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These are The Crazy Years.

RIP Andrea Gibson, a brilliant poet

I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset. I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states. I’ve been attacked on Fox News, berated by the VP and others and like many of you, I’ve gotten death threats. So please believe me when I say this. Things have changed. ICE is going to be the vehicle for fascism in this country. The extra-judicial practices (no warrants, no ID), the masks (anonymity leads to horrors again and again throughout history), the dehumanization of immigrants and Democrats (dehumanization precedes arrests, torture, murder, again and again). No we are not going to be Nazi Germany because nothing in history matches Nazi Germany. But fascism has arrived in America. Here is how it is going to happen: ICE will be the vehicle, the gestapo empowered by the President, to enforce his will, first among vulnerable undocumented people, then among legal immigrants, then among political rivals, then among citizens who speak out against the Trump grift. This is not a hypothetical. It’s happening. That Big Dumb Racist bill gives $170 billion dollars for an organization which has no respect for the constitution, no oversight, nothing but marching orders from a couple racist, power-hungry madmen. $170 billion to build hidden prisons with no oversight. To put this in perspective, this is 62% larger than the entire federal prison system. $170 billion to drag people out of their places of work, parks, homes. $170 billion to hire racist little man babies who hide their faces as they assault children, old people, pregnant women. How do you think this goes? How has this ever gone in history? We are entering a dark period. Our only hope is to draw the line now. To stick up for our friends and neighbors, our co-workers and loved ones, who are undocumented and being hunted. If morality or empathy for them is not enough to motivate you, fine. Then let this be your motivation: if you don’t draw this line, you are next. Do you think Trump will grow a conscience? Do you think Stephen Miller will have any trouble going from, “these people are criminals” (them) to “these people are helping criminals?” (You, by being against Trump). To “we must arrest the traitors opposing our efforts to arrest criminals?” (You or anyone you care about who publicly opposes Trump.) Do you think republican congressman are going to care? To lift onefinger to protect you? To do anything which gets in the way of Trump’s agenda? A person who has no problem letting children with cancer die in order to put a few dollars in the pockets of rich men will have no problem with letting Democrats and activists rot in jail for trying to stop it. This has happened again and again throughout the world. And now it’s happening here. I wish I had concrete plans. I don’t. Not now. All I know is the first step for change is identifying the gravity of the truth. And the truth is fascism has arrived in America. And we must stop it in its tracks or it will swallow all of us.

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All to pay for tax breaks for the rich.

here. we. go. - 46% of Toy Companies in the US say they expect to go out of business within "weeks" - 128K Federal workers lost their jobs in last 60 days - 40% of cargo ships leaving China for the U.S. were empty today. - Shoes expected to go up 87% in price - Apparel expected to go up 65% - US Exports expected to drop 18% - Tourism to US down 20% - All foreign goods up at least 10% on USD alone

He's going after women’s financial independence.

As Trump shuts down the suicide hotline, Canada has broadcasted their national hotline which now has a toll-free American version: 1-877-330-6366

We're about to face supply shocks and empty shelves. You'd be wise to stock up on essentials now. Purchase all major electronics and appliances for the year if you can. Staples like rice can be purchased in 20+lbs bags and it lasts forever. Panic buying is days away.

My 17 year old daughter is at an World dance comp in Florida. Before she left Oz she swapped out her usual phone for one with no SM apps. She made it thru the Border, but a member of another team was not so lucky. 14 hours detention, NO PHONE, & deported back to Oz. A DANCER???

From the other place.

114 years ago today my great grandmother left work early so she could go on a date with my great grandfather. She was a garment worker at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory

I'm absolutely speechless.

@wychstreet A scientist, and a humanist.

He not only failed, his masters humiliated him. A scientist, he understood the old connections were dead.

250 yrs ago this week Benjamin Franklin prepared to leave London to avoid arrest. He was one of the most famous & respected men in the world; he'd done everything to salvage the colonies' ties to London.

Scrolling Getty and couldn't help but notice this photo of a huge bruise on Trump's hand today

Chronic wasting disease spreads in Indiana. New detection nearing multi-state frontier. Remember, cooking doesn’t kill prions.

Someone in chat suggested the idea that Elon is having so many male kids via IVF in the hopes of one day implanting his brain/consciousness into a compatible body and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. There’s a very real chance he MIGHT actually think that way.

To me, a Nazi salute means "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

Imagine in a Russian intelligence strategy session a mission is proposed to find assets within the American government to eliminate the federal education funding, destroy the U.S. economy by raising tariffs on foreign imports from allied countries, eliminating consumer protections, eliminating agency regulatory oversights, collect personal data and financial information of American citizens without protecting their privacy, control the United States Treasury without congressional approval mandated by the constitution, withdraw from the World Health Organization, destroy the CDC, end vaccination studies and programs, eliminate or reduce funding for Medicare, Medicaid, social security to destroy the American healthcare system endangering the health of all Americans, weaken NATO while withdrawing from an alliance 80 years old that has prevented world war, support an unprovoked Russian invasion of a sovereign nation, abandon a leadership role in geopolitical policies promoting peaceful recognition of free democracies, instead returning to a 18th century policy of manifest destiny and American imperialism. The KGB couldn’t have dreamed of this scenario destroying the American economy, healthcare, and social infrastructure. They would have said it was impossible. Today they are thanking their lucky stars as they watch our country implode.

They announced that people who called their customer service line would be subject to mandatory 15-minute waits, even if there was a rep who was free to talk with them: theregister.com/2025/02/20/hp_… 20/