The two sides of my sign for the protest this afternoon. Not the prettiest sign, but the message is clear.
fascism
Ventura County definitely hit hard today with ICE raids.
Crowdsourced site of sightings. Maybe worth starting to TOR this stuff IMHO.
My thoughts with the families of all the folks who were snatched off our streets today 🙏
https://padlet.com/PeopleoverPapers/people-over-papers-anonymous-anonimo-lf0l47ljszbto2uj
I think Hegseth quoting fake bible passages from Pulp Fiction, presumably because he doesn't know they're made up, perfectly illustrates the role of religion in right wing extremist politics. It's a tool to control the masses. Nothing more.
In that respect, I am in 100% agreement with the pope.
I'm an atheist, but I grew up in a Christian community. US and Israeli violence is not in line with the core message. (Although there are people in my old community who supports them.)
Tad Stoermer Professor of the history of resistance
"All meaningful change in America has come with a body count. The bodies of those who were the victims of abusive authority & those who fought to end it. Because the awful truth about resistance is that abusive authority does not stop. When it gains control it uses it & the more it uses, the more it wants. It's a physical law. It will not stop unless it is stopped. It cannot be persuaded. (cont)
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the orange rapist + GOP: meeting under the dark of night to realize their dream of making ameriKKKa into a surveillance state
#NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism #SurveillanceState #politics #PoliceState #GOP
Last February, the Texas Observer investigation revealed the identity of James Rodden, an #ICE attorney who operates an openly white supremacist account on X. This year, we proved he's back in court trying #immigration cases: https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-racist-account-back-at-immigration-court/
#NorthTexas #Dallas #law #politics #USpol #fascism #WhiteSupremacy #news
New today: The neo-fascist group Patriot Front is building a network of businesses in North #Texas in an attempt to create a parallel, self-sufficient white nationalist economy. The Observer identified the men behind 4 of these companies. https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-four-businesses-patriot-front-north-texas/
#politics #Dallas #NorthTexas #USpol #extremism #news #WhiteSupremacy #fascism
I lost a friend over my article about the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
He was angry I called out the underlying misogyny.
He was mad I didn’t give ICE the benefit of the doubt.
He made it personal.
He told me my “stupid clown hair” is why people don’t take me seriously
Everything he said to me was dripping with disdain and misogyny.
There was no debate.
There was no respectful disagreement.
In under five minutes he had attacked my intelligence, my politics, my appearance and my writing.
This is not normal behaviour.
He literally proved my point.
Had I taken the bait I’m convinced that I would have been called a “f*cking b*tch” by the end of the conversation.
This is what MAGA is doing to men.
It’s emboldening them.
It’s validating their bigotry.
I assume this person was always hateful and misogynistic on some level … but now he no longer feels he has to hide it.
He literally said as much.
He said “I never told you in the past because I wasn’t allowed. Now I am.”
Why is he allowed to tell me now??
Why does he feel justified in lashing out with rage and insults over something that has nothing to do with him?
It’s because of what happened to Renee Nicole Good.
We all watched a woman get shot in broad daylight and there’s been zero consequences
We’ve watched rapists, pedophiles and abusers go free for years.
Every woman who’s ever experienced abuse knew exactly what Jonathan Ross meant when he said “f*cking b*tch”
He didn’t fear for his life.
He was enraged she didn’t fear for hers.
My friend was enraged I dare speak out for a “lesbian leftist”.
He was enraged I didn’t remain silent, complicit and demure.
He was apparently also enraged I didn’t realize he hated my hair and change it to please him.
Make no mistake, there is a war against women going on.
This regime wants to make us “less than”.
They want us afraid.
They want us in the home serving our husbands and having children.
They want us seen and not heard.
They don’t want us resisting.
Which is why we must keep speaking out.
We must refuse to go back.
My life is better off without this person in it, and thankfully I can walk away.
Not everyone can.
Speak up if you see someone being hurt.
Protect your friends and neighbours.
Challenge misogynistic talking points.
Demand justice for Renee Nicole Good.
Don’t cower. Don’t be afraid. Don’t give up.
#reneenicolegood #abolishice #uspol #fascism #ableism #misogyny
Wow. Bluesky has just welcomed and verified ICE.
