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Opinion | The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s power grab: a coup veiled by chaos — Guardian US Editorial: The US president is testing the limits of executive authority, sidelining Congress and enriching allies while destabilising the global economy

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This is why it's okay to be angry at anyone who voted for Trump — Advocate Opinion: They were warned about Project 2025, autocracy, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and we’re suffering the consequences because of their ignorance, John Casey writes.

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Listen to three important conversations about the FBI including one I participated in, at the top of the series. ⬇️

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

They are expanding their McCarthyite war on diversity to include people with disabilities, and doing it very clearly. Should someone in a wheelchair be able to work for the FAA? I think an overwhelming majority of Americans would say "of course" but that's not what we're hearing from Trump.

A Wannabe Authoritarian Hard At Work We are living through the playbook

Purges are highly unusual. The attempt to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power was highly unusual. The mass pardons of hundreds of violent supporters of the president? Highly unusual.

But not for an authoritarian.

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and Ben Parker:

Trump touts national unity over air disaster before bashing Biden and Obama "I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first," Trump said Thursday.

President Trump after briefly offering condolences and sharing plans to investigate a deadly plane collision outside D.C., took partisan hits against former presidents Obama and Biden.

"I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first."

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Using Military Jets for Deportations Is an Ugly, Wasteful Spectacle The intimidation is the point.

A debate over the choice of aircraft for deportations may seem trivial. But the choice of aircraft signifies other choices the administration is making. The most ominous: how it may seek to use the military in domestic matters. @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/military-j...

Trump says he'll hold undocumented immigrants at Guantanamo Bay Trump made the announcement just before signing the Laken Riley Act.

BREAKING: Trump announced he'll order the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally.

If you’re curious about the current state of the FAA…

People are in for a rude awakening when they find themselves a target

People are in for a rude awakening when they find themselves a target

Trump names acting FAA administrator after fatal collision U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he had appointed a former senior aviation official as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration administrator.

US President Donald Trump suggested that efforts to boost diversity at the FAA could have been a cause in the deadly American Airlines regional plane crash and criticized Pete Buttigieg, who headed the Transportation Department under President Joe Biden reut.rs/4jCstJe

The INSANITY continues

#ClassConsciousness 101

I wonder what cocktail # Pete Hegseth was on when the military helicopter hit the AA jet?

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

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Serious question: can the president just spend all his time in office suing people and then use the litigation as a "legal" way of accepting bribes via "settlements"?

The President is asking rhetorical questions about what federal government aircraft was doing, as if there's someone else who is supposed to have the answer. This is his responsibility. If he doesn't even know the answers, it's because he and his unqualified appointees are incompetent.

Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.

They’re nuts.