ReallyKarel

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4 months ago

Is It Going to Be A Dark Christmas? Is It Going to Be A Dark Christmas? Headline BBC: New US security strategy aligns with Russia’s vision, Moscow says Headline ABC: Supreme Court to reconsider 90 year old precedent of limiting Presidential Powers to Fire Heads of Independent Agencies Headline Aaron Parnas: Trump Admin to instruct FBI to find extremist in the United States, including “radical gender ideology” , andi-ICE, pro-immigrant...including a way for people to turn people in. These are terrifying. Things are MUCH worse than we thought. But it’s Christmas for goodness sake. People were out shopping, people were decorating, myself included. What else can we do? Panic?  And while many are out shopping, most are charging it according to research. Credit Card debt is going to increase exponentially in December. Because life is expensive. So is this a last hurrah?  The Karel Cast is supported by your donations at patreon.com/reallykarel Please watch, like and subscribe to the videos at youtube.com/reallykarel The Karel Cast is heard on all streaming services from Apple Music to iHeart Media, Spotify to Spreaker. The show is Monday through Thursday at 1030 am Live PST. It can also be seen on TikTok and Instagram. Karel is a history-making broadcaster and entertainer currently in Las Vegas with his little service girl Ember. #TheKarelCast, #DarkChristmas, #USPolitics2025, #DemocracyAtRisk, #SupremeCourtWatch, #AuthoritarianThreats, #EconomicRealityCheck, #HolidayStress2025, #NewsCommentaryPodcast, #LasVegasCreator https://youtube.com/live/s6qLFBsASgE

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Science and Sanity Silicon Valley

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6 months ago

#AuthoritarianThreats #GunControlNeededDesperately

Stand Up for Gun Control and against political violence.

There will be peaceful protests across the US on No Kings Day, October 18. There's no time to waste in standing up for Democracy while we still can.

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9 months ago

Las autoridades de Florida amenazan a quienes participen en las protestas: “Te vamos a matar” El gobernador da permiso a los conductores de “atropellar” a los manifestantes si se les interpongan en el camino

Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey threatened to “kill” protesters in advance of 14 June No Kings events. State officials echoed or ignored the warning.
#Florida #NoKings #AuthoritarianThreats #DeSantis #50501Movement #CivilProtest #elpais

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9 months ago

Trump promises protesters will face “very big force” if they challenge his 14 June Army parade, escalating authoritarian rhetoric ahead of mass demonstrations.
#Trump #NoKings #AuthoritarianThreats #50501 #DCProtests #SymbolicResistance

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10 months ago

The Big Takeover: The Secret Plans to Give Trump Command of America’s Police For months, a Project 2025 subgroup drafted plans to place domestic law enforcement under Trump's thumb. We have their files.

Project 2025 lays the foundation for a national police apparatus by placing federal law enforcement under presidential command and proposing military-style force against civilians.
#Trump #Project2025 #ScheduleF #Paramilitary #NationalPolice #AuthoritarianThreats #PoliceState #DOJ #FBI #Westword

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11 months ago

Opinion | House Republicans finally have corruption to investigate. They won’t. The House Oversight Committee went hard after Biden but ignores mounting evidence of Trump’s profiteering.

House GOP ramps up a disinformation campaign linking Biden to DOJ misconduct, weaponizing oversight powers to undermine institutional trust.

#Trump #Congress #DOJ #Biden #CorruptionNarrative #Disinformation #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats

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11 months ago

Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges The White House press secretary is quietly warning the Supreme Court.

The Trump administration signals potential arrests of Supreme Court justices and other judges, escalating threats to judicial independence and constitutional governance.

#Trump #SCOTUS #JudicialIndependence #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #RightWingThreats #Democracy #RuleOfLaw

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11 months ago

DOJ March 14 memo Alien Enemies Act

Trump DOJ memo authorizes ICE warrantless home entries under Alien Enemies Act, escalating threats to constitutional rights and civil liberties.

#Trump #CivilRights #ImmigrantRights #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #RightWingThreats

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11 months ago

Trump Admin Reverses Biden-Era Policy, Broadens Subpoena Power Over Journalists The U.S. Justice Department, under President Donald Trump, has enacted new regulations that significantly expand the government's ability to subpoena records

Trump administration rescinds Biden-era press protections, expanding DOJ subpoena powers over journalists and escalating authoritarian threats to investigative reporting.

#Trump #PressFreedom #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #RightWingThreats

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11 months ago

Trump to target ActBlue in presidential memorandum The action is expected to come Thursday.

