Gilead Burns
@gileadburns.bsky.social
A thorn in the side of hierarchy
If you ever wondered what fascism and authoritarianism look like in action, the new FEMA director provides a sterling demonstration. #thisiswhatfascismlookslike
Whoa‼️ Acting FEMA chief David Richardson just told his staff, “Don’t get in my way… I will run right over you.”—at his intro meeting.
Threatening career FEMA workers who might resist Trump’s agenda. What matters is loyalty. Obey or get steamrolled.
Authoritarianism — one agency at a time.
Threatening career FEMA workers who might resist Trump’s agenda. What matters is loyalty. Obey or get steamrolled.
Authoritarianism — one agency at a time.
May 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you ever wondered what fascism and authoritarianism look like in action, the new FEMA director provides a sterling demonstration. #thisiswhatfascismlookslike
This is a great concept.... IF YOU ACTUALLY HELD REPUBS TO THE SAME STANDARD. WHICH YOU DON'T. They can heckle, insult, lie, and harass, and you just take it. #BootlickersRUs
laura gillen, a long island democrat like suozzi (who unseated a republican incumbent in november), is on IG proudly posting about her vote to censure al green. she, too, is getting lit the fuck up: www.instagram.com/p/DG3pke0ulI...
March 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is a great concept.... IF YOU ACTUALLY HELD REPUBS TO THE SAME STANDARD. WHICH YOU DON'T. They can heckle, insult, lie, and harass, and you just take it. #BootlickersRUs
Zelenskyy did the best job possible of ripping off any remaking mask, and showing Europe, the world, and Americans what this administration is. It may have been intended as degradation, but it came across as a warning klaxon and rallying cry.
Remember the warning issued to Trump last Nov by Putin aide Nikolay Patrushev, saying Trump's win came at the price of certain "obligations" he was expected to fulfil?
I bet 1 of those obligations was the degradation of Zelenskyy staged on live TV from the Oval Office yesterday. Putin planned that.
I bet 1 of those obligations was the degradation of Zelenskyy staged on live TV from the Oval Office yesterday. Putin planned that.
March 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Zelenskyy did the best job possible of ripping off any remaking mask, and showing Europe, the world, and Americans what this administration is. It may have been intended as degradation, but it came across as a warning klaxon and rallying cry.
Blowing this country up for real is far preferable to going down in history as complicit with this level of malicious behavior. #ViveLaRevolution
No honest world leader should ever visit the White House or meet with Trump or Vance ever again. They no longer deserve the respect. They’re ignorant, mean, vulgar, crass bullies. And they are the enemy.
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Blowing this country up for real is far preferable to going down in history as complicit with this level of malicious behavior. #ViveLaRevolution
Shame is entirely the appropriate emotion right now. Shame that we let these grifters within 100 miles of the Oval Office. And anger, because we need to get them out of it.
February 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Shame is entirely the appropriate emotion right now. Shame that we let these grifters within 100 miles of the Oval Office. And anger, because we need to get them out of it.
Being kind and considerate to other people, learning how to be a better person, and learning and making mistakes while striving to be better are cult activities, apparently.
Only wallowing in your own waste and flinging it at others is American enough for these people.
Only wallowing in your own waste and flinging it at others is American enough for these people.
It's so explicitly clear that this is propaganda to manufacture consent to purge all trans employees from the federal government.
This is a campaign of eradication.
This is a campaign of eradication.
February 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Being kind and considerate to other people, learning how to be a better person, and learning and making mistakes while striving to be better are cult activities, apparently.
Only wallowing in your own waste and flinging it at others is American enough for these people.
Only wallowing in your own waste and flinging it at others is American enough for these people.
Every women who helps or even agrees with these dickholes is a traitor. I just wish they could get what's coming to them without the rest of us being forced to share the experience.
"A woman is like a child": MAGA turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power
Conservative women believe complicity will save them, but an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights
www.salon.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Every women who helps or even agrees with these dickholes is a traitor. I just wish they could get what's coming to them without the rest of us being forced to share the experience.
Being inconspicuous while travelling is one fundamental way to avoid being abducted or killed, according to US Gov mandatory training materials. Being on the road is inherently vulnerable, even when driving to and from work.
Ah yes, the car of a well-adjusted man with nothing to prove to anyone
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Look who I spotted driving into DC this morning
And yes, it was him.
The FBI director drives around in a fire engine red Cyber Truck with custom plates...
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February 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Being inconspicuous while travelling is one fundamental way to avoid being abducted or killed, according to US Gov mandatory training materials. Being on the road is inherently vulnerable, even when driving to and from work.
Democracy Dies for Money: Bezos mandated the section prioritize two topics, personal liberties and free markets, said "viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others."
