<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff/116535260229618805" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@eff/116535260229618805"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@eff/116535260</span><span class="invisible">229618805</span></a></p><p>The towers are to track you, friends, and the border to keep you in.</p><p>“the towers collect data on people who live at the border rather than people crossing it… We’re actually paying Anduril for the privilege of them taking our data.”</p><p>…towers are located in public parks, next to communities and over neighborhoods. Maass said AI systems can lead to people being stopped, detained or having their possessions seized based on what the technology identifies as suspicious patterns.“</p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> demands gratitude in DC. So he put up banners thanking himself.<br>
Signs appearing around the capital twist appreciation & patriotism into an authoritarian knot.</p><p><a href="/tags/narcissism/" rel="tag">#narcissism</a> <a href="/tags/megalomania/" rel="tag">#megalomania</a> <a href="/tags/vanity/" rel="tag">#vanity</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/despotism/" rel="tag">#despotism</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/madking/" rel="tag">#MadKing</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/style/2</span><span class="invisible">026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/abc/" rel="tag">#ABC</a> Accuses <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> of Violating <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a></p><p>The network’s argument, made to the <a href="/tags/fcc/" rel="tag">#FCC</a>, is the most aggressive [long overdue] posture taken yet by a television network toward the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#constitution</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freepress/" rel="tag">#FreePress</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/bus</span><span class="invisible">iness/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>What’s happening in Tennessee is the epitome of systemic racism and the fall of democracy in America.</p><p>“The map aims to give the GOP a clean sweep of the state’s nine congressional districts by fracturing Black-majority Memphis between three districts.”</p><p><a href="https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/08/tennessee-redistricting-debate-marked-by-fiery-oratory-about-black-struggles-for-voting-rights/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/08/tennessee-redistricting-debate-marked-by-fiery-oratory-about-black-struggles-for-voting-rights/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/0</span><span class="invisible">8/tennessee-redistricting-debate-marked-by-fiery-oratory-about-black-struggles-for-voting-rights/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/tennessee-republicans-redistricting-voting-rights-act-midterms-00910430" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/tennessee-republicans-redistricting-voting-rights-act-midterms-00910430"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.politico.com/news/2026/05/</span><span class="invisible">07/tennessee-republicans-redistricting-voting-rights-act-midterms-00910430</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/justinpearson/" rel="tag">#JustinPearson</a> <a href="/tags/votingrights/" rel="tag">#VotingRights</a> <a href="/tags/vra/" rel="tag">#VRA</a> <a href="/tags/systemicracism/" rel="tag">#SystemicRacism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a></p>
<p>back in 1997, i called THING1 my $20,000 baby (i was forced to have a c-section). it’s even more expensive almost 30 years later.</p><p><a href="/tags/happymothersday/" rel="tag">#HappyMothersDay</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthCare</a> </p><p>❝ Why is being a mother so expensive in the United States? <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/10/why-is-being-a-mother-so-expensive-in-the-united-states?traffic_source=rss" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/10/why-is-being-a-mother-so-expensive-in-the-united-states?traffic_source=rss"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/</span><span class="invisible">10/why-is-being-a-mother-so-expensive-in-the-united-states?traffic_source=rss</span></a></p>
<p>Dr. Q Manivannan, a transgender and non-binary Indian immigrant was elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for JK Rowling's constituency. They also are not a British citizen, nor even a permanent resident. They were eligible to stand for election as a Commonwealth citizen.</p><p>Oh dear don't spread this she might see and get angry!</p><p>F&ck TERFS and fascism!</p><p><a href="/tags/manivannan/" rel="tag">#manivannan</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/nonbinary/" rel="tag">#nonbinary</a> <a href="/tags/transphobia/" rel="tag">#transphobia</a> <a href="/tags/terf/" rel="tag">#terf</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/jkrowling/" rel="tag">#jkrowling</a></p>
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<p>Satantango. By László Krasznahorkai. translated by George Szirtes.</p><p>You are villagers in a very small Hungarian community and you all distrust each other, including your spouses, to the point that you pin all your hopes and plans on a stranger you also don’t trust, but since he has a tiny bit more power than you all do, you are willing to do whatever he says.</p><p>3 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#power</a> <a href="/tags/hungary/" rel="tag">#Hungary</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>
