than-lethal weaponry (i.e. pepper balls, tea gas launchers, rubber bullets) as firearms.
www.congress.gov
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
One frustrating detail of HR 2189, a bill to declassify less-than-lethals as firearms in order to revoke a firearms tax levied against them, 23 Dems have signed onto the bill as co-sponsors: Joyce Beatty (OH), Sanford Bishop (GA), Brendan Boyle (PA). Troy Carter (LA), Yvette Clarke (NY), ->
Sorry for the late start, but this is the fascist bill preview for the week! The House has two bills that fit the description of fascist. The first is HR 2189, a bill that would de-classify less-than-lethal weaponry (i.e. pepper balls, tea gas launchers, rubber bullets) as firearms.
www.congress.gov
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Sorry for the late start, but this is the fascist bill preview for the week! The House has two bills that fit the description of fascist. The first is HR 2189, a bill that would de-classify less-than-lethal weaponry (i.e. pepper balls, tea gas launchers, rubber bullets) as firearms.
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having checked the pat finnerty watch party: bawitaba definitely happened.
i would not call it “played” because play implies some level of joy, a thing that cannot exist during any amount of kid rock
i would not call it “played” because play implies some level of joy, a thing that cannot exist during any amount of kid rock
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
having checked the pat finnerty watch party: bawitaba definitely happened.
i would not call it “played” because play implies some level of joy, a thing that cannot exist during any amount of kid rock
i would not call it “played” because play implies some level of joy, a thing that cannot exist during any amount of kid rock
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Paid to be a politics and culture writer. JFC.
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Paid to be a politics and culture writer. JFC.
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If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Based on the summary from @patfinnerty.bsky.social, the only things people missed from the TPUSA 'show' was a low quality electric guitar Star Spangled Banner, a blatantly out of tune fiddle, and Kid Rock now goes by Rob Ritchie. I also think he's a year out from dropping a Christian rock album.
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Based on the summary from @patfinnerty.bsky.social, the only things people missed from the TPUSA 'show' was a low quality electric guitar Star Spangled Banner, a blatantly out of tune fiddle, and Kid Rock now goes by Rob Ritchie. I also think he's a year out from dropping a Christian rock album.
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Got Cardi B and Pedro Pascal to be backup dancers in front of a fake bodega. Gaga and Ricky Martin (singing Hawaii!). Giving Liam Conejo Ramos his Grammy. The flag parade.
The fucking celebration of it all???? Bad Bunny put on a SHOW.
Imaging even thinking of watching some damn Bawitdabaw 🤣
The fucking celebration of it all???? Bad Bunny put on a SHOW.
Imaging even thinking of watching some damn Bawitdabaw 🤣
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Got Cardi B and Pedro Pascal to be backup dancers in front of a fake bodega. Gaga and Ricky Martin (singing Hawaii!). Giving Liam Conejo Ramos his Grammy. The flag parade.
The fucking celebration of it all???? Bad Bunny put on a SHOW.
Imaging even thinking of watching some damn Bawitdabaw 🤣
The fucking celebration of it all???? Bad Bunny put on a SHOW.
Imaging even thinking of watching some damn Bawitdabaw 🤣
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She voted to increase LAPD funding after the ice protests and is backed by pro Isreal lobbies. She's not west coast Mamdani guys.
Political earthquake. Nithya Raman is running for mayor.
Not only does this pose a serious threat to Mayor Bass, but it reframes the June primary in a way that benefits down ballot progressives in other city races.
Not only does this pose a serious threat to Mayor Bass, but it reframes the June primary in a way that benefits down ballot progressives in other city races.
February 8, 2026 at 8:10 AM
She voted to increase LAPD funding after the ice protests and is backed by pro Isreal lobbies. She's not west coast Mamdani guys.
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It’s incredibly frustrating to see people spread conspiracies that Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre “didn’t really kill herself.” It ignores her allegations of domestic abuse against her husband before she did, actually, die by suicide. It’s a way to minimize how pervasive abuse really is
February 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
It’s incredibly frustrating to see people spread conspiracies that Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre “didn’t really kill herself.” It ignores her allegations of domestic abuse against her husband before she did, actually, die by suicide. It’s a way to minimize how pervasive abuse really is
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stuff like this is why i have trouble with the incrementalism and slow-walking from dems. this is happening *right now*
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM
stuff like this is why i have trouble with the incrementalism and slow-walking from dems. this is happening *right now*
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Minneapolis police have done more to harm Minneapolis residents than they have to hold any of the ice terrorist murderers accountable and that is by design. Police will only maintain power never work to stop it.
February 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Minneapolis police have done more to harm Minneapolis residents than they have to hold any of the ice terrorist murderers accountable and that is by design. Police will only maintain power never work to stop it.
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🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️
A person in power who is supposedly on our side messing up the name of a person murdered by ICE feels like a new low of casual horror.
“Renee Goodman [sic], Alex Pretti – there are no words,” DeLauro said.
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:27 AM
A person in power who is supposedly on our side messing up the name of a person murdered by ICE feels like a new low of casual horror.
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“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
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Earlier this week, I reported that some Dems were considering breaking out parts of the DHS funding bill (like TSA, FEMA & Coast Guard) and funding them while negotiations on ICE and CBP continue.
Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.
Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.
February 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Earlier this week, I reported that some Dems were considering breaking out parts of the DHS funding bill (like TSA, FEMA & Coast Guard) and funding them while negotiations on ICE and CBP continue.
Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.
Now House Approps Comm Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro is also saying she would support that.
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TWIN CITIES
Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action.
No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group.
Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest."
acatusa.com
Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action.
No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group.
Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest."
acatusa.com
Protest - acatusa.com
Volunteers Needed We are looking for volunteers to help check firearms and to help close off roads during the march, If you would like to help without needing to carry a firearm, contact us now by ema...
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February 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
TWIN CITIES
Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action.
No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group.
Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest."
acatusa.com
Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action.
No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group.
Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest."
acatusa.com
AltNPS gave me an irony nosebleed
AltNPS seems a lot more comfortable leaning into the LARP on Facebook than they do here on Bluesky. This post calling on their followers to "be careful who you trust" is exclusive to their Facebook page.
February 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
AltNPS gave me an irony nosebleed
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Congressional Democrats think they can make some ICE "deal" that achieves their true goal: to change the subject, to talk about literally anything else. Not only are they failing to fool people they've grown accustomed to fooling, but they aren't even succeeding at changing the subject.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Congressional Democrats think they can make some ICE "deal" that achieves their true goal: to change the subject, to talk about literally anything else. Not only are they failing to fool people they've grown accustomed to fooling, but they aren't even succeeding at changing the subject.
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I know I read as uniquely negative on here about Zohran's child care wins, but if you read interviews with child care providers the kindest thing they can say is that they are happy for the parents. It will keep early educators impoverished. It's not a socialist path to universal child care.
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I know I read as uniquely negative on here about Zohran's child care wins, but if you read interviews with child care providers the kindest thing they can say is that they are happy for the parents. It will keep early educators impoverished. It's not a socialist path to universal child care.
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Been thinking about this in light of this post going viral yesterday - there’s this strange belief that online leftposters hold enough political influence that voicing disapproval will sabotage democrat campaigns, but are irrelevant enough that politicians wanting votes should ignore their concerns
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Been thinking about this in light of this post going viral yesterday - there’s this strange belief that online leftposters hold enough political influence that voicing disapproval will sabotage democrat campaigns, but are irrelevant enough that politicians wanting votes should ignore their concerns