Democrats getting more backlash for attempting redistricting in Virginia in response to completely unprecedented GOP powergrabs than Republicans have gotten for gerrymandering for decades is extremely grim shit ngl.
The words "North Carolina," and "Missouri" do not appear in this piece of shit article.
Neither does the word "decade."
"Florida" and "Texas" appear in subordinate clauses, after words like "After Virginia ..." and "Gov. Gavin Newsom of California framed ..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...
Neither does the word "decade."
"Florida" and "Texas" appear in subordinate clauses, after words like "After Virginia ..." and "Gov. Gavin Newsom of California framed ..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...
Democrats Once Loathed Gerrymandering. Now They’re Pushing for It.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Democrats getting more backlash for attempting redistricting in Virginia in response to completely unprecedented GOP powergrabs than Republicans have gotten for gerrymandering for decades is extremely grim shit ngl.
really need more people at all levels of both communal and hierarchical power who are a) less likely to be seduced by and b) more likely to hold each other accountable in said power and who also believe in ideas like consensus expertise & resisting the prevailing direction of tech-enabled powergrabs
August 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
really need more people at all levels of both communal and hierarchical power who are a) less likely to be seduced by and b) more likely to hold each other accountable in said power and who also believe in ideas like consensus expertise & resisting the prevailing direction of tech-enabled powergrabs
Our best hope: slow them down, in all things, until we can claw back power, which I know feels unlikely. But if Orban could be overcome after 16 years of corruption and GOP-style powergrabs, we can get our power back. Slow them down with lawsuits, protests, bureaucracy -- everything counts.
BREAKING:
Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'.
They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.
Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'.
They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn files suit to block Trump’s ‘slush fund’
The existence of the new lawsuit is a reminder that the “slush fund” controversy is unfolding on multiple fronts.
www.ms.now
May 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Our best hope: slow them down, in all things, until we can claw back power, which I know feels unlikely. But if Orban could be overcome after 16 years of corruption and GOP-style powergrabs, we can get our power back. Slow them down with lawsuits, protests, bureaucracy -- everything counts.
1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
HHS Sec. Kennedy Attempts To Stop Trans Youth Care In Hospitals Nationwide—Before New Federal Rules Take Effect
Like many of the Trump regime’s attempted powergrabs, this kind of piecemeal and disheveled rulemaking is enforced at least in part by fear and sheer uncertainty.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
9. In December, the HHS announced a proposed rule change to defund hospitals that “perform sex-rejecting procedures” on minors.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/hhs-sec-ke...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/hhs-sec-ke...
HHS Sec. Kennedy Attempts To Stop Trans Youth Care In Hospitals Nationwide—Before New Federal Rules Take Effect
Like many of the Trump regime’s attempted powergrabs, this kind of piecemeal and disheveled rulemaking is enforced at least in part by fear and sheer uncertainty.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
9. In December, the HHS announced a proposed rule change to defund hospitals that “perform sex-rejecting procedures” on minors.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/hhs-sec-ke...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/hhs-sec-ke...
Their main problem, meanwhile, is that they're exercising power in ways that delegitimize them far more than said mere exercise of power can legitimize them.
They managed to turn "Abolish ICE" into a 50/50 issue and they're nowhere near done. And they've flunked a bunch of powergrabs along the way.
They managed to turn "Abolish ICE" into a 50/50 issue and they're nowhere near done. And they've flunked a bunch of powergrabs along the way.
In general, the reactionary governance's theory of legitimacy is "exercised power legitimizes power." This is circular, yes, but it is incredibly predictive of outcomes in reactionary governments and organizations.
I'm pretty sure this is in "The Reactionary Mind", or that's where I recall it.
I'm pretty sure this is in "The Reactionary Mind", or that's where I recall it.
the strangest thing about trumpism as an ideology, in all its strains, is its total rejection of any theory of legitimacy
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Their main problem, meanwhile, is that they're exercising power in ways that delegitimize them far more than said mere exercise of power can legitimize them.
