RE: https://mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/115865134938638844

yet another example of why there is not one #GOP #Republican #MAGA #techbro #NatC who would want to quote, even less be like, the closest to an #antifa republican POTUS, Dwight Eisenhower.

here’s the thing though: Eisenhower was as much a corporatist, petromafia bootlicker as every other republican. the only difference between him and Reagan & Bush? he actually saw the concentration camps and that fucked him up.

but Eisenhower agreed to support the 1953 #Iran coup BEFORE becoming POTUS.

RE: https://mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/115865134938638844

yet another example of why there is not one #GOP #Republican #MAGA #techbro #NatC who would want to quote, even less be like, the closest to an #antifa republican POTUS, Dwight Eisenhower.

here’s the thing though: Eisenhower was as much a corporatist, petromafia bootlicker as every other republican. the only difference between him and Reagan & Bush? he actually saw the concentration camps and that fucked him up.

but Eisenhower agreed to support the 1953 #Iran coup BEFORE becoming POTUS.

Top #Republican lawmakers are firmly backing the #Trump admin’s arrest of Venezuela’s president & assertions of control over the South American nation’s #oil industry, but some #GOP senators are drawing the line on more attacks without the approval of #Congress.

#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #WarPowers #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

Some of the deposition focused on #Republican anger at revelations that the Smith team had obtained, & analyzed, phone records of #GOP lawmakers who were in contact with #Trump on #Jan6. Smith defended the maneuver as lawful & by-the-book, & suggested that outrage over the tactic should be directed at Trump & not his team of prosecutors. [IOW don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time]

#law #JackSmith #Congress #insurrection #criminal #conspiracy

The communications between #Trump & #Republican supporters in #Congress were an important component of the case, Smith said. He cited an interview his office did with #MarkMeadows in which Trump’s former chief of staff referenced that Rep. #JimJordan, an Ohio Republican & current chairman of the #House #Judiciary Committee, had been in touch with the White House on the afternoon of the “riot”.

#law #JackSmith #Jan6 #insurrection #criminal #conspiracy

The communications between #Trump & #Republican supporters in #Congress were an important component of the case, Smith said. He cited an interview his office did with #MarkMeadows in which Trump’s former chief of staff referenced that Rep. #JimJordan, an Ohio Republican & current chairman of the #House #Judiciary Committee, had been in touch with the White House on the afternoon of the “riot”.

#law #JackSmith #Jan6 #insurrection #criminal #conspiracy

Some of the deposition focused on #Republican anger at revelations that the Smith team had obtained, & analyzed, phone records of #GOP lawmakers who were in contact with #Trump on #Jan6. Smith defended the maneuver as lawful & by-the-book, & suggested that outrage over the tactic should be directed at Trump & not his team of prosecutors. [IOW don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time]

#law #JackSmith #Congress #insurrection #criminal #conspiracy

U.S. President Donald Trump’s second administration refuses to be bound by anything so ordinary and mundane as the laws that Congress passes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/24/world/trump-canceling-rule-of-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #justicedepartment #donaldtrump #supremecourt #johnroberts #republican #democrat #immigrationandcustomsenforcement #rodrigoduterte

@lauren Agreed. This is really important. If the fascists were as smart as they claimed, #trump would have been crowned “emperor” back in 2020.

The resistance to him and his #republican thugs has been far from perfect since then, but part of the reason the fascists may still go down in flames is that they’re just not very good at any of this.

#EricHolcomb is a former two-term #Republican governor of #Indiana who just taught a seminar at #Harvard. He reports good experiences with faculty and students, and none of the horror stories his conservative friends warned him to expect. He even found that Harvard is doing useful medical research.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/08/harvard-eric-holcomb-indiana-governor/

But he thinks this is a result of centrist backlash against extremism, pressure from the #Trump administration, or both.

"What I’ve experienced may be a natural return to Harvard’s more moderate bearings, following noisy displays of intolerance by campus agitators in recent years. Or it may be due to the Trump administration’s forceful executive orders and fiscal pressure. Either way (and it’s probably both), let’s take the win."

#Academia #USPol #USPolitics

@randahl

The entire #Republican party is to blame. Every person who votes for the #GOP is responsible for this "leader'.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eunews/115610004447502215

Good thing for us maybe USA need to copy us on this for a change

#usa #us #uspol #uspolitic #uspolitics #trump #republican #democrat #lesbian #gay #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqi #lgbtqia

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eunews/115610004447502215

Good thing for us maybe USA need to copy us on this for a change

#usa #us #uspol #uspolitic #uspolitics #trump #republican #democrat #lesbian #gay #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqi #lgbtqia

@lety
> Searching for the #Democrat and #Democrats hashtags [on InstaGram] pulls up zero clickable results, while obviously #Republican and #Republicans work just fine

That's just technofascist billionaires respecting free speech (that they agree with) and suppressing platform abuse (including anything they disagree with). Nothing to see here citizen, move along ... : P

@letydoesstuff

S3197
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable presumption that a defendant who is not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident poses a danger to the community and a serious risk of flight, for purposes of determining whether to release or detain the defendant pending trial.

📢 Introduced in Senate

https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3197

#S3197 #congress119 #senate #republican #congress #newbill

Interesting data point from the brilliant @AmandaMarcotte

"It’s not surprising that the three #Republican women who signed the discharge petition are divorced. That gives them a level of psychological independence that married Republican women almost never enjoy."

https://www.salon.com/2025/11/14/sorry-nancy-mace-donald-trump-hasnt-protected-women/

#USPol
#Epstein

Interesting data point from the brilliant @AmandaMarcotte

"It’s not surprising that the three #Republican women who signed the discharge petition are divorced. That gives them a level of psychological independence that married Republican women almost never enjoy."

https://www.salon.com/2025/11/14/sorry-nancy-mace-donald-trump-hasnt-protected-women/

#USPol
#Epstein

#LaurenBoebert is one of 3 #Republican #women in the #House who have signed on to a petition aimed at forcing a vote on a bill demanding that the #DOJ release all of its investigative files on #Epstein.

If they refuse to remove their names, the petition is set later Wednesday to reach the 218 signatures needed to compel action within weeks.

#Trump #criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #felon47 #EpsteinFiles #CoverUp

A judge on Monday allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 #WestVirginia #NationalGuard members to #WashingtonDC.

Kanawha County Circuit Judge Richard D. Lindsay made the ruling after hearing arguments in a lawsuit by a civic organization.

#Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey authorized the Guard’s deployment in August to support #Trump’s *crime-fighting* efforts in the nation’s capital.

#law #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct #fascism #Gestapo
https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-guard-deployment-west-virginia-washington-d495d47c8ac1de9dae2227a7653c8a81?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-10-National+Guard

A judge on Monday allowed the continued deployment of more than 300 #WestVirginia #NationalGuard members to #WashingtonDC.

Kanawha County Circuit Judge Richard D. Lindsay made the ruling after hearing arguments in a lawsuit by a civic organization.

#Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey authorized the Guard’s deployment in August to support #Trump’s *crime-fighting* efforts in the nation’s capital.

#law #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct #fascism #Gestapo
https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-guard-deployment-west-virginia-washington-d495d47c8ac1de9dae2227a7653c8a81?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-10-National+Guard