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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” Resisting authoritarianism and calling out fascism, both domestic and abroad, before it was cool. 🌊🌊🌊🗽⚖️🇺🇸 You are not alone, if they have come for you already. Making the move over from Threads. Hello all! 🌄🕊️

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jan 16

Additionally, speaking of #disinformation campaigns, journalistic exploitation and failings, and social media companies amplifying it all in the modern day...

An evermore prescient read, for anyone with JSTOR access:
www.jstor.org/stable/26326...

And encourage a look-up of #ActiveMeasures if not.

Beyond Propaganda: Soviet Active Measures in Putin's Russia Soviet Active Measures in Putin's Russia on JSTOR

Steve Abrams, Beyond Propaganda, Connections, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Winter 2016), pp. 5-31

www.jstor.org

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Sep 19

For those who missed something that should have gotten far more headlines…

‘“Just a casual dismissal of domestic violence as a crime,” Sarah Longwell, a longtime Republican political strategist, wrote on social media.’ 🤬😔
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...
But no, what Kimmel said - that’s a crime. 🙄

Trump Says Having ‘a Little Fight With the Wife’ Should Not Count as a Crime

www.nytimes.com

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Sep 19

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers." Literally.

No kings.

Joe Ura @joeura.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is bad, bad stuff, but it's extra bad, bad while the military is deployed to patrol American streets, ostensibly to fight crime. The administration continues to creep over every constitutional and legal right and rule meant to protect us from tyranny.

Gift Link

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

www.nytimes.com

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Sep 4

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‘D.C. Sues Trump Administration Over Deployment of National Guard’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
‘The lawsuit by Washington comes two days after a federal judge in California ruled that the president’s decision to send #NationalGuard soldiers to #LosAngeles was #illegal.’
#Trump #DC #DictatorDon

D.C. Sues Trump Administration Over Deployment of National Guard

www.nytimes.com

Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jul 30

Well worth the read:
robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal...
‘The following was originally published on July 27 in Haaretz, the longest-running newspaper currently in print in Israel. It was published in Hebrew.’
#Gaza #freePalestine #freeIsrael
#DownWithBibi
#DownWithHamas
#DownWithTheFarRight

A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust

A view from Israel

robertreich.substack.com

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Apr 2

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Apr 2

‘“He wants the society of the 1950s with the policies of the 1890s. But you literally don’t get the society of the 1950s without a comprehensive rejection of the policies of the 1890s, even by Republicans,” he said.’
#LiberationDay #tariffs
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-mcki...

Trump's hopeless tariffs confusion, explained by a historian

"The president seems to believe he can impose prohibitively high tariffs *and* collect revenue, which you can’t do."

www.publicnotice.co

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jul 22

‘It's clear Russia feels it's winning. Since the start of the year, despite massive losses, Russia has captured nearly 1,500 square miles, roughly the size of Rhode Island, its most recent advances in Ukraine's Northeast in the region of Sumy.’

#RussianInvasion #NATO #RussoUkrainianWar #updates

Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jul 22

‘Overnight #Ukraine says #Russia launched more than 420. The U.N. says Russia last month fired 10 times the number of drones than it did one year ago.

Overnight, Russia also launched 24 missiles. This is exactly the kind of damage that Europe pledged… to try and prevent’
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

NATO countries promise more weapons for Ukraine as Russia launches massive assault

It is a pivotal moment in Ukraine as Kyiv announced it will hold another round of peace talks with Russia on Wednesday. It's the first such meeting in seven weeks and comes as NATO leaders try to answ...

www.pbs.org

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jul 10

Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jul 9

As the US #PoliceState ramps up its mass #surveillance, and far-right extremists (domestic and foreign) are increasingly emboldened… a reminder of how our internet #harassment culture came to be, and who tactics such as #doxxing has always favored and been abused by:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | First They Came for the Black Feminists (Gift Article)

The precursors to Gamergate were disinformation campaigns targeting women of color.

www.nytimes.com

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jun 19

‘Just before Mr. Guevara was arrested, officers had deployed tear gas for a third time and were trying to move reporters away from the protest site, Atlanta Civic Circle reported. Officers said they would #arrest #journalists and #protesters if they did not leave, and Mr. Guevara was complying…’
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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jun 19

‘He was the subject of an Op-Doc mini documentary produced by The New York Times’s Opinion department in 2019.

He said in the documentary that he was attacked and threatened while working as a reporter in El Salvador, so he sought asylum in the 🇺🇸. He has been living in Georgia since 2004…’

Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jun 19

‘The journalist, Mario Guevara, is originally from El Salvador and has been in the 🇺🇸 for more than 20 years, one of his lawyers, Zach Gaeta, said. Mr. Guevara was not a legal permanent resident or citizen, but he had a work permit and a Social Security number…’
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
🤦🏻‍♂️😔

Reporter Is Detained by ICE After Reporting on Immigration Protest

www.nytimes.com

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jun 9

(3) allowing those militarized agents to make dragnet abductions and warrantless arrests, and detain people without due process;

(4) creating additional prison space and detention camps for those detained, and

(5) eventually, as the situation escalates, declaring martial law.

Sound familiar? 😔🇺🇸

Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jun 9

(1) declaring an emergency on the basis of a so-called “rebellion”, “insurrection”, or “invasion”;

(2) using that “emergency” to justify bringing in federal agents with a monopoly on the use of force (Ice, the FBI, DEA, and the national guard) against civilians inside the country;

Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jun 9

‘History shows that once an authoritarian ruler establishes the infrastructure of a police state, that same infrastructure can be turned on anyone.

Trump and his regime are rapidly creating such an infrastructure, in five steps: …’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Trump #LA #Authoritarianism

We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state | Robert Reich

The national guard’s deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway. History shows the results

www.theguardian.com

Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · Jun 9

‘"It's really recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not be policing civilians," Shamsi said in an interview with Morning Edition…

"Federal troops themselves – this is not what they're trained for”’
😔 #LA #ICE #NationalGuard
www.npr.org/2025/06/09/n...

Trump using National Guard in LA is an 'abuse of power,' says national security expert

The ACLU's National Security Project director worries President Trump is 'writing himself a blank check' to use the military on civilians in other U.S. cities.

www.npr.org

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · May 19

WHY DOES SHE HAVE THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF ALL-TIME & I ONLY GET KID ROCK??? WAAAAAHHH!!!!! 😩

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Dangluten @dangluten.bsky.social · May 19

‘Buma said there was evidence that both he and fellow billionaire #PeterThiel were targeted by Russian operatives.’
Shocker! 🙄
futurism.com/elon-musk-dr...
#Elon #usefulidiots #TechBroTraitors

Ex-FBI Agent: Elon Musk's Drug Habit Made Him an Easy Target for Russian Spies

Elon Musk's well-documented drug use made him an easy target for Russian secret service agents, a former FBI agent says.

futurism.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Apr 26

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Apr 27

Tel Aviv…

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Apr 27

JUST NOW:
Leader Jeffries, Senator Coons, and Senator Booker sat on the Capitol steps, watched the sunrise, and talked about the budget fight.

This is what we need—bringing people in and speaking plain truth.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@coons.senate.gov
@booker.senate.gov

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