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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 2h

Trump knows no one will stop him from ensuring military personnel are paid.
As impulsive and ignorant as he is,Trump systematically acts to aggrandize personal power & humiliate his opponents by demonstrating they can’t stop him - a pure Fascist.
But he’s also a psychopath who can’t stop himself.

Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 2h

Trump knows no one will stop him from ensuring military personnel are paid.
As impulsive and ignorant as he is,Trump systematically acts to aggrandize personal power & humiliate his opponents by demonstrating they can’t stop him - a pure Fascist.
But he’s also a psychopath who can’t stop himself.

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve gifted this article with a more accurate byline:

“Trump Administration shocked to find decimating the agricultural labor force with lawless, cruel militarization of immigration policy will cause food prices to skyrocket, people to go hungry and tank the economy; Trump fires report author.”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 19h

As widely consumed American media sources become ever more compromised by oligarchic acquisition, direct federal interference, extortion and bullying, we’ll need to rely increasingly on independent, patriotic, professional sources of journalism.
Like this.
Support them.
Disseminate widely.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 19h

As widely consumed American media sources become ever more compromised by oligarchic acquisition, direct federal interference, extortion and bullying, we’ll need to rely increasingly on independent, patriotic, professional sources of journalism.
Like this.
Support them.
Disseminate widely.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is presently engaged in the most extreme, radical, bizarre, insane, destructive, unpatriotic and despicable conduct by any elected official, from any party in the history of this great nation.
This is criminal and impeachable conduct.
This cruel insanity must NEVER become normalized.
F
I
G
H
T

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is presently engaged the most extreme, radical, bizarre, insane, destructive, unpatriotic and despicable conduct, by any elected official from any party, in the history of this great nation.
This is criminal and impeachable conduct.
This cruel insanity must NEVER become normalized.
F
I
G
H
T

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent tactical move. Same judges that ruled against it when Biden did it. Make them hate each other.
Use Trump’s patented, despicable tactics against him.
“The Mirror.”

Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 1d

I thought forgiving student loans was evil, satanic libtard madness.

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 4d

Why? What was said that was unreasonable?
He’s not entitled to an opinion because he has money?
Do you know how many middle class Americans are actively thinking about living abroad at right now?
It’s not so expensive.
No other countries deprive their citizens of health insurance and decent wages.

expensive.so

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 4d

Regardless of what he said in this article, which by the way sounds perfectly reasonable to me, he was correct.
No one got played.
Joe Biden was not fit to run.
He might’ve been fit to be president, but running for president is a different job that he was not ready for that, quite obviously.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not a conservative commentator. Billionaires won't pay me $150m. No major network is making me the editor in chief.

But I am a lawyer who fights for democracy. I did build Democracy Docket from scratch. And, for $10 a month you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 4d

The total, undisguised disrespect the AG shows U.S. senators is not just a play for Trump.
It is a demonstration of authoritarian dominance & humiliation,intended to convey that the Executive is unconstrained in all respects.
It works.
The Senate will do nothing.
Trump owns the Rs.
We.
Are.
Here.

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 4d

The Education of Ms. Marjorie. A Sign of Hope.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes

Greene said she's "not a fan" of Obamacare but complained that her "own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE" if Congress ignores the issue.

www.nbcnews.com

Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 4d

www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

www.thejusticeconnection.org

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5d

They still haven’t found all the missing children from the floods. Why are they more worried about Illinois than about the children in Texas?

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 4d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 5d

I keep seeing people dooming with "they're not acting like people who ever think they'll be out of power" and I keep thinking maybe, but they're also acting like they're terrified of what will happen to them when they do lose power.

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 6d

Likelihood Trump will initiate foreign military conflicts AND militarized conflagrations in American cities to create ongoing “crises” to claim extraordinary constitutional powers (e.g. Insurrection Act) to maintain power: 💯
There is NOTHING he will not do.
He’s Pure Evil.
A narcissistic sadist.

Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 6d

Likelihood Trump will initiate foreign military conflicts AND militarized conflagrations in American cities to create ongoing “crises” to claim extraordinary constitutional powers (e.g. Insurrection Act) to maintain power: 💯
There is NOTHING he will not do.
He’s Pure Evil.
A narcissistic sadist.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 6d

When President AOC federalizes the National Guard in 2029 to protect abortion clinics, Ilan is going to magically discover an English treatise written in 1610 that proves Matthew Kacsmaryk can issue a nationwide injunction against her.

Pat Sobkowski @patsobkowski.com · 6d

We don’t have to carry water for dictators. Just my thought.

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Dave Secrest @davesecrest.bsky.social · 6d

Now I gotta watch Joy more often I guess…
I’ll pull up a couch!