Nostr notes by Greetings From Out Of the Blue

Trump attempts dictatorship “the Trump administration is ...

2026-10-06T23:54:55Z

Trump attempts dictatorship
“the Trump administration is refusing to allow international election observers for the first time in more than two decades. The administration declined to invite monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which has observed every federal election in the US since 2002, including the 2018 midterms during Trump’s first term. That puts the US alongside only Russia and Belarus in excluding OSCE observers.”
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-faces-calls-for-removal?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

Hitler Estate Sues Trump for Stealing Arch Design ANDY BOROWITZ ...

2026-09-24T12:24:07Z

Hitler Estate Sues Trump for Stealing Arch Design
ANDY BOROWITZ

https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/hitler-estate-sues-trump-for-stealing?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

The grandest lie of all. The draft dodger’s stolen valor ...

2026-09-09T18:58:46Z

The grandest lie of all. The draft dodger’s stolen valor continues.
“On Tuesday, at an event honoring 9/11 first responders, President Donald Trump told a story about being picked up off the ground and carried away by two firemen after the terrorist attack 25 years ago.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/p/donald-trump-lies-a-lot-about-911?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

Welcome to that third world country. The unvaccinated, unwashed, ...

2026-08-19T00:10:12Z

Welcome to that third world country. The unvaccinated, unwashed, those with tainted food. Faltering armies. Failing schools. Tied to world dictators. Trump’s America
“Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-cases-vaccines

“ICE agent pleads guilty to battering a protester at Brookfield ...

2026-08-12T22:18:26Z

“ICE agent pleads guilty to battering a protester at Brookfield gas station
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of battery for throwing a protester to the ground while he filmed the agent on his phone”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/12/ice-agent-pleads-guilty/

“Why is Corporate media ignoring Trump’s money laundering?! ...

2026-08-08T03:59:04Z

“Why is Corporate media ignoring Trump’s money laundering?!

Imagine if news broke when President Obama was in office that a well-known bank had closed 385 of his bank accounts because of red flags he was involved in money laundering? Add to that, the info was based on court filings by that large bank where they certified under oath that the red flags were observed by people with “decades of law enforcement experience” in the area of money laundering.

That would of course have been a huge news story. Corporate media would be asking President Obama and the bank for comment. Plus every Democratic and Obama official going in the media would be pressed to respond to it and more. Yet when those identical facts became known about Donald Trump earlier this week, the media choose to barely cover it.

Instead, as former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner put it in our conversation on this issue, “the corporate media just shrugs and then they chase the next crazy meme he posts with him being next to General Patton and General MacArthur.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/deanobeidallah/p/why-is-corporate-media-ignoring-trumps?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

Lack of food safety. Lack of safety against viral threats, like ...

2026-07-27T12:53:15Z

Lack of food safety.
Lack of safety against viral threats, like measles.
Lack of education, except for the wealthy.
Lack of safety from gun threats, or rogue police enforcement
America has become that Third World country so many Americans used to be afraid to visit
#AmericaIsUnsafeUnderTrump

“The comforting myth of Nazi Germany is that it happened only ...

2026-05-28T00:03:32Z

“The comforting myth of Nazi Germany is that it happened only because of unprecedented evil men and women. This myth is dangerous because it lets the rest of their society and frankly, the rest of us off the hook. The Holocaust was not carried out only by the truly evil and those who ran the death camps. It was carried out by lawyers who drafted the legal justifications, businessmen who used slave labor, bureaucrats who processed the paperwork, and neighbors who looked away. Hannah Arendt called it the banality of evil because what she witnessed wasn’t exceptional. It was ordinary compliance at a mass scale.
We are watching that compliance now.”
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/somebody-has-to-make-a-start

I thought MAGA republicans and enforcement applauded gun ...

2026-05-27T13:16:02Z

I thought MAGA republicans and enforcement applauded gun ownership. Even owning semi-automatic weapons.
(By the way, I believe in gun control. But not in Republican racist hypocrisy.)

“The leader of the Panthers, an armed Black citizens group, had his gun permit revoked by police. He’s calling the move unconstitutional.”

