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Freedom of the press is essential to a healthy democracy. That’s why it is enshrined in the 1st amendment. Please consider joining me in supporting NPR or PBS. I just doubled my monthly contribution as a big F.U. to these fascist pigs.
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Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty built a quiet life in the US - www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US
An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.
www.reuters.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty built a quiet life in the US - www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
I will be peacefully participating in a No Kings event on Oct 18th. No one is paying me to be there. I am going because I love my country and the values of freedom and democracy that it represents. It is my duty to take a stand against a rising tide of fascism coming from the current administration.
October 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I will be peacefully participating in a No Kings event on Oct 18th. No one is paying me to be there. I am going because I love my country and the values of freedom and democracy that it represents. It is my duty to take a stand against a rising tide of fascism coming from the current administration.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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It didn’t take much to get these assholes to sell their souls….
May history name them all. May the heirs to their names be horrified and sickened by what they so willingly did to fellow human beings.
May history name them all. May the heirs to their names be horrified and sickened by what they so willingly did to fellow human beings.
July 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It didn’t take much to get these assholes to sell their souls….
May history name them all. May the heirs to their names be horrified and sickened by what they so willingly did to fellow human beings.
May history name them all. May the heirs to their names be horrified and sickened by what they so willingly did to fellow human beings.
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Justice Sotomayor wrote a chilling dissent in McMahon v. New York, handed down today: “When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary's duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
We should all be alarmed.
We should all be alarmed.
July 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Justice Sotomayor wrote a chilling dissent in McMahon v. New York, handed down today: “When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary's duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
We should all be alarmed.
We should all be alarmed.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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WTAF?! Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has no reason to be armed for the battle of Fallujah just to serve a warrant on one guy who had a fender bender. ICE is totally out of control.
Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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June 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
WTAF?! Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has no reason to be armed for the battle of Fallujah just to serve a warrant on one guy who had a fender bender. ICE is totally out of control.
Brings a fully loaded handgun, several mags, and rifle clips, 2 knives and pepper spray to “protect himself” from the No Kings protesters.
The charge: failure to obtain a concealed carry permit.
Oh, so that’s all fine and well if you have the proper permit.
WTF America!
The charge: failure to obtain a concealed carry permit.
Oh, so that’s all fine and well if you have the proper permit.
WTF America!
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Brings a fully loaded handgun, several mags, and rifle clips, 2 knives and pepper spray to “protect himself” from the No Kings protesters.
The charge: failure to obtain a concealed carry permit.
Oh, so that’s all fine and well if you have the proper permit.
WTF America!
The charge: failure to obtain a concealed carry permit.
Oh, so that’s all fine and well if you have the proper permit.
WTF America!
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
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"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
June 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
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Time to find my gear from 2020
Apparently, California will be the national flashpoint. Probably because it's the wealthiest state, and the most vocally anti-TACO. For those committed to peaceful protest, PLEASE practice de-escalation techniques, like this one. Film EVERYTHING.
Share this widely with your groups, and be careful!!
Share this widely with your groups, and be careful!!
June 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Time to find my gear from 2020
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Trump’s troops are literally unloading ammunition in LA in preparation for the MAGA Civil War they’re starting tonight.
(Note the Home Depot parking lot where the “riot” is supposedly happening is empty when they pan over to it).
(Note the Home Depot parking lot where the “riot” is supposedly happening is empty when they pan over to it).
June 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Trump’s troops are literally unloading ammunition in LA in preparation for the MAGA Civil War they’re starting tonight.
(Note the Home Depot parking lot where the “riot” is supposedly happening is empty when they pan over to it).
(Note the Home Depot parking lot where the “riot” is supposedly happening is empty when they pan over to it).
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girightshotline.org
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel:1-877-447-4487
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel:1-877-447-4487
June 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
girightshotline.org
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel:1-877-447-4487
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel:1-877-447-4487
Think your FDIC insured deposits are safe? Not if GENIUS Act passes. 16 Democratic senators who supported it need to hear from you.
Holy shit.
🚨NEWS: Amid a wave of campaign cash, senators put a line in the new crypto bill that could require banks to drain money from your savings account & give it to crypto investors to reduce their losses.
The bill says crypto gets "priority" over deposits. www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-...
The bill says crypto gets "priority" over deposits. www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-...
June 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Think your FDIC insured deposits are safe? Not if GENIUS Act passes. 16 Democratic senators who supported it need to hear from you.
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
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SERIOUS QUESTION: What is going on with all these “officers” in tactical gear for a routine traffic stop—with no clear identification?
They seem like imposters. And what’s up with that ball cap?
They seem like imposters. And what’s up with that ball cap?
June 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
SERIOUS QUESTION: What is going on with all these “officers” in tactical gear for a routine traffic stop—with no clear identification?
They seem like imposters. And what’s up with that ball cap?
They seem like imposters. And what’s up with that ball cap?
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The unelected architect of family separations / bureaucratic parasite running the Trump administration has a new strategy to deal with those pesky courts: If you can’t beat ‘em… eat ‘em
(with a side of Congress’ authority, ofc)
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
(with a side of Congress’ authority, ofc)
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Group Founded by Trump Ally Stephen Miller Sues John Roberts in Bid to Control Courts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The unelected architect of family separations / bureaucratic parasite running the Trump administration has a new strategy to deal with those pesky courts: If you can’t beat ‘em… eat ‘em
(with a side of Congress’ authority, ofc)
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
(with a side of Congress’ authority, ofc)
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump's policies responsible for projected $9,000,000,000 DECLINE
in international visitor spending in 2025
That's a $6.4B loss in hospitality, dining, entertainment, etc
And $2.5B loss to transportation (airlines)
www.tourismeconomics.com/press/in-the...
in international visitor spending in 2025
That's a $6.4B loss in hospitality, dining, entertainment, etc
And $2.5B loss to transportation (airlines)
www.tourismeconomics.com/press/in-the...
May 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump's policies responsible for projected $9,000,000,000 DECLINE
in international visitor spending in 2025
That's a $6.4B loss in hospitality, dining, entertainment, etc
And $2.5B loss to transportation (airlines)
www.tourismeconomics.com/press/in-the...
in international visitor spending in 2025
That's a $6.4B loss in hospitality, dining, entertainment, etc
And $2.5B loss to transportation (airlines)
www.tourismeconomics.com/press/in-the...
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...