If violence sparks from increasing tensions due to SNAP & ACA cuts, it would not surprise me if the right are given greater clemency for crimes than others. Especially in red states & at the federal level. We've already seen lawlessness be rewarded. Imagine that extending to the public. #Politics

Given the obscene bonuses & pay that ICE agents receive, I wonder if cutting off SNAP & forcing ACA premiums to skyrocket will, by design, result in more people applying with ICE. Perhaps that, plus misguided animosity towards democrats, is the intended result. #Politics #AbolishICE #SNAP #ACA

History Lesson: The Nazification of Police was integral to the Nazis success & they created an umbrella org, the Ordnungspolizei, to nationalize German police. They enforced Nazi laws & aided in terror ops, like mass killings. An apolitical institution became a key tool of state terror. #Politics

I was reading the constitution & learning about congress. Article I, Section 5 "Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting." #Politics #Congress

So a story dropped about ICE spying on Whatsapp. The company helping them is Penlink. www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi... Sound familiar? If so, it's because they were in the news earlier this month. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a... What else is Penlink helping with? #Politics #Privacy #ICE

Adelita has filed suit against the House, citing Powell vs McCormack in that “the Constitution leaves the House without authority to exclude any person, duly elected by his constituents, who meets all the requirements for membership expressly prescribed in the Constitution.” #Politics #Arizona

Given the leaks & overwhelming amount of Nazi flavored messaging & actions coming from the right, here’s a throwback to a comic I drew during Trump’s first term. #Trump #Politics

So the US appeals court is letting Trump send troops to Portland. If you guessed that these were Trump appointed judges, you would be correct. We need to start calling for every judge appointed by Trump to recuse themselves from his cases. They've lost all credibility. #Politics #Trump #Corruption

A picture is worth a thousand words as they say. If not an apt metaphor for the state of government & the country, it's also a testament to Trump's lies given that he stated the existing Whitehouse structure would not be affected by the new, tone deaf, ballroom. Just disgusting. #Politics #Trump

Just like a classic narcissist, Trump wanted to shift focus from the No Kings protest to himself by means of posting a AI video. Don't play into his games. Ignore the petulant, narcissistic child and focus on the success of No Kings Day 2. #Politics #Trump #NoKings

Today, We the People, make history. 🇺🇸✊ #NoKings #Politics

Protests & boycotts are a timeless American tradition. When patriots dumped tea into the Boston harbor, loyalists would have called that a 'hating Great Britain protest' in today's Republican vernacular. We protest to defend the constitution. That is LOVE. Calling it hate is a lie. #Politics

When congressional Republicans finally cave and decide to fund the government, Democrats need to leverage that opportunity to claw back nearly all the funding for ICE. We can redistribute that money to other programs that are in dire need of assistance. #Politics #AbolishICE #ResistFascism

The gov't is creating a gun owner registry from groups like 2AFND. Historical significance? When Hitler seized power in 1933, the Nazis inherited a 1928 gun registration system. They then used the records to disarm & crush political opponents by labeling them as 'enemies of the state'. #Politics

"Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world; here too is the design and end of government, viz. freedom and security." ~Thomas Paine, Common Sense Under Trump, our current gov't offers neither. #Politics

I mean, do we need more proof or should he hold the Bible upside down again?

According to Reuters, Pope Leo has instructed U.S. bishops to take a stronger public stand against Trump's immigration policies. #Politics #PopeLeo #Immigration #AbolishICE

Schumer: That issue that MAGA Mike keeps talking about—illegal immigrants getting health care. It’s an effing lie. The law says that federal dollars cannot go to illegal immigrants under Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA. And I said that to him in the room. I said, You’re lying. He smirked.

Here's a fun fact. States can create what are known as a SDF, or State Defense Force. These are military forces under control of the state Governor & CANNOT be federalized. Examples are the California State Guard & Oregon Civil Defense Force. Maybe they can protect judges & protestors. #Politics

I'm not seeing this in the news, but it needs to be mentioned & talked about. Last month, Judge Goldstein blocked a DOJ demand for voter data in South Carolina. Yesterday, her home burned to the ground. Given the increasing lawlessness of Trump's regime, it's possible they are involved. #Politics

As we fight for the future of our country, I want to take a moment and talk about a very important group that will be necessary to overcome the fascist regime we face. Those in the middle. The disillusion non voters. Those apathetic or disinterested in politics. Let me explain why. #Politics

Let's be candid. ICE is, by definition, a domestic terrorist organization per the qualifications listed by the FBI and DHS. The following is from the FBI's Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism for 2023. It can be found on the FBI's site in this post. #Politics

While we all know the gov't shutdown is on republicans, I came across a press release by my rep, Eric Burlison, that made me livid. So I took the time to run through the other Missouri GOP press releases as well and it's nothing short of disgusting. There's hardly a single line of truth. #Politics

Children were ripped from their mother's in the raid in Chicago, zipped tied together, some naked, & the agents simply laughed & said "f*ck them kids". It is not hyperbole to describe this as fascism. This is the Nazi playbook. Share this story with everyone and anyone who will listen. #Fascism

I've been running through the situation where Johnson is refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva of AZ. The swearing in process falls under 2 U.S.C. § 25, which states the oath must be given to & administered by the speaker. However, I just read about Powell v. McCormack. #50501~ #Resist #Trump

You hear that? It's the sound of goal posts moving as the right pivot from 'Trump is a no wars president' to 'We need to wage war against US citizens'. Also...Desmond Doss, a pacifist & medal of honor recipient, saved 75 people at The Battle of Okinawa. Pacifism is neither naive nor dangerous.

