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❝ Political power turns on a moral voice only when it has failed to contain it. If Leo were irrelevant, he would not be worth a sentence on Truth Social." ❞
fascism
Nine years ago, Hillary said around half of Trump's supporters were bigots of various stripes and despite that being a generous estimate, the right hasn't stopped whining about it since--and they convinced the press that it was a consequential slur.
This will be forgotten in 2 days...
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#CNN, #MSNOW & #Politico filed an emergency request for a hearing Thursday morning after reporters were refused access to the White House despite a #CourtOrder.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary
#Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media
#Trump #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/24/politics/trump-press-lawsuit-ruling-white-house-access?cid=ios_app
Latest comic: Lowering the temperature
#uspol #cartoon #2024election #authoritarianism #fascism #media #politics
Trump’s support among voters is fading fast, but Congressional Republicans refuse to acknowledge their peril, as they succumb to nearly all of his demands.
⚡️”The gap between voters saying their vote is anti-Trump and those saying it’s pro-Trump is larger than ever.
It’s also the largest such gap since 2006.”
-A Blake
#DementiaDon #Fascism #TrumpShutdown #Shutdown #Trumpcession #Economy #NoKings #Sadism #Protest #USPol
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/politics/anti-trump-vote-virigina-new-jersey
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A judge on Monday allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 #WestVirginia #NationalGuard members to #WashingtonDC.
Kanawha County Circuit Judge Richard D. Lindsay made the ruling after hearing arguments in a lawsuit by a civic organization.
#Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey authorized the Guard’s deployment in August to support #Trump’s *crime-fighting* efforts in the nation’s capital.
#law #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct #fascism #Gestapo
https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-guard-deployment-west-virginia-washington-d495d47c8ac1de9dae2227a7653c8a81?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-10-National+Guard
Jesus HOPPING christ.
If you're a constituent, flood Schumer's inbox. Flood all their inboxes. Better yet, call them. Holy fuck.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave?
How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/
Here’s what occurred. It has been widely assumed that the group of eight mostly centrist Senate Democrats, who have been looking to broker a hollow deal on Republican terms, were free-lancing. In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily.
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #Schumer #ChuckSchumer #FuckChuck #fascism #FuckingIdiots
They can’t even handle being covered by the #military’s own #newspaper.
Longtime publisher of #StarsAndStripes to retire, citing differences with #Pentagon leadership
The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes has announced his retirement, ending a decades-long career with the military newspaper as Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth’s Pentagon moves to exert editorial control & eliminate what it asserts are “woke distractions.”
#Trump #law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #fascism
https://apnews.com/article/stars-stripes-pentagon-publisher-retire-journalism-policy-ae5277e248f51d10dfcb49d7796e7d2f?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension
"Trump's airbrushed version of Jan 6 distorts history. See the evidence for yourself. "
NPR does a great job sharing details -
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-102891/jan-6-archive
@NPR #uspol #jan6 #history #democracy #trump #freedom #liberty #washingtondc #law #ruleoflaw #fascism #antifa
‘Mind your own damn business!’ is the perfect response to all the right’s blather about trans people and abortion and having cats but not children and everything else.
The fact that Republicans only have to win an election while Dems have to first win and then successfully fend off the right’s relentless efforts to overturn their victory, under the constant threat of violence, is just an intolerable asymmetry. #fascism #Election2024 #maga #trump
This is the way...
"Planned far-right rallies did not materialise over the weekend, amid a large turnout of anti-racist protesters...
"Reform UK['s] offices were targeted by [5k] anti-racism protesters in a peaceful march... and in Belfast 15k people turned up to one of the city’s biggest ever anti-racism gatherings."
Today in Labor History November 9, 1918: Striking workers stormed the City Palace and the Rote Burg or "red fortress" in Berlin, freeing over 600 prisoners and declaring the buildings to be property of the people. Later that day, Karl Liebknecht, of the Spartacus League, stood on a truck and declared a Free Socialist Republic. This came on the heels of a General Strike, called the night before by the Revolutionary Stewards (union members who had opposed Germany’s participation in World War One), in which thousands of workers took to the streets, many of them armed. The soldiers and police who had been sent to suppress them, instead threw down their weapons and joined the revolution.
The revolution had begun in October, 1918 with the sailors’ mutiny in Kiel. Within a week, workers' and soldiers' councils controlled both the government and military institutions throughout the country. A Republic was declared on November 9, 1918. On November 10, workers formed the Council of the People’s Deputies, led by the two main socialist parties: the Social Democrats and the Independent Social Democrats. The Council promised to implement an eight-hour work day and to give women the vote. The left-wing factions of the revolution, like the Spartacists, also wanted to nationalize key industries, democratize the military, and replace the parliamentary government with one run by Workers’ Councils.
