<p>"Thinkers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Hannah Arendt warned us that the point of this deluge is not to persuade, but to overwhelm and paralyze our capacity to act. More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to these ridiculous claims actually reduces the effectiveness of collective action.</p><p>The result is a media environment that keeps us in a state of debilitating fear and anger, endlessly reacting to our oppressors instead of organizing against them."</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.404media.co/you-cant-post-</span><span class="invisible">your-way-out-of-fascism/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/organizing/" rel="tag">#organizing</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/fightfascism/" rel="tag">#FightFascism</a></p>
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<p>HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!</p><p>Slowly and deliberately. Originally published June 17, 2021</p><p>“ there is something far more sinister about these bills. </p><p>The real threat is that these bills are quietly setting Republicans up to steal the 2024 Presidential election after failing in 2020. There are steps being taken at all levels of government to make this a reality.”</p><p><a href="https://www.rootschangemedia.com/big-lie/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rootschangemedia.com/big-lie/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rootschangemedia.com/big-l</span><span class="invisible">ie/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/thebiglie/" rel="tag">#TheBigLie</a> <a href="/tags/rootsofchange/" rel="tag">#RootsofChange</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>Yes, It’s <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a></p><p>Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many & too strong to deny.</p><p>By Jonathan Rauch</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxfkcmlWcc1rtoivHvxtVB5E" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxfkcmlWcc1rtoivHvxtVB5E"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026</span><span class="invisible">/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxfkcmlWcc1rtoivHvxtVB5E</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> Is Watching the Rise of a <a href="/tags/dualstate/" rel="tag">#DualState</a><br>For most people, the <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#courts</a> will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.</p><p>On Sept 20, 1938, a man who had witnessed the rise of <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> packed his suitcases & fled his home in Berlin. He arranged to have smuggled separately a manuscript that he had drafted in secret over the previous 2 yrs. This book was a remarkable one. It clarified what was unfolding in Berlin…, the catalyst for its author’s flight.</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXIqlJnvnf_thi93W4-JS0Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXIqlJnvnf_thi93W4-JS0Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/magazine/a</span><span class="invisible">rchive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxXIqlJnvnf_thi93W4-JS0Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
<p>🤮</p><p><a href="/tags/palantir/" rel="tag">#Palantir</a> places a full page ad in the New York Times to appreciate <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a>. Doing what fascists do; admiring other fascists. And the New York Times is also complicit (as always). I'm wondering how much money they received (or did the NYT it for free 🤔).</p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/zionism/" rel="tag">#zionism</a> <a href="/tags/techfascism/" rel="tag">#techFascism</a> <a href="/tags/newyorktimes/" rel="tag">#NewYorkTimes</a></p>
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<p>Padilla: "WE. WILL. HOLD. THIS. ADMINISTRATION. ACCOUNTABLE."</p><p>His pauses, not mine.</p><p>They better, because we are in deep shit, people. <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p><p>MORE:</p><p> "I encourage everybody to please peacefully protest."</p>
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<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>Greg <a href="/tags/bovino/" rel="tag">#Bovino</a> Loses His Job</p><p>The <a href="/tags/borderpatrol/" rel="tag">#BorderPatrol</a> chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.</p><p><a href="/tags/reneegood/" rel="tag">#ReneeGood</a> <a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredterrorism/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredTerrorism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/extrajudicialkillings/" rel="tag">#ExtraJudicialKillings</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/excessiveforce/" rel="tag">#ExcessiveForce</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</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/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxdBatDtDmlQ4RYH_mhKxs9M" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxdBatDtDmlQ4RYH_mhKxs9M"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxdBatDtDmlQ4RYH_mhKxs9M</span></a></p>
<p>Anti <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a> <a href="/tags/geenmensisillegaal/" rel="tag">#GeenMensIsIllegaal</a> <a href="/tags/demonstratie/" rel="tag">#demonstratie</a> <a href="/tags/utrecht/" rel="tag">#utrecht</a> <a href="/tags/volt/" rel="tag">#volt</a> <a href="/tags/xr/" rel="tag">#XR</a> <a href="/tags/pro/" rel="tag">#PRO</a> <a href="/tags/glpvda/" rel="tag">#GLPvdA</a> <a href="/tags/doeslief/" rel="tag">#doeslief</a> <a href="/tags/nederland/" rel="tag">#nederland</a> <a href="/tags/dolleminas/" rel="tag">#dolleminas</a> <a href="/tags/degoedezaak/" rel="tag">#deGoedeZaak</a> <br><a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2615316-vele-duizenden-mensen-op-de-been-in-utrecht-om-asielzoekers-te-steunen" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nos.nl/artikel/2615316-vele-duizenden-mensen-op-de-been-in-utrecht-om-asielzoekers-te-steunen"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nos.nl/artikel/2615316-vele-du</span><span class="invisible">izenden-mensen-op-de-been-in-utrecht-om-asielzoekers-te-steunen</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/asielzoekers/" rel="tag">#asielzoekers</a> <a href="/tags/mensenrechten/" rel="tag">#mensenrechten</a> </p><p>Wij roepen de <a href="/tags/regering/" rel="tag">#regering</a> op de <a href="/tags/spreidingswet/" rel="tag">#spreidingswet</a> uit te voeren, en de <a href="/tags/rechtsgelijkheid/" rel="tag">#rechtsgelijkheid</a> van de <a href="/tags/vluchtelingen/" rel="tag">#vluchtelingen</a> te waarborgen!</p>
