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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · Dec 15

In response real lovers of free speech should attach the adjective rapist to Trump as often as possible. Streisand the heck out of this settlement by rapist Trump with craven ABC.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Dec 15

All the ‘Free Speech!’ centrists, leftists-turned-conservatives, Intellectual Dark Web types will have nothing to say about this dangerous and authoritarian trend. (They’re too busy policing placards at campus protests.)

Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage

The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.

www.nytimes.com

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1h

A good argument that even if GOP is willing to sign off on restoring a few subsidies for Obamacare, it would be deeply immoral for Democrats to legitimate a government budget funding children being ziptied and put in gulags

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1h

A reminder that while we can appreciate his online trolling skills attacking Trump, Newsom is a piece of crap on many core Democratic policies from trans rights to labor rights.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 18h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1h

"A first they came for the ..." story: delusions of white Christians that Trump will just go after "those people" just means they haven't crossed him politically...yet.

Just as Trump indicts former members of his administration, he will target his constituents once he eliminates his current enemies

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

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1h

Continuing stories of the mass murder unleashed by Trump cutting off USAID food and medicine around the world.

Trump will go down in history as one of the leading genocidal murderers in global history- on par with Hitler, Stalin, King Leopold and Churchhill

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 10h

Ellison just bought a turd pile in buying CBS. Whatever small value it had with its journalistic legacy has been liquidated by putting a hack in charge.

Who cares what "CBS news" reports now?

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Gallup has been surveying Americans' trust in legacy media since 1972. This year, a mere 28 percent of the public have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust in legacy media, its lowest level in more than five decades of tracking.

news.gallup.com/poll/695762/...

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 15h

It is actually news that an elected leader is announcing his criminal violation of the First Amendment, violating the right to association without a warrant or other probably cause

Or if he has such evidence, the news would be presenting that to a court to get the warrant for such surveillance

Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 19h

States can ban gender-affirming care but can't ban psychological torture/therapy of LBGTQ+ kids?

The arbitrary Calvinball legal approach towards which parents' rights are sacred and which ones states can ignore at will is becoming absurd.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy

Supreme Court sharpy questions Colorado law that bans efforts to changing minors’ sexual identity, suggesting it violates free speech rights of therapists.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 19h

Dems should leverage this to talk far more about everyone who has already been illegally fired by Trump- and hit him hard as the most anti-worker, union busting President in history.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

www.nytimes.com

Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 22h

Every air traffic controller or other federal workers still showing up to work should call in "sick" until Trump administration clarifies that they promise to do complete backpay

Have a 13th Amendment that says no one can be compelled to work without compensation

www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 22h

Given how the Mexican left stands out globally as one of the most popular left governments anywhere in the world, may be something to learn from their political success

Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 22h

Article by conservative Economist on real success by Morena under previous leftwing President AMLO in significantly raising the minimum wage and cutting poverty in Mexico

www.economist.com/the-americas...

Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 22h

Why is leftwing Morena party posting 80% approval numbers?

Interesting take here on how a strong media strategy, focusing on raising wages through pro-labor policies, and "good government" attacks on waste in government have made Mexican left so unbeatably popular

www.youtube.com/watch?v=krsU...

What Mexico Can Teach Western Leftwingers

YouTube video by TLDR News Global

www.youtube.com

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 23h

So rightwing has their scalps- two girls murdered for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk.

How many more people are going to be murdered by radicalized rightwing MAGA types?

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Radicalized right wing terrorism is the greatest threat to this nation.

This story has not gotten enough attention in the national media. This white boy was radicalized by Charlie Kirk and killed two girls for disparaging his name.

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Dems should announce they won't even discuss any deal that doesn't include full compensation for furloughed workers - and denounce the anti-worker GOP for even using paying workers as a bargaining chip in negotiations.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Furloughed federal workers are not guaranteed compensation, Axios reports reut.rs/48ewnov

Furloughed federal workers are not guaranteed compensation, Axios reports

The White House is not guaranteeing compensation for hundreds of thousands of federal workers who are on forced time off during the government shutdown, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a White House memo.

reut.rs

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Nice capsule history of economic & political history of rise, fall and imposion of mainstream media- and why Bulwark is now hiring refugees from the Washington Post.

Policywise, Bulwark is conservative but they are anti-authoritarian which makes them key allies.

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

The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.

We drink their milkshake.

www.thebulwark.com

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

So Trump is responsible for every nasty bit of censorship, algorithmic manipulation and privacy breach TikTok users will experience going forward. Not sure this is going to play out politically the way he hopes.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump posts his first TikTok on his personal account since the election and says

“To all those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me big….”

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Everything ICE says is a lie

Media should not report anything they don't have independent confirmation for

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

The principle is simple: if Washington wants to play games with funding, blue states can play too. /14

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Every Trump announcement defunding some program would be met with a counter-announcement by state government that the state will supply the necessary funds and deduct the amounts from withheld taxes normally forwarded to the federal treasury./13

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Blue trifecta states control ~$100 billion annually in income tax payments withheld on behalf of state & local public employees. Adding a significant percentage of $1.1 trillion in payments withheld by private employees will give them warchest to challenge any significant Trump actions. /12

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Legislation could require employers to give workers option to send withheld federal taxes to state escrow account rather than to the IRS. States would indemnify participants against any federal penalties for underpayment or late payments, covering them through state tax credits if necessary. /11

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Some citizens will worry about miscalculating & owing money come April. That’s where the state governments themselves come in.

Blue states should immediately pass legislation creating state-controlled tax escrow programs, convening special legislative sessions if necessary to do so. /10

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Such a movement could have union locals and professional networks encouraging each other to “withhold at 90%.” Each reduction would show up in Treasury data, month after month—a financial barometer of resistance. This would give a singular focus for anti-Trump organizing in every workplace. /9

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

If even a fraction of workers adjusted W-4 forms to reduce withholding to legal 90% minimum, tens of billions of dollars per month would stop flowing to feds. Not evasion—just a slow-down of the spigot. The message would be unmistakable: blue America is done financing its own punishment. /8

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 1d

Now imagine if blue states stopped sending Trump that free money

Fifteen Dem “trifecta” states—CA, CO, CT, DE, IL, ME, MD, MA, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, WA and soon VA- send over $1.2 trillion in income taxes each year- and overpay roughly $300 billion above legal minimum. /7

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