On January 1, 1919, Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg founded the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Discontent over the direction the Social Democrats were going led many other leftist groups to join the KPD. In early January, they attempted to overthrow the Social Democrats in the Spartacist Uprising. The Social Democrats called on the Freikorps, a paramilitary composed of World War One veterans, many of whom were suffering from PTSD, who ultimately quashed the uprising. 200 people died in the fighting. The Freikorps then murdered Luxemburg and Liebknecht in an extrajudicial execution. Members of the Freikorps later supported the Nazis rise to power. Many of them went on to join the SS.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #rosaluxemburg #karlliebknecht #spartacus #socialism #communism #workerscouncils #revolution #nazis #fascism
This is where the US is right now.
A Jewish friend with a (US citizen) Latino husband is making a drive across several US states. They're having to plan their route to avoid areas where ICE is active, in case they get stopped and assaulted (and probably end up with smashed windows on their vehicle).
She compared it to the times of the Green Book, where Black Americans had to share how to travel safely around the country.
Al Letson asks Jason Stanley if the US is living through a coup under Trump. Stanley replies:
"Let’s look at what’s happening with the boats that they’re blowing up and now in the Pacific, first in the Caribbean, now in the Pacific, they’re just simply assassinating people for no reason whatsoever. It’s completely illegal. In fact, what it now means is that Trump could just kill anyone anywhere just by saying they’re a terrorist."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/jason-stanley-fascism-trump-history/
#PeteButtigieg, #OprahWinfrey & #TimWalz destroy #DonaldTrump & #ShadyVance (#JDVance) during #DNC’s third night.
#LGBTQ+ #speakers graced the stage, with one of them telling the #SupremeCourt, "You can pry this #weddingband from my #cold, #dead, #gay hand!"
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #Megathread
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AZMirror: Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
The woman’s family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn’t be turned over to federal immigration authorities
1-yr-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in #Chicago
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam’s Club Saturday morning. The action obviously violates a judge’s restriction on use of force.
#Trump #law #immigration #judiciary #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/09/1-year-old-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agent-in-cicero
#ElonMusk, 10/18:
"I think teaching kids critical thinking is very important. It's a mental firewall. Teach them the types of fallacies and forms of trickery they're likely to encounter. Immunize kids against propaganda. Basically, teach kids to be skeptical about what they're told."
Elon Musk, 10/23:
“The altercation came moments after #Trump criticized major media outlets for what he said was unfavorable coverage”
Then, as the cops hailed him out Trump said, “is there anywhere that’s more fun to be than a Trump rally?”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rally-arrest-taser-media-68fe78b79ae65556c4efc850e142998c
#fascism #Election2024
a 17 year-old homeless teenager prostituted herself for orthodontic care and the pedophile #MattGaetz was one of her rapists; because, let’s be clear: this is how #pedophiles #ephebophiles use poverty ―to #rape.
it’s coercion ―as in, there is no #consent―, when a teenager resorts to #prostitution to survive #poverty.
yes, teenagers have agency, but this isn’t one of those moments.
rich men exploiting poverty-stricken teenagers are rapists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/in-matt-gaetz-scandal-circumstances-left-girl-vulnerable-to-exploitation.html
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AP: ‘A day without fear': Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown
CHICAGO (AP) — The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need.
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-immigration-ice-c24537965e31860fb07ba83e79de4f4b
Saying goodbye to comet A6 Lemmon. It's getting very low, and clouds are increasing in southern New Mexico.
It was a remarkable run of many clear nights.
This is a single exposure on a fixed tripod.
There's a blurred silhouette of a power line, and satellite trails in this image. They belong in the frame because this is the world we have created. It's getting increasingly difficult to escape to pristine nature.
Perhaps the phrase 'pristine nature' is now an oxymoron?
When is the first No Kings General Strike?
We all need to help with community building and boosting civic engagement. These activities have atrophied for decades, and it shows.
#NewMexico #Comet #Photography #Astrophotography #Technology #Astronomy #Science #Nature #Politics #USpol #Fascism #MAGA #ClimateChange #Trump #Musk #Anthropocene
This is #Chicago
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid #Trump #immigration crackdown
The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods & stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food & deliver it to #shelters & #families in need.
#law #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #ICE #CBP
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-illinois-immigration-ice-c24537965e31860fb07ba83e79de4f4b
Very much enjoyed this talk of Adnan Husein with Alana Lentin.
Lentin makes a good case that Zionism is where Western racial fascism and colonialism have always been headed. Clarified a lot to me about the hasbara "the West is next" and the unconditional support of Western governments and the support of fascists for Zionism.
They talk about many things, like CRT, the antisemitism of anti-antisemitism, and how anti-colonial and anti-racism concepts/terminology are used in service of the colonialism and racism of the status quo. Sounds like a very interesting book, good analysis.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3DnM
@palestine @palestine@fedibird.com @bookstodon
#AntiColonialism #Counterinsurgency #RacialCapitalism #books #TheNewRacialRegime #zionism #fascism #democracy