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E. Jean Carrol WINS BIG In Court, Defeating Trump, Pam Bondi & DOJ youtu.be/rApGOJqvKTw?...

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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

submitted 18 hours ago • 132 comments

There is a stupidity crisis in the White House everyday.

submitted 21 hours ago • 81 comments

Happy Juneteenth To All !! open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

Indeed. He never has a strategy. He’s incapable of thinking strategically. He’s a malevolent, mendacious, and moronic ordure of narcissistic whim, impulse, and caprice.

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They dress like street thugs because they ARE street thugs

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From the NSC to FEMA to NOAA to CDC to the IC to counter-terrorism centers to agencies that are supposed to protect from financial meltdowns, every part of the US government designed to protect us from crises is weaker today than it was before Trump took over. newrepublic.com/article/1968...

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If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...

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Heated rhetoric and political violence: It’s not a both sides problem; it’s a Trump-GOP problem.

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“Ten years of lies ranked above law. Ten years of hate placed above humanity. Ten years where truth became treason and decency became weakness. Ten years of corruption and corrosion in the White House.” -Rick Wilson therickwilson.substack.com/p/ten-years-...

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This

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The result of the antivaxx movement is death for kids. Whooping cough can be fatal for young infants - it causes them to stop breathing. Kids can only be vaccinated at 6-8w of life. Before then, protection is provided by vaccinating mum during pregnancy.

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“Armed “security forces have often been the public face of the violence and moral collapse that can pervade societies when strongmen come to power, . . . speeding up autocratic consolidation by . . . a leader who wants to use [the military] against his own citizens.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/o...

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Who knew that Ethiopia and Egypt were on the verge of war before he intervened? Weird historical revisionism to disguise his lack of success in peace deals, as I just wrote: bit.ly/45jFrXL

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Yesterday, millions of us reasserted the “We” in "We the people." We gained strength from our solidarity. We celebrated our numbers and our power. We will be steadfast. We will not cower to a dictator. We will win.

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San Francisco’s Ocean Beach 🔥 📹by @adampardee.bsky.social

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National protest organizers told people not to protest in DC because “Trump might declare martial law,” says one organizer. These people said “fuck that.” And they’re marching to the White House. @smencimer.bsky.social

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Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD

submitted 5 days ago • 126 comments

Donald Trump has made over $600 million since becoming president, according to a new financial disclosure form—a lot of it coming from fees associated with his meme coin. Once again, the most corrupt president in American history 👇

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#NoKings

submitted 6 days ago • 73 comments

New AP poll, Trump is at -21 approval with more than twice as many Americans strongly disapproving (41) to strongly approving (20). Trump is wildly unpopular despite a relatively strong economic tailwind and other favorable conditions. Americans don't like dictators. apnorc.org/projects/mos...

submitted 8 days ago • 68 comments

TODAY 6/14/25, we peacefully make our voices heard... NO KINGS!* 🇺🇸 *Also NO: CONVICTED FELONS/PATHOLOGICAL LIARS/DRAFT DODGERS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS/SHORT-FINGERED VULGARIANS/MALIGNANT NARCISSISTS & ANYONE WHO INCITED AN INSURRECTION IN AN ATTEMPTED COUP AGAINST HIS OWN COUNTRY a/k/a TRAITORS ✊

submitted 6 days ago • 274 comments

Chris Hayes: “It is going to require this kind of democratic force and mobilization against the Trump administration constantly. Believe me, I know it is exhausting. But there will be a million more small victories along the way.”

submitted 6 days ago • 43 comments

Convicted Felon Donald Trump is so desperate to be liked he’s co-opted the Army’s birthday for his own. The waste, fraud, and abuse? We’ve found it. And it’s all on Bonespurs Trump. youtu.be/DgyjqmGAj_8?...

submitted 6 days ago • 81 comments

That's definitely true

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Put this on a billboard.

submitted 7 days ago • 100 comments

Gutting funding for public media will cut off news sources for millions of Americans. That’s exactly what Trump wants: to exert even more control over the news and information that the public receives – or doesn’t even receive at all. It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.

submitted 8 days ago • 71 comments

Trump is spending $134 million to needlessly deploy troops to LA and $45 million to throw himself a birthday military parade — he seems to think the US military is a toy for his amusement, funded by American taxpayers.

submitted 9 days ago • 130 comments

Trump is destroying America in so many ways, it is sometimes hard to keep track of them all. But we need to. So, I've tried to help with that. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

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In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.

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🚨BREAKING: California sued President Donald Trump Monday, accusing him of illegally seizing control of the California National Guard to suppress protests in Los Angeles — without the governor’s consent. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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In 2024, we warned of the darkness of a future Trump dictatorship. Jailing leaders of American cities, disappearing dissenters, and using military force to harm Americans. That future is on our doorstep. But we can stop it. Don't be afraid to exercise your power and tell Trump enough is enough.

submitted 10 days ago • 151 comments

Trump is desperate for a diversion from ripping health care from 17 million Americans and his war with Musk. Deploying our own armed troops on Americans is outrageous, unnecessary, and dangerously provocative.

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Ben Rhodes articulately states the dangers the country currently confronts.

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ALEC — a right-wing think tank known for drafting controversial anti-voting legislation like the SAVE Act — is launching a new task force that will focus on pushing a new slate of state-level voter suppression bills. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Mobilize and deploy US troops against fellow Americans. Make fellow Americans look like they’re the “enemy within”. Distort the truth to make it look like LEGAL protests are something criminal in nature. It’s more of the “us versus them” propaganda from Convicted Felon Donald Trump.

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A new lawsuit is demanding Utah turn over its full voter registration list, including private and protected records. The lawsuit filed by a right-wing group tied to voter purges claims state privacy laws violate federal transparency rules. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

submitted 11 days ago • 933 comments

The only emergency is the one Trump is causing.

submitted 11 days ago • 102 comments

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

submitted 11 days ago • 899 comments

Our silence is what Trump seeks. Suppressing free expression is his goal. We have the power to deny him that. By standing up, speaking out and rejecting calls to cower in compliance.

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

The events of the past few days has me recalling this Yeats poem:

submitted 11 days ago • 39 comments

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

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