Durga Unleashed
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Theodore Roosevelt
September 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Theodore Roosevelt
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Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane.
This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
July 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane.
This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.
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The authoritarian script:
1) Court rules against leader
2) Attack judges as biased/dangerous
3) Delegitimize judicial system
4) Create permission for threats
5) IF NO MASS RESISTANCE → Purge the courts
6) IF MASS RESISTANCE → Forced to retreat
1) Court rules against leader
2) Attack judges as biased/dangerous
3) Delegitimize judicial system
4) Create permission for threats
5) IF NO MASS RESISTANCE → Purge the courts
6) IF MASS RESISTANCE → Forced to retreat
May 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The authoritarian script:
1) Court rules against leader
2) Attack judges as biased/dangerous
3) Delegitimize judicial system
4) Create permission for threats
5) IF NO MASS RESISTANCE → Purge the courts
6) IF MASS RESISTANCE → Forced to retreat
1) Court rules against leader
2) Attack judges as biased/dangerous
3) Delegitimize judicial system
4) Create permission for threats
5) IF NO MASS RESISTANCE → Purge the courts
6) IF MASS RESISTANCE → Forced to retreat
I'm just so f*cking embarrassed. What grade are these people in?
April 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'm just so f*cking embarrassed. What grade are these people in?
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‘We are all afraid’: Speaking to Alaska nonprofit leaders, Murkowski gets candid on upheaval in federal government and the threat posed by Trump to Democratic norms & institutions @adn.com video. Story with full clip below. 1/2
April 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
‘We are all afraid’: Speaking to Alaska nonprofit leaders, Murkowski gets candid on upheaval in federal government and the threat posed by Trump to Democratic norms & institutions @adn.com video. Story with full clip below. 1/2
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Things still terrible, but: Viktor Orban was unable to stop protests in Budapest; Musk's money couldn't win the Wisconsin Supreme Court for Repugs; Marine Lepen is fuming over her court loss in Paris; and Corey Booker made a bravura stand against Trump in the Senate. More days like this please.
April 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Things still terrible, but: Viktor Orban was unable to stop protests in Budapest; Musk's money couldn't win the Wisconsin Supreme Court for Repugs; Marine Lepen is fuming over her court loss in Paris; and Corey Booker made a bravura stand against Trump in the Senate. More days like this please.
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🔥 😂🤣
March 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🔥 😂🤣
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Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.
There is freeze
And there is coming out of freeze
Two ways — up through fear
Or down to rest
Brute, incomprehensible, cruel power
Nothing elegant or subtle
Swift, premeditated, they all knew, they all revel in our pain...
For more: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
And there is coming out of freeze
Two ways — up through fear
Or down to rest
Brute, incomprehensible, cruel power
Nothing elegant or subtle
Swift, premeditated, they all knew, they all revel in our pain...
For more: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
February 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
There is freeze
And there is coming out of freeze
Two ways — up through fear
Or down to rest
Brute, incomprehensible, cruel power
Nothing elegant or subtle
Swift, premeditated, they all knew, they all revel in our pain...
For more: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
And there is coming out of freeze
Two ways — up through fear
Or down to rest
Brute, incomprehensible, cruel power
Nothing elegant or subtle
Swift, premeditated, they all knew, they all revel in our pain...
For more: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
😂🤣😭😭😭
The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
😂🤣😭😭😭
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Elon Musk is a terrible president.
February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
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Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.
February 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.
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Keep in mind training was mandatory!
February 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Keep in mind training was mandatory!
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Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
February 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
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Absolute insanity.
February 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Absolute insanity.
Fretting...
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Fretting...
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JUST IN: British Columbia says it will no longer buy American liquor from red states in response to U.S. tariffs
February 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
JUST IN: British Columbia says it will no longer buy American liquor from red states in response to U.S. tariffs
More resistance where it counts!
Senior FBI official forcefully resisted Trump administration firings
Brian Driscoll, the acting FBI director and head of the bureau's Newark field office, pushed back so aggressively that some feared he would be dismissed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
More resistance where it counts!
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For all federal employees:
Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs.
If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.
Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs.
If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.
February 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For all federal employees:
Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs.
If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.
Before you are locked out of your systems, ensure you have copies of unclassified performance appraisals, awards & other relevant personnel docs.
If you have access to your office, grab your more important personal items sooner rather than later.