Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hhs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 5/11/2025<br>National Institute of Health Pushes Back on Politicization of Health and Human Services Scientists Fear Retaliation</p>
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Feike<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LevZadov</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@_Dreugan_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>_Dreugan_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@nerb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nerb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@msb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>msb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@randahl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>randahl</span></a></span><br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> is the worker who doesn't own their own method of production. Their boss, the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/capitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalist</span></a>, owns the machine or tool which the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/worker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worker</span></a> uses to make products or deliver services.</p><p>This is true in free-market capitalism, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a>. </p><p>What makes socialism different to communism, is that communists want to achieve their goals with <a href="https://toot.community/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>, and socialists with <a href="https://toot.community/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>representation</span></a> and personal freedom</p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/votersrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votersrights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <br>Joyce Vance Civil Discourse 5/12/25</p><p>One Reason Trump Won in 2016 and likely 2024 Voter Suppression </p><p>“.. TTV orchestrated massive eligibility challenges It was the classic gambit of conservatives—disguise voter suppression by raising concerns about “election integrity.” This ruse of crying voter fraud i to prevent qualified citizens from registering to vote, voting, & having their votes counted was widely used,..”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/trying-to-suppress-the-vote-again?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/joycevan</span><span class="invisible">ce/p/trying-to-suppress-the-vote-again?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"The peril of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dualstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dualstate</span></a> lies precisely in this capacity for targeted <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>. Most people can ignore the construction of the prerogative state simply because it does not touch their lives."</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/magazine/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/constitutionalcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutionalcrisis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nazigermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazigermany</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/boting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/votingrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votingrights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democrcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrcy</span></a> </p><p>Joyce Vance The Executive Order to End Voting 4/ 24/25</p><p>The executive order would have required people to present a passport, a Real ID, a military identification card, or another government-issued ID that indicates U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. But..<br>At least 21 million Americans don’t have that kind of proof readily available. Only 51 percent of Americans have passports,</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-executive-order-to-end-voting?r=ymxmu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/joycevan</span><span class="invisible">ce/p/the-executive-order-to-end-voting?r=ymxmu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email</span></a></p>
libramoon<p><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/save-act-passed-house-senate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">teenvogue.com/story/save-act-p</span><span class="invisible">assed-house-senate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> Could <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Block" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Block</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Voter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bill</span></a>.<br>would <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disenfranchise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disenfranchise</span></a> young <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>.<br>Barbara Rodriguez</p><p>..."The Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The legislation purportedly aims to block non-citizens from voting, which is already illegal and is very rare.</p><p>The bill would require an individual to present in person a passport, birth certificate or other citizenship document"...</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>For decades, the right has targeted the protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, </p><p>most visibly via court decisions, <br>as well as spurious voter roll <a href="https://c.im/tags/purges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purges</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> efforts, <br>which warp territorial districting law to divide opponents and consolidate supporters.</p><p>One of the most reliable methods of suppression, though, <br>is to tighten <a href="https://c.im/tags/voter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/identification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identification</span></a> rules. </p><p>Requiring <a href="https://c.im/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/paperwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paperwork</span></a>, which many (fully eligible) citizens do not possess, <br>leads to the emergence of a racially inflected pattern of <a href="https://c.im/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>. </p><p>If you make voting as inconvenient and costly as possible, <br>by default, some percentage of those who are short on money and time <br>— people of color, students, low-income workers and others who juggle lots of obligations with few resources <br>— will decide that getting to the polls just isn’t worth it. </p><p>Maximizing this effect is the primary motive driving the rampant right-wing infringements on democratic participation, <br>Trump’s latest order included.</p><p>To justify these measures, the executive order <br>👉purports to combat large-scale voter fraud: <br>⚠️the familiar right-wing myth that millions of illicit votes are cast in the U.S., in numbers that could throw a presidential election. </p><p>(The real nationwide illegal vote count is a few hundred, at most</p><p>-- of those, quite a few were Trump voters.) </p><p>The type of voter fraud claimed by the right is so vanishingly rare as to be an utterly negligible force in U.S. politics. </p><p>If anything can be said to constitute actual substantive electoral fraud, <br>it is the right’s systematic and wildly successful campaign to <a href="https://c.im/tags/obstruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obstruct</span></a> voting rights.</p><p>Trump’s order, <br>while perhaps the most aggressive foray into voter suppression of late, <br>is far from the only effort to impair democracy. </p><p>🔥Right now the SAVE Act is making its way through Congress; </p><p>the Republican-sponsored legislation would alter registration procedures <br>and demand proof of citizenship documents like <br>a passport, birth certificate or naturalization certification. </p><p>(As NPR reported, researchers have found that<br>👉 1 in 10 voting-eligible Americans don’t possess these documents.)❗️</p><p>There’s notable overlap between the two efforts <br>— the administration seems to be hedging its bets. </p><p>“A lot of [the executive order] tracks pretty closely with what’s in the SAVE Act,” <br>said Diaz. </p><p>Should the SAVE Act fail, the executive order may<br> allow “the White House to get around the congressional lawmaking process<br> -- and do whatever they want.”</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trump-assumes-unheard-of-powers-in-ordering-federal-overhaul-of-elections/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/trump-as</span><span class="invisible">sumes-unheard-of-powers-in-ordering-federal-overhaul-of-elections/</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> </p><p>From Thom Hartmann:</p><p>Why would Trump, Musk, and Kennedy put Americans at such a public health risk that could lead to tens of thousands of deaths and economic chaos? Fascism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat muses that “a diseased population is easier to control.” Or is this another way to kneecap America that Putin put Trump up to? Inquiring minds want to know…</p>
