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As the train of fascism, steadily approaching the platform, slowly pulled in, the journalist traded clever ledes while the historians made notes and the politicians wrote letters.
Pinned
The rightwing media silo perpetuating fantasy is withstanding scrutiny scarily well, in light of Charlie Kirk's death, extrajudicial killings in the Gulf of America, and a reassessment of current events;
we are now in the post-Beer Hall Putsch phase and pre-Kristallnacht. Rage will be fomented.
we are now in the post-Beer Hall Putsch phase and pre-Kristallnacht. Rage will be fomented.
The historical calculus has been
“We the people… “ are averse to nations having big militaries and all-powerful security forces is that under a bad leader “We” will no longer have the power to properly oppose the forces if they start denying rights and oppressing us, “We the people”.
#DumbFascism
“We the people… “ are averse to nations having big militaries and all-powerful security forces is that under a bad leader “We” will no longer have the power to properly oppose the forces if they start denying rights and oppressing us, “We the people”.
#DumbFascism
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The historical calculus has been
“We the people… “ are averse to nations having big militaries and all-powerful security forces is that under a bad leader “We” will no longer have the power to properly oppose the forces if they start denying rights and oppressing us, “We the people”.
#DumbFascism
“We the people… “ are averse to nations having big militaries and all-powerful security forces is that under a bad leader “We” will no longer have the power to properly oppose the forces if they start denying rights and oppressing us, “We the people”.
#DumbFascism
Anyone that believes that Republicans are the party of nat’l security or lawful peacefulness have been fooled by propaganda and myth. Their only god has always been greed.
So you know, the Republican party reimbursed the state for Sarah Huckabee Sanders $19,000 podium, so she'll probably take it with her when she leaves.
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Anyone that believes that Republicans are the party of nat’l security or lawful peacefulness have been fooled by propaganda and myth. Their only god has always been greed.
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Gutting US counterterrorism and federal law enforcement capacity was a bad idea.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know the president wants to see more political violence in the US, and thinks it's important for federal forces to prioritize crackdowns on nonviolent, noncriminal migrants. I just disagree.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know the president wants to see more political violence in the US, and thinks it's important for federal forces to prioritize crackdowns on nonviolent, noncriminal migrants. I just disagree.
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gutting US counterterrorism and federal law enforcement capacity was a bad idea.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know the president wants to see more political violence in the US, and thinks it's important for federal forces to prioritize crackdowns on nonviolent, noncriminal migrants. I just disagree.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know the president wants to see more political violence in the US, and thinks it's important for federal forces to prioritize crackdowns on nonviolent, noncriminal migrants. I just disagree.
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He's gonna have to write a $1 million check to Hillary Clinton, and that makes me happy.
NEW: A $1 MILLION DOLLAR SANCTIONS order against Felon Trump & parking lot lawyer, Alina Habba, has been upheld by a federal appeals court.
I've got the details of that order, incl. the affirmation that Trump has a “pattern of misusing the courts” for bad faith litigation.
youtu.be/TCK_WP0b6XA?...
I've got the details of that order, incl. the affirmation that Trump has a “pattern of misusing the courts” for bad faith litigation.
youtu.be/TCK_WP0b6XA?...
Trump BLINDSIDED as His OWN Judge ORDERS HUGE PAYOUT
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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November 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
He's gonna have to write a $1 million check to Hillary Clinton, and that makes me happy.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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When asked about the death of a W. Virginia National Guardsman, the President of the United States bragged about his electoral margin in her state.
When asked about the shooter, he called the reporter a stupid person.
Please stop holding quarter for anyone supporting this monstrous piece of shit.
When asked about the shooter, he called the reporter a stupid person.
Please stop holding quarter for anyone supporting this monstrous piece of shit.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
When asked about the death of a W. Virginia National Guardsman, the President of the United States bragged about his electoral margin in her state.
When asked about the shooter, he called the reporter a stupid person.
Please stop holding quarter for anyone supporting this monstrous piece of shit.
When asked about the shooter, he called the reporter a stupid person.
Please stop holding quarter for anyone supporting this monstrous piece of shit.
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There’s an investigation into an Army doctor who was sexually assaulting, filming and even inducing labour without consent.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
There’s an investigation into an Army doctor who was sexually assaulting, filming and even inducing labour without consent.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
He may have abused up to 2,500 women.
Why isn’t this bigger news?
It’s the largest sexual abuse case in the military’s history.
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It’s sick but this is what trump, hegseth and miller have been waiting for
National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It’s sick but this is what trump, hegseth and miller have been waiting for
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Anti-ICE commercial from Women's March
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anti-ICE commercial from Women's March
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I have not forgotten about the Epstein files. Have you?
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I have not forgotten about the Epstein files. Have you?
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Collective, racist punishment.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Collective, racist punishment.
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Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
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Can you find the difference between these two pictures?
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Can you find the difference between these two pictures?
Heads up America! You can't build a massive military, police, incarceration, and surveillance state and then not use it.
