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Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like The president didn’t bother to wait for a crisis to launch an authoritarian crackdown.

“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived,” writes Michelle Goldberg.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Wannabe dictator acting like a dictator.

Congress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rules The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.

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The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.

YouTube video by DW Documentary Hitler's Reich - Diaries of Nazi supporters, opponents and victims (1/4) | DW Documentary

During Hitler’s Reich, these diaries “…capture a time when many looked the other way, remained silent, or became complicit.” youtu.be/fDWYc8vTvEw

I haven’t seen any better coverage to help Americans understand how this works than that provided the series “Dark Money Game” press.wbd.com/us/media-rel...

To Bill Ackman…This IS what you voted for. Trump is who you voted for, a reckless, unintelligent, self-centered, misguided and petty man.

How US neo-Nazism actually works, according to a former white supremacist Arno Michaelis was in neo-Nazi groups for seven years. He discusses how the Nazi ideology has spread across the US.

How neo-Nazism actually works, according to a former white supremacist

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Oh, and I had money in my savings acct with them and asked why I could not simply transfer the funds to reverse the fees. They refused…I was a kid…they and other banks are predatory / dirty

Banks used to practice charging your account in certain ways to tack on as many overdraft fees as possible until laws changed this! When I was a kid, Compass bank waited wks to apply charges to my account AND applied all my SMALLER CHARGES AFTER my funds depleted, charging me $500 in overdraft fees

Yes, we still have a constitutional democracy March 18, 2025

We have overcome near-death experiences before.

We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.

We are.

But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
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The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services.

This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).

It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...

Opinion | Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional Where all this goes is still up to us.

A powerful, important piece from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

YouTube video by Adam Conover The Tesla protests are working.

The Tesla protests are working. youtu.be/ochgnYc4hXg

MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.

This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.

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USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

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Trump is pathetic, he tries to dominate then trash talks his allies and kisses his enemies’ asses who see him as a wimpy, dumb tool. John Bolton, the former republican national security adviser stated they “play Trump ‘like a fiddle’!"

Elbows Up: Canada’s Response to Trump’s Trade War Anger with the country’s southern neighbor is simmering and widespread.

A gloves-off trade war with the U.S. is uniting Canadians against their southern neighbor.

Listen to "The Daily."

Unfortunately, you are right about everything that has shown (as wrong in the rationale) with this country

Smoke and mirrors in Cuba They are all lying but they got the pictures and that's what matters

Did you hear that the much trumpeted mission to house 30,000 immigrants at Guantanamo Bay has completely failed and ended? Nah...they don't want you to know they burned over $16M for 290 people. But they got the pictures! Really. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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To be clear: The Trump administration doesn't have the authority to deport Mahmoud Khalil for voicing his beliefs.

We will see them in court.

Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations The documents would ultimately inform whether Musk has been operating unconstitutionally to the extent Doge’s activities should be halted Elon Musk and his so-called “department of government efficiency”, or Doge, have been ordered by a federal judge to…

Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations

Public opinion is mutable Democrats are squandering opportunities to change it

“Democrats are squandering opportunities to change public opinion “

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New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud.

SCOOP: The new DOGE official seeking private taxpayer information at the IRS has ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch considered part of Putin's inner circle.

Sam Corcos is married to a woman who partnered w/ a VC firm handling Suleyman Kerimov's money.

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Last year I found myself on the trail with prominent Republicans who knew their conscience called them to stand up against Trump. But those in office today believe their power/survival completely depends on his approval. Only by changing that equation can we reconnect them with their conscience.