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The wages of Trumpism…

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Jack in repose.

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“Judges Weigh Taking Control of Their Own Security Amid Threats” — because the Marshals answer to Trump, per this extraordinary scoop from @WSJ.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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The one, big, shitty bill crowns a tyrant and guarantees a civil war as passed by the House. One must hope the senate remains deliberative enough to pass nothing of the sort. youtube.com/watch?v=Jrpg...

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Note: not the Onion.

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"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests." -FDR, 1941

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Now many Republicans thirst for despotism, each dreaming that the despot to rule will be their own dark reflection. Latest polls point to sizable GOP support for Trump’s authoritarian-style ambitions - MSNBC

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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest. - Democritus www.reuters.com/business/aut...

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You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.

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“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

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‘yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say shame would not hold down your eyes but rather you would speak about what is just’ ― Sappho Trump directs agencies to quietly repeal regulations — without public notice - POLITICO

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Republicans dream of making us a nation of minions. They want everyone to be bootlickers and lickspittles, just like they are. Leaked Emails Expose Trump's Devastating Revenge Plot on Dem. Governor - The New Republic

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Trump is currently flouting the emoluments clause of the constitution and publicly accepting a bribe from the Saudis.

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What’s the difference between setting fire to a Tesla dealership and the Boston Tea Party?

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America is collapsing with the grace and dignity of a Denny's foreclosure in rural Missouri in which the owners just put whatever food is left out on the corner

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U.K. tourist Becky Burke finally returned home to Wales on Tuesday after spending 19 days in a U.S. ICE detention facility. Her parents relayed their daughter’s description of her release from ICE, saying how she was taken in “leg chains, waist chains and handcuffs,” which left her “traumatized.”

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The Chinese government is his most important business partner.

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Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.

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Say goodbye to NATO. Trump's Putin Obsession Just Cost the U.S. a Major Deal - The New Republic

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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. - Epicurus youtube.com/watch?v=ClWx...

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Trump Was Reading Notes for His Tesla Sales Pitch and a Photographer Got a Shot of Them - Futurism

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One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.

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“Washington has become the court of Nero: an incediary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service. This is a tragedy for the free world. But above all it is tragedy for the United States.” - Claude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic

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Dystopia warning, obviously. youtube.com/watch?v=HhHH...

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The attempted mugging of a visiting president was about the world war that Musk, Trump, and Vance have chosen. If we attend to what Vance and Trump said yesterday, we can work our way to the unreason of American policy, and to the chaos that will follow. snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...

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“I saw one man with no suit, and two suits with no men.”

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