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THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT:

#DonnieDumbass is threatening a 50% #tariff on #Brazil in protest of "The witch hunt against [fellow #dictator] #Bolsonaro."

Now, in the #MangoMoron's mind, a tariff "punishes" the exporting country.

What better way to get an entire country to reverse course and start ❤️'ing their dictator than to trash their economy.

Am I right? 🤔
#TooStupidToBePresident #TooStupidForOffice
cnn.com/2025/07/09/economy/tar

CNN · Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Brazil if it doesn’t stop the Bolsonaro ‘witch hunt’ trialBy Elisabeth Buchwald

"Now #Trump is trying to use #tariffs to help another wannabe #dictator. If you still thought America was one of the world’s good guys, this should tell you whose side we’re on these days.

So as I said, evil and megalomaniacal. If we still had a functioning democracy, this #Brazil gambit would by itself be grounds for #impeachment. Of course, it would have to wait in line behind all the other grounds."

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tru

Paul Krugman · Trump's Dictator Protection ProgramBy Paul Krugman

#mamdani #taco #dictator

We know what scares him , everyone should repeat the dose ;

“ President Donald Trump suggested this week that his administration might intervene to take over New York City if Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral election this November. In a White House Cabinet meeting Monday, Trump called Mamdani a “communist”

substack.com/@centeredamerica/

Centered America · NEWS: Trump Threatens Federal Takeover of NYC If Mamdani Becomes MayorBy Centered America
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"The ABA and the Times are wasting their time analyzing what Donald Trump is doing. A 'power grab' assumes that Trump is claiming or exercising powers he does not have. Trump isn’t grabbing power. He’s using powers that he has already taken."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #SupremeCourt #power #dictator #UnitaryExecutive #immunity
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luciantruscott.substack.com/p/

Lucian Truscott Newsletter · Boy, did we ever get it right with “No Kings”By Lucian K. Truscott IV
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"The bleak unifying principle of this Supreme Court term: It’s an emergency whenever Trump says so. ...

Aside from a few sporadic attempts to rein in Trump’s most lawless excesses, the court has largely given up policing the president’s power grabs."

~ Mark Joseph Stern

#Trump #SupremeCourt #power #dictator #UnitaryExecutive #immunity
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slate.com/news-and-politics/20

Slate · The Bleak Unifying Principle of This Supreme Court TermBy Mark Joseph Stern

Today in Labor History July 2, 1929: Augusto Sandino left for México to seek aid for his Nicaraguan rebels, fighting the U.S. occupation of his country. The rebellion lasted from 1927-1933. In 1934, he was assassinated by General Anastasio Somoza, who seized power in a 1936 coup d’etat, and who, along with his sons, ran the country as dictators until the Sandinista Revolution of 1979 ended their reign of terror. While in México, during early 1920s, Sandino participated in strikes led by the IWW. Inspired by the Wobblies, he returned to foment revolution in Nicaragua, adopting the IWW's black and red syndicalist colors in their Revolutionary Flag.

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@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Lest we forget: “Eagleton’s account of Keir Starmer shows him, convincingly and at length, to be an unscrupulous, dishonest, & thin-skinned individual. His record as head of the CPS indicates that he should not be trusted with state power” by Tom Blackburn in The Jacobin, reprinted in Jewish Voice for Labour

jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/ar

Jewish Voice for LabourKeir Starmer: a damning appraisalTom Blackburn reviews Oliver Eagleton’s important book, The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right, Verso 2022, in the latest…
#UK#Labour#Starmer

I applaud #ZohranMamdani's electoral victory, but I have a hard time believing that purely electoral approaches still have any chance of liberating us at the current state of evolution of American #dictatorship. Recall that the regime's goons weren't afraid to drag away US Senator #AlexPadilla, with impunity, just for asking awkward questions. If #Trump were ever #impeached, it would be the #Senate — the elected body to which Padilla belongs — that would sit as a court to try the #impeachment. Just how impartial do you think that court could ever be, knowing what happened to Padilla for far less than trying to remove the #dictator from office?

Our electoral institutions already look to me like a sick joke.

Although I'd be delighted to be proved wrong.

NATO summit sidelines Ukraine, focus on #flattering Trump

Narrowed focus of #NATO summit will have only a single session devoted to defense spending & is designed to appease #Trump

NATO leaders will convene to discuss raising alliance’s defense spending target to 5% of the GDP — a proposal the U.S. has championed but from which it CONSIDERS ITSELF EXEMPT

Trump has to get credit for the 5%; that’s why we’re having the summit

kyivindependent.com/nato-summi

The Kyiv Independent · NATO summit to sideline Ukraine, focus on flattering Trump, Politico reports"(Trump) has to get credit for the 5% — that's why we're having the summit," one unnamed European defense official told Politico. "Everything else is being streamlined to minimize risk."