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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

A tweet from Mr. Beast that reads “Ironically because of all the new tariffs it is now way cheaper to make our chocolate bars we sell globally not in America because other countries don’t have a 20% tariff on our cogs”

A graph of major raw foods hit by trumps April 2nd tariff increases

Great example from Mr. Beast of how insane it was for Trump to hit raw food with tariffs

Ingredients that grow abroad are getting more expensive—a Feastables bar has sugar (hit by a 10% tariff), chocolate (6-15%), cocoa butter (21%), & vanilla (41%)—and those tariffs also hit coffee, fish, etc

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Knowing your rights, staying safe, & protecting others is essential.

Be prepared, look out for each other, and keep fighting for what’s right.

Stay safe out there!

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I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.

In 1923 Adolf Hitler incited an insurrection against the German government.

He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of /1

Oh my God Democrats are NATO but for civil rights

February 5, 2025 Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.

February 5, 2025:

Trump's fake crime wave On January 19, during a rally held in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump claimed that “crime has gone through the roof” and that it “was up like 40%.” He claimed that violent crime is especially...

1. Trump's immigration crackdown is premised on the idea that the US is experiencing a massive surge in violent crime

According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities

THIS IS A LIE

New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels

Sanity Check After Trump’s First Week Back in Office It’s not quite pitch black—but that’s no thanks to him.

Thanks to @jilldlawrence.bsky.social for the kind words and nice shoutout!

"Marc Elias, the Democracy Docket lawyer who fights for voting rights, created a list of '10 things we can all do to protect democracy.' [] He won’t stand for cynicism, and any cheer he offers is well grounded."

While MAGAs and Trump are taking a victory lap over the Colombia fiasco….this is what actually happened there

Fuck nazis!

Earlier today, in the final hours before inauguration, Donald Trump was again handed the keys to thousands of nuclear weapons — enough firepower to kill every human being on the planet. The power to use them is the President’s alone, and the process can unfold in as little as 5 minutes.

Here’s how:

An unfortunate truth.

These Trump Cabinet and Staff Picks Had a Hand in Anti-Voting Litigation Read more here.

Confirmation hearings began this week for Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. Here are the nominees who have already had a hand in rolling back voting rights over the past few years and will likely continue over the next four.

"There will be no rebuilding": Bracing America for the implementation of Project 2025 Donald Trump's return to power further undermines America's self-image of greatness

"There will be no rebuilding. There will only be mass looting of our tax dollars, greasing of palms, favors to help the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the destruction of the middle class, further ensuring we cannot fight back."

Catnado!

The American oligarchy is back, and it’s out of control It’s the third time in the nation’s history that a small group of hyper-wealthy people have gained political power over the rest of us. Here’s what we must do.

Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy.

Let me explain.

BREAKING: Senator Chris Murphy sounds the alarm that Trump's plan to "cripple our democracy" is "happening right in front of our eyes."

He pointed to the Republican recommendation for a criminal investigation into Liz Cheney as a chilling sign of what's to come.

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BREAKING: Vice President Kamala Harris urges young voters to "stay in the fight" in her first major remarks since her concession speech — says "civil rights, women’s rights, workers’ rights" would never have happened if "people had given up."

Please like and share if you refuse to give up!

Debunking Every Myth You Hear Against Universal Healthcare Whether you are politically left or right, you should want Universal Healthcare as a human right—here are the receipts on why

Often my writing means angry MAGA replies. On this piece debunking the 5 most common myths against universal healthcare I've received overwhelming support from people on the right AND on the left.

Americans get it -- we need universal healthcare as a human right: www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...

No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades The 17 standing committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated on Jan. 3. No people of color were selected, either.

No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress. No people of color were selected, either.

Our Nightmare before Christmas

Seoul Searching A coup attempt in South Korea, and its sound rejection by democratic forces there, are both a warning and a shining example of courage.

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What is this beast?

I'm glad!

I honestly don't care whether Joe changed his mind or that he might have lied.

His decision to pardon Hunter doesn't effect me at all.

Trump lying about having nothing to do with project 2025 and then adding its creators to his cabinet, does affect me. And you.

Save your outrage for what matters.

Be Not Afraid Trump and MAGA want to frighten you. Don't let them.

"Firing *every single federal employee* would save a whopping 5 percent of the budget. But the point of this isn’t reducing the national debt. It’s striking fear into the federal workforce in order to make them more compliant."

The Right Is About To Destroy One Of Its Core Beliefs, Lets Help Them They Broke It They Own It

America is over 334 million people. The idea you’re gonna run all of this like 13 colonies subsidized by enslaved Black labor is dumb. We need to keep pointing this out since it’s the core of conservatism. www.oliverexplains.com/p/the-right-...