For anyone still thinking Bsky is a real alternative to Twitter: No, it's not.
Mastodon is. Bsky is just X at its infancy.
Warning: kissing fascist ass may result in liquid glass.
So my phone tricked me into updating to iOS 26 (nice one, asshats). And wow: it really is a case study in form over function. Gratuitous, meaningless aesthetics and motion. Decoration, not design. “Look what I can do!”
Oh well, if it gets me using my phone less, that’s a good thing, I guess.
But the next time you hear someone from Apple talking about design, please feel free to laugh in their damn faces. What a sad joke they’ve become.
#apple #ios26 #liquidAss #design #decoration #BigTech #fascism #aesthetics
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This whole thread of posts showing videos of people resisting ICE, both individually and en masse. Heartening AF.
nothing like Lilly Wachowski calling out #HarryPotter fans for supporting #JKRowling and her trans #genocide crusade to get all the closet fascists on Mastodon and fediverse to come out of the woodwork. just went on a blocking spree on one of the posts about it.
Latest comic: Oligarchically Correct
#authoritarianism #oligarchy #fascism #media #cartoon #journalism
'We thought long and hard about the politics of putting any kind of qualifier on a word like “ #fascism.” And the reason we ended up deciding that it did need that is we thought about how our world has changed since Mussolini declared himself a fascist. Our fascists have weapons that last century’s #fascists couldn’t dream of.'
#NaomiKlein & #AstraTaylor on #EndTimesFascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/magazine/naomi-klein-astra-taylor-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.nnRm.5
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#politicalTheory #farRight #USpol #polycrisis #books @bookstodon
“When fascism wins it does so by co-opting the business elite. Fascism allies with the business elite against the cultural and intellectual elite.
You appeal to the billionaire class by saying, ‘We’re gonna cut your taxes. We’re gonna make sure regulations don’t apply to you. We’re gonna take care of the labor movement so you don’t need to worry about that.’ That’s why big business got behind the Nazis.”
~ Jason Stanley
#Trump #fascism #EconomicElites #Nazis
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https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/icymi-shameful-opportunists-why-big-a2f
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/114634201731616054
historically, cop unions functioned as branches of the KKK, so much so, #NYPD has a SEPARATE undeclared police union for Black & POC cops.
#ICE has been kidnapping BIPOC migrant cops and retired military personnel for a while now.
you don’t hear cop unions condemning ICE because they’re all from the same rotten fruit putrefying from the same KKK trees.
I think a lot of people have forgotten how the press went after #Biden early in his presidency for not ‘bridging the partisan divide’ and ‘healing the nation.’ Now they’re like, ‘look at that guy fuck everything up how exciting!’
Fascism is government by the few and for the few.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
For those who feel lost and struggling with what to do and lost in the #doomscroll and feel ill-equipped to deal with the #fascism we find ourselves surrounded by.
I wrote this post for you on how to take your first steps toward #action and #resistance.
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[thread 3/x] Transphobia
[thread 2/x] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113448330077621809
[parent 1/x] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113126756218775408
#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #OpusDei #ParentalRightsMovement #populism #CultureWar
#DivisiveRhetoric #SocialMedia #memes #polarization #WedgeTactics #WedgeStrategy
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#WeaponizationOfLanguate #transgenderism
#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #HeritageFoundation #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #AcPEDs
#WomensRights #misogyny #SelfDetermination
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Corporations will not stand up to fascism. They are engines to create profit for shareholders so protecting profit is their only guiding principle. They will bend to the felon-in-chief rather than face costly repercussions from a petty tyrant who wields unconstitutional power without any oversight.
REVEALED by Correspondent @stevanzetti: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/
#SocialMedia #extremism #immigration #border #politics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #Fascism #Trump #news
Earlier today, Anglican Priest Calvin Robinson ended a speech at a pro life summit in DC by giving the exact same Nazi salute that Elon Musk did.
The crowd laughed & cheered.
The Anglican Church revoked his license.
This is how you handle Nazis. You condemn them. You don’t pander to them.
Considering how many organizations excused Musk’s salute as an “awkward gesture”, I’m incredibly grateful to see the church taking a strong stand against hate
#uspoli #fascism #nazis #anglicanchurch #resist #calvinrobinson #donotcomply