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"we are shedding excess labor in the federal government… that will give us the labor we need for the new manufacturing.” The Khmer Rouge emptied their universities and sent their professors to work labor camps. China's Great Leap Forward did too. Millions died.
Trump's tariffs aren't just economics: they're a cultural purge designed to destroy white collar & knowledge work, deskill the country, force men into blue collar jobs & women to marry MAGA men, and render us all unable to resist fascism. My latest:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
Trump's Tariffs Aren't Economics. They're a Cultural Purge | Washington Monthly
Trump's blunderbuss tariff policies are a declaration of war on the half of America that didn’t vote for him.
washingtonmonthly.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"we are shedding excess labor in the federal government… that will give us the labor we need for the new manufacturing.” The Khmer Rouge emptied their universities and sent their professors to work labor camps. China's Great Leap Forward did too. Millions died.
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Everyday I think about the fact that iceland jailed the people responsible for their financial crisis
April 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Everyday I think about the fact that iceland jailed the people responsible for their financial crisis
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Coming back to this. It's not just the biggest tax hike in modern history. It was carried out unilaterally by the President (with no approval by Congress), & it's blatantly illegal.
This needs to be a central part of Democratic messaging. It's King George III shit. Democrats need to act like it.
This needs to be a central part of Democratic messaging. It's King George III shit. Democrats need to act like it.
April 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Coming back to this. It's not just the biggest tax hike in modern history. It was carried out unilaterally by the President (with no approval by Congress), & it's blatantly illegal.
This needs to be a central part of Democratic messaging. It's King George III shit. Democrats need to act like it.
This needs to be a central part of Democratic messaging. It's King George III shit. Democrats need to act like it.
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in so much news coverage there’s still this sense of propriety and decorum in the face of an outright assault on our civil and human rights. i just want to remind journalists that your politeness will not save you—so you might as well say what you really mean.
April 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
in so much news coverage there’s still this sense of propriety and decorum in the face of an outright assault on our civil and human rights. i just want to remind journalists that your politeness will not save you—so you might as well say what you really mean.
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The closest historical comparison is not Hitler, it's Mao. Destroying the national economy through ideologically driven policy that he alone believes will make the country great through manufacturing, with crowds of his cult followers cheering...we're living through our very own Cultural Revolution
April 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The closest historical comparison is not Hitler, it's Mao. Destroying the national economy through ideologically driven policy that he alone believes will make the country great through manufacturing, with crowds of his cult followers cheering...we're living through our very own Cultural Revolution
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Watch your bids
*CHINA IMPOSES 84% TARIFF ON US
*CHINA RAISES TARIFFS ON US GOOD TO 84%
*CHINA IMPOSES 84% TARIFF ON US
*CHINA RAISES TARIFFS ON US GOOD TO 84%
April 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Watch your bids
*CHINA IMPOSES 84% TARIFF ON US
*CHINA RAISES TARIFFS ON US GOOD TO 84%
*CHINA IMPOSES 84% TARIFF ON US
*CHINA RAISES TARIFFS ON US GOOD TO 84%
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Alternative headline: Acting Head of IRS Resigns Rather Than Break the Law
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to resign, the Treasury Department said, a move that comes after the agency struck a controversial deal to share tax data on undocumented immigrants with federal agents reut.rs/3REmczY
US IRS chief quits after immigration data-sharing deal
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to resign, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday, a move that comes after the agency struck a controversial deal to share tax data on undocumented immigrants with federal agents.
reut.rs
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Alternative headline: Acting Head of IRS Resigns Rather Than Break the Law
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'They've blown up their own country by letting ChatGPT make their trade policy.'
April 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
'They've blown up their own country by letting ChatGPT make their trade policy.'
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This new White House executive order says that the US Attorney General is going to prevent states from implementing democratically passed laws regarding climate change and clean energy. It scarcely needs stating at this point that this is wildly, unambiguously unconstitutional. Dictator shit.
