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Mary Geddry
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Courts buckling under ICE chaos, corporate media ride-alongs turning into propaganda, crypto wobbling, Epstein lurking behind the distraction machine and even wrestling crowds chanting “Fuck ICE.” #uspolitics #authoritarianism
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The Firehose Isn’t Sustainable
Trump floods the zone with cruelty and distraction, but even the wrestling crowd is starting to chant back.
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February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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#Trump looked at two Americans killed by #ICE in #Minneapolis and shrugged: “They weren’t angels.”

Three words that explain the whole regime: dignity is conditional, violence is excusable, cruelty is the point. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Not Angels, Apparently
Trump responds to two Americans killed by federal agents with the moral calculus of a man reviewing bad press.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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A #WhiteHouse “Faith Office.” A strongman at the podium. Pastors applauding.
Trump is destroying democracy and cratering Christianity too. #uspolitics #prayerbreakfast #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Prayer Breakfast or Power Breakfast?
Donald Trump, the White House Faith Office, and the spiritual collapse of American Christianity.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Resignations from London to Wall Street to LA28, abusers coordinating behind the scenes, and the far right still screaming about Pride proms while protecting the powerful. Moral panic flows downward. Impunity flows up. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
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Groomer Panic for Thee, Impunity for Me
Pride proms get outrage. Billionaires get excuses. The Epstein fallout is exposing the real protection racket
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February 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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We open with a 22-foot golden Trump statue at the G20 and descend rapidly into budget cosplay, DHS chaos, courts slamming the brakes, and elections being treated like a suggestion. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Don Colossus and the Court of Chaos
How Trump’s second term replaced governance with spectacle, loyalty tests, and the slow disciplining of elections
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February 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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He can’t run #Congress. He can’t control his party. So naturally, #Trump wants to nationalize elections. Today’s roundup is about power losing traction, and why the system is finally pushing back. #uspolitics #elonmusk #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Authoritarian Cosplay, Meet Gravity
Trump talks about nationalizing elections while losing control of Congress, DOJ, and the narrative
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February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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When power sheds dignity, satire rushes in. We look at #Epstein, culture, corruption, and why #Trump may be the most mocked president in modern history. Six more weeks, indeed. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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The Emperor Has No Firewall
How Trump’s scandals escaped Fox, entered culture, and became a global punchline
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February 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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#Epsteinfiles dumped, survivors exposed, perpetrators shielded. #Trump threatens lawsuits, and brags about settling cases with himself. Texas cracks. #Oregon solves civic collapse with a nude calendar. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Governance as Improv Theater
Epstein files, lawsuit threats, red-state surprises, and naked neighbors saving democracy one snowplow at a time
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February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Turning Point USA brought Maureen Bannon to Coos Bay to preach “values.”
At the same time, DOJ records were exposing her father’s close ties to Jeffrey #Epstein #TPUSA #USPOLITICS
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Turning Point, Moral Evasion
Maureen Bannon’s Coos Bay appearance comes as DOJ records deepen scrutiny of her father’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein
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February 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Pressure works. Everything else is theater.

#Trump retreats to Mar-a-Lago. #ICE expands warrantless arrest powers. Institutions fail.
And ordinary people step in anyway. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism #epsteinfiles
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When the Law Breaks, Communities Hold the Line
ICE doubles down, a shutdown begins, Epstein files land, and Americans keep doing the work institutions won’t
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January 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Trump’s cabinet meeting as performance art, ICE’s expanding surveillance dragnet, a journalist arrested after a judge said no, dissent quietly sidelined, and why people keep doing the math on a general strike. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Governance as Performance Art
Cabinet fantasies, ICE dragnet politics, and the quiet math behind a general strike
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January 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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European pro-Trump allies came back from private meetings alarmed by his state of mind. #Congress is still pretending it’s all noise. That denial could lead to war. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism #iran
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The Rest of the World Sees the Risk. Why Doesn’t Congress?
As allies brace for escalation, a handful of Republicans could still prevent disaster.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Trump’s Ukraine envoy is incompetent, fleeing artists, ICE without guardrails, senators finally saying the quiet parts out loud, allies hedging, adversaries probing. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #kleptocracy #authoritarianism
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The World Is Taking Notes
How Trump’s incompetence, corruption, and repression are teaching allies to hedge and adversaries to probe
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January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Accountability isn’t just coming from courts or ballots anymore. It’s showing up in culture, foreign governments, civil suits, and the sudden collapse of myth. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism #warcrimes
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Judgment Is Arriving Sideways
From courtrooms to magazine covers to foreign governments, accountability for Trump is taking unexpected and unavoidable forms.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Minnesota courts push back. #Canada says no. Italian media reports #ICE threatening journalists. The Fed holds the line.

