The guy barred the Associated Press from an event in the White House because it used words the guy did not like.
Does anyone still doubting we are living already in a totalitarian country with the ruler flexing his muscle every day?

YouTube video by Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Mensaje de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo al pueblo de México

Response of the Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, to the unilateral imposition of a 25% tariffs to imports from Mexico by President Donald Trump.

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Paraphrasing an NPR article: Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School said the US "is no longer a beacon of freedom, of hope, of protection for refugees and asylum-seekers."
I say: Who is organizing the work to dismantle and return the Statue of Liberty?

For now, all NIH communications need to be reviewed by a presidential apointee before they are issued. That already has stopped a scientific conference to deal with cancer research.
At least we won't need to watch a holocaust movie to learn what fascism is.

And so far there does not seem to be anything to stop them.

Thx

Trump, a highly vindictive individual, pardoned the rioters. Now, more than ever, he has his own militia, made up of lawless, violent, armed thugs that know they can get away with anything (murder? Yes, of course). Does anyone still think this is NOT going to get really ugly really quickly?

I invited my best friend to the People's March.
What's the point - she said - that is not going to stop him from taking office.
Her logic is flawless, but deep inside I feel she is wrong. What would you say to her?

"I do believe very strongly that America's democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it … otherwise it is very fragile and it will not be willing to withstand moments of crisis. And today, America's democracy stood,"
Kamala Harris.

But we do have to heed the call!

It is called Neoliberalism. It is promoted and supported by corrupt oligarchs. They own media conglomerates and whith that they manipulate the general opinion. You know who they are. They lined up to donate for an inaugural of the guy who will sway things their way.

That is exactly what the corrupt Neoliberal system says. Helping the poor is "populism", while rescuing the rich is "helping the economy". Take a look at what has happened in México since 2018 and how how Mexico's economy is currently among the most powerful (the 12th economy) in the world.

How to prepare for a TikTok ban that will start in a few days? It's a no brainer. Just cancel the largely moronic app, which appears to contain mostly garbage. Life is better when lived outside of a tiny screen that fits in you pocket... really... it is not just a saying.

Not small at all.

I always had my doubts about the information on Facebook and Instagram. Now I know for sure it is not reliable at all and most likely it is just lies and misinformation. And just like X, I canceled Facebook and Instagram... and I have so much time for everything else... like real friends and family.

Peter, from Peter, Paul, and Mary just died.

It looks like we, ourselves, now are the ones who have to ring the bell in the morning and in the evening, ringing out danger and ringing out warning to all our brothers and sisters, all over this land.

Zuckerberg used to say that misinformation was a threat to Democracy. Now he says that fact checkers "have destroyed more trust than they've created".
I resent having my intelligence insulted in this manner.
Don't you?

Meta says it will end fact checking as Silicon Valley prepares for Trump CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company's previous content moderation policies "censorship," repeating talking points from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies.

Another reason to leave Facebook and Instagram. They will be used even more to spread Trump's lies and misiformation. Of course. What does Zuckerberg cares if he already kissed ass and is part of the tight circle. Certainly he does not care about us at all.

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I fully agree with your recommendation; however, we need to realize that not much is going to be accomplished seating in front of a movie screen, or in front of our cellphones for that matter. At one point, feet need to march, voices need to be raised, action need to be taken... by all of us.

Class consciousness is growing.

Upheaval is inevitable.

Will we assemble and grow fast enough?

Or will they move faster and snuff out all attempts to move in unison.

Perhaps the threat of loosing our country will finally be the catalist for a third party, and more than a party, a movement, not just to be the third option countering the two rusted, decaying, and out-of-touch parties, but to be the only one that can bring the real transformation the U.S. needs.

From NPR this morning.

The answer to the question of this heroic police officer is that he defended our Republic, and we should show him how important his actions were with our actions to defend it too. Trump betrayed you and all of us, but progressive Americans will support you all the way.

That is oligarchy and neoliberalism for you. Textbook example.

I’m with Harry.

Attention, Republicans: Unlawful border crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped to a four-year low, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

GOP obsessions with immigrants have nothing to do with facts, and everything to do with the most transparent, hideous racism…

This is not the first time this lie is told. It was told originally during the presidency of AMLO and he had the Secretary of the Navy in one of his morning conferences, showing pictures and explaining exactly the same dangers of producing fentanil and why it cannot be produced just anywhere.

Paraphrasing George Washington: We have a Republic, if we can keep it.

This is completely unacceptable. This is the sick logic that in typical neoliberal fashion benefits the rich and cares nothing about the poor. If we let this kinds of things go unchecked, we will never achieve the goal of being a fair country good for all its inhabitants, rich and poor.