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People saying Trump is dying or possibly dead, but I for one would urge caution, because it is quite possible a second healtbar will appear as he enters his second phase and a gargantuan centipede will burst forth from his torso, so be careful of his new sweep attacks and toxic buildup from bites.
@nytimes once again, fully focused on the truly pressing questions of our times, I see.
There will never be an effective strategy out of this if we don’t face the reality on the ground. And the reality is that the Trump regime does not follow laws — it bends or breaks them whenever it suits their goals.
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.” This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over. Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition? | Simon Tisdall
Exactly this decision by Christopher Nolan—to spare the audience any view of the effects of Oppenheimer’s invention and instead spend the entire third act on dull political intrigue—made the movie a huge disappointment.
NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
He will get away with it in 2 months no one will be talking about this anymore
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fuck him
You are a nice person, Al Sweigart. You teached me some Python on a boring weekend 4 years ago.
fucking heroes! take a good look at this! this is ghe only way out of this horrible mess. solidarity, civil courage.
I hope you guy understand that they’ll soon start killing people without facing any consequences.
exactly. this is hot-stove-summer
i know exactly what you mean 🤞🏻
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
weak sauce. the time for this kind of mild criticism is fucking over.
Thinking about the tut-tutting Democratic politicians who spent their two years in power warning that Supreme Court expansion was too radical an idea to even think about taking seriously. You absolute fucking rubes. You gigantic, credulous losers. I hope you are ashamed of yourselves today.
Make it simple. You need language that hits the low-information crowd squarely on the left side of the bell curve. No more “authoritarianism” or other anemic academic jargon. Call it the “Trump Dictatorship” and “MAGA Fascism”—and keep saying it until it sticks.
Since May: Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time. A judiciary at war with itself.
“Politicians and experts are arguing for a real European technology alternative. “You can feel that you are one executive order away from losing access to critical technology and critical infrastructures,” said Francesca Bria, an innovation professor at University College London.”
1. The name is Naomi Klein. 2. You’re confusing her with Naomi Wolf. 3. Naomi Klein literally wrote a book called Doppelganger about this exact issue—being constantly mistaken for batshit crazy Naomi Wolf. @naomiaklein.bsky.social
fuck off you slimy piece of shit
The problem is that the MAGA morons think: “Yeah, of course the other countries don’t like what Trump’s doing—because they ripped us off, and Trump finally put an end to it.” 
One begins to wonder if putting the dumbest motherfucker ever to live in charge was a mistake.
No one has any fucking idea what anyone else is doing but the idea is to just try and be evil in whatever way you’re best at and hopefully it’ll all work out
🤣🤣🤣 Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss. No Kings Day 🤣🤣🤣
I hope you realize that these guys will start beating people up at the slightest sign of resistance—very soon.
Maybe. But do you also remember what needed to happen before the Nuremberg trials?
This hippie stuff is cute, but it has zero political impact. Sure, it might help release some tension—but it’s not a strategy. If protests are meant to achieve anything, they need leadership, unified and clear goals, and a strategy to win the narrative and secure the support of the normies.
The Atlantic is 💯 right. Uncoordinated protest without a clear goal, leadership, or nonviolence strategy is exactly what the Trump regime wants. The crackdown will come—and Trump will pin it on the protesters. Americans are too politically naive and too divided for protest to have meaningful effect
I really wish people would stop using the term “authoritarianism.” It’s too academic, vague, and clunky—impossible to spell or say for much of low-info America. If you want to reach the disengaged, disinformed masses, say it plainly: The Trump-Dictatorship
I don’t think the US population is politically smart or solidaric enough for protest to really work. To the normies, the protesters will soon look like the bad guys—fueling public support for a harsh crackdown and giving Trump the perfect pretext to build the police state he wants.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social is correct. These protests are high-risk. Trump will use them as a pretext to deploy the military domestically and complete his authoritarian takeover. Trump’s side will make sure that it escalates in violence, with provocateurs if needed. The US population will fall for it
kill me
Implausible. A robot clone would’ve delivered a better performance in the presidential debate.
