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Great thread on the distinctive political culture of Portland, by a US historian who is very much from Portland.

Column | Israel’s unprecedented slaughter of journalists in Gaza Finding any sort of accountability for the deaths of Palestinian journalists will likely prove difficult.

"You obviously used them very well," says Trump of U.S. weapons given to Israel.

I'm old enough to remember when the entire Chicago PD quit when Brandon Johnson was elected.

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

RFK Will Kill Us All

Susan Collins is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which means she has considerable power to influence the administration but she prefers to mumble weak protestations to the media

It's almost impossible for numbers to go that low.

RFK Will Kill Us All

Mr. President, is it you or your dusty little gnome who is sending in troops to provoke riots? The gnome said it was him.

Trump critic and former national security adviser John Bolton to be charged soon, sources say Bolton would be the third critic of the president to face federal charges. New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey were recently indicted.

And when they came for John Bolton, we were making fun of his mustache. Even really bad people need constitutional protections though, so just another red light flashing.

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Man, a meager deputy chief of staff yields enormous power, who knew.

for a while, long ago, I wondered about a political party that catered to the desires of serial killers - getting basically 100% of the serial killer vote in order to run america

and now: that political daydream has become a reality

It’s remarkable that people who work in the medium of TV think this works. People saw the image of a minister being brutalized, you’re not gonna counter that with words

Important thread:

this really is all just about resentment over obama being given the prize

White House response is measured as always:

Trump's disdain for international institutions is only matched by his desire to be accepted by them.

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US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

“Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled.”

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes @johnjharwood.bsky.social.

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I wrote legal editorials for the Post for a hot minute many years ago, and I was constantly anxious about making sure I got the details right. This editorial is just humiliating for everyone involved

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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I’m guessing this is less about driver safety and more about X not cracking down on Epstein File tweets…

Donald Trump is calling for the Chicago mayor and Illinois governor to be locked up because they won’t bend the knee to his fascism and legitimize his lies and propaganda.

Locking up political opponents to crush dissent is fascism, whether you like the word or not.

Peak Trump

How Trump’s Compact Threatens Higher Ed Funding, Freedom Higher ed organizations have raised alarm over a federal government document that asks universities to agree to significant restrictions without specifying what they’ll gain—or what they’ll lose for r...

“The document represents another escalation in the White House’s precedent-shattering crusade to overhaul postsecondary ed—one that could restrict freedoms at colleges across the nation. They expect the compact will likely serve as a blueprint for the administration’s dealings with other colleges.”

The US Will Kill Us All

Terrifying!

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?