libramoon<p><a href="https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/vote-suppression-won" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">laprogressive.com/election-and</span><span class="invisible">-campaigns/vote-suppression-won</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Lost. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suppression</span></a> Won. Here Are the Numbers...<br>If all legal voters were allowed to vote, if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.<br>Greg Palast</p><p>..."if not for the mass purge of voters of color, if not for the mass disqualification of provisional and mail-in ballots, if not for the new mass “vigilan...</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tlaib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tlaib</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>, and advocates warn <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HR9495</span></a> could empower Trump to silence nonprofits and stifle dissent</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Progressives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progressives</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>.</p><p>By Alexis Sterling -<br>November 15, 2024</p><p>"The bill does not require officials to provide an explanation for designating a group, nor does it obligate the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TreasuryDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryDepartment</span></a> to present evidence of wrongdoing. This lack of accountability has raised alarm bells among advocates who see it as a tool for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RashidaTlaib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RashidaTlaib</span></a> Tlaib has been one of the most vocal opponents of the bill, particularly given its timing amidst heightened protests over U.S. support for Israel’s military actions in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>. 'This is authoritarianism,' Tlaib said. 'This bill is designed to silence dissent and give Trump <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UncheckedPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UncheckedPower</span></a> to target groups he doesn’t agree with'.'</p><p>"Other progressive lawmakers echoed her concerns. Rep. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SummerLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SummerLee</span></a> (D-Pa.) called the legislation 'a giant threat to free speech,' warning that it would allow the government to “label any nonprofit as ‘terrorist-supporting’ without evidence or due process—opening the door to crush opposition and silence dissent.' Rep. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IlhanOmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IlhanOmar</span></a> (D-Minn.) added that 'no one person should have the authority to silence organizations that dare to challenge government policies or speak uncomfortable truths.'</p><p>"Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), who is leaving Congress after losing his primary to a candidate backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIPAC</span></a>), described the bill as 'extremely dangerous.' He cautioned that it 'will sink us further into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>. It is an extremely dangerous bill that would give the government unlimited power to stop the work of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> groups and target political enemies. All without transparency or evidence.'</p><p>While the bill is widely seen as a response to criticism of U.S. support for Israel, its potential impact goes far beyond organizations advocating for Palestinian rights. Costello warned that 'the danger is much broader than just groups that work on foreign policy. It could target major liberal funders who support <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestinianSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianSolidarity</span></a> and peace groups who engage in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a>. But it could also theoretically be used to target <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProChoice</span></a> groups, and I could see it being used against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> groups.'</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JewishVoiceForPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishVoiceForPeace</span></a> Action’s political director Beth Miller described the legislation as 'terrifying,' emphasizing its potential to suppress civil society across the board. “This bill should be a five-alarm fire for anyone who seeks to protect free speech, civil society, and democracy. This is part of a broader <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> assault on the right to protest that begins with attacks on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> rights groups and is aimed at outlawing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> movements that fight for progressive change. This is part of a well-worn authoritarian playbook to dismantle fundamental freedoms.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/11/15/tlaib-aclu-and-advocates-warn-h-r-9495-could-empower-trump-to-silence-nonprofits-and-stifle-dissent/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationofchange.org/2024/11/15/</span><span class="invisible">tlaib-aclu-and-advocates-warn-h-r-9495-could-empower-trump-to-silence-nonprofits-and-stifle-dissent/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopHR9495</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonProfits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
DB 🌱💦<p>I don't know guys but what we're seeing all over the West is really dystopian... </p><p>Look at the way these security guards/thugs rough up a young guy protesting the fact that Labour is still selling arms to Israel, and then cutting to whoever that "Adam Sutler / Minister Mason" woman is, saying the party is about change NOT protest 😳 😬 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LabourParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourParty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BritishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oppression</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suppression</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Ferrites Versus Ethernet in the Ham Shack - For as useful as computers are in the modern ham shack, they also tend to be a str... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/ferrites-versus-ethernet-in-the-ham-shack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/09/17/ferrit</span><span class="invisible">es-versus-ethernet-in-the-ham-shack/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radiohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ethernet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethernet</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/amateur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateur</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ferrite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ferrite</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nanovna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanovna</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/qrm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qrm</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rfi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfi</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rf</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>All 5 officers were also charged at the state level w/counts including 2ndDegree <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a>, official <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>, aggravated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kidnapping</span></a>, official <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misconduct</span></a> & aggravated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/assault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assault</span></a>. Mills also pleaded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a> to state charges.State trials for the 4 other officers haven’t yet been scheduled.