Not sure what point he’s making. Sure — Hitler had a very different background. But there are tons of parallels: like Trump, he was a malignant narcissist with little education, exploiting societal weaknesses. Both were enabled by greedy elites and a decadent middle class.
It’s a power gesture. It signals that he can just press a button on his phone with his chubby little sausage fingers, make an announcement over the loudspeaker, and it becomes law of the land. It implies that recipients are not expected to respond — only to comply.
Biden’s legacy will mirror chancellor Hindenburg’s: A mild-mannered old fool who sleepwalked through an all-hands-on-deck moment, allowing the US to slide into an unhinged dictatorship. And failing to confront that truth is step one to losing again in 2028. “Welcome home, Mr. President“ 😝 GTFOH
Arrest this man
Compared to what’s coming, January 6th will look like a footnote.
Better search RFK Jr‘s trunk
will absolutely work though 🤷♂️
The lasting legacy of the Biden-Harris Administration? Failing to confront the MAGA threat head-on—drifting, eyes shut, straight into the Trump dictatorship.
It simply doesn’t add up. Musk can’t even “hack” a Wisconsin Supreme Court race — and yet somehow managed to hijack the presidential election in every swing state? No. The election wasn’t hacked — not like that. What happened was a trillion-dollar disinformation weapon aimed at the American public.
Do not socialize with redhats. Do not invite them inside your home. Do not go on dates with redhats. Do not hold the door open for them. Pretend you cannot hear their questions or requests. Pretend you cannot speak English. Stare at them blankly. Every single interaction with them is now a fight.
"The crowd chants 'Don’t take the mother!' over and over again as the daughter keeps trying to get back on the hood of the car. More Worcester cops arrive, all helping the ICE agents carry out their rotten senseless work." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
„at least he is doing something“
Just wait….
Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a
If the _only_ thing we got from the EU and all the membership fees paid were the longest period of peace most European countries have been fortunate to enjoy, the money would’ve been extremely well spent. EU is a peace project first and foremost - but so much more too. Our last, best hope even?
Why bother detailing the facts—MAGA doesn’t care, and non-MAGA shrugs anyway. If Trump decides to make a 50-meter statue of himself in solid gold, he can. Nobody would stop him. It’s nihilism in action. There’s no point trying to prove his ideas are stupid and wasteful.
People need to acknowledge just how stunningly effective this shameless tactic has been.
Guys. Please get it. It’s too late now. Biden had four damn years to act. He took the high road—and handed the world back to a dangerous madman. At this point, getting rid of him might take a world war.
Please load this TikTok into a time machine and send it to fall 2020. Biden had four damn years to drive a stake into the heart of MAGA. He blew it. Badly.
State secretary material
Seriously, America… why did you do this to yourself? It is so damn painful to watch this shit unfold
To be honest, I already find it pretty fucking strange that you’d let a guy with a 14-year (!) heroin (!!) addiction anywhere near a position of power — let alone in the health sector — and especially not as head of the department of health. And all that without a single shred of medical training.
Ok Botsky 🤖
he lost weight
Anyone Trump-aligned or Trump-adjacent is toxic to the rest of the world. We are the only country with enough people that think the malignant narcissist, criminal, and moronic two-bit con man should be in charge. It’s the same reason why televangelists have always thrived here.
Congratulations to Mark Carney and the Liberal Party on their election victory. The bond between Europe and Canada is strong — and growing stronger.
Trying an impeachment without a House majority is pure symbolism. It will deliver zero political upside for the Dems. It hands Trump a distraction from his shitshow, lets him blame the Dems, hardens his base, and gives him an excuse to escalate the crackdown on the opposition. Is a very bad idea.
Honestly, I’m so damn glad and proud to be living in Europe these days.
Agree. If there had been political will, that asshole could’ve been in jail decades ago. The real question is: why wasn’t he? Who protected him—and why?
I’d drop the word “authoritarianism” if you actually want to reach the inattentive. It’s way too academic for a country that largely reads at a 6th-grade level. Just say “Trump wants to be a dictator.”
Feels a bit excessive 😃
Dems need to attack. Relentlessly. Stunts, cameras, noise. Speak loud, clear, aggressive. The high road is dead. Messaging must cut through the fog for the inattentive, uninformed, exhausted public. It’s not only about being right—it’s about being heard.
