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He's not wrong on this. I've got my issues with him, but this fight back mindset isn't one of them

I Hate these people. I've really tried. My entire life - I've tried not to hate. I've failed when it comes to Maga. Especially their Vile Disgusting Child Rapist Leader Trump. That's where I've failed miserably. The entire lot of them are evil.

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Well now we know who the new NSA General Counsel will be

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#animals #skylight

YouTube video by Tad Stoermer The Hardest Lesson from Resistance History: There's No Normal to Return To

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“There is no scenario where authoritarianism collapses on its own. Resistance is not just important, it’s the only way power relinquishes control. There’s no ‘normal’ to return to, folks. There’s only what we do now.”
—Tad Stoermer
#resistance

He got busted with porn on his screen during a work meeting.

Another single, powerless person shows more courage than our massive, elite institutions.

We're in the Orbanization of our media system now. It's happening.

CNN's Brian Stelter drew this assessment from Gábor Scheiring, "who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...

Isaiah Martin For Congress ​​Isaiah Martin is a proud Houston native, loyal brother and son, and a dedicated advocate. ​Isaiah’s upbringing instilled in him the values of service, resilience, and a deep commitment to his commun...

Isaiah’s STILL in custody!
No doubt the TXGOP are gonna try to make a bullshit example out of him.

Uno reverse! Let’s bring as much attention to Isaiah as possible!

And please sign up to volunteer and donate to his campaign for Congress.
Pass it on! 🙏🏽

2/2

#FreeIsaiah

www.isaiahmartin.org

Obama Claps Back! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾

Last year, the FTC banned two Big Oil executives from serving on the boards of oil giants Exxon and Chevron after it found they colluded to fix gas prices.

Trump’s FTC just overturned that ban.

His regime is rubber-stamping corporate corruption.

Chances are good that the midterms will be decided in a free and fair election, but that is NOT a guaranteed outcome.

I’m not pessimistic. I can read the room.
Is your passport in order?

YouTube video by Tom Bilyeu THIS Explains What's Really Happening In The World - It's Uglier Than You Think | Tom Bilyeu

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#realpolitik #tombilyeu #power

The Center on Privacy and Technology, which investigates emerging surveillance technologies and their impacts on civil liberties, contends the agency’s aggressive DNA collection is but one node in a broader effort to redefine policing through vast use of biometric and behavioral data. In a 2024 report, it argued that genetic surveillance has “almost no use in immigration enforcement operations as they currently function,” suggesting the practice is a stalking horse for normalizing the use of genetic profiling across everyday police work. Constitutional law expert David Cole flagged this mission creep in the wake of the US government’s post-9/11 abuses, writing: “Measures initially targeted at noncitizens may well come back to haunt us all.” Surveillance scholars have also widely observed that new technologies—especially those with invasive potential—are often deployed against vulnerable groups before being normalized across society. Immigrants, under this regime, are more frequently targeted for biometric data collection because they are mostly powerless politically, unable to resist being cast as test subjects in surveillance programs that, once embedded, rarely retain their original scope.

NEW: Wyden questions DHS over its harvesting of DNA from tens of thousands of immigrant children (despite policies that should exempt them).

I take the opportunity to explain why this not great for you, citizen.

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He’s a very bad man, and they are trying desperately to keep him from ever having any say over the law. Well done.

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,

Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,

Your fan, Mar🐫

Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.

George Retes, 25, who works as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, said he was arriving at work on July 10 when several federal agents surrounded his car and — despite him identifying himself as a U.S. citizen — broke his window, peppered sprayed him and dragged him out.

YouTube video by Tad Stoermer The 3.5% Protest Rule Is a Dangerous Fantasy — Here’s What Resistance Actually Requires

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#resistance #history

YouTube video by Zeihan on Geopolitics The Highs and Lows of Burgum's Energy Strategy || Peter Zeihan

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#energy #fossilfuel #federallands

America, you wanted a clampdown.
Here it is. Maintain your gaze.
Do not look away.

Now, do you feel better or worse?

Miami Herald is doing important work on DeSantis' concentration camp.

Canada is not going back to ‘status quo’ #BuyCanadian #Canada 🍁💪🏻

Prices are now starting to rise because of tariffs. Economists say this is just the beginning Economists, researchers and analysts have warned that President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade policy of tacking steep tariffs on most goods that come in to America will deliver a taxing blow to consum...

Buckle up, folks. Prices are going up because of trump’s tariffs, and it’s just the beginning. You ain’t seen nothing yet, as the saying goes. Waiting to see the MAGAts blame Biden for it 🙄#ProudBlue

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A photo of a grain elevator and out buildings in shades of white and rust. To the left is a water tower, taller than the other buildings, striped blue and white, looking very much like a hot air balloon. In the foreground to the left is a big pile of sand. Light blue sky in the background with a few low clouds.

If I hadn’t taken this photo myself, I’d swear it was a lost Hopper painting. May paint it one day, but I have two huge canvases to finish before that happens.
#Hopper #painting #surreal #art #modernart #photography #midwest