WaPo Opinion Editor resigns after Jeff Bezos announces changes to Opinion section
Bezos is reshaping The Post's opinion coverage, which has focused on politics and policy for decades.
www.axios.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Democracy Dies for Money: Bezos mandated the section prioritize two topics, personal liberties and free markets, said "viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others."
Anyone - *anyone* - who treats people as things, is heading down this road. In so doing, they have renounced their humanity. People who fail to cherish other people need to be removed from the discussion.
February 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Anyone - *anyone* - who treats people as things, is heading down this road. In so doing, they have renounced their humanity. People who fail to cherish other people need to be removed from the discussion.
Free speech strikes again - this time, a sitting Congressperson is in the cross hairs.
Mr. Garcia, please continue to bring weapons to the bar fight. Large caliber ones, for preference.
Mr. Garcia, please continue to bring weapons to the bar fight. Large caliber ones, for preference.
So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.
February 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Free speech strikes again - this time, a sitting Congressperson is in the cross hairs.
Mr. Garcia, please continue to bring weapons to the bar fight. Large caliber ones, for preference.
Mr. Garcia, please continue to bring weapons to the bar fight. Large caliber ones, for preference.
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My latest for the @thebarbedwire.bsky.social makes the case that Trump and Musk are marching us into a "new fascism" that may not look exactly like its historical predecessors but nevertheless draws on the ideology to rend the democratic state and rule of law.
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Musk and Trump Are Marching Us Into a ‘New Fascism’
Historians and German philosophers warn that Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s takeover of the federal government has all the hallmarks of fascism. What now?
thebarbedwire.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
My latest for the @thebarbedwire.bsky.social makes the case that Trump and Musk are marching us into a "new fascism" that may not look exactly like its historical predecessors but nevertheless draws on the ideology to rend the democratic state and rule of law.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/02/13/e...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/02/13/e...
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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
MAGA's vendetta agilainst the Associated Press for not being Nazis. As usual, it's not *really* about the Gulf of America.
Oh the “Gulf of America” thing is also now about getting news outlets to say trans people don’t exist. Cool
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
Exclusive: MAGA's list of AP grievances
Axios compiled a list of AP style guidance that has stuck in the craw of conservative critics.
www.axios.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
MAGA's vendetta agilainst the Associated Press for not being Nazis. As usual, it's not *really* about the Gulf of America.
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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
“Free speech has limits and threatening government workers crosses the line,” Martin wrote... after he spoke... with a senior Musk aide about threats against U.S. DOGE Service workers. “We will stop the storm of threats against officials at all levels.”
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February 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“Free speech has limits and threatening government workers crosses the line,” Martin wrote... after he spoke... with a senior Musk aide about threats against U.S. DOGE Service workers. “We will stop the storm of threats against officials at all levels.”
archive.is/FNiEa
archive.is/FNiEa
We are way past the point where the opposition party will do shit. Depose this asshole, like they did Louis XVI. 🪓
If you can’t successfully message against this you don’t deserve another cent in fundraising and should go the way of the Whigs.
February 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
We are way past the point where the opposition party will do shit. Depose this asshole, like they did Louis XVI. 🪓
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February 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Oh look, ICE is staffed and led by racists and Nazis. This is my shocked face.
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Oh look, ICE is staffed and led by racists and Nazis. This is my shocked face.
The Executive Order signed yesterday is the biggest executive power grab in US history. It's flying under the radar because the corporate media is focusing on the IVF order. Combined with his attack on Ukraine, this is the Rubicon, folks.
The full Executive Order is out! ⚠️ This is the biggest executive power grab in U.S. history. ⚠️
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February 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The Executive Order signed yesterday is the biggest executive power grab in US history. It's flying under the radar because the corporate media is focusing on the IVF order. Combined with his attack on Ukraine, this is the Rubicon, folks.
He is fucking *gloating* about this shit. We are living in a comic book, and the BBEG is the president. This is far beyond evil. #ViveLaResistance
White House posts video of immigrants in shackles, calls deportation footage 'ASMR'
President Donald Trump has made the crackdown on undocumented immigrants living in the United States a priority for his second term in the White House.
www.cnbc.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
He is fucking *gloating* about this shit. We are living in a comic book, and the BBEG is the president. This is far beyond evil. #ViveLaResistance
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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
"Revolutionary" is certainly a word choice. As in, it's fomenting a revolution against this treason. #ViveLaResistance
As @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social said: Mike Johnson leads an NPC — Non Player Congress
February 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Revolutionary" is certainly a word choice. As in, it's fomenting a revolution against this treason. #ViveLaResistance
They've been taking kids away from their parents at our borders since 2017. This is the first time I've seen them threatening to do it domestically, and I'm sure, not the last. 😥
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
They've been taking kids away from their parents at our borders since 2017. This is the first time I've seen them threatening to do it domestically, and I'm sure, not the last. 😥