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“This Week in Democracy: Week 5 – The 'King' Purges His Generals” Read and share the latest from Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term:

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Just like we shouldn’t be firing FAA employees when commercial airliners are flipping upside down.

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Eggs are now so expensive they’re smuggling them like fentanyl.

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Amen to that.

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Doing this while your child's mother is frantically trying to get in touch with you

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1. Yesterday, Maine Governor Janet Mills confronted Trump to his own face at a Governor's Dinner over his anti-trans EO. When he threatened her for allowing trans people in sports, she responded: "See you in court." The latest from Mira Lazine. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Me as my country is dying:

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I'm an anxious mess because of these DOGE assholes. I usually get my ss payment a few days early (it's due Wed.) It's not in my account yet & I'm freaking out.I haven't heard of anyone not getting paid but I'm worried they stopped mine b/c they identified me as an "enemy" thru my social media posts.

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Love to see it!

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Brown had to go - he was serving his country while black.

submitted 10 hours ago • 556 comments

Let me take this format for a spin

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They may want Berlin 1933 But we can make it Paris 1789

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If you're naked on the front porch and the neighbors can't see you, it's rural. If you're naked and the neighbors call the cops, it's suburban. If you're naked and the neighbors ignore you, it's urban. If you're naked on the front porch and your neighbor is also naked, it's Florida.

submitted 18 hours ago • 163 comments

This is a good moment to thank the federalism gods. States choose their election technology, not the federal government. In blue states the read out will be GTFO Elon. And given how toxic he’s getting probably in a lot of red states too.

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The 85th day of continuous protests against the Kremlin backed government in Georgia. (📹 @vatless ) #3E #EndOligarchy #GeorgiaProtests

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More Republicans in deeply red districts are getting super pissed at the DOGE cuts. This news will def add oil to the fire: bsky.app/profile/fawf...

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We are already at the ‘purging the generals and replace them with loyalists’ part of the Trump second term, just five weeks in. Totally normal. Not dangerous at all

submitted 20 hours ago • 134 comments

No one has really raised the alarm about the Constitution being removed from the White House website but it seems like it's pretty important.

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The family values party.

submitted 8 hours ago • 253 comments

All this bullshit immediately crumbles when it's presented to anyone who's not a sympathetic cohost on your podcast

submitted 9 hours ago • 118 comments

200 million dollars of waste.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1118 comments

under communism there will be a train that goes from my house to every desitination that is personally convenient to me and runs on exactly the schedule i need it to and also nobody ever makes eye contact with me while i'm riding it

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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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this is how it feels to use windows

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Illinois has proposed a bill that would require anyone seeking the role of public library trustee be a valid cardholder of the library they wish to serve. This is a positive bill, and it's one in a line of pro-library bills being drafted and championed in the state. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

submitted 9 hours ago • 7 comments

If you live in Illinois, call in support of this bill.

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Heroin addict and steroid abuser wants the rest of us to to make as smart decisions about our health as he has.

submitted 15 hours ago • 785 comments

So patronizing when the dentist patiently explains how to floss. I'm not a baby who doesn't know how to do basic things. I'm a baby who doesn't wanna

submitted 9 hours ago • 255 comments

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1673 comments

If you support this, you’re an awful human being

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

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The nepo baby who only succeeded because his father gave him $400,000,00o+ to conpensnate for his failed businesses.

submitted 13 hours ago • 62 comments

Don't count on a Luigi, be the next Luigi!

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Man can literally pull off any look they throw at him 🤌

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The Supreme Court, in its first ruling on President Trump’s use of executive power during his second term, decided that he cannot, for now, dismiss the government lawyer leading the watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistle-blowers.

submitted 20 hours ago • 124 comments

free him

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I must outlive all of my enemies so I can defecate on all of their graves. I shall live out of pure spite and I will bulk-up on fiber on my journey to their resting place, inshallah!

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I've seen toxic couples have longer honeymoons.

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Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Then why aren't they drone striking Elon? He's the biggest terrorist of them all who will be directly responsible for the deaths of millions by destroying USAID.

submitted 19 hours ago • 29 comments

in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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