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“Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.” @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/a-permanen...

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This is how you normalize authoritarianism.

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New euphemism for authoritarian lawlessness just dropped

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Over & over again, Sen Dems asked Joint Chiefs nominee Dan Caine if he would push back on Trump if he tried to politicize the military, as his predecessors had to do. He assured Senators he would. Where is Caine now? In hiding? Witness protection? What is he doing about this?

submitted 13 hours ago • 108 comments

Authoritarians need a problem only they can “solve”, and if there isn’t a problem, they create one.

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Waiting for the big outlets to put two and two together and realize that police whose identities are secret and facilities are secret are secret police.

submitted 21 hours ago • 56 comments

Mission creep. "National Guard troops began protecting immigration agents as they made arrests in Los Angeles on Tuesday, an expansion of their duties that had been limited to protecting federal property." apnews.com/article/los-...

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Excellent piece by Jamelke Bouie! Highly recommended. "Power, real power, rests on legitimacy and consent. A regime that has to deploy force at the first sign of dissent is a regime that does not actually believe it can wield power short of coercion and open threats of violence."

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

Short 🧵with profound implications

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Add it to the long list of Trump's "public secrets." Everybody paying attention already knows DOGE wasn't about eliminating waste; anti-trans policies aren't about protecting women; "anti-porn" legislation isn't about porn; etc. etc. etc. Imagine a world where we actually discussed things directly.

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They should point to him as they stare him down…

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The New Yorker.

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NYT: “How will Trump’s illegal military takeover of LA play for Democrats?” I’m just a political communication scholar standing in front of our paper of record asking for them to not strategy frame an authoritarian takeover. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

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A must-read from @gregsargent.bsky.social at @newrepublic.com on the grave mistake of framing Trump's heinous actions in LA as a political win--or even a political move: newrepublic.com/article/1966...

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This is the way! Smart protesting. Don't give them what they want. Don't give them what they NEED!!!!

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They’re doing jobs Americans refuse to do and they’re being hunted ….

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I know it's super inconvenient for everyone trying to go to work and get the kids into summer camps and all that, but the White House is literally trying to start a civil war

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Teehee.

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🤬😡🤬 💙✊💙✌️💙🦋

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I asked the old punk how we will get through this, and he replied: we will get through this by taking care of each other. So I told the old punk that isn’t very specific, and he replied: taking care of each other isn’t about doing something specific, it’s about doing something.

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In moments of fear and confusion, remember the people in uniform are not our enemies they are our fellows. They didn’t choose to be here, and now they sleep on cold floors without food or direction. Let’s show up with water, food, blankets, and kindness. This will be all of our saving grace.

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Humanity. In case anyone forgot what that looks like.

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“‘We are all here because we love the Smithsonian,’ Bunch told the crowd. ‘As long as I’m in this chair, I’m with you. We will continue to be the institution the public deserves and the public needs. And I cannot tell you enough — you’re going to make me cry — thank you.’” [gift link]

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Omg. Look who joined Bluesky. Lets follow Ryan. Am American hero.

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Where are those well regulated militias?

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Spectacular Holly Dyrland 2023

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A crucial point. I’ll add: The paranoid accusations gain plausibility on the Right not because of empirical evidence, but because they adhere to the “Higher Truth” that governs rightwing politics: “Real” America is under siege from a fundamentally illegitimate coalition of leftist and alien enemies.

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Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.

submitted 3 days ago • 119 comments

This is how a police state treats the free press. Be afraid. Be angry. Do something.

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Important (short) thread about how the conditions for what we are witnessing in the US already exist in, for example, Europe. We must recognize this and adapt or re-enforce.

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Be the principled ones. Stand for what matters. Keep yourselves as safe as you can. Let the Trump regime show the world who they are. Be patient...they will. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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OUT NOW: Chris Mirasola explains Trump’s memorandum purporting to deploy 2,000 National Guard personnel to respond to protests against ICE immigration raids in Los Angeles. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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