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I’m going to admit that that “Chipocalypse” post freaked me out considerably. I wonder if history will see it as a turning point in America’s extended democratic crisis? Because to this Canadian looking across the border at the USA, it has that feeling.
#USpol

Uspol
"We're not redrawing the districts to discriminate based on race, we're drawing them to favor our own party," is such an interesting thing to say out loud. On the one hand, pretense of democratic norms is completely gone; says a lot about where the country is headed. On the other hand, the need to maintain a pretense of non-racism persists? That's probably better than them feeling comfortable to go full mask-off about white supremacy. They're already flaunting breaking a lot of laws, so I wonder whether the legal or social-norms aspects of coming out as explicitly racist matter more to them here.
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The Trump administration sure is good at leaking their own plans for things.
"A senior White House official accidentally leaked details of plans to send an elite army unit to Portland, in the latest intelligence leak by the Trump administration."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

Pure fiction.
This senior adviser to potus can’t even see that Oregon’s 6,695 sworn police officers are less numerous than the FBI’s ~13,700 special agents.
Stephen Miller shouldn’t be trusted to advise on a coffee order, let alone government policy. He is out of touch with reality.
Sources in comment.
#USpol

The comedians in saudi arabia feels like a stupid stupid distraction and a way for people to feel morally superior in one of the most pointless ways possible
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The Most Important Election In 2025 | Rep. Mikie Sherrill by Democracy Docket
#NewJersey

Why, when Republicans attempt to draw district lines such that they choose their voters and get severely overrepresented in the legislature is it “We’re just taking advantage of the rules as they exist.”? But when the Democrats choose to represent the interest of their constituents and not show up, preventing, UNDER THE RULES, a vote to pass this redistricting, they have abandoned or forfeited their offices?
#UsPol

In accordance with Sec. 2. (e) of Executive Order 14190, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling” as signed by potus on January 29, 2025, the U.S. Government will _not_ be "modifying a [Department]'s name," despite SecDef and potus' desires for the Department of Defense's “social transition.”
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
#USpol

What are you going to do when the regime falls? After calling all your friends, after the great memes, after the parties, what are you going to do to make sure it never happens again? What world should we create?
Taxing billionaires is great and all, but we could build systems where billionaires are impossible. Is hoarding wealth and using it to control people even something we should consider part of a functional and humane system? Any system where one group of people doesn't have rights means that anyone can be stripped of their rights, like has happened with all the US citizens who've been illegally detained and deported by ICE. Does the concept of "rights" that must be defended with violence, that can be stripped away by people who can exercise more violence, even make sense? Or should the bedrock of a functional system be the obligations that we have to each other and to society, that cannot be severed or taken from us, that tell us we *must* defend regardless of whether systemic oppression will impact us or not?
Americans have been so restricted by the limitations of the two party system, only able to choose between options acceptable to different sections of the capitalist class. Would we even be able to imagine what we could do if those restrictions went away?
The fall of the Berlin wall was a surprise. The fall of Assad was faster than anyone expected. One day the government of Nepal was an unrepentant oligarchy, the next it was on fire. Everything can change in an instant, faster than anyone expects. No one can predict revolutionary change. Will you be ready if the opportunity presents itself?
The US cannot be fixed. The economic system is a ponzi scheme that has been patched again and again, but has finally run out of options. Racism, sexism, and Christian nationalism are baked into the system at every level. Trump gutted the system of soft power that held the US economy together, now there is only a slow decline. Even after he's gone, the damage is done. Once we let go of how to fix something that cannot be fixed, we can start to imagine something that cannot be achieved within the current system.
This is a time of opportunity. Do not burrow so deep in terror that you miss your chance to dream.
#USPol

The US mainstream media is thoroughly broken: Bari Weiss, Who Thinks Everything Is Woke, Will Be CBS Editor-in-Chief
Anti-woke, anti-trans, pro-Israel Bari Weiss will soon lead one of the biggest media companies in the U.S.
#uspol #newsmedia

Bari Weiss, Who Thinks Everything Is Woke, Will Be CBS Editor-in-Chief
Anti-woke, anti-trans, pro-Israel Bari Weiss will soon lead one of the biggest media companies in the U.S.

The Radical Left does not have the majority in Congress. In the Senate, Republicans have the majority. In the House of Representatives, Republicans have the majority. In Congress, Republicans have the majority. Republicans control all three branches of the federal government.
Spread it wide, loud, and clear.
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Turns out the greatest threat to Americans is American federal security forces.
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I’m still seeing folks looking at the US political hellscape and saying…
“If only there was a better third party, that’d solve this.”
In most cases, that’d just split the vote of folks opposed to MAGA.
One reason MAGA has been successful is Turnip’s ability to browbeat unity into a solid voting coalition.
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If you wrote a piece of fiction where this many members of a political party were rapists, people would roll their eyes. #gop #uspol

Texas megachurch in ‘ruin’ following former Trump spiritual adviser Robert Morris’ child sex scandal
Gateway Church says donations, or tithing, have dropped significantly since the scandal involving its former pastor, Robert Morris

Remember the time we decried phone-in interviews of (candidates for) President on TV?
Well, guess what. 🥺
#journalism #shame #CNN #uspol #USA

Why America refuses to fix anything:
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The Number Go Up Rule: Why America Refuses to Fix Anything
In the Booming Twenties, all decision-making is about protecting the value of financial assets held by older people. Therefore, the number must go up. And nothing else matters.

Is America Heading Towards Civil War? with Rep. Ilhan Omar by Hasan Minhaj
#uspol

I feel like the Guardian might have missed something on her resume...
"Harris, who previously served as California’s attorney general and US senator, offered few details..."
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#fail

I wasn't expecting to find that there.
#DonaldTrumpIsAPedophile #USPol

Google, which is happy to answer all kinds of questions using their AI, seems to answer with a mix of non-committal results, a few current ones, and plenty outdated results for "who has the majority in the house" and similar questions.
Are you getting better results?
EDIT: I get reports from people that they get better results
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Re: E.g. that Riyadh show etc.
The way some of y'all are holding comedians to the moral standards that actual leaders should hold is *deeply* goofy.
That's not their job. Their job is to point at the absurdity so people can see it. The more they do that, the better.
#uspol #comedy

#UsPol #FreeSpeech #Kimmel
"Jimmy Kimmel will return to TV after highly criticized suspension"

We have always been at war with Eastasia.
"President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

How Chicago Labor History Teaches Us To Fight Fascism Today | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois by Kat Abughazaleh
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'Bondi said in a statement that the indictment "reflects this Department of Justice's commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people."' I wonder if there are any other people who might be more obviously guilty of abusing positions of power ... 🤔 #uspol

Former FBI director James Comey indicted on two charges
James Comey says he is innocent after being accused of lying to Congress in 2020 while testifying about leaks to the media.

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team.
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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

House Oversight cmte Democrats release 6 pages from Epstein files.
They mention Prince Andrew (and his massages), Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel.
AND Elon Musk possibly on Epstein’s island
#uspol #epstein #PrinceAndrew

To the surprise of no one, yet another study shows RFK Jr is full of shit. Vaccines are safe.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5403751-aluminum-vaccines-autism-study/

this starts slow but I think gets pretty good.
How to Protest The Trump Regime Like The Civil Rights Movement by Offline with Jon Favreau
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Kids and gun violence
This week's Executive Disorder started with a conversation about the school shooting in Twin Cities...
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"I even have a Department of War. Now give me my Nobel Peace Prize."
- Someone in Washington DC. Probably.
#uspol #USA #war #names #DepartmentOfWar #DOD #NobelPeacePrize

Because for a moment there one of Trump's minions was in the news more prominently than he was, and we obviously can't have *that*!
#uspol

Hardcore criminals? Like…say with 34 felony convictions?
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Wait, could I have entered that competition? Like could space command be in my breakfast nook?
#USpol #SpaceCommand

"Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/29/us-authoritarian-donald-trump-national-guard

He still doesn’t admit that import taxes (tariffs) are paid by Americans importing, not by other countries.
#USpol #TrumpTariffs #economy

More on CBP treatment of Canadians at the US border, this time with CBP’s own statistics, which are interesting: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/us-canada-device-searches-1.7619944?cmp=rss

Surge in U.S. customs searches of electronic devices raises concerns about harsh treatment of Canadians | CBC News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports a sharp rise in electronic device searches at crossings, raising concerns about privacy, discrimination and harsher scrutiny of Canadians. "There's a lot of fear going into the United States," a Toronto-based immigration lawyer says.

NJ Governor Murphy opens Office of Strategic Defense Investment to foster industry growth
#NJ #GovMurphy #defense #USpol

President wants-to-gerrymander-the-gop-into-permanent-power says _Democrats_ cheat.
Every accusation really is a confession.
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I don't think that the dipshit and Vance are capable of taking responsibility for their failures and that says a lot about them.
#USPolitics #USPol #Politics

114,000 schools in the United States.
Deploying a single National Guardsman costs ~$530/day.
Or ~$60 million a day, or for a 180 day school year more than $10 billion dollars.
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I know it was 3000 years ago now, but I want everyone to remember that Portland beat Trump last time because normal people came out every night to resist.
Portland made Trump look weak once. He pulled out everything he had to terrorize and intimidate people, and federal agents got pushed out of the city anyway. He was embarrassed. Now he can do more and he probably thinks that he has more time, but Portland maybe able to prove him wrong.
Portland ended Trump's presidency once, and it can happen again... especially if Portland keeps doing a good job of reminding everyone that the whole invasion is an attempt to distract from #Epstein.
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This booty call is too aggressive for me.
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Watching Vlad Vexler discuss potus’ status:
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"Bondi and prosecutors have reservations over charging Comey"
Trump only wants fodder for rants and distractions. An indictment suffices for that. Failed cases give him even more fodder. Win for him whichever way it goes. 😢
#uspol #Comey #justice

“That’s not this country, we have to do something.”
Breaking laws by deploying soldiers ain’t it.
Common sense gun control laws can be.
Breaking Posse Comitatus won’t solve underlying causes of crime.
And red states are more murdery than LA, DC and Chicago.
He’s grabbing power.
#USpol

Also, calling it now:
Josh Johnson will 100% enter the pantheon of comedy greats. His name will go next to Carlin, Pryor, etc.
#blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol

Half the time I don't know whether authoritarian social media posts attributed to Donald #Trump are really him or just satire. Trump has replaced the Constitution with Poe's Law. #uspol

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement
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Really hoping to see some One Piece flags in the pictures from the next #NoKings Day protests. I also hope everyone has brotherd to check the notes from Nepal. Regimes can collapse faster than expected. Sometimes it can be a total surprise.
I know things feel impossible right now, but you need to have a plan for when you win because it might surprise you. The other good thing about having a plan is that it gives you something to fight for instead of just something to fight against.
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"Reverse judicial precedents"? The Orange Dipshit is trying to use executive orders to eliminate legal protections for the unhoused?
"The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to “reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees” that limit jurisdictions’ abilities to relocate homeless people."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

Kinda weird it makes sense to make a graphic like this.
No idea what I should use it for.
Flyers to hand to soldiers?
#USpol #Chicago #law

The gop controls all three branches of government, if their government shuts down, then the gop are the one’s who shutdown their government.
#USpol #shutdown

The Abundance Debate Hits California by Pod Save America
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This shit is straight up just the plot to Red Dawn, but the bootlickers can't even recognize it because the call is coming from inside the house.
#USPol

“There is a fine line between vision and hallucination. People have to follow you for it to be a vision.” - Dr. Oz.
No, that is not in fact the difference you charlatan.
#USpol

Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force | The Ezra Klein Show
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I think I need to clarify some shit for (white) liberals.
How many times have you wondered if someone you're talking to in an informant sent to entrap you? How many times have you or a friend of yours been hit by a car, intentionally? How many friends have been hit, or almost hit? Ever been stabbed? Know anyone who has? Has the FBI ever knocked on a friend's door? Have police ever kicked down your door? Have you ever been arrested? Pepper sprayed? Does the sound or smell or blast balls give you flashbacks? Do you ever wonder what all the CS exposure is doing to your body? How many times have you been shot or shot at? Do you wonder every day if this is the day they'll come to kill you? Would anyone in your social circle answer these questions differently?
When you vote, you risk nothing (big asterisk, but if I'm talking to you then it doesn't apply to you). What you get out of voting is exactly what you put into it. Direct action is the same.
If you aren't worried about someone murdering you, then you probably aren't actually threatening the system. That's the difference between voting, and doing something useful. If they had to murder all the liberals in order to keep going, fascism would end. If they're only murdering radicals and marginalized people, then you're just like all the "good Germans" who hated Hitler but did essentially nothing.
It's already that bad for some people. How much are you willing to risk? How many people are you willing to sacrifice for your comfort? These are the questions we're all thinking about every time you tell us to vote.
(I'm tagging this #USPol so it's easy for folks to filter out if they're already well acquaintaned with the horror. I'm not CW, because USPol is just expected to be triggering.)

The gop controls the House, Senate, and the White House. It is their government.
If the government shuts down or the government stays open, that is on the gop.
#USpol

Since leaving the US, things have gotten a lot better for me but it's still hard existing under capitalism. Just being a human is hard enough, but parenting is an order or magnitude harder.
Even here, with all the complexity of being an immigrant, it's somehow still less emotionally challenging than being in the US.
I wrote up a reflection on some of my feelings before leaving tangled up with some of the challenges I still have. I hope this helps some folks feel less alone, or makes it easier for other folks to understand why some parents are having a hard time.
CW: just.... Lots... Death, gun violence, trauma, etc
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Another CEO got killed? That’s awful, all they did was guide the use of resources to make the world a better place. They helped not only shareholders, but employees and everyone else have a better life and a great chance to have basics like shelter more easily. Right? Who would do that.
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Watching Australian Senator Nick McKim describe the US slide into fascism:
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Marc Maron Talks Donald Trump, Comedy and The Left by Pod Save America
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Vacationing at tax-payer expense has prepared Ohio’s least favorite son to assume the role of president of the United States according to him?
Dude, there’s a couch somewhere waiting for you to defile it. Get to it.
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Not for nothing, but if Portland had its own nuclear capability, they wouldn’t be facing imminent invasion by the United States federal government. /s
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"Jack Ciattarelli has been running for governor since Mikie was in high school"
- Sean Higins
#NewJersey #uspol

Legend is Rome decided not to have kings anymore, and so created the first modern-ish republic, because of a sex crime by someone close to their king.
Our entire system of government has a history of not having sex crimes be acceptable.
But the felon in chief thinks pretending sex criminal close friends of his don’t implicate and contaminate him.
Legend is Romans exiled their last king.
#USpol

Mehdi Hasan: Jubilee “Debate” Left Me SPEECHLESS by The Bulwark #uspol

I translated bondi's statement into what she meant:
#USpol #satire #Comey

🎶 Tariffs are an import tax, import tax, import tax, Americans pay for import tax, so er-lie in the morning. 🎶
And in the evening.
And at night.
What I am saying is the tariffs are the largest tax hike in U.S. history.
In addition to all the damage to our economy and alliances.
#USpol

When will Bigbird be stopped?!!
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h/t @…
#USpol #Scotland #satire

The Gloves Are Off | "I Absolutely Love That Colbert Got Fired" | Trump & Epstein's Wonderful Secret #uspol

What a day that shall be.
#USpol #USpolitics

The US Virgin Islands have their own territorial court system, and any crimes committed there may be territorial crimes, not federal crimes.
The prosecution of such crimes would not need US DOJ nor White House permission to proceed.
Epstein Island is in the US Virgin Islands.
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We got ourselves an ol' fashioned cole war a comin'!
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland:
#USpol #POpol #RUpol

Don’t worry everybody, just take Panadol.
#USpol #Tylenol

Someone pointed out that the image of the bullets from the shooter in Dallas today seems to be wet but it didn’t rain in Dallas today.
I wish I could ask JFK if there have ever been any inconsistencies around shootings in Dallas.
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Chat, anyone have a contact at the Pentagon I can get this to? I wanna make sure they update their maps with the current info.
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The United States in the last 8 months has threatened to invade, or invaded:
Canada
Mexico
Panama
Greenland
Denmark
Venezuela
Los Angeles
Washington DC
Chicago
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
And many others. potus and kegseth plan to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.
This sounds like Nobel Peace Prize behavior, am I right? 🤦‍♂️

Not good.
#USpol

European rulers in part saw Crusades as how to remove troublesome or ambitious warriors from Europe, reducing threats to their authority.
Starting wars in Venezuela, Afghanistan or the other dozen places potus suggested/threatened, might serve comparable purpose.
Let’s thwart him anyway.
#USpol

Won 5 Emmys for Andor, a series about autocratic breakthrough and fascism. Then greenlights turning the entire company into the theme park ride. 🤦‍♂️
#iger #USpol #BoycottDisneyABC

His name was Silverio Villegas Gonzšlez.
#USpol

After the introduction in Dutch, it is Lubach with what’s next for disney.
#USpol

Former Disney CEO thinks Disney and ABC messed up.
Because they did.
source: #USpol

Did you know that "James David Vance" is an anagram for "adds caveman jive?"
Well, now you do.
#USpol

Added 3 new nicknames to my @… bot that posts a nickname for potus every hour.
It's very handy when writing something and wanting to use something other than his name.
#USpol

So...comedy is illegal again?
#FreedomOfSpeech #Kimmel #USpol