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Tommy Tuberville: "When it comes to protesters, we gotta make sure we treat all of them the same: send them to jail."

We will soon start to see services the government provides for us disappear. Maybe entirely, maybe just crippled enough that it doesn’t function correctly. Take a look at what services you receive from the government and make plans for what you would do if you had to live without it.

There is a clear language shift happening here where Palestinian will become the word that flags you as a target.

For anyone who is so inclined.

@juddlegum.bsky.social's MuskWatch rolls out the DOGE tracker, showing that $96B of DOGE's claimed savings are bullshit. doge.muskwatch.com

Call to action for those who are inclined:

Take note - a ban on *emergency* abortion care. Women, don’t get pregnant in Idaho unless you’re prepared to die for it.

The judicial process and its power to hold the administration is nearing collapse.

If you are able, buy extra of the things you most depend on and keep a stock. Things are going to get *rough*.

A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”

A top White House aide calls a Senator who disagrees with Trump a traitor. The Trump administration seizes and tries to deport a green card holder here legally who's been charged with no crime. The Trump administration ignores laws governing hiring, firing, and spending. The path to despotism.

The strength of the dollar is of major concern, particularly as inflation worsens. It may be helpful to store money in foreign currency, and I’ve had success with this app.

Spinning today on the Dystopia Preparation Playlist

Here we go.

NEW — Per Homeland Security & State Department sources, the Trump administration is staking its entire case to deport Mahmoud Kahlil not on whether he broke a law, but on Secretary of State Marco Rubio “personally” deciding Khalil would “compromise” US foreign policy.

DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION: My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then, "Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."

We need to seriously begin thinking about what our lives would look like if we go to war with Canada. (I cannot believe I’m typing this.)

“A growing number of Americans have become not just tolerant of, but affirmatively for, authoritarianism. The corollary being: In 2024, some significant portion of voters chose Trump not in spite of his explicitly authoritarian program but because of it.” www.thebulwark.com/p/new-data-r...

Holy shit. The United States was not invited to the NATO summit on Ukraine in Paris on March 11. There’s no other meaning: The United States was just benched for colluding with the enemy.

Now is the time to decide how to protect yourself from the government’s attention and surveillance. Or, if you choose to openly resist, how to prepare for persecution.

The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is the most openly autocratic action of this administration, done blatantly and in plain sight to demonstrate their power. Whether they obey this judge’s order is, to me, a bellwether for if we’ve completely left democracy behind.

Not only is a billionaire buying his preferred official, the official will be beholden to him and him alone as the sole method he could get elected.

ICE PROTEST COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Let’s Go, This is a First Amendment Issue! #3E #USProtest

History once again has important lessons for us.

This is not just a red flag, it’s a five-alarm fire. And it won’t stop here. This is only the beginning.

Mahmoud Khalil will only be the first.

I cannot recommend more highly “The Plot Against America,” an alternate history novel where Roosevelt loses to Charles Lindbergh and the country descends into fascism.

NYC Monday 3/10/25 - Release Mahmoud Khalil - US Permanent Resident detained by DHS for exercising free speech

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

I think it’s fair to say now that we are living in the authoritarian state. All that’s left to do now is to learn how to cope and survive.

“Launch Musk to Mars” and “Democracy Dies with DOGE”. #3E #endoligarchy #teslatakeover #teslatakedown

🚨🚨🚨 The administration has begun criminalizing protest.

This is clearly building a pretext for something.

The number of protests that are gonna happen in the coming months just because it’s finally getting warm outside is going to be nuts

Spinning today on the Dystopia Preparation Playlist, a natural choice.

“A common misconception is that illiberal populists want to eliminate dissenting voices. This is wrong. The goal is not total control of information, but to usher in a state of permanent war in politics.” www.prospectmagazine...

Seems like has been very little coverage of protests happening in the U.S.--not necessarily an intentional media blackout (although possibly), but the result of a longstanding stance in legacy media that protests aren't worth covering, activists aren't credible sources (but somehow CEOs are), etc.

There is this nagging thought in the back of my head that if the government shuts down it will give the president a pretext to declare a nationwide emergency, which would dramatically expand and concentrate his power. I hope I’m just being dramatic but I’d rather be ready.

This is not merely an inconvenience - movement into the US is becoming more restricted each week. It is a distinct possibility that the rules will eventually restrict movement out as well. Stay vigilant.

Important point here: a lot of celebrations of court victories reinstating employees who were illegally terminated. Don’t celebrate until they’re back at their desks, even though we’re happy the courts did the right thing. Rule #3: Institutions will not save you.