Cindy
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After the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, I asked authoritarian experts about what we’re seeing. Their take: Authoritarianism is here and Trump is already going further than other strongmen: “Orbán doesn’t arrest journalists.”
My latest for @status.news:
www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
My latest for @status.news:
www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
‘This Is a New Dimension’
As federal agents begin arresting journalists, experts tell Status that Donald Trump's attacks on the press have crossed into openly authoritarian behavior.
www.status.news
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
After the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, I asked authoritarian experts about what we’re seeing. Their take: Authoritarianism is here and Trump is already going further than other strongmen: “Orbán doesn’t arrest journalists.”
My latest for @status.news:
www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
My latest for @status.news:
www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Twice this week when meeting a new person I've gotten an excited "Wow, it must be an exciting time to be a political scientist!" and both times I've answered "Not really. That's like telling someone it's an exciting to be a surgeon when there's a 63 car pileup on the highway."
January 26, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Twice this week when meeting a new person I've gotten an excited "Wow, it must be an exciting time to be a political scientist!" and both times I've answered "Not really. That's like telling someone it's an exciting to be a surgeon when there's a 63 car pileup on the highway."
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Hitler's Germany and Trump's America.
This is the kind of "immigration control" that Noem and Bovino want more of.
This is the kind of "immigration control" that Noem and Bovino want more of.
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Hitler's Germany and Trump's America.
This is the kind of "immigration control" that Noem and Bovino want more of.
This is the kind of "immigration control" that Noem and Bovino want more of.
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Renée Good and Alex Pretti did not die in vain. They gave their lives for the liberation of their fellow Americans—much like others who died in nonviolent campaigns in our history.
We will honor their sacrifices by continuing their fight until we win.
We will honor their sacrifices by continuing their fight until we win.
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Renée Good and Alex Pretti did not die in vain. They gave their lives for the liberation of their fellow Americans—much like others who died in nonviolent campaigns in our history.
We will honor their sacrifices by continuing their fight until we win.
We will honor their sacrifices by continuing their fight until we win.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.
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Hearing many stories now of ICE going to the homes of observers and activists to menace them.
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Hearing many stories now of ICE going to the homes of observers and activists to menace them.
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Because of the woke left, people have been afraid to say anything other than "Happy Holidays" during this time of year. But now, thanks to the efforts of Trump, Vance, and the GOP, folks are once again comfortable with the more traditional, "Sieg Heil."
December 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Because of the woke left, people have been afraid to say anything other than "Happy Holidays" during this time of year. But now, thanks to the efforts of Trump, Vance, and the GOP, folks are once again comfortable with the more traditional, "Sieg Heil."
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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You’ve got to be really trash as a person to make Dick Cheney almost look human by comparison.
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
You’ve got to be really trash as a person to make Dick Cheney almost look human by comparison.
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So much for the Trump administration's alleged concern abt antisemitism. New Coast Guard (under DHS) policy now says swastikas and nooses are no longer considered hate symbols but just "potentially divisive." Coast Guard/DHS Officials refuse to respond.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
So much for the Trump administration's alleged concern abt antisemitism. New Coast Guard (under DHS) policy now says swastikas and nooses are no longer considered hate symbols but just "potentially divisive." Coast Guard/DHS Officials refuse to respond.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Executed, dismembered, and burned.
youtube.com/watch?v=LEAI...
youtube.com/watch?v=LEAI...
Khashoggi's body likely burned in oven at Saudi consul's home
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Executed, dismembered, and burned.
youtube.com/watch?v=LEAI...
youtube.com/watch?v=LEAI...
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From The Archives: ‘We Will Never Speak Of This Again,’ Says Trump To Mohammed Bin Salman As They Dump Khashoggi’s Body Into New Jersey River https://theonion.com/we-will-never-speak-of-this-again-says-trump-to-moha-1830547181/
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
From The Archives: ‘We Will Never Speak Of This Again,’ Says Trump To Mohammed Bin Salman As They Dump Khashoggi’s Body Into New Jersey River https://theonion.com/we-will-never-speak-of-this-again-says-trump-to-moha-1830547181/
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HEARTBREAKING: Eleven-year-old Brandon Dominguez was shot and killed during a road rage incident while riding in the back seat of his step-father’s car on a congested Nevada highway on Friday. An online family fundraiser said Brandon was "the light of our family."
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
HEARTBREAKING: Eleven-year-old Brandon Dominguez was shot and killed during a road rage incident while riding in the back seat of his step-father’s car on a congested Nevada highway on Friday. An online family fundraiser said Brandon was "the light of our family."
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So, fine, you don't care what the definition of "fascism" is. But please, think through how differently your strategies would be if America were a fascist state right now.
It's not.
You have all the powers of a democracy. Use them. Don't buy into the "fascism is now" drama.
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It's not.
You have all the powers of a democracy. Use them. Don't buy into the "fascism is now" drama.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
So, fine, you don't care what the definition of "fascism" is. But please, think through how differently your strategies would be if America were a fascist state right now.
It's not.
You have all the powers of a democracy. Use them. Don't buy into the "fascism is now" drama.
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It's not.
You have all the powers of a democracy. Use them. Don't buy into the "fascism is now" drama.
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In light of today’s email dump, I will say I have at various times found my way into online discussion spaces containing a fair number of important and powerful men, and it is the greatest cure to imposter syndrome that humanity has yet devised
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In light of today’s email dump, I will say I have at various times found my way into online discussion spaces containing a fair number of important and powerful men, and it is the greatest cure to imposter syndrome that humanity has yet devised
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The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
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This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
More than 10,000 flights delayed in worst day of disruptions since shutdown
More than 2,800 flights were canceled Sunday, while Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the shutdown’s impact on airports is “only going to get worse.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,