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Whelp, the L's just keep coming for all those folks shouting "the courts will save us from fascism," don't they? A recent analysis by a respected advocacy group says Trump could issue lifetime appointments for hundreds more pro-fascist judges over the next four years:

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

Trump could reshape judiciary with 300 judge appointments, analysis shows

"Demand Justice warns that Trump’s wave of judicial nominees would cement an extreme agenda through lifetime appointments of judges whose qualifications centre on their willingness to gut Medicaid, privatise social security, shred environmental protections, eliminate veterans’ benefits and demonstrate loyalty to the president.

Last week, for example, Trump lavished praise on Aileen Cannon, a judge in Florida who repeatedly ruled in his favour during a case in which he was accused of mishandling classified documents. “Actually, she was brilliant, she moved quickly,” he said in a highly unorthodox speech at the justice department. “She was the absolute model of what a judge should be, and she was strong and tough.”

I really don't have a lot to add here that isn't covered in the article, but I would like to assure you that I'm not mocking folks who've been waiting for the courts to ride in and save the day maliciously. If you're reading this, there's a pretty good chance we both already know Trump is a fascist, the MAGA/America First agenda is fascism, and these maggots have managed to stack a boatload of fascist judges throughout the judiciary branch; even the news that Trump stands poised to appoint more judges that will support his, again, fascist agenda probably doesn't come as a complete surprise to you. What I'm bitterly teasing you for is knowing all that, and still assuming a regime packed to the gills with literal nazis is going to give a flying fuck about what the referee says if those rulings go against them, and continuing to wait around hoping that at some point the nazis will start playing by the rules.

The reality is that these fascist maggots don't care about your petitions, your angry phone calls, or even the authority of the American judiciary. The media isn't going to stop them, the opposition party isn't going to stop them, and the courts aren't going to stop them either. Shouting "have you no decency" at nazis who literally do not have any decency or even a real capacity for shame, has not historically stopped fascism so I think we can safely assume that's not going to work here either.

If we want this fascist nightmare to end, we're going to have to literally shut this shit down, and that doesn't happen when you're playing by the rules and expecting fascists to follow suit. Letters to the editor, polite marches, and refusing to buy a Tesla isn't going to be enough; we're going to have to use our physical bodies to grind the gears of state and the larger fuck barrel to a halt, or none of this is going to stop and everything will get significantly worse. We need to make it impossible both to conduct fascist policy, and for the rich bastards behind all this to turn a profit while doing so. If you want a model for what that looks like, just study the anti-genocide protests on American college campuses, or the nationwide protests against racialized police violence after the execution of George Floyd; we need to do that, except bigger, more disruptive, and with a clearer eye towards not stopping until the society that gave these nazis the power to try this fascist bullshit works for the people, and not just rich nazis who'll gladly unleash Mussolini 2.0 on us all before they share power with those they consider mere commodities to be exploited - people like you and I.

The Guardian · Trump could reshape judiciary with 300 judge appointments, analysis showsBy David Smith
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"Every cruel and destructive action by the Trump Administration is a recruiting opportunity for the opposition."

~ Rebecca Solnit

See the screenshot for the entire passage from which this sentence is taken — a powerful passage from Solnit explaining how every cruel action taken by the Trump administration allows resistance and solidarity to build by uniting people across many dividing lines.

#Musk #Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #resistance
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meditationsinanemergency.com/s

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In one mission, Lucie Aubrac & team rescued 5 captured resistance fighters from police custody in Lyon. (Source: Women in the Resistance, Rossiter, p. 166) After WW2, this story was the theme of Issue 49 of True Comics titled “Lucie to the Rescue.” Her cinematic life in the Resistance was made into a feature film starring Carole Bouquet in the title role. A trailer for the movie may be seen here: (2/3)

#WW2 #Resistance #France #WomensHistoryMonth

youtube.com/watch?v=w_LivHtHe8U

In solidarity with #FederalWorkers, here are #5ThingsIDidLastWeek (#Resistance Edition):

1) Emailed my congresscritters again (this time to not pass the GOP grifting oops I mean funding bill)
2) Continued sharing info about #TeslaTakeDown protests
3) Finished writing postcards to #Wisconsin voters, almost done addressing them
4) Wore my inclusion hoodie out in public
5) Woke up every day, kept breathing in and out

#5ThingslDidLastWeekToResist #Resist #StandWithFederalWorkers

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"Each time we show solidarity with others, or support those who are protecting the rule of law, helping the targeted, or exposing the lies and the corruption, we are standing up for democratic values of justice, accountability, equality, and more. In doing so, we model the behaviors the authoritarian state wants us to abandon."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #Musk #courts #RuleofLaw #fascism #immigrants #migrants #deportations #resistance
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lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-li

lucid.substack.comWe Are Living Through Moral Collapse. How Democrats Can Strike BackMoral deregulation and moral collapse can inspire a new democratic politics that leads with values of justice, solidarity, equity, and accountability
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60 Minutes - Newsmakers
What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration

"...I just felt like, well, there's usually two responses to something. You can complain about it, or you could do something about it. I chose the latter within seconds. And it was the easiest decision ever.....
With the active-duty Marines ordered to stand down, Equity Arc reached out to retirees who answered the call from everywhere, former band members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Westpoint, the Naval Academy and the Marines....The original Marine Band concert would have been seen by hundreds. Here, tonight, these musicians are being heard by millions...."

youtube.com/watch?v=lhwS06U1Sn