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Via Kyle Griffin:
#Harris' 2024 vote total — now sitting at 74.3 million votes and counting — has surpassed #Trump's total in 2020 for the third-highest of all time, according to an analysis by Axios.
The Trump-Harris popular vote margin is the narrowest since Bush vs. Gore in 2000. axios.com/newsletters/axios-am…
Via Kyle Griffin:
Judge Carl Nichols — appointed by #Trump — said this week it would be "beyond frustrating and disappointing" if Trump grants blanket pardons "for all Jan. 6 defendants or anything close."
“Russ Vought, a #Project2025 architect, reportedly set to repeat as head of Office of Management & Budget after serving in the position for #Trump's 1st term.
We recently unearthed private videos of Vought's plans for "traumatically" razing civil service, siccing military on protestors, defunding environ protections, & generally helping Trump accumulate more executive power than any president before him.
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Videos Reveal Trump Adviser’s “Shadow” Plan for Second Administration
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.ProPublica
#RussVought, a #Project2025 architect, is reportedly set to repeat as head of Office of Management and Budget after serving in the position for Trump's first term.
We recently unearthed private videos of Vought's plans for "traumatically" razing the civil service, siccing military on protestors, defunding environmental protections, and generally helping #Trump accumulate more executive power than any president before him.
#News #USPolitics #Politics #Government
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Videos Reveal Trump Adviser’s “Shadow” Plan for Second Administration
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.ProPublica
"Message received."
"#Newsom Heads to #California Counties That Voted for #Trump
Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged that residents were frustrated by economic problems and said that Democrats needed to address their concerns."
#Trump has announced he's nominating former congressman Peter Hoekstra to be the United States ambassador to #Canada.
The role requires Senate confirmation for approval. - ABC News abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-u…
Trump transition live updates: Vance, Hegseth lobby GOP senators on Capitol Hill
President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to announce his picks for top jobs inside his administration.Tal Axelrod (ABC News)
Linda McMahon is expected to be named Education Secretary. She's is a retired professional wrestler, co-founded the WWE & served as the administrator for the SBA from 2017-19. She doesn't have experience in education.
America is the laughing stock of the world, but for Americans, 2025 threatens their lives, livelihoods, & futures.
Feds established a trail of payments from #MattGaetz, #Trump’s choice to be AG, to women including some who testified that #Gaetz hired them for sex, acc/to a doc obtained by NYT & a lawyer representing some of the women.
The doc, assembled by investigators during a 3-yr #SexTrafficking investigation into Gaetz, is a chart that shows a web of thousands of dollars in Venmo payments between Gaetz…, associates & women who had drug-fueled sex parties 2017–2020….
#Trump transition co-chair Linda McMahon is expected to be named as secretary of the Department of Education, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
"Pres of the Nat Educ Assoc said #Trump's decision to name Linda McMahon for educ sec shows “that he could not care less about our students’ futures”...& called on the Senate to reject “Trump’s unqualified nominee”.
She warned that “McMahon’s only mission is to eliminate the Department of Education and take away taxpayer dollars from public schools” theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…
Outcry over stalemate on Gaetz report; Bernie Sanders’ Senate vote on blocking some arms to Israel fails – as it happened
Democrat Susan Wild says committee chair Michael Guest mischaracterized meeting and committee will reconvene in December; US Senate to also vote on two resolutions on mortar rounds and a GPS guidance system for bombsAmy Sedghi (The Guardian)
Unsurprisingly for a magazine founded by a waxed-anus Fascist, Vice Magazine has bent the knee to Trump
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#Fascism #ViceMagazine #Media #trump #FarRight
Vice’s Hard-Right Turn to Trumpism
In new videos, Vice editor-in-chief Shane Smith treats immigrants as a problem and apologizes to Elon Musk for past coverage.Nikita Mazurov (The Intercept)
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WaPo:
"Leaders of #Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” have discussed creating a mobile app for Americans to file their taxes free with the Internal Revenue Service, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity."
#Trump lawyers demand judge 'immediately' throw out hush money case
Letting the conviction stand would threaten to "hamstring the operation of the whole governmental apparatus," lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove argued in a letter to the judge.
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Trump lawyers demand judge 'immediately' throw out hush money case
Donald Trump's attorneys are demanding the judge who presided over his New York hush money trial and conviction immediately throw out the case, saying it would be "uniquely destabilizing to the country" otherwise.Adam Reiss (NBC News)
#Trump's nominee to be US ambassador to NATO: Matthew Whitaker.
Yes, "Masculine Toilet, a commode for men who are particularly well endowed" Matt. That guy.
Omfg.
Via Kyle Griffin:
#Trump just named Dr. Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator.
Yes, Dr. Oz.
9. Ask anyone who has ever lived in a police state or who has good historical knowledge of how police states function what life will be like for us – all of us – as all of this is set into motion.
