Phyllis Beal

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To be clear, the Judge scheduled a hearing for Thursday, saying she needed the time for the parties to provide her with more information before she made a decision. This is hardly a win for the Trump administration.

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

“Violence is not the cause of Trump and Miller’s desire to use state power to crush their opposition. It is the pretext for which they transparently long.”

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Portland And Beyond This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: “I’d do it if it was necessary.

Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

UPDATE: A source shares this message VOA chief Abramowitz sent to workforce following DC Circuit ruling allowing him to remain in his post despite Trump's attempt to fire him:

"It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the [NYAG Letitia James]."
By my new @lawfaremedia.org colleague Molly L. Roberts (formerly of @washingtonpost.com )
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The Rule of Law v. The Rule of Trump A crisis moment in the defining debate of our time.

"We are facing a clear and present authoritarian danger.

In these circumstances, can Democrats in Congress continue to take the position that their demand from the Trump administration is simply to restore health care funding?

I don’t think so."

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I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

💯. At the very least, if a criminal calls you or you call a criminal in the middle of his execution of a criminal conspiracy, you should expect that those conversations may be a subject of inquiry.

OH, THE RAVAGES OF THE WAR ON CARNIVORISM

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)

These mutherfuckers hate like this because they’re miserable and deplorable. 70 years and he still can’t rest from you pieces of shit!

Never thought this would be happening in America!

"Hitler didn't steal the power, his people voted for him, and then he destroyed his people." - Pope Francis

Donald Trump's "golden age" is feeling suspiciously similar to the final moments before the Great Depression, so let's start there. Listen to Andrew Ross Sorkin on the LP podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiLFRZS-QGM

The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future. We drink their milkshake.

Bulwark poaches Catherine Rampell while legacy giants wither. CBS installs Bari Weiss to please the regime. Bezos tames the Post. Reader-funded outlets pitch themselves as anti-authoritarian lifeboats as corporate media bends to power.