Letting my little monsters watch a movie 🎥 before bedtime… which means reading time for mama.
#momsthatread #lifewithtwolittlemonsters💙 #movienight #thepawpatrolmovie #bookworm #2025readingchallenge #readingtime📖☕️ #lifecode #drphil
#drphil
In the thread above, I've made the argument that the entire Trump regime's invasion of LA, from the original Gestapo raids on Friday, all the way through to this very moment, is a carefully orchestrated authoritarian political project stapled to an engineered bit of fascist theater. To my eye, this conclusion seems pretty obvious, particularly given how quickly after protests broke out the entire Trump regime, including noted nazis Stephen Miller and Tom Homan, produced clearly-coordinated sound bites about a "violent insurrection" in LA that literally was not happening. Proving it beyond a shadow of a doubt however, is an evolving process that's going to take time and evidence; so I'm going to intersperse that evidence throughout this thread as we go along.
First up, did you know the regime brought noted anti-migrant, pro-Trump fascist propagandist Dr. Phil to LA for an exclusive "before and after" raid interview with border Czar Tom Homan?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/dr-phil-ice-los-angeles-raids
Talkshow host Dr Phil joined Ice agents for Los Angeles immigration raids
"Phil, whose full name is Phil McGraw, was with Ice before and after its agents conducted a series of raids on multiple locations across LA on Friday. Immigration advocates said at least 45 people were arrested, and the action was condemned by California’s governor and LA’s mayor.
It was the second time McGraw, a former practising psychologist who hosted a TV talkshow for two decades, has been embedded with Ice this year. In January, he joined the US border czar, Tom Homan, in a choreographed immigration raid in Chicago, in a stunt that was criticized at the time."
First of all The Guardian, I think describing Phil McGraw as a "talk show host" and "television personality" in this year of our discontent 2025, is a bold move; Dr. Phil is now a fascist propagandist trading on his personal relationships inside the Trump administration to push an aging conservative audience further into the Klepto Kaiser's cult of personality. He isn't on my TV anymore; he's on a fake TV network for fascists and bigot Boomers and he's actively working with the Trump regime to produce anti-migrant, pro-ICE propaganda because his career prospects at this point are virtually nonexistent otherwise.
Which is of course why I'm sharing this article at all. We already know that the regime brought in Dr. Phil to create highly-choreographed propaganda to support fascist ICE raids after he was embedded with Gestapo agents led by Tom Homan himself back in January; it's not like this is a hobby for McGraw or anything, it's his job now. What then does it say that Homan once against tapped McGraw to provide the theatrical component to fascist ICE raids, using new tactics officials knew would result in outrage and resistance, while clearly preparing to justify the deployment of US military forces to LA against then entirely peaceful protests?
It says the regime was putting on a show; and if there's one thing we know about Trump and putting on a show, it's that Downmarket Mussolini likes to go big, or go home.
#Fascism #Trump #USPol #LA #MartialLaw #Insurrection #Propaganda #Nazis #DrPhil #WhiteNationalism #ICE #Gestapo #InvasionOfLA #TomHoman #StephenMiller
#politics #trump #alt #authoritarism #stephenmiller #project2025 #protests #incitement #police #violence #philmcgraw #drphil #tomhoman #ice #paramilitary #brownshirts
Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025
Dr. Phil Spectacle and Performance
![Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/2025
Dr. Phil Spectacle and Performance
At the same time that it [BBB] moves money upward and into the white nationalist project of expelling immigrants, the measure guts federal policies and agencies that serve the American people, apparently with the goal of pushing such policies and agencies to the states.
Miller’s post underscores the administration’s need to change the conversation around the measure, whose 1,000-plus pages lay out the MAGA vision for the United States. “Don’t kid yourself,” Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) posted. “[T]hey know they are absolutely getting cooked politically w[ith] their terrible bill and rising prices, and they want to create a violent spectacle to feed their content machine. It's time for the mainstream media to describe this authoritarian madness accurately.” Maanvi Singh of The Guardian put the right lens on events in Los Angeles today, noting “Trump’s dramatic escalation” and his vow “to crush opposition to his immigration raids.” Singh identified the administration’s escalation as the trigger for “a roaring backlash...."federal agents carried out arrests in L.A. without judicial warrants, ICE has been holding families in the basements of federal buildings, refusing access to lawyers and family members. Agents in riot gear attacked protesters with tear gas and flash-bang grenades, turning peaceful protests into clashes.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/659/350/863/570/064/original/423b19dfb656e4bc.jpeg)
another complicit fascist enabler on record for #ClassWarCrimes:
#DrPhil
#GifsArtidote: i will start my own list of #ClassWarCriminals. my dissertation will include my own uni who is funding #GazaGenocide by outsourcing services and contracts to #BAE #Cisco #Microsoft & Google's #Alphabet paid for by my tuition fees
#FollowTheMoney if you want to know who to scapegoat for your problems, cause it's NOT immigrants, muslims & trans ppl.
