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joshua-ford.bsky.social
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ✊
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cristianfarias.com
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...
joshua-ford.bsky.social
Ledge(r) = shelf. Good catch, it’s another “asylum” type of misinterpretation.
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
'We as a nation are not going to tolerate people who are trying to stop fascism' is definitely something
atrupar.com
Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"
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jasonv.bsky.social
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism
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joshua-ford.bsky.social
Cool, let’s see or hear that message then. Ope, wait, it never happened
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.
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equalityalec.bsky.social
The new online vigilante portal to sign up to be a Brownshirt to deploy like a stormtrooper to brutalize poor people, immigrants, people of color, and anyone else who might dare to go to a protest is a development that should be one of the major news stories of the year. It's barely being mentioned.
equalityalec.bsky.social
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
The D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force established in Executive Order 14252 of March 27, 2025 (Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful), shall establish an online portal for Americans with law enforcement or other relevant backgrounds and experience to apply to join Federal law enforcement entities to support the policy goals described in Executive Order 14333.  Each law enforcement agency that is a member of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, as well as other relevant components of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General determines, shall further, subject to the availability of appropriations and applicable law, immediately create and begin training, manning, hiring, and equipping a specialized unit that is dedicated to ensuring public safety and order in the Nation’s capital that can be deployed whenever the circumstances necessitate, and that could be deployed, subject to applicable law, in other cities where public safety and order has been lost.
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(ii)  The Secretary of Defense shall immediately begin ensuring that each State’s Army National Guard and Air National Guard are resourced, trained, organized, and available to assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement in quelling civil disturbances and ensuring the public safety and order whenever the circumstances necessitate, as appropriate under law.  In coordination with the respective adjutants general, the Secretary of Defense shall designate an appropriate number of each State’s trained National Guard members to be reasonably available for rapid mobilization for such purposes.  In addition, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure the availability of a standing National Guard quick reaction force that shall be resourced, trained, and available for rapid nationwide deployment.
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badideas.bsky.social
In 2015 Bi Gan walked away from being a mining engineer and made the film Kaili Blues in rural Guizhou on a Blackmagic pocket camera for a few thousand dollars. He is now one of the world’s most renowned filmmakers and set a box office record in China, considered their Tarkovsky or David Lynch. 🖕
joshua-ford.bsky.social
None of what Trump claimed today about why/when he ended his relationship w Epstein makes sense… So, Giuffre "stolen" from Mar a Lago in 2000, Trump sends birthday letter in 2003, real estate auction
"falling out" in 2004, Epstein arrest in 2006, Trump kicks him out of Mar a Lago October 2007
joshua-ford.bsky.social
None of what Trump claimed today about why/when he ended his relationship w Epstein makes sense: So, Giuffre "stolen" from Mar a Lago in 2000, Trump sends birthday letter in 2003, real estate auction
"falling out" in 2004, Epstein arrest in 2006, Trump kicks him out of Mar a Lago October 2007
joshua-ford.bsky.social
None of what Trump claimed today about why and when he ended his relationship w Epstein makes sense. So, Giuffre “stolen” from Mar a Lago in 2000, Trump sends birthday letter in 2003, real estate auction “falling out” in 2004, Epstein arrest in 2006, Trump kicks him out of Mar a Lago October 2007
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davidsirota.com
Congrats to all the Democratic politicians, operatives, pundits & think tankers who will continue being enriched by liberal donors who keep giving you cash to do the same thing forever.

You've won the game of life - you get to keep getting paid huge money while ruining everything for everyone.
joshua-ford.bsky.social
Really solid thread, dig in. Thanks @tamaranopper.bsky.social
tamaranopper.bsky.social
As Ruth Wilson Gilmore noted, "[Karl] Marx observed that tax struggle is the oldest form of class struggle."

Given the "Big Beautiful Bill," it might be useful for some of us to become more familiar with tax policy.

Here's a thread about U.S. tax policy and politics.
joshua-ford.bsky.social
This Saturday in LA @2220arts.bsky.social !!! Proud of these folks on my label, come celebrate them and their work. Bright spots in the darkness. ❤️
joshua-ford.bsky.social
You are proactive, prescient, intelligent and appreciated @davidsirota.com - thank you.
joshua-ford.bsky.social
I’m not even a South Park superfan, but when other voices choose to remain silent or even kiss the ring (colleges, law firms etc) maybe celebrate the win. I don’t feel the need to amplify the South Park thing but I’m even less inclined to tear them down or comment on how relevant it is etc