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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 11h

mitchthelawyer.substack.com/p/no-kings-n...

No Kings, No Silence: Why You Must Take Pictures and Videos Now

Here’s everything you need to know to safely film ICE, police, and military misconduct on No Kings Day and beyond.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 12h

kaizen-blog.org/en/trumps-ru...

Trump’s Call to Jail the Governor of Illinois and the Mayor of Chicago

Donald Trump hat das Amt des Präsidenten endgültig in ein politisches Strafgericht verwandelt. Am Mittwoch forderte er öffentlich die Inhaftierung zweier gewählter Vertreter – des demokratischen Gouve...

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 15h

cmarmitage.substack.com/p/why-recess...

Why ‘Recession’ Is a Garbage Metric

Consider two economies.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 15h

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How Merrick Garland’s hesitation, Joe Biden’s restraint, and the Democratic addiction to “respectability” turned Arctic Frost into the right’s revenge weapon.

What began as a routine investigation became a propaganda gift...proof that caution without courage is a weapon aimed at yourself.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 18h

steveschmidt.substack.com/p/agitation-...

Agitation wrapped in a ‘MAGA light’ wrapper

PLUS: An update on The Save America Movement's efforts

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 18h

contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-blu...

Trump’s blueprint for tyranny

Don’t be fooled. The “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education” is not just about higher education.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19h

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-wire-s...

The Wire Still Holds

Rebuilding Coherent Thought in the Age of Epistemic Collapse or How to Think for Yourself

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19h

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/democracy-...

Democracy Doesn’t Need Better Analysis—It Needs Better Dancers

A Response to Dan Williams

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19h

thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/fear-facto...

The Fear Factor

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19h

brentmolnar.substack.com/p/the-myster...

🕵️‍♂️📺 The Mystery of the Masked Guest: Is Fox News Recycling Robert O’Neill for Ratings

In an era defined by disinformation, Fox News may have reached a new low in its quest for drama over truth.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19h

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19h

kaizen-blog.org/en/der-archi...

Der Architekt der Angst - The Kaizen Blog

Stephen Miller und die „Weiße Nation.“ Der Mann hinter dem Schatten. Er hat keine Uniform, kein Abzeichen, keine sichtbare Waffe. Und doch ist er einer der gefährlichsten Männer, die je im Weißen Haus...

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19h

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"One Battle After Another" Is What Happens When Art Refuses to Kneel

Conservatives call Anderson’s film “irresponsible” because it dares to show what happens when power turns its guns on the powerless...

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 20h

brentmolnar.substack.com/p/operation-...

🪖⚖️ Operation Midway Blitz: When Border Patrol Turned Its Guns Inward

It began as another enforcement sweep, another name on a growing list of operations meant to project power inside the country’s borders.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 21h

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ingots-we-...

Ingots We Trust

Are soaring gold prices telling us something important?

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22h

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7

“We’re expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror investigations.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22h

therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/bondi-torc...

"Bondi Torches Justice For Trump"

Pam Bondi didn’t testify; she detonated. Oversight collapsed into insults, lies, and theater, while Republicans clapped like seals and democracy sank one more rung into the abyss.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22h

robertreich.substack.com/p/flying-to-...

Flying to the end of the shutdown

Friends,

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Tony Pentimalli @tonywriteshere.bsky.social · 1d

Power built on fear devours its own. Trump’s inner circle-Bondi, Patel, Noem, Homan-believe loyalty will protect them. But obedience isn’t a shield. It’s a sentence. The reckoning always comes. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cnj...

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23h

kaizen-blog.org/en/herr-segn...

Lord, Bless Our Lies - When Kristi Noem Prays and Stephen Miller’s Cousin Publicly Breaks with Him

Benny Johnson, ein rechter Kommentator mit direktem Zugang zur Trump-Administration, postete wenige Minuten später: „Ich habe gerade etwas Bemerkenswertes erlebt… Ministerin Kristi Noem kam im ICE-Geb...

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23h

Written by James B. Greenberg a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Founding Editor of the Journal of Political Ecology, and past president of the Political Ecology Society.

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