The Fight Against Trumpism Can’t Wait for Election Day In the absence of immediate electoral solutions, citizens under threat of the administration’s authoritarian boot are having to rely on one another to survive.

"We’re not gonna solve this with lobbying a politician to do better. We just have to go out and do this.”

I wrote about the non-electoral strategies communities are taking—from the gun-toting Black Lion Party in Philly to whistle-blowing ICE watchers in Minneapolis:

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We live in a moment when so many people in this country share the moral clarity that ICE endangers us all—only for the heads of the “opposition” party to try to quash this clarity with meaningless reforms, and to give ICE more money and power. 2020 never ended.

Trump’s ICE Agents Arrested Don Lemon. Then the Story Got Even Darker. Trump has been raging about the former CNN journalist. Attorney General Pam Bondi just had him arrested, a move one legal expert slammed as “highly irregular.”

Trump's arrest of Don Lemon shows that his "pivot" is an utter farce. As legal experts tell me, this looks appallingly corrupt. Indeed, it's likely this is all about sending a message that Trump isn't deescalating in the slightest.

New piece with fresh details here:
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Wannabe Christian Crusader Pete Hegseth Is Just Getting Started The defense secretary spent Trump’s first year in office wreaking havoc on the U.S. military—and killing innocent people around the world.

@malcolmferguson.bsky.social writes:

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘦𝘨𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘩’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦—𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘨𝘺𝘯𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴’—𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺…”

History will not be kind.

Trump’s Military Parade Was a Pathetic Event for a Pathetic President The turnout wasn’t anything like what he wanted—and not everyone who showed up was even a fan of his.

"Three dozen horses, 28 Abrams tanks, 6,700 soldiers, and millions of taxpayer dollars later, and Donald Trump’s military birthday parade was still a flop at best."

tinyurl.com/3mdybh3y by @malcolmferguson.bsky.social for @newrepublic.com

Read my Trump birthday parade recap here ⬇️:

Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.

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