Showing posts with label dissent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dissent. Show all posts
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace
Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say…
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Weekly Roundup: Project 2025 in Action: The Indictment of the SPLC (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
The Trump DOJ has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — the same organization known for helping dismantle the Ku Klux Klan. What’s really going on?
In this week’s Straight White American Jesus roundup, Brad Onishi and Dan Miller break down the indictment, the legal claims behind it, and why many experts see this as part of a much larger strategy tied to Project 2025.
Is this about fraud… or about redefining political opposition as “domestic terrorism”? And what happens if the government can label nonprofits, activists, or critics of MAGA as national security threats?
We also cover:
In this week’s Straight White American Jesus roundup, Brad Onishi and Dan Miller break down the indictment, the legal claims behind it, and why many experts see this as part of a much larger strategy tied to Project 2025.
Is this about fraud… or about redefining political opposition as “domestic terrorism”? And what happens if the government can label nonprofits, activists, or critics of MAGA as national security threats?
We also cover:
- The logic behind the DOJ’s case against the SPLC
- How informants are used by law enforcement (and why this matters)
- The broader push to criminalize dissent
- Redistricting battles in Virginia and what they mean for 2026
- Palantir, tech power, and the rise of a “civilizational” political vision
Interview:
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Putin’s war in Ukraine is crushing Russian society and forcing it to conform - The Washington Post
"I would never have signed a contract if I'd known what it's like out there. Our television is lying to us," said Fyodor, a young soldier from Siberia. Like others in this article, The Washington Post is not identifying him by his full name to protect him from any repercussions for criticizing the war... 
Friday, November 21, 2025
‘Nobel prize for fiction’: judge excoriates colleague in Texas redistricting case
"Simply as a matter of strategy, if Judge Smith's audience is the supreme court, I think he would have been far more effective if he had been measured and focused more attention on what he sees as the defects in the merits of the case, rather than to continually cast aspersions on the other judges, experts, and lawyers in the case," he wrote.
"Maybe what he says will resonate with some of the supreme court justices, but I expect some will be turned off by this ranting."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/texas-redistricting-case-judge
Saturday, November 8, 2025
SCOTUS Majority SLAMMED by Justice Jackson with SCATHING DISSENT
In a scorching dissent addressed to the MAGA 6 on the Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took her title seriously, and metes out justice to protect the transgender American community who are being forced to have their "gender assigned at birth" listed on their passports, not for some legitimate "foreign affairs" reason, but because Trump hates the community. Popok reports that KBJ callis out her brethren for "misunderstanding the assignment" when Trump files an emergency appeal, improperly picking "winner and losers" on cases that are not yet developed and ignoring the psychological and emotional harm to a fragile population in our society that needs protection, on his latest hot take.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6NRZVx16SU
Thursday, October 23, 2025
The Supreme Court will decide if Trump can use the military against Americans | Vox
…So, there's a real chance that the Republican justices will resolve the Illinois case by simply assuming that order has broken down in Broadview and then interpreting the law as if Trump's claims are gospel. In the worst case scenario, they could also demand that lower courts defer to Trump even if he uses the military to suppress dissent or to intimidate Democratic voters...
https://www.vox.com/politics/465487/supreme-court-trump-national-guard-illinois-ice-chicago
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Saturday, October 18, 2025
US cities to resist Trump’s crackdown on dissent with No Kings protests
"Their goal is to dissuade you from participating," said Ezra Levin, a cofounder of Indivisible, the progressive movement organization with chapters around the US that is a main organizer of No Kings. "That doesn't mean that everybody has the same threat level. It doesn't mean that people should ignore what the threats are, but it does mean we're going to need to see a lot of courage out there on Saturday."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/no-kings-protests-trump-dissent
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Dangerous new MAGA lie: Republicans SMEAR peaceful protesters as ‘terrorists’
“Trump and the MAGA cronies know there are likely to be millions of people in the streets on October 18th for the No Kings protests. And so their strategy is to preemptively paint patriotic, dissenting Americans as literal terrorists,” says Chris Hayes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRC8jvSmWPU
We Dissent – A Modern Protest Anthem for No Kings Day | Stand Up for Democracy and freedom
“We Dissent” is a powerful modern protest anthem written for the October 18, 2025 No Kings Day demonstrations — a nationwide day of peaceful resistance against Donald Trump, MAGA extremism, and the authoritarian drift of the current administration. This song unites Americans who love democracy, justice, and freedom, and who refuse to be silenced by fear or propaganda. With bold lyrics and a rallying chorus, “We Dissent” celebrates the right to protest, the courage to speak truth to power, and the enduring fight for equality and American values.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpKIT5NQBY8
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy - The Washington Post
"There's a concern that it's just not very well thought out," one former official said of the strategy.
