@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random

“Whether you liked Ms. Harris or not, this last election was a choice, a very simple one. You had the choice between the Constitution and the criminal. And this country chose the criminal. You put a criminal at the top of America. A convicted felon.”

— Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura

@ritchiepage2001@mastodon.bida.im avatar ritchiepage2001 , to random
@HalfHeartedFanatic@mas.to avatar HalfHeartedFanatic , to random

They're not erasing history, they're removing the anti-authoritarian playbook.

https://youtu.be/0SG3VI4d83A

@junesim63@mstdn.social avatar junesim63 , to random

"The Heritage Foundation didn’t just help design the blueprint for dismantling American democracy - they’re now writing the user manual for how to sell it, with publications like The Telegraph proving themselves more than willing distributors of the rhetoric on display in Hankinson’s column"

When The Telegraph Becomes a Distribution Channel
https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/when-the-telegraph-becomes-a-distribution

@ritchiepage2001@mastodon.bida.im avatar ritchiepage2001 , to random
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random

Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?

The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
https://newrepublic.com/article/204254/survey-2024-election-cassandras-trump-2025

@jeffowski@mastodon.world avatar jeffowski , to random

ALT
@NewsDesk@flipboard.social avatar NewsDesk , to random

The year is nearly done, which means Project 2025 is going to be put out to pasture. But hold your horses, folks, because what's that we see galloping over the horizon? Project 2026! @ takes a look at the Heritage Foundation's policy priorities for the coming year: More immigration restrictions, an end to ranked-choice voting, the full elimination of the education department, and plans to "restore the nuclear family to the center of American life" (aka reducing abortions and opposing equal marriage).

https://flip.it/_-q6qW

@ritchiepage2001@mastodon.bida.im avatar ritchiepage2001 , to random
18+ @inkorrupt@don.linxx.net avatar inkorrupt , to random
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random

Our country is run by fuckups; and by fuckups, I mean Republicans.

Trump admin acknowledges another ‘inadvertent’ deportation despite court order
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/trump-admin-deportation-order-00657401

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random
@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

There are 195 countries in the world. Trump is currently threatening military action against Venezuela and Greenland (part of Denmark).

Why these two countries?

Picture 1: Venezuela ranks number 1 in oil reserves.

Picture 2: Greenland ranks number 8 in rare earth deposits.

Maybe Greenland is safe for now, because Denmark is a member of NATO. But Venezuela is not, and that is where 10 of the largest US war ships are now launching “Operation Southern Spear”.

image/jpeg

grootinside ,
@grootinside@troet.cafe avatar

@randahl
To me it's just another proof that it is not Trump but using him as an "instrument" for interests.

I think it is common sense that he is simply not able to plan anything else than pleasing his own ego.

@lonespur@mastodon.social avatar lonespur , to random
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random

Disgusting. Vile. Illegal. Republicans.

GOP sneaks $500K bonus for senators probed by Jack Smith into shutdown-busting budget bill
https://www.rawstory.com/senate-phone-records-jack-smith/

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random

And with any luck, you’ll die before paying it off, leaving your kids to preside over the foreclosure. Thanks, Republicans!

The 50-year mortgage would cost you nearly $400k more than the standard, AP analysis says
https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/the-white-house-50-year-mortgage-proposal-monthly-payments-high-interest-ratesor-fit-within-americans/

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random

REMINDER: this is the kind of shit Republicans pull. Next it will be videotaping children's genitals without parental consent...

West Virginia GOP lawmakers passed a bill in March allowing child genital exams without parental consent
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/gop-lawmakers-pass-bill-allowing-child-genital-exams-without-parental-consent/

@GryphonSK@techhub.social avatar GryphonSK , to random

ALT
@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Russel Vought - der Mann in Trumps Schatten

Vieles von dem, was Trump verfügt, ist von Russel Vought vorgedacht worden - und wird von ihm vorangetrieben. Im Weißen Haus kontrolliert er die Finanzen und folgt dabei dem Project 2025. Kein Wunder: Er hat es mitverfasst. Von N. Barth.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/usa-trump-vought-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

@jeffowski@mastodon.world avatar jeffowski , to random

ALT
@jeffowski@mastodon.world avatar jeffowski , to random

ALT
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random

This is who they are.

ALT
@lonespur@mastodon.social avatar lonespur , to random
@bob@beamship.mpaq.org avatar bob , to random

controls the branch.
Trump controls the branch.
Now, that the branch is disbanded, he is free to do whatever he wants.

This is !!!! Get your heads out of your 4 points of contact!!!