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Freeminds
@freeminds.bsky.social
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Advocate for social freedom and equality before the law from a liberal/libertarian perspective. Free speech, LGBT rights, civil liberties and a depoliticized economy. Opposed to authoritarianism whether on the Right or the Left.
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 4h
Well known fascist Benito Mussolini wrote: “Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere.” Sound familiar?
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 6h
Trump says San Francisco is a violent hell-hole needing a federal troop invasion. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's a justification to ramp up violence.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬
The Trump Reich is claiming criminal chaos is filling the streets of San Francisco in order to justify a military attack on another major city.
jamesperon.substack.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 8h
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 8h
Trump's Treasury Secretary says to combat "non-market" economies the U.S. will set price floors. In Marxist terms that is "central planning" just like a non-market economy. Everything Trump says they are fighting he does himself.
Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says
China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
www.cnbc.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 1d
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 1d
"Constant experience shows us that every man who has power is inclined to abuse it; he goes until he finds limits."
𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐮 • 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟗–𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟓
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 1d
Leaders of Young Republicans wrote one another using bigoted slurs and threats to anyone opposing the Trump Reich. It's worse than you'd think.
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 1d
Eric Trump says his family deserves thanks: "We're saving Christianity. We're saving God." It appears the only all-mighty being Eric believes is his Sugar Daddy and Jehovah would be lost without him.
ca.news.yahoo.com/insane-offen...
Backlash after Eric Trump thanks dad for keeping Budweiser trans free, Colin Kaepernick out of NFL and for ‘saving God’
Eric Trump’s passionate case for the White House’s impact came as he promoted a new memoir, ‘Under Siege’
ca.news.yahoo.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 1d
Speaker Mike Johnson calls naked bike protest the most threatening thing he's seen so far and says ICE thugs have never gone too far. I assume that includes the smashing doors down in an entire apartment building and kidnapping citizens.
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 1d
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump Reich is revoking visas for six individuals for criticizing the cult of St. Charlie.
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...
apnews.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 2d
“Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.”
𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 • 𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟗–𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟔
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 2d
Israel says bodies of dead hostages were not returned fast enough so they'll block 1/2 the food aid to the starving civilians. It might be easier to dig up bodies if all the landmarks weren't bombed.
Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire
U.S. President Donald Trump says wants back dead hostages held in Gaza. The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilatio...
apnews.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 3d
A new analysis from Goldman Sachs estimates consumers will pay 55% of all import taxes imposed by Trump. The rest will be paid by businesses. They estimate the pain consumers will feel will only get worse with time as businesses raise prices to pay Trump's extortion.
thehill.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 3d
"To preserve the freedom of the human mind, then & freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, & speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement."
𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 • 𝟏𝟕𝟒𝟑–𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟔
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 3d
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 3d
John Oliver deflates the self-aggrandizing Bari Weiss, the faux reporter who was put in charge of CBS News by the new MAGA owners.
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 3d
Trump brags that CBS news is now controlled by MAGgots who are friends of his and support his authoritarian agenda. They intend to turn it into another Fox. Remember that when it comes to what you view.
Trump Boasts the New Owners of CBS Are ‘Friends of Mine’ — And Swipes at Norah O’Donnell
“Well, I tell you what, Larry Ellison is great, and his son David is great. They're friends of mine. They're big supporters of mine."
www.mediaite.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 4d
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 • 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟗—𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟐
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 4d
If you don't laugh at what the GOP authoritarians are doing you'll cry. So now and then find a reason to laugh at them.
Pam Bondi Hearing Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 4d
Vance says Trump is considering using the "Insurrection Act" to take over the entire country and save it from the mythological antifa conspiracy. Trump has tried to create chaos to create an excuse to set up his dictatorship. Not enough insurrection is no bother, he'll just make it up.
Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act
The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.
www.nbcnews.com
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Freeminds @freeminds.bsky.social · 4d
Republican state senator Amber Hulse was thrilled a Dane won Miss Universe saying, “Trump is president and Miss Universe is blonde. We are so back." Now where did we see this view before now?
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