<p><a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> Gov <a href="/tags/jbpritzker/" rel="tag">#JBPritzker</a> responds to <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> threat to <a href="/tags/jail/" rel="tag">#jail</a> him & <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> mayor over <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>: 'Come & get me'</p><p>Speaking to reporters at a federal workers rally at Federal Plaza later Wednesday, Pritzker responded to Trump’s threat.</p><p>“Look, he’s a coward. He says a lot of things. He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come & get me,” Pritzker said.</p><p><a href="/tags/stochasticterrorism/" rel="tag">#StochasticTerrorism</a> <a href="/tags/incitement/" rel="tag">#incitement</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</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/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/08/jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-truth-social-jail-threat" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/08/jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-truth-social-jail-threat"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/donald-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump/2025/10/08/jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-truth-social-jail-threat</span></a></p>
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<p>Pure <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s war on the <a href="/tags/left/" rel="tag">#left</a>: Inside the plan to *investigate* <a href="/tags/liberal/" rel="tag">#liberal</a> groups</p><p>Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances & activities of liberal non-profits & groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a> playing a central role, according to officials.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/weaponizationofgovernment/" rel="tag">#WeaponizationOfGovernment</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/propagsnda/" rel="tag">#propagsnda</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-war-left-inside-plan-investigate-liberal-groups-2025-10-09/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-war-left-inside-plan-investigate-liberal-groups-2025-10-09/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/legal/governme</span><span class="invisible">nt/trumps-war-left-inside-plan-investigate-liberal-groups-2025-10-09/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
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<p>A federal judge in <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> is now hearing arguments over whether to block the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin’s deployment of <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> troops into <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a>. The hearing comes after National Guard troops could be seen on the ground near the Broadview <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> facility Thursday morning.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/martiallaw/" rel="tag">#MartialLaw</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/live/2025/10/09/national-guard-lawsuit-judge-ruling-illinois-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/live/2025/10/09/national-guard-lawsuit-judge-ruling-illinois-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/live/2025</span><span class="invisible">/10/09/national-guard-lawsuit-judge-ruling-illinois-trump</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> have been relentless about casting the <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> clash as a fight over helping Americans pay for <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#insurance</a>.</p><p>But there is another, far deeper issue driving the impasse: their outrage about what is happening across the country under a president they regard as <a href="/tags/lawless/" rel="tag">#lawless</a> & <a href="/tags/unchecked/" rel="tag">#unchecked</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/coequalbranchesofgovernment/" rel="tag">#CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/legislative/" rel="tag">#legislative</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/democrats-shutdown-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Just signed up for my local Visibility Brigade No Kings Day rally. How are you spending your Saturday?</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/presidentforsale/" rel="tag">#PresidentForSale</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/indivisible/" rel="tag">#Indivisible</a> <a href="/tags/visibilitybrigade/" rel="tag">#VisibilityBrigade</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#NoKings</a></p>
<p>This didn't get much US press yesterday, but it should have. Yikes.</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-antifa-portland-pam-bondi-posobiec-b2842048.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-antifa-portland-pam-bondi-posobiec-b2842048.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.independent.co.uk/news/wor</span><span class="invisible">ld/americas/trump-antifa-portland-pam-bondi-posobiec-b2842048.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#Antifa</a></p>
<p>The fascists "solved" unemployment by converting their nations into giant war machines. The unemployed were either conscripted into the army or organized in labor battalions and put to work in war plants.<br><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a></p>
