Stopping Trump's Move Toward Authoritarianism

[92tide]

for such manly, patriotic men, they sure are a bunch of panty waists 😂

U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’

"The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," said U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Tuesday.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[Bodhisattva]

way too many people who should understand this are more than willing to hand wave concerns about it away as overreaction

Hand waiving is the new "It's just a stutter" dismissiveness of governmental retardation.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

for such manly, patriotic men, they sure are a bunch of panty waists 😂

U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’

"The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," said U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Tuesday.

www.oregonlive.com

Nude cyclist events are nothing new. Portland has held one annually since 2004. Chicago has one very year as well. About a dozen US cities have had at least one event over the years. They are organized by the World Naked Bike Ride, which has been putting on these events worldwide since 2001. (I can't link to Wikipedia because it has pictures that are not allowed on TF).

Acting like this is some kind of threatening act is ridiculous and shows how small of a man Johnson really is (the entire party as well).

 

[Bazza]

Trump: "You have women – beautiful, black women – walking around with MAGA hats."

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1978555830048899532

 

[some_al_fan]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/capitol-police-investigating-swastika-in-gop-congressional-office-00609704

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

 

[92tide]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/capitol-police-investigating-swastika-in-gop-congressional-office-00609704

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

there sure seem to be quite a few people who feel emboldened to do this type of stuff for some reason

 

[some_al_fan]

 

[92tide]

what a chud

Heidi Kitrosser (@heidikitrosser.bsky.social)

Pretty sure that *NO KINGS* is a "foundational truth[] of this republic." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

bsky.app

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

bsky.app

 

[92tide]

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they keep showing us who they are,

but we'd better not say anything about it.

 

[Huckleberry]

Washington Post gift link

Media including Fox News overwhelmingly reject Pentagon press policy
The network, which is generally supportive of the Trump administration, has joined ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN in not signing the Defense Department press policy.

Fox News, along with ABC, CBS and NBC, did not sign the Defense Department’s press policy by Tuesday’s deadline, having earlier in the day denounced the new regulations in a joint statement that included CNN, which previously said it would not sign.

“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues,” the news networks wrote. “The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press.”

Fox’s dissent is notable considering the Trump-friendly views of many of its opinion hosts, whose ranks previously included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

 

[some_al_fan]

Nothing to see here...

JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions.

apnews.com

 

[92tide]

Nothing to see here...

JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions.

apnews.com

of course he does. he is racist trash

 

[some_al_fan]

of course he does. he is racist trash

I don't think Vance is. His wife is an Indian and he called Trump "American Hitler" a few years ago.
He is a politician who will do anything to get to the power. He has no principles

 

[92tide]

I don't think Vance is. His wife is an Indian and he called Trump "American Hitler" a few years ago.
He is a politician who will do anything to get to the power. He has no principles

at some point, you are what you pretend to be.

is as does

 

[Bamaro]

Washington Post gift link

Media including Fox News overwhelmingly reject Pentagon press policy
The network, which is generally supportive of the Trump administration, has joined ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN in not signing the Defense Department press policy.

Fox News, along with ABC, CBS and NBC, did not sign the Defense Department’s press policy by Tuesday’s deadline, having earlier in the day denounced the new regulations in a joint statement that included CNN, which previously said it would not sign.

“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues,” the news networks wrote. “The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press.”

Fox’s dissent is notable considering the Trump-friendly views of many of its opinion hosts, whose ranks previously included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

I saw where Newsmax has joined too.

 

[Huckleberry]

The Atlantic gift link

AMERICA NEEDS A MASS MOVEMENT—NOW
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Nothing to see here...

JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions.

apnews.com

Quote from the article:

“I really don’t want to us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke, telling a very offensive, stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives,” Vance said.

That's funny coming from the GOP, who just went around the country destroying people's lives for stupid, very offensive jokes/comments said online about Charlie Kirk. Literally asked MAGA nuts to seek them out online and report them to authorities (even had a poster on TF that said he was "taking notes").

These "kids" (who aren't really kids) deserve the same treatment IMO.

Rules for thee, not for me.

 

[Bamaro]

The Atlantic gift link

AMERICA NEEDS A MASS MOVEMENT—NOW
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

 

[92tide]

The Atlantic gift link

AMERICA NEEDS A MASS MOVEMENT—NOW
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

a whole lot of people, including many who claim to be “small/limited government” folks, seem to be perfectly ok with our continued descent

 

[92tide]

Quote from the article:


That's funny coming from the GOP, who just went around the country destroying people's lives for stupid, very offensive jokes/comments said online about Charlie Kirk. Literally asked MAGA nuts to seek them out online and report them to authorities (even had a poster on TF that said he was "taking notes").

These "kids" (who aren't really kids) deserve the same treatment IMO.

Rules for thee, not for me.

these chuds are definitely not kids