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Every. Single. One of them.

“A recent lawsuit alleges Linda #McMahon, who #Trump tapped to lead the Department of Education, knowingly enabled the sexual exploitation of children by a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) employee as early as the 1980s — allegations she denies.”

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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…


#Trump taps Pam Bondi as his pick for attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdraws

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#Trump taps Pam Bondi as his pick for attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdraws

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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.
— ProPublica propublica.org/article/video-d…


#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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👍🏼"#Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur extends tenure as longest-serving woman in US House with election win

Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur has won another term in the U.S. House after defeating a Republican state lawmaker endorsed by #Trump--WaPo


"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."

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#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…


“California woman told police that #Trump Cabinet pick Pete #Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she “remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” a police report obtained by CNN shows.”

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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.

#USPol #Trump #Education


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….

#law #crime
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#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.

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"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…


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


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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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Private equity billionaire Marc Rowan has emerged as a top contender to be #Trump’s Treasury secretary and will meet the president-elect on Wednesday to make his pitch for the job, according to several people familiar with the matter — Financial Times


#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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"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 #fascism #cruelty #future
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"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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#America has a lot of deep soul searching to do. It seems they voted #Trump in haste, & maybe made to repent at leisure for their sins... 🤷🏾‍♂️


#Trump is likely to nominate Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as secretary of Commerce, source tells CNN


“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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#Texas has approved Bible-infused lessons in public schools in an initial vote. The curriculum could become a model for other states under the #Trump administration- NYT


"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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#Broligarchy
#Trump


🙏🏻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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#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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An attorney representing two women who testified before the House Ethics Committee says former Rep. Matt #Gaetz paid both of his adult clients for sex. Gaetz is #Trump's pick for attorney general abcnews.go.com/US/lawyer-tells…


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#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