The police revoked the gun permit of Paul Birdsong, the leader of the Panthers, an armed Black citizens group. He and his lawyers are calling the action a violation of their constitutional right to bear arms.”

https://www.inquirer.com/crime/philadelphia-open-carry-gun-permit-revoked-black-panthers-citizens-group-20260527.html?utm_medium=referral

Unaffordable for most Americans “Buyers fret as the average ...

2026-04-12T02:33:12Z

Unaffordable for most Americans
“Buyers fret as the average cost of a new car nears $50K
“The ability to buy transportation is still out there. The question is just, what do you get for your money?
https://www.boston.com/news/business/2026/04/11/buyers-fret-as-the-average-cost-of-a-new-car-nears-50k/

I would say she lied. Misled is too polite “Kristi Noem Misled ...

2026-03-04T16:38:45Z

I would say she lied. Misled is too polite
“Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Top Aide’s Role in DHS Contracts
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffers contradict her testimony”
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts

RE: https://mastodon.world/@MJmusicinears/116108699369077215 This ...

2026-02-21T14:53:27Z

RE: https://mastodon.world/@MJmusicinears/116108699369077215

This is what I predict. The documents will be unveiled in Europe. Even if Trump and republicans try to cover it up here

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#FuckTrumpCrimeSyndicate #impeachandremovedonaldtrump #trumpforprison

This is a full dictatorship and anyone enabling it is complicit. ...

2026-02-03T04:45:58Z

This is a full dictatorship and anyone enabling it is complicit.
“In one of the most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere in the upcoming election, President Donald Trump falsely claimed in a radio interview that immigrants “were brought to our country to vote and they vote illegally” and urged Republicans to control elections by placing them under national authority.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-calls-on-gop-to-nationalize-the-voting/

The press is failing us at our most crucial time. ...

2026-01-21T22:31:57Z

The press is failing us at our most crucial time. #WashingtonPressCorpse
“ The President of the United States just told a room full of world leaders and business executives that American military force would be “frankly unstoppable” against European allies. And then he said he wouldn’t do it. For now.
You won’t find this in any diplomacy textbook. It’s the language of a protection racket.

So how did reporters cover it?

NPR (original headline): “Trump says ‘I won’t use force’ to obtain Greenland in Davos speech”

ABC News: “Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland in Davos speech”

CNBC: “Trump calls for ‘immediate negotiations’ on Greenland, but rules out using force”

If you only read those headlines, you’d think the president made some kind of conciliatory gesture. A de-escalation, even. “Oh good, he’s not going to invade Denmark. What a relief!”

https://www.readtpa.com/p/now-everyones-saying-oh-good?publication_id=2282&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=534n0&utm_medium=email

You may not be able to keep a running list in your mind, but… ...

2026-01-14T13:56:27Z

You may not be able to keep a running list in your mind, but… when you’re ready to buy an item, you can always go to the list and decide that you don’t want to support companies that support Trump’s fascist regime. Deprive them of dollars.

https://fortune.com/2025/06/26/fortune-500-companies-active-contracts-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice/

“Once you normalize the idea that a powerful country can simply ...

2026-01-03T15:00:41Z

“Once you normalize the idea that a powerful country can simply snatch another nation’s leader and put him on a plane, the precedent doesn’t stay neatly confined to Caracas.

Does Vladimir Putin look at this and nod? Does he now feel newly legitimized to “extract” Volodymyr Zelenskyy under the banner of criminality, national security, or historical grievance? Does Xi Jinping watch this unfold and quietly consider whether the president of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, might someday be labeled a destabilizing force who needs to be “removed” for regional peace?
https://therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/the-precedent-trump-just-set?publication_id=4041729&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ce00

Texas Christmas gift to Massachusetts. Measles. Their fear of ...

2025-12-27T17:22:43Z

Texas Christmas gift to Massachusetts. Measles. Their fear of inoculation brings old diseases to the rest of the world.
“A person who came to Boston and Westboro, Massachusetts recently has been diagnosed with measles. Now, the Department of Public Health (DPH) is looking for others who may have been exposed to the virus.

