Opinion | The Emergency Is Here (Gift Article) Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.

THIS is how this regime will disappear innocent people and make them unreachable.
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Time to stop watching newsmax.

Thinking about... | Timothy Snyder | Substack Opening the future by understanding the past. Click to read "Thinking about...", by Timothy Snyder, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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20 Lessons on Tyranny

We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.

Third time’s the charm, I guess.

Politics Chat, April 1, 2025 YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Dr. Richardson migrated her Politics Chat to YouTube. This is yesterday's chat where she speaks at length about the loss of due process.

April 1, 2025 Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.

April 1, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Dr. Richardson summarizes Sen. Booker's filibuster.

Harnessing Collective Power to Overcome Trump’s Fear Tactics Power in numbers to defeat Trump's strategy of fear

Overcoming fear.
#goempathysurplus
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The administration is trying to beat law firms into submission for representing clients the administration does not like.

Watch Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Reject the Politics of Trans Abandonment As some Democrats retreat, Pritzker doubles down on protecting the most vulnerable.

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Gov. Pritzker talks to the Human Rights Campaign. #goempathysurplus

Alien Enemies Act Last week, a resolution calling for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg, who is hearing the challenge to Trump’s authority under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), was filed in the House of Representati...

Alien Enemies Act open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
MAGA lawyers seem unclear on how our legal system works.

How to fight the Trump regime’s use of fear and intimidation Three rules for responding to his tyranny

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As Timothy Snyder says - do not obey in advance.

Giant Flying Metaphor Explodes Requires feminist analysis

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elon's exploding rocket - feminist theology.

Theologically speaking, then, we could say that Musk and his projectiles symbolize rebellion against what Christians believe is God’s coming kin-dom..of justice, mercy and abundance.

Musk calls Sen. Kelly a 'traitor' over trip to Ukraine, Kelly hits back Elon Musk called Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly a "traitor" in a post on X after Kelly posted that he had visited Ukraine over the weekend.

Defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe. If Elon doesn't understand that, maybe he should leave it to those of us who do.

The Bootlicker Brigade Oh, the Bootlicker Brigade, bending low, tongues out wide,Kissing the boots of the men who take them for a ride.

The Bootlicker Brigade
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The Bootlicker Brigade

Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

Chaos Compounded So much damage, so little time

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Chaos is the whole point. Martin O’Malley says Social Security will fail soon. Start saving now - it’s already too late.

To the Barricades: Trump Plans to “Fix” America’s Postal Service Uh-oh.

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What fixing the post office really means - censorship.

Is it a peace process? (short video) Five quick tests for the US in a two-minute video

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Five tests to determine whether it is a peace process.

I think we’ve seen all the signs.

Bad energy

Ten reasons for modest optimism Friends,

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Robert Reich sets the record straight...

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

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The problems with kash patel.

Forget Bonhoeffer. This is the Niemöller Moment Change your mind. Get others to change their minds. Stand up. Speak out.

Forget Bonhoeffer. This is the Niemöller Moment open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Personally, I think we need more Niemollers and Bonhoeffers. Read on, especially if you don't know who these resistors to nazism were.

No One Knows How This Will End (But I Do Not Think It Will End Well for Them) I can sum up the Trump/Musk/Vance theory of power in five words: "We have power; you don't." Alternative version in six words: "we can do anything we want." They seem to believe that nothing is really...

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Gestures of petty resentment.

“Coercion and violence are what you resort to when you have failed at convincing and allying and negotiating.”

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

The Logic of Destruction open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

"American policy, under Musk-Trump, amounts to a kind of affirmative action for dictators."

Post Valentine Thoughts on Breaking Up with Trump Feb 16th, week 4 of The Great Shattering

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Why people can't break up with tr**p.

My Video on Trump Pleasing Putin and America as an Ally of Autocrats This is not isolationism. It is America reorienting foreign policy to engage with autocracies as an ally.

My Video on Trump Pleasing Putin and America as an Ally of Autocrats open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

tr**p is not isolating America. He's realigning us with an axis of autocrats.