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Yep. If they can do it to him they can do it to you. bsky.app/profile/obar...
@stevevladeck.bsky.social gets an important shout-out in the 2 judge concurrence upholding the injunction to return Abrego Garcia to the US
"A world in which federal courts lack the power to order the government to take every possible step to bring back to the US individuals like Abrego Garcia ..."
"A world in which federal courts lack the power to order the government to take every possible step to bring back to the US individuals like Abrego Garcia ..."
April 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yep. If they can do it to him they can do it to you. bsky.app/profile/obar...
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It’s good that more and more federal judges are issuing orders blocking illegal acts by the Trump administration.
But each court victory brings us closer to the real crisis: will Trumpists yield to courts, or will they go full fascist and say they are not bound by the courts?
But each court victory brings us closer to the real crisis: will Trumpists yield to courts, or will they go full fascist and say they are not bound by the courts?
February 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It’s good that more and more federal judges are issuing orders blocking illegal acts by the Trump administration.
But each court victory brings us closer to the real crisis: will Trumpists yield to courts, or will they go full fascist and say they are not bound by the courts?
But each court victory brings us closer to the real crisis: will Trumpists yield to courts, or will they go full fascist and say they are not bound by the courts?
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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I'm not saying this is a coup. But if you *were* going to do a coup, how would things look different from recent events -- seizing the federal payments system, federal purging law enforcement, threatening to sic armed US Marshals on civil servants guarding classified data
Musk's cronies tried to to gain access to classified USAID data. USAID Director of Security John Voorhees security said no. The Musk people threatened to call in the US Marshals and take the data at gunpoint. They still said no.
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
edition.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm not saying this is a coup. But if you *were* going to do a coup, how would things look different from recent events -- seizing the federal payments system, federal purging law enforcement, threatening to sic armed US Marshals on civil servants guarding classified data
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Here's a comment worth reading from the Substack.
February 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here's a comment worth reading from the Substack.
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Remember:
The tariffs aren’t about economics, and DOGE isn’t about fiscal responsibility.
They are both about ••psychopathology**.
The tariffs aren’t about economics, and DOGE isn’t about fiscal responsibility.
They are both about ••psychopathology**.
February 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Remember:
The tariffs aren’t about economics, and DOGE isn’t about fiscal responsibility.
They are both about ••psychopathology**.
The tariffs aren’t about economics, and DOGE isn’t about fiscal responsibility.
They are both about ••psychopathology**.
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Among the many avenues Democrats need to be pushing *now* is:
Trump, Musk, and their Republican enablers just compromised the personal and financial info of every American.
This isn't hyperbole; it already happened. They broke all the cybersecurity protocols and are concealing what they're doing.
Trump, Musk, and their Republican enablers just compromised the personal and financial info of every American.
This isn't hyperbole; it already happened. They broke all the cybersecurity protocols and are concealing what they're doing.
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Among the many avenues Democrats need to be pushing *now* is:
Trump, Musk, and their Republican enablers just compromised the personal and financial info of every American.
This isn't hyperbole; it already happened. They broke all the cybersecurity protocols and are concealing what they're doing.
Trump, Musk, and their Republican enablers just compromised the personal and financial info of every American.
This isn't hyperbole; it already happened. They broke all the cybersecurity protocols and are concealing what they're doing.
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I know the “imagine if a Democrat did this” is overplayed, but if a Democratic president had given George Soros access to government personnel details and Treasury payments I’m pretty sure we’d have a literal civil war.
February 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I know the “imagine if a Democrat did this” is overplayed, but if a Democratic president had given George Soros access to government personnel details and Treasury payments I’m pretty sure we’d have a literal civil war.
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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i keep saying these people hate the american system of government because it is true. “sovereign over the executive branch?” get the fuck outta here. he is a servant of the constitution and those “rogue judges” are doing their jobs!
Rooting for the dictator that he and other Christian nationalists have called for - a President who answers to no one.
January 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
i keep saying these people hate the american system of government because it is true. “sovereign over the executive branch?” get the fuck outta here. he is a servant of the constitution and those “rogue judges” are doing their jobs!
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a functional, healthy cop culture would seek to punish law-breaking criminal cops MORE harshly, recognizing that with the life-or-death authority granted to police, expectations of ethical conduct also increase. instead we get cops treating other cops as a protected, indulged mafia class
"We're not looking to prosecute fellow law enforcement officers" said Eric Harden, former special agent
December 6, 2024 at 10:39 PM
a functional, healthy cop culture would seek to punish law-breaking criminal cops MORE harshly, recognizing that with the life-or-death authority granted to police, expectations of ethical conduct also increase. instead we get cops treating other cops as a protected, indulged mafia class