The agency released details of the person's visit Wednesday because the individual went to several places between Thursday, December 11 and Friday, December 12.

The person, who has not been identified, flew into Boston on American Airlines flight 2384 from Dallas and stayed at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel off Route 9 in Westboro for one night. The individual went back to Logan Airport the next day and flew to Las Vegas on JetBlue flight 117.

Logan Airport Terminal B, Boston, 2:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m., Thursday 12/11
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston-Westboro, between 3:30 p.m., Thursday 12/11 and 9 p.m., Friday 12/12
Logan Airport Terminal C, Boston, 6 p.m.-11:30 p.m., Friday 12/12
Measles is highly contagious, so if you think you could have been exposed, call your doctor first before going anywhere.

For more information on measles, visit their state's website.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-measles-warning-logan-airport-boston-westboro/

Anerica as the new pariah ...

2025-12-27T15:42:22Z

Anerica as the new pariah

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2025-12-26T18:29:06Z

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“Trump is pardoning drug dealers like the White House has a ...

2025-12-09T02:47:31Z

“Trump is pardoning drug dealers like the White House has a drive-thru”
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/trump-is-pardoning-drug-dealers-like?publication_id=255301&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ce00

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2025-12-04T03:27:49Z

“The family of Colombian citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina has ...

2025-12-02T23:48:25Z

“The family of Colombian citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina has filed a detailed petition with the Inter American Commission on Human Rights alleging that the United States unlawfully killed Carranza in a September 15 airstrike. The filing states that the U.S. military bombed his fishing boat off the Colombian coast without knowing who was on board and that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered such strikes while acknowledging he did not know the identities of those targeted.
The complaint also asserts that President Donald Trump endorsed these actions.
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-and-hegseth-hit-with-first?publication_id=1810164&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ce00

“Rhode Island mom held at Logan for 13 days likely heading to ...

2025-11-19T05:06:47Z

“Rhode Island mom held at Logan for 13 days likely heading to Maine ICE facility”
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/18/rhode-island-mom-held-at-logan-for-13-days-likely-heading-to-maine-ice-facility/

Trump on 60 Minutes ...

2025-11-04T02:11:34Z

Trump on 60 Minutes

“Whistles take over Chicago as the small, inexpensive device ...

2025-10-21T12:44:08Z

“Whistles take over Chicago as the small, inexpensive device becomes popular way to alert of ICE activity
From coffee shops to bars to adult stores, businesses and other volunteers have handed out thousands of whistles across the city in solidarity. Hundreds have also assembled whistle kits at “Whistlemania” events. The kits include “Know Your Rights” information, whistles and a zine with instructions on how to use them. They have been passed out to businesses, schools, Little Free Libraries and more.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/20/whistles-chicago-ice/

These thugs are masked because they likely don’t have any ...

2025-10-06T18:42:09Z

These thugs are masked because they likely don’t have any credentials for the positions other than a joy of inflicting pain on people in a willingness to disregard any laws. Who are they?

“Professor Luke Moffett of Queens University Belfast said the U.S. actions appear to be “extrajudicial arbitrary killing” and “a fundamental violation of human rights”.

All of this why Amnesty International USA stated in response to the latest killings, “This is murder. The U.S. government must be held accountable.”

If you combine Trump ordering military style raids in a U.S. city based on no credible evidence with his ordering the killing of people no credible evidence, we all get what could come next here in the United States. Trump could simply claim anyone he wants to eliminate is a “terrorist” and have them arrested in the middle of the night or even potentially killed by a drone strike.”

That is unless we demand our elected officials and the media cover this to warn our fellow Americans about Trump’s fascist game plan.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/deanobeidallah/p/trump-will-send-in-troops-arrest?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

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2025-10-01T04:09:26Z

And the press shouldn’t help him “You Can’t Rewrite Facts ...

2025-09-30T00:03:25Z

And the press shouldn’t help him
“You Can’t Rewrite Facts
Trump is trying to gaslight the country by whitewashing January 6”

https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/you-cant-rewrite-facts?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

#TrumpDictatorship “This morning, Donald Trump mad an ...

