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Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2d

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” Trump is authorizing punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like. bit.ly/4330Su2

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

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Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 3d

Following Frederick Douglass on free speech.
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The Dread of Tyrants

Following Frederick Douglass on free speech. || Kenneth Silber

Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6d

The same forces breaking down democracy have succeeded in undermining key institutions: the judiciary, the integrity of religious institutions, and the guardrails of one of our two political parties. trib.al/zwHE2Jo

If we want better outcomes, we must commit ourselves to restoring them.

The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. We must call a regime that’s a danger to our way of life what it is.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 7d

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How to resist such a broad assault on a free society? Tracinski argues for Democrats to wear the administration down by blocking as much of its agenda as possible, including by shutting down the government anytime they can.

Robert Tracinski’s Dictator from Day One addresses the key political issue. || Kenneth Silber

I've covered Trump for years — and I've never seen him this scared

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 7d

"Fuck ICE" is a patriotic sentiment. Perhaps the most patriotic in this moment.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Miller has Fascist Hissy #3 today after another court ruling. This one from a judge appointed by radical left marxist Donald J Trump.

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Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 8d

"At some point in the not-to-distant future, I was told by a source close to Trump, there is a growing fear that someone in his own inner-circle may whisper the words '25th Amendment,' end the Trump presidency and usher in 'The Age of Ultron' — I mean Vance." www.salon.com/2025/10/03/i...

As the shutdown shifts the focus, JD Vance waits in the wings

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Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 8d

Make DC a state, feed ICE to the woodchipper, and razer Trump's ballroom. Among other good ideas here: open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown

God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11d

Lindsey Halligan, the attorney selected by Donald Trump to bring criminal charges against James Comey, has never prosecuted a case.

But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.

Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:

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Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 10d

"No future state-on-state wars—literally, none of them—are going to be determined by male toxicity and upper-body strength. They are going to be fought and won by the force that is inventive and adaptive; that has nimble production capabilities." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-depart...

The “Department of War” Is Designed to Fight American Citizens

How to resolve the tension between “lethal war-fighting warriors” and “no more wars” isolationism.

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Trump’s speech to the generals and admirals: I don’t even know where to begin

Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 10d

"Their loyalty is to the Constitution, not to President Donald Trump and Secretary of Whatever the Hell He Thinks He Is Pete Hegseth." substack.com/home/post/p-...

“Unhinged” is one word I heard on the news shows describing Trump’s speech this morning.

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The Complexity of History and Science

Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 12d

I look at some national and natural history, including a family connection. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...

Tracing connections across time and space. || Kenneth Silber

The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 15d

Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.

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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 18d

Great review of my book by @kensil.bsky.social .

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Robert Tracinski’s Dictator from Day One addresses the key political issue. || Kenneth Silber

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Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 18d

My review of "Dictator from Day One" by @tracinski.bsky.social , a book focused laser-like on the key political issue of our time. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...

Robert Tracinski’s Dictator from Day One addresses the key political issue. || Kenneth Silber

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Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 18d

My review. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...

Robert Tracinski’s Dictator from Day One addresses the key political issue. || Kenneth Silber

Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 18d

My review. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and... @tracinski.bsky.social

Robert Tracinski’s Dictator from Day One addresses the key political issue. || Kenneth Silber

Kenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 18d

My review of "Dictator from Day One" by @tracinski.bsky.social , a book focused laser-like on the key political issue of our time. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...

Robert Tracinski’s Dictator from Day One addresses the key political issue. || Kenneth Silber