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There will be no restoration of a constitutional republic until he is not only removed from power but repudiated as having never legitimately held it. The system simply can't fit back together again without that. You can't shatter the foundation to this degree and then try to rebuild on top of it.

The simplest, Constitutionally viable, scenario for Trump to remain President after 2028 is for him to be installed as Speaker of The House (since this position does not require being a member of Congress), and then for the President and Vice President to resign office.

On Friday, Trump revoked 18 executive actions from the Biden administration, including an order designed to expand self-determination for the nation’s 574 federally recognized tribes. Meanwhile, every voting precinct in Oklahoma voted Republican. Every. Single. One.

#MikeJohnson #SpeakeroftheHouse

I bet more Republicans than Democrats had already recognized him.

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Mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiMX...

Buckle up, buttercups.

Ten years ago, I suggested to comrades in the UK that if they believed so strongly in the Palestinian cause that they chose to boycott Israel, then they ought to organize boycotts of the US which is a much more brutal settler-colonial state. They scoffed. I don't think anyone is scoffing anymore.

Republicans preparing in advance for the 2026 Congressional midterm elections. When the Speaker of the House is from Louisiana, I suppose Jim Crow-adjacent voting rights shenanigans is to be expected.

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It's all a game to billionaires. They only play to win for themselves, not you. You are just a piece they move around the board to do so.

#MAGA #MAGAts #Trumpcession

Trump wants a big military parade for his birthday and all I can think of is Anwar Sadat...🤔

"Accelerationism" is a cornerstone of the "Dark Enlightenment," the neo-fascist ideology embraced by people like Peter Thiel and J.D. Vance. The idea being to accelerate the crises of capitalism until contemporary systems of social organization lose the ability to function. 1/7

Don't get it twisted: Trump is a symptom, not a cause. Trump's approval rating, right now, is the highest it has ever been since he entered political life. Trump or no Trump, the United States is caught in a nihilistic death spiral with no way out but through.

If you were outraged by the crimes against civilians on Oct 7th but not by the many more crimes against civilians *since* Oct 7th - just this week: kids being burned from head to toe; having their limbs amputated without anesthetic - then you don’t actually care about crimes against civilians.