Mastodawn

My cousin seems to think my fears about Pierre Pollieve taking away women's rights and building concentration camps are overblown. I reminded her that Trump is literally sending US citizens to concentrations camps. No due process, nothing.

Her response?

"They can't just take people off the street. There must be a reason they are taking them."

And this my friends, is how Nazi Germany happened.

Van Sice 12h ago

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emptywheel 12h ago

As I noted here, Trump is ALREADY facing problems getting GOPers to take tough votes. What will happen when Walmart is empty? www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/02/t...

Today's Difficult Budget Negot...

Today's Difficult Budget Negotiations Will Be Far More Difficult as Shelves Go Bare - emptywheel

Even if nothing changed, Republican negotiations over cutting spending and retroactively sanctioning the disasters Elon Musk caused would be difficult enough. But something is about to change. The pain of Trump's self-imposed tariff catastrophe will start to hit as negotiations go forward.

emptywheel

Van Sice 1d ago

Nowhere Girl 1d ago

The one thing nobody wants to talk about is the fascist takeover was built one decision at a time over many decades by people who knew what would happen and who could have stopped it a thousand times over, and they didn't because they agreed with it, they couldn't be bothered, it was more convenient at the time, it made money, or they cared more about their Republican friends than the people they hurt.

Van Sice 1d ago

Adrianna Tan 1d ago

This rule of thumb has never failed me: everyone who has ever accused someone else of ‘virtue signaling’ is a pretty awful person who likes it when bad things happen to other people

Van Sice 1d ago

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Laffy 1d ago

2/ Via Harry Litman:

Here we have it. The FIRST ruling on the SUBSTANCE of Trump‘s interpretation of the alien enemies act. Judge appointed by Trump in Texas strikes it down as UNLAWFUL. Sup court will eventually resolve, but couldn’t have a better harbinger. And of course it’s accurate – the Admin reading is fanciful.

Van Sice 1d ago

Laffy 1d ago

Keep 'em coming 1/...

Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: A federal judge in #Texas, appointed by Donald #Trump, will allow those targeted by the Alien Enemies Act in South Texas to proceed with a class action against the government. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771.57.0_1.pdf

Van Sice 1d ago

Brian Tatosky 2d ago

Happy Fascist Leader Suicide Day for those who celebrate!

I think it's something we should all encourage!

Van Sice 2d ago

Federico Viticci

2d ago

Things took a MAJOR turn for Apple's App Store:

- In the Epic v. Apple case, the court has found Apple in willful violation of a previous injunction on anticompetitive conduct

- Effective immediately, Apple can no longer impose commissions on purchases made via external links or have a say on link placement

- An Apple VP lied under oath and the court is referring to the U.S. Attorney to investigate whether criminal contempt proceedings are appropriate

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Filing: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25924283-epic-v-apple-contempt-order/

Epic v. Apple Contempt order

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Yeshaya 2d ago

Hitler goes to see an astrologer, as he so often does. He asks:
"When will I die?"
The astrologer pores over his charts for a while, and then answers:
"You will die on a Jewish holiday."
"But which one? Which one?!"
The astrologer pauses, peers over his half-moon glasses, and answers:
"Adolf, any day you die will be a Jewish holiday."

Happy Hitler Shot Himself Day, everyone!

Van Sice 2d ago

Amanda Steenkist Jan 24

..."white coral reef”
crochet by anna franklin
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