@WarnerCrocker

Oh, sh!t. America is arresting judges now?! 👆

#ThisIsAmericaNow

@georgetakei

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"Feminism" that really cares about women's safety puts 100x more energy into the threat from cis men and the complicit enablers - because the actual threat from trans people is miniscule.

I don't want to dismiss anyone's concerns, but look at the bigger picture and see who you're allied with.

@benroyce @72mz @benny @MannyDexter @MrBirch @grumble209 @todymotmot @wendinoakland @profdc9 @zakalwe

While I completely agree about taking over the Dem party to pull it leftwards, I disagree that alone is the solution.

Jeremy Corbyn's terrible showing in the UK 2019 election (despite lots of excitement and supporters) shows what a Bernie or other progressive candidate would do in the US.

Most critical is breaking the rightwing stranglehold on media (online and trad).

@benny @benroyce @72mz @MannyDexter @MrBirch @grumble209 @todymotmot @wendinoakland @profdc9 @zakalwe

But more than anything, anyone anti-MAGA needs to be rebuilding communication networks outside the rightwing control (or complicit MSM)

That means off techbro social media, as well as supporting leftist and investigative media. It requires rebuilding social groups and protests.

Without that, no message gets out and the voters are (again) manipulated by propaganda.

@benny @benroyce @72mz @MannyDexter @MrBirch @grumble209 @todymotmot @wendinoakland @profdc9 @zakalwe

Two issues:
1) America is first past the post, so third parties often harm the parties they should be allied with.

2) Republican have abandoned voting on policy or principle. They vote for tribal power. They will be very hard to split.

IMO, the better strategy is a very broad Dem party (far left to centre right). But reframe as "fighters" to lure some of the GOP voters drawn by that.

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👏 Best 👏 headline 👏 of👏 the 👏 day👏

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/17/donald-trump-trade-deal-uk-president

@GottaLaff

Trump: These tariffs are nonnegotiable. Take your medicine!

Other Countries: wait for it...

Trump: Countries need to negotiate something reasonable. I don't care about the market.

Other Countries: Wait...

Trump: OK, I'll drop the tariffs just buy our #FossilFuels . Everyone's kissing my a$$

Other Countries: almost...

Trump: OK, I'll "pause" all the tariffs. Well, not China cuz they retaliated

China: wait for it...

#TariffShakedown #ThisIsAmericaNow

@WarnerCrocker

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You mean the 0.01% vs the rest of us, right?

Of course the #AmericanOligarchy wants the death penalty for someone who killed a CEO.

Kill police officers while raiding the Capitol gets a pardon. But a CEO, well an example must be made.

#ThisIsAmericaNow

BBC News - US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30qlr528elo

@inthehands

The #BookerFilibuster is a great time for the "concerned" Senator Collins to share her concerns about the Trump/Musk cuts by asking him a question.

@aral

Could just as easily say "due to years of austerity"

Or "due to low taxes on the rich"

I'm no expert, but this seems like a good sign. Some power sharing now happening in #Syria

Amazing what has happened since a severely weakened Russia stopped propping up Assad. Some credit goes to #Zalenskyy , #Biden and all the other nations supporting #Ukraine fight against Putin's war machine.

Syria’s Leader Announces New Government After Ousting Dictator https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/world/middleeast/syria-government-al-shara.html

@GottaLaff @HistoPol

I've been very, very worried about Snyder, Ben-Ghiat and a few other serious intellectuals who have warned about MAGA. Every one of them needs to find a safe place.

I'm particularly worried about Masha Gessen who ticks several "them" boxes.

@aral

Signal is not a SCIF.

Sure, there's a lot of security, but it is not the level required by law for US national secrets.

@StillIRise1963

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The coup is over - they hold all the positions of power.

The only option is resistance. Be the sand in the gears to minimize the harms

@msquebanh @HistoPol @jbe
Sometimes I think about the fact that the only difference in the histories of the US and Canada is that one had slavers from its founding and one did not.

Of course, Netanyahu ordered another #Gaza strike, killing 300+.

"We had no choice" says the side that recovered only a handful of hostages after 15 months of full-on invasion - but nearly 200 through negotiation.

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/czje23jd779t
At least 330 killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, Hamas-run ministry says, Hamas-run ministry says - live updates - BBC News

@AmericaMourns

We need to quit thinking of 1930s Germany

We should be thinking of 1870s America, when a country that had Black Senators from Mississippi quickly stripped it all away and implemented 80+ years of Jim Crow and a robber baron economy. Also fought to seize land in Hawaii, Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico.

It was this America that taught Hitler what he could get away with, and how.

@HistoPol @GottaLaff

Yeah, well, it's what we have to work with.

In a pinch, even FDR, Churchill and Stalin worked together.

@HistoPol @GottaLaff

Macron, Merz and Tusk will sort it out. Starmer will go along. It's a tragedy they are all center-right, but that's where we are at.