Israel launches new military operation in northern West Bank reut.rs/44nCRhY
Israel launches new military operation in northern West Bank
Israeli security forces launched what the military described as a counter-terrorism operation in the northern West Bank, which Palestinians said was targeting the city of Tubas.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Heads up America! You can't build a massive military, police, incarceration, and surveillance state and then not use it.
It just blows my mind how simple and uninformed my fellow American can be in the age of smart phones. Trump kept his failing golf courses open with Russians overpaying to stay in the dilapidated Trump Tower. This wasn't a secret, we were talking about in 2015.
#DumbFascism
#DumbFascism
Remember when Trump had a free volunteer Campaign Manager that had just left working in Ukraine for a Russian puppet?
Remember when Trump gave the Russian Ambassador Top Secret intel in the Oval Office that required the CIA to pull out a clandestine source from Moscow?
Remember when Trump gave the Russian Ambassador Top Secret intel in the Oval Office that required the CIA to pull out a clandestine source from Moscow?
The White House did not dispute the veracity of the transcript published by Bloomberg News, and President Donald Trump described Steve Witkoff’s reported approach to the Russians in the call as “standard” negotiating procedure. https://to.pbs.org/43QSZbA
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It just blows my mind how simple and uninformed my fellow American can be in the age of smart phones. Trump kept his failing golf courses open with Russians overpaying to stay in the dilapidated Trump Tower. This wasn't a secret, we were talking about in 2015.
#DumbFascism
#DumbFascism
Remember when Trump had a free volunteer Campaign Manager that had just left working in Ukraine for a Russian puppet?
Remember when Trump gave the Russian Ambassador Top Secret intel in the Oval Office that required the CIA to pull out a clandestine source from Moscow?
Remember when Trump gave the Russian Ambassador Top Secret intel in the Oval Office that required the CIA to pull out a clandestine source from Moscow?
The White House did not dispute the veracity of the transcript published by Bloomberg News, and President Donald Trump described Steve Witkoff’s reported approach to the Russians in the call as “standard” negotiating procedure. https://to.pbs.org/43QSZbA
Steve Witkoff coached a Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan, report reveals
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Remember when Trump had a free volunteer Campaign Manager that had just left working in Ukraine for a Russian puppet?
Remember when Trump gave the Russian Ambassador Top Secret intel in the Oval Office that required the CIA to pull out a clandestine source from Moscow?
Remember when Trump gave the Russian Ambassador Top Secret intel in the Oval Office that required the CIA to pull out a clandestine source from Moscow?
Trump first applauded Russia's invasion of Ukraine and America needs to unplug from our very skewed media bubble and appreciate that he still wants to gift Ukraine to Putin.
Our military and military technology dwarfs tiny little Russia and if we decided to defend democracy, the war would be over.
Our military and military technology dwarfs tiny little Russia and if we decided to defend democracy, the war would be over.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Trump first applauded Russia's invasion of Ukraine and America needs to unplug from our very skewed media bubble and appreciate that he still wants to gift Ukraine to Putin.
Our military and military technology dwarfs tiny little Russia and if we decided to defend democracy, the war would be over.
Our military and military technology dwarfs tiny little Russia and if we decided to defend democracy, the war would be over.
I took a deep dive on this story and it only gets worse. Leavitt’s cousin won a million dollars and opened a car dealership and it seem like he’s estranged from the child’s mother. He’s a wreck of a human being and this was likely a custody battle.
The woman had zero reason for deportation.
The woman had zero reason for deportation.
WCVB News in Massachusetts reporting that ICE has arrested a woman named Bruna Ferreira, who is the mother of the niece of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. ICE arrested Ferreira in MA and trafficked her the ICE gulag in Louisiana.
Ferreira’s “crime?” Overstaying a visa 26 years ago.😐
Ferreira’s “crime?” Overstaying a visa 26 years ago.😐
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I took a deep dive on this story and it only gets worse. Leavitt’s cousin won a million dollars and opened a car dealership and it seem like he’s estranged from the child’s mother. He’s a wreck of a human being and this was likely a custody battle.
The woman had zero reason for deportation.
The woman had zero reason for deportation.
So, from the phone call transcripts, the Trump Administration is 100% aligned with Putin’s Russia.
#TraitorTrump
#TraitorTrump
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So, from the phone call transcripts, the Trump Administration is 100% aligned with Putin’s Russia.
#TraitorTrump
#TraitorTrump
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President Trump has canceled 2 economic reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to hide his economic failures. President Trump and Treasury Scott Bessent continue to gaslight the American people that prices + inflation are down. Consumer sentiment is at one of it's all time lows in history.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
President Trump has canceled 2 economic reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to hide his economic failures. President Trump and Treasury Scott Bessent continue to gaslight the American people that prices + inflation are down. Consumer sentiment is at one of it's all time lows in history.
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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Himes: "This shows Steve Witkoff almost literally sitting side with the Russians on this ... it's unimaginable to consider the fact that you would propose a peace deal that the Ukrainians didn't even know about."
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Himes: "This shows Steve Witkoff almost literally sitting side with the Russians on this ... it's unimaginable to consider the fact that you would propose a peace deal that the Ukrainians didn't even know about."
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Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.
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Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.