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“That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists … is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.” [email protected] More via @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“Russia denied that the damage was that extensive, but there is no doubt that the attack was a significant blow to Russia’s war effort, demonstrating as it does that Ukraine can bring the war home.” Ukrainian badassery and more, from @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“They are replacing [evidence-based] government with an ideologically driven system that concentrates wealth and power in a few hands and denies … government has a role … in protecting Americans.” Reporting you can trust, courtesy of @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“The Trump administration is really using totalitarian or even authoritarian practices. We have to fight them. We don’t want to be a fascist country.” ~Rep Jerry Nadler. See?!? Jerry Nadler gets it!! This and so much more from @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“… [Kennedy’s] apparent use of generative AI for a 73-page commission report is just the tip of the iceberg, showcasing a baffling degree of carelessness and a desire to push an agenda that isn't built on any credible scientific evidence.” @futurism.com w/more ⬇️: futurism.com/rfk-jr-make-...

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“Every authoritarian who successfully destroyed judicial independence did so because civil society failed to unite in time,” [political scientist Adam] Bonica writes. “The key difference? Whether people mobilized.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“… [F]ederal judges cannot trust the U.S. Marshal’s Service under this President and his Attorney General. They cannot trust this president and this Attorney General to ensure their protection.” ~ J. Michael Luttig Just. Wow. @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Sorry, still running behind. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. @hcrichardson.bsky.social shares a beautiful personal story about a young American named Beau Bryant, “gave up not only his life but also his future to protect American democracy against the spread of fascism.” 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏾 🏳️‍⚧️

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A few days behind, sorry. “So the president of the United States can tank world markets, only to have his own staff inform the media that his comments should not be taken seriously.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social deftly paints a disturbing picture of the regime ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Took a few days off. Sorry. “… It's abundantly obvious that the Trump administration has a security problem so bad that it makes Hillary Clinton's private email server look like Fort Knox.“ @futurism.com about the growing list of security breaches in the regime ⬇️: futurism.com/trump-chat-h...

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I’m literally downstairs talking to myself at 2am because there’s no other safe place for me to go speak. And I NEED to talk. And I HAVE the family. I HAVE the friends. So many are not blessed w/my support network. If you can spare a moment or a penny for #MentalHealth, please … It can be hard.

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Historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social contrasts the Republican effort to sneak their “big beautiful bill” through in the dead of night with Lyndon Johnson’s very public statement of vision for his “Great Society” 61 years ago - to devastating and moving effect ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Wow. No pull quotes today. Too much simultaneous inept, corrupt, bumbling and mumbling mayhem. Our fearless Professor @hcrichardson.bsky.social shines a bright light here on the word of the moment: Kakistocracy. Kakistocracy means government by the worst ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“Martin … is taking an ostentatious part in the ongoing attempt at what the Nazis called … Gleichschaltung … attempting to force everyone in public life into line with the leader's latest statements.” See? @timothysnyder.bsky.social gets it! All this & more ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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“House Democrats will not be intimidated by the Trump administration. Not today. Not ever.” ~ statement by Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, Ted Lieu & Joe Neguse. Good. Solidarity. Act as one. It’s a a start. @hcrichardson.bsky.social reports ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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In honor of the special occasion, I have a blog post ready: All About the Tenth Amendment. (No, really, it IS all about the Tenth Amendment) The history of the Tenth Amendment explains (almost) everything happening in American politics and government today. terikanefield.com/its-all-abou...

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(Trying again because of typo. . .) Hello Bluesky Peeps. I have a birth announcement. (Yeah, I know it's corny, but I've been creating birth announcements for each book, beginning with my firstborn novel in 2001. Back then I didn't have photoshop.) And now, a moment of reflection . . . 1/

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“Instead of saving money, the Big, Beautiful Bill actually blows the budget deficit wide open by extending the 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social discusses the regime’s “BBB” and the USA’s credit ratings drop ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“Walling” in the attached screenshot ⬇️ is journalist William English Walling, speaking after the Aug 14-15, 1908 Springfield, Illinois racial riots. I believe this is history rhyming in our faces. @hcrichardson.bsky.social offers more context at this link ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“The media has created a running narrative about President Biden’s mental fitness based on less than 4.5 percent of the entire interview.” ~Heritage Foundation Edward R Murrow wept. @emptywheel takes on rampant squirrel-chasing in mainstream media ⬇️: www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/17/j...

