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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 165 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and others convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 2d

If you asked me 2 years ago if I believe we will have free and fair elections in 2026, I would have answered: “In most places, I believe we will.” My answer now is: “I believe voter suppression and efforts to rig the outcome of the election will be widespread.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 2d

The storm has arrived and the troopers are being deployed to cities that might resist.

Cornell William Brooks @cornellwmbrooks.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

Your government insults your intelligence & says you passed their IQ test. The SAME administration that fired an economist for reporting statistics on the economy is asking you to NOT BELIEVE lower statistics on crime, NOT SEE safer streets, & ACCEPT the #NationalGuard in your front yard.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 3d

Their plan for America is really simple: everyone is to think and act like a white Christian heterosexual male or be subservient to one.

Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 4d

Nazi Germany would find impressive the speed in which a neofascist movement is spreading across the country. The storm has broken loose, and it is not just coming, it has arrived! apple.news/At9zbVrllRta...

US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain — Guardian US

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 5d

I think that I speak for a lot of black people - of course, not everybody - that I don't feel safe in America.

Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 5d

Clearly Trump only sees one race, the white race.

DEI now simply means: Don’t Expect Inclusion. Only the best (well, probably not) white person for the job!

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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 6d

If red states secede for a second founding based on the principles of White Christian Nationalism, I’m staying in the blue states.

Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 6d

Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment - Reuters

Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 6d

It’s clear, members of the Trump Administration are working under the assumption that they will be pardoned for whatever they do in office. This is going to get a whole lot worse!

Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 7d

This country is broken!

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Bill would make Florida colleges, universities rename streets after Charlie Kirk — USA TODAY

A new bill would make all of Florida's public state universities and colleges rename one roadway on their campuses after Charlie Kirk.

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 7d

Order the murder of people you claim are drug traffickers, cut food and medical aid to undernourished people and HIV patients, suggest cities become military training grounds, and send immigrants to prisons in other countries. Despite these actions, people still want to award you a Nobel Prize.

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 7d

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 8d

Trump has declared war on anyone he labels a drug trafficker and believes he has the right to commit war crimes. It isn’t a question of if but rather when he will order a rocket attack on or invasion of Venezuela and target Maduro as a narco trafficker.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 9d

You must stop thinking the absence of law & due process, cruelty & incarceration will only affect “them.”

Under fascism, everyone is eventually “them.”

All of us.

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 9d

Of course their long-term goal is to make America a mostly white country again. www.commondreams.org/news/south-a...

Trump to Slash Refugee Numbers to Record Low, With White South Africans Taking Most Spots | Common Dreams

Reports of the Trump administration slashing refugee admissions to 7,500, with priority given to white South Africans, is a moral failure. While Afrikaners are fast-tracked, thousands of refugees are ...

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 9d

As the White House deploys troops to more American cities to train his paramilitary recruits and the U.S. military, and declares anyone that questions his power as enemies of the state, the goal may be to trigger conflict to declare martial law and possibly cancel or postpone next year’s election.

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 9d

Clearly, the ONLY WAY to avoid being accused of being WOKE is to only read books about straight white people, hire only white men, only admit white students to college, praise the ideas of racists, sexists and religious chauvinists, and enlist after graduating from 400 B.C. Sparta high school.

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 11d

The American people voted into office Fascists. The American people and our political leaders will have to resist or this is going to get a lot worse!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d

Edward T. Blake, the forensic scientist who sparked the innocence movement, helping to free thousands of wrongfully convicted people, has died at 80.

Edward T. Blake, 80, Dies; Forensic Expert Sparked Innocence Movement

He was the first to use PCR testing on crime-scene DNA, inspiring a practice that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org

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Bilal Dabir Sekou @bdsekou.bsky.social · 13d

In short, Mike Johnson believes using American cities - many are majority people of color - as a training ground for conducting warfare on civilian populations is a win-win scenario.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

BASH: Are you okay w/ the military using American cities as 'training grounds'?

JOHNSON: I don't know what's being implied by that

B: It suggests troops are going to be in cities & use them military training

J: That's been very beneficial for the Guard

B: So it's ok?

J: It's a win-win scenario

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 13d

Twitter's digital infrastructure and Musk himself are part of the reason why bad bots can spread their racist messages far and wide. But so is too many Americans’ willingness to hear it.

American Racism Is a National Security Threat

Foreign bots were spewing much of the racist rhetoric that followed Charlie Kirk's killing. And yet it gained traction only because there is plenty of homegrown racism to exploit.

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