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The scary thing about a democracy is that the citizens can vote to end it
Pure speculation, of course, but maybe the reason this guy was piss drunk was to escape from knowing he's a tool of suppression in an evil regime
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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CBP employee in Minnesota charged after reportedly being found ‘covered in vomit’ in car
Alfredo Mancillas was reportedly slumped in vehicle and ‘covered in vomit’ when state troopers found him in St Paul
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February 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Pure speculation, of course, but maybe the reason this guy was piss drunk was to escape from knowing he's a tool of suppression in an evil regime
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
While Pam Bondi is busy having journalists arrested, it's good to remember why she's Trump's AG in the first place.
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
The Trump Foundation-Pam Bondi scandal - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
In March 2016, CREW discovered that the Trump Foundation had broken the law by giving an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. This would set...
www.citizensforethics.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM
While Pam Bondi is busy having journalists arrested, it's good to remember why she's Trump's AG in the first place.
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
The very last step on the road to fascism is a regime's endorsement of murder. There are no more off ramps for Rs and the R party.
Which means American democracy's only hope is mass resistance from a citizenry that was stupid enough to reelect Trump just 14 months ago.
Which means American democracy's only hope is mass resistance from a citizenry that was stupid enough to reelect Trump just 14 months ago.
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 AM
The very last step on the road to fascism is a regime's endorsement of murder. There are no more off ramps for Rs and the R party.
Which means American democracy's only hope is mass resistance from a citizenry that was stupid enough to reelect Trump just 14 months ago.
Which means American democracy's only hope is mass resistance from a citizenry that was stupid enough to reelect Trump just 14 months ago.
Shorter version of Iowa farmers interviewed by CNN: "Fascism is ok as long as it's oppressing others and not costing me financially. Also everything is the Democrats' fault, especially Biden. Look at what those guys made me do."
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
A year into Trump’s second term, Iowa voters offer clues for the midterm elections | CNN Politics
Shanen Ebersole is smiling, keeping an eye on her cows as they graze. Calving season is soon, so election season will have to wait.
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Shorter version of Iowa farmers interviewed by CNN: "Fascism is ok as long as it's oppressing others and not costing me financially. Also everything is the Democrats' fault, especially Biden. Look at what those guys made me do."
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/19/p...
Trump's vision for peace is for the entire world to be under the control of a few dictators, with himself superior to all.
In Trump's mind, everything he does is to advance peace and no one anywhere has ever done more for its cause. He cannot understand why the Nobel committee snubs him.
In Trump's mind, everything he does is to advance peace and no one anywhere has ever done more for its cause. He cannot understand why the Nobel committee snubs him.
January 19, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Trump's vision for peace is for the entire world to be under the control of a few dictators, with himself superior to all.
In Trump's mind, everything he does is to advance peace and no one anywhere has ever done more for its cause. He cannot understand why the Nobel committee snubs him.
In Trump's mind, everything he does is to advance peace and no one anywhere has ever done more for its cause. He cannot understand why the Nobel committee snubs him.
Remember when a few brave Democrats advised military personnel that they can decline to carry out illegal orders? Trump and Hegseth threw a hissy, threatened BS prosecution.
But it was sound advice. Look who they blame when officers follow illegal orders:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
But it was sound advice. Look who they blame when officers follow illegal orders:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Remember when a few brave Democrats advised military personnel that they can decline to carry out illegal orders? Trump and Hegseth threw a hissy, threatened BS prosecution.
But it was sound advice. Look who they blame when officers follow illegal orders:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
But it was sound advice. Look who they blame when officers follow illegal orders:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The only true principle of the modern Republican party is hypocrisy--- an iron-clad conviction that the standards that R's apply to others need not and should not apply to themselves.
It has been so normalized within our society that no one blinks an eye.
It has been so normalized within our society that no one blinks an eye.
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The only true principle of the modern Republican party is hypocrisy--- an iron-clad conviction that the standards that R's apply to others need not and should not apply to themselves.
It has been so normalized within our society that no one blinks an eye.
It has been so normalized within our society that no one blinks an eye.
As Trump talks up law and order in LA, it's worth remembering that he's perfectly comfortable with a violent mob as long as it is in service of keeping himself in power after he lost an election.
June 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As Trump talks up law and order in LA, it's worth remembering that he's perfectly comfortable with a violent mob as long as it is in service of keeping himself in power after he lost an election.
Incredible that billions of dollars in US public spending may depend on the personal relationship between two individuals.
Another point of pride for MAGA voters.
Another point of pride for MAGA voters.
June 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Incredible that billions of dollars in US public spending may depend on the personal relationship between two individuals.
Another point of pride for MAGA voters.
Another point of pride for MAGA voters.
Remember when R's threw a hissy fit about Hunter Biden selling art when his father was President? The same people are oddly quiet on this. Add it to a long list of examples of blatant R hypocrisy.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump dines with top meme coin holders, shrugging off ethics concerns
White House officials have argued the dinner poses no conflict of interest because the president's assets are in a blind trust managed by his adult sons.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Remember when R's threw a hissy fit about Hunter Biden selling art when his father was President? The same people are oddly quiet on this. Add it to a long list of examples of blatant R hypocrisy.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The White House to expand the list of boycottable corporations who will sell out American democracy to curry favor with Trump:
www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/p...