Trump escalates attacks on ActBlue by directing a DOJ investigation, threatening opposition fundraising infrastructure, and democratic small-donor participation.

#Trump #ActBlue #CivilSociety #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #Project2025

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11 months ago

So, We've Entered The 'FBI Arresting Judges' Stage Of Dystopia - Above the Law The FBI posted about the arrest on social media because of course.

The FBI's arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan over courtroom actions escalates authoritarian threats to judicial independence and the separation of powers.

#Trump #JudicialIndependence #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #CivilLiberties #RuleOfLaw

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11 months ago

Sen. Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters Chris Murphy has been touring the country talking to voters, and some people are starting to view the Democratic senator from Connecticut as worthy of the national spotlight.

Sen. Chris Murphy mobilizes voters against Trump-aligned authoritarian threats, warning of erosion in democracy and framing the 2026 elections as a critical defense.

#Trump #CivilSociety #InstitutionalAccountability #DemocracyDefense #AuthoritarianThreats #Project2025

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11 months ago

Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump Republican members of Congress have gone to great lengths to avoid public meetings with their constituents over their two-week Easter recess.

GOP lawmakers’ withdrawal from town halls amid rising dissatisfaction mirrors authoritarian patterns, weakening civil society, and restricting citizen dissent.

#Trump #CivilSociety #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #Project2025

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11 months ago

Search the most complete database of the hundreds of research grants cut by the Trump administration Search the most complete database of the hundreds of research grants cut by the Trump administration

The Trump administration abruptly canceled $312 million in California research grants aimed at diversity and equity initiatives, escalating threats to academic freedom.

#Trump #RightWingThreats #InstitutionalAccountability #AcademicFreedom #CivilSociety #AuthoritarianThreats #Project2025

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11 months ago

Orders to leave the country — some for US citizens — sow confusion among immigrants The Trump administration is quietly revoking the temporary legal status of people who entered the country via an online appointment app at U.S. border crossings with Mexico.

The Trump administration's sudden termination of CBP One protections triggered mass deportation confusion, threatening due process and immigrant rights nationwide.

#Trump #RightWingThreats #ImmigrantRights #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #CivilProtest #DueProcess

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11 months ago

US universities help foreign students weather Trump deportations From warnings not to leave the country to guidance on how to complete degrees, U.S. universities are advising foreign students how to withstand President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown targets international students for deportation, threatening academic freedom and prompting a national university response.

#Trump #RightWingThreats #AcademicFreedom #InstitutionalAccountability #ImmigrantRights #AuthoritarianThreats #CivilProtest

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11 months ago

PBS and NPR are in a once-in-a-generation funding fight. They might well lose | CNN Business America’s two biggest public broadcasters, PBS and NPR, are facing an up-or-down vote over their federal funding for the first time in decades.

The Trump campaign and Project 2025 have escalated efforts to defund PBS and NPR, targeting independent public media as part of broader authoritarian strategies.

#Trump #Project2025 #InstitutionalAccountability #PBS #NPR #RightWingThreats #AuthoritarianThreats #CivilProtest

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11 months ago

Analysis | Pam Bondi’s striking comments on arresting judges Amid criticisms that the administration is intimidating judges, Bondi didn’t exactly downplay the idea that this was part of a larger crusade against the judiciary.

Pam Bondi escalated attacks on judicial independence by urging the arrest of judges who ruled against Trump, intensifying authoritarian threats to the courts.

#Trump #PamBondi #DOJ #Judiciary #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #JudicialIndependence #RightWingThreats

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11 months ago

Anti-Trump "50501" protesters warn they're fighting "fascism" A coordinated wave of protests organized by the grassroots group "50501" took place across all 50 states on Saturday in opposition to Donald Trump's policies.

On 18 April 2025, Newsweek reported that anti-Trump 50501 protesters across all 50 states declared they were fighting fascism, marking an escalation in resistance framing.
#Trump #50501 #Project2025 #AuthoritarianThreats #DemocracyDefense #StopFascism #CivilProtest

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11 months ago

Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US Thousands of protesters rallied in Washington and other cities across the U.S. on Saturday to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump's policies on deportations, government firings, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

On 19 April 2025, Reuters reported tens of thousands joined 50501 protests across all 50 states. Organizers aimed to mobilize 11 million people to resist authoritarianism under Trump.
#Trump #50501 #Project2025 #CivilProtest #RevolutionaryResistance #AuthoritarianThreats

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11 months ago

“Homegrowns Are Next”: Protests Erupt as Trump Proposes Sending U.S. Citizens to Salvadoran Prisons During Monday’s talks, President Trump said he wants to transfer some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to El Salvador, adding that Attorney General Pam Bondi is “studying the law.” Trump was ca...

