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Sanford Schram
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The Trajectory of Trumpism: Racism, Fascism, Civil War and Beyond (Oxford, 2025).

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Sanford Schram @sandysfs.bsky.social · Jun 21
My new book should be available electronically in October: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h
His warning takes on even greater urgency today.
Screenshot of a tweet from Sen. Bernie Sanders quoting Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis about democracy versus concentrated wealth, displayed on a plain background.

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schlotrvlr.bsky.social @schlotrvlr.bsky.social · 5h
We could have had this, but noooo. I hate this timeline.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h
Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.

#NoWords 🤮

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 6h
The pipe bomb suspect "expressed support for Trump and said he had embraced conspiracy theories regarding Trump’s 2020 election loss" WSJ confirms.

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Previously: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
How a Tech-Savvy Officer Finally Cracked the Jan. 6 Pipe-Bombs Case
Investigators used powerful tools to obtain mountains of data, but couldn’t decipher some of it until recently.
www.wsj.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!

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TheeCOOBadass chingonaza OG CA-Khive BLACK LIVES MATTER @theecoobadass.bsky.social · 22h
Because it's true.
www.blackenterprise.com/black-farmer...

#BlackLivesMatter
Black Farmers Reject Trump’s Farm Aid Plan, Calling Program Structurally Racist
Black farmers will not opt-in to Donald Trump’s new $12 billion federal farm aid program due to its racist undertones.
www.blackenterprise.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d
The Washington Post, everyone
=Q The Washington post Business Economy Economic Policy Media Personal Fina Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do Though Americans might be clamoring for relief on groceries, housing and energy costs, economists say there's a bigger downside to falling prices. November 30, 2025

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d
Ilhan Omar Says Son Was Targeted By ICE In a Traffic Stop: ‘Had To Remind Him How Worried I Am’ Mediaite
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Ilhan Omar Says Son Was Targeted By ICE In a Traffic Stop: ‘Had To Remind Him How Worried I Am’
twp.ai

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 1d
We sadly know Zoe Weissman because of Parkland. In fact, our families are so close, that she has been there for my wife and I after Parkland and helped with our foundation Orange Ribbons For Jaime.

America, are you ok with this?

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: The Trump administration's new National Security Strategy is worse than you may have heard. It turns Trump's racism, corruption, and appeasement into official US policy. For my OUR LAND newsletter, I gave it a read so you don't have to.

link.motherjones.com/public/43021...

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 3d
Israeli settlers attacked 28-year-old American Luisa Kolb, and then attacked a Palestinian grandmother and two kids — threatening to burn them alive if they didn’t leave their land in the West Bank.

Watch the full interview:
zeteo.com/p/israeli-se...

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to switch from Calibri font back to Times New Roman. But let's be honest, this is a Comic Sans administration.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 4d
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4d
BREAKING: In a powerful reproach to Trump, the Indiana Senate votes against advancing the state’s GOP-led congressional gerrymander that would have handed Republicans both of Indiana’s blue districts.
In Blow to Trump, Indiana Rejects GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4d
The report also singled out the cost of Trump’s deployments to U.S. cities over the past year and cited reporting by The Intercept on the steep cost of those deployments.
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d
Trump now openly threatening Indiana and saying if they don’t steal seats for him he’ll strip federal funds from them and not pave their roads.

A mob boss president.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4d
The Trump administration is funding its anti-immigrant campaign with money set aside for defense, Democratic lawmakers wrote.
Trump Administration Diverted $2 Billion in Pentagon Funds to Target Immigrants, Lawmakers Say
The Trump administration is funding its anti-immigrant campaign with money set aside for defense, Democratic lawmakers wrote.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 5d
ICE puts a U.S. citizen in a chokehold, forcing him to his knees in the snow.

When he offers his ID, agents ignore him.

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shelleycaro.bsky.social @shelleycaro.bsky.social · 5d
Please tell me why we even ask them questions

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37 Dolls For Your Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d
LOOK AT ME, I AM THE CAPTAIN NOW

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d
Trumplethinskin creates his own version of reality & then expects us to believe it as if we don't have eyes, ears or functioning brains.

#SAD 🤣

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5d
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.

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Jill 💙🌊🌊💙 @pumpkin061.bsky.social · 5d
#presidentpedo

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5d
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 7d
Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.)

Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...