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Deploying the National Guard—over the objections of state leaders and local law enforcement—is a dangerous escalation.
This isn’t about enforcing law and order, it’s about seizing power and control. Americans won’t tolerate this slide into authoritarianism.
This isn’t about enforcing law and order, it’s about seizing power and control. Americans won’t tolerate this slide into authoritarianism.
June 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Deploying the National Guard—over the objections of state leaders and local law enforcement—is a dangerous escalation.
This isn’t about enforcing law and order, it’s about seizing power and control. Americans won’t tolerate this slide into authoritarianism.
This isn’t about enforcing law and order, it’s about seizing power and control. Americans won’t tolerate this slide into authoritarianism.
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I guess Stephen Miller ordered the invasion of CA while Trump was out partying!
Trump is at a UFC fight tonight as Pentagon announces it is deploying federalized National Guard troops in California.
Very weird/disturbing alignment. Historic moment perhaps.
Pool reports included here from Myah Ward White House reporter
Very weird/disturbing alignment. Historic moment perhaps.
Pool reports included here from Myah Ward White House reporter
June 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I guess Stephen Miller ordered the invasion of CA while Trump was out partying!
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On the left, residents cleaning up their streets.
On the right, federalized Guard arriving to quell "violent mobs."
You can see some holding their assault rifles.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
On the right, federalized Guard arriving to quell "violent mobs."
You can see some holding their assault rifles.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
June 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
On the left, residents cleaning up their streets.
On the right, federalized Guard arriving to quell "violent mobs."
You can see some holding their assault rifles.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
On the right, federalized Guard arriving to quell "violent mobs."
You can see some holding their assault rifles.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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“Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Comrade Napoleon is always right’—maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.” — George Orwell, “Animal Farm”
Kevin Hassett on tariffs: "President Trump has a hat which is the accurate response to what that person said, which is 'Trump always wins.' A lot of people are wearing that hat, and 'Trump was always right.' But Trump does always win these negotiations."
May 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Comrade Napoleon is always right’—maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.” — George Orwell, “Animal Farm”
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Troy, a small Idaho city, “kept to itself. Then a Christian nationalist church [tied to Christ Church pastor Doug Wilson] asked the US Government to intervene.”
This month, the DOJ sued the city, claiming that Troy had “discriminated against the church on the basis of religion.” 5/25/25 1/
This month, the DOJ sued the city, claiming that Troy had “discriminated against the church on the basis of religion.” 5/25/25 1/
This small North Idaho town kept to itself. Then a Christian nationalist church asked the U.S. Government to intervene
TROY, Idaho – The streets are usually calm in this town of less than a thousand people a dozen miles east of Moscow.
www.spokesman.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Troy, a small Idaho city, “kept to itself. Then a Christian nationalist church [tied to Christ Church pastor Doug Wilson] asked the US Government to intervene.”
This month, the DOJ sued the city, claiming that Troy had “discriminated against the church on the basis of religion.” 5/25/25 1/
This month, the DOJ sued the city, claiming that Troy had “discriminated against the church on the basis of religion.” 5/25/25 1/
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1. As part of his dangerous anti-vaxx crusade, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. spread horrific lies about autistic people by saying they “will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date”
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
1. As part of his dangerous anti-vaxx crusade, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. spread horrific lies about autistic people by saying they “will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date”
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“[W]e’re also seeing…the favoring not of Christians per se, but of a CERTAiN KIND of Christianity. Trump & his people are aiming not to just work w/ the movement, but to shape the movement itself, to make it more faux-populist, demagogic & frankly authoritarian.” - @katherinestewart.bsky.social 1/
Trump has put Christian nationalists in key roles – say a prayer for free speech
Experts warn that a specific brand of Christianity will be prioritized and lead to a ‘further dismantling’ of institutions
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“[W]e’re also seeing…the favoring not of Christians per se, but of a CERTAiN KIND of Christianity. Trump & his people are aiming not to just work w/ the movement, but to shape the movement itself, to make it more faux-populist, demagogic & frankly authoritarian.” - @katherinestewart.bsky.social 1/
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These two posts:
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
April 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
These two posts:
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
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Quite the juxtapose
These two posts:
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
* “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts.
* Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/
April 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Quite the juxtapose
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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
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The presidents of the United States and El Salvador are engaging in human trafficking and ignoring orders by US courts. They, not the immigrants they kidnap, are the ones acting unlawfully.
TRUMP: "I will send rapists to El Salvador."
ME: "You first."
TRUMP: "I will send rapists to El Salvador."
ME: "You first."
REPORTER: You mentioned you're open to deporting individuals that aren't foreign aliens but aren't criminal to El Salvador. Does that include US citizens?
TRUMP: If they are criminals and hit people with baseball bats, if they rape 87 year old women, yeah. Yeah. That includes them. I'm all for it.
TRUMP: If they are criminals and hit people with baseball bats, if they rape 87 year old women, yeah. Yeah. That includes them. I'm all for it.
April 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The presidents of the United States and El Salvador are engaging in human trafficking and ignoring orders by US courts. They, not the immigrants they kidnap, are the ones acting unlawfully.
TRUMP: "I will send rapists to El Salvador."
ME: "You first."
TRUMP: "I will send rapists to El Salvador."
ME: "You first."
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April 12, 2025
April 12, 2025
It was just 20 days ago—on March 24—that editor in chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg reported that the most senior members of the Trump administration discussed a military strike on the Houthis i...
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April 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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here's today's post: "did Donald Trump do some stock market fuckery, or what?" — just what exactly happened?
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did Donald Trump do some stock market fuckery, or what?
just what exactly happened?
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April 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
www.npr.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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here's today's post: "shut up and eat your shit sandwich, MAGA. you voted for it" — the cultists are having a big sad because it turns out tariffs suck.
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shut up and eat your shit sandwich, MAGA. you voted for it
boo fucking hoo
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April 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
here's today's post: "shut up and eat your shit sandwich, MAGA. you voted for it" — the cultists are having a big sad because it turns out tariffs suck.
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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
April 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
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Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
April 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
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I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?
April 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?
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The irony.
We’re in tax season, and increasingly, the government is doing nothing for us.
We’re in tax season, and increasingly, the government is doing nothing for us.
April 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The irony.
We’re in tax season, and increasingly, the government is doing nothing for us.
We’re in tax season, and increasingly, the government is doing nothing for us.
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Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
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This is what happens when people speak up.
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is what happens when people speak up.
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BREAKING
National security adviser Mike Waltz’s team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, Middle East policy, Africa and Europe.
Two sources said they were in or have direct knowledge of at least TWENTY such chats.
National security adviser Mike Waltz’s team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, Middle East policy, Africa and Europe.
Two sources said they were in or have direct knowledge of at least TWENTY such chats.
Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.
bit.ly
April 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BREAKING
National security adviser Mike Waltz’s team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, Middle East policy, Africa and Europe.
Two sources said they were in or have direct knowledge of at least TWENTY such chats.
National security adviser Mike Waltz’s team regularly set up chats on Signal to coordinate official work on issues including Ukraine, China, Gaza, Middle East policy, Africa and Europe.
Two sources said they were in or have direct knowledge of at least TWENTY such chats.