2025-09-27T21:37:07Z

#TrumpDictatorship
“This morning, Donald Trump mad an announcement that he will be sending the United States military against Americans in Portland.
The announcement by President Donald Trump that he is directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to send U.S. troops into Portland, with authorization for “Full Force, if necessary,” is not just an extraordinary political moment — it is a deeply dangerous one.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronparnas/p/breaking-trump-orders-military-into?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

“DEMOCRATS NEED TO FIGHT A “LAWLESS PRESIDENT” Having named ...

2025-09-14T13:10:01Z

“DEMOCRATS NEED TO FIGHT A “LAWLESS PRESIDENT”
Having named the problem, Van Hollen turned to what Democrats can do about it. “We do know what Trump and his cronies want us to do. They want us to shut up and go away.”
But in this moment, “every patriotic American must stand up and be counted,” as individuals and collectively. “And that’s why Democrats in Congress need to fight back even harder against this lawless president.”
Alluding to the deadline for funding the federal government beyond September 30, Van Hollen promised, “I can tell you this: I will not give him a blank check to fund his lawbreaking.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/laurabelin/p/van-hollen-to-democrats-we-need-to?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

This is not a judicial Supreme Court. It’s a policy making ...

2025-09-10T01:15:06Z

This is not a judicial Supreme Court. It’s a policy making activist band of white supremacists.
“We Have a Supreme Court That Supports Racial Profiling
The latest ruling strengthens ICE and its racist agenda”

https://open.substack.com/pub/america/p/we-have-a-supreme-court-that-supports?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

Martial law. Using the armed forces against American citizens ...

2025-08-29T01:08:12Z

Martial law. Using the armed forces against American citizens
“Trump administration asks Naval Station Great Lakes outside Chicago for support on immigration operations
President Donald Trump’s administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thursday, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdown to other cities.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/trump-chicago-base-immigration/

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2025-08-20T19:22:01Z

“It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, ...

2025-08-13T02:30:39Z

“It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C. as a trial run for a possible military occupation of the United States, including martial law, later in his term. I don’t want to be paranoid, but Trump may figure he needs such a plan if his strategies to hold Congress after the midterm elections raise too much public opposition, especially in big Democratic cities.

I suspect he’s most interested in learning six things:

1. How quickly and obediently the Defense Department and the National Guard are able to act in a major city

2. How legal challenges are handled in the federal courts

3. How the media reacts

4. Whether it wipes away almost all Epstein stories.

5. How it plays with his base.

6. How it plays with Republicans in Congress

https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/the-trial-run?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

The first thing despots do when they invade another country is ...

2025-08-01T20:43:05Z

The first thing despots do when they invade another country is demolish historic landmarks, and cultural threads.
The idea of altering or even tearing down part of the White House to put up a Golden temple to Trump is exactly that.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/washingtons-legacy-is-the-peoples-house-not-trumps-versailles/

“Trump didn’t stumble into this. He isn’t accidentally ...

2025-07-29T12:40:47Z

“Trump didn’t stumble into this. He isn’t accidentally authoritarian. This is all by design. From day one of his return to power, the mission has been the same; consolidate control, sideline opposition, and make sure the law serves the man, not the other way around. And now, the final frontier: break the courts”
https://open.substack.com/pub/therealmichaelcohen/p/from-rule-of-law-to-rule-by-fear?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

“the last 6 months offer Democrats valuable lessons. Voters: · ...

2025-07-21T13:48:00Z

“the last 6 months offer Democrats valuable lessons.
Voters:
· Respond to fighters (e.g., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Corey Booker, Gov. Gavin Newsom, or Gov. J.B. Pritzker) who do not hold back in attacking MAGA extremists.
· Prefer fresher voices expressing righteous anger rather than old fogies acting as if opposition is futile.
· Favor politicians who pledge dramatic change, not more of the same.
· Understand that corrupt billionaires are ripping them off (e.g., taking away healthcare to fund enormous tax cuts).
· Reward plain-spoken messengers regardless of ideology (e.g., Zohran Mamdani or Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky).
· Favor a secure social safety net.
· Reject the notion that securing the border & deporting dangerous criminals necessitates a police state that disappears their hardworking neighbors.
· Recoil against power grabs, lawlessness, corruption, cruelty, & corrupt oligarchs, even though abstract appeals to “democracy” leave them cold.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/democracy-is-on-life-support?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

“One of the many weird, ugly developments in these weird, ugly ...

