Your post resonates with me, Neil. Although I am retired now, for many years, I relied on Twitter to both learn and educate the public about election security, election technology, and election administration. Twitter had a very robust community of responsible election professionals. Now it’s gone.😪

the freedom of speech president

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JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
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The President of United States exhorting cadets from one of the branches of the Armed Forces to eliminate one of our two national parties.

Donald Trump hates America, and he hates the people who live here.

He likes money and power.

Donald Trump hates America, and he hates the people who live here.

He likes money and power.

When US citizen Leo Garcia Venegas tried to prove his identity by showing federal agents his REAL ID, they dismissed it as a fake and kept him detained, releasing him only after they bothered to run his Social Security number.

Just a few weeks later, they detained him again:

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

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I applied for just such a job at Bluesky all the way back in 2023. 😉

“There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.”

Letterhead:
“Secretary of War”

Directing National Guard from one state to invade another.

Whether they asked for it or not. (Indeed, they’ve resisted.)

Fascism yet? Still wondering?

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

“There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.”

Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening

More messaging like this please

Late tonight, a federal judge issued a sweeping new order prohibiting the president from deploying any National Guard forces—from any state or DC—to Oregon.

The president cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with different states’ Guard units to get around court orders and the rule of law.

I can't stress enough that this really is what's happening and yet the impacts are still quite real.

far, far too many sycophantic buffoons in the background, applauding reflexively

I wonder if the people that these goons detain ever have to worry about the same problem? 🤷‍♂️

Again, if you think the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 had anything to do with “woke” politics you should not be allowed to operate a car much less the entire American military.

The President of United States exhorting cadets from one of the branches of the Armed Forces to eliminate one of our two national parties.

I’m not all that plugged into the ongoing dispute btw those users who are angry that Jesse Singal is not banned, vs. Bluesky CEO Jay Graber

But I will say this: even a casual observer can see that for a CEO to troll & belittle the user base is below the bar of leadership

Do better, @jay.bsky.team