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<p>I’m not a psychologist.</p><p>But Trump’s malignant narcissism seems plain. </p><p>I’m not a lawyer. </p><p>But the collapse of checks and balances and the resultant constitutional crisis seems plain. </p><p>I’m not an economist.</p><p>But the hollowing out of the public sector for the benefit of corporations and billionaires seems plain. </p><p>I am an historian. </p><p>And the convergence of these forces has never ended well. </p><p>Midnight in America. </p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>
<p>i called Trump a fascist in 2015. so publications like The Atlantic, instead of giving me a chance to further explain, closed the door on me and had white guys writing pithy articles, bashing my posts about <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a>, sometimes word for word yet without mentioning me once.</p><p>been unhireable as a writer, to even <a href="/tags/usapol/" rel="tag">#USApol</a> publications like Jacobin, because they branded me an alarmist.</p><p>yet here we are 10 years too late: <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026</span><span class="invisible">/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/</span></a></p><p>h/t <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HeavenlyPossum</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum/115967942146254024" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum/115967942146254024"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPoss</span><span class="invisible">um/115967942146254024</span></a></p>
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<p>[thread] Resisting Trump2/GOP fascism</p><p><a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <a href="/tags/civildisobedience/" rel="tag">#CivilDisobedience</a> <a href="/tags/conscientiousobjection/" rel="tag">#ConscientiousObjection</a><br><a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/blacktranslivesmatter/" rel="tag">#BlackTransLivesMatter</a><br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trump2/" rel="tag">#Trump2</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a><br><a href="/tags/heritagefoundation/" rel="tag">#HeritageFoundation</a> <a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#Project2025</a><br><a href="/tags/christianright/" rel="tag">#ChristianRight</a> <a href="/tags/catholicism/" rel="tag">#Catholicism</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacism/" rel="tag">#whiteSupremacism</a> <a href="/tags/antilgbt/" rel="tag">#antiLGBT</a> <a href="/tags/transphobia/" rel="tag">#transphobia</a><br><a href="/tags/misogyny/" rel="tag">#misogyny</a> <a href="/tags/paternalism/" rel="tag">#paternalism</a> <a href="/tags/sexism/" rel="tag">#sexism</a><br><a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#WomensRights</a> <a href="/tags/reproductiverights/" rel="tag">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="/tags/selfdetermination/" rel="tag">#SelfDetermination</a><br><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/corporations/" rel="tag">#corporations</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/libertarianism/" rel="tag">#libertarianism</a></p>
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<p>How does this protect your immigrant neighbors who are being raided by ICE? Does this rally help a transgender person maintain access to their gender-affirming medications?</p><p>Partly inspired by today's 50501 protests, I wrote some thoughts about how and where I think we should be using our energy in 2025: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/stop-marching-on-121443258" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.patreon.com/posts/stop-marching-on-121443258"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.patreon.com/posts/stop-mar</span><span class="invisible">ching-on-121443258</span></a></p><p>(Edit: It's a free post, no membership required)</p><p><a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/50501movement/" rel="tag">#50501movement</a></p>
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<p>I assume they'll replace it with Brawndo, which has 'lectrolytes.</p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/idiots/" rel="tag">#idiots</a></p><p><a href="https://fortune.com/2025/03/10/utah-fluoride-public-water-ban/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fortune.com/2025/03/10/utah-fluoride-public-water-ban/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fortune.com/2025/03/10/utah-fl</span><span class="invisible">uoride-public-water-ban/</span></a></p>
<p>“In Canada, a slew of apps has emerged with names such as “buy beaver”, “maple scan” and “is this Canadian” to allow shoppers to scan QR barcodes and reject US produce from alcohol to pizza toppings.” </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/trumprecession/" rel="tag">#TrumpRecession</a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/i-feel-utter-anger-from-canada-to-europe-a-movement-to-boycott-us-goods-is-spreading" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/i-feel-utter-anger-from-canada-to-europe-a-movement-to-boycott-us-goods-is-spreading"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/12/i-feel-utter-anger-from-canada-to-europe-a-movement-to-boycott-us-goods-is-spreading</span></a></p>
<p>In a further assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion, DC are currently removing Black Lives Matter Plaza, brick by brick..</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/black-lives-matter-white-house-trump-bowser-f130daeb762e438fc8eddd3dd4da7982" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/black-lives-matter-white-house-trump-bowser-f130daeb762e438fc8eddd3dd4da7982"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/black-lives</span><span class="invisible">-matter-white-house-trump-bowser-f130daeb762e438fc8eddd3dd4da7982</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#Corruption</a> <a href="/tags/removetrump/" rel="tag">#RemoveTrump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/nazism/" rel="tag">#Nazism</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/currentevents/" rel="tag">#CurrentEvents</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/blm/" rel="tag">#BLM</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> Agent Charged in <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/shooting/" rel="tag">#Shooting</a> Is <a href="/tags/arrested/" rel="tag">#Arrested</a> in Texas</p><p>Law enforcement officials from Minnesota & Texas on Friday arrested an <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> & Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a <a href="/tags/venezuelan/" rel="tag">#Venezuelan</a> immigrant this year & lying about it.</p><p>The agent, Christian Castro, 52, was arrested in Texas after investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension tracked him down.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/ice-agent-arrested-minnesota-shooting-immigrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/ice-agent-arrested-minnesota-shooting-immigrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/</span><span class="invisible">ice-agent-arrested-minnesota-shooting-immigrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>How To Defeat Fascist Government Surveillance Vehicles <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/hellions.cloud/cheese_american.png" class="emoji" alt=":cheese_american:" title=":cheese_american:"> </p><p><a href="/tags/cybertruck/" rel="tag">#cybertruck</a> <a href="/tags/briebest/" rel="tag">#BrieBest</a> <a href="/tags/cheese/" rel="tag">#cheese</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>
