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For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
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That loss of control is why they’re now threatening the use of the Insurrection Act hoping fear and intimidation will silence the resistance. They call us “snowflakes,” and pretend we can be scared into submission. What they don’t understand is we aren’t afraid.
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
That loss of control is why they’re now threatening the use of the Insurrection Act hoping fear and intimidation will silence the resistance. They call us “snowflakes,” and pretend we can be scared into submission. What they don’t understand is we aren’t afraid.
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MAGA doesn’t believe people should be able to protest or stand up. Once videos and firsthand accounts reach the public, they spread quickly and widely, making it impossible to control the narrative.
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
MAGA doesn’t believe people should be able to protest or stand up. Once videos and firsthand accounts reach the public, they spread quickly and widely, making it impossible to control the narrative.
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The Trump administration knows that what ICE is doing to peaceful protesters is becoming public. They’re realizing that protesters are acting within their legal rights, and that reality deeply upsets the MAGA movement.
January 19, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The Trump administration knows that what ICE is doing to peaceful protesters is becoming public. They’re realizing that protesters are acting within their legal rights, and that reality deeply upsets the MAGA movement.
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"Graham, a 34-year old Greensboro, North Carolina police officer, is the seventh instance ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman in a state that significantly restricted abortion died after she was unable to access standard care..."
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
January 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"Graham, a 34-year old Greensboro, North Carolina police officer, is the seventh instance ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman in a state that significantly restricted abortion died after she was unable to access standard care..."
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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This, right here 🎯💯. I’ve been trying to communicate this to people, as a native 🇨🇦, for a year now. Again, the fact that this wasn’t immediately seen as a presidency-ending, beyond-the-pale thing for all 535 Congresspeople, the media, & the public is deeply ugly & shameful for us as a country.
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM
This, right here 🎯💯. I’ve been trying to communicate this to people, as a native 🇨🇦, for a year now. Again, the fact that this wasn’t immediately seen as a presidency-ending, beyond-the-pale thing for all 535 Congresspeople, the media, & the public is deeply ugly & shameful for us as a country.
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This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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The U.S. didn’t “liberate” Venezuela. It bombed a capital, abducted a head of state, bypassed Congress, threatened NATO allies, and proposed taxpayer bailouts for oil giants. This isn’t strength. It’s a doctrine of force without law. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/19xU...
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The U.S. didn’t “liberate” Venezuela. It bombed a capital, abducted a head of state, bypassed Congress, threatened NATO allies, and proposed taxpayer bailouts for oil giants. This isn’t strength. It’s a doctrine of force without law. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/19xU...
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Trump’s 2025 security strategy quietly reclassifies Europe from ally to leverage. It normalizes interference, weakens NATO, turns Ukraine into a bargaining chip, and trades the postwar order for short-term power. The cost will land on ordinary Americans. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/14TB...
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump’s 2025 security strategy quietly reclassifies Europe from ally to leverage. It normalizes interference, weakens NATO, turns Ukraine into a bargaining chip, and trades the postwar order for short-term power. The cost will land on ordinary Americans. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/14TB...
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Maine just fired the first real shot at a system built to let billionaires buy our elections. Their $5K cap on super PAC donations forces the very ruling that created unlimited money onto the path of the Supreme Court One state just cracked the foundation. Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1G2e...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1G2e...
December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Maine just fired the first real shot at a system built to let billionaires buy our elections. Their $5K cap on super PAC donations forces the very ruling that created unlimited money onto the path of the Supreme Court One state just cracked the foundation. Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1G2e...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1G2e...
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Trump didn’t flinch when asked if ICE raids had gone too far.
“No,” he said. “They haven’t gone far enough.”
2025, dawn raids, screaming children, and silent courts have become background noise -cruelty normalized, bureaucracy weaponized.
Read more: www.facebook.com/share/r/1CKd...
“No,” he said. “They haven’t gone far enough.”
2025, dawn raids, screaming children, and silent courts have become background noise -cruelty normalized, bureaucracy weaponized.
Read more: www.facebook.com/share/r/1CKd...
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump didn’t flinch when asked if ICE raids had gone too far.
“No,” he said. “They haven’t gone far enough.”
2025, dawn raids, screaming children, and silent courts have become background noise -cruelty normalized, bureaucracy weaponized.
Read more: www.facebook.com/share/r/1CKd...
“No,” he said. “They haven’t gone far enough.”
2025, dawn raids, screaming children, and silent courts have become background noise -cruelty normalized, bureaucracy weaponized.
Read more: www.facebook.com/share/r/1CKd...
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Nick Fuentes, who has praised Hitler and is openly antisemitic, says Republicans are hypocrites for “tolerating cruelty and abuse” toward Muslims, Black people, and other minorities while drawing the line at antisemitism. He argues his own politics are simply the logical end point of that bigotry...
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Nick Fuentes, who has praised Hitler and is openly antisemitic, says Republicans are hypocrites for “tolerating cruelty and abuse” toward Muslims, Black people, and other minorities while drawing the line at antisemitism. He argues his own politics are simply the logical end point of that bigotry...
