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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 1h

"Miller plainly believes there’s a latent majority out in the country that can be sleepwalked into authoritarianism."

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 2d

My constituents want me to get to work but House Republicans are more concerned about protecting the Epstein files.

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Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 2h

The corruption is just astounding.

Paulson raises $50million for Trump. Trump gives back $70million. At the cost of Alaskan wildlife and native tribes.

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s pre...

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 7h

"Many of the CEOs I spoke with didn’t care about democracy per se. For them, democracy wasn’t a moral good. It was a source of volatility. What they wanted was stability... "

But "The evidence is overwhelming: countries that weaken democracy do not gain more stability and security, they lose it."

The Illusion of Order:

Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 8h

WaPo really doing Trump’s bidding this morning. Headlines about veterans defrauding the VA, and Jay Jones sending violent texts. I’ll stick to @popular.info, @democracydocket.com , @the-downballot.com and @thebulwark.com.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 2d

These reports are hard to read, but we cannot ignore them. The Republican SCOTUS has green-lighted this. We are all less safe because of it.

How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens

Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CNN: Trump sending troops is unpopular, they don’t buy his argument that it’s about crime, he’s also underwater on immigration… and 🇺🇸 know he’s raising prices not lowering them.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Reda Tamtam (he/him) @redatamtam.bsky.social · 2d

Sébastien Lecornu resigns 27 days into his job, and a day after nominating his government. Breaking the record for shortest PM tenure in France.

Libération @liberation.fr · 2d

📊 Démission de Sébastien Lecornu : qui sont les Premiers ministres les plus éphémères de la Ve République ?

➡️ bit.ly/46V47F0

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 2d

1. Federal agents from ICE and other agencies are wrongly detaining U.S. citizens, sometimes detaining them for days, on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants.

The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.

How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens

Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 2d

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 3d

Is this picture for real?? It’s amazing!

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 3d

Lots of folks are self-censoring now. You just can’t observe it.

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 3d

100% agree. Just stating what I see re: American public opinion on this.

Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 3d

Part of it may be the conflation of “immigration” and “the border”. Data consistently show Trump is still net positive on the border.

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 3d

TBH, it isn’t unpopular enough.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 3d

There is a mistaken impression in Democratic circles that Trump's invasion of our cities and trampling of our rights and freedoms is popular. It isn't:

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine if Biden had tried to federalize the Texas National Guard to halt Operation Lone Star, perhaps by claiming Texas was engaged in "rebellion."

Would a single legal commentator on the right have claimed that decision was unreviewable? I just fundamentally do not believe they would.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3d

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5d

Witness video shows federal agents throwing tear gas canisters in the middle of Armitage Ave today as they appear to be blocked in and heckled by angry neighbors.

This is around the 3500 block of West Armitage.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

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‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

New in PN: Lessons from a Red Scare

"As Emma Goldman hoped, and Louis Post later demonstrated, the American people are capable of turning the tide against repression — even if that effort feels hopeless in the moment."

Lessons from a Red Scare

The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression.

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 5d

No monthly jobs report because of the shutdown. Makes it easier to lie about the economy. Americans losing their jobs are probably just imagining things.

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