We must follow the lead of opposition movements in other kleptocracies: Put corruption at the center of our arguments. American government & foreign & domestic policy are being transformed to benefit not Americans but Trump & Co. Only voters can stop this change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... - ThreadSky

tribelaw.bsky.social • 48 days ago

We must follow the lead of opposition movements in other kleptocracies: Put corruption at the center of our arguments. American government & foreign & domestic policy are being transformed to benefit not Americans but Trump & Co. Only voters can stop this change.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/

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jonathan-hilbun.bsky.social•48 days ago

I think it's going to take a lot more than voting at this point.

muddles1968.bsky.social•48 days ago

Keep Leticia James safe

umaija.bsky.social•48 days ago

Yes, given this and more evidence of Russian infiltration:
https://bsky.app/profile/bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social/post/3lmqzrtaq6s2r

vitamc.bsky.social•48 days ago

Is anyone shocked?

bouncer424.bsky.social•48 days ago

Unchecked corruption leads to fascism.

Join your local resistance.

This isn't a full list & I don't recommend any one group or style of resistance

Do some research, ask questions and be informed. You are not alone, trust

https://fivebyfifteen.org
https://handsoff2025.com
https://Fiftyfifty.one
https://indivisible.org

#RESIST

thebluemoose.bsky.social•48 days ago

Also: @americanopposition.org

bopoh.bsky.social•48 days ago

Agree.
Votes stopped Hitler.
Votes stopped Ulyanov.
Votes stopped Dzhugashvili.
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Votes stopped Putin. 👍

spyder307.bsky.social•48 days ago

Don't be so sure that the American voters can change this. I think you've already had your last 'Free and Fair' election.

imdoctorremulak.bsky.social•48 days ago

Voters had their last chance and congress has all but officially given up trying to accomplish anything.

Only a military coup or invasion by our former Allies is going to stop this.

Either ones fine with me.

simplycommonsense.bsky.social•48 days ago

I don't think many people didn't vote, I think the votes got Starlinked.

floridademocrat.bsky.social•48 days ago

No doubt.

cannebrown.bsky.social•48 days ago

But voters can do nothing for almost 2 years. In the meantime the mob has taken over. Hard to come back.

westexanon.bsky.social•48 days ago

Keep showing us the money! The greatest indicator of corruption.

nevervonshitypants.bsky.social•48 days ago

What an awful mess he's gotten us into. So much for draining the swamp

finddignity.bsky.social•48 days ago

It would be interesting for some journalist to keep a running tally of known corruption. We see individual tallies of his most blatant crimes in isolation.

pauldu.bsky.social•48 days ago

Conflict of interest is a feature, not a bug, for Trump

elesw19.bsky.social•48 days ago

Sound advice here. NB it took strikes in Iran’s leading industry (oil) to bring down the Shah. This will not be fast or easy. And do Americans actually have the mettle to stand up to authoritarianism? https://go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-weekend-essay%2Fso-you-want-to-be-a-dissident

halgregory.bsky.social•48 days ago

leenysted.bsky.social•48 days ago

EU, China, and the rest of the world must be our friends or we risk losing the buyers of our debt at a time when this administration has raised our debt, NOW, by nearly $10 Trillion dollars during one term and now 4 months into the second. We would have 20% interest rates.

praire.bsky.social•48 days ago

You are so accurate @tribelaw.bsky.social in your lead post!! Thank you !! This picture is strikingly pathetic! The voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court election proved to be successful! I continue to hold the faith we all must exercise our rights at the ballot 🗳 Everyone!!!

tagohio.bsky.social•48 days ago

No. The GOP controlled Congress could put an end to this madness. Let’s hold them accountable. They play an important role in our government.

harleyg44.bsky.social•48 days ago

https://45harley.github.io/CB/

drtomjones.bsky.social•48 days ago

If you want to remove money from US politics, you need to reform your electoral system. A system that takes $15bn to elect a leader and two years to do it, is a magnet for corruption.

kriswile.bsky.social•48 days ago

I've been tracking too, but until the day to day pain is felt, the tide may not shift. https://www.stcollab.com/2025/04/09/democracy-dashboard/

indanorth.bsky.social•48 days ago

You assume there will be more elections

slownomaguy.bsky.social•48 days ago

With Trump, we need to get away from phrases like “unprecedented” and “conflict of interest”. He has no interest beyond his own. He may be cruel, chaotic, and vindictive, but he’s not conflicted.

coldownsouth.bsky.social•48 days ago

If the American People cannot force Congress to REMOVE THE ROGUE PRESIDENT,
TRUMP and his Controllers will continue to Dismantle the Government, the Rule of Law and YOUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.

If you think this is Rhetoric…You are a Fool.

This applies to ALL Americans. Regardless of your Politics !

coldownsouth.bsky.social•48 days ago

Trump has told the Supreme Court “Up Yours!” Over His Deportation’s

SO MUCH FOR YOUR MIGHTY RULE OF LAW Americans.