<p>AND UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR GOES TO… </p><p>❝ “I would not advise my children today to go to the US, get educated there or work there, simply because a͟ c͟e͟r͟t͟a͟i͟n͟ s͟o͟c͟i͟a͟l͟ c͟l͟i͟m͟a͟t͟e͟ has suddenly developed there.” <br>― Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> </p><p>“ German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US ” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/15/friedrich-merz-germany-children-study-work-us-politics" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/15/friedrich-merz-germany-children-study-work-us-politics"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/world/2026</span><span class="invisible">/may/15/friedrich-merz-germany-children-study-work-us-politics</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>
<p>Nice</p><p>A new <a href="/tags/abc/" rel="tag">#ABC</a> campaign urges viewers to push back against <a href="/tags/fcc/" rel="tag">#FCC</a> pressure<br>
The <a href="/tags/federal/" rel="tag">#federal</a> regulator is “investigating” the <a href="/tags/disney/" rel="tag">#Disney</a>-owned television company on two fronts, with “<a href="/tags/theview/" rel="tag">#TheView</a>” & ABC’s <a href="/tags/local/" rel="tag">#local</a> stations targeted [Ostensibly for airing <a href="/tags/jimmykimmel/" rel="tag">#JimmyKimmel</a>].</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freepress/" rel="tag">#FreePress</a> <a href="/tags/fourthestate/" rel="tag">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <a href="/tags/trumpaganda/" rel="tag">#trumpaganda</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/22/new-abc-campaign-urges-viewers-push-back-against-fcc-pressure/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/22/new-abc-campaign-urges-viewers-push-back-against-fcc-pressure/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/2026/06/22/new-abc-campaign-urges-viewers-push-back-against-fcc-pressure/</span></a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/116643097765779658" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/116643097765779658"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/1</span><span class="invisible">16643097765779658</span></a></p><p>🔥🔥🔥</p><p>❝ Generative AI is catnip for hall monitors, snitches, toadies, and any other group that hates work and loves talking down to others. Put another way, it ingratiates losers who believe that learning to do or being good at something is a waste of time, because they deserve to just do what they want without any of that messy “effort.” ❞</p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/slopware/" rel="tag">#slopware</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>
<p>helppp I just saw a cop irl <a href="/tags/fediblock/" rel="tag">#fediblock</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> ! !</p>
<p>Anyone else noticing an uptick of <a href="/tags/nazis/" rel="tag">#Nazis</a> on their feed? I blocked and reported another one. Third in as many days. </p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <br><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> compares the West to <a href="/tags/nazi/" rel="tag">#Nazi</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> in 1941</p><p>Why 1941? Why not just Nazi Germany?</p><p>Because the <a href="/tags/ussr/" rel="tag">#USSR</a> was allied with Germany before 1941</p><p>Many <a href="/tags/kremlin/" rel="tag">#Kremlin</a> apologists are eager to forget that</p><p>"Nazi" doesn't mean <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> and <a href="/tags/imperialism/" rel="tag">#imperialism</a> to Putin. It simply means "Western enemy"</p><p>The fascist mass murdering imperialist part of <a href="/tags/nazism/" rel="tag">#Nazism</a> isn't a problem to Putin</p><p>Because that's what Putin's <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> is</p><p><a href="https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/putin-says-nato-is-preparing-for-war-and-compares-western-countries-to-nazi-germany-in-1941-20091" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/putin-says-nato-is-preparing-for-war-and-compares-western-countries-to-nazi-germany-in-1941-20091"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">united24media.com/war-in-ukrai</span><span class="invisible">ne/putin-says-nato-is-preparing-for-war-and-compares-western-countries-to-nazi-germany-in-1941-20091</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> bans <a href="/tags/journalists/" rel="tag">#journalists</a> from <a href="/tags/pressoffice/" rel="tag">#PressOffice</a>, designating it a classified space [so it’s clearly no longer a <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> office]<br>
The change creates a new barrier compared with previous admins, under which the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> public affairs officials without escorts.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/fourthestate/" rel="tag">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/freepress/" rel="tag">#FreePress</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#transparency</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/01/pentagon-bans-journalists-press-office-designating-it-classified-space/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/01/pentagon-bans-journalists-press-office-designating-it-classified-space/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2026/06/01/pentagon-bans-journalists-press-office-designating-it-classified-space/</span></a></p>
