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Joshua Failé

@joshuafaile.bsky.social

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(he/him) Neurodivergent Social Democrat in Maine working to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive society. Economist by training, Spanish-English-American by birth, and antifascist by moral imperative. We must act now before it is too late.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · Jul 14

I no longer believe that frequent strongly worded letters to our representatives in Congress, intermittent demonstrations in our town squares, or carefully choreographed media campaigns are going to stop the regime’s procession to full fascist rule.

I believe we need a general strike. 1/7

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · Jul 14

We are seeing the Trump regime—and it’s various supporters and enablers—set the Constitution alight in front of our eyes, with the intent to destroy the ‘rule of law’ and replace it with the ‘rule of might’, replete with a masked secret police, concentration camps, and a shadow court of injustice.

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · Jul 14

I wish it was hyperbole or pessimism to say we are no longer a constitutional republic...

…but it isn’t, given the controlling majority in all three branches of government are currently outright ignoring the Constitution in favour of enforcing their far-right, techno-/christo-fascist ideology.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 11h

“The judge knows he is dealing with a Trump legal clown show in his courtroom.”

Pretty much sums up this entire regime.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 11h

Lindsey Halligan at Comey's arraignment:

"The only two words that she spoke today were her name — and she got that wrong."

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com , with a sharper eye on court transcripts than anyone in the business. Worth revisiting with today's news. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJMz...

Lawrence: The only humiliation in court during Comey’s arraignment was on the Trump side

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how during James Comey’s arraignment, the judge knew he was “watching a legal Trump clown show” while the “humiliated inexperienced lawyer” Lindsey Halligan sat by…

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely. The reason I call out what I see to be false claims or misapplication of “antisemitism” is because prejudice and discrimination against Jews is a real, growing issue (as is Islamophobia and really most bigotry, unfortunately), and misuse of the term does not help combat it in any way.

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 12h

I am usually the one asserting that the term “antisemitism” has been weaponised in recent years to a frightening extent, which has caused family and friends (mostly in Israel) to get angry with me…

But, yeah, “circumcision causes autism” is good, ole fashioned New England antisemitism.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 13h

It took me weeks, but I was able to fully incorporate every member of Antifa by command level, operational focus, competency, and geographic area on a single PDF page.

It is my magnum opus.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 13h

Damn, and I was planning to present the updated organisation chart!

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 13h

[gestures broadly to everything]

Pertaining to… ?

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 13h

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 14h

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 14h

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 13h

The people in this video being violently abducted whilst in line to pickup their children at an elementary school in Chicago were eventually released AFTER THEY SHOWED THEIR PAPERS.

This is Trump’s America.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social: please explain how *not* calling this fascism helps anyone.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 13h

One month later…

a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp

ALT: a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 14h

Halligan must have thought “well, if I am going out in disgrace, I might as well go out in a massive dumpster fire of disgrace!”

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 16h

Every time Trump or one of his sycophants “jokes” or “alludes” to him running for an unconstitutional third term (or, worse, just refusing to leave office in 2029), they are trying to gradually normalise that idea with most people hearing it, even liberals. It is absolutely an intentional tactic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

FINNISH PRESIDENT: We're gonna deliver the first icebreaker in 2028

TRUMP: Good. Just a little bit before a big event.

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 17h

If the Democrats accept this “deal”, they are Charlie Brown and the Republicans are Lucy.

And we’re all ****ed.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 18h

“Make the proof” is so diametrically opposed to science RFK JR might as well be standing next to a witch’s cauldron, completely naked, shouting in tongues, whilst throwing in the head of a sacrificed goat and some parsley.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 17h

Essentially, the Trump regime is asserting that they have the right to violate Posse Comitatus—and many provisions of the Constitution—whenever they believe any amount of unrest and violence would be caused by doing so.

I am going to call this line of legal reasoning ‘plenary circular authority’.

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump regime’s official position in legal proceedings against their unlawful and unconstitutional deployment of the military in Democrat-led cities is that even if the deployment itself created the unrest and “violence”, the manufactured unrest and “violence” legally justifies the deployment.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18h

Perry asks again whether, if the inability to execute the law is b/c of the feds' "own provocation, does that matter under the law?"

Hamilton: "No, if that were true, the fact still remains that we are seeing sustained violence against federal personnel and property in Illinois."

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 18h

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18h

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 18h

Trump confirms that the plan has been and continues to be the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and the West Bank, which is a crime against humanity under the Genocide Convention.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Q: Can you promise Palestinians they will be able to stay?

TRUMP: Uhhh. Well they know exactly what we're doing. You can't live right now in Gaza.

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 18h

TRANSLATION: Israel will resume bombing the Palestinians into oblivion as soon as all the living hostages are released.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 18h

This is what the Trump regime wants to see in every Democrat-led city in the US, every day:

Masked men violently dragging people out of their cars in broad daylight in front of elementary schools, disappearing them across the country, leaving their children abandoned, and the community terrorised.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 18h

Trump’s ‘Circle Jerks’

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Hegseth: "There's no other way to create that kind of love and enthusiasm than with your leadership, sir. And it is an honor to work with Pam and Kristi in these cities across the country to make sure American citizens and law enforcement are protected with our National Guard. That's a core mission"

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 18h

Trump’s ‘Circle Jerks’

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 19h

Looking forward to the novel way the fascist majority of the Supreme Court completely ignore the President of the United States publicly announcing he will break the law and violate the constitution in a cabinet meeting in the White House when they rule in favour of Executive sequestration.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We'll be making cuts that will be permanent. And we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you."

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 19h

“For billionaires”, Trump went on to not say.

Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 21h

Samantha, Republican from Virginia, to Mike Johnson: “My kids could DIE… You could stop this.”

Johnson: No, you’re wrong, it’s the Democrats that can stop this.

Just a reminder that the Republicans control the House, Senate, White House, and the Supreme Court, and could pass their CR at any time.