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Everyone is talking about it because Trump told Texas Republicans to get him five more seats.

We agree that district boundaries should be drawn fairly. But the Republican party has gone fascist and WILL SEIZE POWER PERMANENTLY if we don't stop them. Right now is the time to fight fire with fire.

Some Democrats have shown real heroism. But as a party they are disunited, ineffective, seemingly afraid of their shadows.

What would an opposition party strategy look like if the Democrats were bold and united? Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/if-democrats-got-off-their-asses

Even after explaining I want to derail fascism, you still assume my motivation is hatred. Weird.

If you're watching from overseas and wondering if you can help (or hurt, depending on your point of view), how about boycotting everything coming out of the USA and spending your tourism budget elsewhere? What an experiment that would be. Do it for science!

Fellow patriots (and MAGA "patriots"), what do you think of this idea? Too extreme? Not enough? Is it weird to route for your own country to lose? Is it still weird if your country has been taken over by fascists?

70% of the US economy is consumption. It would be a telling exercise if people stopped consuming all the way into a depression. I say go for it!

The quickest way to crush the fascist vision of Trump and his white nationalist puppeteers might be to halt the US economy. Then the support of billionaires will finally be lost.

Trump's reversal on tariffs in April was maybe the closest he has ever come to admitting he was wrong. HE IS INFALLIBLE, RIGHT, MAGA? It seems the only way he can change his mind is by upsetting the stock market and scaring the rich people it enriches. After all, they're the only ones he listens to.

Would like to see a list of how these innovations have or will improve our lives.

I still remember the time they had a big inauguration party and someone made a Nazi salute on stage and nobody in the room objected and then they all told us it wasn't a Nazi salute.

While the nation has plenty of real problems to deal with, Trump is ignoring them to manufacture fake emergencies.

Why?

He wants more power — and he wants to distract from his unpopular agenda.

It should be clear that America’s actual national emergency is Donald J. Trump.

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Please listen to @justinwolfers.bsky.social. Boom.

Then here's the message: Republicans are planning permanent rule and the end of our democracy. Resist every single action they make. If we actually get to have a midterm election, #VoteOutEveryRepublican and prosecute every law they have broken.

We're not lost and afraid. We're rightfully angry.

The Trump administration announced that it will launch a comprehensive review of both current and upcoming Smithsonian Institution exhibitions, examining display text, online materials, and social media posts “to evaluate tone, historical context, and adherence to American ideals.”

Homeland Security @DHSgov Which way, American man? http://JOIN.ICE.GOV photo of uncle sam with his hat off at a crossroads with title "America Needs You, Join ICE Now"

DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?

Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.

Every delivery person interview:

Interviewer: If there's a screen door that opens outward, where do you put the package?

Candidate: So it blocks the door from opening.

Interviewer: You're hired.

Let me guess. Republican?

BREAKING: Los Angeles fast food workers are ON STRIKE today, with walkoffs starting at Subway at midnight, to demand the industry stand with the Constitution and the community by supporting independent Know Your Rights training to keep workers SAFE from ICE raids at our stores. #FastFoodFairWork

This Saturday, nationwide “Fight the Trump Takeover” protests will take place with 50 rallies across 20 states to oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas. “Fight the Trump Takeover” is coordinated by Texas for ALL(@texasforall.bsky.social), the day of action pushes back against

Baltimore Mayor Scott response on Trump: I think it's very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the President has a black mayor, and most of those cities are seeing historic lows in violent crime…

The League of Women Voters and the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia issued a joint statement in response to President Trump deploying the National Guard to Washington, DC, and taking over the DC Metropolitan Police Department. Full statement: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...

Only a tyrant would try to use the American military against American citizens on American soil. Only a fascist would do that. Only a traitor would do that. And if Trump does that, he’s declaring war on the American people. And the American people will have no choice but to fight back against him.

Trump doesn't care about crime in D.C. — which is at a 30-year low. He's creating another fake "emergency" in an attempt to show force. If he actually cared about keeping the city safe, he wouldn't have stoked insurrectionists to attack the Capitol on Jan 6. Hello?

Naked fascism. The Trump regime will deploy military in one city after another to make Republican rule permanent.

With Trump set to use crime as a fake justification to threaten DC today, media coverage should make one thing clear: At this point his pattern of manufacturing pretexts for militarizing domestic law enforcement has become undeniable. Some thoughts on that here:

newrepublic.com/article/1987...

Trump voters, this is on you. Trump is planning to use the military to permanently entrench far-right rule. Do you see it yet? What will you do about it?

Trump: “We're going to take back our capital…And then we will look at other cities also.”

Trump places Washington DC police under federal control and will deploy National Guard – live updates President cites violent crime as reason for federalizing nation’s capital; DC mayor says ‘any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false’

This is an illiberal act of absolute authoritarianism and distraction from his unsavory political problems. American democracy is in free fall. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Trump announces he's placing the DC police department "under direct federal control" and deploying the National Guard in the city