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Steven Levitsky studies dictatorships and wrote the book 'How Democracies Die'. He also helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump

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MILBANK: In 100 days, “He has been a legislative failure .. .. an economic failure .. a foreign-policy failure .. a constitutional failure .. a failure in public opinion.” “.. chaos and destruction so high that historians are hard-pressed to find its equal ..” @danamilbank.bsky.social

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Shout out to all the finance bros who didn’t give a shit about democracy, human rights, racism, homophobia, misogyny, the future of the planet or basic human decency and voted for the conman they thought was gonna be good for the economy. You guys are geniuses.

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There is nothing comforting about “I’m just as scared as you” coming from the legislative branch that’s supposed to keep checks and balances on the executive. While she thought it was relatable, it is actually mortifying.

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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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Excellent. Here’s the habeas lawsuit filed in DC for all the men disappeared to CECOT we were waiting for.

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Little 💩💩💩 Marco

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I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination. He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech. Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin. So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.

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Statement from Trump on Putin’s Palm Sunday Massacre missile attack that killed at least 34, including several children, and injured another 117 people:

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Michigan lawyer detained at Detroit airport, phone seized for representing pro-Palestine protester www.reddit.com/r/suppressed...

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A spectre is haunting Panama – the spectre of communism.

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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Must read 👇👇👇 "Donald Trump’s announcement on April 2nd of “reciprocal” tariffs on American imports (they are actually no such thing), was an act of economic vandalism that caused markets to plummet around the world..."

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“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

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Yep. I literally wrote an entire book on this. The far right fantasy of an elite plot to engineer immigration policy to "steal elections" or "dispossess natives of their country" is chapter/verse from the replacement doctrine. Once extremist grist, now a core, mask-off article of GOP faith.

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Trump is an American Lettuce 😉 "That the dollar is falling instead suggests investors are worried about America’s economic stability. It is an ominous repeat of a pattern that struck in Britain after Liz Truss’s disastrous “mini-budget” in 2022...." www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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@warren.senate.gov: "State attorneys general have the same opportunity to investigate, dig in, get what the facts are. So for example, Letitia James, the NY attorney general, which has jurisdiction over the stock market and the trading that happens in NY, might decide she would take a look at this."

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The stupid... it b-u-r-n-s...!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

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strong late trumpism vibe here www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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That’s because there weren’t any.

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It's Dogè vu all over again 🙄

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(The Telegraph) - Donald Trump is systematically purging every US government institution, a pattern familiar to anybody who has studied the caudillo regimes of Latin America, or the playbook of today’s Putin-Orbán-Erdoğan prototypes. @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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so we're here now www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...

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Friedrich Engels, 1888

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"If people start calling Donald Trump ‘Liz Truss in drag,’ it will be because he blew up his government with a financial crisis entirely of his own making..." www.marketwatch.com/story/iwas-i...

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I posted the video over 2 years ago. People thought he was bluffing I guess.

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👇👇👇👇👇👇🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dqB...

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It’s abundantly clear this administration wants to gut the essential services that Medicare and Medicaid provide to millions of Americans. For that reason and because of his glaring lack of qualifications, I’m voting HELL NO on Dr. Oz to lead CMS.

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"The question for countries reeling from the president’s mindless vandalism is how to limit the damage." 🔥🔥🔥 www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

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It’s all stick, no carrot, go fuck yourself

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Very rigorous vetting process

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Time to speak up

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You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

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Fascism begins with censorship. Hitler's Ministry of Public Enlightenment & Propaganda banned "subversive" textbooks. Andrew Jackson tried to outlaw "divisive" anti-slavery literature. White mobs destroyed 100+ "radical" Black newspapers. Now it's Trump's turn.

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🤣🤣🤣

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Letter by 90 law professors at Harvard Law School attacking the lawlessness of the Trump's takeover of our system of Government. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Perfect 🤣🎯

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So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?

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