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This is all new for Americans, but not for me or anyone else who lived through the forced transformation of a democracy into a dictatorship. Few took Putin's threat seriously enough either. Americans have a much better toolbox to fight with, but must fight with them all, immediately.

"Get the f**k out of my face": GOP Rep. Mace shouts at constituent who asked her about town halls The GOP rep. from South Carolina was up in arms after a constituent asked her about upcoming town halls

This is not the behavior of people confident that their fascist dreams are inevitable.

Keep fighting. We won't win them all, but it's working.

www.salon.com/2025/04/20/g...

How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia Political pressure must be brought to bear—through the courts, the press, and the states, but also applied to legislators while they still have any power left.

My new piece in The Atlantic continues how to fight Putinization in America. Trump is accelerating his wide-spectrum attacks on the rule of law & on public & private institutions that might slow him. If legislators don’t fight now, they won’t be able to later. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

U.S. President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished U.S. Department of Homeland Security data show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of Joe Biden's administration.

russia remains a terrorist state that wages an illegal war of aggression.

BREAKING NEWS OH WHAT THE FUCK NOW

Isn’t this your most likely reaction?

YouTube video by MeidasTouch Trump faces MASSIVE PROTESTS as IT ALL CRUMBLES

MeidasTouch contributor Anthony Davis reacts to mass protests sprouting up across the nation during President's Day weekend as Americans take to the streets to protest Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

BRAVO to Maine Governor Janet Mills for slapping petty tyrant trump in the face with her calmly defiant "see you in court."

THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥

Holy hockey pucks!! 🤬🤦‍♀️ Wow!!

WOW!!! 🖕🏻💩🖕🏻🤮

They Are a Minority Get your mind right.

This x10000000000

“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, Washington Post reports U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

WHAT THE LIVING ACTUAL FUCKEDY FUCK??

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

2 fucking headlines right next to each other

"Golden Era"

a stormtrooper is standing next to a man in a star wars movie and says tag ! you 're it ! ALT: a stormtrooper is standing next to a man in a star wars movie and says tag ! you 're it !

I'll probably regret this but who's up for a little weekend fun? Some meme-foolery to lift the sprits of anyone doing taxes this weekend? Drop a meme reply and tag a few friends to contribute to this ever-growing thread.

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A picture of President Zelensky & President Macron shaking hands standing at podiums in front of greenery (trees & bushes)

#ProudBlue #BlueSkyResistance

This is what strength & leadership looks like.

I can’t love this picture enough.

Something odd just happened—an article that had been widely published on media sites has suddenly disappeared without any retraction or explanation. Many may have come across it on Reddit.

A list of events and shows canceled at the Kennedy Center Several artists have canceled appearances at the Kennedy Center since the Trump takeover.

In response to President Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover, actors, authors and other artists who were scheduled to hold events at Washington’s preeminent arts institution have begun backing out of scheduled appearances.

Here’s a list of artists who have canceled:

Is bluesky more like holding court in a radicalized, kooky cult or is ejecting an acquaintance from your chateau in rural France for the sin of disrespecting Bari Weiss more like holding court in a radicalized, kooky cult?

#DoD has temporarily paused a plan to carry out mass firings of civilian probationary employees until SecDef Hegseth and the Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel can carry out a more thorough review of the impacts such firings could have on US #military readiness | CNN.

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‘We are the federal law’: Trump, Maine governor clash over transgender athletes President Trump and Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills briefly quarreled Friday at a National Governors Association session at the White House after Trump told a meeting of Republican governo…

We need more elected officials like Gov. Mills. Bullies hate it when you stand up to them. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

I Give Up!

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Because we all need chin scratches

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