Adam Tompkins
@pkinstom.bsky.social
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After years of yelling that the “Russia hoax” was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Vladimir Putin in both narrative and action.
A Fool and a Tool: Trump Is Spreading Russian Disinformation
Three years after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Trump is not just siding with Putin, he’s circulating Putin’s lies.
www.thebulwark.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
After years of yelling that the “Russia hoax” was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Vladimir Putin in both narrative and action.
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America is standing up. Let’s keep the momentum going—more protests are planned for next week. Together, we can stop this coup.
Remember, the resistance won’t be televised.
Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
Remember, the resistance won’t be televised.
Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
America is standing up. Let’s keep the momentum going—more protests are planned for next week. Together, we can stop this coup.
Remember, the resistance won’t be televised.
Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
Remember, the resistance won’t be televised.
Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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Special Vermont Resistance edition
Lucy Welch, a hero for the moment.
billmckibben.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Even though Trump has exempted DOGE from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by placing it under the Presidential Records Act, its records are shielded from public disclosure until at least 2034.
February 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Even though Trump has exempted DOGE from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by placing it under the Presidential Records Act, its records are shielded from public disclosure until at least 2034.
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February 3, 2025
February 3, 2025
I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
February 3, 2025
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Langston Hughes, “I, Too” (1926)
February 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Langston Hughes, “I, Too” (1926)
Don’t be the “Good German.” Resist. Pay attention. Find ways to oppose unjust actions (educate others, protest, write letters, provide support to orgs challenging wrongful actions, be an ally of targeted people). Don’t let hate and complacency still your heart. Persevere. Midterms are coming.
January 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Don’t be the “Good German.” Resist. Pay attention. Find ways to oppose unjust actions (educate others, protest, write letters, provide support to orgs challenging wrongful actions, be an ally of targeted people). Don’t let hate and complacency still your heart. Persevere. Midterms are coming.
If you have not read the Shock Doctrine, this short 6:30 minute video sums up the argument. Know what Trump and the broligarchs are doing. The cruelty is the point. Knowledge builds shock resistance.
youtu.be/h7fWRoHLf6Q
youtu.be/h7fWRoHLf6Q
The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein and Alfonso Cuaron
YouTube video by Michael Price
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If you have not read the Shock Doctrine, this short 6:30 minute video sums up the argument. Know what Trump and the broligarchs are doing. The cruelty is the point. Knowledge builds shock resistance.
youtu.be/h7fWRoHLf6Q
youtu.be/h7fWRoHLf6Q
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Flip the script on democracy's destroyers. It's Day One of the new phase of the fight for our democracy.
January 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Flip the script on democracy's destroyers. It's Day One of the new phase of the fight for our democracy.
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Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute
Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.
www.rollingstone.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
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January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025
Marc Caputo of Axios reported today that Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes for that day’s events, including those who attacked police...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
January 22, 2025
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Because most of the coastline of this gulf is, yes, Mexico. There is no Gulf of America. But there is a gulf between their stupidity and the reality. 17th & 18th c. maps.
January 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Because most of the coastline of this gulf is, yes, Mexico. There is no Gulf of America. But there is a gulf between their stupidity and the reality. 17th & 18th c. maps.
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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
If/when Trump reinstates military service members (with back pay) who were discharged for refusing the order to get the Covid vaccine, he has another large faction (over 8000) of people who will potentially/likely side with him if a constitutional crisis arises.
January 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If/when Trump reinstates military service members (with back pay) who were discharged for refusing the order to get the Covid vaccine, he has another large faction (over 8000) of people who will potentially/likely side with him if a constitutional crisis arises.
Mix Musk’s Nazi salute with Trump’s pardon of violent January 6th insurrectionists, many with ties to the White Power Movement.
Trump has now a network of racist paramilitary groups who are ever more loyal to him and have a long history of staging (leaderless resistance) “lone wolf” attacks.
Trump has now a network of racist paramilitary groups who are ever more loyal to him and have a long history of staging (leaderless resistance) “lone wolf” attacks.
January 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Mix Musk’s Nazi salute with Trump’s pardon of violent January 6th insurrectionists, many with ties to the White Power Movement.
Trump has now a network of racist paramilitary groups who are ever more loyal to him and have a long history of staging (leaderless resistance) “lone wolf” attacks.
Trump has now a network of racist paramilitary groups who are ever more loyal to him and have a long history of staging (leaderless resistance) “lone wolf” attacks.
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Today we inaugurate our courage as power hopes to inaugurate our cowardice. Courage is not the absence of danger but the strength to do what’s right in the face of it, as has been said. We can begin amassing the strength to be antiracist in dangerously racist times. 1/2
January 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today we inaugurate our courage as power hopes to inaugurate our cowardice. Courage is not the absence of danger but the strength to do what’s right in the face of it, as has been said. We can begin amassing the strength to be antiracist in dangerously racist times. 1/2
I can only imagine the potential for White Power Movement violence in support of Trump has exponentially increased given Musk’s Nazi salute and Trump’s pardon of Jan 6 insurrectionists (who include WPM members who now know they can get away with it.) Read these books.
January 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I can only imagine the potential for White Power Movement violence in support of Trump has exponentially increased given Musk’s Nazi salute and Trump’s pardon of Jan 6 insurrectionists (who include WPM members who now know they can get away with it.) Read these books.
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A piece about how it's much harder to do "shock and awe" than some might suspect. Enjoy!
"To put it diplomatically: Initial intensity without long-term planning and coordination will likely not result in desired outcomes. It’s easy to talk about, harder to execute." Let's hope so.
@markhertling.bsky.social on Team Trump's "shock and awe":
@markhertling.bsky.social on Team Trump's "shock and awe":
Team Trump Promises ‘Shock and Awe.’ Do They Know What That Means?
The three-decade-old concept didn’t survive first contact with the enemy.
www.thebulwark.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A piece about how it's much harder to do "shock and awe" than some might suspect. Enjoy!
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*Every* post-WWII prez, except Trump, has started out w net positive approval when sworn in
Truman 87% positive
Ike 68%
JFK 72%
LBJ 78%
Nixon 59%
Ford 71%
Carter 66%
Reagan 51% (!)
GHWB 51%
Clinton 58%
GWB 57%
Obama 64%
Biden 57%
Trump-I 45%
Trump-II 44%
Mandate?
news.gallup.com/poll/116677/...
Truman 87% positive
Ike 68%
JFK 72%
LBJ 78%
Nixon 59%
Ford 71%
Carter 66%
Reagan 51% (!)
GHWB 51%
Clinton 58%
GWB 57%
Obama 64%
Biden 57%
Trump-I 45%
Trump-II 44%
Mandate?
news.gallup.com/poll/116677/...
January 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
*Every* post-WWII prez, except Trump, has started out w net positive approval when sworn in
Truman 87% positive
Ike 68%
JFK 72%
LBJ 78%
Nixon 59%
Ford 71%
Carter 66%
Reagan 51% (!)
GHWB 51%
Clinton 58%
GWB 57%
Obama 64%
Biden 57%
Trump-I 45%
Trump-II 44%
Mandate?
news.gallup.com/poll/116677/...
Truman 87% positive
Ike 68%
JFK 72%
LBJ 78%
Nixon 59%
Ford 71%
Carter 66%
Reagan 51% (!)
GHWB 51%
Clinton 58%
GWB 57%
Obama 64%
Biden 57%
Trump-I 45%
Trump-II 44%
Mandate?
news.gallup.com/poll/116677/...
