Karl Meiner
@pdxunderground.bsky.social
Cassandra. Runner. Dad. Possibly Spider-Man.
This essay by @laurajedeed.bsky.social is a clarion call defining this dire moment in history. It’s also the most chilling, and apt, foreshadowing of what most certainly will follow here in the US without, like, immediate, purposeful collective action. Grim but fucking necessary read.
The American cities Trump has vowed to invade one by one produce 90% of this country's GDP. We must withhold these funds, and our infrastructure, from the United States Government, until these invasions stop
If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this
If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this
The Point Of No Return
We Are At War, Whether We Want To Be Or Not
www.bannedinyourstate.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This essay by @laurajedeed.bsky.social is a clarion call defining this dire moment in history. It’s also the most chilling, and apt, foreshadowing of what most certainly will follow here in the US without, like, immediate, purposeful collective action. Grim but fucking necessary read.
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There is no “novel legal theory” about a third term, as some reporters are parroting. It’s not legal, and the idea of seizing permanent power isn’t a “theory,” it’s just what dictators do.
March 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There is no “novel legal theory” about a third term, as some reporters are parroting. It’s not legal, and the idea of seizing permanent power isn’t a “theory,” it’s just what dictators do.
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On the day Trump says he’s “not joking” about a third term, I’m going to remind folks I published a book about this “slow civil war”—and in it I reported on his open talk of a permanent presidency, and the way the media ignored it, going back years. www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/b...
One Man’s Foray Into the Heartland of the Far Right (Gift Article)
Alarmed by the country’s political divisions, Jeff Sharlet embarked on an anguished quest to understand the rise of antidemocratic extremism. In “The Undertow,” he documents his findings.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
On the day Trump says he’s “not joking” about a third term, I’m going to remind folks I published a book about this “slow civil war”—and in it I reported on his open talk of a permanent presidency, and the way the media ignored it, going back years. www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/b...
We are all coyotes now. Another winner by @laurajedeed.bsky.social
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Also: www.portlandcoyote.com
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Also: www.portlandcoyote.com
The Defiance of Coyotes
How To Survive When Everyone Hates You
www.bannedinyourstate.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We are all coyotes now. Another winner by @laurajedeed.bsky.social
www.bannedinyourstate.com/p/the-defian...
Also: www.portlandcoyote.com
www.bannedinyourstate.com/p/the-defian...
Also: www.portlandcoyote.com
So this doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence in current trends. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So this doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence in current trends. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I am a nobody. But a lot of somebody’s are making me feel like maybe we should be doing a LOT MORE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I am a nobody. But a lot of somebody’s are making me feel like maybe we should be doing a LOT MORE.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This isn't a call to surrender, we should be doing everything in our power to preserve and uphold the rule of law
We also need to be mentally prepared for a time when the rule of law fails completely, because at this point that's the most likely outcome
We also need to be mentally prepared for a time when the rule of law fails completely, because at this point that's the most likely outcome
March 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This isn't a call to surrender, we should be doing everything in our power to preserve and uphold the rule of law
We also need to be mentally prepared for a time when the rule of law fails completely, because at this point that's the most likely outcome
We also need to be mentally prepared for a time when the rule of law fails completely, because at this point that's the most likely outcome
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"When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching around with torches and pictures of a Leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-Leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the game is
over." - Timothy Snyder
over." - Timothy Snyder
March 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching around with torches and pictures of a Leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-Leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the game is
over." - Timothy Snyder
over." - Timothy Snyder
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This is the most psychotic thing I've ever read. Like, however bad you're thinking this takeover was, I promise you it's worse
DOGE plays hardball in U.S. Institute of Peace takeover
DOGE, which stands for Department of Government Efficiency, took over the U.S. Institute of Peace after threatening its officials with criminal prosecution.
wapo.st
March 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is the most psychotic thing I've ever read. Like, however bad you're thinking this takeover was, I promise you it's worse
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Look at these heroes. That’s earnest.
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look at these heroes. That’s earnest.
As usual, @laurajedeed.bsky.social is spot on with this warning. This is just the first! www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump
The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test for us to see how hard we will fight back.
www.thenation.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As usual, @laurajedeed.bsky.social is spot on with this warning. This is just the first! www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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This is precisely what the Democrats should do at Shitler’s address to the joint session of Congress. 👇🏻👇🏻
March 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This is precisely what the Democrats should do at Shitler’s address to the joint session of Congress. 👇🏻👇🏻
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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
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We are one news cycle away from Trump giving military aid to Russia.
