Fascism is what happens when you're making other plans.

it was all over for tv journalism when Fox News was allowed to call themselves Fair & Balanced

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Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.

The guy who literally incited an insurrection is now threatening to use the Insurrection Act to torment Americans who do not support him.

(…because he literally incited an insurrection)

I posted this one week after the election in 2024. Holds up.

Why did China stop buying US soybeans, Kevin?

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Photo showing a bust of George Washington toppled at the state Capitol.

Photo of burned flags at state Capitol.

A man broke into the WA Capitol & went on a vandalism spree, including burning flags and a toppling a big bust of George Washington. State just released some photos www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

This.

bingo

Texas received over a billion dollars for “migrant aid” while busing people to Chicago and violating human rights over and over again.

Now they’re getting $12 billion in the big beautiful bill to recomp for “expenses” like building a border wall— Illinois should sue.

How much violence has Stephen Miller caused? How much violence will he cause in the future?

Stephen Miller is a clear & present danger.

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

Understand what they are doing: using the massive power of the state - including military power and the power to imprison - to carry out a campaign to eliminate their political opposition.

It's growing in seriousness by the hour.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

A VOTE IS A KIND OF PRAYER ABOUT THE KIND OF WORLD YOU WANT TO LIVE IN." ~ Senator Raphael Warnock

No corruption here, folks! Totally normal stuff the deputy director of the CIA(Michael Ellis) just demoted the acting general counsel and decided to make himself the top lawyer while still being the No. 2 in charge.

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

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The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn ) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

😬 awkward

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

He lies more than he breathes.