#education #organisation #resist
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5340564-phil-mcgraw-la-immigration-raids/
One of TV personality Dr. Phil’s maxims is that you should avoid debt at all costs. At the same time, his son Jay McGraw has been involved in the payday lending industry. @ProPublica collaborated with Anchorage Daily News on a story about his role in CreditServe Inc., a consulting firm that worked with a company owned by a Native American tribe in Alaska that offered small dollar loans, with interest rates as high as 700%. CreditServe provides the infrastructure to market, underwrite and collect on loans while “the Tribe is merely a front” and shares in only a small percentage of the revenue, according to a suit filed by five borrowers. They claim that McGraw has collected hundreds of millions of dollars of consumer payments.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minto-money-dr-phil-son-payday-lending-alaska
#Money #Finance #Alaska #Anchorage #DrPhil #FinancialCrimes #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
@ProPublica Oh look, "Doctor" Phil's son is just as big a scumbag as he is 🙄
Cringe your way through #RFKJr's bonkers interview with #DrPhil
The insanity continues w/ #HHS Secy RFKJr, who appeared on Dr. Phil’s YouTube channel Tues to crow about the “revolution” in health he & the #Trump admin are administering to the American people.
The interview was chock-full of RFKJr’s usual #ConspiracyTheories, ranging from debunked anti-#vaccine theories to #chemtrail nonsense.
#science #medicine #GetVaccinated #PublicHealth #law #ethics #disinformation
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/30/2319747/-RFK-Jr-and-Dr-Phil-sit-down-for-the-interview-nobody-asked-for
Dr. Phil’s Media Company Merit TV Hires New CEO (Exclusive)
#Business #BusinessNews #DrPhil #Streaming
Dr. Phil to Tackle Breaking News, True Crime and DOGE in New Merit Street Podcasts
#Variety #News #DrPhil #MeritStreetMedia
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/dr-phil-podcasts-merit-street-news-true-crime-doge-1236354376/
Busting into immigrants' homes and workplaces to round up and deport them is bad enough.
But subjecting them to DR. PHIL and his folksy, simplistic life coaching while it's happening?
That's the definition of "cruel and unusual."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... #ICE #drphil #immigration #chicago
'Dr. Phil' embedded with immig...
"Fascists love spectacles—especially shows of force. Dr. Phil helping raise the visibility of the mass deportations of Brown people is exactly what Trump wants. But what Trump truly wants is the spectacle of U.S. troops silencing Americans who dare defy him."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #immigrants #migrants #deportation #ICE #spectacle #cruelty #DrPhil
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/dr-phil-turns-immigration-raids-into
Jon Stewart Cautions Dems On Fascist Alarmism: “Don’t Hate The Player, Hate The Founding Fathers”
#News #Politics #Democrats #DonaldTrump #DrPhil #JonStewart #PhilMcGraw #TheDailyShowwithJonStewart
https://deadline.com/2025/01/jon-stewart-democrat-trump-fascism-alarm-1236270295/
Dr. Phil PHD, POS has joined ICE raids and is filming a "Cops" style documentary.
There are currently many candidates for the title, but to me, he is the Biggest Arsehole of the Day. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/trump-immigration-dr-phil-chicago-raids
#iceraids
#Drphil
Dr. Phil Says He’s Embedded With ICE For Immigration Enforcement Operation In Chicago
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #DrPhil #ElectionLine #ICE #Immigration #PhilMcGraw
https://deadline.com/2025/01/dr-phil-trump-immigration-arrests-1236268586/
#2024PresidentialElection #DrPhil #HarrisWalz2024
“I requested 25-plus times to speak to Kamala Harris and never got so much as a yes, no, maybe,”
What a narcissistic little man baby! 😏
Dr. Phil Denies Trump Endorsement, Spoke at Rally in 'Act of Rebellion'
"Dr. Phil denies he endorsed Trump and says his appearance at his rally was 'an act of rebellion' against alleged snubs from Kamala Harris' campaign."
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/dr-phil-denies-trump-endorsement-rally-rebellion-1236201279/
Dr. Phil Does Not Endorse Trump, Says He Spoke at a Trump Rally in ‘Act of Rebellion’ Against Kamala Harris for Allegedly Snubbing Him
#Variety #News #DrPhil
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/dr-phil-denies-trump-endorsement-rally-rebellion-1236201279/
Dr. Phil Endorsed Donald Trump In “Act Of Rebellion” After Claiming He Was Snubbed By Kamala Harris; Says He Will “Never Tell” Who Has His Vote
#News #2024election #DonaldTrump #DrPhil #ElectionLine #KamalaHarris
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