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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 5h

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 9h

In haste but if not already familiar with / following Orwell Prize for Journalism recipient Carole Cadwalladr, highly recommend: @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Expert and extensive coverage for eons of transnational broligarchy you reference; here’s a 2017 piece:

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked

A shadowy operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign heavily influenced the result of the EU referendum. Is our electoral process still f...

www.theguardian.com

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 10h

One of Carole Cadwalladr’s 2017 pieces linked on the Orwell Prize page posted previously.

“A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum.”
By Carole Cadwalladr:

The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked

A shadowy operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign heavily influenced the result of the EU referendum. Is our electoral process still f...

www.theguardian.com

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 10h

Follow @carolecadwalla.bsky.social here on Bluesky. I followed her for years on twitter back in the day. Essential. Brief info from her Orwell Prize for Journalism 2018 award:

www.orwellfoundation.com/journalist/c...

Carole Cadwalladr | The Orwell Foundation

“This year’s winner – Carole Cadwalladr – deserves high praise for the quality of her research and for her determination to shed fierce light on a story which seems by no means over yet. Orwell would ...

www.orwellfoundation.com

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 10h

In haste but fyi brave, brilliant journalist Carole Cadwalladr, 2018 Orwell Prize for Journalism recipient, target of brutal targeted attempts to destroy her in court, vanguard coverage on Cambridge Analytica / Facebook nexus in 2016 Brexit and US. Presidential election, Transnational broligarchy

Springtime for Hitler

It's not Bake Off. It's a global far-right insurgency.

broligarchy.substack.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 11h

And protesting, expressing dissent, speaking freely, is neither rebellion nor insurrection. Yet the rollout continues.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 11h

Phase 2
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 11h

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · Nov 13

‘Ignorance, allied with power,
is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.’

— James Baldwin

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · Jun 14

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it

— Mark Twain

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her

— James Baldwin

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

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:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and force low-info voters to embrace authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom have accepted that this requires an information war in response.

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

Trump just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if governors/judges act *lawfully* within the constitutional system in ways that displease him.

Miller's statements reveal their real position: Trump's power to invent pretexts for emergency actions is limitless.

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22h

More good work by Greg Sargent

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

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:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 11h

Not ‘but’,
*and*.

…right for his state, and vital for the Republic.

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · Nov 13

‘Ignorance, allied with power,
is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.’

— James Baldwin

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · Dec 6

‘Ignorance Allied with Arrogance is a Lethal Combination.’

Potent conversation with the mighty Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social talking with Joy Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 6d

Adding Brad Lander to my previous list.
Excellent, articulate, principled.

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 6d

Also James Talarico, Jamie Raskin, Katie Porter. And a current Congresswoman I was unfamiliar with, whom I’ve seen several times over the past month or so, who was excellent and whose name escapes me.

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 6d

Pete Buttigieg, Pritzger, Jasmine Crockett, AOC, Mamdani, Mallory McMorrow, Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren. Maxwell Frost, Greg Casar.

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PortfolioCarmel @portfoliocarmel.bsky.social · 19d

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 19d

Colin Kaepernick is funding an independent second autopsy for Trey Reed, the Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, after the Mississippi State Medical Examiner ruled the death a suicide.
www.mississippifreepress.org/autopsy-find...

Trey Reed Hanging Death Was Suicide, Officials Say; Kapernick to Fund Private Autopsy

Delta State University student Trey Reed’s death was a suicide, Cleveland Chief of Police Travis Tribble said, announcing the results of an autopsy.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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