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Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert on authoritarianism, has updated her analysis to reflect how corruption—especially under Trump—plays a key role in sustaining autocratic power. @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Watch the full video here: youtu.be/D51XQHBfu6w

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White House is already making up data and analysis, saying repeatedly that the budget bill will - not increase the deficit (lie) - not cut Medicaid (lie) We are already there.

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"They stood, diplomas in hand, having met every standard of physical endurance, academic excellence, and military discipline. But when the time came for the US Air Force Academy’s class of 2025 to commission as second lieutenants, 3 cadets were quietly held back..." www.advocate.com/news/transge...

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Full transparency, we prefer leaders who actually read the bill before voting on it.

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PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions. 0 were on the gang member list. 130 had no criminal history. 32 had minor offenses. All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...

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And: “officials knew that only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such as retail theft or traffic violations.”

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🇺🇦💻 Ukrainian intelligence gained access to critically important data of the Russian strategic aviation manufacturer, – Channel 24 GUR cyber specialists carried out a successful attack on the resources of the Russian Tupolev Design Bureau – a strategic aviation manufacturer.

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On Inauguration Day, my Stop the Presses newsletter listed 12 signs to look for if you wanted to determine whether a dictatorship had arrived. One of those was: “Fictional government statistics.” And here we have the Trump regime messing with a farm trade report. 1/

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Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for mentioning @warren.senate.gov ‘s report on Elon Musk that shows his net worth has increased by $100bn since Election Day!! 🤬

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submitted 10 hours ago • 23 comments

Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil. It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men

submitted 22 hours ago • 1049 comments

HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

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submitted 19 hours ago • 665 comments

Ticket sales and subscription revenue at the Kennedy Center have fallen sharply since Trump made himself chairman. Single-ticket sales were down roughly 50%. Subscriptions revenue down 82% for theater and 57% for dance. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/a...

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I NEED YA’LL TO SPREAD THIS!!!! SHOW UP! DRESS THE PART! We need massive numbers We need Congress to be shook by the turn out We need them to talk We need them to hear us We need them to know we’re serious Anyone enabling this fascism will answer to the people. Bet on it. #wearetheflood

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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

submitted 20 hours ago • 3130 comments

Trump's attack on our minds reduces our capacity for self-government because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind-1b0

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"There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities: (1) Failed states, where criminals contest the government’s hold on power. (2) Authoritarian states, where the government has total, unchecked power." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...

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F.T.C. Investigates Ad Groups and Watchdogs, Alleging "Boycott Collusion" ... that's a fancy way of saying the Trump admin wants to make it illegal to organize boycotts www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... and severely limit Americans 'right of association.' en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom...

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This is potentially lethal: ‘Thirty of the 122 NWS stations no longer have a meteorologist in charge, and as of June 1, seven of those 122 stations will not have enough staff to operate around the clock.’

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Comparisons to Pearl Harbor are singularly inapt. This was not an unprovoked attack. The Russian bombers had been raining death on Ukrainian civilians; the West had failed to provide sufficient air defenses. So the Ukrainians took it upon themselves. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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This morning I’m fighting back against Donald Trump’s executive order that targeted me. And I’m calling on government watchdogs to investigate the Trump Administration — because “revenge orders” have no place in America. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/treason/...

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Amazing reporting here on how things have backfired on the capitulating law firms and their enabler. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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TONIGHT: @eosnos.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

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The United States Justice Department micromanaging how the Harvard Law Review’s internal reprimand of a student editor is insane

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ICYMI: Ex-FBI agent @asharangappa.bsky.social‬ explains why the Trump admin's "disorienting and alarming" student arrests are "very disrespectful" to law enforcement, too. Also: Trump's "Alice in Wonderland" attack on Harvard and Orwellian AEA arguments. VIDEO www.allrisenews.com/p/asha-ranga...

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The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told employees on Monday that he did not know the U.S. has a hurricane season, according to two people who heard the remarks and said it was unclear if he was serious.

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HLS/HLR folks: If you have any additional details about this “cooperating witness” situation and the apparent investigation into HLR by the Trump administration, please reach out! I’m on Signal at annabower.24 Email: [email protected] Happy to speak off the record or on background

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(Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources .. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...

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America is beginning to mobilize against these horrifying ICE detentions.

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Fascist tactics

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A month ago I wrote that some clients might not want to hire law firms that are too afraid to stand up for themselves against Donald Trump. Looks like I was right. Get my exclusive content by becoming a Democracy Docket premium member now. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...

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Trump’s parade. 45 million total cost with an estimated 16 million in damages to D.C. streets. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

submitted 3 days ago • 48 comments

Lying is and has always been second nature to them.

submitted 3 days ago • 130 comments

This is refreshing. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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We’re watching transparency erode as law enforcement begins to resemble secret police more than public servants. This piece unpacks how we got here, and why it should alarm us all.

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On Feb. 2, I published this Lucid essay, "A New Kind of Coup" about the Trump-Musk partnership. From my work on coups and #Strongmen I knew intuitively that this was an autocratic innovation. lucid.substack.com/p/a-new-kind...

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We’re speeding towards the moment when one of these ICE kidnappings ends in bloodshed.

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Not @repjasmine.bsky.social truth-telling on Republican Rep. Mike Flood 🔥 “Especially with your homeboy talking about, he didn’t know what was in the bill. That was absolutely in the judiciary markup that came out. So I knew about it and we fought about it, but OK, whatever.”

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One of the most fascinating interviews I've ever done. Seriously. On the eve of #hurricane season, #tornadoes moving across the South and Canadian #wildfire smoke descending on the upper Midwest, there is no more important time to focus on #climate impact on #finance #economy. @climate.noaa.gov

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Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.

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NEWS: As Musk steps back, Trump moves to roll back some of his moves. First up: Trump plans to withdraw nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman as NASA director. Big deal for Musk--and SpaceX. By Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and Kenneth Chang nyti.ms/43DVlK5

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Don’t sleep on this

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It is hard to conceive of a more anti-American policy choice for US innovation and prosperity in the 21st century.

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