The executive targets his opponents w/bogus investigations. His government disappears people w/out due process and vanishes them beyond reach. He usurps legislative power, controls public funds at will, & consolidates power. Loyalty is expected — or else.

Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.

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If trump follows through on his threat to defy the 22nd Amendment and run for a 3rd term, who else would love to see President Obama back in the White House?

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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.

We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

Ok sorry but getting on my soapbox to say that this isn’t a u-turn or a 180 or even a pause on tariffs.

The MASSIVE tariffs are gone but BIG tariffs are still in place. And more so than before last week.

Frame it right.

Make it easier & then maybe it would go viral.

My latest: This Jimmy Kimmel Graphic Hasn’t Gone Viral Yet, But it Should: Economic data can be best shown in charts, though it’s rare for those charts to become graphics for late night comedy shows…

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.

Uh guys? NBC just found out a DHS staffer accidentally added a journalist to an email thread about an ICE raid in Denver. Yeah, a completely separate incident.

THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???

One way might be for the constitutionally savvy Dems like Raskin to propose a law requiring Congressional consent for the declaration of federal martial law.

The Constitution does not explicitly grant POTUS unilateral authority to declare martial law, but it has not been challenged in the past.

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All that is needed TO END THE WAR is for the rUSSIANS TO RETURN TO rUSSIA

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I don't want my fridge to have a camera or Wi-Fi. I don't want my dishwasher to be smart. I don't want my washing machine to text me.

In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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