If they had the capacity to do this, it would be really bad. And they probably will try to do a couple of high profile examples to make you think they *do* have the capacity. But like a lot of stuff, this is a memo designed to get you to voluntarily stop doing stuff they don’t like.

Most people who disagree with me aren't Nazis. They're just people who don't share my opinions or fundamental convictions. But some people have fascist politics. I will call those people Nazis, because fascist politics should be named, stigmatized, and shamed.

"The problem with 🇺🇸 higher ed is that it is brainwashing students into a culture of victimhood & that federal research grants are an unchecked situation" is the sort of thing you can only write, in 2025, if you are a lying charlatan or you've never stepped foot on an actual college campus in years.

I don't know how to make it clearer to Dems that the more you waffle on this and invite debate, the more it's a political vulnerability. The more Dems equivocate the more they invite these types of heinous ads. You either stand up for trans folks proudly or you get hit with these ads.

Dems abandoning trans folks has now allowed for a million dollar ad buy for this disgusting ad by American Principles Project in NJ and VA casting trans people as school shooters and violent threats to children. It was never about fucking sports.

bit by bit, the administration is laying the groundwork and actually carrying out a system of repressing democratic life in america. redefining opposition as terrorism, targeting critics, investigating civic funders. we're so far beyond normal and, again, only eight months in.

when Trump says “antifa,” surely some unlucky activists will be swept up in this— but here’s his real targets

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!" Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

The law being arbitrary and capricious used to just be a thing for the disenfranchised. Now white people colonizing that too.

ICE and cops are all fascists. I am an antifascist. I am pro anti-fascism. Come get me.

Patel is basically admitting on camera that the FBI no longer adheres to the Attorney General Guidelines, which prohibits investigating U.S. persons based solely on First Amendment activity (including membership in a group).

Not gonna lie: I’ve got the chills. And I’ve been reporting on this stuff decades. I don’t chill so easy. But keep in mind, I’m no lawyer. I read it as a student of meaning-making on the right. There is much in this memo that would have been impossibly fringe even a decade ago. 2/

Ok I’ve now completed my close read of today’s terror memo from Trump, step by step in previous posts. I think it is a momentous document, potentially as much of an acceleration of the slow civil war as Kirk’s assassination. 1/

I am antifa. Come get me

Speculation, but I don’t think it’s off the table that within a year or two state Democratic Party orgs could be designated terror orgs according to Trump’s terror memo. The point will be to make examples, and compel submission.

Trump just made every drug more expensive

Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll: Overall approval: 38-54 Approval on economy: 39-56 Approval on trade: 39-54 On National Guard into cities: 42-55 On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55 Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:

NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on. The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.

why do I, an anarchist, understand capitalist economics better than the capitalists?

We call them Skeets because of this guy and we call it Bluesky because he was blue

what border would this Border Patrol say it's patrolling exactly

If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.

From her Rachel Maddow interview on Monday: “I've worked closely with the private sector over many years, and I always believed that if push came to shove, those titans of industry would be guardrails for our democracy, for the importance of sustaining democratic institutions”

Finally saw an ad last night tying Ciattarelli to Trump. It was the FIRST one I’ve been shown. Meanwhile, I’ve been assaulted with a deluge of Anti Sherrill ads for MONTHS.

the earth is littered with the ruins of empires that once believed they were eternal

nazi gestapo agents assaulting people. these gestapo are disgusting and vile filth

Hey, whatever you do, don't call these street thugs who are snatching up immigrants and violently assaulting women "Nazis" because that will hurt their poor little feelings.

Hunting humans at the altar of state and capital. Nationalism, militarized police, white supremacy, xenophobia, and capitalism— succintly illustrated. Today in Chicago.

“The official’s directive, a copy of which was viewed by The New York Times, goes as far as to list possible charges prosecutors could file, ranging from arson to material support of terrorism.” They want to charge Soros’ charitable foundation with arson and material support of terrorism.

Can emphasize enough what a ridiculous show of force this is for immigration enforcement.

First, the article is a mind-boggling interview with the Democratic New Mexico governor. She validates and increases hysteria about street crime at the same moment it is the precise (and false) pretense of national authoritarian takeover.

THREAD. PBS news recently aired a dangerous news segment, full of misinformation. The incident is not only embarrassing for PBS and Democrats, but it portends dark days for the future of our society that editors published it. People at the network should be doing some deep soul searching.

Israel has shut the Allenby Bridge, the only crossing that allows Palestinians in the West Bank to leave to Jordan and beyond.

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of federal agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. This is the oral history of DOGE, as told by federal workers:

The circumstances of Mr. Escobar's arrest are even worse than the brief summary above. He repeatedly tried to tell the immigration officials that he had papers while they were arresting him. In response, a federal agent said "No you don't. You are illegal," and "Shut up, bitch! You're illegal."

That would be president Gavin Newsom, and it’s precisely the world most liberals are running toward right now.

Possible charges before an investigation begin are the surest sign of a legitimate prosecution.

This is why a victory for figures like Newsom would represent not the end of American fascism but its completion.

People act like there are only two outcomes to this moment in history: Trump-style neo-confederate fascism wins, or we do. But there's a third, more bleak, more likely option, and it's what we saw after Reagan-Bush: a realignment where this simply becomes the new normal long term.

a large border patrol presence around 10 a.m. outside a home depot in chicago's belmont cragin neighborhood. photo + video posted to social media show multiple masked agents approaching a person on a street corner and later forcing someone to the ground. looks like at least 2 people were detained.

Awful. This stuff is just awful. bsky.app/profile/lblu...

As best as we can tell this morning—after terrorizing Back of the Yards, Border Patrol rolled through Cicero again (reports of potential abductions at the Metra station there, unclear on time, also vehicles seen at Cermak & Cicero) and then quickly up to this Home Depot at Cicero and Armitage:

There’s no mooring anymore to reality. They just lie constantly about everything. Like, even 10 years ago, the idea that a cabinet member would accuse the other party of supporting terrorists would be unfathomable. This is like the John Birch Society as an administration. Just completely insane.

You could fund the entire site if you could pay $100 to mute someone site-wide for an hour

No words. I believed in Ryan. We moved to Oklahoma because he promised that my awful sons Enigmus Rex and Pance would be given handguns in kindergarten and then not be given any instruction on how to use them safely. I bought a shitty gray house in Tulsa because he promised they wouldn't be woke.

EUROPEAN: Ah! [American third-rate politican]! He texted his dick to people. I know this basically against my will. AMERICAN: I don't know what's going on over there. You're ruled by the Marquis of Racism or something?

I've said it before, but I think the current spree of memekillings is the product of an ideological transition. It's hard to parse because it's rapidly evolving. It's clearly derived from far right precursors, but it hasn't progressed to coherence yet.

ICE shooter Joshua Jahn's politics aren't what's being reported, three longtime former friends tell me. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...

a 4chan frequenting edgelord Libertarian who “flooded his friends social media with rape jokes” I know what you are