2025-07-21T13:34:18Z

“One of the many weird, ugly developments in these weird, ugly times has been the MAGAfication of a number of Silicon Valley billionaires. In a fully functional democracy the views of a handful of people with anti-democratic ideas wouldn’t matter. But we live in a corrupted democracy in which wealth buys power, so when people who accumulated vast fortunes largely thanks to U.S. scientific preeminence begin backing a deeply anti-scientific movement, it matters quite a lot.

The thing is, the tech bros haven’t just turned right. Many of them are filled with rage — that special kind of rage exhibited by men who enjoy vast privilege and can’t abide any suggestion that their privilege is unjustified.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/enshittification-and-the-bitterness?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

I’m not big on memes, but this one is so accurate ...

2025-07-15T20:13:48Z

I’m not big on memes, but this one is so accurate

“Trump’s latest letter, imposing a 50 percent tariff on ...

2025-07-09T23:10:23Z

“Trump’s latest letter, imposing a 50 percent tariff on Brazil, marks a new departure, and I think merits a special bulletin. After all, it’s both evil and megalomaniacal.

Trump barely even pretends that there’s an economic justification for this action. This is all about punishing Brazil for putting Jair Bolsonaro on trial.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/trumps-dictator-protection-program?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

We have to be better. I believe they are a minority - just louder ...

2025-07-06T15:17:58Z

We have to be better. I believe they are a minority - just louder and more violent. Greedier.

Trump and MAGA dropped this quickly. “The man accused of ...

2025-07-05T12:40:05Z

Trump and MAGA dropped this quickly.
“The man accused of fatally shooting two firefighters in an ambush in rural Idaho on Sunday had "Nazi tendencies" in school, sketched pictures of guns and swastikas in a notebook and was "obsessed with guns," three former classmates told USA TODAY.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/30/idaho-firefighters-shot-sniper-gunman/84413135007/

20-30 emails a day and 10 texts per day.

2025-07-02T02:18:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…lxh6
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20-30 emails a day and 10 texts per day.

Trump Insults America—Again “when Trump depicts America as an ...

2025-07-01T16:17:45Z

Trump Insults America—Again
“when Trump depicts America as an unending nightmare of crime and carnage, he’s not only trying to trigger a cortisol rush among his followers; he’s also creating a narrative of despair. He tells Americans that because the world is nasty, all that “shining city on a hill” talk is just stupid and all that matters is making some deals to get them stuff they need. Meanwhile, he paints America as something out of a medieval woodcut of hell, implicitly warning that he can’t really extinguish the lava and the fires but promising to at least put on a show of punishing some of the demons.
This nihilism and helplessness is poisonous to a democracy, a system that only works when citizens take responsibility for their government. It is a narrative that encourages citizens to think of themselves as both scoundrels and victims, crabs in life’s giant bucket who must claw their way up over the backs of their fellow Americans.
https://apple.news/ATdOr7w9oQqS-Au2G6ZzSJQ

No ICE agent ever brags about their job. …or even admits to it. ...

2025-06-28T18:51:10Z

No ICE agent ever brags about their job.
…or even admits to it.
#TheyAreBraveBehindTheirMasks

It is hard to watch. And extremely hard to experience. I’m ...

2025-06-28T17:05:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…u8v3
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It is hard to watch. And extremely hard to experience. I’m still amazed at people who don’t understand where we are at this moment. The new Supreme Court ruling is one more nail in the coffin for Democracy in America.

“This inability to think created the possibility for many ...

2025-06-28T14:25:44Z

“This inability to think created the possibility for many ordinary men to commit evil deeds on a gigantic scale, the like of which had never been seen before. The manifestation of the wind of thought is not knowledge but the ability to tell right from wrong, beautiful from ugly. And I hope that thinking gives people the strength to prevent catastrophes in these rare moments when the chips are down.”