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<p>I'm saving a ton of money over the last year. Here's my secret:</p><p>-Cancelled NYT subscription <br>-Cancelled WaPo subscription <br>-Cancelled Amazon Prime <br>-Cancelled Spotify</p><p>Turns out I'm saving money and also giving my more directly to smaller businesses, true journalists, and artists. </p><p>Really not that hard, people. </p><p><a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/collaborators/" rel="tag">#collaborators</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> Playbook in <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a>∶<br>Investigate Foes, Protect Allies</p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> “Justice” Department has often cast aside normal procedures intended to seek <a href="/tags/accountability/" rel="tag">#accountability</a> in favor of pushing <a href="/tags/prosecutors/" rel="tag">#prosecutors</a> & the <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> to focus on critics of the <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> crackdown.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</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/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredterrorism/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredTerrorism</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/minnesota-justice-department-trump-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/minnesota-justice-department-trump-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/minnesota-justice-department-trump-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>New today: I created a brief guide to help Texans, especially <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a>+ folks and allies living here, better understand the legislature and which bills are likely to become law ... and which ones probably won't go anywhere. </p><p>If we're going to be share, fight, protest ... we should make it count. <a href="https://kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kitoconnell.com/2025/03/22/bad</span><span class="invisible">-bills-texas-legislature-understanding-how-to/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/transphobia/" rel="tag">#transphobia</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
<p>Boston declares itself a pro-trans sanctuary city amid GOP’s escalating attacks<br><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/boston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/boston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/bo</span><span class="invisible">ston-declares-itself-a-pro-trans-sanctuary-city-amid-gops-escalating-anti-trans-attacks/</span></a></p><p>Boston won't comply w. anti-LGBTQ+ fed. orders<br>* decision comes w. some risk. 🏳️⚧️🙏</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/sanctuarycity/" rel="tag">#SanctuaryCity</a> <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a><br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/christofascism/" rel="tag">#Christofascism</a> <a href="/tags/transgenocide/" rel="tag">#transgenocide</a></p>
<p>When exposing a <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> is considered a crime, we are being ruled by criminals!</p><p>BELOW:<br>Murdered by ICE thugs. This is what <a href="/tags/stateterrorism/" rel="tag">#StateTerrorism</a> looks like. They tell US to stay calm. We’re not the one’s being violent here!!</p><p><a href="/tags/keithporter/" rel="tag">#KeithPorter</a><br><a href="/tags/reneenicolegood/" rel="tag">#ReneeNicoleGood</a><br><a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a><br><a href="/tags/silveriovillegasgonzales/" rel="tag">#SilverioVillegasGonzales</a><br><a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/fuckice/" rel="tag">#fuckICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#texas</a> <a href="/tags/uspoli/" rel="tag">#uspoli</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@democracy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>democracy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@politics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>politics</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#tiktok</a> <a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#twitter</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
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<p>"Journalists – even lazy journalists – can’t miss this authoritarian rot.</p><p>It’s not cluelessness anymore. It’s cowardice and complicity. And it’s inexcusable. …</p><p>It’s obvious that Republicans are trying to end democracy and establish a dictatorship. News media that don’t tell you that are failing you."</p><p>~ Mark Jacob </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a></p><p><a href="https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/its-not-media-cluelessness-its-cowardice" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.stopthepresses.news/p/its-not-media-cluelessness-its-cowardice"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.stopthepresses.news/p/its-</span><span class="invisible">not-media-cluelessness-its-cowardice</span></a></p>
<p>New from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@candicequestions" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>candicequestions</span></a></span>: Former Tarrant County GOP Chairman Bo French is running a 'fossil fascist' campaign for Railroad Commissioner, blaming the sins of the oil and gas industry on scapegoats and racist conspiracies. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/bo-french-blood-and-oil-railroad-commissioner/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/bo-french-blood-and-oil-railroad-commissioner/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/bo-frenc</span><span class="invisible">h-blood-and-oil-railroad-commissioner/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/midterms/" rel="tag">#midterms</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/oilandgas/" rel="tag">#OilAndGas</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>