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8 years ago the GOP insisted the president didn’t say what we all heard him say: that the Nazis who attacked & murdered people in Charlottesville were “very fine people.”
Now the VP - and the entire GOP - use word-for-word the same rhetoric of those very Nazis on a daily basis
Now the VP - and the entire GOP - use word-for-word the same rhetoric of those very Nazis on a daily basis
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
8 years ago the GOP insisted the president didn’t say what we all heard him say: that the Nazis who attacked & murdered people in Charlottesville were “very fine people.”
Now the VP - and the entire GOP - use word-for-word the same rhetoric of those very Nazis on a daily basis
Now the VP - and the entire GOP - use word-for-word the same rhetoric of those very Nazis on a daily basis
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“Once-unthinkable” here should be “in wild and blatant violation of the law and the US Constitution.”
At NIH alone:
The RIFs were illegal (as a judge, Illston, ruled). The grant terminations were illegal (Young ruling). The probationary firings were illegal (Alsop ruling).
We must say this. 1/
At NIH alone:
The RIFs were illegal (as a judge, Illston, ruled). The grant terminations were illegal (Young ruling). The probationary firings were illegal (Alsop ruling).
We must say this. 1/
This account of how the Trump admin carried out a once-unthinkable overhaul of government in 2025 is based on a year’s worth of messages and interviews with more than 1,200 current and former federal workers. Please read from me and @merylkornfield.bsky.social. wapo.st/4b14KAy
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
wapo.st
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“Once-unthinkable” here should be “in wild and blatant violation of the law and the US Constitution.”
At NIH alone:
The RIFs were illegal (as a judge, Illston, ruled). The grant terminations were illegal (Young ruling). The probationary firings were illegal (Alsop ruling).
We must say this. 1/
At NIH alone:
The RIFs were illegal (as a judge, Illston, ruled). The grant terminations were illegal (Young ruling). The probationary firings were illegal (Alsop ruling).
We must say this. 1/
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
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Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
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Everyone should take a couple of minutes and watch this, because it's a perfect illustration of how ICE disappears people by making it almost impossible to communicate with family, friends, and lawyers.
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Everyone should take a couple of minutes and watch this, because it's a perfect illustration of how ICE disappears people by making it almost impossible to communicate with family, friends, and lawyers.
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This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
The admin is wasting no crisis... Sec. Kristi Noem said she is suspending the diversity visa lottery program (DV-1) after the Brown University suspect entered the U.S. through it in 2017.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
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What does one even do when the people in charge of the federal government lie about EVERYTHING, won’t accept real identity documents as real, make up evidence to go after whoever they want to …
“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
What does one even do when the people in charge of the federal government lie about EVERYTHING, won’t accept real identity documents as real, make up evidence to go after whoever they want to …
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I dug into the stats. The number of accepted applicants (including dependents) in the diversity visa lottery ranged from 82,373 to 194,544 annually in the past 30 years. So that’s 1 alleged murderer among several million people. There are 6.8 homicides per 100,000 people in the U.S.
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I dug into the stats. The number of accepted applicants (including dependents) in the diversity visa lottery ranged from 82,373 to 194,544 annually in the past 30 years. So that’s 1 alleged murderer among several million people. There are 6.8 homicides per 100,000 people in the U.S.
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This this this. And if you, the public, cease to care, why should the President?
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This this this. And if you, the public, cease to care, why should the President?
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Homeland Security is an armed occupying force using our tax dollars to persecute us here in Chicago. It's punishing us for voting against Trump. And it's taking away people who make life better here because Trump is determined to make our country whiter.
Border patrol under command of Greg Bovino running a checkpoint at the exit to the Uber lot at O’Hare airport in Chicago, asking drivers for proof of valid residency in this country
December 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Homeland Security is an armed occupying force using our tax dollars to persecute us here in Chicago. It's punishing us for voting against Trump. And it's taking away people who make life better here because Trump is determined to make our country whiter.
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Despite anti-drug rhetoric, Trump has granted clemency to 100 people accused of drug-related crimes
That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker
That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Despite anti-drug rhetoric, Trump has granted clemency to 100 people accused of drug-related crimes
That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker
That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker
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Lying about Trump’s lies about Rob Reiner’s death to perpetuate lies about reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death in service to long-running lies about left and right using a fictional version of Trump to lie for.
The lying is next-level. Previous lies become canon, and living a lie becomes the goal.
The lying is next-level. Previous lies become canon, and living a lie becomes the goal.
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lying about Trump’s lies about Rob Reiner’s death to perpetuate lies about reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death in service to long-running lies about left and right using a fictional version of Trump to lie for.
The lying is next-level. Previous lies become canon, and living a lie becomes the goal.
The lying is next-level. Previous lies become canon, and living a lie becomes the goal.
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Every accusation is an confession; the Trump admin says they’ll “re-review” 230,000 refugees who came under Biden in case they weren’t truly refugees, while also ordering the State Department to declare that white South Africans automatically meet the definition of refugees.
