Mark Milley is an incredibly experienced, decorated military officer, with degrees from top colleges. He doesn't say "fascist" lightly. He worked with Trump up close as Chair of the Joint Chiefs. He saw it. What else is there left to say? Either you want it—or are at least OK with it—or you don't.

Trump’s top general calls ex-president ‘fascist to the core’

General Mark Milley expressed his concerns about Trump to author Bob Woodward in March 2023

Why aren't you watching 1992 cyberthriller popcorn classic Sneakers, starring kind of everybody??

Saw where an influencer offered up $70k to anyone who would t evacuate and instead livestream Hurricane Milton hitting them. At least one took him up on it and he’s got an umbrella, an air mattress and some ramen to eat. That’s it. I don’t think sci/fi ever came up with something so dystopian.

“Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second Trump administration, would bar the C.D.C. from making vaccine recommendations, which are based on the advice of experts.” Scary stuff.

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This is *catastrophic* for public health. *Catastrophic.* Please read the excerpts below (all w/ alt text) so you know some of what's at stake, & then vote to save public health, straight up & down the ballot. 1/3 www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/u...

Resistance to Public Health, No Longer Fringe, Gains Foothold in G.O.P. Politics

The merger of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald J. Trump campaigns puts the so-called medical freedom movement on the cusp of real power in Washington, with a new slogan: “Make America Healthy Agai...

NEW: Justice Sam Alito tried out several analogies in opposing the ATF’s “ghost gun” rule, but he was more or less left to do so alone on Tuesday. After 75 minutes of arguments, the rule appears to be safe. Here’s my Law Dork report from SCOTUS: www.lawdork.com/p/atf-ghost-...

ATF's "ghost gun" rule appears to be safe, with Justice Alito as the outlying defender

Solicitor General Prelogar summed it up: "They were sold to be crime guns." Also: Law Dork in the news

i've bee phrasing it as "in this house we dont volunteer to lay down and die"

a politics of revenge against yourself

Are we sure they’re not all the same ship?

At least 13,395 people have been killed by law enforcement officers in the past 10 years nationally, according to one nonprofit that tracks data. The organization Mapping Police Violence says that means about 7% of homicides between 2013 and last year can be attributed to law enforcement.

Fatal police-action shootings in Fort Wayne reflect broader pattern, concerns continue

At least 13,395 people have been killed by law enforcement officers in the past 10 years nationally, according to one nonprofit that tracks data.

Jesus christ www.journalgazette.net/local/police...