10. If Trump enacts this barbaric plan, do not expect the so-called "guardrails," including especially the corporate media, to act as the conscience of the nation or to resist the barbarism. To the contrary….
All to solve a made-up problem….
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #immigrants #violence
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7. Violence begets violence begets violence. Once you set it in motion in this way from the top of the government, it involves and threatens everyone.
8. When people see that their lust to hurt targeted others is blessed and encouraged by their leaders, that lust to hurt thrives, grows, spreads and begins to turn a society into hell on earth.
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #immigrants #violence
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5. All of these possibilites are compounded by Trump's promise to seize direct control of the military and turn militarized force against immigrants.
6. History shows us that any time a would-be strongman dictator takes control of the military and turns it on targeted segments of the population, everyone – especially dissidents and social outcasts – ends up being targeted.
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #immigrants #violence
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2. If a nation's government engages in acts of immense barbarism and cruelty, every citizen of that nation is affected and implicated.
3. We may imagine that an act like this will affect "only" them, and not us.
4. Set barbarism and cruelty into motion from the top of a government, and it eventually reaches you and me and not just the targeted others.
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #immigrants #violence
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Suppose for a moment that Trump carries through on his wildly popular promise to round up, incarcerate, and deport millions of immigrants. We can hope this does not happen. But all indicators tell us that some version of this plan is already in place, to begin immediately after he's sworn into office.
Ten points to consider:
1. Rounding up, incarcerating, and deporting millions of people will be an act of immense barbarism and cruelty.
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #immigrants #violence
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"Kennedy has devoted his life to destroying public health. He’s obsessed with a confused, quasi-fascist idea of purity, which leads him to attack medical interventions like fluoride, pasteurization, and vaccines, as well as perceived outsiders like Asians and Jewish people. That makes him a good fit for Trump and Trumpism. It also makes him a massive danger to the US and to the world."
~ Noah Berlatsky
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future #RFKJr
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RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat
Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend otherwise.Aaron Rupar (Public Notice)
"Let’s not make the mistake of thinking the only reason Trump wants to use recess appointments is to get his team of deplorables confirmed. He’s not even back in office, but he’s already at work manipulating elected officials into a position where the Constitution can be tossed aside at will."
"Trump’s demand for recess appointments is a way of breaking the Senate early on. Once they’ve bypassed the Constitutional dictate that they confirm the president’s appointees, there is no standing on principle to insist on strict adherence to the Constitution."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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What Letting Trump Use Recess Appointments Could Mean
Donald Trump’s stated desire to use recess appointments is about more than putting his cabinet secretaries and other appointees in place without a fight.Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
“New York prosecutors said Tuesday they’ll oppose dismissing #Trump’s hush money case as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying it until after his impending second term.”
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Prosecutors say they oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money conviction
New York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss Trump’s hush money conviction, but say they are open to delaying his sentencing until after his impending second term.MICHAEL R. SISAK (AP News)
"Journalists are first, but everyone else is next. Trump has announced multibillion-dollar lawsuits against “the enemy camp”: newspapers and publishers. His proposed FBI director is on record as wanting to prosecute certain journalists. Journalists, publishers, writers, academics are always in the first wave. Doctors, teachers, accountants will be next. Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train. It’s already later than you think."
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillanceCarole Cadwalladr (The Guardian)
🙏🏻LAUSD poised to declare immigrant sanctuary, affirm #LGBTQ+ rights as it braces for #Trump
L.A. Unified takes quick stand in opposition to Trump on immigration and LGBTQ+ protections.
School board President Jackie Goldberg brings four emergency resolutions on the issues in her last regular meeting.
Goldberg, speaking of Trump: “We’re going to fight you, every inch of the way.”
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LAUSD vows to protect immigrant, LGBTQ+ students during Trump term
LAUSD board members will consider resolutions on immigration sanctuary, LGBTQ+ protection and accelerating the teaching of current events at Tuesday's meeting.Howard Blume (Los Angeles Times)
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#Trump picked former lawmaker and Fox News [sic]contributor Sean Duffy — who also had a turn on MTV’s “Real World ” — to be the next secretary of Transportation.—Politico
▶ WTF?! Trump ANNOUNCES a WAR DECLARATION before Day 1
#DayOne #NationalEmergency #Politics #Trump #News
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WTF?! Trump ANNOUNCES a WAR DECLARATION before Day 1
Trump just declared that he will call a phony “war” to justify a “national emergency” to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to begin the mass deportations of 11 mi...YouTube
Lawyer tells ABC News his 2 clients told House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid them for sex
Trump has tapped Gaetz, a former congressman, to be the new attorney general.Will Steakin (ABC News)
#Trump announced Sunday evening that Brendan Carr is his choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission. Carr wrote a section of the Heritage Foundation's #Project2025 in which he detailed how he would run the agency —ABC News
Emboldened by Trump's election win, Neo-Nazis paraded through Columbus, Ohio today.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump
