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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 4h

Mitch McConnell went nearly a year without letting the Senate consider a replacement for Anthony Scalia. Mike Johnson hopes to go 15 months without swearing in Adelita Grijalva.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18h

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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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 10h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 11h

Gallego has been about as good at messaging on the GOP refusing to fund the government as you can be.

Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 11h

Ran into Speaker Johnson and told him exactly how I feel about Republicans shutting down the government to protect pedophiles and jack up health care costs for 24 million Americans.

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 15h

#fuckfascism

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 16h

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 16h

So relieved to know that the Fourth Estate is on the alert protecting our democracy.

Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 17h

Really, New York Times? A "how-to" story?

Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 17h

We should never forget that on July 1, 2024, SCOTUS gave Joe Biden six months to arrest or even execute Donald Trump with no fear of prosecution for his presidential actions. Failing to do so, Biden enabled Trump to be elected president and carry out the fascist takeover of the federal government.

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 1d

This cannot stand!

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Y'all really used a photo from the 1992 riots in LA. What the smothered and covered fuck.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 1d

But a girl can hope, eh, gray lady?

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

#Englishprofessorconcerns

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

We can agree to disagree on this one. There are incessant and countless media slurs and egregious phrasings. This doesn’t track that way for me.

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

Right. But the adjectival phrase “Democrat-led” means led by Democrats. That seems obvious to me.

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

I agree with your point about Republicans refusing the Democratic Party its name. But in this example Democrat is a noun not an adjective. The cities are led by Democrats. There's a lexical imbalance here: the Republican party is made up of Republicans; the Democratic party is made up of Democrats.

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

De-ICE Chicago!

Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

It's one battle after another.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

Illinois sues the Trump administration over National Guard deployment to Chicago

The lawsuit charges that deploying federalized troops to Chicago "infringes on Illinois’s sovereignty and right to self-governance."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Illinois sues the Trump administration over National Guard deployment to Chicago

The lawsuit charges that deploying federalized troops to Chicago "infringes on Illinois’s sovereignty and right to self-governance."

www.nbcnews.com

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps if Trump had filed the appeal, she would have had better luck.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court rejects Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction

Maxwell was convicted for her role in recruiting and grooming girls who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein.

www.nbcnews.com

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

iPhone auto-complete: trying to type jack-o'-lantern, iPhone offers me jack-off instead.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 2d

Miller out there everyday, trying to get more Judges’ houses burned to the ground, and our useless Chief Justice is as quiet as a church mouse.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 2d

Fixed it

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 3d

Perhaps you can take a look at his Depends next, NYT, and see what that tells you.

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Richard Grusin @rgrusin.bsky.social · 3d

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