“What is it about the state of our democracy that the leaks, which were about not very interesting information, ended up being an obsession, and the fact that the Russians were doing this was not an obsession?” -- Obama on The Daily Show just now
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China flies nuclear bomber over South China Sea to 'send message' to Donald Trump

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I took a little break over the weekend to chill out and bake some cookies, as one does. (These ones. They’re divine.) After Friday night’s CIA announcement, I felt like most news outlets were going to take the weekend to regroup, anyway, and that seems to have been the case. So here’s my brief Monday-morning roundup of the weekend’s fascist fuckery ( Read more... )

If you're talking about who's gonna run in 2020 instead of whether we will have voting rights for all in 2020, you're on the wrong track

- Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 7, 2016

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“I’m the union leader Donald Trump attacked. I’m tired of being lied to about our jobs.”

10 Ways to Tell if Your President Is a Dictator. He’s certainly ( Read more... )

Just one topic today; all others will be in the next update.

Ranking members of the House committees on Intelligence, Judiciary, Armed Services, Government Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security have asked the President to brief the full House on Russian interference in the election.

The House Oversight Committee announced: “ ( Read more... )

There was so much going on today that I still have a dozen articles saved to read later, and it’s nearing 11pm. It’s impossible to keep up with everything. Nevertheless, here is my attempt…
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Today, Trump took Boeing to task for cost overruns on the new Air Force One… which hasn’t been built yet… causing a sharp stock drop that quickly ( Read more... )

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Having provoked China by chatting with the president of Taiwan on the phone, Trump has taken to needling them on Twitter. Saints preserve us.

Ivanka and Jared are moving to DC. Still not elected or appointed officials. Still illegal for them to hold government positions.
Transition Team & Cabinet Appointees

Ben Carson has some weird ideas ( Read more... )

Weekend 2-in-1 thanks to a migraine…
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Trump disregarded 40 years of foreign policy toward China by arranging a phone call with the president of Taiwan. For China’s leaders, “There was a sort of delusion based on overly optimistic ideas about Trump. That should stop.” He then tried to claim it was merely a congratulatory phone call he accepted ( Read more... )

ICYMI, yesterday’s fascism watch post included a list of things you can do.

On to Wednesday’s fascist shenanigans!
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Carrier kept a few thousand jobs in the US, yes. But Trump may have promised the company it wouldn’t lose its $6 billion in federal contracts as part of the deal. (Twitter thread from a Washington Post journalist.)

Trump is again ( Read more... )

Today in American fascism…
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Trump is now floating the idea (on Twitter, natch) that some forms of protest should be punished with loss of citizenship.

Chair of the House Oversight Committee was gung-ho about investigating Clinton if she took office, but has lost interest now that the job involves actual crimes and a Republican president.

Which ( Read more... )

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