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As @dandrezner.bsky.social notes, we must highlight where Trump's authoritarianism is failing, too.
"Civil resistance works. Combined with the inevitable economic downturn, it is what will bring his regime crashing down to Earth."
(cites my piece on this)
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-weakne...
"Civil resistance works. Combined with the inevitable economic downturn, it is what will bring his regime crashing down to Earth."
(cites my piece on this)
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-weakne...
The Weakness and Incompetence of American Authoritarianism
And why it needs to be continually highlighted.
danieldrezner.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As @dandrezner.bsky.social notes, we must highlight where Trump's authoritarianism is failing, too.
"Civil resistance works. Combined with the inevitable economic downturn, it is what will bring his regime crashing down to Earth."
(cites my piece on this)
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-weakne...
"Civil resistance works. Combined with the inevitable economic downturn, it is what will bring his regime crashing down to Earth."
(cites my piece on this)
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-weakne...
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A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
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When you have a zoom meeting with someone and they don't show up. So you go on social media and find they got arrested for standing up for what is right. Super proud to work with Rabbi Traylor
Last night, a minyan of T'ruah rabbis wearing tallitot and holding sacks of flour and rice blocked 2nd Avenue in New York City, in front of the Israeli consulate. We held signs that said "Food --> Gaza" and posters with images of starving Gazan children. 🧵
July 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
When you have a zoom meeting with someone and they don't show up. So you go on social media and find they got arrested for standing up for what is right. Super proud to work with Rabbi Traylor
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Amy Klobuchar is one of the 26 Democratic senators who just voted to stop arming Israel. Two weeks ago, she was in a bipartisan photo with war criminal Netanyahu.
Pressure works, folks.
Pressure works, folks.
July 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Amy Klobuchar is one of the 26 Democratic senators who just voted to stop arming Israel. Two weeks ago, she was in a bipartisan photo with war criminal Netanyahu.
Pressure works, folks.
Pressure works, folks.
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BREAKING: New statement from Virginia Giuffre's family.
"It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions."
"It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions."
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
BREAKING: New statement from Virginia Giuffre's family.
"It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions."
"It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions."
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BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
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I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.
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Trump’s prison guards banned Bibles at Alligator Alcatraz, saying there's "no right to religion" there.
Pope Leo’s Catholic bikers rode in to pray and protest.
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
Pope Leo’s Catholic bikers rode in to pray and protest.
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
Pope Leo's Prayer Riders Join Miami Archbishop in Protest at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Inmates denied Bibles as Trump and DeSantis’s prison guards claim “no right to religion.”
www.thelettersfromleo.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Trump’s prison guards banned Bibles at Alligator Alcatraz, saying there's "no right to religion" there.
Pope Leo’s Catholic bikers rode in to pray and protest.
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
Pope Leo’s Catholic bikers rode in to pray and protest.
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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I went to Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria today after learning ICE was conducting a militarized raid targeting farm workers. As a Member of Congress, I have the right to conduct oversight, but I was denied entry. Here’s what happened. ⬇️
July 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I went to Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria today after learning ICE was conducting a militarized raid targeting farm workers. As a Member of Congress, I have the right to conduct oversight, but I was denied entry. Here’s what happened. ⬇️
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Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Republican or Democrat, call your Senator and raise hell.
Republican or Democrat, call your Senator and raise hell.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Republican or Democrat, call your Senator and raise hell.
Republican or Democrat, call your Senator and raise hell.
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And then this shit just came out.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
And then this shit just came out.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.
When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.
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To everyone throat clearing (or front loading, like the Van Jones dipshit) that the Iranian regime is evil and dangerous and something should be done because of, for instance, human rights, one prominent victim of Iran’s human rights abuses is singing a different tune www.cnn.com/2025/06/20/T...
Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate appeals to President Trump to ‘stop the war’ | CNN
In an exclusive video message, Iranian rights activist Narges Mohammadi calls for the United States not to join the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran and to pursue peace in the Middle East.
www.cnn.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
To everyone throat clearing (or front loading, like the Van Jones dipshit) that the Iranian regime is evil and dangerous and something should be done because of, for instance, human rights, one prominent victim of Iran’s human rights abuses is singing a different tune www.cnn.com/2025/06/20/T...
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Honestly, I get that we need these stories, but, like, the actual story is: Everyone with half a brain knew this — and many, many people said it — but Stephen Miller doesn’t care. And Donald Trump let him start implementing this stupid, hateful plan.
June 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Honestly, I get that we need these stories, but, like, the actual story is: Everyone with half a brain knew this — and many, many people said it — but Stephen Miller doesn’t care. And Donald Trump let him start implementing this stupid, hateful plan.
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Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
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With MAGA ignoring the Constitution and sending Brownshirts to LA, this is a good time to remind America that their Dear Leader killed a bipartisan border bill lat year, stating that he didn't want it to be resolved on Biden's watch.
MAGA manufactured a crisis for the purpose of ushering in tyranny.
MAGA manufactured a crisis for the purpose of ushering in tyranny.
June 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
With MAGA ignoring the Constitution and sending Brownshirts to LA, this is a good time to remind America that their Dear Leader killed a bipartisan border bill lat year, stating that he didn't want it to be resolved on Biden's watch.
MAGA manufactured a crisis for the purpose of ushering in tyranny.
MAGA manufactured a crisis for the purpose of ushering in tyranny.
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Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.
June 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.
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The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org
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Reporters Without Borders says there have been 27 attacks on journalists in LA so far, 24 by LEO, 3 by others. That's a lot. If you haven't seen it, there's video of an officer appearing to target this Australian correspondent while she's on air. rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-c...
USA: RSF condemns wave of violence against journalists covering Los Angeles protests
At least 27 attacks on journalists covering protests in Los Angeles took place between June 6 and June 8. The assaults have been carried out by both law enforcement and protesters. Violence against jo...
rsf.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reporters Without Borders says there have been 27 attacks on journalists in LA so far, 24 by LEO, 3 by others. That's a lot. If you haven't seen it, there's video of an officer appearing to target this Australian correspondent while she's on air. rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-c...
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The crackdowns on civilians and the threat of the national guard being sent to LA should be *the* most important story right now-- not the Trump/Musk feud or whatever the f**k that was.
People are being terrorized all over the country. News outlets need to get it together.
People are being terrorized all over the country. News outlets need to get it together.
June 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The crackdowns on civilians and the threat of the national guard being sent to LA should be *the* most important story right now-- not the Trump/Musk feud or whatever the f**k that was.
People are being terrorized all over the country. News outlets need to get it together.
People are being terrorized all over the country. News outlets need to get it together.