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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 5m

"If things continue on the fascistic pace they’re on, without a change, we will get there.

So, it’s incumbent upon us to do something: to stop this, to get out, to mobilize."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

He studies fascism. Is he now living through it?

After death threats for his work on antifascism, a Rutgers University professor fled the United States. "It's too late for preventative antifascism," he said. "I think we're in a new era."

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 11h

It’s hard survivin’ these mean city streets.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

In 2023, a program connecting Utah farmers and ranchers to free therapy vouchers was so successful, the federal money ran out in four months.

“I want you to know,” the program director recalled one recipient telling him, “that this saved my life.”

(Published April with @sltrib.com)

Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.

Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

www.propublica.org

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Sune Engel Rasmussen @suneengel.bsky.social · 3d

I spent 3 weeks on a cargo ship in the Arctic, from Canada to Greenland. Our only company was blizzards, killer whales, thick fog and icebergs. Here is my story about how the West is lagging seriously behind Russia in the Arctic, and why it's so difficult to catch up

www.wsj.com/world/inside...

Inside the West’s Race to Defend the Arctic

Sailors scanned for icebergs on a nine-day journey to the U.S.’s northernmost military installation this summer—part of an effort to erode Russia’s vast advantage in the region.

www.wsj.com

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

ME's Senate field includes at least 3 plausible younger Democrats, most notably the viral populist oyster farmer Graham Platner, 41. Janet Mills is 77. Why are top Dems so set on her? So resistant to new blood? @danpfeiffer.bsky.social asks the right questions. www.messageboxnews.com/p/are-democr...

Are Democrats About to Blow It in Maine?

By backing Janet Mills over a grassroots outsider, party leaders may be repeating the same mistakes from 2024

www.messageboxnews.com

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

If you doubt the American apocalypse is imminent, or even already here, read this @donmoyn.bsky.social take on Trump’s rapidly growing “omniforce” of armed thugs. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

open.substack.com

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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 3d

When Trump’s done destroying this country, some people are going to ask, “How did this happen?”

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 4d

Has Trump become "presidential" yet?

Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 8d

It's important to keep in mind that they will happily do anything to cancel elections.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 8d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 8d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get Daily Cartoons delivered to your inbox: nyer.cm/0EivDaD

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 11d

I'm going to miss facts and objective storytelling.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11d

Anti-woke, anti-trans, pro-Israel Bari Weiss will soon lead one of the biggest media companies in the U.S.—and her right-wing blog The Free Press will be acquired by Paramount Skydance for about $150M.

Paramount will make the official announcement in the coming days. trib.al/TgPwpAw

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 12d

"As expanding world trade bypasses our tariff fortress, an increasingly non-competitive America will find itself not only poorer but with less power and influence."

www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Opinion | The Economic Cost of Trump’s Tariff Revival

America has a choice to make: Do we go back to the policies of Ronald Reagan or of Herbert Hoover?

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 12d

"America, along with Israel, has apparently chosen what kind of system it intends to build in its wake: a new era of slaughter against the world’s political and economic surplus populations, a world untethered from even the pursuit of equality and peace..."

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 12d

"After 9/11, George Bush told the world: “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” Now the Trump administration declares: There is only us."

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 12d

"As we have seen in both American & Israeli discourse, “terrorist” has come to be a racial epithet, attaching to all Palestinians, all Muslims, all Arabs, & now, all migrants (documented or otherwise)—the circular logic becomes a logic of genocide as well."

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Why Trump’s Venezuela Attacks Matter So Much

They signal a US empire increasingly willing to dispense with even the perfunctory legal legitimation that past presidents leaned on.

www.thenation.com

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Truthout @truthout.org · 12d

In late September the Trump administration abruptly announced that it was ending hunger surveys, after strong-arming Congress into passing a budget that eviscerates spending on food stamps by more than $180 billion — a cut which would put the food benefits of roughly 5 million people at risk.

Did Trump End National Hunger Survey to Hide Growing Hunger Under His Policies?

Over 47 million Americans are already food insecure, and that number is expected to increase thanks to Trump’s budget.

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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 13d

Brexit: another brick in the pile of “huh we just let those people lie a whole lot and people believed them?!” disasters.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13d

Why is Starmer becoming more confident criticising Brexit? Because quietly, without any great drama, a consensus has been reached. It's a disaster inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 16d

A thing I like to bear in mind about people like Ezra Klein and Thomas Chatterton Williams is that they're very boring.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17d

Farmers planted in April or May. They have to sell in the next couple months. There isn’t any way they can react to the Trump havoc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0.

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18d

Free markets update.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18d

Trump calls for Lisa Monaco, deputy attorney general in the Biden administration, to be fired from Microsoft, where she was hired in June as president of global affairs.

Trump: Corrupt and Totally Trump Deranged Lisa
Monaco (A purported pawn of Legal Lightweight Andrew Weissmann), was a senior National Security aide under Barrack Hussein Obama, and a Lawfare and Weaponization obsessed Deputy Attorney General under Crooked Joe Biden and Lisa's Puppet "Boss" Attorney General Merrick Garland, who were all the architects of the worst ever Deep State Conspiracies against our Country (RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, the January 6th Hoax, the Illegal Raid on Mar-a-Lago, the Biden "Autopen" Scandal, the Documents Witch Hunt, and more!). Monaco has been shockingly hired as the President of Global Affairs for Microsoft, in a very senior role with access to Highly Sensitive Information. Monaco's having that kind of access is unacceptable, and cannot be allowed to stand. She is a menace to U.S.
National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government. Because of Monaco's many wrongful acts, the U.S. Government recently stripped her of all Security Clearances, took away all of her access to National Security Intelligence, and banned her from all Federal Properties. It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 18d

Thousands of demonstrators calling for an end to Israel’s mass killings of Palestinians gathered in Times Square as Netanyahu took to the podium to address the UN General Assembly on Friday morning.

See Photos From the Massive Protest Against Netanyahu in NYC

Marchers took to the streets to demand an end to Israel’s mass killings of Palestinians as dozens walked out of the prime minister’s United Nations speech.

hyperallergic.com

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 21d

"Relatively free elections are still the best guarantee against dictatorship. And America is not a fascist state—yet.

Needless to say, there are no guarantees that democracy, once lost, will be restored. It is far better to fend off fascism before it takes hold."

prospect.org/politics/202...

The Method in Trump’s Madness

Despite Trump’s impulsive inconsistencies, his attempted progression toward fascism is all too systematic. He has not yet succeeded.

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Wm McKenna @wmmckenna.bsky.social · 21d

Sir? Your pants are on fire (again).

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 21d

President Donald Trump blasted mass migration and climate-change agreements during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly aimed at flexing American strength abroad. bit.ly/428sBJz

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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 22d

My niece found out ppl who think the rapture is coming are giving away all their stuff. Anybody got a nice car for me? Tryna become auntie of the year.

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