@sdefee.bsky.social
This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
This is how elections in competitive autocracies work. Your vote can still lead to a change in who holds an office -- but those in power use the state to tilt the playing field in their favor.
25.09.2025 19:03 — 👍 484 🔁 171 💬 7 📌 1I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
25.09.2025 18:03 — 👍 28261 🔁 14184 💬 5804 📌 4088Our system of checks and balances has stood as a bulwark against tyranny for 250 years.
The way it works is no one man can dictate how our government works.
Congress makes laws, the president executes the laws, and courts make sure laws and rights are protected.
We give that up at our peril.
Bernie tonight visited another purple congressional district held by a Republican. This one in Kenosha represented by Bryan Steil. The massive turnout should tell you that there's a populist revolt brewing.
08.03.2025 05:32 — 👍 137 🔁 36 💬 4 📌 6People, through their collective action, are sending a message to anyone willing to heed it
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Demand that there shall be no Social Security office closures; not a single Veterans clinic should be shuttered by Elon Musk. DOGE is already engaged in government shutdown; we have to ensure appropriate government function for the people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBVm...
13.03.2025 19:26 — 👍 24 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1Masha Gessen points out that, unlike most people, Trump doesn't lie to persuade us. His lies are more like those of the bully who's wearing your hat while denying he took it. He's "asserting control over reality itself" to force us either to live in *his* reality or to "resist and become his […]
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Being silent is not an option! We have to keep fighting and know that others are fighting along side of you for the greater good of the country! There is more of us than them! Massive Post card mailing 3/15 to the White House, town halls, calling, protesting it all is working! Don’t give up💙💙
13.03.2025 13:31 — 👍 16 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Every time I write on here, my header encourages you to 'Read Snyder'. Here's an opportunity to watch him.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
13.03.2025 02:13 — 👍 40273 🔁 8297 💬 973 📌 457
Right?
13.03.2025 17:24 — 👍 3174 🔁 763 💬 80 📌 48This morning, Trump said," We have to do it," regarding acquiring Greenland. He went on to say, "NATO might have to get involved."
Donald Trump is the scourge of the Earth.
13.03.2025 15:13 — 👍 2601 🔁 914 💬 72 📌 41
❤️🩹 @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @sierakowski.bsky.social have raised $1,200,000+ towards ~4 armored evacuation vehicles.
Together, we continue raising funds towards UNITED24’s Medical Aid program to help Ukrainian medics.
Thank you to everyone who joins in:
donorbox.org/support-ukra...
. @khanna.house.gov (D #CA17) is doing town halls 3/23 in the CA GOP-controlled districts of:
• David Valadao #CA22
• Young Kim #CA40
• Ken Calvert #CA41
Because these MAGA tools refuse to meet in-person with their constituents
LFG! Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social
13.03.2025 01:49 — 👍 4721 🔁 1167 💬 123 📌 57
Democracy Docket is not on Substack. Yes, it's more difficult to get sign-ups and expensive to operate. But it's worth it. It has no corporate overlords. It is not dependent on investors. It only depends on you.
If this is what you value, support it today. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skyline
A vintage photo from the National Archives shows damaged oil drums piled high at an Exxon refinery.
A vintage photo from the National Archives shows cars driving down a road as smoke spews from factories in the distance and air pollution hangs over everything.
A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog in Los Angeles taken from a high vantage point.
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
13.03.2025 14:47 — 👍 20134 🔁 7147 💬 685 📌 537“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass
13.03.2025 16:05 — 👍 38920 🔁 9361 💬 1262 📌 854Media, get this right.
If there's a government shutdown, it will be because the Republicans were unable to craft a bill that could pass, and they refused to pass a bill with any input from Democrats.
13.03.2025 17:14 — 👍 40323 🔁 9250 💬 791 📌 426
This is the biggest scam in American history, Trump and Elon should be in prison.
13.03.2025 14:10 — 👍 2810 🔁 1191 💬 166 📌 76
"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