<p>"As Trump grows increasingly incoherent and emotionally labile, Miller grows more and more influential. He is the president’s brain, his discipline. Where Trump has no guiding principles, Miller is a resolute ideologue of white, western supremacy and a tactician of final solutions. Trump is easily lampooned, but Miller is the grimmest of reapers."</p><p>~ Judith Levine</p><p><a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/cruelty/" rel="tag">#cruelty</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/plenarypower/" rel="tag">#PlenaryPower</a> <a href="/tags/insurrectionact/" rel="tag">#InsurrectionAct</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/stephen-miller-trump-administration" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/stephen-miller-trump-administration"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/commentisf</span><span class="invisible">ree/2025/oct/10/stephen-miller-trump-administration</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/extortion/" rel="tag">#Extortion</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> begins <a href="/tags/firings/" rel="tag">#firings</a> of <a href="/tags/federalworkers/" rel="tag">#FederalWorkers</a> to pressure <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> in government <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a></p><p>The White House budget office said Friday that <a href="/tags/massfirings/" rel="tag">#MassFirings</a> of federal workers have started to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers in the ongoing govt <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/omb/" rel="tag">#OMB</a> dir <a href="/tags/russvought/" rel="tag">#RussVought</a>, posted on social media that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force firings.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</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/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/government-</span><span class="invisible">shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p>As a <a href="/tags/medical/" rel="tag">#medical</a> professional and former <a href="/tags/emt/" rel="tag">#EMT</a> this is gravely concerning. <a href="/tags/portland/" rel="tag">#Portland</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> agents threatened to shoot and arrest <a href="/tags/paramedics/" rel="tag">#paramedics</a> trying to leave the ICE facility with a patient. Agents intentionally stood in front of the <a href="/tags/ambulance/" rel="tag">#ambulance</a> preventing departure. When the <a href="/tags/paramedic/" rel="tag">#paramedic</a> put the ambulance in park and released the brake, it lurched forward an inch. Federal agents stormed the ambulance screaming at the crew. In addition to the verbal <a href="/tags/threats/" rel="tag">#threats</a>, an unmarked state vehicle followed the ambulance to the <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#hospital</a>.</p><p>ICE is now <a href="/tags/aggressive/" rel="tag">#aggressive</a> to medical professionals. There is no going back once crossing this line. It's not a mistake and it's unforgivable. You don't fucking do this.</p><p>They have officially earned my wrath.</p><p><a href="https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/10/12/documents-allege-a-federal-agent-at-portland-ice-threatened-to-shoot-an-ambulance-driver/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wweek.com/news/2025/10/12/documents-allege-a-federal-agent-at-portland-ice-threatened-to-shoot-an-ambulance-driver/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wweek.com/news/2025/10/12/</span><span class="invisible">documents-allege-a-federal-agent-at-portland-ice-threatened-to-shoot-an-ambulance-driver/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ems/" rel="tag">#ems</a> <a href="/tags/scenesafety/" rel="tag">#scenesafety</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/danger/" rel="tag">#danger</a> <a href="/tags/wtf/" rel="tag">#wtf</a></p>
<p>Cruelty by <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a>, <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a>, <a href="/tags/jdvance/" rel="tag">#JDVance</a>, & <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a>. This is what <a href="/tags/mikejohnson/" rel="tag">#MikeJohnson</a>, alleged <a href="/tags/christian/" rel="tag">#Christian</a>, & the cowards in Congress & the fascists on <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> are doing.</p><p>"Islas pulled out a brown teddy bear to ease the toddler’s nerves while she faced Judge Irene C. Feldman. Islas is not formally representing Lucy, but provided Feldman w/information regarding Lucy’s case due to her age & inability to understand <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> proceedings."</p><p><a href="https://coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/childrens-immigration-court/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/childrens-immigration-court/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c</span><span class="invisible">hildrens-immigration-court/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> said that he would not seek congressional approval to carry out <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> strikes against alleged drug <a href="/tags/cartels/" rel="tag">#cartels</a> that allegedly traffic narcotics to the US, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land. The <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> is expected to vote next week on a bipartisan resolution that would bar the US from engaging in hostilities inside <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> without explicit authorization by <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
<p>Don't be surprised if, in the coming days, the United States drops all charges against Maduro. </p><p>Trump can never say no to a good bribe, especially if it includes cash AND oil rights.</p><p><a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/revolution/" rel="tag">#Revolution</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPOL</a></p>