They managed to turn "Abolish ICE" into a 50/50 issue and they're nowhere near done. And they've flunked a bunch of powergrabs along the way.
They managed to turn "Abolish ICE" into a 50/50 issue and they're nowhere near done. And they've flunked a bunch of powergrabs along the way.
Virginia: this is your chance to fight back against Trump’s powergrabs. Vote YES next week. Early voting ends Saturday, Election Day is this Tuesday, 4/21.
April 17, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Virginia: this is your chance to fight back against Trump’s powergrabs. Vote YES next week. Early voting ends Saturday, Election Day is this Tuesday, 4/21.
Feels like all normal people should emigrate to Ukraine, the only country upholding elementary human norms and values, away from all crazy fashist powergrabs and symbolism.
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October 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Feels like all normal people should emigrate to Ukraine, the only country upholding elementary human norms and values, away from all crazy fashist powergrabs and symbolism.
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South Korea. Now Brazil.
PROVING the response to powergrabs and fascistic positioning by leaders does NOT engender capitulation in the elected officials who are positioned to STOP it.
WHERE IS CONGRESS?
DO
YOUR
JOB!
#RESIST
PROVING the response to powergrabs and fascistic positioning by leaders does NOT engender capitulation in the elected officials who are positioned to STOP it.
WHERE IS CONGRESS?
DO
YOUR
JOB!
#RESIST
February 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
South Korea. Now Brazil.
PROVING the response to powergrabs and fascistic positioning by leaders does NOT engender capitulation in the elected officials who are positioned to STOP it.
WHERE IS CONGRESS?
DO
YOUR
JOB!
#RESIST
PROVING the response to powergrabs and fascistic positioning by leaders does NOT engender capitulation in the elected officials who are positioned to STOP it.
WHERE IS CONGRESS?
DO
YOUR
JOB!
#RESIST
What both parties can agree on is greed, powergrabs and selfishness.
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
What both parties can agree on is greed, powergrabs and selfishness.
I think this is what's made me most angry about the FPTP thing. Not that it is that way, but that is another example of Lab treating Tory powergrabs as the status quo
April 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I think this is what's made me most angry about the FPTP thing. Not that it is that way, but that is another example of Lab treating Tory powergrabs as the status quo
a complex metaphor wherein Kronk (ordinary bureaucrats) is forced to decide how to respond to Kuzko (incompetent or undeserving leadership) and Yzma (unconstitutional powergrabs) and do so by talking to the squirrels (direct engaging with citizens) and making spinach puffs (making spinach puffs)
April 16, 2024 at 6:29 AM
a complex metaphor wherein Kronk (ordinary bureaucrats) is forced to decide how to respond to Kuzko (incompetent or undeserving leadership) and Yzma (unconstitutional powergrabs) and do so by talking to the squirrels (direct engaging with citizens) and making spinach puffs (making spinach puffs)
5. On Dec. 18, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a declaration that dubbed gender-affirming care for trans minors as medically unsound, and could therefore be restricted.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/hhs-sec-ke...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/hhs-sec-ke...
HHS Sec. Kennedy Attempts To Stop Trans Youth Care In Hospitals Nationwide—Before New Federal Rules Take Effect
Like many of the Trump regime’s attempted powergrabs, this kind of piecemeal and disheveled rulemaking is enforced at least in part by fear and sheer uncertainty.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
5. On Dec. 18, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a declaration that dubbed gender-affirming care for trans minors as medically unsound, and could therefore be restricted.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/hhs-sec-ke...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/hhs-sec-ke...
Last time I think they were looking for a shred of legitimacy. This time it feels like their last hurrah. The power grab to cement all powergrabs. And revenge
January 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Last time I think they were looking for a shred of legitimacy. This time it feels like their last hurrah. The power grab to cement all powergrabs. And revenge
You'd think "Resistance Liberals" would be hesitant to do stuff like that (or be angry at Democrats in office doing it) if they genuinely expected to be on the receiving end of it.