‘This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event | CNN Politics
The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s annual Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics ex...
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March 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The White House to expand the list of boycottable corporations who will sell out American democracy to curry favor with Trump:
www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/p...
Trump/R logic--
Vandalize a nazimobile? That's domestic terrorism.
Violence against Capitol Police officers as you try to overthrow an election? Either ordinary tourism or a brave expression of patriotism, depending on who you ask.
Vandalize a nazimobile? That's domestic terrorism.
Violence against Capitol Police officers as you try to overthrow an election? Either ordinary tourism or a brave expression of patriotism, depending on who you ask.
March 20, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Trump/R logic--
Vandalize a nazimobile? That's domestic terrorism.
Violence against Capitol Police officers as you try to overthrow an election? Either ordinary tourism or a brave expression of patriotism, depending on who you ask.
Vandalize a nazimobile? That's domestic terrorism.
Violence against Capitol Police officers as you try to overthrow an election? Either ordinary tourism or a brave expression of patriotism, depending on who you ask.
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Trump loves true believers who are loyal to himself. But what really excites him are corrupt, broken people over whom he can exercise complete control.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/u...
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NYC mayor and Trump border czar meet as feds turn eyes toward sanctuary cities like New York | CNN
Border czar Tom Homan met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday in a sign of how the Trump administration has its eyes on the country’s biggest city to carry out its immigration enforcement ...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump loves true believers who are loyal to himself. But what really excites him are corrupt, broken people over whom he can exercise complete control.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/u...
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Instead of prosecuting the mayor of America’s largest city with the ample evidence that he took bribes from a foreign government, the Trump administration decided to leave him in office, and use the threat of charges to blackmail him into carrying out their agenda. And they did it all in the open.
February 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Instead of prosecuting the mayor of America’s largest city with the ample evidence that he took bribes from a foreign government, the Trump administration decided to leave him in office, and use the threat of charges to blackmail him into carrying out their agenda. And they did it all in the open.
R's in congress will not save American democracy. Increasingly, it looks like Trump 47 will ignore the judiciary even if it tries to save American democracy.
The best chance for American democracy is mass protest, civil unrest, and general strikes. I can't see anything short of this working.
The best chance for American democracy is mass protest, civil unrest, and general strikes. I can't see anything short of this working.
February 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
R's in congress will not save American democracy. Increasingly, it looks like Trump 47 will ignore the judiciary even if it tries to save American democracy.
The best chance for American democracy is mass protest, civil unrest, and general strikes. I can't see anything short of this working.
The best chance for American democracy is mass protest, civil unrest, and general strikes. I can't see anything short of this working.
Trump 45 violated norms routinely and laws occasionally. Trump 47 has started by violating laws routinely. There is a very, very short window for R's in congress and R's on SCOTUS to stop Trump before his lawlessness is fully normalized. Our democracy is in real danger. Well done, MAGA voters.
February 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Trump 45 violated norms routinely and laws occasionally. Trump 47 has started by violating laws routinely. There is a very, very short window for R's in congress and R's on SCOTUS to stop Trump before his lawlessness is fully normalized. Our democracy is in real danger. Well done, MAGA voters.
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Trump last night fired 17 inspectors-general. IGs were historically a nonpartisan position. Trump however takes the view, "You can get away with a lot more when nobody is watching." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Trump last night fired 17 inspectors-general. IGs were historically a nonpartisan position. Trump however takes the view, "You can get away with a lot more when nobody is watching." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Two early tests of whether the USA will continue to be a democracy:
1. Will SCOTUS allow Trump to nullify the constitution's birthright citizenship clause?
2. Will Congress/SCOTUS tolerate Trump's illegal, abrupt mass dismissal of independent inspectors general?
Both will depend on R's.
1. Will SCOTUS allow Trump to nullify the constitution's birthright citizenship clause?
2. Will Congress/SCOTUS tolerate Trump's illegal, abrupt mass dismissal of independent inspectors general?
Both will depend on R's.
January 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Two early tests of whether the USA will continue to be a democracy:
1. Will SCOTUS allow Trump to nullify the constitution's birthright citizenship clause?
2. Will Congress/SCOTUS tolerate Trump's illegal, abrupt mass dismissal of independent inspectors general?
Both will depend on R's.
1. Will SCOTUS allow Trump to nullify the constitution's birthright citizenship clause?
2. Will Congress/SCOTUS tolerate Trump's illegal, abrupt mass dismissal of independent inspectors general?
Both will depend on R's.
I wonder how long it will be before the religious right demands a nationwide abortion ban.
After all, when you sacrifice your soul and your integrity to support a man like Trump, you expect something in return
After all, when you sacrifice your soul and your integrity to support a man like Trump, you expect something in return
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I wonder how long it will be before the religious right demands a nationwide abortion ban.
After all, when you sacrifice your soul and your integrity to support a man like Trump, you expect something in return
After all, when you sacrifice your soul and your integrity to support a man like Trump, you expect something in return