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#thisisamericanow

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One day in America

- Judge arrested (and publicly shamed by AG and FBI Dir) for refusing to aid a courthouse arrest

- 2 year old citizen deported without due process and against father's wishes

- List of Jewish staff compiled via text survey at a university by Federal agency

- Federal prosecutor questions medical journal about "biases"

- POTUS pardons tax fraud of party donor and Biden smear campaigner

- Man found guilty of business fraud and sex assault still POTUS

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@ned

JFC, what a bunch of brownshirts the FBI has become in a few months.

Don't they just...investigate? Why are they making running arrests of undocumented people? And why arrest the judge who, at most, gave bad info? And why is the FBI Director announcing all this online like it's catching a major wanted criminal?

I know, the answer to all is to scare everyone and look tough for Dear Leader.

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@GottaLaff

100% this is how fascism works.

Government is not about right and wrong, or following the rule of law. It's about Dear Leader's wishes and protecting him.

That's why the gov refuses to reverse an admitted deportation mistake. It's why they play games with the court. And why they fire the lawyer for telling the truth to the court (eg. I asked my client and they wouldn't answer)

Trump breaks his oath daily. He is the #AmericanClownEmperor

Brilliant move by Donald Trump, the #AmericanClownEmperor.

His tariffs have managed to get Apple to move its iPhone manufacturing from China

...to India.

Sorry, America. Trump's easy conman answers were never going to work. (But Biden's approach did bring manufacturing jobs - but y'know, too old and uncool)

#ThisIsAmericaNow

theguardian.com/technology/202

The Guardian · Apple ‘aims to source all US iPhones from India’, reducing reliance on ChinaBy Dan Milmo

Is there any more useless news story than any based on "Trump says"?

A proven liar, who flip flops and gaslights and lives to be in the headlines. Just look what his conflicting comments on the Fed have done to the stock market. A decade on, why do the media still give him this power?

#AmericanClownEmperor
#ThisIsAmericaNow

BBC News - Trump says he is 'not happy' with deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crld4g

US President Donald Trump looks up, wearing a neutral expression, in a close-up shot
BBC NewsTrump says he is 'not happy' with deadly Russian strikes on KyivThe overnight strikes killed at least eight people and injured 77 more, local officials have said.

Great story about mass migration in the US, but it misses one key context.

A century ago, an even larger mass migration happened as Black Americans fled the South amidst extreme violence and Jim Crow oppression.

While this article touches on several different motivations, they all arise from a radicalized, violent rightwing intent on stripping away rights and freedom. Quite a similar trend.

#ThisIsAmericaNow

theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

The Guardian · Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safetyBy Ed Pilkington