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“Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of economic chaos but now they are selling them as not even the lure of higher interest payments on the bonds is getting them to buy.” Destroying America every single day, while legions of MAGA fools rejoice

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The authoritarian takeover of our government is complete

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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

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“His objections did not go over well with Trump political appointees. And so on Thursday, the security guards in Pearre’s office told him it was time to leave.” Fascism

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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

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Say goodbye to Social Security

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Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.

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Trump will next sign executive orders targeting media outlets critical of him with sanctions. Those media outlets will then find out that no big law firm will represent them because either they already made a deal with Trump or they fear he will sanction them. Trump is methodically ending democracy.

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Courts orders are being ignored and law firms are capitulating to Trump. Trump is ending the rule of law. Are we officially a dictatorship yet?

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Does the Privacy Act not exist anymore? It is bewildering how many laws which governed basic public sector practices for decades are being ignored.

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We’re building a #PeoplesMovement. Today, over 3 million people across the country stood up to say HANDS OFF our democracy.  And history shows that when just 3.5% of the population engages in sustained, peaceful resistance—transformative change is inevitable. #50501movement #HandsOff #April5

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Top of NYT app this morning has a defiant picture of Trump at White House, despite fact (1) Trump actually spent weekend golfing & taking bags of cash from House of Saud (2) economy crashing (3) mass protests reduced to small note without pictures way down on the page

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Yesterday, 1,400 protests were held to protest the Trump whose headlines fill this page. But to the #BrokenTimes this morning, they are a buried BTW. It has plenty of photos; none here. This is what they call "news judgment." To the Times, we are not news.

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Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.

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Trump posted a video on Friday claiming that he was “Purposely CRASHING The Market.” “Trump is crashing the stock market by 20 percent this month, but he’s doing it on purpose. […] Here’s the secret game he’s playing, and it could make you rich.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"

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Exactly right. Trump doesn’t understand that many factory jobs were not lost, they were replaced by robots and automation

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“The five-minute video, which…was recovered from the phone of one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle, and shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights”

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Imagine being so brainless that you think this is news, and that because Trump is responsible it will lead to a perfect outcome

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This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.

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Meanwhile, Israel’s army is executing medics and rescue workers with impunity

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Trump is using mafia-style tactics to make corporations grovel for relief from his own taxes. Trump, like other authoritarian regimes, is seeking to expand his influence and power over all aspects of society

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Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss: 1. 1929 (the Great Depression) 2. 1987 (Black Monday) 3. 2008 (the Great Recession) 4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.

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S&P 500 down 285 points. @cnbc.com ⛳️

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“Netanyahu thinks the chances of a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal are extremely low and wants to reach an understanding with Trump about striking Iran's nuclear facilities when diplomacy fails” www.axios.com/2025/04/04/n...

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Trump’s tariffs are yet another sign that America is sleepwalking toward autocracy. Trump is wielding taxes to end democracy and control corporations, much like a despot or a king. This is not about balancing trade, it’s an effort to extract wealth and power

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Trump is out golfing after wiping out $5 trillion dollars in two days

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The authoritarian project continues to destroy America and destabilize the world, and they are not changing course

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I’m tired of looking at and yelling about this asshole for almost a decade

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Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me

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I derive immense pleasure from watching pathetic billionaires whine about their unpopularity and their falling stock price

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Trump just started texting. This man is a god to millions of Americans, despite the obvious fact that he is a Luddite and conman

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Hegseth needs to be fired. Alcoholics and other addicts need their enablers around to make it through life

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You see they're bringing MERIT back to government. www.defensenews.com/pentagon/202...

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Good, I hope she loses everything

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The free speech party

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Nuremberg laws: FCC Investigates Disney for DEI Practices, Chair Says www.wsj.com/business/med...

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American Fascism brought to you by the FBI

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We are sending people for indefinite detention without trial at a foreign gulag because they have tattoos about soccer teams and about loving their mothers.

submitted 27 days ago • 426 comments

‘Petty loser holds grudge for decades’ is a more appropriate headline

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The Trump administration wants to shut down all of Social Security over a ruling blocking 11 DOGE workers from sticking their fingers in your private data. 11 DOGE workers. 73 million Americans. This is illegal. If it happens, will force millions of seniors into poverty.

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Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.

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Trump’s cult is now sacrificing their own children for their dictator

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