4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.

What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?

Ways to resist fascism. Drawing of a megaphone : once you have properly identified fascist rhetoric, don’t let it go unchallenged. Speak up when you witness attempts to normalize it. Picture of a book titled "resist". Knowledge is power. Learn, read, discuss about fascism and the ways fascist discourses can permeate culture and find its way in everuday conversations. Picture of someone doing a roman salute. Many hands are pointing at him. Laugh at fascists and their ideas. Take every opportunity to subject them to ridicule. The power people give them largely stems from sentimentaalinen of fear and inevitability, but they are all incompetent, insecure cowards. Picture of a button press. Most importantly, get involved in your community. Find roles for yourself and others. You might not topple a fascist government today, but you can find purpose and strength to live to fight another day.

Ways to resist fascism

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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Caesar Romero puts his Joker makeup on for the Batman TV series.

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Buster Keaton and Friend

title : This government shutdown didn't happen by accident. it happened by design. 4 frame comic. we see Russell Vought, Curtis Yarvin, Russell Vought again, and the White House. Text reads : russell vought is the director of the u.s. office of management and budget and the key architect of project 2025. the nyt called him "the man behind trump's push for an all-powerful presidency." project 2025 includes a roadmap to achieve curtis yarvin's butter- fly revolution, in which the neo-reactionary leader advocates for replacing non-partisan gov't employees with loyalists, seizing control of public assets and centralizing power in a small group of elites. what vought aimed to do was create the conditions in which he could strip bare what he calls the "unelected fourth branch of government". back in february, he instructed agencies to prepare for mass layoffs on sept. 30th. this shutdown will give Trump the power to bypass Congressional oversight: Trump can just declare which areas are considered essential services, and ignore the 1974 law that prevents presidents from withholding federal dollars. this shutdown was the goal all along.

This shutdown happened by design.

4 frame comics. in the first frame theres a MAGA hat. text reads : fascism is a "cult of the leader who promises national resto- ration in the face of humiliation brought on by supposed commu- nists, Marxists and minorities and immigrants who are supposedly posing a threat to the character and the history of a nation." (j. stanley, 2018) 2nd frame we see Trump's silhouette. text reads : authoritarianism is a political system that revolves around a central figure, a party or the military. it rejects political pluralism and the rule of law. in 3rd frame we see the Texas proposed congressional districts. text reads : An illiberal democracy is a governing system that "hides its nondemocratic practices behind formally democratic institutions and procedures" (bonet & zamorano, 2021) while suppressing opposing views. 4th frame we see Curtis Yarvin. text reads : the neo-reactionary movement, or dark enlightenment, is an anti-egalitarian ideology advoca- ting for a return to monarchy and a dismantlement of the state. yarvin, its founder, is backed by peter thiel and an influential friend of jd vance, as well as the thinker behind elon musk's d.o.g.e..

A useful glossary for 2025.

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Visit... War-Ravaged Portland

I watched the funeral and I think that's how the speeches were brainstormed

4 frame comic. 1st frame is Charlie Kirk recording a podcast. text reads : It's never too late to realize that you've been duped by authoritarians offering you convenient scapegoats to your problems. Second frame is a silhouette in the dark in front of a computer screen. text reads : there is no shame in admitting that you once spoke from a place of prejudice or ignorance. third frame, we see someone using a bellow to light a fire. text reads : I bet fanning the flame of hatred must have felt nice and warm... purposeful even, in the coldness of our world. fourth frame is the silhouette of a demonstration with banners and raised fists. text reads : it might be a long journey to redemption, but it is the only destination worth it. There is a place for you in the resistance.

It's never too late.

4 frame comic. in the first frame, the fbi building. text reads : according to insiders, the fbi is preparing to label trans people as "violent extremists". second frame, we see the Heritage foundation logo. text reads : the news came out moments before a new policy proposal by the heritage foundation, the organization behind project 2025, was released. this policy would label trans people and their allies as "domestic terrorists". third frame, we see four pages from a document. text reads : the document uses the murder of charlie kirk as a reason to designate "trans-ideology-inspired violent extremism" as a domestic terrorism threat category and to "use the full toolkit of the fbi to prevent future attacks inspired by the ideology." fourth frame, just text : after blaming 50% of school shootings since 2015 on it, the proposal goes on to define "trans-ideology-inspired violent extremism" as : claims of trans people's right to exist; lack of respect for genetic realities; use of terminology such as : cisgender, misgendering, trans genocide... make sure the trans people in your life are SAFE.

Stay safe. Sources and documents in the replies.

Not everyone can always cancel things during a boycott, but if you can, today is a perfect day to terrorize the shit out of Disney. Do it for a week. Or be like me (the person described in the follow up post) and cancel b/c you forgot you were subscribed. Then make sure to tell them why. I did.

Beautiful!!!

Call your local TERF a TERF today!

The Death of Democracy

The Groyper Wars

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…but you all knew this already 😁

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The Washington Health Trust is in the House & the Senate. Affordable healthcare bills have been introduced since the 90s. It's time to pass one.

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I loved this book so much. It gave me life

Orville “Redenbacher” Pecorino

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Happy Herb Ritts Day, everyone!
Born 8/13/1952

Image:
Fred with Tires – Bodyshop Series, Hollywood
1984
By Herb Ritts (American, 1952-2002)
Gelatin silver print
24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8cm)
Gift of Herb Ritts. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
© Herb Ritts Foundation