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TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>This is very bad</p><p>And another example that Republicans will always cave to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanClownEmperor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanClownEmperor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a> </p><p>Senate, Rejecting Whistle-Blower Alarms, Confirms Bove to Appeals Court <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/us/politics/emil-bove-confirmed-appeals-judge.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/29/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/emil-bove-confirmed-appeals-judge.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>I'm holding back the vomit at the thought Bondi is going to prosecute Boasberg - after the hundreds of wildly destructive comments that Trump has made about judges, their families, witnesses and active cases.</p><p>It's just so in-your-face wrong. But <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@samlitzinger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samlitzinger</span></a></span> </p><p>Oh FFS!</p><p>There is no end to the line of powerful people who appease Trump under the slightest pressure.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/gottalaff.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gottalaff.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>Actually, I think Trump has normalized a new type of corruption. An upscaling of the old mob shakedown.</p><p>Why should RFK Jr waste years suing vaccine manufacturers to make his money. Instead, get in power, do a few crazy things and then people will fall over themselves to give you money not to burn down their world.</p><p>Of course, this only works if you still burn down a few as an example.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@politico" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>politico</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@politico/videos-1prljl3pz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>videos-politico</span></a></span> </p><p>Why are we calling these "trade deals"? These won't grow trade as they still increase tariffs.</p><p>What Trump is doing is making a "deal" to back off the most extreme tariffs (that his own citizens would pay). </p><p>In exchange for hurting his people less, the EU say they will buy a smattering of things (let's see the details first).</p><p>This was a hostage negotiation and American consumers were the hostage.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/gottalaff.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gottalaff.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>Extract from "American History: 21st Century" text book, published 2075</p><p>"Within 6 months the new administration had launched a large scale building program of new concentration camps."</p><p>We'll soon see what the next sentence is.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@ScottLucas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ScottLucas</span></a></span> </p><p>👀</p><p>I'm sure this major US contract to buy drones can't possibly lead to sniper drones shooting migrants in the desert and protestors in the street.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@meidastouch/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>meidastouch</span></a></span> </p><p>A week? Usually it only takes minutes for him to take an opposite view from something he said.</p><p>Everything out of his mouth is pure propaganda - delivered without scrutiny by a compliant media (well, not Meidas)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Con't</p><p>Most of these stories quote from rightwing attack lines, like Trump's "what have you got to lose?"</p><p>Then Sam Gonzales says the quiet part out loud:<br>"Once I started looking stuff up and then I started listening to Trump talk, I was like, no, it doesn’t sound like a Republican. Definitely not a Democrat. Maybe I can get behind this guy. I don’t consider myself a Republican. I am a Trump supporter.”</p><p>Far to little attention is paid to the propaganda radicalizing the world<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Useful data points in this piece, but (IMO) completely the wrong conclusion.</p><p>One after another, to me, these stories follow the same two points:<br>- Anger at neoliberalism (and Dem failure to protect them from it)<br>- Exposure to rightwing framing and propaganda</p><p>To me, that's what drives the (worldwide) shift to the right.</p><p>1/2<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p><p>Obama Won Record Numbers of Nonwhite Voters. This Is How the Democrats Lost Them. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/24/opinion/minority-voters-trump-right.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">7/24/opinion/minority-voters-trump-right.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Only last week, we heard that Trump was breaking with Putin</p><p>...of course, it was not true</p><p>Trump's actions continue to help Putin and to lengthen the war.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p><p>Deferring to Trump, Senate Pulls Back on New Russia Sanctions <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-putin-russia-sanctions-senate.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-putin-russia-sanctions-senate.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>So, we're all going to learn that the Attorney General and her deputy have regular, private briefings with the President on active cases ...and just move on?</p><p>Nobody is going to call out the obvious destruction of DOJ independence?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanClownEmperor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanClownEmperor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-named.html?smid=url-share&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-epstein-files-named.html?smid=url-share&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thetnholler.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>Best 2 minute takedown on the Trump crime family (and pathetic news media) ...from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HunterBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HunterBiden</span></a> of all people. 👆</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpIsAlwaysAboutTheGrift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAlwaysAboutTheGrift</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/gottalaff.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gottalaff.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>One more step to an entirely unaccountable autocracy.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@gtconway3/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gtconway3</span></a></span> </p><p>Wow, that's some creativity to call a Cleveland baseball team part of the Native Americans' heritage.</p><p>Maybe that's why he brought back the Confederate names of military bases, to honor the heritage of Black America. </p><p>And the return of measles just just honoring our colonial heritage.</p><p>SMH<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanClownEmperor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanClownEmperor</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Hey Alexa</p><p>What's a recent example that America has abandoned democracy?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p><p>Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/politics/rubio-foreign-elections-cable.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/rubio-foreign-elections-cable.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>The map shows...</p><p>Cuts to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> aren't so much about hurting liberals. It's about protecting the rightwing bubble in red states.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a> </p><p>Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/18/business/media/house-rescission-vote-pbs-npr.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">7/18/business/media/house-rescission-vote-pbs-npr.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@randahl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> </p><p>This isn't just a blow by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBS</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colbert</span></a> . This is a warning shot across all the US late night shows, and other shows like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SNL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNL</span></a> , to drop the satire and parody.</p><p>Colbert is just the example. He wasn't just replaced, a popular show is now cancelled entirely - likely to be replaced by inoffensive reruns or worse, a rightwing influencer.</p><p>No one is safe.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p><p>P.S. this is only 6 months into autocratic rule. What will it be like in 3 years?</p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@gtconway3/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gtconway3</span></a></span> </p><p>Just another shakedown by Trump.</p><p>All the billionaires on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpsteinsList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinsList</span></a> are reaching out to Trump to buy/do favors their way off the "pertinent" extract.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanClownEmperor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanClownEmperor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpAllGriftAllTheTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAllGriftAllTheTime</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pubeurope.com/@uk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>uk</span></a></span> </p><p>But, but...who did the "sloppy" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> if not Boris Johnson and the Conservatives that Trump fully backed at the time?</p><p>How does anyone believe a word he says unless they have the memory of a goldfish?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanClownEmperor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanClownEmperor</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>