Jon Liu
jwliu.bsky.social
Jon Liu
@jwliu.bsky.social
This is a deliberately manufactured crisis that has been years in the making. He wants to punish cities and states that don't go along with his agenda.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘This isn’t an isolated incident’: Trump’s show of military force in LA was years in the making
The president had been waiting for this made-for-TV clash that allows the administration to ‘manufacture’ a crisis
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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May 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Trump didn’t declare martial law. He built it. His April 28 executive order militarizes police, guts oversight, and punishes dissent. The Insurrection Act report is hidden. Democracy is being signed away—one order at a time. #Resist #Authoritarianism Full Article: www.facebook.com/share/p/16KE...
April 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?

The answer is due process.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Worst ever net approval rating among Independents, breaking his own record from 2017.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/p...
‘Political poison’: Enten explains why independent voters are turning on Trump | CNN Politics
CNN’s Harry Enten says that President Donald Trump has lost the approval of many independent voters in the United States because of his economic agenda.
www.cnn.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Soviet leader Krushchev reportedly once said "We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within”. And now Putin is fulfilling that promise, with the help of his asset, the current president of the United States.
March 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Published right after the election, this is an interesting (and scary) article about how right wing media has hijacked the narrative and gotten Trump elected.

newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?
It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
How Republicans Learned to Excuse Political Violence
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
How Republicans Learned to Excuse Political Violence
They used to oppose pardoning the thugs of January 6th. Now they say it’s fine.
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
That's it, fight back! Don't let him get away with illegal and unconstitutional moves

apnews.com/article/immi...
Justice Department restores funding for programs that provide guidance in immigration courts
Two days after nonprofit groups sued the federal government over a stop-work order targeting programs that provide information and guidance to people facing deportation, the U.S.
apnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
February 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The Dystopian future is now. Areas with low birth rates will be penalized for transportation funds if this memo is implemented.

www.huffpost.com/entry/dot-me...
A New Government Memo Feels Like It’s Straight Out Of 'The Handmaid’s Tale'
The memo also said recipients of federal transportation dollars must cooperate with immigration enforcement, a hit to so-called sanctuary cities.
www.huffpost.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump knows absolutely nothing about water in California. He just wasted billions of gallons that the Central Valley farmers (who overwhelmingly supported him) were counting on.
February 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
They want to pretend that trans people don't exist.
The State Department website has replaced "LGBT" with "LGB"
February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM