Joshua Failé
@joshuafaile.bsky.social
(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.
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
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.
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.
…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.
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
I believe we need a general strike. 1/7
There is no such thing as a “politically inert” military under the control of a fascist regime.
But I‘m not surprised at all that an AEI contributor believes quoting the UMCJ is “politicising” the military, whilst everything the Trump regime has done with the military has been apolitical.
But I‘m not surprised at all that an AEI contributor believes quoting the UMCJ is “politicising” the military, whilst everything the Trump regime has done with the military has been apolitical.
My thoughts on the latest civ-mil fracas: "the American military cannot save us from the politicians we elect to high office...the proper role for our military is political inertness. However well-meaning, to encourage them to be otherwise is further pulling them into the political fray.”
www.aei.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There is no such thing as a “politically inert” military under the control of a fascist regime.
But I‘m not surprised at all that an AEI contributor believes quoting the UMCJ is “politicising” the military, whilst everything the Trump regime has done with the military has been apolitical.
But I‘m not surprised at all that an AEI contributor believes quoting the UMCJ is “politicising” the military, whilst everything the Trump regime has done with the military has been apolitical.
We have eugenicists that believe in Social Darwinism in charge of health policy in the US.
They want “weak” people to die because they believe themselves to be the “strong”.
They believe they are among the master race, and the rest of us must be purged to make room for their utopia.
They want “weak” people to die because they believe themselves to be the “strong”.
They believe they are among the master race, and the rest of us must be purged to make room for their utopia.
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We have eugenicists that believe in Social Darwinism in charge of health policy in the US.
They want “weak” people to die because they believe themselves to be the “strong”.
They believe they are among the master race, and the rest of us must be purged to make room for their utopia.
They want “weak” people to die because they believe themselves to be the “strong”.
They believe they are among the master race, and the rest of us must be purged to make room for their utopia.
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The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
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🧵: America’s rather ironic obsession with ’fixed class identity’, whereby most people are confined to the class of their parents—largely adopted from our racist English/Spanish roots, in direct conflict with our aspirational premise of social mobility—is one of our heaviest societal anchors. 1/6
There are and have been Democratic candidates in Maine from working class backgrounds. Troy Jackson and Mike Michaud come to mind. With them as the comparator, Platner is not one. #mepolitics www.editorialboard.com/why-graham-p...
Why Graham Platner is a working-class impersonator
And why the online left can’t see it.
www.editorialboard.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🧵: America’s rather ironic obsession with ’fixed class identity’, whereby most people are confined to the class of their parents—largely adopted from our racist English/Spanish roots, in direct conflict with our aspirational premise of social mobility—is one of our heaviest societal anchors. 1/6
“Hello, Capitol Police? Yes, I would like to report a murder.”
Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Hello, Capitol Police? Yes, I would like to report a murder.”
“DOGE” is arguably the biggest heist—of money, power, personal data, and confidential info—in American history.
And the thieves, which now directly or indirectly control the federal government, are attempting to not only erase all evidence, but make it seem as though it never actually happened.
And the thieves, which now directly or indirectly control the federal government, are attempting to not only erase all evidence, but make it seem as though it never actually happened.
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE??????
#WITAOD
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE??????
#WITAOD
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“DOGE” is arguably the biggest heist—of money, power, personal data, and confidential info—in American history.
And the thieves, which now directly or indirectly control the federal government, are attempting to not only erase all evidence, but make it seem as though it never actually happened.
And the thieves, which now directly or indirectly control the federal government, are attempting to not only erase all evidence, but make it seem as though it never actually happened.
#MEpolitics: “MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 specifically alleges Governor Mills’ admin violated state labor laws related to prematurely declaring impasse, regressive bargaining, cancelling bargaining sessions… and otherwise engaging in behavior designed to frustrate the collective bargaining process.”
State workers union files complaint accusing Mills administration of negotiating in bad faith • Maine Morning Star
State employees filed a formal complaint on Monday accusing the Mills administration of not bargaining in good faith in ongoing negotiations for labor contracts that expired at the end of June. The s...
mainemorningstar.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
#MEpolitics: “MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 specifically alleges Governor Mills’ admin violated state labor laws related to prematurely declaring impasse, regressive bargaining, cancelling bargaining sessions… and otherwise engaging in behavior designed to frustrate the collective bargaining process.”
CONTEXT: Sacks is a venture capitalist that‘s heavily invested in several AI companies and was appointed by Trump as the White House's “AI and Cryptocurrency Czar”.
Sacks—and the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and others—have intentionally made their AI ventures “too big to fail”.
Sacks—and the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and others—have intentionally made their AI ventures “too big to fail”.
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
CONTEXT: Sacks is a venture capitalist that‘s heavily invested in several AI companies and was appointed by Trump as the White House's “AI and Cryptocurrency Czar”.
Sacks—and the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and others—have intentionally made their AI ventures “too big to fail”.
Sacks—and the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and others—have intentionally made their AI ventures “too big to fail”.
Did Trump also score a 38-under par, including 11 holes-in-one, in his most recent round of golf, as well as swimming from DC to London in 24 hours, without escort, and singlehandedly ended 200 wars, whilst also creating the “hottest country in the world” in less than six months?
“One day [trump] sat on the plane with me. We were talking about Syria, and he drew a map of the Mideast for me. And it was a perfect map,” Kennedy told me. “Then he drew in the troop strength of each country, and also the troop strength on various borders.”
NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Did Trump also score a 38-under par, including 11 holes-in-one, in his most recent round of golf, as well as swimming from DC to London in 24 hours, without escort, and singlehandedly ended 200 wars, whilst also creating the “hottest country in the world” in less than six months?
Trump’s FAFO America: When everything your Dear Leader does is a shakedown, you begin to think everything you do can be a shakedown. And are deluded into believing—like him—you can do it with no negative consequences or accountability for your actions.
Fortunately, this *church employee* was wrong.
Fortunately, this *church employee* was wrong.
HOUSTON: A church employee pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money who is in the country legally with a temporary visa
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Trump’s FAFO America: When everything your Dear Leader does is a shakedown, you begin to think everything you do can be a shakedown. And are deluded into believing—like him—you can do it with no negative consequences or accountability for your actions.
Fortunately, this *church employee* was wrong.
Fortunately, this *church employee* was wrong.
Me seeing someone post “the #cowboys, wow” on Bluesky and going to check the score, expecting another humiliating defeat:
a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Me seeing someone post “the #cowboys, wow” on Bluesky and going to check the score, expecting another humiliating defeat:
In news that will surprise absolutely no one, Facebook reportedly prematurely ended research which indicated that young people that stopped using the platform became less miserable.
There is nothing that frightens Zuckerberg more than happier people that spend less time online.
There is nothing that frightens Zuckerberg more than happier people that spend less time online.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In news that will surprise absolutely no one, Facebook reportedly prematurely ended research which indicated that young people that stopped using the platform became less miserable.
There is nothing that frightens Zuckerberg more than happier people that spend less time online.
There is nothing that frightens Zuckerberg more than happier people that spend less time online.
This seems to have been a very accurate forecast, unfortunately, in addition to obviously using the illegal “war” as a distraction from all of the regime’s corruption, malfeasance, and incompetence.
I feel for the people of Venezuela, who now have to contend with even more hardship and suffering.
I feel for the people of Venezuela, who now have to contend with even more hardship and suffering.
I am more convinced by the day that the Trump regime is about to (unconstitutionally) declare war on Venezuela, invoke the Insurrection Act, and substantially expand military deployment in major Democratic-led cities under the guise of “hunting down Venezuelan terrorists”.
🧵 This reporting confirms my suspicion on why, based on reporting last week, the CIA's Deputy Director, Michael Ellis, installed himself as the agency's general counsel. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This seems to have been a very accurate forecast, unfortunately, in addition to obviously using the illegal “war” as a distraction from all of the regime’s corruption, malfeasance, and incompetence.
I feel for the people of Venezuela, who now have to contend with even more hardship and suffering.
I feel for the people of Venezuela, who now have to contend with even more hardship and suffering.
CROW: We wanted to start a conversation about the dangerous rhetoric this president is using and threats he's made to use our military in an unlawful way
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: [gestures broadly to literally everything]
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: [gestures broadly to literally everything]
CROW: We wanted to start a conversation about the dangerous rhetoric this president is using and threats he's made to use our military in an unlawful way
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: Send troops into Chicago, into polling stations, kill terrorists' families, shoot peaceful protesters ...
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: Send troops into Chicago, into polling stations, kill terrorists' families, shoot peaceful protesters ...
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
CROW: We wanted to start a conversation about the dangerous rhetoric this president is using and threats he's made to use our military in an unlawful way
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: [gestures broadly to literally everything]
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: [gestures broadly to literally everything]
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
#Maine: My partner and I are joining a team of fellow members of @mainepeople.bsky.social to help pack and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets to our community at Food and Medicine’s Solidarity Harvest this afternoon.
