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DrALJONES<p>Analysis: Trump’s New Executive Order Is an "Unprecedented Voter Suppression Effort"</p><p>The order includes:</p><p>* allowing Elon Musk to subpoena voting records;</p><p>* giving Trump king-like power to make it harder to vote;</p><p>* preventing millions from registering to vote;</p><p>* severely limiting voting by mail.</p><p>Trump is "trying to stop American voters from participating in elections" ~Eliza Sweren-Becker</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/votersuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votersuppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> .</p>
Max Gross<p>Why does Trump want Greenland and Canada when he already has Australia as his vassal state? <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treason</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Yarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yarvin</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/BatshitCrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatshitCrazy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TrumpCrimeFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCrimeFamily</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/obscurantism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obscurantism</span></a> <a href="https://johnmenadue.com/despite-being-backstabbed-by-the-us-australia-may-not-be-permitted-to-ditch-aukus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">johnmenadue.com/despite-being-</span><span class="invisible">backstabbed-by-the-us-australia-may-not-be-permitted-to-ditch-aukus/</span></a>?</p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>Is it too soon to say <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtPolice</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dissent</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin escalates its attack on universities, three <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> scholars &amp; vocal Trump critics are leaving Yale University for the University of Toronto. But their given reasons for crossing the border vary.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtPolice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2025/03/26/fascism-scholars-trump-critics-leave-yale-canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insidehighered.com/news/facult</span><span class="invisible">y-issues/academic-freedom/2025/03/26/fascism-scholars-trump-critics-leave-yale-canada</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>OMG</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimothySnyder</span></a> left the country for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p><p>Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley, along with Yale history professors Marci Shore &amp; her husband Timothy Snyder, are taking their teaching to the University of Toronto to advocate for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, speak out against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> &amp; teach without fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> capitulation to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> White House, they say.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtPolice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/us/yale-university-scholars-toronto-trump/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/03/28/us/yale-uni</span><span class="invisible">versity-scholars-toronto-trump/index.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Whoa, yesterday, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> illegally stripped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveBargaining</span></a> rights from hundreds of thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> in 18 different departments across multiple <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>.</p><p>The admin stated that “Certain Federal unions have declared *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>* on President Trump’s agenda.”</p><p>Is he going to use <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wartime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wartime</span></a> powers against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> members now?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaborLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaziState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-exempts-agencies-with-national-security-missions-from-federal-collective-bargaining-requirements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-exempts-agencies-with-national-security-missions-from-federal-collective-bargaining-requirements/</span></a></p>
JZ Murdock<p>The Trump administration provides visual aids for accurate observation.<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHtzR4qyIrq/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/p/DHtzR4qyIrq/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Jennifer<p>ICE has disappeared a college student in Alabama. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2025/03/27/university-of-alabama-doctoral-student-arrested-by-ice-investigators/82688659007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/27/university-of-alabama-doctoral-student-arrested-by-ice-investigators/82688659007/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s instructions to his team late this week remained to attack <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffreyGoldberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyGoldberg</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheAtlantic</span></a>, &amp; not “produce a scalp” by firing any members of his Cabinet, in the words of one outside adviser consulted by the White House who described the discussions to us.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-hegseth-waltz-signal/682220/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/03/trump-hegseth-waltz-signal/682220/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Other elite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> firms have been hit w/similar sanctions, leaving them to choose whether to fight the orders or cut a *deal* w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to remove the restrictions, even as a judge has already blocked one of the orders because it is likely to be unlawful.</p><p>The order said Trump was in part punishing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a> for the firm’s connections to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a>, who led an inquiry that the order described as “one of the most partisan investigations in American history.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Targets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>, Citing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirm</span></a>’s Connection to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RobertMueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertMueller</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a>, who worked at WilmerHale before retiring in 2021, had investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> during Trump’s first term.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42</span></a></p>
