@saladaenchilada.bsky.social
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what replaces due process under fascism is the assurance of protection for favored groups. even though it’s precarious, a lot of people feel just as protected under that framework as they do under one with due process
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
what replaces due process under fascism is the assurance of protection for favored groups. even though it’s precarious, a lot of people feel just as protected under that framework as they do under one with due process
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I know it bothers you as much as it does me that journalism as an institution can’t process that what it’s seeing on a daily basis is evil people doing evil sh*t
Not incompetence, not naivete, not negligence, not mispeaking, not mixups, not miscommunications: straight-up evil people doing evil sh*t
Not incompetence, not naivete, not negligence, not mispeaking, not mixups, not miscommunications: straight-up evil people doing evil sh*t
March 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I know it bothers you as much as it does me that journalism as an institution can’t process that what it’s seeing on a daily basis is evil people doing evil sh*t
Not incompetence, not naivete, not negligence, not mispeaking, not mixups, not miscommunications: straight-up evil people doing evil sh*t
Not incompetence, not naivete, not negligence, not mispeaking, not mixups, not miscommunications: straight-up evil people doing evil sh*t
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That Kristi Noem video with the detainees is so upsetting and the fact any sizable fraction, let alone a majority, of our society would endorse it is evidence of a deep rot in our entire culture. Like until you answer what fuels the appetite for that kind of thing it will only get worse
March 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
That Kristi Noem video with the detainees is so upsetting and the fact any sizable fraction, let alone a majority, of our society would endorse it is evidence of a deep rot in our entire culture. Like until you answer what fuels the appetite for that kind of thing it will only get worse
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I am also a Jewish Tufts alum. This is horrific by the Trump administration and I don’t want this done to anyone. Signed, an American Jew.
I’m a Tufts alum. I was Tufts Hillel President and I now serve on its board of directors.
There is real antisemitism on campus AND this administration continues to exploit those legitimate concerns to undermine civil liberties, the rule of law, and our democracy.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
There is real antisemitism on campus AND this administration continues to exploit those legitimate concerns to undermine civil liberties, the rule of law, and our democracy.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody
A Tufts University international graduate student was reportedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and remains in federal custody, according to an email sent by the university ...
www.wgbh.org
March 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I am also a Jewish Tufts alum. This is horrific by the Trump administration and I don’t want this done to anyone. Signed, an American Jew.
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The absences are absolutely damning.
Notably missing: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia. Kind of mindblowing to me given what the substance of this letter is: "government should not retaliate against law firms"
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The absences are absolutely damning.
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Pritzker's got the right approach
“If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic,” Pritzker said.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois is trying to chart a path for national Democrats to counter President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Pritzker's got the right approach
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This chills me to my bones.
Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.
March 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This chills me to my bones.
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My god. This is almost certainly @immdef.bsky.social’s client Andry, who an American journalist watched being beaten in El Salvador when renditioned there on false accusations by the Trump administration.
This is a crime against humanity.
This is a crime against humanity.
March 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My god. This is almost certainly @immdef.bsky.social’s client Andry, who an American journalist watched being beaten in El Salvador when renditioned there on false accusations by the Trump administration.
This is a crime against humanity.
This is a crime against humanity.
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"[Trump] claims that these men are terrorists by virtue of their alleged membership in the Tren de Aragua gang—but evidence of this affiliation is weak to the point of nonexistence." slate.com/news-and-pol...
We’re Finally Seeing the “Evidence” Against the Migrants Deported by Trump. It’s Unbelievable.
The Trump admin said a soccer player had a gang tattoo. It’s a tattoo of Real Madrid’s logo.
slate.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"[Trump] claims that these men are terrorists by virtue of their alleged membership in the Tren de Aragua gang—but evidence of this affiliation is weak to the point of nonexistence." slate.com/news-and-pol...
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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You're not overreacting
March 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You're not overreacting
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Here's an expert saying that "constitutional crisis" isn't the right term **because it doesn't go far enough.**
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
March 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Here's an expert saying that "constitutional crisis" isn't the right term **because it doesn't go far enough.**
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
March 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
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They have now been sent to a brutal third world torture prison having done nothing but seeking asylum in the United States. That's it.
UNREAL. ICE implies in a sworn declaration that MOST of the Venezuelans sentenced to hard labor in a brutal Central American prison without charge or trial or so much as a cursory hearing had never been convicted or even charged with ANY CRIME whatsoever, not even a trivial one, anywhere, ever!
March 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
They have now been sent to a brutal third world torture prison having done nothing but seeking asylum in the United States. That's it.
