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How many signs of democratic collapse do we need? A push to impeach judges not for misconduct but defying Trump? Refusal to honor a court order to turn around planes? Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act outside wartime? A budget clearing him to ignore Congress? Jailing students? The list goes on.

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Anyone that took a minute to read or listen to the campaign promises and ideals knew how bad it was going to be But no, while a fictional version of Obama had an anger translator Trump had and has thousands of cruelty and stupidity translators working day and night adding “Not what he meant” to all

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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

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I said it before and I will say it again until it sinks in. The only thing holding the flood of total authoritarianism now is the Judiciary. The American experiment is hanging by a thread under the auspices of one Brach. Like the name implies a branch can be broken. So defend a independent judiciary

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We are living in an authoritarian State already youtube.com/shorts/PkXZm...

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This is insane. zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...

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What a surprise, that hateful speech from leaders and veiled allowances for violence, promises of absolution, and masked pledges of rewards for loyalty would cause the very worst to bubble up from the frothing hate filled masses.

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BREAKING: Judge issues temporary restraining order in response to @aclu.org and @democracyforward.org motion for emergency action to stop Trump’s invocation of wartime powers: democracyforward.org/updates/aclu...

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For the ten Democrats that voted yes on the GOP spending bill. Dreadful Embarrassing Malicious Oblique Complicit Reluctant Absent Timid Shameful

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Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them -Karl Popper

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Republicans fear the loss of their rights. They don’t care about anyone else, they don’t think that anyone who’s not a part of their little club should be extended de same privileges and protections they have. They are now the dishonest guardians of broken principles. youtube.com/shorts/SYt-l...

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NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions

submitted 2 days ago • 722 comments

ICE is going to arrest Grok soon.

submitted 2 days ago • 67 comments

Right now America is hanging by a thread called Judiciary. When that thread breaks there will be no defense, no recourse and, no rights left. I will keep repeating until it sinks in…

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This is going to be important: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

submitted 2 days ago • 633 comments

New: Democracy Forward Suit Seeks to Compel Records on DOGE's Use of U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in response to troubling reports alleging DOGE’s inappropriate uses, including invoking threats to engage USMS when seeking access to agency buildings & Musk deputizing his private security guards.(1/2)

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Indeed.

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Everything is going to shit, so take a second to reflect and appreciate the reality of the fact that every single one of the horrible people doing their selfish imbecilic things with their greed and puerile views of humanity will be consumed by time. But this view, this view will endure.

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NEW EMAIL FROM COLUMBIA ADMIN: DHS agents were in two university residences tonight — with two warrants "I am writing heartbroken to inform you that we had federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in two University residences tonight." No arrests made.

submitted 2 days ago • 69 comments

The GOP spending bill that Schumer is supporting will devastate DC. This is a choice he made.

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk. It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.

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Are you going to use the only power you have, the power of disruption to get a better deal? No. Spineless, non-confrontational sacks of outdated ideas of resistance. Senator: I’ll will bend over, don’t want to make anyone mad by making things worse… J.F.C. 🙄 apple.news/A2EJGk8IFRyq...

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Right now America is hanging by a thread called Judiciary. When that thread breaks there will be no defense, no recourse and, no rights left.

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…this is insane????

submitted 3 days ago • 140 comments

Republican politicians passed a bill to defund Medicare / Medicaid by hundreds of billions of dollars. But don't worry - they'll keep their sweet taxpayer-funded health coverage. And GOP Sugar Daddy Elon Musk will get his tax cuts…

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“I’ve become quite comfortable asserting these facts: * Donald Trump is a racist, a grifter, and a crook. * He is a liar – and a cruel one. * He governs as an authoritarian, not as the leader of a democracy.” John Harwood on why calling Trump corrupt and a threat to America are no longer opinions.

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

What's more radical: State agents who can be unilaterally mobilized to detain anyone the president decides they don't like? Or thinking maybe we should abolish that?

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Funny....All of a sudden, no one's performing arbitrary sex-change operations on unexpecting grade-schoolers anymore.

submitted 4 days ago • 1842 comments

Hey, they just threw a green card holder married to an American citizen that is pregnant with his son in an ICE detention center without due process. His alleged crime? Protesting If you don’t think this is dictatorial shit, you are either stupid or astoundingly innocent zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...

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The Dept of Homeland Security detained Palestinian Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead the Columbia University encampment — and has a green card. This comes after Donald Trump’s threat to deport protesters. @premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the full story + updates: zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...

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NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.

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