All of these apply to MAGA, and *especially* to tech fascists, so...

To borrow from Aragorn: Are you frightened? Yes? Not nearly frightened enough.

Does this count as an official statement?

Really important to read through the new criteria established last week to target... like all of us. Seriously, I'm guessing most of bluesky falls into one of these categories (read the article).

In "On Tyranny," it says, "Listen for Dangerous Words: Be alert to the use of the words 'extremism' and 'terrorism.' Be alive to the fatal notions of 'emergency' and 'exception.' Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary." They use these words to manipulate us and take more power.

Today in "neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party"

Disabled people can’t “just move” to escape fascism. Moving requires resources, money and health that most of us don’t have. Many countries won’t accept disabled people, especially if they have universal healthcare. People are trapped, so we must fight for them.

Important thread on what's ahead.

"Maybe knowing that these outrage cycles aren’t entirely authentic will be enough for corporations like Cracker Barrel to simply ignore the outrage cycle." If only we lived in that world...

🚨If you think this cannot happen to you - then you are mistaken. Eventually, your demographic will NOT save you. If you do not care about the people it is happening to now, then you are no better than ICE. You are not more important than anyone disappeared today. 👏🏻Wake👏🏻Up👏🏻People! 1/2

It’s hard to convey the insanity of a thirty-something White House staffer getting an interim US Attorney appointment and marching into the grand jury room alone four days later to indict the former Deputy Attorney General and Director of the FBI

Not good. Is this what next week's meeting of military brass is really about?

This is precisely the claim that evidently animates the rigthwing majority on the Court: That any "burden" placed upon the regime by insisting the constitution is still in effect, the separation of powers is still a thing, and the law is still the law, causes the government irreparable harm.

Kai Trump, Donald Trump's granddaughter, is using the White House to sell merch on social media. She posted this video to her accounts.

"Rafie Ollah Shouhed, 79, suffered multiple broken ribs, elbow injuries and a traumatic brain injury during the Sept. 9 incident, according to the federal tort claim filed by his attorneys." Such brutality. So glad he's suing.

Stay safe, Portland. One of my very favorite cities. I worry because the terror memo revealed this regime is looking to impose a crackdown on left-wing groups and conservatives still think "antifa" burned Portland down in 2020.

there is an enormous collective action problem in elite society right now and if we can get the dam to break we can shove this guy back in the dumpster of history where he belongs that starts with, correctly, convincing them that it is actually in their self interest to fight back

Recent reporting alleges that civilian men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and sexually assault immigrant women, with cases in North Carolina and New York. Unmasking ICE agents is important, but it’s a Band-Aid on a broader, systemic crisis. Read @kylietcheung.bsky.social's full Op-Ed ⤵️

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

WHAT

"The local broadcaster owner said it received 'thoughtful feedback from viewers, advertisers, and community leaders.'" I called my local station as well as corporate and I'm glad to see this. Now. Let this be a model for ongoing collective action. Resistance works!

In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.

Damn this is good. History, politics, emotion, hope, CHANGE.

This is what I wish Dems understood: they don't need to move to the right to win voters back. Voters simply aren't anchored in reality. Remember the "vibes election" of 2024? It's *all* vibes and propaganda now. Most Dem positions aren't all that unpopular. But the vibes are off BECAUSE PROPAGANDA

Cannot underscore this enough! A lot of us don't appreciate how Comey handled things in 2016 but this is a sham indictment.

They pepper sprayed us after this. We washed our faces and are back to singing we shall overcome. They’ll never win.

Trump: 'We are so broke 15 million people need to lose their health insurance.' Also Trump: www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-...

Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Magazines. The only thing you can say from nine months of 2025 data is that right-wing terrorism appears to be sharply down this year. I wonder why that is? 🤔🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Very concerned about the possibility of #4: "He will tell the commanders that henceforth their assignment will be to oppress American citizens (“homeland defense”)"

We should just engrave "Follow the money" on the White House as a reminder at this point.

I can't stand this guy. But I hope he wins his case.

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 already the Joker, I am now in the process of becoming the Absolute Batman Joker

The fact that he doesn't seem to understand it's our generals and admirals combined with Vance's "Secretary of War" clarification bodes ill.

🇱🇷 Americans 🇱🇷 do yourself a favor and check out the YouTube comments on Jimmy Kimmel's return show. Our friends from around the world are saying such nice things about Jimmy and *us* and it's so uplifting to see solidarity and hope for a way out of these dark times. Not everyone hates us 😭

The Bible-in-every-classroom guy who's also the got-caught-with-porn-on-his-office TV guy who's also the Turning Point USA-in-every-high school guy is LEAVING! Oklahoma, I'm so happy for you! 🎉

He's a meme president. An AI slop president. A troll.

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube. It would be a shame for you to share it www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

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Trump take beef

Friday: a prosecutor is forced to resign bc he concludes there's not enough evidence to go after Trump's perceived enemies Saturday: Trump makes public post asking Attorney General why she hasn't gone after his enemies Wednesday: DOJ says enemy indictment coming right up sir do I have that right?

What was incredible to me about this press conference is that nowhere did anyone mention that the victims were all detainees. Even if it turns out the suspect intended to target ICE employees, which we still don’t know is true, doesn’t that seem like important information?

Wild how all the people doing crime these days just coincidentally leave bullets with the narrative they want very neatly written on top

In case you missed it... sorry to inflict this on anyone who was lucky enough to avoid it live.

Another must-read column from Bouie, who makes a historically informed argument against a sovereign president, relying on the way our political system is *actually* designed vs conservative wishcasting. (gift link)

Here’s a little thought exercise to see if there are actually any parallels: how many sitting members of Congress deny that Trump lost in 2020 versus deny that Harris lost in 2024?

Yay I've been looking for something like this!

Fox's Jesse Watters said the UN should be *bombed* for this act since he believed it was sabotage. Irresponsible and violent—and I'm sure his job has never been safer.

“we’re not autocrats because autocrats are smart and successful” comes with several problems as messaging