<p>Everyone lucid in the world is freaking out about the rise of <a href="/tags/fascist/" rel="tag">#fascist</a> thinking, well, everywhere.</p><p>Why? Didn't we defeat this obscenity 80 years ago after much suffering? Why is it resurging?</p><p>The problem is not that people don't learn from history (they don't but that's another issue), the problem is that <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> is always with us. Since the dawn of time and forever more.</p><p>All fascism requires is:</p><p>1. ignorance<br>2. indecency<br>3. a demagogue to yoke the walnut brains and ride them to power</p><p>1/x</p>
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<p>After we broke the story of the <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> lawyer with a white supremacist X account, no one seems to be able to tell us whether James Rodden still works with the agency. Even Congress can't get answers. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-white-supremacist-x-account-veasey-answers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/ice-white-supremacist-x-account-veasey-answers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/ice-whit</span><span class="invisible">e-supremacist-x-account-veasey-answers/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/genocide/" rel="tag">#genocide</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/dallas/" rel="tag">#Dallas</a> <a href="/tags/northtexas/" rel="tag">#NorthTexas</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</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/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>With the headline "Only the Best People," David Kurtz reports:</p><p>"A Trump-pardoned Jan. 6 rioter has been charged with threatening to kill House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) ahead of his a Monday speech to the Economic Club of New York."</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/hakeemjeffries/" rel="tag">#HakeemJeffries</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#violence</a></p><p><a href="https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/lindsey-halligan-gets-her-very-own" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/lindsey-halligan-gets-her-very-own"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/lindsey-halligan-gets-her-very-own</span></a></p>
<p>169,812 people in <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a> will not receive <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a> benefits for November. </p><p>Let me say that again. </p><p>169,812 people won't be able to afford to buy food in November in Maine. </p><p>Maine has a population < 1.5M</p><p>Not just Maine, but 42 million people across *all* states will lose SNAP benefits during the <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> while they all watch the president building a personal ballroom.</p><p><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/antifascist/" rel="tag">#antifascist</a></p><p>[Edit: lowball estimate adjusted to the exact number of people who won't receive Maine SNAP benefits. Clarified that 42 million people will lose SNAP benefits in all states.]</p>
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<p>Who should I be following on <a href="/tags/fedi/" rel="tag">#fedi</a> lately? <br>(Boosts appreciated)</p><p>I'd appreciate some help finding more people to follow-- tags below give a sense of who I'm looking to follow-- is this you or anyone you think I should be following?</p><p>Despite following almost 650 people over the last few years, my timeline feels increasingly empty and stale lately, a ghost town compared to a year ago or more, and I'm looking at refreshing things a bit. A lot of people have left the platform or are (understandably) afraid to post so much, especially due to the chilling effect of rising <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a>. But I'm still here, still posting. Still writing my <a href="/tags/radical/" rel="tag">#radical</a> shit. Still trying to read and engage with others. </p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/anarchist/" rel="tag">#anarchist</a> <a href="/tags/antifascist/" rel="tag">#antifascist</a> <a href="/tags/leftist/" rel="tag">#leftist</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#resist</a> <a href="/tags/intro/" rel="tag">#intro</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a></p>
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<p>Marimar Martinez was shot by ICE and ended up with seven holes in her body. </p><p>A TikTok personality was shot today in South LA. </p><p>Tear gas, pepper bullets and chemical munitions are being used in suburban areas. </p><p>A 15 year old autistic boy is in federal custody while his Mom pleads for his return, and a 15 year old Chicago girl who had kidney surgery was detained so violently that she ended up back in hospital. </p><p>ICE enforcement is shaping up to be a mass disabling event. </p><p>My latest looks at how we can protect one another:</p><p><a href="https://www.disabledginger.com/p/ice-enforcement-may-be-a-mass-disabling" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.disabledginger.com/p/ice-enforcement-may-be-a-mass-disabling"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.disabledginger.com/p/ice-e</span><span class="invisible">nforcement-may-be-a-mass-disabling</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/abolishice/" rel="tag">#abolishice</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/disabilty/" rel="tag">#disabilty</a> <a href="/tags/ableism/" rel="tag">#ableism</a> <a href="/tags/eugenics/" rel="tag">#eugenics</a></p>