Just a reminder that this photo exists. #Resist #Trump

With Disney backpeddling on Kimmel, we know that we have more power than we thought. So, I'm thinking boycotts on Black Friday plus protests in front of major retailers with demands they stand with us against fascism. Let's turn the capitalist holiday on its head. #Protest #50501movement #Boycott

This has been on my mind as well. #Resist #Trump #Fascism

One of the first groups the Nazis went after were transgender individuals, going so far as to destroy the world's first transgender clinic that was in Germany. Just as the Nazis didn't stop at transgender individuals, neither will the Trump admin. "First they came for..." #Trump #Fascism #Resist

Upon the precipice of tyranny, we will not yield our rights. #Trump "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt

We're seeing freedom of speech being dissolved in real time. I'm not sure how any sane person can think catering to a tyrant & willingly giving up free speech will work in their favor. Instead of companies fighting & calling out Trump for weaponizing the FCC, they're just bowing down. #RESIST

So it appears there's a group of US citizens that would have glady ratted out Anne Frank to the Nazis if they were alive then & were given the chance. No matter what you call it- weaponized propaganda, McCarthyism, the US equivalent of Nazi informants...it's absolutely disgusting. #CharlieKirk #1A

Gov't approved mourning & celebration periods coming to a red state near you! You will mourn who they say you must mourn & celebrate who they tell you to celebrate. Feel the opposite about what they say? Enjoy state sanctioned punishment! 1A violations starting soon in TX & IN. #Speech #Fascism

Yesterday I mentioned a statistic in my post that most violent extremism comes from the right. That study has now been scrubbed from the Institute of Justice's website. I've linked the archived copy of it. This admin will suppress, attack, or twist the truth to it's benefit. #Resist #Trump #Lies

Seeing people on the right claim, without evidence, that Kirk's assassination is 'on democrats' & calling for accountability from the left, rings with the same injustice forced upon immigrants. We are not a country of 'guilty until proven innocent', despite republican efforts to deny due process.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is right in saying that "Political violence has become all too common in American society". However, saying "it's not who we are" excludes the GOP. Each time Trump uses violent rhetoric to attack political opponents and they are silent, they are endorsing it. #Trump

#SCOTUS, if it can be legitimately addressed as such, just ruled that people can be stopped based on race, ethnicity, or even speaking in Spanish/accented English. These rulings should be ignored & challenged for their twisted nature. They're not interpreting the constitution, they're rewriting it.

Trump isn't new to being a bully and using aggression to get what he wants, neither is his use of violent rhetoric. On a live radio show, Trump described Thomas Massie, a house congressman, as an “insurgent” who should be “taken out.” This is what stochastic terrorism looks like. #Resist #Trump

So Gorsuch wants judges to not 'defy' the Supreme Court but is happy to play Calvinball whenever there's precedent that doesn't enable Trump's fascist regime. We talk about this administration & president being the most corrupt in US history, but really it's all three branches. And we were warned.

We are seeing reps being illegally locked up in the Texas House Chamber with no legal reasoning, no law, only by the will of the GOP via authoritarianism. This does not happen in a democracy. "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ John F. Kennedy

The NSA audited the 2024 election. An exclusive interview with a former CIA operative confirms what 41% of Democrats already knew—Kamala Harris won the 2024 election. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

Since the house obviously has enough time to avoid dealing with the Epstein fallout & the GOP wants to give Trump's admin enough time to try & get ahead of it/bribe Ghislaine Maxwell, that will give reps plenty of time at home with us, the constituents. Long time no see! Give them no rest. #Resist

249 years ago, the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, a proclamation declaring the colonies free from the tyranny of King George III. The signing of that document was an act of treason against the British crown. Compare that courage to the cowardice of today's congress.

This was one of the biggest things I was worried about with this bill. We've seen ICE grabbing US citizens, and we've heard Trump say he "hates democrats" and talked about deporting US citizens. With congressional republicans having abandoned the constitution, no one is safe under this regime.

Imagine this is you. You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

The Bitchy Bastard's Bill has unfortunately passed the senate. It's absolutely infuriating to watch congressional republicans rob the public to give to the wealthy. People will die due to the cuts in this bill. Every resulting obituary should be sent to their desk with a one word caption: Murderer.

If are are born here, you are an American. Not anymore. The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has opted to deny American's citizenship. They have stripped the federal judiciary of their ability to issue nationwide injunctions. The rule of law will only be selectively enforced. It will get worse.