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This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

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Dan Caine, Trump’s new replacement for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly told Trump, “I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.” He also put on a MAGA hat, despite it violating military protocol.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “Epicenter of latest outbreak had one of state’s highest immunization exemption rates for 2023-24 school year” 🙄

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It’s not just Space X. Musk was able to save Tesla because of a loan from the Dept of Energy. Here he is in 2013 filled with gratitude for the federal agency & the taxpayers who saved his business. From reporting by @puck.news. airmail.news/issues/2025-...

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“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

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Worst. Episode. EVER.

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

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So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

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I'll say it again purging the highest ranks of the military and replacing them with retired loyalists is what you do directly before you deeploy the military against the domestic population and our allies abroad.

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NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have fired “multiple FAA lawyers whose job was to help prevent pilots with drug and alcohol problems from getting in the cockpit.” Musk and Trump want you to die in an airplane crash. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The UVA Board of Visitors is meeting now to discuss whether to again restrict gender-affirming care for patients <19, despite the executive order being blocked twice. Former Del. Mark Levine and I sent them a letter yesterday saying that’s against VA law. ⬇️ www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f5...

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Mennonite Church USA et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al Mennonites, Quakers, Jews collectively acting to sue the state to protect religious space. One of the foundational religious freedoms is the freedom to be religious against religious nationalism.

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Such clear statements about the justification for reparations www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

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“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated." "This is a very real threat to the American flying public.” EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

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Can more billionaires do what she does?? (After we levy taxes, of course.) www.yahoo.com/news/3-study...

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Ah, yes. Famous "free speech enthusiast" argues those who disagree and make their voices heard should be imprisoned. 🙄

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Wow. The US is now officially a dictatorship. So quick. Trump official announces that Trump has signed an executive order stating that “only the President and the Attorney General can speak for what the law is.”

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we’re gonna be doing this a lot

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🚨Hey while all hell is breaking loose as DOGE shuts down numerous U.S. government agencies and U.S. undermines NATO and stabs Ukraine in the back, Israeli govt is attacking West Bank now

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DOGE Nazis have illegally fired 600 workers from Bonneville Power Authority, a hugely important federal utility in the Northwest www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

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NEW: The head of the FDA’s food division has resigned. “The division is tasked with ensuring that the country's food supply is safe, overseeing inspections and recalls.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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The North Dakota House Judiciary Committee began debating House Concurrent Resolution 3013, a Republican-written resolution urging the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. Read the full story here: heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/18/n...

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For more info: www.newsweek.com/ice-van-fire...

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The year is 2025: We’re selling loose eggs for a dollar, planes are falling out of the sky, the President is selling crypto, and we’ve fired the people in charge of the nuclear weapons via email.

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www.aljazeera.com/program/news...

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Oh hell no. At this point if you’re buying a Tesla you’re telling on yourself. dailyprogress.com/news/local/b...

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Umberto Eco put together a now-famous list of 14 attributes of fascistic states. I'm going to discuss each of them in hopes this helps ppl understand that fascism is not just a buzzword. We're going to go through these by theme, so strap in. 🧵

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