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What happens if the courts can't stop the Trump Administration? “Then we’ve got to take to the streets in a different way,” Anthony Romero, the executive director of the A.C.L.U., tells David Remnick. “We've got to shut down this country.”
We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country”
Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.
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February 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What happens if the courts can't stop the Trump Administration? “Then we’ve got to take to the streets in a different way,” Anthony Romero, the executive director of the A.C.L.U., tells David Remnick. “We've got to shut down this country.”
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This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed.
Trickle up economics.
Trickle up economics.
February 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed.
Trickle up economics.
Trickle up economics.
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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
February 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
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The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf
February 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf
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The Trump administration halted defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit filed a lawsuit.
Trump Admin Halts Defunding Nation's Financial Watchdog Agency After Lawsuit
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Trump administration halted defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit filed a lawsuit.
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Trump’s purge is a major step toward creating an officer corps personally loyal to him.
Read @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Read @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Friday Night Massacre at the Pentagon
Trump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Trump’s purge is a major step toward creating an officer corps personally loyal to him.
Read @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Read @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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So the President has abruptly fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Charles Q. Brown Jr., and is replacing him with a retired three star general, Dan Caine. This portends a future grave crisis as the President attempts to restructure the military into one personally loyal to him.
February 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
So the President has abruptly fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Charles Q. Brown Jr., and is replacing him with a retired three star general, Dan Caine. This portends a future grave crisis as the President attempts to restructure the military into one personally loyal to him.
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If you take Canadian oil out of the equation, Canada actually has a trade deficit, and the U.S. has a surplus — of $58 billion.
We supply cheap oil to the USA to ensure North American energy independence, so North America can never again be held hostage by OPEC countries.
#Canada #Trump #cdnpoli
We supply cheap oil to the USA to ensure North American energy independence, so North America can never again be held hostage by OPEC countries.
#Canada #Trump #cdnpoli
February 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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COMMENTARY: When government shuts out journalists and the public we serve, it's not a sign of strength. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oldZ...
Commentary: Shutting out journalists isn't a sign of strength, it's just a sign of power
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
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February 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
COMMENTARY: When government shuts out journalists and the public we serve, it's not a sign of strength. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oldZ...
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Turns out the Dow doesn’t love it
February 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Turns out the Dow doesn’t love it
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I think the most wrong I have ever been as a political scientist was when I said in a public forum in 2020 that there would not be political violence in the US (Jan 6 was 2 mos later).
Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.
Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.
February 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I think the most wrong I have ever been as a political scientist was when I said in a public forum in 2020 that there would not be political violence in the US (Jan 6 was 2 mos later).
Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.
Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.
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Let's say their names:
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
its genuinely insane that they're firing CJCS for being black and CNO for being a woman. that is what's happening here
February 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Let's say their names:
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
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Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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One immediate action from Senate democrats is to block any up/down voice vote and hold hearings for each and every one of the new General/Admiral confirmations. The Republicans can win the votes, but the process to vote on each of these nominations will take time. Grind them down!
February 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One immediate action from Senate democrats is to block any up/down voice vote and hold hearings for each and every one of the new General/Admiral confirmations. The Republicans can win the votes, but the process to vote on each of these nominations will take time. Grind them down!
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From Bad to Worse: Pentagon's Friday Night Massacre; and Trump Pushes Putin's Wars
This video evaluates the disastrous Pentagon firings, politicization of the military and filling the ranks with Trump loyalists, and Trump delaying the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
This video evaluates the disastrous Pentagon firings, politicization of the military and filling the ranks with Trump loyalists, and Trump delaying the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
Why It Matters: Pentagon's Friday Night Massacre; and Trump Pushes Putin's Wars
From Bad to Worse
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
From Bad to Worse: Pentagon's Friday Night Massacre; and Trump Pushes Putin's Wars
This video evaluates the disastrous Pentagon firings, politicization of the military and filling the ranks with Trump loyalists, and Trump delaying the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
This video evaluates the disastrous Pentagon firings, politicization of the military and filling the ranks with Trump loyalists, and Trump delaying the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
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President Trump’s purge at the Pentagon is a major step toward creating an officer corps personally and absolutely loyal to him, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/3oq1fmSh
February 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
President Trump’s purge at the Pentagon is a major step toward creating an officer corps personally and absolutely loyal to him, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/3oq1fmSh
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NEW: The Trump/Musk blitzkrieg aims to destroy government to advance oligarchy & autocracy—and to crush the Democrats & the progressive agenda. It's an existential crisis. Yet so many Dems are missing in action. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I ask, WTF? Pls share.
link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NEW: The Trump/Musk blitzkrieg aims to destroy government to advance oligarchy & autocracy—and to crush the Democrats & the progressive agenda. It's an existential crisis. Yet so many Dems are missing in action. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I ask, WTF? Pls share.
link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
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I concur!!!
"I ask, WTF?" Actually, the best source for an answer to this is from YOU, in your excellent book American Psychosis. This is the extension (and, frightfully, possibly the cumulation) of the process that began..., well, your book describes it far better than I could summarize here.
February 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I concur!!!
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J.D. Vance and Elon Musk’s efforts to help the AfD party win the German election goes beyond trolling liberals, writes Peter Wehner. “They see in the AfD an undiluted version of MAGA.”
MAGA Has Found a New Model
The leading figures of the Trump administration have fallen for a far-right party in Germany.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
J.D. Vance and Elon Musk’s efforts to help the AfD party win the German election goes beyond trolling liberals, writes Peter Wehner. “They see in the AfD an undiluted version of MAGA.”
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Something that's maddening about the cases involving DOGE access to our most sensitive private data and the irreparable harm standard is that the ACCESS ITSELF is the irreparable harm, and some judges just aren't getting that. (Some are, e.g., storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...)
storage.courtlistener.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Something that's maddening about the cases involving DOGE access to our most sensitive private data and the irreparable harm standard is that the ACCESS ITSELF is the irreparable harm, and some judges just aren't getting that. (Some are, e.g., storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...)
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At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.
NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga.
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
www.jacobsilverman.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.
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In our new "It Can Happen Here" video, we review Donald Trump's latest fascist moves, as he and Elon Musk war wage war on the US government to advance both oligarchy and autocracy.
For more, check out my OUR LAND newsletter at davidcorn.com.
For more, check out my OUR LAND newsletter at davidcorn.com.
It's clear Musk and Trump are weakening our gov't as a force to fight autocracy. #trump #elonmusk
YouTube video by Mother Jones
youtube.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In our new "It Can Happen Here" video, we review Donald Trump's latest fascist moves, as he and Elon Musk war wage war on the US government to advance both oligarchy and autocracy.
For more, check out my OUR LAND newsletter at davidcorn.com.
For more, check out my OUR LAND newsletter at davidcorn.com.
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On the one side, I do not love being a Jew in a country now ruled by explicit Nazis. On the other hand, this is all amazing ad footage for the Dems in 2026.
February 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
On the one side, I do not love being a Jew in a country now ruled by explicit Nazis. On the other hand, this is all amazing ad footage for the Dems in 2026.