C.<p>I was reading an article on some of the latest shenanigans going on in the Free Peoples' Republic of Trumpistan, and I misread a sentence that was talking about the federal government as "feral government", and I'm not sure that was less correct.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trumpistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpistan</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/feral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feral</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A senior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept ofcl called the demonstrators it's targeting "Hamasniks" — people the government claims have shown support for the terror group.</p><p>More than 300 foreign students have had their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentVisas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentVisas</span></a> revoked in the 3 weeks "Catch &amp; Revoke" has been in operation, the ofcl said. There are 1.5 million <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a>-holders nationwide.</p><p>"Everyone is fair game," the ofcl said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Insane</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration is discussing plans to try to block certain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/colleges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colleges</span></a> from having any foreign students if it decides too many are "pro-Hamas," senior <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Department officials tell Axios.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/trump-palestinian-hamas-purge-colleges-protests" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/27/trump-pal</span><span class="invisible">estinian-hamas-purge-colleges-protests</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: Trump’s New Executive Order Is an "Unprecedented Voter Suppression Effort"</p><p>The order includes:</p><p>* allowing Elon Musk to subpoena voting records;</p><p>* giving Trump king-like power to make it harder to vote;</p><p>* preventing millions from registering to vote;</p><p>* severely limiting voting by mail.</p><p>Trump is "trying to stop American voters from participating in elections" ~Eliza Sweren-Becker</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/votersuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votersuppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> .</p>
Max Gross<p>"The group chat speaks to the essence of the second Trump administration: its cavalier incompetence, its contempt for human life." <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treason</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thiel</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Yarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yarvin</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/BatshitCrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatshitCrazy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TrumpCrimeFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCrimeFamily</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/obscurantism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obscurantism</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NewDarkAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDarkAge</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/26/trump-signal-chat-middle-east-opinion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/26/trump-signal-chat-middle-east-opinion</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL4KC21v9Qw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hL4KC21v9Q</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyDocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyDocket</span></a> with <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MarcElias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcElias</span></a> 🚨 🚨 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ALERT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALERT</span></a> 🚨 🚨 </p><p>GUEST: Sec. of State Adrian Fontes , "This is a disaster for our <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/democcracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democcracy</span></a>' </p><p>Trump's Latest Attack Will Disenfranchise Millions </p><p> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> Secretary of State <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AdrianFontes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdrianFontes</span></a> joins Marc to discuss <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/OrangeFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeFascist</span></a>'s latest <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorder</span></a> targeting <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/VoterRepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterRepression</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> and explains how the action will disenfranchise <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a>, cause chaos and make it impossible for states to run free and fair elections. </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistUSA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FIGHTBACK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIGHTBACK</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/extr%C3%AAmedroite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extrêmedroite</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: Columbia is Empowering Trump by Agreeing to $400M “Ransom note"</p><p>Trump's demands include banning face masks, power to arrest students, &amp; appointing an overseer of Middle Eastern, South Asian, African &amp; Palestine Studies.</p><p>“We have no idea what comes next, but groveling before a bully, we all know, just encourages the bully."</p><p>~Katherine Franke, former professor at Columbia Law School.</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/24/katherine_franke_columbia_university" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/24/kat</span><span class="invisible">herine_franke_columbia_university</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: "Catch and Revoke”: AI program targets student protesters</p><p>"The State Department has reportedly launched a new effort using artificial intelligence to help identify and revoke visas...based primarily on the individuals’ social media accounts".</p><p>The AI is likely to be "a basic keyword search prone to rudimentary mistakes". "Foreign students are running scared"’ ~Faiza Patel, Brennan Center</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/21/catch_and_revoke" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/21/cat</span><span class="invisible">ch_and_revoke</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islamophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> .</p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>U.S. swing toward <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> doesn’t have to be permanent, according to a political scientist who studies global trends. But swinging back to democracy requires vigilance, stamina and election. <a href="https://theconversation.com/us-swing-toward-autocracy-doesnt-have-to-be-permanent-but-swinging-back-to-democracy-requires-vigilance-stamina-and-elections-250383" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/us-swing-t</span><span class="invisible">oward-autocracy-doesnt-have-to-be-permanent-but-swinging-back-to-democracy-requires-vigilance-stamina-and-elections-250383</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>