@dawneuer.bsky.social
Rhode Island state Senator - Newport & Jamestown. Community organizer, grassroots advocate, attorney.
I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.
Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary
05.10.2025 03:10 โ ๐ 8765 ๐ 2845 ๐ฌ 826 ๐ 527Oregon AG Rayfield: The first thing that mightโve told you the federal government wasnโt doing so hot was when they started off some of their arguments by talking about Truth Social as their source of facts.
Actually got a comment from the judge: โIs this really how youโre going to move forward?โ
TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
This statement is a clear example of what is known as โState Terrorismโ: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.
BREAKING: A federal judge blocked President Trumpโs call-up of the National Guard for a deployment in Portland, saying his actions were based on false claims and undermined Oregonโs sovereignty.
05.10.2025 00:21 โ ๐ 1286 ๐ 280 ๐ฌ 32 ๐ 13Booming electricity demand driven by AI is causing a shortage of gas turbines worldwide, Stephen Stapczynski and Akshat Rathi explain why on Zero podcast.
03.10.2025 08:00 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 4We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
01.10.2025 14:38 โ ๐ 24595 ๐ 8209 ๐ฌ 648 ๐ 2183Phang: So, as we can see you have a DHS officialโyou clearly hear him say on that body cam footage, โI am arresting the mayor. Even though he stepped out, Iโm going to put him in cuffs.โ
Who told him to do it? He says: the Deputy Attorney Generalโฆ And whoโs that? Todd Blanche.
WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID?
It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN โ handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasnโt breaking any laws.
Federal agent: โWe are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.โ
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
Reminds me of how the Koch brothers funded the โgrass rootsโ tea party.
24.09.2025 02:09 โ ๐ 12388 ๐ 4804 ๐ฌ 368 ๐ 156Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.
23.09.2025 17:47 โ ๐ 2913 ๐ 1101 ๐ฌ 95 ๐ 26So what happened to the $50K in cash Tom Homan got in the Cava bag?
Was it deposited in his bank account and reported as income that he paid taxes on?
Is it under his mattress?
Tom Homan, who was later named President Trumpโs border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.
20.09.2025 23:03 โ ๐ 996 ๐ 461 ๐ฌ 143 ๐ 103So Trump gets DOJ to drop an obvious bribery case against Tom Homan, then fires the US Attorney who found insufficient evidence to prosecute Letitia James, then threatens to fire Pam Bondi and replace her with dunce Lindsey Halligan unless she immediately indicts his enemies.
20.09.2025 23:16 โ ๐ 6259 ๐ 2135 ๐ฌ 367 ๐ 117Page 1: Flyer from The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project titled โTransgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism (TIVE): Background and FAQs on Need for an FBI Domestic Terrorism Designation.โ The page defines โTransgender Ideologyโ and โTIVE,โ outlining beliefs allegedly associated with them. It claims such ideology justifies violence against opponents or frames opposition as violence. The text references the alleged assassination of Charlie Kirk, urging the FBI to classify TIVE as domestic terrorism.
Page 2: Continuation of flyer with a section titled โRecent Instances of TIVE-Motivated Acts of Domestic Terrorism.โ Lists multiple violent events from 2018 to 2025, attributing them to transgender ideology. Includes mugshots of two alleged attackers. Followed by a โFrequently Asked Questions and Key Termsโ section, addressing whether transgender people are terrorists, comparing TIVE with โNihilistic Violent Extremism,โ and discussing FBI designations.
Page 3: Flyer continues with questions about Antifa and FBI terrorism classifications. States that Antifa and TIVE are separate categories. Lists ways the FBI classifies domestic terrorism and identifies typical characteristics of โTIVEs,โ such as targeting Christians, mental illness, and online radicalization. Includes images: a โTrans Antifaโ logo, a pink-blue-white-striped slogan image reading โProtect Their Right to Exist,โ a photo of Audrey Hale with a firearm, and a close-up of a magazine with the words โWhere is your God?โ
Page 4: Section titled โTerminology Used by TIVE.โ Defines terms including cisgender, deadnaming, Gillick competence, misgendering, โRight to Exist,โ โTrans genocide,โ and a phrase โYou either have a live boy or dead girl, you choose.โ Each is presented as terminology used in or associated with TIVE. Page layout is text-heavy, no additional graphics.
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesnโt like.
18.09.2025 14:10 โ ๐ 62264 ๐ 19857 ๐ฌ 2044 ๐ 932the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think weโll be ok
18.09.2025 03:09 โ ๐ 22385 ๐ 5078 ๐ฌ 463 ๐ 149Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
NEW: Senate Republicans have BLOCKED Schumer's effort to release the Epstein files. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
10.09.2025 23:10 โ ๐ 4220 ๐ 1970 ๐ฌ 583 ๐ 310Like many Never Trumpers and other people with a public profile, I have been on the receiving end of death threats for years just for speaking my mind.
No one in America should risk being killed for exercising their right to speak, no matter how despicable you think their views might be.
The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Actions speak louder than words to demonstrate this administrationโs priorities: these actions mean more fees, taxes, and audits for hard working people while the wealthy and powerful avoid taxes. This is a government of, by, and for the rich.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
Actions speak louder than words to demonstrate this administrationโs priorities: these actions mean more fees, taxes, and audits for hard working people while the wealthy and powerful avoid taxes. This is a government of, by, and for the rich. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
09.09.2025 22:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This is what the appeasers and capitulators don't seem to get (or perhaps willfully deny): You're not going along with one awful thing, you're setting the baseline for the next awful thing, and the expectation that you'll acquiesce to that. Which forms a new baseline...
Call it out and say no.