The Coop Scoop by Marc Cooper
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Writer, journalist, author, former USC journalism prof. Former translator for martyred Chilean President Salvador Allende.Poker player. Photographer. Find me here or sign up for free thecoopscoop.substack.com. Free. Contrarian.
Can Idiocracy Defeat Fascism?
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Can Idiocracy Defeat Fascism?
"A lot of people are saying we maybe like a dictator"
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August 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Can Idiocracy Defeat Fascism?
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This is an historic moment. The beginning of the end of an ugly era,
First There Was a File, Then There Was No file, Then There Was
The Trump Era Begins to Sink
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July 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is an historic moment. The beginning of the end of an ugly era,
America's first national police force. Trump is its commander.
The ICEman Cometh?
Welcome to America's first national police force. Trump is its Commander
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July 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
America's first national police force. Trump is its commander.
The Era of Depravity
America opens its first concentration camp today in an alligator -filled Florid swamp. And the BBB hires 10,000 more ICE agents and triples its budget. ICE will become the largest law enforcement agency in the country.
America opens its first concentration camp today in an alligator -filled Florid swamp. And the BBB hires 10,000 more ICE agents and triples its budget. ICE will become the largest law enforcement agency in the country.
The Era of Depravity
Depravity, Cruelty and Hatred Have Become America's New Core Values
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July 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Era of Depravity
America opens its first concentration camp today in an alligator -filled Florid swamp. And the BBB hires 10,000 more ICE agents and triples its budget. ICE will become the largest law enforcement agency in the country.
America opens its first concentration camp today in an alligator -filled Florid swamp. And the BBB hires 10,000 more ICE agents and triples its budget. ICE will become the largest law enforcement agency in the country.
Suggested reading. The new and definitive book on the murder of two young Americans days after the 1973 Chilean military coup. Read it. Full of surprises.
Strongly Suggested Summer Reading
"Chile In Their Hearts" by John Dinges.
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July 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Suggested reading. The new and definitive book on the murder of two young Americans days after the 1973 Chilean military coup. Read it. Full of surprises.
I survived an arrest by the notorious Argentine death squads. Their similarity and differences with ICE tell a worthy story.
How I Got Snatched By A Death Squad
And how ICE in some ways treats the public worse
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June 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I survived an arrest by the notorious Argentine death squads. Their similarity and differences with ICE tell a worthy story.
Will Trump's falling poll numbers push him toward or away frrom the Iran war?
The Unholy Trinity Behind The Iran War
Netanyahu, Trump and the Supreme Leader Are A Trio of Madness
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June 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Will Trump's falling poll numbers push him toward or away frrom the Iran war?
Physical resistance to ICE flares throughout Los Angeles
Emergency Post: Street Resistance Against ICE Erupts in L.A.
Raising the stakes and the social cost of mass deportation
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June 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Physical resistance to ICE flares throughout Los Angeles
Time to confront ICE
ICE Now Expanding into Local Law Enforcement As Spearhead of Trump Repression.
"Operation At Large" looks to boost thousands of daily arrests
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June 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Time to confront ICE
A week like no other and about another 170 or so more to come.
Trump, Tapper, Tariffs, Mao, and Madness
If your head is spinning you're sane.
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May 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A week like no other and about another 170 or so more to come.
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In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
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Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas
At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
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Trump's big win on his tax and budget bill pave the way for a big MAGA loss in the midterms.
Will the Democrats Accept the Gift House Now Being Offered to Them?
Trump's BBB is an act of class war opposed by a vast majority of Americans
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May 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Trump's big win on his tax and budget bill pave the way for a big MAGA loss in the midterms.
Trump's Great Healthcare Con
Trump's Great Healthcare Con
Not going to cut benefits -- Just churn out the beneficiaries
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May 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump's Great Healthcare Con
Democracy or dictatorship? It's going to be decided as early as next month and Trump pushed SCOTUS to fold.
WWJD? What Will John Roberts Do?
We are at the authoritarian abyss and all eyes turn to SCOTUS
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April 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Democracy or dictatorship? It's going to be decided as early as next month and Trump pushed SCOTUS to fold.
No longer any doubt. The moment is now. Trump ignoring the courts renders him a dictator.
Birth of a Cruel Dictator
Trump ignoring the Supreme Court and the Rule of Law Makes Him a Dictator
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April 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
No longer any doubt. The moment is now. Trump ignoring the courts renders him a dictator.
A summation of the last ten dramatic days in national politics. Their consequences and lessons.
Have We Just Turned The Corner Toward Defeating Trump?
Yes and No. Mostly No.
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April 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A summation of the last ten dramatic days in national politics. Their consequences and lessons.
It's Code Red as Trump scoffs at Rule of Law. Time to act!
The Emerging Police State Bares Its Teeth
Special Edition: Please Read!
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March 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It's Code Red as Trump scoffs at Rule of Law. Time to act!
Democrats are bow at 29% popularity. I wonder why?
Schumer Helps Block the Opposition
The anger against him is only building, not receding.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Democrats are bow at 29% popularity. I wonder why?
Pathetic clown.
Leader Schumer Leads Another Capitulation to Trump
He's ready to bail out Trump from a GOP-Induced Gov't Shut down
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March 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Pathetic clown.
Pushover.
March 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Pushover.
No more asking what can we do. Only who can we join?
The Backlash Has Been Ignited
Fan the flames, but with utmost intelligence
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March 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
No more asking what can we do. Only who can we join?