It is increasingly difficult to avoid the conclusion that the Supreme Court is dismantling every guardrail that separates democracy from dictatorship. slate.trib.al/1LrjHpL

Giving up art you love is a meaningful sacrifice. There are bigger sacrifices of course, but lots of people really love Star Wars, Marvel, etc. If you’re one of those and you’re boycotting Disney now: thank you for doing your part. It matters. See you at No Kings on October 18th.

Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for free speech in our nation. More than 400 artists across our nation signed on to say: We refuse to be silenced by those in power.

I’ve heard the same chilling message from broadcasters across the country. This is what government censorship looks like.

A version of this is the whole "voters left Dems because they didn't talk kitchen table stuff but rather focused on social issues" when the reason anybody thinks that is because the media adopts GOP framing that Dems only talk about social issues.

Disney just posted a new Mandalorian and Grogu trailer on Instagram. They want to lure fans back into the fold after caving to fascism. Get in the comments and tell them zero dollars for Disney until they stand up for free speech.

"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"

“I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them,” said the man with the 60% disapproval rating

one guy said the other guy is on the epstein list and still decided to hang with him bsky.app/profile/yash...

What’s the hyperspecific German word for being unable to watch Only Murders in the Building because the multibillion dollar conglomerate that owns it is supporting fascism by canceling a different show i wasn’t watching

Technologically advance a band: The Email Service

Flattening of disagreements among the not-fascists is Bad. E.g., I worked for Pete Buttigieg in 2019-20 because he was the candidate who talked about democracy policy the most, not because I was against Warren’s healthcare plan.

Show me what democracy looks like

Good thing we have honorable, evenhanded judges like Samuel Alito and Emil Bove to keep the corrupt Attorney General in check, right?

What if we reclaim some other lost symbol of American power? Free speech, free press, rule of law, NATO, USAID, science, research, academic freedom, antitrust, civil rights, labor rights, apolitical military/intel/law enforcement/civil service, and yes, immigration

If you canceled Disney+ and/or Hulu this week, check your email for a survey from Disney about why you did that. Make sure they know you won't give Disney one cent until they stand up to fascism and defend free speech.

Remember when Pam Bondi said this

We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.

Check out Justice Eddins’ complete repudiation of the Roberts Court here. It’s worth reading in full. It’s quite brave—and exceedingly rare—for a sitting judge to speak so candidly and scathingly about SCOTUS’ partisan contortions of law, history, and fact. www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/u...

If you canceled Disney+ and/or Hulu this week, check your email for a survey from Disney about why you did that. Make sure they know you won't give Disney one cent until they stand up to fascism and defend free speech.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

FrEe MaRkEts

Start with Game Changer

Now do @dropout.tv. I can offer no greater recommendation that they will make you happy. It's just great content by great entertainers.

Mario is a journalist detained for exercising his First Amendment rights and could be put on a deportation plane at any moment. ICE must release him immediately and stop his deportation.

BREAKING: The Board of Immigration Appeals is trying to deport our client Mario Guevara, a journalist from El Salvador, despite his clear legal path to residency and an immigration judge's order to grant his release on bond.

Show up for your freedom

TED CRUZ on Brendan Carr, ABC and Jimmy Kimmel: “It is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying, ‘We’re going to decide what speech we like and what we don't, and we're going to threaten to take you off air if we don't like what you're saying.’”

Part of our constitutional crisis is that Republicans are stopping Congress from playing its fundamental oversight role.

More people live in DC than Wyoming, and when DC finally achieves statehood, it will elect senators who believe in freedom.

We need to change the incentives around caving. This is good.

"we're going to keep showing up until they stop abducting our neighbors" brad lander is truly the best of us

Maybe we shouldn’t have let them buy the government

Rep. Frost: "We cannot let the fear of speaking out become normal. We cannot allow truth telling to become a crime. And we cannot let them silence us."

The internet isn’t supposed to be trillion-dollar companies serving algorithmic video feeds. The internet is supposed to be a bunch of tiny hobbyist sites with php forums that live on basement servers because hobbyists love or hate a niche interest.

You don’t have to rsvp to a protest. There are good reasons to do so for those willing. And we can have disagreements about it without tearing down our allies in the fight against fascism.

Fascists do not support free speech. Fascists do not support Jewish safety. Fascists lie about these things. You should not help them spread lies.

One response to 'the law doesn't matter' is the dual state idea: sure, there are areas where law has been replaced by fiat, but there are also areas where it's still operative. Trump is trying to expand the lawless prerogative state but he can/should be kept from doing so, & legal process can do it

Many of us are numb to it, but almost every day he publicly confesses that he is at war with our laws and Constitution.

techdirt outdoes the big dailies again

What’s at stake here is free speech. Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel. We need to all stand up and speak out.

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

Happy Constitution Day

Just canceled Hulu and Disney+, and bought an annual subscription to The Onion.

NEWS: A person is in custody after allegedly firing a gunshot at the home of Democratic state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, a state lawmaker in Illinois. There are no reported injuries.

First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

Disney owns Hulu too

here's a direct link to canceling your Disney+ account. post your cancellations in the comments. www.disneyplus.com/commerce/acc...