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People voted for this? Sorry, some voted, others left it to the minority who cares, shows up & casts votes. GIANT "F#CK YOU" to all who didn't vote. Maybe rethink, after you're broke, struggling, trying to survive, pay bills, buy food. VOTING MATTERS! Voting determines the future.

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you can tell the online "leftists" are a subculture rather than a real political movement because they act like a silent majority of people hold their views, yet somehow no one with their views can get elected dogcatcher anywhere in the US. "they don't want power, they want to critique power" etc

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“It’s not just that Trump wants to acclimate Americans to the sight of tanks in the streets. [..] The real problem is how the military may begin to see itself.” A must-read by Hanna Rosin and Tom Nichols. @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

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Instructing soldiers not to hoot and clap like they are at a political rally when a president gives a speech is civil-military relations 101. Any officer should know this without even thinking about it.

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I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

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Netanyahu went the full Michael Corleone, trying to settle all family business. But preventive wars carry great moral and strategic risks. #Iran #Israel www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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"I cannot say this strongly enough: until 2026, only two things stand between the authoritarian project and its objectives: the judiciary and a popular protest movement. We have no control over the former. We must not surrender, or abandon, the latter."

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As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.

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Kristi Noem has that rare ability to shoot her dog in the face and it still not be the worst thing she ever did in her sorry, lying life.

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Wow. Breyer cranks out 36 page opinion enjoining the feds from deploy of the National Guard in California. Stayed briefly to permit appeal. Next hearing set for 6/20.

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The Bullwark just posted this from Padilla's staff, that's Senator Padilla on the ground.

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California Sen. Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference and handcuffed. "I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary." Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.

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Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality. Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook. Our duty is to stand up to brutality. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

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I’ll be there, will you? No kings. No cults. Just the Constitution—and the people who hold the line.

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"If I'm dumb & numb" is what I see many adopting as a strategy to survive. Get it. It's hard. Painful. Nothing will change unless WE, ALL OF US, do the work. It's gut time. Do you want freedom & democracy or a dictator? Figure it out. Complacency is acceptance.

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I'm thinking the most destructive result of our current era is the lack of trust. I question everything. I see events. Watch what is happening to ordinary people. They're lost. They've been told not to believe anything, to question all. I HAVE. I want acknowledgement of fact back. Is it too much?

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The Purpose of Trump's Terror: What Trump Wants In LA Is Blood "The goal isn’t to scare off a few undocumented gardeners and housekeepers or terrify asylum-seeking mothers. It’s to normalize the idea that active-duty troops can be used on American streets against American citizens." bit.ly/4dYG8Ig

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HUGE MEDIA NEWS: POLITICO is launching a new spin-off publication, POLITICO Weimar! If you sign up now, each morning you can get its “Reich Chancellery Playbook” newsletter delivered to your inbox as a bonus!!

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“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Double.

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I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.

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There are so many things going on in the world now. How is POTUS addressing them? What about the economy, China, tariffs, food cost? Are we just lemmings? Can we multitask & live, yet stay aware? Do we follow each distraction! FOCUS on what matters to you. Democracy is my focus.

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@radiofreetom.bsky.social I don't know if protests are effective or ineffective. Many want to express anger, rage & desire to force change. There have been many protest movements throughout history. It's a strange climate, that makes many uncomfortable. New reality for many.

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this sort of gives the game away. the whole point of the LA deployment is relitigating the dispute (both political and cultural) that the right feels it lost in 2020

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Everyone should look on the bright side: We have no idea if Trump will send Seal Team Six after Gov. Newsom. But at least we know that, if Trump did it, he’d be immune from criminal prosecution for doing it.

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IMPORTANT: Stop calling the troops in LA National Guard Troops. They are not. When Trump activated them against the wishes of the Gov they became FEDERAL troops… like the 82nd airborne with no Law enforcement power! Don’t let them confuse you!

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I lived in a purple pocket of a ruby red state. Most are ill/uneducated, unaware of politics, trying to get through daily life. They don't recognize or understand the stakes. Same as the election. We aren't a great people or nation until we rise for what is right.

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Bob Costas Condemns Mainstream Press for Doing ‘MAGA Media’: ‘There Really Isn’t Two Sides’

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“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

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It took protesters to whoop Trump’s ass the last time he was in office, and it looks like protesters are the only ones up to the task this time too.

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Billionaire Walmart Heiress Promotes Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests The 76-year-old Christy Walton has aligned herself with “No Kings,” an organization planning mass protests across the country this Saturday.

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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

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Every danger that mental healthcare professionals and experts on authoritarianism predicted and warned about is coming to fruition because we were right about Trump’s malignant narcissism, including the cabal of same spectrum enablers who are helping him obtain power and control.

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@radiofreetom.bsky.social resisters

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A great idea, and better than kids in balaclavas cosplaying as resistance heroes

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@radiofreetom.bsky.social I know how much you dislike Led Zeppelin, but maybe you'd find "The Making of Led Zeppelin" interesting. I'm bypassing the gross overreach of federal power for an innocuous cultural reference. Not a fan of Zeppelin, but they were formative in my music ed.