Some news on Trump's doling out of most refugee slots to white South Africans: Two former State Department officials tell us basic protocols designed to determine whether this group actually merits protection have simply been scrapped. It's just whim.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Every accusation is an confession; the Trump admin says they’ll “re-review” 230,000 refugees who came under Biden in case they weren’t truly refugees, while also ordering the State Department to declare that white South Africans automatically meet the definition of refugees.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Genuinely think our society is lost if we can’t find a way to start caring that the ostensibly most powerful man in the world acts like this.
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Genuinely think our society is lost if we can’t find a way to start caring that the ostensibly most powerful man in the world acts like this.
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The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
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The term that Temu Nosferatu is groping for is “race traitors.”
Trumpists are the absolute scum of the earth.
Trumpists are the absolute scum of the earth.
“…And yet there are Republican lawmakers who eagerly facilitate the disinheritance of their own children.”
That right there is some dark, disturbing shit.
That right there is some dark, disturbing shit.
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The term that Temu Nosferatu is groping for is “race traitors.”
Trumpists are the absolute scum of the earth.
Trumpists are the absolute scum of the earth.
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An incredible admission at how top down the right is and how the oligarchs propagandists view their followers as lemmings to manipulate through social media rage bait. Now they're upset that they have lost control of the manipulation machine.
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
An incredible admission at how top down the right is and how the oligarchs propagandists view their followers as lemmings to manipulate through social media rage bait. Now they're upset that they have lost control of the manipulation machine.
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No foreign tourists should come to the U.S. until we defeat the fascists. Boycott the 2026 World Cup games in the U.S. and the 2028 Olympics in L.A. We are politically diseased and should be quarantined.
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
No foreign tourists should come to the U.S. until we defeat the fascists. Boycott the 2026 World Cup games in the U.S. and the 2028 Olympics in L.A. We are politically diseased and should be quarantined.
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"Press conferences" as performances of authoritarian bullying
Reporter: “Are you committed to releasing the full video?”
Trump: “Didn't I just tell you that?”
Reporter: “You said that it was up to Sec. Hegseth.”
Trump: “You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place…You are an obnoxious, actually a terrible reporter.”
Trump: “Didn't I just tell you that?”
Reporter: “You said that it was up to Sec. Hegseth.”
Trump: “You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place…You are an obnoxious, actually a terrible reporter.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Press conferences" as performances of authoritarian bullying
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“[Let’s] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” That’s from the guy who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine to the US who Trump pardoned. Trump
pretends he wants to stop the drug trade, but frees from jail a former Honduran president & drug kingpin.
www.americaamerica.news/p/president-...
pretends he wants to stop the drug trade, but frees from jail a former Honduran president & drug kingpin.
www.americaamerica.news/p/president-...
President for the Rich and Powerful
Trump proves that stopping the drug trade means nothing when there's a chance to pardon a dirty politician who made millions by helping to bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
www.americaamerica.news
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“[Let’s] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” That’s from the guy who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine to the US who Trump pardoned. Trump
pretends he wants to stop the drug trade, but frees from jail a former Honduran president & drug kingpin.
www.americaamerica.news/p/president-...
pretends he wants to stop the drug trade, but frees from jail a former Honduran president & drug kingpin.
www.americaamerica.news/p/president-...
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They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
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One of the reasons I think it’s also essential to not call the boat strikes “war crimes” but “crimes against humanity,” is that it emphasizes that Trump and Hegseth are acting extra-constitutionally and are not entitled to any shield from the courts. This systematic murder of civilians is illegal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One of the reasons I think it’s also essential to not call the boat strikes “war crimes” but “crimes against humanity,” is that it emphasizes that Trump and Hegseth are acting extra-constitutionally and are not entitled to any shield from the courts. This systematic murder of civilians is illegal.
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Remember the part in the old Peter Pan play where Peter tells the boys and girls in the audience that if they all just clap harder they can save Tinkerbell?
That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.
That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Remember the part in the old Peter Pan play where Peter tells the boys and girls in the audience that if they all just clap harder they can save Tinkerbell?
That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.
That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.
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Ukraine already tried giving up land for Russia’s word to stop attacking, with the Minsk Agreements of 2014-15. Russia violated them with a full scale invasion in 2022.
Why would Ukraine think land for peace would work this time, especially when a Putin-sympathetic US won’t do security guarantees?
Why would Ukraine think land for peace would work this time, especially when a Putin-sympathetic US won’t do security guarantees?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that if Ukraine takes the right steps, its GDP could surpass Russia’s within 10 years.
"They are literally fighting over a 30-50 km strip in Donetsk, roughly 20% of the region still under Ukrainian control and now a central issue in negotiations."
"They are literally fighting over a 30-50 km strip in Donetsk, roughly 20% of the region still under Ukrainian control and now a central issue in negotiations."
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ukraine already tried giving up land for Russia’s word to stop attacking, with the Minsk Agreements of 2014-15. Russia violated them with a full scale invasion in 2022.
Why would Ukraine think land for peace would work this time, especially when a Putin-sympathetic US won’t do security guarantees?
Why would Ukraine think land for peace would work this time, especially when a Putin-sympathetic US won’t do security guarantees?