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AmAru X @amarux.bsky.social · May 26

When Fascism Comes to America www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

When Fascism Comes to America | Common Dreams

The list of common characteristics in the study of 20th-century fascist dictators and their regimes includes 14 categories in all, and Trump and his MAGA disciples have already exhibited characteristi...

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · Apr 24

Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.

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AmAru X @amarux.bsky.social · Apr 19

Abrego Garcia and MS-13: What Do We Know? www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abre...

Abrego Garcia and MS-13: What Do We Know?

The allegation seems to stem from double hearsay in a document authored by a later suspended police detective.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Apr 6

I think it’s really good that people are protesting in their own states and cities because it shows that these protests are community driven. Americans can fix this authoritarian slide. They can fix it, but running for office in their own cities and towns. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Apr 5

For people who aren't in big cities or people who are in red states, these rallies and other actions can be lifesavers. If you think they don't matter, try viewing them from a different perspective.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · Apr 5

They do i at least one thing which is get people to not feel so alone.

Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · Apr 5

Less complaining about how big rallies don't do anything, more brainstorming about how to activate their attendees to get involved with targeted campaigns, direct action, and mutual aid.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 5

Andy Kim: "If you want to know why there is so much chaos and confusion about what happened with regard to tariffs, I can say it's because of the absolute dysfunction of this national security council as demonstrated by what just happened with Laura Loomer."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Apr 4

It sure looks like they’re going all in on the “the executive branch can ignore court orders if it thinks the court lacks jurisdiction” thing

Tweet 1: Seung Min Kim @ @seungminkim •3h
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A federal judge orders the US to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.

Tweet 2: Seung Min Kim & @seungminkim
White House response: "We suggest the Judge contact President Bukele because we are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction or authority over the country of El Salvador." - @PressSec

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Apr 5

Eisen: Donald Trump has removed my security clearance three times. I don't know if it is a mental capacity thing and he just forgets that he did it, or if he takes it away and then when he loses again, he says, turn it back on so I can feel better about all of the losing.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 4

Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Apr 5

Riggs is the Democratic incumbent in the race for a state Supreme Court seat. After she narrowly won the race, her Republican opponent, Judge Jefferson Griffin, challenged tens of thousands of votes. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/all...

Allison Riggs: 'This is a fight for the very soul of democracy'

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 5

A judge awarded a total of $6.6 million to four former high-level aides to Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, who claimed that they were unduly fired after reporting him to federal investigators and accusing him of corruption in 2020.

Former Aides to Ken Paxton Win $6.6 Million in Whistle-Blower Case

A judge found that four whistle-blowers who accused Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, of corruption and reported him to the F.B.I. were unjustly fired.

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 4

absolutely insanity on Fox Business. this would be a bit much even in Pyongyang.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Apr 4

Senator Jim Banks (R) isn’t sorry he told a fired federal worker “he probably deserved it”.

He went on to say the worker was “complaining about losing a left-wing woke job in the federal government that should have never been a job to begin with”.

The job was helping people with disabilities.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Apr 5

Swalwell: This guy is a con. Trump bibles, made in China. Trump sneakers, made in China. The Trump shitcoin, made on a computer made in China..

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Apr 4

A true heater 48 hours for The Onion, in my unbiased opinion.

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Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · Apr 4

The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling.

People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.

America, we have a problem!

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · Apr 4

If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.

The website to check linked in the reply.

www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility

The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.

www.newsobserver.com

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AmAru X @amarux.bsky.social · Apr 5

The three Rs of tariffs.

Tariffs - Econlib

A tariff is a fancy word for a tax. The term usually refers to import duties, which are fees levied on goods entering one country from another. Import tariffs have been a controversial feature of dome...

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · Apr 3

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Apr 3

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · Apr 4

NEW: A Republican-majority panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled to disenfranchise up to 65,000 voters in the state's contentious Supreme Court election unless they can fix their ballots in 15 days.

NC Voters Must Fix Ballots in 15 Days or Be Disenfranchised, Court Rules