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This new White House executive order says that the US Attorney General is going to prevent states from implementing democratically passed laws regarding climate change and clean energy. It scarcely needs stating at this point that this is wildly, unambiguously unconstitutional. Dictator shit.
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Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
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Just openly bragging about taking bribes, eh? That’s where we’re at now?
Trump: "Have you noticed that lots of law firms have been signing up with Trump? $100 million. Another $100 million for -- ah -- damages that they've done ... they give me a lot of money considering they've done nothing wrong."
April 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Just openly bragging about taking bribes, eh? That’s where we’re at now?
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Remain convinced that a big part of this (aside from justifying AI & massive layoffs) is that they want to make getting service from another human into a luxury most of us can't afford.
Another symbol of their class status over us.
Another symbol of their class status over us.
SCOOP: In his first meeting with staff, Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.
Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall
Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.
www.wired.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Remain convinced that a big part of this (aside from justifying AI & massive layoffs) is that they want to make getting service from another human into a luxury most of us can't afford.
Another symbol of their class status over us.
Another symbol of their class status over us.
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Highly alarming:
"1/No precedent to changing election rules after election
2/Griffin hasn’t found single example of ineligible voting
3/Only challenging absentee/early votes + ballots in D counties
4/Only challenging votes in his race (not Trump's)
5/ Two recounts already affirmed Riggs victory"
"1/No precedent to changing election rules after election
2/Griffin hasn’t found single example of ineligible voting
3/Only challenging absentee/early votes + ballots in D counties
4/Only challenging votes in his race (not Trump's)
5/ Two recounts already affirmed Riggs victory"
GOP court decision overturning Democratic victory in North Carolina Supreme Court race is 5 alarm fire for democracy. It’s January 6 without the insurrection. Make no mistake, if GOP succeeds in stealing election in NC, they’ll use that playbook everywhere www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Republicans are stealing a North Carolina judicial race. They won't stop there.
It's January 6 without the insurrection.
www.motherjones.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Highly alarming:
"1/No precedent to changing election rules after election
2/Griffin hasn’t found single example of ineligible voting
3/Only challenging absentee/early votes + ballots in D counties
4/Only challenging votes in his race (not Trump's)
5/ Two recounts already affirmed Riggs victory"
"1/No precedent to changing election rules after election
2/Griffin hasn’t found single example of ineligible voting
3/Only challenging absentee/early votes + ballots in D counties
4/Only challenging votes in his race (not Trump's)
5/ Two recounts already affirmed Riggs victory"
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I do not think it is a coincidence that Trump and Karoline Leavitt are both floating the “US Citizens sent to El Salvador” a few days after massive, distributed anti-Trump protests.
It is a threat, and we need to be louder and angrier than ever before on behalf of everyone who has been sent.
It is a threat, and we need to be louder and angrier than ever before on behalf of everyone who has been sent.
April 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I do not think it is a coincidence that Trump and Karoline Leavitt are both floating the “US Citizens sent to El Salvador” a few days after massive, distributed anti-Trump protests.
It is a threat, and we need to be louder and angrier than ever before on behalf of everyone who has been sent.
It is a threat, and we need to be louder and angrier than ever before on behalf of everyone who has been sent.
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And yes, she uses the word "deporting." Deporting American citizens. To a prison that the administration claims to have no power to secure their return from.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
And yes, she uses the word "deporting." Deporting American citizens. To a prison that the administration claims to have no power to secure their return from.
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A slack labor market also leads to bosses mistreating workers, lack of raises, lack of career advancement etc. This is why bosses hated the Biden labor market and love Trump restoring post GFC levels of worker precarcity.
I had a job all throughout the Great Financial Crisis, that doesn't mean that being constantly worried about losing my job didn't fuck me up big time.
1/ I'm seeing a bad take floating around: "even a bad recession boosts the unemployment rate only to 10%; for the other 90% the recession is an opportunity to buy cheap houses."
But recessions and their aftermath are bad for more than 50% of households.
But recessions and their aftermath are bad for more than 50% of households.
