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Kavo<a href="https://mstdn.social/@noelreports" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@noelreports</a> Yes! New US policy is support corruption! Finally you admitted it <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rubio</a>! Well done!👏🤡 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a>

Julius Zukowski-KrebsEs ist gerade einmal 12 Jahre her, dass Russland sein klerikal-faschistisches Gesetz über die „Verletzung religiöser Gefühle“ verabschiedete und damit Religions- und Meinungsfreiheit unterdrückte. Nun folgen die USA dem gleichen Handbuch. Man sollte hier keine Illusionen hegen, der faschistische Drang nach Totalisierung des Selbst wird keinen Lebensbereich unangetastet lassen. Die Gewalt ist dabei kein Bug, sondern ein Feature.<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rubio</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

Hanse MinaU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy tasked with ending the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, are expected to travel to Paris later this week, according to two people familiar with preparations for the trip.<a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/us-secretary-state-marco-rubio-steve-witkoff-france-talks-ukraine-iran-trade/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.eu/article/us-secretary-state-marco-rubio-steve-witkoff-france-talks-ukraine-iran-trade/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Witkoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Witkoff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesWhile I'm certain Amanda Marcotte and I have different ideas about how to actually fight fascism, I agree strongly with her argument that Marco Rubio's cable asking State Department employees to use a snitch line to report each other for "anti-Christian bias" is both an indicator of the regime's theocratic intentions and an ominous portent of the next moral panic the Trumpenreich will use to purge its enemies and continue installing a fascist dictatorship.<a href="https://archive.ph/7Zge0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/7Zge0</a>Marco Rubio's hunt for "anti-Christian bias" is creeping theocracy"Unsurprisingly, a deeper read of the cable shows that "anti-Christian bias" is the cover story propped up to justify Rubio's actual assault on freedom of religion at State. He's giving Christian nationalists at the agency a tool to harass and even purge people who don't share their far-right beliefs. The definitions of "anti-Christian bias" throughout add up to outrage that conservative Christians are expected to treat people who believe differently with fairness and decency.For instance, the memo asks for reports of "mistreatment for opposing displays of flags, banners or other paraphernalia," specifically during Joe Biden's administration. It doesn't take a doctorate in bureaucratese to interpret this. Rubio is seeking stories where conservative Christians were told to mind their own business after objecting to a colleague putting up a Pride flag, a Black Lives Matter sign or perhaps a religious knickknack from a non-Christian faith. This might be more comprehensible if, say, any Christians had being told they couldn't wear a cross or have a picture of Jesus on their desk. Instead, what Rubio is suggesting is that Christians have a prevent other people from having the freedom to express views and positions they dislike — and that it amounts to "bias" if they can't control what others do or say. Also defined as "anti-Christian bias" is alleged mistreatment for "opposing official media content due to religious objections." Under Biden, the State Department flew the Pride flag, validated the passports of trans people, allowed LGBTQ employees to be out at the office, and expected employees to use the correct name and pronouns for trans colleagues. Under this new policy, if State employees objected to these policies, they are now free to punish those who asked them to show professional courtesy to co-workers. This is not an anti-discrimination policy, but a pro-discrimination policy."Throughout the rest of the piece, Marcotte does a solid job of debunking the idea that anti-Christian bias is a significant problem in an increasingly Christian Nationalist/fundamentalist America, and pointing out that what Rubio is doing is enabling Christian Nationalists working at State to harass and potentially purge anyone opposed to their odious ideology; including other Christians who do not conform to the very narrow definition of believer the Christian Nationalist worldview allows for."What's ironic here is that, because of American demographics, most of the people who risk being targeted by these authoritarian policies are either Christian or grew up Christian. But a large part of the MAGA project is redefining "Christian" only to mean people who share a white nationalist, anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQ worldview — and want to use force to bring everyone else in line."In other words, it's just another project to install fascist ideology as the only acceptable way to think and act inside the Trumpenreich-controlled US government. Where I think Marcotte's analysis shines however, and what I hope readers take away from this story, is the author's direct connection of this nascent argument for another fascist purge, with its prior two arguments for doing so as we watch them evolve into their horrifying final forms in real time; specifically the regime's fake wars against "antisemitism" and "gang activity." Like most fascist movements, what some call "Trumpism" is actually a giant quilted patchwork of reactionaries, supremacists, and eliminationists who are ideologically aligned under the big picture fascist umbrella, but have (at times) wildly different priorities and concerns on the micro level, inside each individual clique. One of the core constituencies in the fascist Trump alliance are Christian Nationalists and the evangelical right; whose loyalty to the regime was rewarded with an anti-trans pogrom and assaults on public education (among other things) the moment Trump was inaugurated. Now, slightly staggered as their two prior fake moral panics become exposed as just bog standard fascism, what better way to right the nazi ship of state than to drum up a third moral panic about anti-Christian bias? This would rally the Christian right around Trump's banner, while the regime continues its project to purge "enemies" and install a fascist dictatorship, in what it hopes will become a white ethno-state. <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Theocracy</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Purge</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristianNationalism</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Why? Because Trump is in an impossible situation. He cannot allow Abrego Garcia to come home because (a) it would be capitulation to the Supreme Court, and (b) Abrego Garcia cannot be allowed to testify about what he saw and experienced at CECOT."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /20

William Lindsey :toad:"This is why Donald Trump cannot allow Kilmar Abrego Garcia to return to the United States. …In an authoritarian regime, the opposition needs symbols and stories. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is that symbol. His abduction in front of his autistic son and imprisonment in a foreign concentration camp is that story.All of the opposition’s energy should be focused on him."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /19

William Lindsey :toad:"This is not incarceration; it is liquidation.Incarceration is a penal act. It is controlled by laws. There are well-understood mechanisms governing the length of terms, applications for parole, processes for release.Liquidation is a political act. It is arbitrary, opaque, and unappealable. There are no controlling laws or processes. There is only power."~ Jonathan V. Last<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> /18<a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-home" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-home</a>

Steve Thompson PhDTrump Again Floats Deporting U.S. Citizens to El Salvador During Bukele Meeting<a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/14/trump-bukele-deportation-flights-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-cecot-mega-prison/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/14/trump-bukele-deportation-flights-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-cecot-mega-prison/</a> The two leaders also sidestepped questions concerning the return of Maryland resident Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#press</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped."~ Timothy Snyder<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /17<a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The central feature in the U.S.—a cult of personality in which the erratic, chaotic, and unhinged leader runs roughshod over its people—has nothing to do with Democrats. We cannot blame the small 'd' democrats (or the large 'D' ones either) for extremism or intransigence simply for insisting their fellow countrymen recognize objective reality and respect democratic norms."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MediaFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFail</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> /16

William Lindsey :toad:"If you didn’t know better you would think 'polarization' descended from on high, a plague for which no one party is responsible. This deliberate obfuscation of our political situation suits the corporate media’s obsession with moral equivalence and contrived balance."~ Jennifer Rubin<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MediaFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFail</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> /15<a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/words-and-phrases-we-can-do-without" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://contrarian.substack.com/p/words-and-phrases-we-can-do-without</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"But what happened on Monday is merely the next logical step in an ongoing coup—and our failure to call it such at every opportunity allows it to fester and spread, even as tens of millions of Americans look away or are frightened by the chaos inflicted by Trump's wholesale assault on the federal government."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MediaFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFail</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> /14

William Lindsey :toad:"Trump 'crossed the Rubicon' long ago—but the media has somehow forgotten or minimized prior actions by Trump that qualify as a 'constitutional crises.' ...I do not mean to minimize what happened in the Oval Office on Monday."~ Robert B. Hubbell<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /13<a href="https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/call-it-by-its-name-a-coup-redux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/call-it-by-its-name-a-coup-redux</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"While it is completely outrageous and startling that Rubio as Secretary of State would enter into a contract to render people in United States to this hellhole without due process, in the sense of, if you knew that Marco Rubio had deep ties to the for-profit private prison industry in the U.S., it might not surprise you as much."~ Nadine Smith<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbregoGarcia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictator</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /12<a href="https://gregolear.substack.com/p/tuesday-convo-nadine-smith-and-lisa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gregolear.substack.com/p/tuesday-convo-nadine-smith-and-lisa</a>