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NEW today from @miamiherald.com: more men sent to El Salvador on Saturday have been identified by their families, including a 27-year-old who entered legally at a port of entry in 2023 through the CBP One app and a 29-year-old father of a baby born here last year. Neither have any criminal record.
March 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
NEW today from @miamiherald.com: more men sent to El Salvador on Saturday have been identified by their families, including a 27-year-old who entered legally at a port of entry in 2023 through the CBP One app and a 29-year-old father of a baby born here last year. Neither have any criminal record.
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"one of those fun videos"
You know the words once used to describe French aristocrats right before the revolution of 1789?
Words like "depraved" and "wicked"?
Those words aren't strong enough for Leavitt and her ilk. We need to invent some new words for this smug, preening evil.
You know the words once used to describe French aristocrats right before the revolution of 1789?
Words like "depraved" and "wicked"?
Those words aren't strong enough for Leavitt and her ilk. We need to invent some new words for this smug, preening evil.
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"one of those fun videos"
You know the words once used to describe French aristocrats right before the revolution of 1789?
Words like "depraved" and "wicked"?
Those words aren't strong enough for Leavitt and her ilk. We need to invent some new words for this smug, preening evil.
You know the words once used to describe French aristocrats right before the revolution of 1789?
Words like "depraved" and "wicked"?
Those words aren't strong enough for Leavitt and her ilk. We need to invent some new words for this smug, preening evil.
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It feels to me increasingly like the morning of Jan 6, 2021. I knew bad stuff was going to happen, maybe very bad, but I didn't want to watch, because maybe it would be just predictable bad, but then again... and minute by minute it got worse, so I kept watching, & that was, alas, the right call.
March 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It feels to me increasingly like the morning of Jan 6, 2021. I knew bad stuff was going to happen, maybe very bad, but I didn't want to watch, because maybe it would be just predictable bad, but then again... and minute by minute it got worse, so I kept watching, & that was, alas, the right call.
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Once again, I don’t know what anyone has seen in the last two months now to make them believe that the 2026/28 elections will be free, fair, & competitive. “We are totally unconstrained by either Congress or the courts” is now their default position on everything.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.
Homan: "We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."
March 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Once again, I don’t know what anyone has seen in the last two months now to make them believe that the 2026/28 elections will be free, fair, & competitive. “We are totally unconstrained by either Congress or the courts” is now their default position on everything.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
March 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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If you need more proof that increasing levels of megawealth rots your brain and/or there is basically no merit involved in who attains it, I’m a dumb idiot and I could’ve told u in my sleep that Trump really did want to do tariffs and didn’t just see them as a negotiating tactic and yet so many…
March 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If you need more proof that increasing levels of megawealth rots your brain and/or there is basically no merit involved in who attains it, I’m a dumb idiot and I could’ve told u in my sleep that Trump really did want to do tariffs and didn’t just see them as a negotiating tactic and yet so many…
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The administration just ignored a federal court order—and bragged about it.
This isn’t just a norm violation. This is the president declaring that judicial power exists only at his discretion.
If this isn’t a constitutional crisis, then what is?
This isn’t just a norm violation. This is the president declaring that judicial power exists only at his discretion.
If this isn’t a constitutional crisis, then what is?
When the Rule of Law Becomes Optional
The Slow Motion Coup Continues in Broad Daylight
www.notesfromthecircus.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The administration just ignored a federal court order—and bragged about it.
This isn’t just a norm violation. This is the president declaring that judicial power exists only at his discretion.
If this isn’t a constitutional crisis, then what is?
This isn’t just a norm violation. This is the president declaring that judicial power exists only at his discretion.
If this isn’t a constitutional crisis, then what is?
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Trump's head of 'anti-Semitism' task force which is targeting anti-war protesters, re-posted neo-Nazi leader who helped organize Unite the Right rally where white supremacists chanted "Jews will not replace us!"
Patrick Casey led Identity Evropa + worked alongside Holocaust Denier, Nick Fuentes.
Patrick Casey led Identity Evropa + worked alongside Holocaust Denier, Nick Fuentes.
March 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Trump's head of 'anti-Semitism' task force which is targeting anti-war protesters, re-posted neo-Nazi leader who helped organize Unite the Right rally where white supremacists chanted "Jews will not replace us!"
Patrick Casey led Identity Evropa + worked alongside Holocaust Denier, Nick Fuentes.
Patrick Casey led Identity Evropa + worked alongside Holocaust Denier, Nick Fuentes.
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AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
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It’s chaos. How are you coping? Serious question.
March 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It’s chaos. How are you coping? Serious question.