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And mainstream news tries to weave a path RIGHT down the middle and it is so not working. It has so not been working for a long time now. Trump rode their endless, normalizing both-sidesism right into the fucking White House. Again. MSM needs their “come to Murrow” moment, like, yesterday.

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“Now [Trump loyalist and political operative “Eagle” Ed Martin] is vowing to investigate Democrats and anyone who criticizes the administration.” This, Shellgate, narrative warfare and flooding the zone, all presented w/context by Prof @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“Kristi Noem pitches dystopian reality TV show pit[t]ing immigrants against each other.” That’s the story ⬇️. That’s the post. Can we call them Nazis yet, or is that still “hurting the cause?” www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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“The America that I’ve sung to you about for 50 years is real and, regardless of its faults, is a great country with a great people, so will survive this moment.” ~Bruce Springsteen, May 14 2025, Manchester, England. I’m w/Bruce. @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“… [B]asic due process remains a struggle. But there are some reasons to believe that authentic Magna Carta is an auspicious sign.” @emptywheel.bsky.social catches us up on Due Process (and … science?) v Stephen Miller ⬇️: Support Independent Journalism! 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏾 🏳️‍⚧️ www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/15/t...

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“America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism.” ~Political scientists Steven Levitsky, @lucanway.bsky.social, and Daniel Ziblatt, @nytimes.com op-ed, May 8, 2025. And yet @hcrichardson.bsky.social remains hopeful ⬇️ #Resist: 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏾 🏳️‍⚧️ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat

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“It is against the law to protest inside congressional buildings. U.S. Capitol Police arrested 25 people and removed others.” We HAVE to be smart. If our protests are unlawful they provide pretext for unlawful responses. More from @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Episcopal church saying “we would rather end all ties with this government than lift one finger to settle white racists” Jesus would be fucking proud, no sarcasm, good on yall

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Did Trump and Pam Bondi make a deal with the Sinaloa Cartel? It would seem so, and now 17 cartel family members have been allowed to enter the U.S. apnews.com/article/el-c...

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May 13, 2025

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There's always a tweet.

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The people are not having it.

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I wrote about our president, who is a crook newrepublic.com/article/1952...

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“The Republicans who lead Congress have refused to use the power of the legislative branch to stop him or moderate him …” From April, @theatlantic.com again ⬇️ outlines effects w/o a whisper of causes - like MSM’s complicity normalizing Rump in the 1st place. apple.news/AdWzWaOKvQ3i...

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3000+ words about how Trump can’t be doing what he’s doing. And that’s a notable improvement over MSM bending over to normalize Trump and his Nazi cult the last 16 or so months. @theatlantic.com’s complete lack of self-awareness of their own complicity is breathtaking. apple.news/AyPlqg7KuR9y...

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“But this is, in my opinion … more than just an attempt to bully judges. This certainly looks like a test to see whether Miller’s minions can extend their thus far successful takeover plan to encompass the judiciary itself.” @emptywheel.bsky.social doesn’t miss 🎯 www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/13/s...

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Want a real timeline of events, free from spin and noise, regarding Signal-gate’s ill-fated Houthi campaign? @emptywheel.bsky.social has you covered ⬇️. Support Independent Journalism! www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/13/n...

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“This is corruption … in the old-fashioned meaning of the term, that the body politic is being corrupted—poisoned—by a sickness that must be cured or it will be fatal.” GOP silence RIGHT NOW is deafening to democratic ears. @hcrichardson.bsky.social w/more ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Who’s running this criminal regime? This guy? “I don’t know. You’ll have to ask, uh, Homeland Security, please.” ~Donald J[unk in the] Trunk, mighty maga strongman? Or Stephen Miller, who said “‘we’re actively looking at’ suspending the writ of habeas corpus.” ⬇️: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“Baraka was released shortly after 8 p.m. and, after stepping out of an SUV with flashing emergency lights, told waiting supporters: ‘The reality is this: I didn’t do anything wrong.’” www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/u...

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“It’s still far too early to declare Martin’s nomination to be dead. But one way or another, Tillis’ public opposition to Martin may create space in the Senate that thus far doesn’t exist.” @emptywheel.bsky.social on the possibility that Nazis are revolting ⬇️: www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/08/t...

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