America is suffering from the FAFO syndrome. For 250 years we told ourselves that our country was more advanced and decent than any other. We ignored the inequality, the poverty, the very things that have become dominant now. We’re paying for our refusal to face our problems, denying they exist.

The Voice of America closed down today, and look who's happy about that. www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/a...

I have a good friend who just got laid off after 19 years and 10 months of exceptional service due to a “restructuring”. I would not go quietly. But he’s a better man than me.

Now that it’s clear that no one but a baptized, born again MAGAt is safe from the ICE Gestap, I want everyone who opposes this fascist regime to speak up and act up. Don’t think if you don’t make trouble they won’t notice you. They will. Stop cowering and take a stand. They can‘t fight us all.

NEWSFLASH: ALL THE MOST POWERFUL MEN ON THE PLANET ARE IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. I don’t even need the files to tell me that. All I have to do is look at how people are acting.

I may have discovered the source of Trump’s fascination with gold decor. Of course, Trump being Trump, he’s managed to turn designing with gold into a tasteless exhibit. The Hermitage in Russia.

Criminalizing liberals, non-Christians, anti-capitalism. It's not a hypothetical anymore. youtu.be/sKm9L0QGmJo?...

I was a campus radical in high school, printing an "underground newsletter" for distribution on campus and beyond. My primary targets were Nixon, the war, and our principal (😉). Since I can't march anymore and my reach is marginal here, I might just rekindle my broadside against the fascists.

@marylee85.bsky.social Hold it, "no gift cards"? I've never been spammed with offers of gift cards. Who do I have to follow to get gift cards? I can always use a gift card or two. 😁

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Trump seems to entertain the delusion that by tariffing every foreign industry he'll save American manufacturing. His knowledge of business is rivaled only by his knowledge of foreign affairs.

I consider any post on X to be precisely like posts from the regime, lies, exaggerations, and projections.

To anyone deployed to Portland or any other city. Remember the training about not following illegal orders¹? Chump saying "any use of force" is OK is an illegal order. Using deadly/lethal force against citizens when your life isn't in danger is exactly what that training was about.²

Lucy wishes felines everywhere a very happy #Caturday from beyond the rainbow bridge.

Remember when pornography was defined as that which offends community standards, which because there are no codified community standards, makes that definition useless? Well, the regime has provided a tighter definition, pornography is what we say it is. Everything is what they say it is now.

“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.” I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt. And that’s wrong.

I wonder if the Epstein files scare Trump as much as they scare the oligarchs. We know of a few pedophiles among that group. How many more? I doubt even MAGA could accept the idea of grown men raping their daughters while controlling the country.

Once the regime can pick who is a citizen and who is “illegal,” they can simply incarcerate, seize the property of and disappear dissidents. Yes. That’s you. You’re next in line.

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Where our legal system is headed. youtu.be/HukrHSxfVPQ?...

I guess everybody reads Substack. Congrats, Eric, on your latest follower.

One way in which Trump isn't like Hitler, he lacks an Albert Speer. I mean, look at the Rose Garden/Party Patio. No doubt his ballroom will be equally drab and ridiculous.

I bet the founding fathers never suspected some rogue president would one day make the Constitution irrelevant by means of Executive Orders. They could have saved a lot of time by just decreeing that the president could do anything damn thing he wanted.

Trump can do as he pleases. ICE can do as they please. That’s certainly not the way it’s supposed to be, but it’s the way it is.

I’m seeing where this regime is headed, and it will destroy this country and make wage slaves of every American save the wealthy. I’m becoming a huge fan of truly progressive media. Like UNFTR.com.

I never imagined that I'd look back on the first year of Covid and think that year wasn't the worst year we'd see in the 2020s.

The next time you form a protest line against ICE/cops/gestapo, don't use tear gas. Use laughing gas. Post the videos.

Santa Clarita Valley you have a dentist problem. This MAGA dentist will give you less pain medication while doing procedures if she thinks you don't align with her political views. That includes children. Willing to break the law for her politics. #SheShed

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These are the billionaires behind all the BS right now (Elon is one of many). Be aware and be ready to fight. ✊ theplotagainstamerica.com

Project 2025 has created a Christofascist, military industrial complex, grifting, dictatorship. Quite an accomplishment in less than a year. I hope we can bring it down in less time than that.

Words come back to bite him in the ass.

The alcoholic podcaster who got put in charge of the DOD, oh sorry, War Department, plans on meeting with 100 generals and admirals tomorrow. I’m sure that on the menu are loyalty oaths to Trump and early retirements for those who uphold their oath to the Constitution.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

This regime just loves to threaten investigations and lawsuits. Now they want an investigation into the U.N. escalator that turned into stairs. Soon the dear leader’s insanity will have him demanding an investigation into “acts of god” with threats to sue god.

Here we go. l.smartnews.com/p-6gEagb6M/P...

It's Wednesday. You need at least a 90 minute break from all the bullshit happening around us. Never fear, it'll all still be here when you get back. But you'll be refreshed ready to fight again. youtu.be/wZ7iFuNGipY?...

Proof you can do amazing things and still be forgotten by history. Who turned the triangle shape into an instrument?

I have driven the Ventura Highway and not once have I seen crocodile lizards In the air.

In light of all the recent shootings by young, angry, right-wing white men; since we can’t do anything about the guns, can we at least lock up all young, right-wing white men and send them to a secret government prison facility until we know what’s going on? Presumption of guilt, right?

A number of Democratic leaders who are actively opposing this fascist regime won’t support Mamdani or have Luddite views on trans people. Some of our most popular Democrats strongly support Israel or the current party leadership. As well, most Democratic PACs and organizations want to placate MAGA.

Well, it's time to go feed the fish. That sounds like a euphemism for something naughty. 🤐)

Left - Antifa (Anti-fascism) Right - Profa (Pro-fascism) Pick your side.

Response from @karenattiah.bsky.social counsel, @normeisen.bsky.social et al, at @democracydefendersfund.org: "She did precisely the job you hired her to do as an opinion writer ... She spoke truthfully and forcefully about ... difficult truths at a challenging time"