Steven Reisner

Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids

Let's be clear: Immigrants are the Jews of Trump's plan for American fascism. This is where we must fight him at every turn. Everything else, including the mid-terms, is a distraction from the true nature of the threat. #AmericanFascism

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But it didn’t. Now what?

From the europe community on Reddit: "We Are Fighting Against a Dictator Backed by a Traitor" – A French Senator Speaks Out Explore this post and more from the europe community

Europeans are waking up to our new political reality and they are taking it seriously:

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To me, the most impressive moment in the interview was when the a Nobel prize-winning economist said this to you: “I'll give you my version and then tell me what I've got wrong.”
That is so outrageously cool.

Trump News and Live Updates: Zelensky Arrives for Meeting of European Leaders on Ukraine Britain’s prime minister announced the move ahead of a meeting with European leaders as the region reeled from President Trump’s confrontation with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

Zelensky, in an act of supreme courage, called Trump’s bluff. Great Britain, the EU and Ukraine are now able to play their cards and, finally, they are not being intimidated . Let’s hope it lasts. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

It’s up to Europe now, if the world is not to be divided up by monsters.

Make no mistake: RFKjr is responsible for this child’s death. How many more are going to die?

More good news. It looks like the other far right populist German party, Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW, will not gain the 5% necessary to gain seats in parliament.

Alice Weidel is not happy, which is good news for the world.

I am in Berlin watching the election returns. Happy to say that Musk’s interference did not help the far right.

Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’ The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.

This was published last October

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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change.

Trump became the most powerful man in the world in part because he learns from his mistakes. This time the military will not save us from Trumpism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

Just in case anyone missed Trump’s Truth Social post, the White House has now sent it out on X, with an illustration making the message absolutely clear. Trump has, in effect, established a monarchy, an American counter-revolution.

Just in case anyone missed Trump’s Truth Social post, the White House has now sent it out on X, with an illustration making the message absolutely clear. Trump has, in effect, established a monarchy, an American counter-revolution.

In case there is still anyone who doesn’t get that Democracy is a thing of the past in America, here is Trump’s post on “Truth Social.”

Update from Talya Minsberg

I didn’t realize the scope of this man’s power. He is now in charge of 20% of the Federal budget. And Hegseth is overseeing another 15%. That’s 1/3’of Federal spending in the hands of these two men.
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Trump said “no” so quickly, not because he doesn’t support Vance, but rather because he doesn’t believe he will have a successor. He expects to remain President himself.

Trump said “no” so quickly, not because he doesn’t support Vance, but rather because he doesn’t believe he will have a successor. He expects to remain President himself.

USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills Among those who say billionaire didn't pay: dishwashers, painters, waiters

Not paying workers for work done has always been part of Trump’s brand. Why are we “shocked” that he is doing this to those working “for him” today? The only question is why aren’t the workers organizing? Where are the picket lines? Where are the mass street protests? eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Trump’s strategy, lifted from the authoritarian playbook, is to terrorize first, then offer targeted relief. Psychoanalysts understand the aim: to induce confusion and fearful dependency, and, then grateful support when the target turns out to be someone else.
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Wealth inequality risks triggering 'societal collapse' within next decade, report finds The warning comes from an expert roundtable led by researchers from King's and the Fairness Foundation

Democracies of the world, please take note. As with climate change, the timeline is shorter than you think. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...

U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.

Eleven men, imprisoned at Guantanamo for 20 years & never charged with a crime, have been released. Biden has 13 days left to free 4 others cleared for release, transfer those found guilty of crimes to legitimate prisons, and close Guantanamo once and for all.

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Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”

Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin
Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”
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Psychoanalysis and Human Rights — Tap Magazine Steven Reisner on politics, theater, and ending psychologists’ complicity in torture

“For me, life is a process whereby Thanatos has to be put in the service of Eros. The task is not to get rid of our aggression, but for our aggression to be subjugated to the purposes of Eros.”

From my interview, out today, on psychoanalysis and political change.

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This is likely true and perhaps even more frightening than the idea that Trump is Putin’s puppet. Trump is now in the stronger position. What will he do with it?