Steve Thompson PhDCredit where it's due for this repulsively dystopian new practice: Marco Rubio."What to know about Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president who will visit Trump"<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/trump-bukele-visit-el-salvador-gang-deportations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/trump-bukele-visit-el-salvador-gang-deportations</a>Bukele — the self-described "world's coolest dictator" —agreed to warehouse migrants and criminals deported from the U.S. in its notorious prison system, solidifying the country as a key ally for the Trump administration.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#totalitarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prisons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bukele</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#press</a>

Impish4249This article taught me things about the medical teams that Cuba sends abroad that I hadn't known before. Now knowing them, I feel it may need to be reformed but is still essentially a good thing.Trump cracking on it while simultaneously shutting down USAID and other programs is incredibly wrong headed. It does immeasurable human harm and will only further alienate the USA.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cuba</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicalCare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthCare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DevelopingCountries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DevelopingCountries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/world/americas/trump-cuba-medical-missions-doctors.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/world/americas/trump-cuba-medical-missions-doctors.html</a>

Darnell Clayton :verified:Yeah, <a href="https://one.darnell.one/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> is ignoring the courts now. It should be obvious that the <a href="https://one.darnell.one/tags/DualState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DualState</a> is in full effect now.👉🏾 <a href="https://one.darnell.one/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> says another 10 people have been sent to <a href="https://one.darnell.one/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> 🇸🇻 <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5247118-rubio-another-10-people-sent-el-salvador/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5247118-rubio-another-10-people-sent-el-salvador/</a>Note: For those unfamiliar with the phrase Dual State, here is an explanation from <a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAtlantic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheAtlantic</a> 👉🏾 <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/</a>

micchiato 🍉Judge Jamee Comans — who said she had no authority to question <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a>'s decision — was appointed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>’s DOJ in January 2023. Remember last year when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenocideJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenocideJoe</a> tried to reassure voters by pointing to the large numbers of judicial appointments he was making? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanrights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a>

Bytes EuropeTrump and Some of His Cabinet Members Attend U.F.C. Fight in Miami <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/917073/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/917073/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cheryl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheryl</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldJ</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elon</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gabbard</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Hines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hines</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/joe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#joe</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kashyap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kashyap</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kennedy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Marco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marco</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Patel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patel</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentialElectionOf2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PresidentialElectionOf2024</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RobertFJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobertFJr</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rogan</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Tulsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tulsi</a>(1981) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UltimateFightingChampionship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UltimateFightingChampionship</a>

FarhadInstead of producing a shred of evidence to support its allegations from the April 8 hearing, the <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration submitted a two-page memorandum on April 10, signed by <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a>, justifying Khalil’s removal under the McCarthyite Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA).Under the INA, Rubio wrote, if the case involves an individual’s “past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations” that are otherwise lawful, the Secretary of State must personally determine that their presences in the country “would compromise a compelling US foreign policy interest.”Everyday the Trump White House, and large sections of the ruling class, mine the fascist policies of Hitler, Mussolini and others for inspiration. If the US government was honest about deporting those who “condone anti-Semitic conduct and disruptive protests” in the <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> and on college campuses, the gang of fascists in the White House would be on the first plane to El Salvador. During his first term, it was Trump who praised the “very fine” neo-Nazis that rioted in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to the death of anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer.<a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=MahmoudKhalil%E2%80%94like" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudKhalil—like</a> the millions of students and <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workers</a> who have participated in anti-genocide protests over the past 18 months—is not antisemitic. In multiple interviews and statements, he has spoken out against antisemitism, emphasized that the protests he joined were aimed at advancing “equality for everyone,” and affirmed that “the liberation of the <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> people and the Jewish people are intertwined.”The “big lie” that opposition to the US-backed Israeli genocide of <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a>, which has killed or injured over 200,000 people, mostly women and children, is synonymous with “antisemitism” was first advanced by the <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> administration and has continued under Trump, with <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a> support. <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> Link: <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/11/zjrk-a11.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/1…</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@israel</a>

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