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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"During the federal shutdown, in which hundreds of thousands of federal workers are not being paid, Trump announced that he would give Argentina $20 billion in 'aid' that would go to political and social elites in that country."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption#Argentina #bailout
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/our-job-invite-disaffected-trump

William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"But it gets worse. Trump backtracked on the promise of the financial bailout, saying that the aid would be granted only if Trump’s preferred candidate wins in the upcoming presidential election in Argentina."

#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption#Argentina #bailout
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"Of the nearly $28 billion in grants the administration has frozen or canceled during the shutdown, $27.24 billion—97 percent—was for projects in Democrat-led congressional districts."

~ The Bulwark

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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-getting-worse-bondi-patel-political-prosecutions-comey-james-young-republican-group-chat

William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"During the federal shutdown, in which hundreds of thousands of federal workers are not being paid, Trump announced that he would give Argentina $20 billion in 'aid' that would go to political and social elites in that country."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption#Argentina #bailout
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/our-job-invite-disaffected-trump

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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"The administration continues to try to demonstrate its power. Today it announced its fifth known attack on a boat 'just off the coast of Venezuela' in international waters."

#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption#Venezuela
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"Of the nearly $28 billion in grants the administration has frozen or canceled during the shutdown, $27.24 billion—97 percent—was for projects in Democrat-led congressional districts."

~ The Bulwark

#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/its-getting-worse-bondi-patel-political-prosecutions-comey-james-young-republican-group-chat

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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"Today, Trump tried to pressure Democrats by telling reporters the slashing of government programs will hurt only Democrats. 'We’re not closing up Republican programs because we think they work,' he said. 'So the Democrats are getting killed, but they’re not telling the people about that…. So we are closing up Democrat programs that we think that we disagree with, and they’re never going to open again.'”

~ Heather Cox Richardson

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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-14-2025

William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"The administration continues to try to demonstrate its power. Today it announced its fifth known attack on a boat 'just off the coast of Venezuela' in international waters."

#Trump #fascism#PoliticsofFear #cruelty #immigrants#ICE #shutdown #military#MikeJohnson #corruption#Venezuela
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"To bring a democracy under authoritarian control, you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public, as we slide toward one-man rule, that nothing odd is happening. That’s the role Johnson is playing in Donald Trump’s takeover of America."

~ Will Saletan

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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mike-johnson-abetting-trump-authoritarianism

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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"I’ve worked through shutdowns. I’ve witnessed them in Washington, and I’ve covered them for Pod Save America. What Johnson and the Republicans are doing—and why they’re doing it—is truly unconscionable.

It should be a national scandal."

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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"It’s a statement about life in the Trump era that a government shutdown is the most normal thing happening in politics.

If people were paying attention—or if the political press had the attention span and reach to cover the shutdown—the behavior of Speaker Mike Johnson and the House Republicans would be a massive scandal."

~ Dan Pfeiffer

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https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/mike-johnsons-shutdown-strategy-is

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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

"The politics of the second Trump administration is a politics of fear."

~ Guillaume A. W. Attia

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https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics-of-fear-in-american-history/

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