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William Lindsey :toad:

"Eviscerating the federal government and subjugating Congress; defying court orders and delegitimising judges; deporting immigrants and arresting protesters without due process; chilling free speech at universities and cultural institutions; cowing news outlets with divide-and-rule."

~ David Smith


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theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

The Guardian · The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianismBy David Smith
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Add a rightwing media ecosystem manufacturing consent and obeyance in advance, along with a weak and divided opposition offering feeble resistance. Join all the dots, critics say, and America is sleepwalking into authoritarianism."


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William Lindsey :toad:

"Nearly all the actions that he's taken in the first 60 or so days of this shameless and shameful regime are the authoritarian versions of policies Republicans have been fantasizing about for most of the century."

~ David Pepper


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thecause.substack.com/p/the-tr

The Cause · The Trump regime had a 54-year (and a 76-day) head startBy L O L G O P
William Lindsey :toad:

"In 1978, when [Václav] Havel writes of Czechoslovakia, he is also writing of America in the future:

'Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past, it falsifies the present, and it falsifies the future.'”

~ Heidi Cuda


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bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-typ

Byline Supplement · Hot Type: Being Braver Than We Want to BeBy Heidi Cuda
Mar 22, 2025, 01:43 PM·Public·Web
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Fridays are becoming bloodbath day in the federal workforce. In the same way that bad news stories used to be held for Friday late afternoon, that’s when we now hear about a lot of these firings. Midafternoon, I heard that the Department of Homeland Security had essentially abolished all its international civil rights and detention abuse agencies."

~ Josh Marshall


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talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/f

TPM - Talking Points Memo · Friday Firings—Becoming the NormBy Josh Marshall
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William Lindsey :toad:

"They abolished the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and the Office of the CIS Ombudsman. ...

Just a few moments ago I heard that USAID had terminated about 160 personal service contractors."


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William Lindsey :toad:

"These are longterm contract positions for people whose brief is to shepherd aid deliveries abroad. They serve as the U.S. government’s eyes and ears to make sure the money is used for what it’s meant to be used for, that it gets to the intended recipients."


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William Lindsey :toad:

"Musk, who serves as a senior adviser to Donald Trump, posted about judges who ruled in opposition to the administration more than 20 times within 48 hours this week on X, the social network he owns, repeatedly framing them as radical leftist activists and seeking to undermine their authority."

~ Nick Robins-Early


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theguardian.com/technology/202

The Guardian · Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against DogeBy Nick Robins-Early
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William Lindsey :toad:

"The Russian president is the impediment to US proposals for a ceasefire. But Europe knows that this administration is unlikely to act accordingly. ...Mr Trump has little grasp of detail, his “deal-making” prowess is self-declared, and he has long been drawn to Mr Putin."

~ The Guardian

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · The Guardian view on Trump and Ukraine: Putin has shown he does not want peaceBy Editorial
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Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 

@wdlindsy
It is difficult for Trump to be aware of details that he is actively trying to ignore.

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Zeke 🇨🇦

@wdlindsy Enough already!!! USA get your shit together and deal with this traitorous Musk thing! What the hell are you waiting for?!?

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Nicole Parsons

@mediocratese @wdlindsy

Reminder that petrostate despots fund Musk.
msn.com/en-us/money/markets/co

cybernews.com/news/elon-musk-t

regtechtimes.com/oligarch-hidd

They want what he is doing, so democracy cannot act against them as the globe struggles to ditch their planet-frying products.

forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/202

aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/

vox.com/2018/4/6/17206358/saud

Fossil fuel money hijacked Silicon Valley
axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-trie

cnbc.com/2019/06/30/koch-netwo

cnbc.com/2019/10/14/vc-firm-wi

thenation.com/article/politics

www.msn.comMSN
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Alex P Roe

@wdlindsy In a normal nation, Musk would be hauled before the FBI. Pity the US is no longer normal.

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huntingdon

@wdlindsy

When you describe these things, it's professional to say "falsely" framing them as....

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Anonomouse13

@wdlindsy

A pity he knows how, having experience of it in apartheid era South Africa; "Presidential advisor".

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Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 

@wdlindsy
Shut the US government's eyes and ears and what do you get? Rampant fraud, abuse, and self-dealing -- of which Musk and Trump are masters.
Anybody remember the pallets of billions of printed dollars that used to go missing during the US invasion of Iraq?
The Trump regime is going to make that look like pocket change.
Remember, when THEY speak of fraud, waste, and abuse, it's to cover what they're planning.
#USPolitics #Corruption #Trump #Musk #TuckersBalls

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