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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed, things, in the US of A, get more Orwellian by the day.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...

‘Orwellian’: Current and former prosecutors alarmed after DOJ scrubs mentions of Trump and January 6 from court records | CNN Politics

The Justice Department’s decision to sideline two US attorneys and remove mentions of Donald Trump and the US Capitol attack from court papers before the sentencing of a pardoned January 6 rioter is b...

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 1d

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. -John Adams, 2nd US president (30 Oct 1735-1826)

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Luttig lists the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Tangerine Tyrant calls out to the American people to do our and reject monarchy.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

President for Life

Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

www.theatlantic.com

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 2d

Hamas shot and killed an IDF soldier, so Israel killed 100 Palestinians in reprisal. There is, in international law, a rule that says responses should be proportional.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Israel kills over 100 Palestinians in Gaza as Trump insists truce holds

The US president says Israel has a right to 'hit back' after reports that a soldier was killed in southern Gaza.

www.aljazeera.com

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 7d

Trump's ignorance of economic reality is hurting us all:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump’s Partisan Redistribution of Wealth

The president is using the shutdown to shake down blue states.

www.theatlantic.com

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 8d

"Balls," cried the Queen, "...had I two I'd be the King.".... This level of stupid can only be found in the DoD and reform schools.

thewarhorse.org/service-memb...

They’ve Never Been Arrested. Why Does the FBI List Thousands of Service Members as Potential Criminals?

Military titling system lists service members as potential criminals, upending their lives. These veterans try to set the record straight.

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 9d

Carboro, Pittsboro, and Hillsborough photos of "No Kings Day" fail to capture the scope of the demonstration by focusing on signage.

chapelboro.com/news/news-ar...

Photo Gallery: No Kings Day In Carrboro, Pittsboro, and Hillsborough - Chapelboro.com

Here's our collection of photos from Saturday's No Kings Day demonstrations in Carrboro, Pittsboro, and Hillsborough.

chapelboro.com

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 10d

Russell Vought, head of OMB, supervisor of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and "shadow President" exposed as phony "Christian" Nationalist.

www.propublica.org/article/russ...

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

www.propublica.org

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 10d

A mature, cautionary view of No Kings Day, the POTUS's flying toilet response.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why Trump Turned to the Sewer

The president’s disturbing, excremental propaganda campaign

www.theatlantic.com

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 12d

Where does this guy get the time? I'm grateful he does, here for your edgy amusement, Captain Showercap's "Shower Cap's Blog".
showercapblog.com/i-have-seen-...

I Have Seen the Face of Fascism and it is Fat - Shower Cap Blog

Hey, maybe cholesterol will save us where our institutions have failed.

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 13d

Sometimes it is easier to see present evils by reading about the past. Here is an article on novel about Germany CA 1933-34.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A prophetic 1933 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all | Charlotte Higgins

Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture write...

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 14d

One more dose of shame, my country, tears for thee......

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 14d

A fair warning for our military in these corrupt times.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Marine colonel quits after 24 years citing concern for future of US under Trump

Resignation, coinciding with Hegseth’s partisan speech, was over Trump flouting constitution, Doug Krugman writes

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 15d

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. -Oscar Wilde, writer (16 Oct 1854-1900)

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 16d

Oh dear, another computer full of quotes from me.

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146K views · 6.6K reactions | 🚨 Trump SECRET WATCHLIST for American Citizens FINALLY EXPOSED... Ben Meiselas and Ken Klippenstein expose the secret watchlist being compiled by the Trump administration...

🚨 Trump SECRET WATCHLIST for American Citizens FINALLY EXPOSED... Ben Meiselas and Ken Klippenstein expose the secret watchlist being compiled by the Trump administration of American citizens in a...

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 16d

He who has a why can endure any how. -Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (15 Oct 1844-1900)

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 16d

Kavennaugh wrote something really, incredibly stupid and the author of this newesletter took him to task (with footnotes to boot).
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/scotus-ice...

SCOTUS, ICE Raids & The Matter of Facts

There is a lot one can say about today’s Supreme Court order lifting the stay issued by a federal district court in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo,[i]. This is the case that challenges the constitutionality o...

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 16d

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Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 17d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ben Jennings on Trump the peacemaker – cartoon

The US president receives a standing ovation in the Knesset as 20 hostages come home and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are released

www.theguardian.com

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 18d

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters. -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, US Congress member (b. 13 Oct 1989)

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 19d

History says no IDF troops will be punished for this bad faith act of vandalism:

www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...

Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement

Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.”

www.dropsitenews.com

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 19d

A slightly wonky article on a seldom noted need the Democrats need to addrress now, not later; curbing the GOP's pwere mad grab for unelected control of government.

www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...

The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government

It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.

www.thebulwark.com

Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 19d

An interesting and seemingly even-handed view of the SCOTUS from a foreign (liberal) press anticipating a coming crisis in the Court.
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

America's Supreme Court faces its death

Trump has crushed the great institution into an impotent partisan mess

www.newstatesman.com

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 20d

And yet another worrying emanation from the man who would be king:

truthout.org/articles/sen...

Senators Warn Trump Administration Is Developing Secret Watchlist of Americans

One called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 “a greater infringement on freedoms than the Patriot Act.”…

truthout.org

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Tom Magnuson @tmagi.bsky.social · 20d

FYI - To 86 somebody is to ban them or bar them, not kill them. According to an old San Francisco "Chronicle" column by Herb Caen, it is bartender/server shorthand for cut some one off or eject them from the bar.