Why are Democrats so completely unwilling or unable to hang scandals like this around Trump’s neck? Republicans invent nonsense and scream for years. Dems have endless real ammo—and still refuse to use it.
Instant block 😀
Q: How can you spot the vegan at a party? A: Don’t worry — they’ll tell you.
I’m worried about the framing. If the outrage is only that Abrego is “innocent”, we shift the Overton window. The point is: deporting people to a foreign gulag without trial is NEVER acceptable. Not for “criminals”, not for anyone. This is fascism, not policy.
We all should avoid the pale, abstract word “authoritarianism”. The real problem in the US is: most people don’t pay attention, don’t know history, don’t know shit. If you want resistance, say it loud for the clueless: The United States is becoming a dictatorship.
Let’s not get lost in one case. What Trump’s doing is flat-out illegal. There’s no war. No reason to invoke the Foreign Enemies Act. Locking someone away for life without trial in a prison camp isn’t “deportation.” This is Argentina 1976 shit. There has to be due process - *for everybody*.
Ok, we’ve seen a tiny bit of movement on Abrego Garcia. But what about the others? The gay makeup artist, the soccer player, the guy with the autism tattoo? Is anyone doing anything for them?
The story of Trump is not the story of a dictator savant, it's the story of a society whose elite power centers are all rotted from within and collapse at the slightest push. Very hard to know right now if there are any load-bearing walls left.
Within 90 days, Trump directed the defense and homeland security secretaries to hand in a joint report on the state of affairs, along with suggestions for “additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete control of the border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.”
State secretary material.
Funny how the “Gaza movement” disappeared the moment Trump came back. No protests, no outrage—just silence. Jill Stein? Vanished. Because it was never about Gaza. It was about splitting the Democratic vote. Mission accomplished.
"bOTh SuCKED." You are not serious people.
Buckle up, Chucklefuck. Sooner or later, Trump’s goons might come for you too. Fight now—or get dragged later.
He will pardon this guy – because why not.
If that happens, the last remaining rights will fall like dominoes. Whatever system you thought you lived in—it’s already gone. If I lived in the U.S., I’d be packing my bags now. /6
Even the Supreme Court is powerless now. Its rulings are ignored. The judiciary has no teeth. The message is clear: this regime answers to no one. And now the next step is coming: martial law. Supposedly scheduled for April 20 –because of course. /5
And bad luck for anyone else in the U.S. without a MAGA hat. It’s now precedent: the Trump regime can detain anyone off the street—no evidence, no charges, no judge—and ship them to El Salvador. No way to defend yourself. No way back. /4
So tough luck for Mr. Garcia, a completely innocent man, who now appears destined to rot forever in an outsourced prison camp. Just like the other 250 deportees—of whom 60 Minutes found 75% had no criminal record at all. /3
And of course, the pale, lying cowards spin it like always: “There’s nothing we can do, El Salvador is a sovereign nation.” As if this regime has ever respected the sovereignty of anyone—just ask Canada, Denmark, Panama, or Gaza. /2
And now it’s happened: Trump is ignoring the Supreme Court, which in a unanimous 9–0 ruling ordered him to bring back a man who was “mistakenly” deported. A direct violation of the law—yet no one in the administration intends to comply. /1
Presidential pardon incoming
This is turning into such an important project by @chrischirp.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Even a saint shouldn’t have the power to end the world in 60 minutes. But you geniuses gave it to the most toxic, unstable, vindictive wreck of a man alive. A man who thrives on chaos, a lying, insecure lunatic, driven by rage & ego. We are all on this plane and the terrorists took over the cockpit
They’re so awful, they actually make the fucking Chinese government look like the good guys.
I should’ve never started paying attention to U.S. politics. It’s just daily doses of misery and rage — one party of steamrolling fascists, the other a pack of limp, cowardly collaborators.
Sopranos style
They‘re liberal tears, Michael. How much can they cost?
Yes, it’s a bit hard to see now, but allowing the president to become a king who can kidnap citizens while also demolishing the global financial system is a small price to pay for getting to keeping 23 trans women from playing college sports.