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Johnson stresses Congress’s power over courts: ‘Desperate times call for desperate measures’ Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday drew attention to Congress’s power over the federal judiciary as Republicans plot how to legislatively channel their outrage over district judges who have bl…

The Speaker of the House is a fascist. Full stop. He is floating eliminating federal courts bc they are upholding the Constitution. This is outright authoritarianism. Call your members of Congress right now. They need to fear the voters more than Trump. 202 224 3121

We’re four years away from another presidential election and Trump is already laying the groundwork to make it a sham election to rival Russia’s.

Once again I ask:

Do you get it yet, law firms?

These orders aren’t isolated threats to Covington or Perkins or Jenner.

They’re existential threats to the independence of the legal profession.

You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next.

Say something. Do something.

I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT

Oh.

Ill fit for the moment. In many respects America has been a a dead man walking for a decade at least and Trump and was simply the populist able to capture an aggrieved society. The Maga movement has then be coopted by Musk/ butterfly revolution and heritage fund p2025. Extreme right revolutionaries

Shouldn't be surprised or shocked that the supposed elite in defence of the constitution and democracy capitulated so quickly. A classic case of empire eating itself as anti social traits prospered under good times. Cowardice a virtue, courage a handicap to profit and self enrichment thus an elite

I compare it to the collapse of any regime when that "no clothes" moment occurs. The speed at which US Afghanistan and Assad Syria collapsed exposed they were paper tigers.I sense US democracy may be going through that experience where everyone finally realises it hasn't been one for a long time and

American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.

Tesla Takedown | Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere. The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.

Take one look at these pathetic blubbering babies, then go to TeslaTakedown.com and find the Tesla protest in your area. I promise you, there is nothing like the feeling that you had a little part in making these pathetic losers flail about in impotent rage. The high lasts all week! #TeslaTakedown

The reason Trump is threatening to violate our basic rights is because he has no answer to mass collective action.

The lesson: our strength is in our numbers.

It is more important than ever for us to show that we have the numbers and they are growing. When we stand together, they have nothing.

The latest Trump EO is even scarier. Granting full access and authority to Musk

The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.

Owned A “devastating” (Nation) examination of how a cabal of tech-billionaires is colluding with once-idealistic journalists to create an entirely new media ...

What I’m reading:

“Owned: How Tech Billionaires on The Right Bought The Loudest Voices On The Left” by @eoinhiggins.bsky.social

A stunning exposé about the power of tech money to corrupt.

Anyone else reading and wanna compare notes?

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eoin-...

Wait until white, US citizens of political opposition suddenly get deported and accused of being terrorists. The perfect excuse to make anyone disappear. Putin type stuff in the US. Crazy times

NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.

Reminds me of post 9/11 when hysteria of Arabian culture spread across US. Anyone reading or speaking Arabic was accused of being a Taliban terrorist. These policies, implemented by prejudiced individuals, will of course result in perversion of justice and mistaken identities.

The Intelligence Mafia What is the difference between a terrorist and a soldier? The actions are now identical, both act to produce terror, so probably the only standing difference is that terrorists are non-government a…

You may be asking "but Anon how did our intelligence services degrade so much they let Trump back in power.."

Heather Marsh actually explained it already, like a lot, this was written in 2010 and will help you get up to speed as to what happened.

It’s time for the US to accept Trump’s election was a foreign funded coup d’état and that they are experiencing the seeding of a dictatorship.

"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release 2025 data"

"US democracy will not last another 6 months."

Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy

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3/ want us to cut like all your contracts and put you guy out of business you'll do what we tell you. And that seems to be pretty much what happened. Again, this is based on new claims by the parties that are going to be hashed out in a hearing I believe at 2pm. So we still need to hear and see ...

2/ security contractors played a key, key role in this drama. But here's the key. They were the existing security contractors of the USIP. But they switched sides to DOGE. Why? Because they've got other security contracts across the govt and DOGE was able to say to them: Guys, if you don't ...

This is sickening

6/🧵 When judges across the ideological spectrum reach similar legal conclusions about attacks on our Constitution, we should see it for what it is: a flashing warning sign that we are facing a clear and present danger to our democratic and constitutional order.

This is nonsense. A district court decision holds just as much legal weight as a Supreme Court decision. The only difference is the district court’s ruling is appealable. But until you WIN an appeal a district court’s decision binds all parties, including the executive branch.

From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.

Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”

Fmr. Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig: Trump has 'declared war on the rule of law' in America Former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss Chief Justice Roberts’ public rebuke of Donald Trump after he called for the impeachment of a judge who ruled a...

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Woke up this morning full of a particular kind of rage at the fact that that Dems knew this was coming. They knew the risk was there for years. They know what is unfolding now, and are failing at every turn to stop it, or even to effectively alert people to the danger so we can stop it ourselves.

The thing is, we know what is required to stop authoritarian takeovers. Historians, political scientists have been screaming what we must do. Last night's town hall shows the people are demanding leaders to organize and mobilize the people to take the necessary actions. Who is leading??