<p>"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just repeatedly refused to commit to following court orders from judges who rule that DHS is acting illegally.</p><p>Mullin: would not vow to abide by rulings from judges."</p><p>Everyone in the <a href="/tags/trumpregime/" rel="tag">#TrumpRegime</a> is <a href="/tags/lawless/" rel="tag">#lawless</a> -openly defies the law.</p><p><a href="/tags/impeach/" rel="tag">#Impeach</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/regimechange/" rel="tag">#RegimeChange</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#Detention</a> <a href="/tags/deathcamps/" rel="tag">#DeathCamps</a> <a href="/tags/torture/" rel="tag">#Torture</a> <a href="/tags/crimesagainsthumanity/" rel="tag">#CrimesAgainstHumanity</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/judges/" rel="tag">#Judges</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br><a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/02/congress/mullin-refuses-to-commit-to-following-court-orders-for-dhs-00946961" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/02/congress/mullin-refuses-to-commit-to-following-court-orders-for-dhs-00946961"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.politico.com/live-updates/</span><span class="invisible">2026/06/02/congress/mullin-refuses-to-commit-to-following-court-orders-for-dhs-00946961</span></a></p>
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<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@climatenewsnow/116688186377550000" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@climatenewsnow/116688186377550000"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@climatenewsno</span><span class="invisible">w/116688186377550000</span></a></p><p>I’m beginning to wonder if these fascists are actually nihilists. I mean, who but a nihilist would repeatedly take actions that will kill all humans?</p><p>They’re either nihilists or they’re the dumbest human beings ever to exist.</p><p>And don’t come at me with how they can protect themselves with billionaire stockpiles. You can’t hide from our planet’s fury, no matter how much money you have. The only difference is that you’ll maybe have a more comfotable commute to the end of the human race.</p><p><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/nihilism/" rel="tag">#Nihilism</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>Federal judge halts <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#election</a> <a href="/tags/executiveorder/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOrder</a> seeking to create a <a href="/tags/federal/" rel="tag">#federal</a> voter list & limit who can receive a <a href="/tags/mail/" rel="tag">#mail</a> <a href="/tags/ballot/" rel="tag">#ballot</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> District Court Judge Indira Talwani sided with a coalition of nearly two dozen <a href="/tags/states/" rel="tag">#states</a> that challenged the Republican president’s order in granting a <a href="/tags/summaryjudgment/" rel="tag">#SummaryJudgment</a> [nice!]. Her ruling applies to this year’s <a href="/tags/midterms/" rel="tag">#midterms</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/votingrights/" rel="tag">#VotingRights</a> <a href="/tags/votersuppression/" rel="tag">#VoterSuppression</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-elections-mail-voting-b28c3425c1dc968cd0f57c61fb7a684e" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-elections-mail-voting-b28c3425c1dc968cd0f57c61fb7a684e"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-execu</span><span class="invisible">tive-order-elections-mail-voting-b28c3425c1dc968cd0f57c61fb7a684e</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> Expands Trump’s <a href="/tags/executivepower/" rel="tag">#ExecutivePower</a> Over <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p><p>The court handed <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> victories in his push to rescind <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#deportation</a> & for hundreds of thousands of people & turn away <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> at the southern border.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/checksandbalances/" rel="tag">#ChecksAndBalances</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/legislation/" rel="tag">#legislation</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/whitechristiannationalism/" rel="tag">#WhiteChristianNationalism</a> <a href="/tags/partisancourt/" rel="tag">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="/tags/activistcourt/" rel="tag">#ActivistCourt</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.fkE6.E-jXQRTpMCY6&smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.fkE6.E-jXQRTpMCY6&smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.fkE6.E-jXQRTpMCY6&smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>❝ Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a 49-page dissent that was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. “Today,” she wrote, “the Court discards” the “democratic regime” created by the Constitution “in favor of one that distorts the structure of Government to fit the majority’s theory of unitary, total executive control. The result,” she concluded, “is a President who emerges with far greater power than ever before.”</p><p><a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/cou</span><span class="invisible">rt-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/ftc/" rel="tag">#FTC</a></p>
