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   Trebach (trebach@functional.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 08:29:43 JST Trebach

   • Kermode
   • Peter Brown

   @gemlog @peterbrown Half of them want this. Some are too worried about keeping a roof over their heads, food in their stomachs, and having the bare minimum health care to stay alive to care.

   Most of the broadcast news media in the US is complicit in this because in order to broadcast over the air, they are required to hold a license by the FCC (the duties of which would be part of the CRTC were this Canada). That is part of the executive branch which the president is the head of

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     Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 08:29:41 JST Kermode

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     • Peter Brown

     @trebach
     Why are we the only people screaming‽
     @peterbrown

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     Trebach (trebach@functional.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 08:29:42 JST Trebach

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     • Kermode
     • Peter Brown

     @gemlog @peterbrown This is why you mainly hear about protests, what ICE has done, and any sort of pushback politically from independent journalism, local outlets online, foreign media, or people reporting on it themselves (though sadly many of them are doing so on Substack who are fine with platforming the people they are warning people against)

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     Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 22:34:26 JST Kermode

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     • Peter Brown

     @trebach
     Oh, dude.
     What are we to do?
     When will our 3.5% break out?
     I am in the streets already!
     I am marching.
     I am demo-ing.
     I am writing.
     I am petitioning.
     I am doing all I can!!!
     What will it fucking take‽‽‽‽
     I can't physically do more!
     I am so tired.
     And I'm nearly dead. Nothing in particular, I'm just old.
     I'll be dead soon enough.

     I just don't want my grandkids to live in fascism.

     @peterbrown