(((Cindy Weinstein)))
@CindyWeinstein@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

"It’s fun for #MAGA to pretend to go after imaginary — or, in #Epstein’s case, dead — rapists. But when it comes to real-life sexual predators, especially if they’re privileged white men, MAGA knows what to do: Deny, defend, minimize and protect. They’ve been doing this on #Trumps behalf for a decade now, and his defensive behavior around Epstein was a signal that they should go into shield-the-dirtbag mode."

https://www.salon.com/2025/07/16/why-house-republicans-voted-for-the-epstein-cover-up/

#USPol
LukefromDC
@LukefromDC@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#TPUSA #MAGA#Antifa
Tense confrontation as protesters march on Turning Point USA

On the weekend of July 12 2025, Charlie Kirk's student Fascist organization Turning Point USA and groyper-associated “Student Action Summit held a series of "summits" in Tampa, mostly at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, FL.

Protesters assembled at 3PM on Saturday to oppose TPUSA and their program. Part of the protest was an oversize "MAGA roll" of you guessed it, TPUSA TP. Labels included "when history gets messy, flush it," "100% whitewashed" and even "Punch a Nazi."

A banner dropped earlier in the day was removed in seemingly five minutes. Counterprotesters from TPUSA walked (or more likely rode Uber) all the way to City Hall to start hassling protesters before the march could set out. Tension rose and the situation felt like it could detonate into fighting at any moment. There were fears the march was too dangerous to proceed with, but the decision was made to go in anyway. The MAGA pre-emptive strike against the march failed.

Counterprotesters including Kaitlyn Bennett and at least one fake ICE agent glommed onto the march all the way down the the Convention Center. A halfhearted attempt to block the march was pushed through by simply refusing to stop for "interviewers" standing in a line. They moved so as not to be marched over and trampled underfoot.

When marchers gathered for speeches close to the Convention Center, one pushing match erupted. It drew bike cops (absent until that point) but thankfully no arrests. A second much nastier fight blew up on the march back to City Hall. Some of the MAGA meatheads had Israeli flags. Zionists today can in fact be Nazis and these were no exception. One of them was so upset about a Palestinian flag in the march that he assaulted the person carrying it, leaving him on the ground and bloody. The attacker was NOT arrested when cops showed up, but at least they didn't arrest the victim later.

The 2022 running of this show was notorious for among other things Nazis flags displayed outside the Convention Center. This years event was a "worst of the worst" gallery including Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan. This man is a vicious racist who used to run ICE. Kristi Noam was there too. In short, TPUSA is a Nazi event and this one took place with Nazi thugs in power in the US. The worst of these brutes were invited to speak.

Neither fight is included in the video for security reasons.

Protesters stand up to counterprotesters and disruptors, march on TPUSA. Many chants of "No Trump, no KKK no Fascist USA."
Protesters stand up to counterprotesters and disruptors, march on TPUSA. Many chants of "No Trump, no KKK no Fascist USA."
Robert M
@rob11563@mastodon.coffee  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
@jeffjarvis My father is rolling in his grave. Who will want to attend this school? #MAGA losers? I hope current students consider transferring out. The school will be forever associated with Jeffery Epstein's best friend. #ColumbiaUniversity#trump #fascism
Adjudicated rapist Donald Trump parties with best friend Jeffery Epstein.
Adjudicated rapist Donald Trump parties with best friend Jeffery Epstein.
Franklin López
@franklinlopez@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Whatever you think about the #Epstein case, at least it's showing where #MAGA pretends to draw the line. Sex trafficking? Bad. But sexual assault, racism, misogyny, fascist shit? Totally fine. #FuckMAGA. #FuckTrump. Let this be the nail in their rotting coffin. #8647

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Ham on Wry
@HamonWry@mastodon.world  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Crops are rotting in the fields, on the vine and in the trees because more than 70% of farm labor has been deported, fled or is scared that ICE will round them up.

And weirdly enough none of the MAGA Trump voters who whine about immigrants stealing their jobs have stepped up to take the place of the displaced migrant workers.

#MAGA #immigration #jobs #news #farmers #trump #food #republicans #gop #irony #ice