Gestapo thuggery! š¤¬
Retired academic librarian who fights for our democracy and civil rights, and fighting against voter suppression. š I am actively opposing MAGA & Fascism. š Substack. I also enjoy reading mysteries, old movies, and listening to jazz.
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Gestapo thuggery! š¤¬
BREAKING: We secured a court order requiring the State Dept to preserve & account for Signal messages of senior national security officials, including Sec. Marco Rubio. This is an important step to force accountability for an admin thatās shown alarming disregard for transparency required by law.
The Pro-Project 2025 Supreme Court who are following the Heritage Foundationās orders! š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬
Background from @lawfaremedia.org on the limits of Title 32, Section 502(f): "If a ... president were to ... ask governors to send unfederalized Guard personnel into a nonconsenting stateāas opposed to a non-state jurisdiction like D.C.āthat deployment would violate the Constitution."
I donāt know who needs to hear this but the National Guard of one state canāt invade another state. They are separate sovereigns
47ās authoritarianism š¤¬
Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. āI donāt know what to say at this point,ā he said. āI canāt defend what Israel is doing.ā www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
Felon47ās secret police using Israeli spyware! š¤¬š¤¬šø
George whatās his name!
More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
The federal govt's extortion of UCLA has numerous problems. One is that it is ostensibly based on some factual allegations that are so exaggerated that they are actually false. I wrote about this today in a long blog post reflecting on what I saw at UCLA and how lawyers later mischaracterized it:
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. Itās unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
LOL
West coast is still in summer!
Also, āExecutive Ordersā are not laws. Theyāre orders to the executive branch of the federal government. If you donāt work for the executive branch of the federal government (say, for example, youāre a state election official), presidential executive orders donāt apply to you.
RFK Jr must be fired. Heās too deranged and full of himself to leave voluntarily. So itās vital to convince Trump that keeping Kennedy around drains his own political power and thus his personal wealth by so visibly endangering the health of everyone in the U.S. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We librarians love IA, too!
These are my patients. Kids dying of brain cancer. Kids and families desperate for treatment and hoping to find a cure through experimental therapies. Trump is dismantling science and children with brain tumor are the victims. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
DOGE
"The eye has been taken off the ball." Great reporting by Audrey Ash and Curt Devine in @cnn.com. At some point, we need to talk about the relationship between rising domestic terrorism and the evisceration of our domestic counterterrorism capacity. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Yikes š¬ This is awful for Americansā¦especially small businesses. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Karma
Integrity
Absolutely, do not capitulate. Do not negotiate with an extortionist! šš
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
With New Guidance, Trump Administration Deceptively Targets Scientific Integrity - Union of Concerned Scientists
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding. A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social for help descriptively distinguishing between National Guard and federal law enforcement in DC š
Thief warns of 'embarrassment' if burglary ruled illegal
Damn Gestapo thugs
Read the letter.
This is bullshit and disgusting
Wtf
Roberts is deplorable š¤¬
And two of the firefighters detained are Native Americans!
Wow
Damn Gestapo had no need to use the tear gas. š¤¬
Boycott CVS.
My grandfather also wants to pass along the message that RFK Jr. is destroying one of the prime achievements of American medicine. This is something he knows well, given the decades of his life he dedicated to medicine, to the scientific pursuits, and to helping research new treatments for diseases.
No damn medical experience, just another Thiel puppet! š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬
From Hopium: - Yes we need to FIRE HIM. Kennedy that is. Contact your Senators/Rep and demand this crackpot be fired. - New polling shows Trump underwater on the DC occupation, like he is on most issues that matter. He's losing his power to persuade š www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/fire-him-t...
This is what happens when the CIA experts are fired!
Resignations of CDC staff directly related to misinformation, weaponizing of public health, which is coming from RFK Jr. Untenable situation for them to serve under these conditions. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
![In his resignation letter, Daskalakis wrote, āI am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of public health.ā Houryās resignation letter spoke about the continued spread of misinformation around vaccines. āRecently, the overstating of risks [of vaccines] and the rise of misinformation have cost lives, as demonstrated by the highest number of US measles cases in 30 years and the violent attack on our agency,ā Houry wrote.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/bafkreiboml2a3p7qlqb4qmlbhb76rzanvnpkvlpw34wggsq6wsv27wvy5m@jpeg "Click to view full size")
āThis Supreme Court will never condemn this President, even for delegitimizing the federal judiciary.ā Judge Luttig offers a stark and scathing view of the Courtās willingness to limit Trumpās āunconscionable & unconstitutionalā power grab.