The document's tone is also far more partisan than past strategies, saying the Biden administration caused an erosion of America's military in rhetoric similar to Hegseth's speeches, two people familiar with the plan said…
That interim document also hinted at the emerging strategy to use military personnel in a more assertive role at home and abroad. The Pentagon was directed by Hegseth to "prioritize efforts to seal our borders, repel forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities, and deport illegal aliens in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security," according to the document…
Monday, September 22, 2025
Weekly Roundup: State Media, Jimmy Kimmel, and How Free Speech Dies (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
Brad and Dan tackle the controversy surrounding Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and free speech in the United States, while examining political and media reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death and the responses from Trump allies JD Vance and Steven Miller.
They discuss the broader implications for media censorship, the growing power of state-aligned outlets, and how high-profile events are used to justify targeting dissent, particularly against left-wing groups, trans people, and critics of the Trump administration.
The episode highlights the Heritage Foundation’s push to label trans people and allies as domestic terrorists, the chilling effect of government threats on universities and businesses, and the ripple effects leading to preemptive firings and resignations. Despite these alarming developments, Brad and Dan underscore the importance of resistance, hope, and refusing to give in to authoritarian trends.
Interview:
They discuss the broader implications for media censorship, the growing power of state-aligned outlets, and how high-profile events are used to justify targeting dissent, particularly against left-wing groups, trans people, and critics of the Trump administration.
The episode highlights the Heritage Foundation’s push to label trans people and allies as domestic terrorists, the chilling effect of government threats on universities and businesses, and the ripple effects leading to preemptive firings and resignations. Despite these alarming developments, Brad and Dan underscore the importance of resistance, hope, and refusing to give in to authoritarian trends.
Interview:
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Liberal Justices Scorch Birthright Citizenship Opinion In Foreboding Dissent | HuffPost Latest News
Sotomayor, writing first, accused the government of engaging in "gamesmanship" that threatens the foundational rule of law…
"Today, the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may try to seize firearms from law-abiding citizens or prevent people of certain faiths from gathering to worship."
She closed by accusing the court of complicity in mocking the U.S. Constitution…
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scotus-birthright-decision-dissent_n_685ea633e4b0bc17d54c6b83
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court ruling will hurt the ‘neediest among us’
"Indeed," she went on, "it is undisputed that systemically undercounting low-income patients for the purposes of the disproportionate-share formula might cause many such hospitals to close their doors entirely, such that patients from our Nation's poorest communities may not be served at all."
But the Biden appointee concluded this doesn't have to be the end of the matter. She called on Congress to step in and "restate its intention that low-income people have access to quality medical care and that hospitals be compensated accordingly."…
Monday, December 23, 2024
Trump and allies are waging campaign against media to stifle dissent – experts
Lawsuits against Iowa paper and settlement with ABC signal beginning of aggressive legal action to silence critics…
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Sotomayor says immunity ruling makes a president ‘king above the law’
"Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.
"Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority's message today.
"Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."…
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
'Saving grace': Expert says MAGA is turning on Trump — and it could cost him the election - Raw Story
While it's not entirely clear what the anti-Trump MAGA flank wants, part of what they seem to be suggesting is that Trump needs a QAnon-level maniac like former general Mike Flynn to be his running mate — or to replace him as the presidential nominee entirely...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Steve Doocy has become the unexpected Fox News voice of dissent - The Washington Post
"It seems like, you attack a federal officer, there's going to be a federal investigation," he replied.
Doocy's swerve was the latest illustration of his surprise emergence as the resident dissenter on "Fox & Friends" — a rare member of the Fox News opinion wing who is challenging conventional Republican wisdom on a regular basis.
In particular, Doocy has stood out as a skeptic of congressional investigations into Joe and Hunter Biden, bucking the party line while Fox hosts like Sean Hannity regularly decry what they call "the Biden crime family." He has also emphasized the significance — and veracity — of the legal challenges facing Trump, talked up Trump challengers like Nikki Haley, and dinged the MAGA wing of the Republican Party…
Friday, December 16, 2022
Celebrate Dissent (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor; Freethought Radio podcast)
Guest: Sami Abdallah. Christian nationalism is now proudly rearing its head in the United States. FFRF Senior Litigation Counsel Patrick Elliott describes the friend-of-the-court brief we filed at the Supreme Court in the "303 Creative" case where a business owner wants to discriminate against LGBTQ customers on religious grounds. Then, we speak with Sami Abdallah, co-founder and president of Freethought Lebanon and co-organizer of the "Celebrating Dissent" conference that took place in Cologne, Germany, this month, about the challenges of being an apostate in the Muslim world.
Interview:
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
What the liberal justices’ scorching dissent reveals about the US supreme court
"This is saying, not only is this violating the notion of rule of law and stability. It's not just that I disagree with you; it's that you are doing something out of the bounds of constitutional lawmaking and that it threatens the way we're going to be seen by the larger public," Johnson said. "That's really strong language."
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