<p>"Bovino represents the MAGA soul — perhaps we should say the MAGA Geist — which is not just kinda-fascist but deeply and enthusiastically fascist, not just curious about the legacy of Nazism but achingly, passionately eager to revive it."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2026/06/07/remember-greg-bovino-hes-now-an-international-fascist-hero/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.salon.com/2026/06/07/remember-greg-bovino-hes-now-an-international-fascist-hero/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.salon.com/2026/06/07/remem</span><span class="invisible">ber-greg-bovino-hes-now-an-international-fascist-hero/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <br><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper/116841497363782089" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper/116841497363782089"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@realTuckFrump</span><span class="invisible">er/116841497363782089</span></a></p><p>"We in this country have seen a remarkable change. And in Washington right now — and forgive me, I’m gonna use the 'f' word — we have a fascist, a fascist government that allows innocent people to be put in detention camps and incarcerated."</p><p>"We have been lied to over and over and over again about these camps. Our president said these detention camps were being put up to put in immigrants who had criminal records. We now have about 65–70,000 people incarcerated in these camps."</p><p>"29% have criminal records. 71% of the people in these camps, even with our country's and our government's statements about why they set up the camps, don’t belong there! 71% of the people in camps don’t belong there, according to the government, and yet they are put there."</p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/detentioncamps/" rel="tag">#DetentionCamps</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/ruleoflaw/" rel="tag">#RuleOfLaw</a> <a href="/tags/crimesagainsthumanity/" rel="tag">#CrimesAgainstHumanity</a></p>
<p>One person killed in <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a> in second fatal <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/shooting/" rel="tag">#shooting</a> in less than a week</p><p>A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house — just days after a federal <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, sparking mass <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> & demands for <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#transparency</a> & <a href="/tags/accountability/" rel="tag">#accountability</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-shooting-maine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-shooting-maine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-</span><span class="invisible">shooting-maine</span></a></p>
<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@AmandaMarcotte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AmandaMarcotte</span></a></span> with the facts. If only more <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> would do the same.</p><p>"It’s worth remembering the context for what’s happening: Being undocumented in the U.S. is not a crime, no matter what hyperbolic language Republicans may use. It’s a civil offense, not even as bad as a speeding ticket. Observing federal agents doing their jobs is perfectly legal and, frankly, a duty of concerned citizens."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2026/07/13/new-ice-boss-same-old-lies/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.salon.com/2026/07/13/new-ice-boss-same-old-lies/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.salon.com/2026/07/13/new-i</span><span class="invisible">ce-boss-same-old-lies/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <br><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <br><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>
<p>EXCOMMUNITCATED!</p><p>Good riddance to those freaks, good for Pope Leo for making a stand against the fascists in the Church (there's quite a few) </p><p>Y'know, Science good do with chucking out the Fascists....looking at you Royal Society..</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/02/vatican-excommunicates-all-members-of-ultra-conservative-rebels-sspx" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/02/vatican-excommunicates-all-members-of-ultra-conservative-rebels-sspx"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/world/2026</span><span class="invisible">/jul/02/vatican-excommunicates-all-members-of-ultra-conservative-rebels-sspx</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/popeleoxiv/" rel="tag">#PopeLeoXIV</a> <a href="/tags/vatican/" rel="tag">#Vatican</a> <a href="/tags/catholicism/" rel="tag">#Catholicism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/sspx/" rel="tag">#SSPX</a></p>
<p>Yesterday in <a href="/tags/washingtondc/" rel="tag">#WashingtonDC</a>, on the steps of the Capitol where protest is currently not allowed (!), an active duty officer in the <a href="/tags/airforce/" rel="tag">#AirForce</a> deliberately broke the law to honor his oath of service. He called for the removal of Trump, and he wore his uniform to do it.</p><p>Rep. Al Green, my favorite member of Congress, and the Removal Coalition stood with him, as did a crowd of DC protesters.</p><p><a href="/tags/50501movement/" rel="tag">#50501movement</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a></p>
