America's descent into authoritarian fascism is made all the more alarming and demoralizing by the Democrats' total failure to rise to the moment:
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@pluralistic It's astonishing how most of them are missing in action. It makes very little sense...
Citizens United, Explained
The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.
Brennan Center for Justice (www.brennancenter.org)
Koch Network funded Citizens United in order to corrupt democracy thoroughly.
It allows unfettered money, both foreign & domestic, to subvert everything.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/27/supreme-court-bribes-gratuities-snyder-kavanaughSupreme Court Justices.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/21/the-supreme-court-is-so-corrupt
How Corrupt Is SCOTUS? The History of SCOTUS Corruption and What We Can Do About It
Project 2025 is a blueprint for a second Trump administration, calling for drastic cuts and eliminations in reproductive health, education, and climate change.
MoveOn: People-Powered Progress (front.moveon.org)
The Self-Serving Supreme Court Is Exonerating Corrupt Officials For Its Own Benefit | Common Dreams
The U.S. Supreme Court's leniency on corruption cases is a way to shield justices from consequences.
Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
The Court Can’t Think Straight When It Comes to Corruption
Yesterday’s decision demonstrates the justices’ sympathy for their powerful peers.
The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
Corruption, Compliance and Conscience: A Glimpse Into Supreme Court Ethics Scandals | The Saturday Evening Post
The Supreme Court has always contended with ethical lapses, but remedies have been largely toothless.
The Saturday Evening Post (www.saturdayeveningpost.com)
Billionaires like Barre Seid bought ...
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Citizens United, Explained
The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.
Brennan Center for Justice (www.brennancenter.org)
Koch Network funded Citizens United in order to corrupt democracy thoroughly.
It allows unfettered money, both foreign & domestic, to subvert everything.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/27/supreme-court-bribes-gratuities-snyder-kavanaughSupreme Court Justices.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/21/the-supreme-court-is-so-corrupt
How Corrupt Is SCOTUS? The History of SCOTUS Corruption and What We Can Do About It
Project 2025 is a blueprint for a second Trump administration, calling for drastic cuts and eliminations in reproductive health, education, and climate change.
MoveOn: People-Powered Progress (front.moveon.org)
The Self-Serving Supreme Court Is Exonerating Corrupt Officials For Its Own Benefit | Common Dreams
The U.S. Supreme Court's leniency on corruption cases is a way to shield justices from consequences.
Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
The Court Can’t Think Straight When It Comes to Corruption
Yesterday’s decision demonstrates the justices’ sympathy for their powerful peers.
The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
Corruption, Compliance and Conscience: A Glimpse Into Supreme Court Ethics Scandals | The Saturday Evening Post
The Supreme Court has always contended with ethical lapses, but remedies have been largely toothless.
The Saturday Evening Post (www.saturdayeveningpost.com)
Billionaires like Barre Seid bought ...
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... disenfranchisement of 167 million American women. Barre Seid's $1.6 billion in Irish tax evasion was spent corrupting Supreme Court Justices for Dodds and now the SAVE Act.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/04/women-right-to-vote-disenfranchisement
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promotes repealing women's right to vote
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who oversees about 3 million military service members and civilian employees, reposted a video last week advocating repealing the 19th Amendment, which guarantees women the right to vote.
(popular.info)
Video Trump pushes SAVE Act, calls to federalize elections as midterms near
Sean Morales-Doyle, director of the voting rights and elections program at the Brennan Center for Justice, joins ABC News Live to discuss President Donald Trump’s push for the SAVE Act.
ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Appeals Courts
https://www.vox.com/politics/478637/fifth-circuit-ice-detention-edith-jones-buenrostro-mendez-bondi
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
(www.stevevladeck.com)
Rising This Week: 'The border is now everywhere'
A dissenting opinion decodes the radical implications of Trump's Fifth Circuit victory.
(www.allrisenews.com)
Congress
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Given that ICE funding was allocated to cover ICE's expenses, prosecuting and dismantling ICE should count as its most major expense.
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@pluralistic Democrats always fold.
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... disenfranchisement of 167 million American women. Barre Seid's $1.6 billion in Irish tax evasion was spent corrupting Supreme Court Justices for Dodds and now the SAVE Act.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/04/women-right-to-vote-disenfranchisement
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promotes repealing women's right to vote
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who oversees about 3 million military service members and civilian employees, reposted a video last week advocating repealing the 19th Amendment, which guarantees women the right to vote.
(popular.info)
Video Trump pushes SAVE Act, calls to federalize elections as midterms near
Sean Morales-Doyle, director of the voting rights and elections program at the Brennan Center for Justice, joins ABC News Live to discuss President Donald Trump’s push for the SAVE Act.
ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Appeals Courts
https://www.vox.com/politics/478637/fifth-circuit-ice-detention-edith-jones-buenrostro-mendez-bondi
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
(www.stevevladeck.com)
Rising This Week: 'The border is now everywhere'
A dissenting opinion decodes the radical implications of Trump's Fifth Circuit victory.
(www.allrisenews.com)
Congress
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html3/
Russians used a US firm to funnel funds to GOP in 2018. Dems say the FEC let them get away with it.
“Republicans disregarded decades of Commission precedent.”
Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com)
How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
Decades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch the EPA ruling he’s always wanted.
The Intercept (theintercept.com)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/secret-service-text-messages-erased
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/17/secret-service-jan-6-mishandling-reckoning/
Military
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagons-mystery-meeting-top-ranking-generals/story?id=126055917https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/michael-flynn-brother-capitol-hill-riot
CREW sues for Jan. 6 communications between Michael Flynn and DOD leaders - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The Department of Defense has failed to provide communications between department leaders and others involved in the DOD’s response to the insurrection.
CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (www.citizensforethics.org)
Business
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/
Ellison and the Lie
As Larry Ellison’s media empire expands, unanswered questions about his views on the 2020 election now carry real stakes as Jan. 6 is reframed and the next presidential race approaches.
Status (www.status.news)
An enormous denazification program will be necessary.
https://www.salon.com/2019/07/30/trump-aides-reportedly-let-united-arab-emirates-officials-edit-america-first-energy-speech/Especially FARA investigations.
By Donald Trump’s Standards, Jared and Ivanka Should Be in Jail
The whole “lock her up” thing applies to the first daughter and son-in-law too, right?
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
Heartily recommend start collecting evidence, ...
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Russians used a US firm to funnel funds to GOP in 2018. Dems say the FEC let them get away with it.
“Republicans disregarded decades of Commission precedent.”
Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com)
How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
Decades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch the EPA ruling he’s always wanted.
The Intercept (theintercept.com)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/secret-service-text-messages-erased
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/17/secret-service-jan-6-mishandling-reckoning/
Military
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagons-mystery-meeting-top-ranking-generals/story?id=126055917https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/michael-flynn-brother-capitol-hill-riot
CREW sues for Jan. 6 communications between Michael Flynn and DOD leaders - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The Department of Defense has failed to provide communications between department leaders and others involved in the DOD’s response to the insurrection.
CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (www.citizensforethics.org)
Business
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/
Ellison and the Lie
As Larry Ellison’s media empire expands, unanswered questions about his views on the 2020 election now carry real stakes as Jan. 6 is reframed and the next presidential race approaches.
Status (www.status.news)
An enormous denazification program will be necessary.
https://www.salon.com/2019/07/30/trump-aides-reportedly-let-united-arab-emirates-officials-edit-america-first-energy-speech/Especially FARA investigations.
By Donald Trump’s Standards, Jared and Ivanka Should Be in Jail
The whole “lock her up” thing applies to the first daughter and son-in-law too, right?
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
Heartily recommend start collecting evidence, ...
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... witness statements, and following the money funding the fascism.
As the EpsteIn Files amply demonstrated, these folks are willing to arrange "suicides" and "falls out of windows" to achieve their aims
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/31/elon-musk-trump-donor-2024-election/
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-business-deals-tesla-2078526
Everyone should be preparing for cyber hybrid wars by ditching American tech & establish investigations for "kill switches" etc.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/11/19/heres-everyone-who-attended-trumps-black-tie-dinner-with-saudis-prime-minister-photos/Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got a rare tour inside Apple's new $5 billion campus
Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got to see the inside of Apple's new $5 billion campus.
Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
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... witness statements, and following the money funding the fascism.
As the EpsteIn Files amply demonstrated, these folks are willing to arrange "suicides" and "falls out of windows" to achieve their aims
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/31/elon-musk-trump-donor-2024-election/
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-business-deals-tesla-2078526
Everyone should be preparing for cyber hybrid wars by ditching American tech & establish investigations for "kill switches" etc.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/11/19/heres-everyone-who-attended-trumps-black-tie-dinner-with-saudis-prime-minister-photos/Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got a rare tour inside Apple's new $5 billion campus
Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got to see the inside of Apple's new $5 billion campus.
Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
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Expert explains F-35 'kill switch' fears as US-UK tensions rise over Greenland
Defense expert speaks out about F-35 fighter jet dependency as tensions escalate between US and UK over Trump's Greenland purchase plan and tariff threats
Daily Express US (www.the-express.com)
NATO should be preparing for wars funded by the fossil fuel industry.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/heritage-foundation-project-2025-allies-mcc-ordo-iuris-discuss-dismantling-the-eu-european-union/
US and Saudi Arabia agree to $142bn weapons sale during Trump visit
The White House says an agreement with Saudi Arabia includes investments in weapons and technology totaling $600bn.
Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/
Trump Admin Weirdly Eager to Hand the Saudis Nuclear Secrets
Lawmakers want to prevent Saudi Arabia from getting a nuclear weapon. The administration isn’t worried!
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
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Expert explains F-35 'kill switch' fears as US-UK tensions rise over Greenland
Defense expert speaks out about F-35 fighter jet dependency as tensions escalate between US and UK over Trump's Greenland purchase plan and tariff threats
Daily Express US (www.the-express.com)
NATO should be preparing for wars funded by the fossil fuel industry.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/heritage-foundation-project-2025-allies-mcc-ordo-iuris-discuss-dismantling-the-eu-european-union/
US and Saudi Arabia agree to $142bn weapons sale during Trump visit
The White House says an agreement with Saudi Arabia includes investments in weapons and technology totaling $600bn.
Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/
Trump Admin Weirdly Eager to Hand the Saudis Nuclear Secrets
Lawmakers want to prevent Saudi Arabia from getting a nuclear weapon. The administration isn’t worried!
Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com)
@Npars01 If I were a pilot, US or otherwise, and my jet had a “kill switch" in it.. I'd be VERY VERY concerned. In order for that to work, it would have to be remotely accessible, which means it's entirely within reason that an attacker could also access it.
Who's genius idea was it to put something like that in a military weapon?
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@pluralistic It's astonishing how most of them are missing in action. It makes very little sense...
@pa27 @pluralistic it makes a ton of sense when you understand that capital runs America's political system and it is at a crux in its 50-year plot to assume total control. Democrats are there in case the plot fails and they have to roll back by a decade and change course slightly. The Democratic Party at large is complicit. It has no interest in stopping this other than it is not the party in control. If power changed hands today only the optics would change, not the policy.
