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Rage Against the Regime. Cambridge Common.
#Mass50501
#Mass50501
August 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Rage Against the Regime. Cambridge Common.
#Mass50501
#Mass50501
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A thing I think we miss is that the “authoritarian playbook” isn’t a set of instructions authoritarians are reading from, it’s just a list of things that happen when narcissists get too much power.
August 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A thing I think we miss is that the “authoritarian playbook” isn’t a set of instructions authoritarians are reading from, it’s just a list of things that happen when narcissists get too much power.
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
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Going to have to Update The
Stephen King Book Collection.....
Stephen King Book Collection.....
August 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Going to have to Update The
Stephen King Book Collection.....
Stephen King Book Collection.....
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August 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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I translated this article into non-BS:
"Many NYT execs are on the Epstein List and we wish to cover it up as well"
"Many NYT execs are on the Epstein List and we wish to cover it up as well"
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I translated this article into non-BS:
"Many NYT execs are on the Epstein List and we wish to cover it up as well"
"Many NYT execs are on the Epstein List and we wish to cover it up as well"
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This is indeed what Trump is seeking to do. Understand what he is setting up.
July 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is indeed what Trump is seeking to do. Understand what he is setting up.
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Another thing Trump is actively making more expensive: our health insurance premiums.
Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums
People who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could see increases of more than 75% each month, one expert said.
www.nbcnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Another thing Trump is actively making more expensive: our health insurance premiums.
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The Colorado Secretary of State opens an investigation into an apparent attempt by the White House to access CO’s voting machines. This is in addition to the WashPost reporting that the DOJ has requested non-public private voting information from 9 states. @meidastouch.com @legalafmtn.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Colorado Secretary of State opens an investigation into an apparent attempt by the White House to access CO’s voting machines. This is in addition to the WashPost reporting that the DOJ has requested non-public private voting information from 9 states. @meidastouch.com @legalafmtn.bsky.social
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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Their policies are already so unpopular, it’s no wonder congressional Republicans delayed the most harmful impacts until after the next election.
July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Their policies are already so unpopular, it’s no wonder congressional Republicans delayed the most harmful impacts until after the next election.
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People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
July 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
People exploding this false messaging that I voted for a bill + funding that I quite literally voted NO on. The threat environment this morning is scary.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
Doesn’t help anyone. Drag me for the position if you disagree but don’t lie. It’s out of control. Saying I voted for this funding is false.
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"Transforming the I.R.S. and its tens of thousands of employees into political enforcers for the president — a doomsday scenario long feared by conservatives — would shake a foundation of American civic life..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
With Harvard Threat, Trump Tries to Bend the I.R.S. to His Will
Since the post-Nixon era, the Internal Revenue Service has had a degree of independence from the White House. President Trump is seeking to change that.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Transforming the I.R.S. and its tens of thousands of employees into political enforcers for the president — a doomsday scenario long feared by conservatives — would shake a foundation of American civic life..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
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The Dallas ICE office is involved in a mass removal effort targeting nearly 200 people — many without removal orders — scheduled to be deported to El Salvador today.
This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.
This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.
April 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Dallas ICE office is involved in a mass removal effort targeting nearly 200 people — many without removal orders — scheduled to be deported to El Salvador today.
This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.
This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.
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"We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights." FINALLY. Thank you, @harvard.edu, for FINALLY taking a stand.
April 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights." FINALLY. Thank you, @harvard.edu, for FINALLY taking a stand.
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Let me say this again:
If a president can illegally deport someone, conspire with that country’s leader to abandon them to human rights abuses, and face no consequences, we are in a hellish authoritarian moment. What a fucking evil, illiberal government this is.
If a president can illegally deport someone, conspire with that country’s leader to abandon them to human rights abuses, and face no consequences, we are in a hellish authoritarian moment. What a fucking evil, illiberal government this is.
April 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Let me say this again:
If a president can illegally deport someone, conspire with that country’s leader to abandon them to human rights abuses, and face no consequences, we are in a hellish authoritarian moment. What a fucking evil, illiberal government this is.
If a president can illegally deport someone, conspire with that country’s leader to abandon them to human rights abuses, and face no consequences, we are in a hellish authoritarian moment. What a fucking evil, illiberal government this is.
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I am begging younger queer ppl to stop spouting right wing puritanical ideas of what is acceptable to like or dislike in FICTION
Fascism is at your doorstep in Real Life, wake up
Fascism is at your doorstep in Real Life, wake up
February 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I am begging younger queer ppl to stop spouting right wing puritanical ideas of what is acceptable to like or dislike in FICTION
Fascism is at your doorstep in Real Life, wake up
Fascism is at your doorstep in Real Life, wake up
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On today’s episode of “He’s Tearing This S**t Up”—Trump plans to dismantle NOAA, shutting down climate research and weather labs.
In Texas, that means fewer hurricane warnings, less drought data, & more risk to our communities.
This isn’t just a budget cut—it’s a threat to our safety.
In Texas, that means fewer hurricane warnings, less drought data, & more risk to our communities.
This isn’t just a budget cut—it’s a threat to our safety.
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices, according to internal documents obtained by CNN.
Trump’s draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research | CNN
The move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme, and would cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate ...
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
On today’s episode of “He’s Tearing This S**t Up”—Trump plans to dismantle NOAA, shutting down climate research and weather labs.
In Texas, that means fewer hurricane warnings, less drought data, & more risk to our communities.
This isn’t just a budget cut—it’s a threat to our safety.
In Texas, that means fewer hurricane warnings, less drought data, & more risk to our communities.
This isn’t just a budget cut—it’s a threat to our safety.
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My law firm is currently litigating 50 voting and election cases in 21 states. I expect new cases will be filed this week.
States with the most cases: AZ, GA, NC, NV, FL, LA, PA.
States with the most cases: AZ, GA, NC, NV, FL, LA, PA.
April 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My law firm is currently litigating 50 voting and election cases in 21 states. I expect new cases will be filed this week.
States with the most cases: AZ, GA, NC, NV, FL, LA, PA.
States with the most cases: AZ, GA, NC, NV, FL, LA, PA.
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ChatGPT ass presidency
Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.
April 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
ChatGPT ass presidency
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Top officials at the Department of the Interior were placed on leave late last month after declining to immediately give affiliates of DOGE access to a payroll system that would in theory allow them to stop individual Supreme Court justices’ paychecks.
Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems
DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.
wrd.cm
April 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Top officials at the Department of the Interior were placed on leave late last month after declining to immediately give affiliates of DOGE access to a payroll system that would in theory allow them to stop individual Supreme Court justices’ paychecks.
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The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
April 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
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Trump and RFK Jr. just illegally terminated $11 billion in critical public health grants, including more than $250 million to Minnesota.
Today, I co-led a coalition of 23 states suing to stop these cuts and keep people safe. Here's my statement on this illegal action.
Today, I co-led a coalition of 23 states suing to stop these cuts and keep people safe. Here's my statement on this illegal action.
April 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Trump and RFK Jr. just illegally terminated $11 billion in critical public health grants, including more than $250 million to Minnesota.
Today, I co-led a coalition of 23 states suing to stop these cuts and keep people safe. Here's my statement on this illegal action.
Today, I co-led a coalition of 23 states suing to stop these cuts and keep people safe. Here's my statement on this illegal action.