Hannah Arendt

These are concentration camps. And they will get worse unless ...

2025-06-28T12:39:49Z

These are concentration camps. And they will get worse unless something is done.
“Massachusetts lawmakers are demanding answers from ICE officials about a facility the agency is using in Burlington to detain immigrants. In a new letter that was sent to the Trump administration this week, they lay out concerns that ICE is keeping detainees in “abysmal” conditions.

Food is scarce, overcrowding is common, and the building reportedly does not have enough showers or sinks to accommodate the needs of everyone being detained there, the lawmakers wrote. The lights in the facility are reportedly always on, and people are being forced to sleep on concrete floors with only mylar blankets. The building lacks medical facilities, too, according to reports cited by the lawmakers.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/06/27/mass-officials-raise-alarm-over-ices-makeshift-detention-center-in-burlington/

Yesterday was the day republicans declared war on anyone in ...

2025-06-14T11:17:54Z

Yesterday was the day republicans declared war on anyone in America who is not MAGA. Including their elected officials.

“But as shocking as the (manhandling of US Senator Padilla) was, the reaction was (and is) far worse. In a rational world, there would have been apologies — a recognition that there had been a terrible misunderstanding and overreaction.

(As an exercise, try to imagine Ron Johnson being wrestled to the ground in Wisconsin; or Tommy Tuberville in Alabama; or Lindsey Graham in South Carolina. Yeah, neither can I. )

In a decent political universe, members of Congress — of both parties — would stand up for their colleague who had been handcuffed for asking a question. There would be bipartisan denunciation of an unambiguously unAmerican moment.

We do not, however, live in that world. So, instead, we got gaslighting, raving hypocrisy, and a full-throated defense of the thuggery.”
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/no-kings-no-emperors-no-thugs?publication_id=759524&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ce00

Oh, we’re in full fascist mode now. Well past the stages. ...

2025-06-13T11:48:13Z

Oh, we’re in full fascist mode now. Well past the stages.
“We've reached the indicting the opposition stage of fascism
There's no sane world in which Rep. McIver committed felonies during her altercation with ICE.”
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/mciver-habba-grand-jury-indictment-ice?publication_id=501423&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ce00

“The city of Los Angeles, Kwon told us, just faced the most ...

2025-06-12T19:29:13Z

“The city of Los Angeles, Kwon told us, just faced the most devastating wildfires in recent history, and now faces a manufactured firestorm. And that’s because, Anat told us, Los Angeles is what Donald Trump and Stephen Miller fear most. It’s a famously immigrant city, where people from all backgrounds can feel at home and come together to build something new. But that’s also the American story. 1 in 8 Americans lives in California. 1 in 35 Americans lives in Los Angeles.”
https://the.ink/p/watch-la-lawless?publication_id=70374&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ce00

When ICE are masked with no ID, this will happen more and more. ...

2025-06-10T10:56:46Z

When ICE are masked with no ID, this will happen more and more. It makes us unsafe on every level.
“Man impersonating law enforcement zip-ties woman, steals $1,000 from Mayfair business”
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/mayfair-robbery-law-enforcement-impersonator-20250609.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=ios&utm_campaign=app_ios_article_share&utm_content=6DPIOZVAMVEKLBCSLDJG2U6W4M

Putin couldn’t have done more destruction if he’d sent an ...

2025-04-26T14:04:05Z

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Putin couldn’t have done more destruction if he’d sent an invading army. It’s almost as if…

Rob Rogers ...

2025-04-22T03:02:41Z

Rob Rogers

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2025-04-21T04:18:30Z

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Taking It to the People Bernie Sanders grasps this perilous ...

2025-04-14T12:56:07Z

Taking It to the People
Bernie Sanders grasps this perilous moment and the need for collective power
STEVEN BESCHLOSS
APR 14

“At a perilous time when we need democracy advocates to fuel the public’s commitment to engage politically and confront the hostile Trump regime, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are modeling what it means to take it to the people. We’ve also seen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other Democrats like Florida’s Frost and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy holding town halls in red districts. These are important motivating events as we look ahead to millions and millions of Americans—young and old—taking to the streets to increase pressure against the Trump regime.”

