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Why James has an even stronger case of selective prosecution than Comey.

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 4h

1/2 "Under the Supreme Court’s two-part test, selective prosecution requires showing (1) that the defendant was singled out from among similarly situated individuals, and (2) that the decision was driven by an impermissible factor such as politics or personal reprisal....

The Irredeemable DOJ

The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration

Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 "...To get there, though, they first must get us used to Trump’s masked secret police using violence on the streets and in our homes, right in front of us."

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Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

Q/2 "Immigrants are just the Trump regime’s warm-up act, just like Trans people and Gypsies were in 1933 Germany. The real goal of this administration — by their own declaration — is to turn America into a one-party-rule nation....

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

It Turns Out, Americans Don't Want a Police State

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 "...Republicans would be smart to flee the losing side of an unsustainable position that has unified opposition to MAGA’s despotism."

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Voters, Courts, and GOP Governors slam Trump’s militarization of cities

It Turns Out, Americans Don't Want a Police State

Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

1/2 "MAGA cultists may buy the canard Trump is battling the 'enemy from within,' but voters, courts, & governors are effectively confirming Trump is the menace....

Voters, Courts, and GOP Governors slam Trump’s militarization of cities

The Marathon for Democracy

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

"I hate running. But when it comes to protecting my neighbors from an authoritarian regime using military helicopters to terrorize children, shooting pastors in the head while praying, detaining mothers in school pick up lines, I will run every single mile req'd."

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A Column by Patti Vasquez

Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 "...and the decisions we make based on those false patterns will not be grounded in reality.

And a society grounded in fiction, rather than reality, cannot function."

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

1/2 "What is arson, though, is the attempt to skew history to serve a modern-day political narrative. Rejecting an honest account of the past makes it impossible to see accurate patterns. The lessons we learn about how society changes will be false, ...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 "...European colonists who brought to North America and South America germs and a fever for gold and God. It is not 'left-wing arson' to want to commemorate a different set of values than the country held in the 1920s."

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Eric Christiansen @erichristiansen.bsky.social · 1d

1/2 "As society changes, the values we want to commemorate shift. In the 1920s, Columbus mattered to Americans who opposed the Ku Klux Klan because celebrating an Italian defended a multicultural society. Now, though, he represents the devastation of America’s Indigenous people at the hands of ...