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Global Nomad fighting against mis/disinformation campaigns. If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself -Timothy Snyder

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flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 1h

There is something more sinister here. They cant shut down the Dept of Education with all of the student loans out there. He makes it sounds like a nice gesture, but they will get rid of certain loans that will allow them to close the department faster.

flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 1h

Not sure why anyone is surprised.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

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flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 1h

Generally speaking, and there have been books written on it, Americans are incredibly ignorant. Nothing will reach the bottom feeders which represent 50%+ of the population.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Does lying about demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House with zero consultation with Congress, the National Park Service or anyone else something that will reach the low info voter who doesn’t watch the news? Will anything reach them?

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flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 2h

What do you expect when the average American has a 5th grade reading comprehension, math, and science education. Im sure ICE will change to picture books soon.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3h

"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"

Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.

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flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 4h

They are next. The Texas Tailgaters are also doomed.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5h

So YouTubers and right-wing influencers who were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly by a company funded by Russia and indicted by the DOJ are now covering the Pentagon?

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose crypto exchange has been boosting the Trump family’s own crypto venture, WSJ reports.

The most corrupt president in history.

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flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 4h

Having lived in authoritarian countries for decades, when I came back to the US a few years ago, I was screaming from the top of Mt. Denali for Americans to wake up, stop sleeping, and take this more serious. The response I got was, Im an alarmist, a conspiracy theorist, etc etc. Well here we are.

flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 5h

Technically thats when the military would step in. However, that remains to be seen where the loyalty lies.

flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 5h

Martial law leads to annihilation of political enemies, torture of anyone who disagrees with the regime, violent deaths, etc etc. We are not there.......yet.

flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 5h

Uh, no its not. See my comments below on the Philippines. What you are seeing is "martial law lite lite lite lite lite." I can give other examples in different countries I have lived under martial law, but its brutal. The full force has not nearly been implemented.

flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 5h

In the 1950-60s, the Philippines was the 2nd richest country in Asia behind Japan. S Korea was an afterthought. Marcos came to power in early 70s for 10 years. By the time he left, the Philippines was and remains to this day one of the poorest countries in Asia.

flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 5h

Ive lived in the Philippines for 15+ years. Filipinos were Ok with marital law for the 1st year or two. Then when they realized marital law gives the dictator the ability to rob the country blind, thats what eventually cumulated in the Edsa protests and the overthrow of the regime.

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flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 5h

Americans should be terrified with all of these govt deals into private companies. Similar to what the Nazi's did in many ways, but more importantly, these companies would play a vital role in the success with the fantasy of "network states" as well. Just saying.

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 16h

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 23h

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

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ShannonB @shannonbuz.bsky.social · 21h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Carney: But this decades-long process of an ever-closer economic relationship with the United States is now over. And as a consequence, many of our former strengths as a country—more particularly, our economic strengths based on close ties to America—have now become our vulnerabilities…

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Nathan @nathanready2go.bsky.social · 18h

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scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 8h

Whether you like it or not.

This is the apocalypse we warned you about.

Don’t say you didn’t know.

You were warned years ago.

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flicks28.bsky.social @flicks28.bsky.social · 8h

But their backup plan is clear. If they feel they will lose in 2026, even a 1% chance of losing, martial law will be declared and elections suspended. So what’s the plan then?