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/taking-it-to-the-people?publication_id=283745&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=534n0

“First, we are seeing all of the classic moves of the ...

2025-04-11T19:14:06Z

“First, we are seeing all of the classic moves of the authoritarian playbook unfolding, which are very familiar to folks who've lived through authoritarianism in other places. But I think what is different in the U.S. is how quickly those moves are being taken. The pace is meant to overwhelm us and make it more difficult to respond. And it shows that this particular authoritarian government has learned from other authoritarian governments.

And the second thing is that U.S. civil society is far less prepared, both operationally and mentally, than it should be. There were many warning signs that authoritarianism was taking hold in this country. Rather than heeding those alarm bells, I think a lot of folks held on to the faith that our institutions will protect us, the rule of law will protect us, that these are not the kinds of things that happen in America.
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https://the.ink/p/learning-from-authoritarianism?r=ce00&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

You got what you wanted - for everyone else. But welcome to the ...

2025-04-01T13:12:27Z

You got what you wanted - for everyone else. But welcome to the revolution. Perhaps you understand now.

“For GOP voters feeling the pain of Trump’s cuts, a realization dawns: We’ve had our pockets picked”
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-gop-voters-partisanship-bias-xenophobia-20250401.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=ios&utm_campaign=app_ios_article_share&utm_content=PM5RDZNYJBBKNGGGWHLCG6M3A4

America under Trump is now a rogue dictatorial state “Europe: ...

2025-02-26T15:56:29Z

America under Trump is now a rogue dictatorial state
“Europe: Is the Force Awakening?

“the Musk/Trump betrayal of America’s international principles is having an unintended result: Europe’s democracies, which as a group remain one of the world’s economic superpowers, are rousing themselves to fill the vacuum.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/europe-is-the-force-awakening?r=ce00&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

especially to their own paychecks

2025-02-24T20:51:56Z

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especially to their own paychecks

“Some contracts the group claims credit for were double- or ...

2025-02-24T12:41:13Z

“Some contracts the group claims credit for were double- or triple-counted. Another initially contained an error that inflated the totals by billions of dollars. In at least one instance, the group claimed an entire contract had been canceled when only part of the work had been halted. In others, contracts the group said it had closed were actually ended under the Biden administration.”
While DOGE itself gets a $40 million cash infusion. #FireDOGE #MuskIsAThreat #StopFascism

The big error the Times refers to involved counting a canceled contract worth $8 million as $8 billion.

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/doge-is-the-theranos-of-cost-cutting?publication_id=277517&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=ce00

#RaiseUpTheResisters #GovernorJanetMills ...

2025-02-22T18:19:59Z

#RaiseUpTheResisters
#GovernorJanetMills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE1kGVAySBE

and attacked a member of the clergy for asking for mercy for the ...

2025-01-22T18:13:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…glfq
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and attacked a member of the clergy for asking for mercy for the poor and downtrodden

“In 2017, Trump inherited a strong economy from President Obama ...

2025-01-13T18:14:15Z

“In 2017, Trump inherited a strong economy from President Obama and never stopped congratulating himself for it. He claimed that “we created the greatest economy in the history of the world.”

Rubbish. Trump tanked the economy with his trade wars and his botched pandemic response.

Now, Trump is inheriting an even stronger economy.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/will-trump-claim-credit-for-bidens?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

“New: Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness ...

2025-01-04T14:46:19Z

“New: Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn't tell police or the FBI. He didn't tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole

“Biden is supposed to toe some imaginary line drawn by liberal ...

2024-12-03T20:28:10Z

“Biden is supposed to toe some imaginary line drawn by liberal op-ed writers and frightened congress-critters and pearl-clutching newspaper editors, even as Trump promises to pardon insurrectionists convicted of attacking Capitol police, damaging the nation’s Capitol, and attempting to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/luciantruscott/p/im-sick-and-tired-of-the-medias-double?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios