Phyllis B Kantor

Trump wants to arrest Democrats. History is repeating itself. Hitler put Democrats in concentration camps even before he put Jews in concentration camps.

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The American Experiment At 250, the Revolution’s goals remain noble and indispensable.

THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT

At 250, the Revolution’s goals remain noble and indispensable.

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Done!!!

How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.

How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games

If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.
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Post Exclusive: ICE has kept most offices open during the government shutdown — but not the one inspecting conditions at detention centers

At Pam Bondi’s request, Apple removes ICEBlock and other apps to track immigration agents The app’s developer has said he was inspired to create it because of similarities to stories he heard about Nazi Germany.

Autocracy in full bloom😜

Ban all Apple products. Create the same opposition as we did with Jimmy Kimmel 😳

At Pam Bondi’s request, Apple removes ICEBlock and other apps to track immigration agents

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Florida’s hasty deal to host Trump’s presidential library flagged in legal filing A Florida educator is seeking to stop the state from gifting millions of dollars’ worth of land for Trump to build his presidential library in downtown Miami.

Florida’s hasty deal to host Trump’s presidential library flagged in legal filing

“worth $67 million to Trump’s nonprofit foundation to build a presidential library & potentially a hotel, without prior public negotiations.”
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Trump essentially admitted today that the shutdown is really about repealing Obamacare by choking off funding for it, which was in Project 2025.

NSPM-7, The Plot To End Constitutional Freedom Is Happening Right Now: An Urgent Message An Urgent Message 10/03/25

The plot to end Constitutional freedom is happening right now.
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Rosie O'Donnell Did Not Become an Artist to be Liked Podcast Episode · The Best People with Nicolle Wallace · 09/29/2025 · 47m

Brilliant
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He's too fat & unhealthy to walk up the stairs 🙄

BREAKING: House ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) calls on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify on Epstein revelations.

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Why can’t we have nice things, too, instead of more spread of preventable diseases?

Newsom threatens to cut state funding to universities that sign Trump’s political compact — Los Angeles Times The White House is asking nine major universities, including USC, to commit to President Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Newsom threatens to cut state funding to universities that sign Trump’s political compact

Trump asks nine elite universities to adopt Trump's political priorities.

Gavin Newsom swings back & threatens to cut state funding if any California campus agrees.
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Political Witch (@politicalwitch1) the latest from Gavin……TRUMP “MARIE ANTOINETTE” SAYS, “NO HEALTH CARE FOR YOU PEASANTS, BUT A BALLROOM FOR THE QUEEN!”

Perfect
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The awesome video team at the New York Times helped me make this video about the shutdown and Obamacare premiums.

Of course 🤦🏻‍♀️

What’s Really Behind the Shutdown: the GOP’s Immoral Priorities The tired punditry of shutdown politics isn’t adequate to the task of illustrating Republican villainy. Democrats will have to shout about it.

What’s Really Behind the Shutdown: the GOP’s Immoral Priorities

The tired punditry of shutdown politics isn’t adequate to the task of illustrating Republican villainy. Democrats will have to shout about it.

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The First Amendment (And A Court) Punch Back Tonight, we have a post that is longer than usual.

Excellent post by Joyce Vance, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.

Judge William G Young issued a scathing rebuke of Secretary Rubio & Noem.

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The 'really good lawyer' tapped to take on Comey was picked for one very Trumpian reason

The strategy matches what historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat calls “engineered incompetence.”

Must read her book!

Dominion and former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani settle defamation lawsuit Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems and Giuliani said they agreed to a “confidential settlement” of the case, with dollar terms undisclosed.

Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company, & former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani have settled the $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against the former New York mayor over spreading lies about the 2020 presidential election.
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As the House inches toward vote on Epstein files, spotlight shifts to vulnerable GOP senators — MSNBC Some Republicans will need to ask themselves a very important question: Will they spend all their political capital keeping the Epstein files secret?

As the House inches toward vote on Epstein files, spotlight shifts to vulnerable GOP senators

Some Republicans will need to ask themselves a very important question: Will they spend all their political capital keeping the Epstein files secret?

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YouTube video by Clinton Global Initiative CGI 2025 | What's Next — President Clinton and Gavin Newsom

Must listen 👂

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What Pan-Africanism Can Teach Us Now A biography of Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah casts the post-WWII era as a Black liberation epic rather than a psychodrama between Moscow and Washington.

What Pan-Africanism Can Teach Us Now

A biography of Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah casts the post-WWII era as a Black liberation epic rather than a psychodrama between Moscow and Washington.
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Trump Just Accidentally Wrecked MAGA’s Dumb New Lie About Jimmy Kimmel As Trump threatens more action against the comedian, the author of a new piece on his suppression of dissent discusses why this is the stuff of dictators—and how civil society is finally mobilizing in...

Trump Accidentally Wrecked MAGA’s Dumb New Lie About Kimmel
As Trump threatens more action against the comedian, the author of a new piece on his suppression of dissent discusses why this is the stuff of dictators & how civil society is finally mobilizing in response.
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As Texas flooded, key staff say FEMA’s leader could not be reached The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting administrator, David Richardson, is often inaccessible, several current and former officials say, raising concerns within the agency.

The kind of thing that would be a major scandal in a normal administration. Barely a blip in this one. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

IDF strikes Yemen's capital Sanaa following Houthi drone strike on Israel's Eilat ***

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN that the Palestinian Authority is "ready to bear full responsibility for governance & security" in Gaza, adding that "Hamas will have no role to play in governance."

Abbas says, “Palestinians don't want an armed state.”
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YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Kimmel, Trump & the DNC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Step 1: Autocrats Announce Themselves Usually the Last Free & Fair Election

Stacy Abrams
In recent weeks, I’ve been talking a lot about the 10 Steps to Autocracy & Authoritarianism. This framework isn’t just an academic exercise. The forces of authoritarianism in our country want us to feel overwhelmed by what’s happening around us & to us.
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