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“How long must we keep taking race into account?”
When a Justice Kavanaugh asked that question he isn’t seeking truth he’s declaring fatigue with equality itself it isn’t about maps It’s about whether justice still has an expiration date Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eaw...
When a Justice Kavanaugh asked that question he isn’t seeking truth he’s declaring fatigue with equality itself it isn’t about maps It’s about whether justice still has an expiration date Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eaw...
October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“How long must we keep taking race into account?”
When a Justice Kavanaugh asked that question he isn’t seeking truth he’s declaring fatigue with equality itself it isn’t about maps It’s about whether justice still has an expiration date Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eaw...
When a Justice Kavanaugh asked that question he isn’t seeking truth he’s declaring fatigue with equality itself it isn’t about maps It’s about whether justice still has an expiration date Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eaw...
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Democracy won’t survive on silence A general strike is not chaos; it is citizenship. If we pause the machine, we see who really makes America run Organize. Refuse fear. Power serves us only when we use ours #LaborIsCitizenship Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cii...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cii...
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Democracy won’t survive on silence A general strike is not chaos; it is citizenship. If we pause the machine, we see who really makes America run Organize. Refuse fear. Power serves us only when we use ours #LaborIsCitizenship Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cii...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cii...
"silence is surrender"
Thank you for continuing to speak out.
Thank you for continuing to speak out.
Ten months into Trump’s second term, the moral decay is staggering. What was once unthinkable has become routine, and cruelty is now policy. But people like Nancy remind me why I keep writing-because clarity is resistance, and silence is surrender. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/17Xh...
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"silence is surrender"
Thank you for continuing to speak out.
Thank you for continuing to speak out.
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Any media outlets that don’t address this video of Trump wearing a crown dumping shit on Americans is normalizing it.
As with everything else this authoritarian regime does, you’re either calling it out or normalizing it. There is no third option.
As with everything else this authoritarian regime does, you’re either calling it out or normalizing it. There is no third option.
October 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Any media outlets that don’t address this video of Trump wearing a crown dumping shit on Americans is normalizing it.
As with everything else this authoritarian regime does, you’re either calling it out or normalizing it. There is no third option.
As with everything else this authoritarian regime does, you’re either calling it out or normalizing it. There is no third option.
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#RussellVought writes the creed. #StephenMiller lights the fire. The rest of us decide whether democracy burns or fights back. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
The Last Act of the Republic
As Trump’s clerics of control move at lightning speed, America must decide whether to follow Hungary into the swamp or Seoul into the sunlight.
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
#RussellVought writes the creed. #StephenMiller lights the fire. The rest of us decide whether democracy burns or fights back. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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Missouri Republican officials sued to prevent voters from blocking their new gerrymander, invoking the fringe independent state legislature theory to argue that a pro-voting ballot measure violates the Constitution.
https://bit.ly/4owqvfj
https://bit.ly/4owqvfj
Missouri GOPers in ‘Full-Blown Tantrum’ Over Ballot Measure to Block GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Missouri Republican officials sued to prevent voters from blocking their new gerrymander, invoking the fringe independent state legislature theory to argue that a pro-voting ballot measure violates the Constitution.
https://bit.ly/4owqvfj
https://bit.ly/4owqvfj
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Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
We’re Touching 1.9°C - And It’s Only 2025
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate by climate scientist Dr Karsten Haustein shows that, this week, the Earth ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
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Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
Cleve Jones: "This Is Our Country"
This is the first guest essay at Meditations in an Emergency. I'm proud to bring you yesterday's speech by the great Cleve Jones, who has for nearly half a century been a key organizer for the global ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
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KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”
SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”
KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”
SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼
#EpsteinFilesCoverUp
SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”
KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”
SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼
#EpsteinFilesCoverUp
October 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”
SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”
KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”
SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼
#EpsteinFilesCoverUp
SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”
KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”
SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼
#EpsteinFilesCoverUp
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DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni says Emil Bove told him, 'those planes need to take off no matter what, and if some court should issue an order preventing that, we may have to consider telling that court 'fuck you.'
Reuveni: It is the highest, most egregious violation of the lawyer's code of ethics.
Reuveni: It is the highest, most egregious violation of the lawyer's code of ethics.
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni says Emil Bove told him, 'those planes need to take off no matter what, and if some court should issue an order preventing that, we may have to consider telling that court 'fuck you.'
Reuveni: It is the highest, most egregious violation of the lawyer's code of ethics.
Reuveni: It is the highest, most egregious violation of the lawyer's code of ethics.
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Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
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This is unconstitutional and illegal. A memorandum doesn’t grant anyone the power to override the Constitution.
Trump has signed an order expanding his administration’s authority to redirect unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown,
Trump has signed an order expanding his administration’s authority to redirect unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown,
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is unconstitutional and illegal. A memorandum doesn’t grant anyone the power to override the Constitution.
Trump has signed an order expanding his administration’s authority to redirect unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown,
Trump has signed an order expanding his administration’s authority to redirect unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown,