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Don’t Roll Your Eyes at Due Process
Via: Thomas • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 7 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Last month a federal court of appeals judge made a startling assertion. “Nazis,” she said, “got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act” than...”
Every person in the United States has the right to due process Guaranteed by the Constitution. This shouldn't really be that difficult to understand.
The Fracturing of Democracy - A Chronicle of Continuing Trauma. Part 3 Another Glimmer of Hope
By: Thomas • History Before they can rewrite it • 57 Comments • 11 Likes • last year
“A core principle behind Hands Off! is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential...”
Saturday, April 5th, 2025, Hands Off!, an organization dedicated to slowing and stopping the Trump administration's push to, well, as far as I can tell, ruin the nation, is organizing nationwide a nationwide protest rally. From The organizations website: On April 5, national and local...
Where Do We Go From Here?
Via: Thomas • Broliver Stagnasty's Hat Stand • 6 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“I think the answer is quite clear. We've got to educate. We've got to organize. We've got to fight back effectively with discipline and intelligence.”
There are several members of this site who are also members of the Radical Right MAGA/Trump movement who seem to have taken the exact opposite lessons from prescient early/mid 20th century authors. In the interest of dispelling the myth that, "It will all be OK if we do what Trump says," and,...
The Fracturing of Democracy - A Chronicle of Continuing Trauma. Part 2 A Glimmer of Hope
By: Thomas • History Before they can rewrite it • 34 Comments • 13 Likes • last year
“It is not a question of Left or Right, It is a question of Right and Wrong”
Senator Cory Booker rose and spoke for over 25 hours in defense of governmental institutions, the work that they do, and the specific effects that the Trump Administration and DOGE is having on real people throughout the country as he asserts power he does not have illegally and...
The Fracturing of Democracy - A Chronicle of Continuing Trauma
By: Thomas • History Before they can rewrite it • 21 Comments • 14 Likes • last year
“Welcome home, Orwellianism. Trump will lawfare the lawfare right out of you.”
Step Right Up! Step Right Up! Look right here at the wholesale fracturing of Democratic ideals, the Rule of Law, and the common decency to mind your own business. This Multipart Drama has not yet completed playing out. The show is already in progress so hurry up and buy your tickets at the...
Brooks and Capehart on how voters are reacting to federal cuts
Via: Thomas • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 67 Comments • 9 Likes • last year
“There will be a time where everybody has to hold together and stand up and say, no, no more deals.”
It is finally sinking in just how dire our circumstances are right now.
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions
Via: Thomas • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 6 Comments • 8 Likes • last year
“Early on, Joseph Goebbels, who later became Hitler's propaganda chief, he realized that Hitler was terrible in a studio, he was wooden. He needed...”
Yet more clear parallels between dictators and Trump. I wonder when he is going to pull off the blindfold for his supporters?
The 10 tactics of fascism | Jason Stanley
Via: Thomas • Broliver Stagnasty's Hat Stand • 11 Comments • 7 Likes • last year
“Fascism is a cult of the leader, who promises national restoration in the face of supposed humiliation by immigrants, leftists, liberals,...”
My youtube feed kept suggesting this so I had to look. It is a short video of about ten minutes, but I don't think that will raise the viewership that much. For those of you who do not have the desire or ability to watch, I have included both a link to the transcript and the transcript itself....
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She's Fighting President Trump's "Illusion of Power" : Up First from NPR : NPR
Via: Thomas • News & Politics • 19 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, says she thinks Republicans have begun making mistakes... and her party is resolved...”
This is a Transcript of the "Up First" Podcast that was made after the NPR interview with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. If you would rather listen to the podcast, it can be found at at the seed. If you would like to watch the full interview, Here it is.