Rebecca Rauber

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Miniscule fines for the richest man on earth to pillage it

I can’t in good faith vote to pass a defense authorization when this President is using our brave men and women in uniform as his personal intimidation tool. My full statement here.

We anti-fascist activists never:
- tried to violently overthrow a valid election
- attack police w/flagpoles, clubs, canisters, fists, shields, boots…injuring 140
- smeared feces on the walls of Congress
- set up a gallows & called for the death of sitting VP
- said US ain’t great like they do

Al Overview No Latin American country is described as being “China-led" by political analysts or international relations experts. The term "China-led" typically implies political or military dominance, which does not reflect the current complex relationships between China and Latin American nations.

Hey Siri, what Latin American countries are China-led?

an elderly man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer . Alt: An elderly man is sitting at a desk at a computer drags an icon (“My Computer”) into the trash bin. Next scene is him sitting at a desk with NO computer, as he yells, “Linda…”

Hey GOP: think *maybe* it’s time to start taking that #25A out for a ride? This entire post, and his entire economic policy portfolio is absolutely loony tunes!

…and so she calls on Trump’s brutally authoritarian state to invade her brutally authoritarian state in her first comment after receiving the prize. Not what we want to see in the world, so sadly.

Good for them!! Now that the hard part—being the first one—is done, they should all follow suit, en masse. #DoNotComply #NoFascistUSA

University of AZ, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Penn, USC, University of TX, University of VA and Vanderbilt University

The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.

He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.

Photo of Trump meeting with Netanyahu surrounded by golden filigree, vases, statuettes, molding, lamps, frames, a presidential seal, screaming eagle end tables, carpeting, coasters, and of course his golden orange hair.

And place it somewhere in the Oval Office where it will never be seen again amidst all the golden “finery.”

So is the official rationale that the parents were insurrecting in the pickup line? #NoFascistUSA

Trump’s “peace deals” are really exploitation-of-resources deals. bsky.app/profile/just...

100% guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. #NurembergThem

Since Plaintiffs’ Monday morning filings and the Court’s initial hearing that afternoon, the Trump administration has continued its purposeful defiance of the lawful bounds of its power to create a federal military occupation of Illinois.1 Indeed, in the past few days, the President has repeated his disdain for any guardrails on those powers. A few hours after the Monday hearing in this case, Trump issued an after-the-fact memorandum invoking 10 U.S.C. § 12406 to federalize National Guard troops that Secretary Hegseth had already deployed into Illinois. That same day, Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller asserted the authoritarian view that the President has “plenary authority”—sweeping and unlimited power—to federalize National Guard troops and dispatch them to American cities like Chicago. The next day, Trump told press in the Oval Office that he might just invoke the Insurrection Act to “get around” judicial orders blocking his unlawful troop deployments, like the one last weekend in Oregon. Then just yesterday, Trump himself posted on social media that the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago should be jailed. These were not empty threats. They were made even as defendants dispatched a third state’s National Guard to Illinois in federalized status, this time from California, and without any new deployment order specific to Illinois. This lawless targeting by the President and his administration of people and places he does not favor will not stop without court intervention. The Court can and should stop this authoritarian march. We remain a nation of laws, we have no king, and the President has no such “plenary authority” to federalize National Guard troops and deploy them into the streets of Illinois. The Court should enter a preliminary injunction against defendants’ federalization and deployment of any state’s National Guard, or deployment of U.S. military, into Illinois over the objection of its Governor.

"We have no king," Illinois says, updating the court on all the authoritarian things Trump has said since Monday.

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Are they really suggesting that Jack Smith’s cases were based on “pathetically weak charges”???

I can’t read the editorial bc I cancelled my WP subscription last year.

We really really need more National Guard and military leaders talking like this. #NoFascistUSA

I hold John Roberts responsible for EVERYTHING that is happening to the democratic republic today. He’s/they are the lynchpin. #KavanaughRaids #FuckSCOTUS

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No (it’s hard to subscribe individually to so many things; I know this is unfair to hard working independent investigative reporters like you…)

“Some Dems…see this topic as a ‘trap’…into a losing debate about crime…This throws in the towel, right up front, on communicating to voters what this debate is really about: that Trump’s abuses should be utterly abhorrent to anyone who values living in a free society.”

Call your reps! 202.224.3121!

Greg Sargent is killing it with his coverage of the Trump admin’s fascist overtaking of the democratic republic. Must read, always. #NoFascistUSA

Decision tree of an immigrant without full status:
- I need work
- I can work my ass off & eke out a living
- I can pick crops
- Oh, they’re regularly raiding farms & violently deporting ppl
- Oh, they’ve further cut our meager wages
- I’ll not pick crops
- The risk isn’t worth the pennies an hour

“It's no surprise that ICE has been evasive about the legal basis for its Monday raid thus far: They surely don’t have one — and the fact that they feel this unhinged and can act so aggressively without possible consequence is astounding.”

We need to ensure they suffer consequences. #NoFascistUSA

She should just go to Congress and start acting like a representative. If he can take unprecedented actions (refusing to swear in a duly elected rep) then we have to seize OUR power. The rules around administering the oath weren’t established until 2017.

Any uni that falls for this trap is a uni that no future student should consider. Period. No matter how prestigious or how good the financial aid pkg. Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Penn, University of AZ, USC, University of Texas, University of VA, & Vanderbilt.

What they’re really saying: “Fuck you, non-white [prob sub other words], female, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-rich Americans. WE are the chosen ones. It’s our lot as Christian white men (& Brother Thomas) to rule the world. Sometimes “rules” need breaking to allow us to do this. Sit down, shut up.”

An iconic photo of where we’re at.
Pulitzer quality. @ashleerezin.bsky.social

Perfect continuation of the interaction

Roberts is as responsible for the US falling to fascism as any of Trump’s goon squad.

Agreed w/you completely that this should be a career-ending scandal for ALL involved. But…it has to be noted that Trump couldn’t care less if it was a manufactured photo and could also well be lying about believing Portland was in flames. He wants total power = only motivating factor. #NoFascistUSA

What’s really legal insurrection is ignoring court orders.