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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 16h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1h

Wow!

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1h

And I say this with 15 years of experience in teaching public speaking and rhetoric.

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1h

It was, if anything, a school book example of how to appear guilty.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

"In the moment, Trump was terrified of being convicted and still seethes at the humiliation he faced."

Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: Retribution is here

President Trump today called for the arrests of Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor

And he has an AG who has proven pliant - as evidenced by the Comey arraignment minutes later

Inside Trump’s escalating campaign of payback: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

www.theatlantic.com

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1h

How is Miller like Stalin?

Vahva suositus Snyderin videon katsomiselle!

substack.com/home/post/p-...

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

substack.com

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 23h

Now, imagine that! 😆

To be serious, I would love if they gave it to Greta Thunberg. She clearly has done more than most.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Must-read on Trump’s lawless Chicago invasion: “The president instructed federal agents to use extralegal violence against immigrants & citizens, pitting armed soldiers from 1 state against citizens of another… rubicons can’t be uncrossed.” www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

Disturbing, seriously disturbing, behaviour.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

Tämän nojalla Suomessa voitaisiin hakea asiaan erillispäätöstä sillä, että täällä pihvi ei tarkoita lihaa vaan tehdyn ruoan muotoa.

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

Kotus näyttää katsovan sen tarkoittavan mm. mistä vain murketaikinasta tehtyä pihviä, esimerkiksi "Kasvis-, seitanpihvi."

www.kielitoimistonsanakirja.fi#/pihvi?searc...

Kielitoimiston sanakirja

Kielitoimiston sanakirja on Kotimaisten kielten keskuksessa laadittu suomen yleiskielen sanakirja.

www.kielitoimistonsanakirja.fi

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

How to appear so, so guilty? Act just like this:

"The fact that the attorney general can not give a basic justification for the president’s decision to flood American streets with the military suggests either her own incompetence or complicity, likely both."

newrepublic.com/post/201420/...

Bondi Refuses to Answer One Easy Question on Trump Deploying Troops

Attorney General Pam Bondi was grilled on Trump’s decision to deploy troops to Illinois and Chicago.

newrepublic.com

Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

Tulee mieleen Marxin veljesten kuuluista lainaus: "He might look like a fool, talk like a fool, act like a fool. But don't let that fool you. He is a fool."

Korvaa vain f-sanan toisella...

www.hs.fi/maailma/art-...

Yhdysvallat | Fasismi on vielä väärä sana kuvaamaan Yhdysvaltoja: ”Tähtäin on väärässä paikassa”

Asiantuntijoiden mielestä Yhdysvaltain demokratia on heikentynyt merkittävästi Trumpin toisen kauden aikana.

www.hs.fi

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff gets Bondi so flustered that she starts blurting things out while he details what a farce this "oversight" hearing has been and the Republican members' lack of interest in doing their jobs

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Schiff gets Bondi so flustered that she starts blurting things out while he details what a farce this "oversight" hearing has been and the Republican members' lack of interest in doing their jobs

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

I would not buy a used car from this woman.

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

This is a school book example of how to look guilty.

As Hell.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

SCHIFF: If a video exists of Homan taking $50k in bribe money from the FBI, will you support a request to provide it to the committee?

BONDI: You can talk to Director Patel about that

SCHIFF: I'm talking to you about it

BONDI: Will you apologize to Donald Trump?

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

Precisely!

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

America will properly understand the situation it is in when Democrats stop appearing for these hearings *and* media stops covering them.

Until that happens, we're simply following old paths like zombies, refusing to accept that these tired performances only *advance* the cause of authoritarianism.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

The fast pace is a clear sign that the US Presidental administration is, in fact, weaker than it tries to appear.

Most similar governmental takeovers by the executive (in Turkey, Hungary and Russia) have been much slower, because they had more power.

And the fast pace might be its downfall.

Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Reich on the current situation in the USA:

"I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. "

robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

Trump's Plan

To invoke the Insurrection Act

robertreich.substack.com

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Severi Hämäri @severihamari.bsky.social · 1d

To lie to congress, now that would be illegal.

It's better to refuse to answer... 🙄

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hirono to Bondi: "It's very clear to me that when the president posts something like, that he considers the DOJ to be his law firm and you his lawyer."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has turned the Department of Justice into his own personal vendetta machine. And Pam Bondi has been happy to go along for the ride.

We're witnessing the most egregious politicization of the DOJ in recent memory — and I lived through the Nixon years.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

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