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Fresh bad takes daily. Trying to remain optimistic in the face of ignorance. #Memphis #TaxTheChurches #FuckFascists #FuckElon

  1. NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.

    This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).

    What the hell is happening to the US?

    (🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)

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  2. Before we even get to the transition: How will the next federal election go?

    Under the Trump admin’s current view of the “protective principle,” it’s not hard to imagine military forces being deployed to polling places under the guise of “protecting” the administration of a federal election.

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  3. NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.

    Please take care when watching.

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  4. I have lost all patience with the apparently unshakeable conviction that striking a reasonable, moderate pose means assuming the sincerity of transparently pretextual horseshit. Donald Trump does not care about reducing crime in DC. He is testing and normalizing paramilitary deployments in cities.

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