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Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back. This is only going to get worse.

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The regime might be back-paddling in some areas, while escalating in others; periods of acceleration might be interrupted by treacherous phases of perceived “normalcy.” A key question we should be asking: What does an authoritarian movement like MAGA do when they run into problems?

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Elizabeth Warren to Sarah Eisen: "I'm sorry -- you're throwing a giant parade and tossing confetti over regulations that, let's see what happened over the last 9 months -- Wells Fargo has been tagged for money laundering, it's been tagged for engaging in consumer fraud ... that makes no sense."

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Van Hollen: "I assume after yesterday you're no longer advocating people buy Tesla stock?" Lutnick: "A terrorist attack on a great American stock seemed to require a response." Van Hollen: "A Secretary of Commerce probably should not be offering suggestions on stock purchases."

submitted 2 days ago • 164 comments

New in PN: The real cover-up is of Trump's disordered mental state "Despite the endless handwringing about Biden Old, a sitting president acting like a cross between a 4Chan thread and Q truly is a major concern — one the mainstream media actively minimizes."

submitted 3 days ago • 253 comments

your regular reminder that authoritarian populism will make your country corrupt and poor. look at Hungary

submitted 3 days ago • 89 comments

Ms. Rachel is the real deal.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

"The fact that the country has to constantly be in court to fight its own president is really wearying" -- anon

submitted 4 days ago • 273 comments

Also holy shit the Mariners Pride Month video is SO good

submitted 5 days ago • 35 comments

WELKER: Do you have any actual evidence that the people who will lose Medicaid coverage are engaging in fraud? MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there is a tremendous amount of fraud in Medicaid

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Who did this? 😂

submitted 6 days ago • 671 comments

Totally inappropriate and really unprecedented for a cabinet secretary to overtly intervene in an election of an ally like this. And even more wildly (though unsurprisingly) on behalf of the pro-authoritarian party.

submitted 6 days ago • 194 comments

The Republican bill is incredibly unpopular. It would hurt millions & give tax cuts to billionaires. Make the politics SO toxic that Republicans have to rework the budget framework completely. Protest! Resist! Join together to fight back!

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This is how it’s done! FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets. (Sound up)

submitted 6 days ago • 1271 comments

#resistbot @resist.bot #Michigan resist.bot/petitions/PA...

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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”

submitted 7 days ago • 4575 comments

Tesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

TACO's Economy:

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NEW: As we watch Trump flail re Putin's latest assaults on Ukraine, don't forget the original sin of Trump's presidencies: He aided & abetted Putin's covert attack on the 2016 election that helped Trump reach the White House. Rubio confirmed this in 2020. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 8 days ago • 26 comments

Democrats need to stop hand-wringing about their limited power in Congress and to start extracting whatever political price they can from the Republicans who are abetting Trump's corruption. Gift link: wapo.st/431rQCY

submitted 22 days ago • 42 comments

ICE agents rounded up around 40 people today across Martha’s Vineyard—grabbing some out of their cars. The sweeps were carried out as part of a series of traffic stops with the help of FBI and DEA agents. “You should be ashamed of yourselves,” one person shouted at several agents gathered outside.

submitted 9 days ago • 748 comments

BREAKING: A panel of judges on the U.S. Court of International Trade permanently enjoined President Trump's tariffs (EOs 14193, 14194, 14195, & 14257), finding that they go beyond the authority granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Read the opinion:

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Last night I wrote a post about recent developments at the FBI that seem to be mostly flying beneath the radar screen. This one feels particularly important—they all are these days, but this one especially so. I hope you'll take a moment to read and share it. joycevance.substack.com/p/fbi-top-pr...

submitted 9 days ago • 36 comments

💩 now I have to acknowledge that Ben Shapiro agrees with me.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Reminder that I’m happy to help you move your Substack newsletter to a self-hosted Ghost newsletter that you fully own and control (and that scales more cheaply than Substack if you’re monetized.)

submitted 9 days ago • 31 comments

This isn’t just a suspension of new student visa interviews, it’s also all new interviews for exchange visitors. Many exchange visitors work at summer camps and other similar programs. This could have an immediate impact on many American businesses as well, not just higher ed.

submitted 10 days ago • 36 comments

When @preetbharara writes something, I stop to read. Always. open.substack.com/pub/staytune...

submitted 10 days ago • 32 comments

My campaign office unfortunately has to hire security as an individual is regularly vandalizing it. This is in addition to a Republican calling our office the “Home of Hezbollah”. Security is an unplanned expense but we want this to be a safe place. If you’re able, help us offset the costs below ⬇️

submitted 11 days ago • 122 comments

It's been a shameful five months for an awful lot of prominent journalists & media outlets, plumbing depths I could not imagine ostensible professionals would lower themselves to. It makes one all the more grateful for those who keep rising to meet the authoritarian moment. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

You don’t have to ask <if> or <when> the democratic backsliding will start. It’s already happened. Here we are, living under competitive authoritarianism where the judiciary needs its own security because it can’t trust the executive to not use the security services against it.

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Former prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, tells BBC Israeli actions in Gaza ‘close to a war crime’ www.timesofisrael.com/former-pm-ol...

submitted 12 days ago • 110 comments

If you think the Defund movement failed, you’re missing the bigger picture | M Adams and Miski Noor

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Trump earns billions while cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP. ““Mr Trump is estimated to have added billions to his personal fortune, at least on paper, since the start of his new term, much of it through crypto.”” www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

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Has Congress abrogated its authority? Is Trump above the Law? What sort of example does this set if the President is allowed to profit by his position and invite widespread corruption and lawlessness?

submitted 12 days ago • 22 comments

He never stopped. He laughed at Trump and continued the killing, because Trump is an international joke and his foreign policy team is filled with bumbling, weak, appeasing incompetents.

submitted 12 days ago • 219 comments