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Theda Skocpol suggests that the torrent of money being pumped into ICE is about building a Federal Gestapo to be sent to war against non-MAGA states and cities and instiitutions and populations:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/c

Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...

150 Jahre #ThomasMann
https://www.3sat.de/kultur/kulturzeit/150-jahre-thomas-mann-verteidiger-der-demokratie-100.html

150 Jahre Thomas Mann - Verteidiger der Demokratie
Während rechte Populisten Europa prägten, mahnte Thomas Mann: Demokratie lebt von der Verantwortung des Einzelnen. Wie relevant ist der Autor heute?

I didn’t expect that my career-ending move would be to say 'stop bombing hospitals'
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/6/university_california_san_francisco_gaza

Fired over Gaza? Dr. Rupa Marya Sues UCSF, Says She Was Targeted for Speaking Up for Palestine
We speak with Dr. Rupa Marya, a physician, activist, author and composer, who this week filed two free speech complaints against her former employer, the University of California, San Francisco. The school fired her last month after a lengthy suspension over her criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza and its impact on healthcare in the Palestinian territory. “I didn’t expect that my career-ending move would be to say 'stop bombing hospitals,' for expressing support for Palestinian liberation a…

Demokratiuppdraget innebär ”att man inte ska vara opartisk när det gäller de demokratiska värderingarna, till exempel i fråga om alla människors lika värde. Det är rimligen en typ av partiskhet som vi bör vara rädda om, även om den inte uppskattas av alla.”
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Åsa Wikforss: Mediernas uppgift är inte att vara neutrala
Det må vara vara en effektiv politisk strategi att utmåla faktagranskning som partisk, men det hotar fundamentet för demokratin: kunskapen, skriver Åsa Wikforss.

Democrats itching for fight over immigration (Mike Lillis/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5337628-democrats-fight-immigration/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250607/p51#a250607p51

Four Democrat-Led States Ask FDA to Lift Restrictions on Abortion Pill
https://gizmodo.com/four-democrat-led-states-ask-fda-to-lift-restrictions-on-abortion-pill-2000612027

Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Peter Thiel are executing a long-planned agenda to take over the government.
Donald Trump is a dementia-addled old man along for the ride.
Hopefully, the chaos makes a little more sense now.
I told you you weren't gonna like it.

Democracy Is Done: The Rise of Corporate Monarchy
The Real Agenda Behind Elon's Coup & Trump's Chaotic First Weeks

Democrats told to "get shot" for the anti-Trump resistance (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/democrats-trump-resistance-violence-congress
http://www.memeorandum.com/250707/p34#a250707p34

Democrats ask Bondi for Epstein files after Musk's Trump allegation (Filip Timotija/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5337155-democrats-ask-bondi-for-epstein-files-after-musks-trump-allegation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250606/p123#a250606p123

Can Democrats Find Their Way on Immigration? (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/politics/democrats-immigration-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UU8.01gK.UcD_ADN9lhY7&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250706/p5#a250706p5