#Trump keeps narrating a victory parade anyway. #uspolitics #Minnesota #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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When the Lies Stop Working
Courts, allies, and institutions push back as Trump narrates a victory parade to himself
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January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Europe and India just signed the “mother of all trade deals”, two billion people, a quarter of global #GDP, not invited - #Trump

New piece on how foreign media see Trump’s trade chaos, and why America is now the empty chair. #uspolitics #tariffs #kakistocracy
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A Trade Deal for Two Billion People, Minus One Superpower
The EU and India move on as America’s volatility becomes a problem to hedge against.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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A hard week, a hard country, and a reminder that community still shows up. #uspolitics #ice #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Where Legitimacy Lives Now
ICE violence, democratic erosion, and the stubborn humanity holding the line in Minnesota
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January 27, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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When the video breaks the state, the lies don’t survive. Minneapolis, ICE’s legitimacy crisis, and the moment the gaslighting stopped working. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #civilliberties #alexpretti #authoritarianism
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Believe Your Own Eyes
Minneapolis, ICE’s collapse of credibility, and the end of the official story
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January 26, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Misfeasance on the street.
Nonfeasance in investigations.
Malfeasance from the top.
#Minneapolis shows us the system as it is, and why it matters now. #uspolitics #pambondi #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
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A Phone in One Hand, Power in the Other
What the killing of Alex Pretti reveals about fear, force, and the future of American law
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January 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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#Minneapolis didn’t “just happen.”
Three federal shootings in a month, two deaths, and a government racing the evidence. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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When Authority Replaces Conscience
How federal power, authoritarian obedience, and a culture of permission turned Minneapolis into a warning
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January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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From Minnesota to Maine, Americans are pushing back against #ICE terror and authoritarian overreach. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy #immigration
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They Want Silence. They’re Getting Whistles.
From Minnesota to Maine, Americans push back as Trump’s immigration crackdown turns openly authoritarian
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January 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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#ICE raids without judges. Reporters’ homes searched. People dying in detention. Polls now show most Americans say ICE has gone too far. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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The Fourth Amendment Is Dying in Custody
Press intimidation, warrantless raids, and the violence of unchecked power
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January 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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#JackSmith put the case against Donald Trump on the record, calmly, under oath, in full sentences. No spin, no spectacle, just evidence. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Evidence, Tantrums, and a Match Lit in Minnesota
Jack Smith put the truth on the record as Trump built imaginary boards, doctored images, and tested how far cruelty could go
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January 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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#Davos, #Greenland, #Minneapolis. Different stages, same pattern: unchecked power abroad, lethal force at home, and #Congress still missing in action. Today’s roundup connects the dots. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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The Board of Peace and Other Dangerous Fantasies
From Davos humiliation to ICE violence, the world is starting to ask whether Trump is fit to rule anything at all.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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“Sometimes you need a dictator.” Trump said that at a #Davos reception, after congratulating billionaires on doubling their wealth. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
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Sometimes You Need a Dictator
What Trump really said at Davos, after the applause, after the script, and as the law closed in
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January 21, 2026 at 9:43 PM