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Attend a #NoKings protest this Saturday to take a stand against fascism and wake up the mainstream media. My latest Stop the Presses newsletter. Spread the word.

People voted for this? Sorry, some voted, others left it to the minority who cares, shows up & casts votes. GIANT "F#CK YOU" to all who didn't vote. Maybe rethink, after you're broke, struggling, trying to survive, pay bills, buy food. VOTING MATTERS! Voting determines the future.

you can tell the online "leftists" are a subculture rather than a real political movement because they act like a silent majority of people hold their views, yet somehow no one with their views can get elected dogcatcher anywhere in the US. "they don't want power, they want to critique power" etc

“It’s not just that Trump wants to acclimate Americans to the sight of tanks in the streets. [..] The real problem is how the military may begin to see itself.” A must-read by Hanna Rosin and Tom Nichols. @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

Instructing soldiers not to hoot and clap like they are at a political rally when a president gives a speech is civil-military relations 101. Any officer should know this without even thinking about it.

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

Netanyahu went the full Michael Corleone, trying to settle all family business. But preventive wars carry great moral and strategic risks. #Iran #Israel www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"I cannot say this strongly enough: until 2026, only two things stand between the authoritarian project and its objectives: the judiciary and a popular protest movement. We have no control over the former. We must not surrender, or abandon, the latter."

As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.

Kristi Noem has that rare ability to shoot her dog in the face and it still not be the worst thing she ever did in her sorry, lying life.

Wow. Breyer cranks out 36 page opinion enjoining the feds from deploy of the National Guard in California. Stayed briefly to permit appeal. Next hearing set for 6/20.

The Bullwark just posted this from Padilla's staff, that's Senator Padilla on the ground.

California Sen. Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference and handcuffed. "I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary." Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality. Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook. Our duty is to stand up to brutality. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

I’ll be there, will you? No kings. No cults. Just the Constitution—and the people who hold the line.

"If I'm dumb & numb" is what I see many adopting as a strategy to survive. Get it. It's hard. Painful. Nothing will change unless WE, ALL OF US, do the work. It's gut time. Do you want freedom & democracy or a dictator? Figure it out. Complacency is acceptance.

I'm thinking the most destructive result of our current era is the lack of trust. I question everything. I see events. Watch what is happening to ordinary people. They're lost. They've been told not to believe anything, to question all. I HAVE. I want acknowledgement of fact back. Is it too much?

HUGE MEDIA NEWS: POLITICO is launching a new spin-off publication, POLITICO Weimar! If you sign up now, each morning you can get its “Reich Chancellery Playbook” newsletter delivered to your inbox as a bonus!!

“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Double.

I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.

There are so many things going on in the world now. How is POTUS addressing them? What about the economy, China, tariffs, food cost? Are we just lemmings? Can we multitask & live, yet stay aware? Do we follow each distraction! FOCUS on what matters to you. Democracy is my focus.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social I don't know if protests are effective or ineffective. Many want to express anger, rage & desire to force change. There have been many protest movements throughout history. It's a strange climate, that makes many uncomfortable. New reality for many.

this sort of gives the game away. the whole point of the LA deployment is relitigating the dispute (both political and cultural) that the right feels it lost in 2020

Everyone should look on the bright side: We have no idea if Trump will send Seal Team Six after Gov. Newsom. But at least we know that, if Trump did it, he’d be immune from criminal prosecution for doing it.

IMPORTANT: Stop calling the troops in LA National Guard Troops. They are not. When Trump activated them against the wishes of the Gov they became FEDERAL troops… like the 82nd airborne with no Law enforcement power! Don’t let them confuse you!

I lived in a purple pocket of a ruby red state. Most are ill/uneducated, unaware of politics, trying to get through daily life. They don't recognize or understand the stakes. Same as the election. We aren't a great people or nation until we rise for what is right.

Bob Costas Condemns Mainstream Press for Doing ‘MAGA Media’: ‘There Really Isn’t Two Sides’

It took protesters to whoop Trump’s ass the last time he was in office, and it looks like protesters are the only ones up to the task this time too.

Billionaire Walmart Heiress Promotes Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests The 76-year-old Christy Walton has aligned herself with “No Kings,” an organization planning mass protests across the country this Saturday.

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

Every danger that mental healthcare professionals and experts on authoritarianism predicted and warned about is coming to fruition because we were right about Trump’s malignant narcissism, including the cabal of same spectrum enablers who are helping him obtain power and control.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social resisters

A great idea, and better than kids in balaclavas cosplaying as resistance heroes

@radiofreetom.bsky.social I know how much you dislike Led Zeppelin, but maybe you'd find "The Making of Led Zeppelin" interesting. I'm bypassing the gross overreach of federal power for an innocuous cultural reference. Not a fan of Zeppelin, but they were formative in my music ed.

Attend a #NoKings protest this Saturday to take a stand against fascism and wake up the mainstream media. My latest Stop the Presses newsletter. Spread the word.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The only emergency is the one Trump is causing.