The H1-B visa thing is, like everything else in the Trump administration, set up to carve up exceptions for friends and punish enemies. It’s the authoritarian thru-line that stitches everything together.

So racial profiling is legal now? As long as it ICE…. substack.com/@aaronrupar/...

🇺🇸 #July4 project 🇺🇸 How does ChatGPT map the Declaration’s 27 #grievances to 2025 executive actions? Scale 0-1 minor · 2 noticeable · 3 substantial · 4 ≈ average 1776 abuse · 5 worse. AI coded (o3). Thread follows ⤵︎ [1/66]

Today is a good day to join the nationwide movement to protect freedom, equality, and democracy. weholdtruths.com/privacy

Fascism is a movement built on lies. If you use hyperbole in an attempt to defeat it, you validate the idea of lying as a means to an end. It’s fair to say, “if we do nothing, this could become Auschwitz.” But if you pretend it already is, you make the outcome more likely. Always wield truth.

This is what societal resilience looks like!! Budapest Pride goes ahead, defying Orbán’s threat of “legal consequences” - BBC News

MSNBC dug up the clip of former Trump Sec Def Mark Esper saying that Trump asked him in 2020 to shoot protesters -- an order Pete Hegseth wouldn't rule out following if Trump asked him to do it today

Detroit showed up yesterday! “No hate no fear immigrants are welcome here!”

California senator forcibly removed in handcuffs from DHS press conference - Los Angeles Times. Telling it straight = Time to subscribe to the LA Times!!

Should not be lost on anyone that the participation of white ministers in the civil rights movement is what changed minds of so many that were accepting of violence against black protestors. This is a potential game changer!! www.threads.com/@bgonthescen...

Not just a drill — or is it? Using troops in LA may be precursor for the 2026 elections (if GOP loses of course). Troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear - POLITICO

2,000 National Guard troops will be sent to L.A. amid clashes over immigration raids - Los Angeles Times

Counterpoint: you actually did vote to deport moms. What part of “mass deportations now” did you not understand?

More fallout from Trump’s reelection. It’s not just the regime but what it signals about America society. apple.news/AX-1YrmTKRyS...

very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students

This is nowhere near a “tussle.” We have crossed the Rubicon. How a deportation case is turning into a tussle over presidential authority - The Christian Science Monitor

Excited and grateful to be part of this group!

Thank you Wisconsin!!

#Signalgate #Whiskeyleaks This administration is Incompetent and dangerous!!

Democratic backsliding in the United States is part of a global trend, but it's not inevitable. @profpjones.bsky.social describes how other countries have pushed back on autocracy: cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3417 #PoliSky

I'll be moderating a panel on Birth Right Citizenship at @umfordschool.bsky.social (and try to bring a comparative perspective). The panel includes legal scholars and historians (see below), join us on FRIDAY March 28th! fordschool.umich.edu/event/2025/c...

The only choice for Dems is Shutdown! www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

“It's a seismic shift. That may read like hyperbole, but what we are now experiencing in terms of transatlantic relations is unprecedented in the 80 years since the end of World War Two.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is what’s going viral on Truth Social. The cruelty is the point!

Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

In case there was any doubt where this is heading.