Instead they make excuses about how it's okay to support fascist powergrabs as long as the vote failed.
Instead they make excuses about how it's okay to support fascist powergrabs as long as the vote failed.
May 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
You'd think "Resistance Liberals" would be hesitant to do stuff like that (or be angry at Democrats in office doing it) if they genuinely expected to be on the receiving end of it.
Instead they make excuses about how it's okay to support fascist powergrabs as long as the vote failed.
Instead they make excuses about how it's okay to support fascist powergrabs as long as the vote failed.
The democratic world should be grateful to the South Korean people for successfully defeating a coup attempt. Political powergrabs are contagious. South Koreans may have just prevented an epidemic of coups. Citizens of democracies can take note about their power to stop would-be autocrats.
December 4, 2024 at 12:39 PM
The democratic world should be grateful to the South Korean people for successfully defeating a coup attempt. Political powergrabs are contagious. South Koreans may have just prevented an epidemic of coups. Citizens of democracies can take note about their power to stop would-be autocrats.
And had to Negotiate 🇺🇸 out of the ‘Conflicts’ RepubliGelicans started in other countries, in powergrabs for tht nation’s resources!
An endless cycle of Conquest/Pillage&Plunder & Leave’em flat w the destruction we’ve caused! Course, some’ll say We’ll Help Reconstruct IF we take over everything 😑
An endless cycle of Conquest/Pillage&Plunder & Leave’em flat w the destruction we’ve caused! Course, some’ll say We’ll Help Reconstruct IF we take over everything 😑
Shit Shit Stirrer
ALT: Shit Shit Stirrer
static.klipy.com
September 25, 2026 at 11:10 AM
And had to Negotiate 🇺🇸 out of the ‘Conflicts’ RepubliGelicans started in other countries, in powergrabs for tht nation’s resources!
An endless cycle of Conquest/Pillage&Plunder & Leave’em flat w the destruction we’ve caused! Course, some’ll say We’ll Help Reconstruct IF we take over everything 😑
An endless cycle of Conquest/Pillage&Plunder & Leave’em flat w the destruction we’ve caused! Course, some’ll say We’ll Help Reconstruct IF we take over everything 😑
We deserve more than President Trump’s empty promises and powergrabs. Join us at #NoKingsMissoulaMT to show our community that change lies in our hands – not President Trump’s. No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings.
March 22, 2026 at 11:54 PM
We deserve more than President Trump’s empty promises and powergrabs. Join us at #NoKingsMissoulaMT to show our community that change lies in our hands – not President Trump’s. No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings.
June 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
“Trump’s turning the federal government into his personal power play, targeting everyone from the media to the judiciary. The message is clear: opposition is not an option. It’s not democracy; it’s dictatorship in the making. #AuthoritarianMoves #UnderminingDemocracy #ChecksAndBalances #PowerGrabs”
March 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Trump’s turning the federal government into his personal power play, targeting everyone from the media to the judiciary. The message is clear: opposition is not an option. It’s not democracy; it’s dictatorship in the making. #AuthoritarianMoves #UnderminingDemocracy #ChecksAndBalances #PowerGrabs”
naturally leading to banning trenchcoats, parodic goth-industrial music / videogames, substituting emotional channels and creation with nihilism in order to advance auth "for the children" powergrabs that return every decade to blame kids and artists for where authority fails society
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
naturally leading to banning trenchcoats, parodic goth-industrial music / videogames, substituting emotional channels and creation with nihilism in order to advance auth "for the children" powergrabs that return every decade to blame kids and artists for where authority fails society
"Be nicer to your oppressors on their way out" is a fascinating worldview that I am shocked people maintain in our era of neo-fascist powergrabs.
June 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
"Be nicer to your oppressors on their way out" is a fascinating worldview that I am shocked people maintain in our era of neo-fascist powergrabs.