Lori.Dendy
@loridm.bsky.social
Red state refugee and immigrant. Working translator, former journalist, wife, mom, dog mom. Love gardening, sewing and worrying about the future of democracy. No DMs. I block dodgy follow requests and am not looking for romance!
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Column: First Trump fired the lawyers, Months on, the storylines around him are tangled in a knotty mess of lawlessness, hypocrisy & war crimes: killings at sea of supposed drug-runners, retribution for critics, yet a pardon for an ex-narco-state leader.
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Column: Now it's clear why Trump got rid of the top military lawyers
People who know and enforce the law would have been inconvenient during the president's undeclared war in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Column: First Trump fired the lawyers, Months on, the storylines around him are tangled in a knotty mess of lawlessness, hypocrisy & war crimes: killings at sea of supposed drug-runners, retribution for critics, yet a pardon for an ex-narco-state leader.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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I’m totally fine with deporting gang members who commit crimes who don’t have legal status.
I just don’t want Tom Homan or an ICE agent grabbing anyone off the street and flying them to a prison in El Salvador while claiming they are all of those things with zero due process.
I just don’t want Tom Homan or an ICE agent grabbing anyone off the street and flying them to a prison in El Salvador while claiming they are all of those things with zero due process.
March 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’m totally fine with deporting gang members who commit crimes who don’t have legal status.
I just don’t want Tom Homan or an ICE agent grabbing anyone off the street and flying them to a prison in El Salvador while claiming they are all of those things with zero due process.
I just don’t want Tom Homan or an ICE agent grabbing anyone off the street and flying them to a prison in El Salvador while claiming they are all of those things with zero due process.
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You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
March 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
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About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people.
March 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people.
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"The two parts of Bezos' editorial line would be contradictory in practice. The 'free market' and 'personal liberties' would have to contradict one another in editorial decision-making, to the point that they could not be enforced together."
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Unfreedom at the Washington Post
How an editorial line fosters authoritarianism
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March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"The two parts of Bezos' editorial line would be contradictory in practice. The 'free market' and 'personal liberties' would have to contradict one another in editorial decision-making, to the point that they could not be enforced together."
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.
Putin planned to take Kyiv in three days, but he couldn't take Kyiv in three years.
The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
www.theatlantic.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.
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"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin"
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Opinion | Most Trump Supporters Also Back Ukraine
Our poll found that 69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin.
www.wsj.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin"
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
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The only war that Putin is winning is inside Trump’s head. Putin only wins the war on the ground by setting American policy, through Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
www.theatlantic.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The only war that Putin is winning is inside Trump’s head. Putin only wins the war on the ground by setting American policy, through Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
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February 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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The premise of American foreign policy to Ukraine, today, is one of grievance. It is worth patiently considering the proposals. They reveal little about Ukraine, but much about America in February 2025.
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"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
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February 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The premise of American foreign policy to Ukraine, today, is one of grievance. It is worth patiently considering the proposals. They reveal little about Ukraine, but much about America in February 2025.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
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This was the first time in their lives, I realized, that these boys and girls had been in an actual classroom. The Russian invasion began as covid was ending. Two years of covid seclusion had been followed directly by three years of war. The kids were buoyant.
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My favorite Europeans are nine years old
A view from a school in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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February 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This was the first time in their lives, I realized, that these boys and girls had been in an actual classroom. The Russian invasion began as covid was ending. Two years of covid seclusion had been followed directly by three years of war. The kids were buoyant.
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Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it text.
Here it is (please share):
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Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump
Alnur Mussayev alleged Trump was given the codename “Krasnov”.
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February 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it text.
Here it is (please share):
Here it is (please share):
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference
"The Weak Strongman"
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"The Weak Strongman"
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The Weak Strongman
Impotence and Unfreedom, Together
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February 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference
"The Weak Strongman"
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"The Weak Strongman"
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Pop quiz: People are saying the kid says “you’re not the president you need to go away” — do y’all hear it too?
February 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Pop quiz: People are saying the kid says “you’re not the president you need to go away” — do y’all hear it too?
Merz will not be a good chancellor for Germany and will not fix Germany's real problems and reverse the growing gulf between the haves and have-nots. He will make these problems worse. I hope German voters will realize they don't have to let him have the job.
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Was Franz Müntefering über Friedrich Merz sagen möchte.
YouTube video by SPD
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February 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Merz will not be a good chancellor for Germany and will not fix Germany's real problems and reverse the growing gulf between the haves and have-nots. He will make these problems worse. I hope German voters will realize they don't have to let him have the job.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-R...
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
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February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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"Viele glauben nicht mehr daran, dass wir gemeinsam Lösungen finden können. Und wenn ohnehin alles untergeht, will man wenigstens oben schwimmen", sagt @beyond-ideology.bsky.social. Ein Gespräch über die Populisten, die Rückschritt als Fortschritt verkaufen.
Transformationsforscherin Göpel: "Populisten haben die Zukunft für sich besetzt"
Trump und Konsorten versprechen Befreiung durch Rückschritt, sagt die Transformationsforscherin Maja Göpel. Der Wandel zu einer gerechteren Gesellschaft sei dennoch nicht verloren
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February 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Viele glauben nicht mehr daran, dass wir gemeinsam Lösungen finden können. Und wenn ohnehin alles untergeht, will man wenigstens oben schwimmen", sagt @beyond-ideology.bsky.social. Ein Gespräch über die Populisten, die Rückschritt als Fortschritt verkaufen.