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TyreNichols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TyreNichols</span></a>, 29, was a FedEx employee w/a young son. He loved photography, skateboarding & watching the sunset. His parents said he had never been in trouble w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> before the traffic stop on Jan 7, 2023.</p>
libramoon<p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-26-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/august-26-2024</span></a></p><p>Heather Cox Richardson<br>Aug 27, 2024 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a></p><p>..."two Republican officials—Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Secretary of State Bob Evnen— last month stopped the implementation of a new state law, passed overwhelmingly by a Republican-dominated legislature earlier this year, that granted immediate voting rights to about 7,000 people with past felony convictions. In the proc"...</p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>“ 'People are scared they’re going to get charged with something if they try to vote and can’t vote, so a lot of people will just wash their hands of it...<br>They don’t want to go and vote unless they have a clear idea of what’s going on. They don’t have that.' More than 100,000 people are caught in this confusion.<br>...thousands of potential voters—overwhelmingly Black, Latino, and Native—have been blocked from registering."<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/august-26-2024?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heatherc</span><span class="invisible">oxrichardson/p/august-26-2024?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suppression</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>In Texas (and elsewhere) check that your voter registration is still there!</p><p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Monday the state has 🆘removed over one million people from its voter rolls 🆘since Republican legislators passed a sweeping <a href="https://c.im/tags/voter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> law three years ago.</p><p>⚠️“That removal process has been, and will continue to be, ongoing,” Abbot’s office said.</p><p><a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/texas-removes-over-1-million-voters-from-rolls-since-passage-of-anti-voting-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracydocket.com/news-alert</span><span class="invisible">s/texas-removes-over-1-million-voters-from-rolls-since-passage-of-anti-voting-law/</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>The Global Suppression of Online LGBTQ+ Speech Continues<br><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/global-suppression-online-lgbtq-speech-continues" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/glob</span><span class="invisible">al-suppression-online-lgbtq-speech-continues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KOSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KOSA</span></a></p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>Mississippi's largest county "ran out of ballots" on election day.<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-election-voting-problems-0eb722545983da2b8ad979d52c73aa72" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/mississippi</span><span class="invisible">-election-voting-problems-0eb722545983da2b8ad979d52c73aa72</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obstruction</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suppression</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Beachbum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Beachbum</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rexi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rexi</span></a></span> </p><p>Sorry I didn't read the whole post carefully. I did not mean to be dismissive of the threat of far right <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/militias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militias</span></a>, white <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalists</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theocrats</span></a>.</p><p>They are gaining power. That's extremely worrisome. They have gained so much power, primarily because of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectoralCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralCollege</span></a>, which gives voters in some states 10x the power of voters in some other states. Also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> and voter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>.</p><p>We need one person, one vote, with simple majority prevailing</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>California Congressman Tom McClintock Reports Legislation Requiring the U.S. Forest Service to Immediately Suppress Wildfires Passes House Natural Resources Committee <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USFS</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/49854-california-congressman-tom-mcclintock-reports-legislation-requiring-the-u-s-forest-service-to-immediately-suppress-wildfires-passes-house-natural-resources-committee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes</span><span class="invisible">/index.php/news/local-news/49854-california-congressman-tom-mcclintock-reports-legislation-requiring-the-u-s-forest-service-to-immediately-suppress-wildfires-passes-house-natural-resources-committee</span></a></p>
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