February 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We are one news cycle away from Trump giving military aid to Russia.
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Just realized people might not know that Heritage Foundation has spent the last 4 years recruiting preparing an army of young zealots to repopulate the bureaus and agencies that DOGE is currently decimating
Anyway, they have, and that will be Step 2 in a couple months
Anyway, they have, and that will be Step 2 in a couple months
When I went to CPAC 2021 Heritage Foundation was actively recruiting personnel for Project 2025, before the 900-page document was a gleam in anyone's eye
I was going undercover back then, so I did one of their screener interviews. They suggested a bunch of ways I could prepare for a beltway career
I was going undercover back then, so I did one of their screener interviews. They suggested a bunch of ways I could prepare for a beltway career
February 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Just realized people might not know that Heritage Foundation has spent the last 4 years recruiting preparing an army of young zealots to repopulate the bureaus and agencies that DOGE is currently decimating
Anyway, they have, and that will be Step 2 in a couple months
Anyway, they have, and that will be Step 2 in a couple months
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I'll be doing a full write-up of what it was like to be in the arena for Trump's speech and bill signing today
Before I pass out from exhaustion, though, I want to write about Musk's salute from the perspective of someone who was in the audience
Before I pass out from exhaustion, though, I want to write about Musk's salute from the perspective of someone who was in the audience
January 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'll be doing a full write-up of what it was like to be in the arena for Trump's speech and bill signing today
Before I pass out from exhaustion, though, I want to write about Musk's salute from the perspective of someone who was in the audience
Before I pass out from exhaustion, though, I want to write about Musk's salute from the perspective of someone who was in the audience
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Well that settles it. Thank you Elon for ripping the mask off and setting it on fire
January 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Well that settles it. Thank you Elon for ripping the mask off and setting it on fire
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Here’s another level 10,000 alarm bell ringing courtesy of @mccrummen.bsky.social at @theatlantic.com apple.news/ASM-A-J9pSYq...
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows — The Atlantic
Politics Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state. January 09, 2025 On the Thursday...
apple.news
January 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Here’s another level 10,000 alarm bell ringing courtesy of @mccrummen.bsky.social at @theatlantic.com apple.news/ASM-A-J9pSYq...
I found a way to laugh about today’s date. Kind of a sad, self-defeated sounding chortle really. Still, thanks @mcsweeneys.net
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thi...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thi...
This Threat to Democracy Must Be Certified
For years, we Democrats have been reminding you that Donald Trump is a danger to democracy and a scourge on our nation. His election back into our ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I found a way to laugh about today’s date. Kind of a sad, self-defeated sounding chortle really. Still, thanks @mcsweeneys.net
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thi...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thi...
Would you like to add a heapin’ spoonful of Ayn Randian angst to your authoritarian fever dreams? Read this important essay from the New Republic written by one of America’s most incisive and talented political journalists:
@laurajedeed.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1893...
@laurajedeed.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1893...
The Shadowy Millions Behind San Francisco’s “Moderate” Politics
The city is the epicenter of an anti-progressive movement—financed by the ultrawealthy—that aims to blur political lines and centralize power for the long term. For some, their ambitions don’t stop th...
newrepublic.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Would you like to add a heapin’ spoonful of Ayn Randian angst to your authoritarian fever dreams? Read this important essay from the New Republic written by one of America’s most incisive and talented political journalists:
@laurajedeed.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1893...
@laurajedeed.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1893...
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This is NOT normal! This makes us the bad guys; how is msm capitulating so fast?
December 24, 2024 at 6:06 AM
This is NOT normal! This makes us the bad guys; how is msm capitulating so fast?
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2016-2020 was approximately ten thousand years ago but you may recall that Trump loves to say the craziest shit imaginable to get the media to stop focusing on things that make him look bad
We could not fall for it this time. It's an option that we have
We could not fall for it this time. It's an option that we have
December 23, 2024 at 3:38 AM
2016-2020 was approximately ten thousand years ago but you may recall that Trump loves to say the craziest shit imaginable to get the media to stop focusing on things that make him look bad
We could not fall for it this time. It's an option that we have
We could not fall for it this time. It's an option that we have