If you would also like to volunteer and/or donate, click the link below.
If you would also like to volunteer and/or donate, click the link below.
Solidarity Harvest
foodandmedicine.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#Maine: My partner and I are joining a team of fellow members of @mainepeople.bsky.social to help pack and distribute locally-sourced meal baskets to our community at Food and Medicine’s Solidarity Harvest this afternoon.
If you would also like to volunteer and/or donate, click the link below.
If you would also like to volunteer and/or donate, click the link below.
Reposted by Joshua Failé
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
🧵: America’s rather ironic obsession with ’fixed class identity’, whereby most people are confined to the class of their parents—largely adopted from our racist English/Spanish roots, in direct conflict with our aspirational premise of social mobility—is one of our heaviest societal anchors. 1/6
There are and have been Democratic candidates in Maine from working class backgrounds. Troy Jackson and Mike Michaud come to mind. With them as the comparator, Platner is not one. #mepolitics www.editorialboard.com/why-graham-p...
Why Graham Platner is a working-class impersonator
And why the online left can’t see it.
www.editorialboard.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🧵: America’s rather ironic obsession with ’fixed class identity’, whereby most people are confined to the class of their parents—largely adopted from our racist English/Spanish roots, in direct conflict with our aspirational premise of social mobility—is one of our heaviest societal anchors. 1/6
Let this sink in.
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Let this sink in.
#MEpolitics: “In regards to any person that may be showing clear signs of advancing dementia, may be a paedophile, child rapist, and child sex trafficker, and may be attempting to install a technofascist kleptoligarchy, I think they may be dangerous.”
See, we can all talk like Golden (and Collins).
See, we can all talk like Golden (and Collins).
In other news, even having abandoned his campaign after being faced with a primary challenge, Jared Golden continues to do somersaults to avoid calling Trump out by name.
At least he's consistent? tinyurl.com/ebufx3ej #MEpolitics
At least he's consistent? tinyurl.com/ebufx3ej #MEpolitics
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#MEpolitics: “In regards to any person that may be showing clear signs of advancing dementia, may be a paedophile, child rapist, and child sex trafficker, and may be attempting to install a technofascist kleptoligarchy, I think they may be dangerous.”
See, we can all talk like Golden (and Collins).
See, we can all talk like Golden (and Collins).
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
#MEpolitics: Jared Golden will not be seeking reelection, so why does he continue to vote to help the regime broaden its corruption and malfeasance?
Because Golden has long since sold out his fellow Mainers and is now looking to secure his power and wealth after leaving office.
We deserve better.
Because Golden has long since sold out his fellow Mainers and is now looking to secure his power and wealth after leaving office.
We deserve better.
The House voted 230 to 176 to allow oil and gas companies to write a government report about why oil and gas refineries aren't making them enough money. Just trademark corruption.
And yet 25 Democrats voted for it.
And yet 25 Democrats voted for it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#MEpolitics: Jared Golden will not be seeking reelection, so why does he continue to vote to help the regime broaden its corruption and malfeasance?
Because Golden has long since sold out his fellow Mainers and is now looking to secure his power and wealth after leaving office.
We deserve better.
Because Golden has long since sold out his fellow Mainers and is now looking to secure his power and wealth after leaving office.
We deserve better.
This is a must read thread detailing—via official federal judge review and analysis of body cam video from each incident—how DHS/ICE has repeatedly lied about the conditions that lead to their use of force against immigrants, citizens, bystanders, protestors, and even police.
They are lawless.
They are lawless.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is a must read thread detailing—via official federal judge review and analysis of body cam video from each incident—how DHS/ICE has repeatedly lied about the conditions that lead to their use of force against immigrants, citizens, bystanders, protestors, and even police.
They are lawless.
They are lawless.
Apparently Halligan has never heard the saying that “when you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”
This is nuts.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Apparently Halligan has never heard the saying that “when you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”
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RECAP: The President of the United States is claiming members of Congress are committing sedition, and should be put to death, for releasing videos and statements urging federal law enforcement and military personnel *not* to follow illegal or unconstitutional orders.
That’s where we are now.
That’s where we are now.
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
RECAP: The President of the United States is claiming members of Congress are committing sedition, and should be put to death, for releasing videos and statements urging federal law enforcement and military personnel *not* to follow illegal or unconstitutional orders.
That’s where we are now.
That’s where we are now.