Defeated without a single Gun Shot.
“How Do You Like THEM Apples” SCOTUS

He’s your Monster, Alito et Al.

marcashrsn.bsky.social•48 days ago

"Corruption" is a problem everyone understands. Everyone knows what it is and hates it.

easttraveler.bsky.social•48 days ago

Who has power to oppose him?

Answer: NOBODY

Democracy is almost dead under this authoritarian... 😳

mraik.bsky.social•48 days ago

Voters are being kicked off rolls without justification. People need to start fighting for local and state governance as these morons got in and now are tilting the scales illegally toward the other side. Want fair and impartial elections put impartial people in that can make that happen.

ljl06.bsky.social•48 days ago

Professor Tribe - voters can help if our elections are safe and our votes counted. But we are a nation of laws and both the political and judicial laws are failing us.

okay7.bsky.social•48 days ago

Sick and tired of the nonstop greed and corruption.

margin25.bsky.social•48 days ago

How much money are we spending to indulge Trump's golf habit? Some might find that picture offensive.

dcemerald.bsky.social•46 days ago

🎯

ramark.bsky.social•48 days ago

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

rabbibenknockoff.bsky.social•48 days ago

dogcatcher4.bsky.social•48 days ago

When you sound alarmed, it makes me feel alarmed.

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

firewaterr.bsky.social•48 days ago

the last election was stolen. so many ballots were thrown out. gerrymandering out of control. pretty sure we need to do more then vote

bossyzana.bsky.social•48 days ago

This needs to be front and center on repeat. Front page news daily. This is Authoritarianism.
The past month we have seen human trafficking of hundreds of men without due process, defying Supreme Court ruling, signal gate, purposeful manipulation of stock market.
Release Garcia!!!!!!!

marxcomics.bsky.social•48 days ago

jaycee63.bsky.social•48 days ago

There’s one problem with this meme, his hand is actually on the Bible.

marxcomics.bsky.social•48 days ago

It's a cartoon.

tom2050.bsky.social•48 days ago

hardspun.bsky.social•48 days ago

Then @theatlantic.com should call it corruption, not 'conflicts of interest'

jstpshply.bsky.social•48 days ago

The problem is, voters may never get the chance.

mac11187.bsky.social•48 days ago

Corruption and failure.

stillraptor.bsky.social•48 days ago

86✊🏻47

cjmmusic1.bsky.social•48 days ago

michaelatty.bsky.social•48 days ago

Love that idea as Congress won’t do it unless Rs get their heads out of their azz.

Pick a day, everyone zero shopping, boycott work if possible.

idummkopp.bsky.social•48 days ago

Correct, but that will only be possible with elections.

Meanwhile:

idummkopp.bsky.social•48 days ago

jhmblvd.bsky.social•48 days ago

How did this man become president.
That’s the question no one can answer. Despite his obvious crimes and failures, why empower this kind of tyranny?

stevefermier.bsky.social•48 days ago

You want to see actual, real waste and fraud? Check out the photo. Trump is charging you and me to pay for the Secret Service protection at his resorts when they go there. Nice and tidy.

mantisgadfly424.bsky.social•48 days ago

ConDon is the most corrupt President in history?

theblatt.bsky.social•48 days ago

💯
https://bsky.app/profile/theblatt.bsky.social/post/3lgykdjlnok2m

potts6563.bsky.social•48 days ago

Yep it seems all the lawyers and plenty of judges are cool with it tho

sheilahatchet.bsky.social•46 days ago

So much this

farkel.bsky.social•48 days ago

This is far beyond repulsive.

huckmucus.bsky.social•48 days ago

I think people smarter than me need to be strategic in their thinking. On the one hand, we don't want people to suffer. On the other hand, we don't want to bail Krasnov out. Don't deprive him of the rope he needs to hang himself. The more pain he brings, the more people will turn on him. Now is our

huckmucus.bsky.social•48 days ago

chance. If we flip the legislature in the midterms (a good thing), he will have us to blame. Right now, it's all on him.

michaelatty.bsky.social•48 days ago

Agree - I work for SSA, well two more days. DOGE has single handedly destroyed an agency that was already 15% short staffed. A State Attorney for Public/Special Ed sounds better.

Social Security is the one thing that can immediately change things. Mess with that - and Rs let him - “good trouble”.

lynzlynsa.bsky.social•48 days ago

Did you take the buyout? I’m hoping they do another one.

westonhaus.bsky.social•48 days ago

You spelled "violence" wrong. The law isn't addressing it, voting will be suppressed/ignored, and MAGA doesn't care.

trixxyil.bsky.social•48 days ago

Who was the Hungarian autocrat whose mansion was scoured for proof of his kleptocracy? Fairly recently.
We will have similar scenes when Trump is finally removed from power.

sallyny.bsky.social•48 days ago

Perhaps correct in that we citizens have no one but ourselves to help us, but you know that free & fair elections are no longer guaranteed. So voting in future elections is no longer the most viable path to a solution. Everyone will need to continue to work creatively & with extreme urgency

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