U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal groups opposed to his agenda is a multiagency effort, officials said, raising alarms about the use of executive power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/trump-investigations-liberal-groups/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats #stephenmiller
Alex Akselrod
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now #MAGA #Republicans want to use #ICE to invade #Canada, all in the name of “cooperation“ at the border.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-states-border-bill-9.6931988
#ICE isn’t just a gestapo. it’s a terrorist militia.
now #MAGA #Republicans want to use #ICE to invade #Canada, all in the name of “cooperation“ at the border.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-states-border-bill-9.6931988
#ICE isn’t just a gestapo. it’s a terrorist militia.
bhaugen
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"Nor do people understand how quickly a shutdown can set off a catastrophic chain reaction. 'When things you can’t even imagine start to break, damage starts to occur. And then, at that point, global investors say, "Oh, maybe this is something very different than what I’ve seen in the past.’”
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #economy #FederalGovernment #AirTraffic #military
/3
"Nor do people understand how quickly a shutdown can set off a catastrophic chain reaction. 'When things you can’t even imagine start to break, damage starts to occur. And then, at that point, global investors say, "Oh, maybe this is something very different than what I’ve seen in the past.’”
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #economy #FederalGovernment #AirTraffic #military
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Rep Swalwell⚡predicted Wed that dozens of #Republicans may ultimately support leg requiring the DOJ to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey #Epstein.
“It’s coming to an end guys.⚡I’ve spoken to a lot of House Rs this week & they’ve confided that Trump’s mvt/support: fading. As one told me, ‘this Epstein bomb is about to drop & no [one] wants to defend a pedo-protector. It’s just a matter of time,’” Swalwell said in a thread on X.
There's hope.
#USPol
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5545649-swalwell-gop-epstein-vote/
U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and his administration has reportedly moved to quash debate on the issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/10/08/climate-change/trump-climate-change-con-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #environment #emissions #carbon #pollution #us #donaldtrump #republicans
President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Canada have "come a long way” in the trade talks, with a trading relationship worth $900 billion on the line. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/politics/trump-canada-tariff-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #canada #markcarney #usmca #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans
Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered at an army facility outside Chicago as President Donald Trump threatened to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more U.S. cities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/politics/trump-insurrection-democratic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ice #republicans #oregon #illinois #chicago #portland
A judge gave President Donald Trump's administration two days to respond to Illinois' legal challenge of federalized national guard troops being deployed to Chicago, even as the troops were reportedly on the way. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/politics/illinois-sue-trump-national-guard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jbpritzker #illinois #chicago #immigration #ice #us #donaldtrump #republicans
Donald Trump threatens to use emergency powers to deploy more troops into U.S. cities as his mobilization of the the military faces legal challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/politics/trump-insurrection-act-troops-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #portland #oregon #chicago #illinois
bhaugen
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It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false & illegal invocation of the #InsurrectionAct is coming before the end of the year. #Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential #Treason. State governments should be telling us. #Activists should be developing plans.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false & illegal invocation of the #InsurrectionAct is coming before the end of the year. #Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential #Treason. State governments should be telling us. #Activists should be developing plans.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
The White House on Monday backed off U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion that government employees were being laid off "right now" due to the shutdown, but warned that job losses could come. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/us-shutdown-layoff-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #congress #republicans #democrats
bhaugen
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"The direction we’re going is either martial law or civil war. …
All of this is preamble for Trump’s real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act, which empowers a president to deploy the U.S. military and to federalize the National Guard units of the individual states to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or armed rebellion against the federal government of the United States."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military
/24
"The direction we’re going is either martial law or civil war. …
All of this is preamble for Trump’s real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act, which empowers a president to deploy the U.S. military and to federalize the National Guard units of the individual states to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or armed rebellion against the federal government of the United States."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military
/24
"Trump tells the Navy to view half the country as the enemy. Donald Trump is determined to turn the military against the American people."
~ Edith Olmsted
#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/23
https://newrepublic.com/post/201373/donald-trump-navy-democrats-enemy
Jonathan V. Last's scathing indictment of corporate media in the US is perfect:
"In an authoritarian context, all journalism will tend toward propaganda unless it is explicitly formulated as anti-authoritarian."
Last focuses on CBS and Washington Post. I'd add New York Times to the list.
#Trump #Republicans #fascism #media #CorporateMedia #CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #NewYorkTimes
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-washington-post-and-cbs-news
"Trump is attempting to erase the constitutional order itself. U.S. presidents do not have unilateral authority either to go to war abroad or at home against American cities; it is essential to emphasize this point as Trump aims to turn U.S. cities into occupied territories."
~ Chris Edelson
#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/22
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-destroying-the-us-constitution
"Over the weekend, the Trump administration’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in Oregon blew up into a constitutional clash as serious as any we’ve seen so far this year (including, ironically, the clash over Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation)."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/21
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/a-major-new-constitutional-clash