April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A slack labor market also leads to bosses mistreating workers, lack of raises, lack of career advancement etc. This is why bosses hated the Biden labor market and love Trump restoring post GFC levels of worker precarcity.
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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these people saw the attention and affection Booker got and they wanted summa dat. courage begets courage.
Breaking: Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he plans to place a hold on ALL Trump nominees going forward.
This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda.
🔗: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda.
🔗: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
April 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
these people saw the attention and affection Booker got and they wanted summa dat. courage begets courage.
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this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
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Deeply sobering stuff from @schaller67.bsky.social about how hard it is for Dems to gain ground in rural areas:
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
April 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Deeply sobering stuff from @schaller67.bsky.social about how hard it is for Dems to gain ground in rural areas:
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
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In fact, it is offensively ridiculous to think that any but a handful of people disappeared by ICE will be able to file habeas corpus, because it relies on them having informed families with connections to available knowledgeable lawyers with time and resources to act instantly.
How the FedSoc judges on SCOTUS want you think habeas corpus works:
a man sitting at a desk with a box of boise paper in front of him
ALT: a man sitting at a desk with a box of boise paper in front of him
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
In fact, it is offensively ridiculous to think that any but a handful of people disappeared by ICE will be able to file habeas corpus, because it relies on them having informed families with connections to available knowledgeable lawyers with time and resources to act instantly.
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This SCOTUS ruling is a win for the White House because:
1) it is intentionally vague, allowing for endless litigation to determine what it actually requires
2) avoids consideration of the constitutionality of invoking the AEA outside of war
3) places the burden on people being disappeared
1) it is intentionally vague, allowing for endless litigation to determine what it actually requires
2) avoids consideration of the constitutionality of invoking the AEA outside of war
3) places the burden on people being disappeared
April 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This SCOTUS ruling is a win for the White House because:
1) it is intentionally vague, allowing for endless litigation to determine what it actually requires
2) avoids consideration of the constitutionality of invoking the AEA outside of war
3) places the burden on people being disappeared
1) it is intentionally vague, allowing for endless litigation to determine what it actually requires
2) avoids consideration of the constitutionality of invoking the AEA outside of war
3) places the burden on people being disappeared
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I wish I shared your confidence Kara but no one went to jail for child separation. No one went to jail for CIA torture. No one went to jail for the financial crash.
And the folks who did go to jail for Jan 6 were freed by the guy who didn’t go to jail for Jan 6 or anything else he was indicted for.
And the folks who did go to jail for Jan 6 were freed by the guy who didn’t go to jail for Jan 6 or anything else he was indicted for.
April 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I wish I shared your confidence Kara but no one went to jail for child separation. No one went to jail for CIA torture. No one went to jail for the financial crash.
And the folks who did go to jail for Jan 6 were freed by the guy who didn’t go to jail for Jan 6 or anything else he was indicted for.
And the folks who did go to jail for Jan 6 were freed by the guy who didn’t go to jail for Jan 6 or anything else he was indicted for.
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Tonight the Supreme Court made it possible to have m ore cases like Andry's, by requiring that people challenging Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act file individual habeas corpus lawsuits.
Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
April 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Tonight the Supreme Court made it possible to have m ore cases like Andry's, by requiring that people challenging Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act file individual habeas corpus lawsuits.
Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
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IMPORTANT: Sotomayor, in the dissent, emphasizes that all 9 justices believe that the Trump administration cannot do what it wants to do: shove people onto a plane with NO due process.
They openly told the DC Circuit they were going to do that if they won. On that issue, they lost.
They openly told the DC Circuit they were going to do that if they won. On that issue, they lost.
April 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
IMPORTANT: Sotomayor, in the dissent, emphasizes that all 9 justices believe that the Trump administration cannot do what it wants to do: shove people onto a plane with NO due process.
They openly told the DC Circuit they were going to do that if they won. On that issue, they lost.
They openly told the DC Circuit they were going to do that if they won. On that issue, they lost.