On 15 April 2025, Democracy Now reported protests in D.C., San Francisco, and Austin after Trump’s proposal to send U.S. citizens to El Salvador’s CECOT prison entered DOJ review. “Homegrowns” has emerged as the rallying cry.
#Trump #DOJ #Homegrowns #AuthoritarianThreats #CECOT

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11 months ago

Core Democratic groups are preparing to be targeted by the Trump administration Some of the Democratic Party’s core political groups are preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump’s allies may soon launch criminal investigations that could handicap Democratic infra...

On 15 April 2025, ABC News reported Trump allies are initiating federal investigations into Indivisible and ActBlue, a move legal experts say indicates rising state retaliation against Democratic opposition.
#ActBlue #Indivisible #Trump #AuthoritarianThreats #PoliticalRetribution #CivilLiberties

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11 months ago

'Need to be locked up:' Trump’s AG doesn’t rule out putting US citizens in foreign prisons U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to deny Tuesday if President Donald Trump’s proposal to hold U.S. citizens in offsite prisons was illegal, reports The Guardian.“These are Americans who he is s...

On 14 April 2025, AlterNet reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi did not dismiss the idea of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, endorsing Trump’s authoritarian fantasies and threatening constitutional protections.
#Trump #Bondi #ConstitutionalCrisis #AuthoritarianThreats #CarceralState

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11 months ago

The controversial and obscure law being used against immigrant student protestors The Trump Administration is using an obscure and controversial immigration law from 1952 to try to deport Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.

On 11 April 2025, NPR reported that Trump officials are using a Cold War-era law to detain and deport Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil for protesting Gaza, employing authoritarian tactics against immigrant dissent.
#Trump #CampusCrackdown #AuthoritarianThreats #ProtestSurveillance

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11 months ago

For some students who protested war in Gaza, fear and silence is a new campus reality Many students nationwide say the Trump administration's efforts to address what it calls antisemitism on college campuses have had a chilling effect on speech and political activity.

On 11 April 2025, NPR revealed that Trump is using ICE, visa revocations, and executive power to detain pro-Palestinian student protesters, marking an authoritarian crackdown on dissent at U.S. campuses.
#Trump #DOJ #DHS #ICE #CampusCrackdown #AuthoritarianThreats #ProtestSurveillance

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11 months ago

Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to transport detainees from the US to El Salvador.

On 11 April 2025, Politico reported that Erik Prince’s firm pitched a $25B offshore detention plan to DHS. The proposal includes private deportation forces and military-run tent cities.

#Trump #DHS #PrivatizedDetention #AuthoritarianThreats #ImmigrationCrackdown

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11 months ago

“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS i...

On 8 April 2025, ProPublica reported that the Trump administration eliminated DHS’s civil rights office and threatened oversight staff—removing a key accountability safeguard.
#Tump #DHS #InstitutionalCapture #AuthoritarianThreats #LegalRepression

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11 months ago

Justice Dept. says it’s not required to bring back wrongly deported man Kilmar Abrego García, 29, a Salvadoran immigrant married to a U.S. citizen, was mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

On 13 April 2025, The Washington Post reported the Trump administration defied court orders to help a Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador—escalating a legal crisis and civil liberties concerns. #Trump #AuthoritarianThreats #DeportationCrisis #LegalRepression

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1 year ago

For some students who protested war in Gaza, fear and silence is a new campus reality Many students nationwide say the Trump administration's efforts to address what it calls antisemitism on college campuses have had a chilling effect on speech and political activity.

On 11 April 2025, NPR reported that students—particularly international and pro-Palestinian activists—are being surveilled, deported, or silenced as part of Trump’s campus crackdown. #Trump #SuppressionOfDissent #CampusSurveillance #AuthoritarianThreats

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1 year ago

Analysis: Trump’s retribution sends a chilling message to dissenters | CNN Politics Donald Trump’s White House has a threatening message for anyone who might even be perceived to disagree with the president: Don’t. Or else.

On 12 April 2025, CNN reported that President Trump has ordered investigations into former officials Krebs and Taylor—critics of his leadership—marking an escalation in politically motivated retaliation.
#Trump #RetaliationRisk #AuthoritarianThreats #TargetedHarassment