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Going to start a thread of Things Americans are Doing to Fight Back, when it comes to the Trump administration. I want to show people outside the US that some people ARE resisting. Sometimes in court, sometimes protests, sometimes by other means. Here we go:
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Yes, that’s why my family left Germany because they really wanted to go to Great Britain and sort of missed it by thaaat much
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Yes, that’s why my family left Germany because they really wanted to go to Great Britain and sort of missed it by thaaat much
This is how empires speak.
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
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February 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This is how empires speak.
Considering how many MAGA people went to some of these, especially the Ivy Leagues - including Hegseth himself - this is silly.
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Considering how many MAGA people went to some of these, especially the Ivy Leagues - including Hegseth himself - this is silly.
Ahn Bo-Hyun in endless knit henleys in Spring Fever is sending me.
February 14, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Ahn Bo-Hyun in endless knit henleys in Spring Fever is sending me.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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1/ SCOOP: The process that led to the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election materials from GA has been going on longer than previously known – with meetings among top Trump administration lawyers about election integrity dating back to at least last fall.
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
What Meetings Among Trump Lawyers Reveal About the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
The federal prosecutor from Missouri, who is overseeing an investigation into the 2020 vote in Georgia, had several meetings set up with top administration lawyers last fall to discuss election integr...
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
1/ SCOOP: The process that led to the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election materials from GA has been going on longer than previously known – with meetings among top Trump administration lawyers about election integrity dating back to at least last fall.
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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11/ Read on for the full story of how a small, interconnected group of Trump administration lawyers from Missouri played a behind-the-scenes role in the raid in Georgia…
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
What Meetings Among Trump Lawyers Reveal About the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
The federal prosecutor from Missouri, who is overseeing an investigation into the 2020 vote in Georgia, had several meetings set up with top administration lawyers last fall to discuss election integr...
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
11/ Read on for the full story of how a small, interconnected group of Trump administration lawyers from Missouri played a behind-the-scenes role in the raid in Georgia…
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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"Der Führungsanspruch der Vereinigten Staaten jedenfalls ist angefochten, vielleicht schon verspielt." Das sagte Kanzler Friedrich Merz in seiner Eröffnungsrede der dreitägigen Konferenz in München. #EuropeNews
"Führungsanspruch der USA..verspielt": Merz auf Sicherheitskonferenz
"Der Führungsanspruch der Vereinigten Staaten jedenfalls ist angefochten, vielleicht schon verspielt." Das sagte Kanzler Friedrich Merz in seiner Eröffnungsrede der dreitägigen Konferenz in München.
l.euronews.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM
"Der Führungsanspruch der Vereinigten Staaten jedenfalls ist angefochten, vielleicht schon verspielt." Das sagte Kanzler Friedrich Merz in seiner Eröffnungsrede der dreitägigen Konferenz in München. #EuropeNews
Loving the WSJ, of all papers, bringing these stories.
Corey Lewandowski "fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after [Kristi] Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane" — a decision that was reversed when they realized they needed someone to take them home.
People said Noem and Lewandowski "do little to hide their relationship inside the department."
People said Noem and Lewandowski "do little to hide their relationship inside the department."
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Loving the WSJ, of all papers, bringing these stories.
How is Congress feeling about this misappropriation?
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
February 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
How is Congress feeling about this misappropriation?
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“Car infrastructure first” has failed—loud, polluted, and dangerous streets are the result. Build people infrastructure (sidewalks, protected lanes, safer crossings, transit priority) and we get calmer traffic and healthier communities. Newton is the latest proof.
Traffic Analysis Shows Newton Bikeway Project Reduced Car Traffic, Speeding, and Crashes - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"Vehicle volumes on the corridor have decreased without evidence of cut throughs on local roads, speeds within the pilot area have reduced, and bicycle activity has increased," according to a City of ...
mass.streetsblog.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
“Car infrastructure first” has failed—loud, polluted, and dangerous streets are the result. Build people infrastructure (sidewalks, protected lanes, safer crossings, transit priority) and we get calmer traffic and healthier communities. Newton is the latest proof.
They've even lost Nancy Mace on this one.
Johnson is being a typical Trump stooge. "If it happened, but I haven't seen that it has" 🙄
Johnson is being a typical Trump stooge. "If it happened, but I haven't seen that it has" 🙄
February 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
They've even lost Nancy Mace on this one.
Johnson is being a typical Trump stooge. "If it happened, but I haven't seen that it has" 🙄
Johnson is being a typical Trump stooge. "If it happened, but I haven't seen that it has" 🙄
Burn it all down.
Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is stepping down after new documents in the Jeffrey Epstein files showed she had remained a close ally of the convicted sex offender through his 2019 arrest.
Goldman Sachs’s Top Lawyer to Step Down Following Latest Epstein Documents
The bank had been steadfast in its support of Kathryn Ruemmler. Recent documents showed she was a close Epstein ally through his 2019 arrest.
on.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Burn it all down.
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Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This will feature for not even 2 seconds then disappear
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Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
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Transparency and accountability.
After DHS shot Marimar, they lied about it and then tried to criminalize her. Now, it is time they release the footage because Marimar deserves justice.
After DHS shot Marimar, they lied about it and then tried to criminalize her. Now, it is time they release the footage because Marimar deserves justice.
Judge allows release of body camera footage in case of Chicago woman shot by CBP
A judge has granted a motion to permit the release of bodycam footage and other evidence in the case of a Chicago woman who was shot five times by a CBP agent last fall.
abcnews.go.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Transparency and accountability.
After DHS shot Marimar, they lied about it and then tried to criminalize her. Now, it is time they release the footage because Marimar deserves justice.
After DHS shot Marimar, they lied about it and then tried to criminalize her. Now, it is time they release the footage because Marimar deserves justice.
BBC better be angry right now
Damn i remember some big lawsuits of broadcasters over editing of events showing WH figures
February 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
BBC better be angry right now
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Damn i remember some big lawsuits of broadcasters over editing of events showing WH figures
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Damn i remember some big lawsuits of broadcasters over editing of events showing WH figures
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You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
The Trump Administration again and again reduces America to Donald Trump.
Tusk speaks in terms of country to country.
Amb Rose speaks in terms of POTUS and his power.
Pathetic.
Tusk speaks in terms of country to country.
Amb Rose speaks in terms of POTUS and his power.
Pathetic.
The Trump administration continues to hack away at the soft power branch that US hegemony sits on. Alienating America's most loyal European ally is as self-destructive as it gets.
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The Trump Administration again and again reduces America to Donald Trump.
Tusk speaks in terms of country to country.
Amb Rose speaks in terms of POTUS and his power.
Pathetic.
Tusk speaks in terms of country to country.
Amb Rose speaks in terms of POTUS and his power.
Pathetic.
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This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.
Why make overtures to a country supplying arms to Russia that kill Ukrainians, while breaking down relations with every other country that has come to aid the US in the last 2 decades of foreign wars?
The Trump administration plans to approve international aid deliveries to North Korea, opening the door for humanitarian assistance after a monthslong freeze.
U.S. to Allow Aid to North Korea to Resume, While Outreach Stalls
Kim Jong Un’s regime has deepened ties to Russia and China, and ignored diplomatic overtures.
on.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Why make overtures to a country supplying arms to Russia that kill Ukrainians, while breaking down relations with every other country that has come to aid the US in the last 2 decades of foreign wars?
Bizarre choice
The CIA’s World Factbook, a repository of facts on nations that for six decades provided detailed figures on birth and death rates and major exports, relied upon first by government agents and eventually researchers, educators, journalists and more, was shuttered without warning on Wednesday.
C.I.A. World Factbook Ends Publication After 6 Decades
The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.
nyti.ms
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Bizarre choice
What a journey in local politics, in support of bike lanes.
Happy Monday, folks! I’m at San Mateo City Hall tonight, where the council is set to consider spending several million dollars to rip out bike lanes installed in 2022 in favor of more parking spots for cars.
Yes, really. 🧵
Yes, really. 🧵
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
What a journey in local politics, in support of bike lanes.
Italians not loving the idea of ICE anything on Italian soil
January 27, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Italians not loving the idea of ICE anything on Italian soil