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We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

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There is no rationale - except the fact many of trump's billionaire buddies, his family, and him are making tons of money off the war.

The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.

I saw this a couple of weeks ago and I can't stop thinking about it. It seems more true every day.

ABC adding to Trump’s inspirational Easter message 🐣 “blowing up the whole country” with “very little off the table” sure sounds like Trump is itching to use nukes 😕

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This Easter Sunday, follow the words of Kurt Cobain, not those of the psychopath in the White House.

"And then Trump stretcheth his Hand, a small Hand liketh no one had ever seen before, over Long Island Sound and the North Atlantic Sea, and the LORD parteth those Truly Amazing Aquatic Bodies Which Are Wet Like Water, revealingeth the Dry Earth beneath ...

Happy War Crimes Day to all who celebrate.

Timothy Snyder leveled two explosive accusations against Trump: that his proposed 50% defense budget increase could be a bribe to secure military loyalty for a coup attempt, and that a staged domestic terror attack is his best remaining path to nullifying elections. www.rawstory.com/trumps-milit...

📚🐬TRUMP “LIBRARY” 2030 - You are invited to the Library/Museum/Hotel/Legacy in Miami

Let us believe them when they say they want to “repeal the twentieth century.” Whether or not enough people can be convinced to defend the vision of egalitarian pluralism with equal ferocity and conviction may well decide the fate of democracy.

We need to accept that things can change – in either direction: It really could get much, much worse. But it could also get better. There is nothing inevitable about either doom or progress. We are neither fated nor guaranteed to experience the status quo for all eternity.

No Right Is Ever Safe – but Progress Is Possible The outrageous assault on birthright citizenship should prompt us to reflect on the fragility of democratic progress - and our own responsibility to defend it. Some thoughts from my new piece:

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The last 24 hours marked the highest number of U.S. aircraft shot down in a single day since Vietnam Trump did that.

Wow.

It would be nice to have a president who did NOT combine the mental acuity of a geezer and the temperament of a toddler. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Hundreds of rural hospitals across the country are facing closures after years of funding problems. The issue was compounded last summer by the Trump administration's massive cuts to Medicaid whose reimbursements have long helped hospitals meet their bottom lines. https://to.pbs.org/4bZQ7fO

"The federal government is using its resources to try and send 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos back to detention in a facility it can’t be bothered to make safe. No one in this administration would spend five minutes or eat a single meal in those conditions." Horrifying. Sickening. Inhumane.

It’s genuinely jaw‑dropping to watch people willing to torch our nearly 250‑year experiment in democracy just to follow an increasingly unstable, criminally convicted reality‑show charlatan.

Hmm... "Sleepy Joe and the Dems" sounds like a mellow cover band.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dccartoonist.bsky.social )

It never bode well for civilization to have the stupidest man on the planet also be the most powerful.

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And, perhaps, the most dangerous one - at least in this point in history.

True. But, I doubt enough people realize this or will remember by the time the midterms come around. And, that's exactly what the GOP is banking on.

Sad. To think all of this is happening now because trump wanted a distraction.

so cool that this administration was handed the basis for more or less an economic renaissance and instead they decided to shoot the global economy in the gut—and then the head—before killing the freedom of navigation for shits and giggles

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If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

Trump Demands Allies Do Their Fair Share To Fuck Up The World

53 years ago today, the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct role in the Vietnam War. I remember seeing this anti-war PSA back then. Its message is sadly still very relevant today as Trump drags us into another unpopular war.

There's a deafening silence from the rest of the world on this

It's good for nothing as always - including serving as a distraction. No one is forgetting about the Epstein scandal and coverup.

Awesome No Kings protest sign of the Shady Bunch in South Elgin, Illinois.

Bad immigration economics assumes every extra person is one less seat. Good economics notices they also bring a seat, a side dish, and demand for the bloke selling drinks. The first story is fear; the second is how economies work.

Kings rule by fear. They make people afraid to speak up. Trump wants us scared and quiet. We will not be. If you are looking for real time updates and voices of the resistance at #NoKings events around the country today this is a good place to start. Please share and follow. ❤️ go.bsky.app/K6JGV3h

Today's the day. America has no king. Come out and stand together in solidarity for freedom. #NoKings Find your event: www.nokings.org

Banger sign at a protest in Amsterdam. No Tyrants!

The Trumpists’ key assertion is that they represent “real America,” that the 2024 election was a referendum that installed Trump as the tribune of “the people.” Anything that helps to dispel such notions – especially in the minds of mainstream elites – matters.

Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want bsky.app/profile/simp...