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Trumpism isn't about having a wealthy or prosperous country. It's about having a hierarchal society, where some people matter more than others. That's it.

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Enough from Mark Cuban. Blocked.

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The entire house of cards of fascism is dependent upon no one ever examining, comparing, or developing moral values. This is why they're so allergic to any discursive mode that drills to these root moral questions and challenges the values of domination they're trying to smuggle in as given.

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Makes sense, it's a Trumpist paper.

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Popularists after a new poll showing "all popularists should die" at 50.1%:

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Hey, condescending Dem strategists, just checking in on how the whole "approving some Trump nominees to create space so GOP politicians can vote against the worst nominees" plan is going. Just, uh, want to run down the checklist here. Remember, being emotional gets in the way of effectiveness!

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worth mentioning again that senate democrats’ plan for strategic confirmation votes in exchange for blocking the worst nominees was a complete failure

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has a single mainstream journalist acknowledged that it was a massive media failure to treat project 2025 as a closed issue just bc trump lied a couple of times about not supporting it

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trying to imagine how the media would cover biden doing something so unpopular. but for trump, they just lie and push past it, make up euphemisms and rationalizations

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One additional note on the new official definitions of sex produced by the Trump government: they would seem to categorize cis women with CAIS as males. I don't mean to trivialize how awful this is for them, but it does provide us another avenue to attack the definitions.

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The Trump government has produced definitions of "sex", "female", and "male", and they are so bad that they can conceivably be used to teach people why transphobia is nonsense. womenshealth.gov/article/sex-...

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Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can’t draw the Line at Genocide, they can’t Draw the Line at Democracy

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a new agency made of teenage neonazis and drug dealers is in charge of the entire government. the richest man in the world, who gave a nazi salute at the president's inauguration, says he is in charge. officially, he isn't. the government won't tell the courts who is in charge

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If you're rightfully upset today by Trump's talk of being a king, you should consider that Biden embracing the "Dark Brandon" meme was also terrible. Presidents should not troll.

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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41% of new ICE detainees have no criminal record, according to new data obtained by NBC News, despite Trump promises to target the “worst first” in arrests and deportations www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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RFK's not-so-veiled threat to take mental health drugs away is even worse than it looks at first blush. He wants to replace these medications with labor camps. This fits with the larger, eugenics-informed Trump/Musk agenda. www.salon.com/2025/02/19/r...

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This goes to the dark heart of m MAGA, though: the urge to dominate, embodied in the child’s taunt “stop hitting yourself.” Every generation of kids teaches itself that taunt because it so perfectly captures the psychic reward of bullying: hurting someone while blaming them for their own suffering.

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English-language report on this horrific tragedy: www.latintimes.com/11-year-old-...

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Over 650 political scientists who have dedicated our lives to the study of democracy & government, have signed this letter enumerating our deep concerns about this administration’s actions that undermine the Constitution and the rule of law. Please share. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

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The FDIC fired its probationary employees tonight. It's unclear just how many people are affected, but according to the DOGE website there were 513 agency employees with less than a year of experience. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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STOP HATE-LINKING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. YOU ARE SENDING THEM MONEY. WHAT PART OF THIS ISN'T CLEAR????

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