The thing to understand about fascism is that most people you know will be bought off. Bought with promises of peace and stability, bought with business opportunities or paid with actual cash. Most people aren't going to resist. Get used to it and get used to operating in that environment.

The use of "surge" here is so fucking grotesque. Trump is using Iraq War language against the citizens of his own country.

That the law won’t allow? WTF

I don’t even know what to say anymore except that his sense of impunity with regard to the use of lethal force will likely eventually inform his actions toward us as well.

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

If I were ever elected president, the first thing I’d do is take a sledgehammer to that ballroom.

After the initial use of C4….

It is good to see Four Seasons Landscaping making money still though.

As Trump marches toward militarizing San Francisco: - Memorize contact info in case of arrest - Plan ahead if you have children or medication - Speak out PEACEFULLY and at a distance Stay smart, safe, and don’t give them the excuse they're wanting to escalate their crackdown.

The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

A bittersweet discovery I made this week: If you go on Google Maps and find the White House, you can click on the East Wing and tap "street view." It will take you on a little tour of the interior as it looked in the last year of Obama's administration (August 2016).

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

I made a joke about the metaphors being heavy-handed yesterday, but this somehow encapsulates everything. The president is wrecking a structure he does not understand and does not appreciate and does not value to build something ugly and self-serving in its place.

The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

bahahahha

Incredible artwork by @4nikkolas.bsky.social.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

so many disaster movies have some kind of tsunami or earthquake or explosion or alien invasion destroying the White House because it feels like the ultimate untouchable thing, and damaging it is always a metaphor for like, our powerlessness in the face of whatever the disaster is which . . . well

Shubh Deepavali! Wishing everyone a very happy Diwali. Across our city, families are lighting diyas and celebrating the triumph of light over darkness and hope over despair. New York shines brighter tonight because of the people who bring their light and traditions home.

Liberal Democrats want to turbocharge our economy by forming a Customs Union with the EU, tearing down the trade barriers and red tape holding us back. libdems.org.uk/trade

It's hard reading politicians kick Indefinite Leave to Remain around to score points. I'm only here because indefinite leave to remain was a pathway to feeling somewhat secure in my life in the UK. If you take that away from people here (legally, whatever), the whole of society loses

Good thing the military isn't woke anymore and is willing to take the fight to our enemies, like Colombian fisherman and Interstate 5.

The appropriate reparations for centuries of extractive colonialism is freely providing the resources — technology, tools, money — to build out local renewable energy infrastructure globally, so that every human community has access to energy ample to meet all their needs so they can thrive.

No Kings Rally Trump Inauguration

For much of the 1960s and 1970s, Prince Andrew was second in line to the throne and could - had tragedy struck - have become king three years ago. Those who oppose a republic on the not entirely convincing grounds of "I don't want a President Farage/Blair etc" might do well to contemplate that one.

Can you imagine what would have happened if you had done something like this?!? Basket of deplorables was truth telling!

Every ai video sucks because they’re never more than their prompts, you’re like ‘yeah that’s a video of a dinosaur eating chips whilst skateboarding,” but like that’s it - you could just post your prompt and it’d be the same. But every real piece of film contains MORE than just its script

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For posting AI generated videos of Himself flying a Plane full of Shite

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

Again, stuff like this is good; having the security forces on your side is kinda like essential

OMG! This is the most accurate depiction of him and his “presidency” that I have seen yet! Haha!!! He crowned himself King, steals the valor &might of our brave men &women in our military when he is a DRAFT DODGER, he literally shits on EVERY AMERICAN, &everything about him is FAKE! *Chef’s kiss*

OMG! This is the most accurate depiction of him and his “presidency” that I have seen yet! Haha!!! He crowned himself King, steals the valor &might of our brave men &women in our military when he is a DRAFT DODGER, he literally shits on EVERY AMERICAN, &everything about him is FAKE! *Chef’s kiss*

So no terrorism then?

America: No Kings Britain: No Dukes of York

D'aww

🇺🇦 Putin said NO, and trump obeys. No Tomahawks for Ukraine😡

How it started vs How it's going. More details: buff.ly/GbIKw4P

A formal organization chart of the Trump regime would show Trump on top, his Cabinet officers underneath him, the White House staff below them, and various appointees at the bottom. The reality is far different. Let me explain... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-power-map-of-the-trump-regime

We were led away from the press so if anyone has a video of that, please let me know.

To be against kings is the very definition of America.

no kings, indeed www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

Churches showing an AI Charlie Kirk telling congregants, through an artificial voice, not to let evil win is a new level of instrumentalizing the dead. When Trump goes, I think we’re going to see the same thing. Visions and AI slop will abound. Prophecies and messages from beyond the grave.

This is almost literally what the English Civil War was fought over.