A must read!
Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: āI have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American peopleā. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
Stupidity
Shit
This is painful to watch. Felon Trump has the National Guard picking up trash in D.C. Because there isnāt enough crime to keep them busy?
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldnāt write it
For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
And some were tasked to pick up trash!
Excuse me, sir? I'm with the federal government. Would you say your neighbor is fully attached to the principles of the U.S. Constitution and well-disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States?
Big ugly bill
He had a constitutional right to burn the flag!
Remove these deranged, lying fascists from office immediately.
Damn oligarchs supporting fascism
open.substack.com/pub/contrari... Dear Senator Schumer and Rep. Jeffries: this newsletter is a MUST read. Action is needed.
What a surprise!
This action is illegal.
This action is illegal!
And donāt forget all of the women SecDef has fired!
John Roberts created a monster!
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape peopleās reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
This is illegal!
Absolutely, I stand with Lisa Cook! ššŗšøššŗšø
Peter Thiel, Musk, Stephen Miller, and Russell Vought realize their King is sick and dying. This is why they're ramping up towards a dictatorship. To ensure their groomed boy toy, JD Vance, has all the power to do their bidding.
This is illegal!
Integrity! Some of the grand juries in Los Angeles are doing the same!
Thank you, Norm! I was wondering if this was an illegal firing! Iām watching MSNBC in CA!
And I am not happy about the 80M+ registered voters who stayed home!
Heās a Member of the Vichy Regime.
Reminder of the ten metro stations the National Guard is patrolling. They have also been spotted on foot patrol on streets around these stops, not just inside the station.
Another meaningless EO! Project 2025 staff keeping the old convicted felon busy!
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally: "Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
Via @mainenewsroom.bsky.social's Instagram we learn that a new UNH poll found 95% of Mainers want to ban stock trading by members of Congress. Not only does Susan Collins oppose a ban; her portfolio went up a bonkers 77.5% in 2024 -- an eyebrow-raising return even for a Wall St pro. #MEpolitics
DHL: After Aug 22, German Postal Service Will Suspend Acceptance, Transport Of Business Customer Parcels To US
this is a lot bigger problem than you might think, as someone who works in manufacturing, as *tons* of parts for equipment (like, say, european automobiles) are airfreighted overnight to the customer. this will really fuck up a lot of supply chains for parts.... www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/b...
Corruption and grifting
Todayās GOP is the American Fascist Party!
John Shin, a well known and respected violinist from South Korea, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Utah for violin performance, was detained by ICE. John Shin has been a violinist and teaches students in Utah. He is being detained in Colorado.
Itās time for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to fire his comms people. Thatās a lot of words to say āGTFO.ā Also, unleashing the military on the people isnāt a distraction. Itās five-alarm fascism.
DC police are now harrasssing people on metro bus stops. This is Fascism.
On a personal level, I've already made this transition. When I look for leadership, I immediately look to see what Pritzker, Walz, Beshear, Wu, Mamdani, etc., are saying before anyone in Congress. More Democrats should do the same until Schumer and Jeffries are gone.
Exactly! We need new leadership.
And this is why Jeffries is quickly losing his credibility!
I agree whole heartedly, jamelle.
He knows exactly what he is saying. š¤¬ The scary part is that relatively soon, he will replace the Felon47 who is in poor health.
History repeats?
Another story thatās a nightmare. I mean that literallyāICE seems to construct bizarro realities that follow the ālogicā of a bad dream. Nothing makes sense.
If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, heād likely: 1. Purge govt of non loyalists 2. Weaponize law against opponents 3. Use military to police opposition strongholds 4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel 5. Change election rules in his favor.
Absolutely, an illegal deployment. Rembrt your oath to the Constitution and obeying legal orders!
Pritzker responds to this report:
Posse Comitatus! Shame on the Pentagon! š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬
Disgusting, deplorable, and immoral.
By continuing to provide weapons to Israel ā and bolstering the profits of America's military contractors ā the U.S. is complicit in the genocide unfolding in Gaza. There is no moral justification in wreaking vengeance on innocent women, men, and children. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
47, SecDef, and the GOP governors are destroying the honor, respect, and credibility many of us have for the NG troops!
Damn the Gestapo thugs who think they are above the law. š¤¬
This man had been anti-voting rights his whole legal career. He is bought by the Heritage Foundation and cannot be trusted. He and his fellow GOP justices are members of the Vichy Regime.