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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
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Funny how they don’t pray for tax cuts for the rich. They act.
Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."
July 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Funny how they don’t pray for tax cuts for the rich. They act.
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JUST IN: Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer detain him.
Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil released on bail
Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer detain him.
n.pr
June 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
JUST IN: Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer detain him.
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Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
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🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
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There are so many ways in which a small handful of folks’ grift has come to define the mainstream discourses of our politics and it is perpetually depressing
May 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
There are so many ways in which a small handful of folks’ grift has come to define the mainstream discourses of our politics and it is perpetually depressing
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The United States government is sending people from our country to a concentration camp in El Salvador without due process or hope for release. It’s really important for everyday people to realize that if you truly believe in “never again,” never again is right now.
Sometimes it is important to say things very clearly and directly, so I wrote this.
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Trump Is Sending People To The Camps
“More than a prison, El Salvador’s CECOT has many if not all...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The United States government is sending people from our country to a concentration camp in El Salvador without due process or hope for release. It’s really important for everyday people to realize that if you truly believe in “never again,” never again is right now.
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With this checklist, ICE can declare any Venezuelan an "Alien Enemy" without ANY concrete evidence -- based solely on an ICE officer's interpretation of tattoos and hand signs which may be completely innocent or the bad luck of having a roommate ICE thinks is TDA.
This is why due process matters!
This is why due process matters!
March 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
With this checklist, ICE can declare any Venezuelan an "Alien Enemy" without ANY concrete evidence -- based solely on an ICE officer's interpretation of tattoos and hand signs which may be completely innocent or the bad luck of having a roommate ICE thinks is TDA.
This is why due process matters!
This is why due process matters!
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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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This entire article.
Just... yikes.
"If it continues like this, US will not score as a democracy when we release [next yr's] data," said head of Varieties of Democracy project...
"If it cont's like this, democracy [there] will not last another 6 mos."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Just... yikes.
"If it continues like this, US will not score as a democracy when we release [next yr's] data," said head of Varieties of Democracy project...
"If it cont's like this, democracy [there] will not last another 6 mos."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News
Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
www.cbc.ca
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This entire article.
Just... yikes.
"If it continues like this, US will not score as a democracy when we release [next yr's] data," said head of Varieties of Democracy project...
"If it cont's like this, democracy [there] will not last another 6 mos."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Just... yikes.
"If it continues like this, US will not score as a democracy when we release [next yr's] data," said head of Varieties of Democracy project...
"If it cont's like this, democracy [there] will not last another 6 mos."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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No I will not debate you on Palestine. It's a genocide. The UN, the Special Rapporteur, OxFam, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, multiple US state department officials, the Lemkin Institute, and B'Tselem all say it's a genocide. I don't debate flat earthers either.
March 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
No I will not debate you on Palestine. It's a genocide. The UN, the Special Rapporteur, OxFam, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, multiple US state department officials, the Lemkin Institute, and B'Tselem all say it's a genocide. I don't debate flat earthers either.
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You literally cannot tell this incredibly cool part of American history without centering Native American identity. It is an powerful demonstration of how diversity provided tangible military advantages over an enemy committed to White supremacy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
March 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You literally cannot tell this incredibly cool part of American history without centering Native American identity. It is an powerful demonstration of how diversity provided tangible military advantages over an enemy committed to White supremacy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
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like the AP ban and the law firm threats, this is a pressure test designed to provoke compliance and establish targets for further bullying (and yeah, this happens to be one the Democrats will fail spectacularly)
My fear is that the Trump administration arrested Mahmoud Khalil to make an example out of him because they’re gambling Dems won’t put their jobs and lives on the line to protect a Palestinian.
March 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
like the AP ban and the law firm threats, this is a pressure test designed to provoke compliance and establish targets for further bullying (and yeah, this happens to be one the Democrats will fail spectacularly)
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You're going to be tempted to engage in discourse focused on what Mahmoud Khalil said--was it actually antisemitic? Did he endorse Hamas?--and I cannot encourage you enough not to do that. It just doesn't matter what he said because you should not be detained and deported over what you say, period.
March 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You're going to be tempted to engage in discourse focused on what Mahmoud Khalil said--was it actually antisemitic? Did he endorse Hamas?--and I cannot encourage you enough not to do that. It just doesn't matter what he said because you should not be detained and deported over what you say, period.
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Third in my series of mini-zines responding to questions I come across in my work/life:
This one highlights about a dozen resources each sharing specific, concrete actions people can take, especially if they're new to activism and still looking for their political home: guante.info/actionzine
This one highlights about a dozen resources each sharing specific, concrete actions people can take, especially if they're new to activism and still looking for their political home: guante.info/actionzine
March 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Third in my series of mini-zines responding to questions I come across in my work/life:
This one highlights about a dozen resources each sharing specific, concrete actions people can take, especially if they're new to activism and still looking for their political home: guante.info/actionzine
This one highlights about a dozen resources each sharing specific, concrete actions people can take, especially if they're new to activism and still looking for their political home: guante.info/actionzine
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Gulf of America is to 2025 what “largest inauguration crowd ever” was to 2017. He is testing how much he can get others to lie on his behalf, but now on a much larger scale. The name of a body of water may seem relatively unimportant, but the line now is important to stymie worse lies in the future.
my take is that your willingness to accept this gulf of america nonsense is an indicator of your willingness to accept much worse things coming from this administrator
Trump’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico may be upsetting to some, writes @giladedelman.bsky.social, but “in a democracy, values are determined by majority rule, and they don’t shift in only one direction. They can shift back”:
February 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Gulf of America is to 2025 what “largest inauguration crowd ever” was to 2017. He is testing how much he can get others to lie on his behalf, but now on a much larger scale. The name of a body of water may seem relatively unimportant, but the line now is important to stymie worse lies in the future.
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Rolling back civil rights for minorities is something this admin is pretty loud about wanting to do but they wouldn’t mind disenfranchising women either.
Texas Rep. Introduces The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act preventing 69 million married women from being able to register to vote.
It requires a birth certificate that matches their current name, which is a problem for women who changed their legal name when they got married
It requires a birth certificate that matches their current name, which is a problem for women who changed their legal name when they got married
Married women could be stopped from voting under SAVE Act
The act could affect whether married women without passports are able to register to vote.
www.newsweek.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Rolling back civil rights for minorities is something this admin is pretty loud about wanting to do but they wouldn’t mind disenfranchising women either.
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Government funding runs out on March 14. Republicans can’t pass a bill alone, so Democrats have real leverage here. We’re calling on Democrats to commit to withholding their votes and insist on an end to the Trump-Musk coup rampaging across the government.
February 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Government funding runs out on March 14. Republicans can’t pass a bill alone, so Democrats have real leverage here. We’re calling on Democrats to commit to withholding their votes and insist on an end to the Trump-Musk coup rampaging across the government.
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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
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Klan tactics ...,
Website "lists mostly Black employees who work in agencies primarily within the Dept of Health and Human Services.
"Offenses' for the workers listed ... include working on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, donating to Democrats and using pronouns in their bios."
Website "lists mostly Black employees who work in agencies primarily within the Dept of Health and Human Services.
"Offenses' for the workers listed ... include working on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, donating to Democrats and using pronouns in their bios."
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Klan tactics ...,
Website "lists mostly Black employees who work in agencies primarily within the Dept of Health and Human Services.
"Offenses' for the workers listed ... include working on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, donating to Democrats and using pronouns in their bios."
Website "lists mostly Black employees who work in agencies primarily within the Dept of Health and Human Services.
"Offenses' for the workers listed ... include working on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, donating to Democrats and using pronouns in their bios."