<p>The spawn of <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> & <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a>: "The Proud Boys haven’t restarted their street fighting tactics during Trump 2.0, despite so many of them getting pardons for the Jan. 6 riot. It’s not b/c they are dispersing; they no longer see the need. . . . In a move reminiscent of how the brownshirts were eclipsed by the formation of the even more intimidating — & official — SS, chapters of the Proud Boys are now encouraging their members to join <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/10/22/how-the-proud-boys-invented-antifa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.salon.com/2025/10/22/how-the-proud-boys-invented-antifa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.salon.com/2025/10/22/how-t</span><span class="invisible">he-proud-boys-invented-antifa/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br><a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>🚨🚨🚨</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Empowers <a href="/tags/electiondeniers/" rel="tag">#ElectionDeniers</a>, Still Fixated on False 2020 Grievances</p><p>Trump has placed proponents of his <a href="/tags/biglie/" rel="tag">#BigLie</a> into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#elections</a> ahead of next year’s <a href="/tags/midterms/" rel="tag">#midterms</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/electionlaw/" rel="tag">#ElectionLaw</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcoup2/" rel="tag">#TrumpCoup2</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/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-election-deniers-voting-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-election-deniers-voting-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-election-deniers-voting-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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<p>if people think this is NOT related to <a href="/tags/paramount/" rel="tag">#Paramount</a> killing off <a href="/tags/mtv/" rel="tag">#MTV</a> & <a href="/tags/vh1/" rel="tag">#VH1</a> and deleting decades of archives from the internet, Americans need to think long and hard about what they have given up as a society by treating art, history and culture as either luxury goods to be owned by a plutocratic kakistocracy, or as charities to be nickled and dimed by a fascist kleptocracy.</p><p><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for-good-as-paul-allen-estate-will-auction-vintage-items/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for-good-as-paul-allen-estate-will-auction-vintage-items/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles</span><span class="invisible">-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for-good-as-paul-allen-estate-will-auction-vintage-items/</span></a></p><p>h/t<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jxself/112678435950419337" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@jxself/112678435950419337"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@jxself/112678</span><span class="invisible">435950419337</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> announces a new <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#FarRight</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> corps after mass walkout<br>
A new crop of *conservative* <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> & influencers — including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events & the National Pulse — signed an agreement with the <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> Department.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/freepress/" rel="tag">#FreePress</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/statemedia/" rel="tag">#StateMedia</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/22/pentagon-press-corps-right-wing-media/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/22/pentagon-press-corps-right-wing-media/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/10/22/pentagon-press-corps-right-wing-media/</span></a></p>
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<p>I'd like to take this moment to remind everyone that as far as I know, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/@nars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nars</span></a></span> is the only ham radio club that has this specific item in their mission statement:</p><p>"To serve as a stalwart opponent of the use of amateur radio as an accessory to state violence and oppression."</p><p>If you love <a href="/tags/hamradio/" rel="tag">#HamRadio</a> and not <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a>, you'll probably find friends here!</p>
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<p>“Bullets designed for an INNER CITY or COURTHOUSE. A perfectly chilling encapsulation of the general theme emerging from the National Rifle Association’s ‘14 acres of guns & gear.’”</p><p>The ammosexuals who are frothing at the mouth in anticipation of a Trump are preparing for literal war. </p><p><a href="https://armedwithreason.substack.com/p/inside-the-national-rifle-association?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="armedwithreason.substack.com/p/inside-the-national-rifle-association?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">armedwithreason.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/inside-the-national-rifle-association?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2</span></a></p><p><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/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a></p>
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