Leaving the USA #USpol www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/w...

Why I Am Leaving the USA - Dam...

Unbelievable, it's real - he actually posted this....

#USpol #USpolitics #Pope

@BiSasquatch 👋

JD Vance is another raised up by Trump above his qualifications. He'll play Putin's Dmitry Medvedev for Trump. Trump will retain power through him. And I can't say JD wouldn't conspire to do so. It would be a relief if I could.

It would also give Trump a powerful grievance to whine to his snowflakes about making it easier to convince them that whatever new abuse he wants to commit is totally justified and definitely not going to apply to them.

Definitely still impeach him. FTG

#trump needs a devout loyalist in the Secretary of Defense. #petehegseth 's incompetence is a feature, not a bug, as it ensures that Pete knows he only has that job because he is loyal. If Trump were to put a competent person in that position they might resist him because that person would know they were a qualified professional. That's a lose lose for Trump. When the time comes for expanding the abuse of the people he needs a loyalist leading the Pentagon.

https://youtu.be/Ele7S2VzFkA?t=1419

Did you know that Illinois Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) @SeanCasten is on Mastodon and he is a prolific poster on economic matters? Check out his recent thread on the Trump economy:

https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/114417328785292514

It is great to see more and more public figures using public social media.

#MarkCarney victory speech

"We are once again at one of those hinge moments of history. Our old relationship with the #UnitedStates, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over. The system of open global trade anchored by the United States, a system that #Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that, while not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity for our country for decades. Is over. These are tragedies, but it's also our new reality"

This game feels more important these days.

https://games.oec.world/en/tradle/

#ICE is now asserting it's a #federal crime for bystanders to request that masked people in plain clothes show identification as they're handcuffing folks and stuffing them into unmarked vans. @GottaLaff

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_e6ce6e4a-4161-476f-8d28-94150a891092.html

I've been wondering when #trump will declare #martiallaw so I was reading the wiki this morning when several things clicked:

Pam Bondi's memo claiming no right to relief.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25915967-doj-march-14-memo-alien-enemies-act/#document/p1

Trump's invocation of the enemy aliens act calling it an invasion.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/

The wording of the Constitution around the conditions for suspension of habeas corpus.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C2-1/ALDE_00001087/

The US is already under martial law. I just didn't realize it.

#uspol

ICE is out of control. “Deporting U.S. citizen children is illegal, unconstitutional, and immoral. The speed, brutality, and clandestine manner in which these children were deported is beyond unconscionable, and every official responsible for it should be held accountable"—attorney Erin Hebert https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ice-deports-3-u-s-citizen-children-held-incommunicado-prior-to-the-deportation

True.

In case you had any doubt at all that we are the bad guys:

> In a Thursday court filing, lawyers for the father said ICE indicated that it was holding the 2-year-old girl in a bid to induce the father to turn himself in. His lawyers didn’t describe his immigration status, but said he has legally delegated the custody of his daughters to his sister-in-law, a U.S. citizen who also lives in Baton Rouge.

The good guys don't use children as hostages.

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-mothers-deported-d8c5c0353c18e9ee0c228ea15e02d759

Today's mood

#3081 - PhD Timeline

People receiving an #NIH grant must now promise not to participate in #DEI programs or any boycott of #Israel or companies doing business in Israel. NIH calls this a #CivilRights condition on the grant. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... #DefendResearch #Medicine #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

NOT-OD-25-090: Notice of Civil...

"The government did not produce any evidence or elicit any testimony to substantiate the allegations that G.F.F. is a member of Tren de Aragua." I am Jack's complete lack of surprise—this racist-ass government supported by racist-ass motherfuckers!

US standup comedian Jena Friedman did a trip to Vancouver, Canada, and when flying back to Los Angeles, USA, she was asked by a US customs agent if she “made fun of politicians”.

Now would be a good time for US journalists to interview the management of US customs, and ask if this US customs agent made a mistake, or if this is the new Trump dictatorship protocol to have customs agents check if comedians exercise their right to free speech before letting them back in to the US.

@politico @politics-politico Trump pardon in 3 2 1 ...

Arresting judges because you don’t like how they’re ruling is straight #authoritarianism