Notices by Madeleine Morris (remittancegirl@mstdn.social), page 2

This woman only found out they had tortured and killed her husband in an army barracks 30 years later. She never got his body back. In 2014, they charged five army officers with his murder, but they were never apprehended or jailed.

And two years later, Brazil elected Bolsanaro.

Impunity ensures the return of fascists.

The failure to publicly punish Trump for the Jan 6th insurrection guaranteed his return and the administration we see today.

I’m watching “I’m Still Here”

A timely reminder about what fascism does to people’s lives.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Still_Here_(2024_film)

So this is a magnificent film. And if you can see it, you should. Because one of the interesting things that it shows is how desperate the need to cling on to the fantasy of the rule of law is. They disappeared this woman’s husband, kept her imprisoned without charge herself, and she gets out only to expect the judicial system to still be operating effectively.

This is a big mistake.

Because the people they kidnapped and sent to El Salvador… the US government has done the same thing to them.

Surprised?

No. However, it took a willing set of racists to give him the power he had

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/neo-nazi-group-the-base-leader-russian-spy-allegations

Strong stuff, via @andrebttx.bsky.social

@Geri

There is literally nothing this administration puts out officially I would trust anymore. No number, no guidance, no stats.

The US government has become one huge, over-funded bullshit machine.

I realize it is only anecdotal, but every single neurodivergent adult I personally know not only pays taxes, but are generally scrupulous about doing so. And I can attest to having GONE on several dates with autistic people myself.

I’ll grant him that playdates are sometimes a problem. #autism

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/rfk-jr-claims-autistic-children-will-never-go-on-dates-or-pay-taxes/ar-AA1D35Wc

Beware of people who spend too much money preparing for the apocalypse. Having blown a fortune on kitting themselves out to survive it, they get impatient waiting for their investment to be justified, and tend to try to trigger them just so they won’t feel like fools when it doesn’t happen. Remember these are the same people who can never admit they’re wrong about anything.

https://archive.is/ZxfJc

I always knew this, vaguely - that the myth of Republican fiscal responsibility and restraint was a lie, but this graphic really brings it home:

@MikeImBack

While I am a huge proponent of Universal Basic Income, I think we are dancing around the edges of a reality we need to face head on: the concept that your job gives your life meaning.

This is a curiously protestant thing. We really need to diversify what, in our lives, gives it meaning, and start valorizing others instead of just employment.

Excuse me while I have a little meltdown here. I usually get it together just fine.

But every so often, the tsunami of incoherence and criminality just get to me.

@jaykuo @StillIRise1963

Except that he might snap those saggy lids back open tomorrow and reimpose them at the end of the week.

There’s just no knowing. The rest of the world is going to be making ‘other arrangements’ for the sake of their own stability and their forward planning - which is absolutely impossible with the US until they impeach that fucker.

@todymotmot
"There isn't a point where the control over others is enough to make them feel better.”

This is such a profound statement. And so important to truly, truly comprehend. Because it teaches us why appeasement is such a terrible response.

All appeasement does is feed the appetite for more. It literally makes your problem - whatever it is - much, much worse.

@apriloq @paezha @jaykuo @StillIRise1963

And indeed, this is not Nazi Germany. They won’t put you in a train and send you off to a place where they’ll gas you.

They’ll try to force your country of origin to take you back (while you sit in a detention centre somewhere) and if that doesn’t work, they’ll send you to a 3rd country they pay to house you in a jail.

Oh wait… you’re innocent of any crime? Doesn’t matter. And SCOTUS confirmed it.

I apologize if I sound alarmist. If you are not a US citizen living in the US, this must be a very frightening time for you.

But I want you to know which Jews survived Nazi Germany.

The ones who left.

And this is as good as an arm-band requirement. Actually, it’s even more arbitrary, because it’s vaguer.

Now… this is very interesting because ‘deemed to be here illegally’ is a completely arbitrary state now - they’ve rounded up and deported people with green cards, legal immigrants awaiting status designation, the American born children of illegal immigrants, etc.

So… this is a tool for arbitrary arrest.

https://apnews.com/article/illegal-immigration-immigrant-registry-trump-homeland-security-329d9b1523792aaf5940f72948d8b48b

How does this tool of the state work?

First, I want you completely divest yourself of any illusion that if you’ve followed the rules you’re safe. This ‘law’ is not about getting people to follow the rules. It is about enabling the state to kidnap you, hold you in detention and deport you at their whim.

AT THEIR WHIM.

And the precedent set by SCOTUS gives them the legal cover to do this.

If you are not a US citizen, and you can get the fuck out, I’d do it very soon.

That man’s life is gone. He has been ‘disappeared’ into a hellhole. And the court of last resort in the US has given their blessing to the LEGAL DESTRUCTION OF AN ABSOLUTELY INNOCENT LIFE. Do you think this couldn’t happen to you? Why? That man didn’t believe it could happen to him either. #Trump #SCOTUS

It frightens me a lot when intelligent, thoughtful people say “oh, #Trump can’t do that (some awful illegal thing) because ____ won’t allow it”.

Wake the fuck up please. There is no one to stop him. #SCOTUS just allowed this administration to wash their hands of a completely innocent legal immigrant who they mistakenly sent to a foreign concentration facility.

The guardrails are GONE.

Understanding this landscape is crucial to our battle.