ice’s illegitimacy grows with every passing day
"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California.
June 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ice’s illegitimacy grows with every passing day
Disciplined, peaceful defiance can expose the illegitimacy of oppressive power.
RESIST.
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RESIST.
✊🏼
October 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Disciplined, peaceful defiance can expose the illegitimacy of oppressive power.
RESIST.
✊🏼
RESIST.
✊🏼
gotta get comfortable speaking the language of illegitimacy
April 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
gotta get comfortable speaking the language of illegitimacy
"Disciplined, peaceful defiance can expose the illegitimacy of oppressive power. RESIST."
Arianeh Sajadi
Arianeh Sajadi
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Disciplined, peaceful defiance can expose the illegitimacy of oppressive power. RESIST."
Arianeh Sajadi
Arianeh Sajadi
I think the US should honor Balogun's suspension, and not let Trump and FIFA create illegitimacy around a potential USA win.
July 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I think the US should honor Balogun's suspension, and not let Trump and FIFA create illegitimacy around a potential USA win.
The entire conservative legal movement and philosophy of “originalism” is premised on the illegitimacy of any SCOTUS decision that doesn’t fit the GOP party platform
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The entire conservative legal movement and philosophy of “originalism” is premised on the illegitimacy of any SCOTUS decision that doesn’t fit the GOP party platform
We're going to have to get comfortable speaking the language of illegitimacy
January 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
We're going to have to get comfortable speaking the language of illegitimacy
"Russia itself is illegitimate and will push messages about Ukraine's illegitimacy," he said.
December 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"Russia itself is illegitimate and will push messages about Ukraine's illegitimacy," he said.
The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.
"In Elon Musk’s first two weeks in government" is a wild way to open a story alone, but uncritically calling Musk a "government official" in light of the patent illegitimacy of DOGE, before only hinting at that illegitimacy 27 grafs down, yikes
Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"In Elon Musk’s first two weeks in government" is a wild way to open a story alone, but uncritically calling Musk a "government official" in light of the patent illegitimacy of DOGE, before only hinting at that illegitimacy 27 grafs down, yikes
Laziness too. But mostly illegitimacy.
July 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Laziness too. But mostly illegitimacy.
koko: illegitimacy president
February 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM
koko: illegitimacy president
The fight was a perfect symbol for our age of illegitimacy and dumbfuckery.
November 16, 2024 at 5:39 AM
The fight was a perfect symbol for our age of illegitimacy and dumbfuckery.
another day, another reminder of the illegitimacy of the supreme court
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
another day, another reminder of the illegitimacy of the supreme court
One of the reasons Moscow pointed to was the alleged illegitimacy of the Ukrainian president.
Now the situation has changed?
Now the situation has changed?
April 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
One of the reasons Moscow pointed to was the alleged illegitimacy of the Ukrainian president.
Now the situation has changed?
Now the situation has changed?
A guy ranting about the illegitimacy and foreignness of a "communist" political rival while wearing a hat endorsing territorial expansionism...
but it's not fascism at all.
but it's not fascism at all.
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
July 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A guy ranting about the illegitimacy and foreignness of a "communist" political rival while wearing a hat endorsing territorial expansionism...
but it's not fascism at all.
but it's not fascism at all.
Time for a Constitutional Do-Over!
youtu.be/h8p_M0EeOhA?...
youtu.be/h8p_M0EeOhA?...
With Trump's Crimes, SCOTUS's Illegitimacy & Congress's Surrender, Time for a Constitutional Do-Over
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Time for a Constitutional Do-Over!
youtu.be/h8p_M0EeOhA?...
youtu.be/h8p_M0EeOhA?...
The crimes are too heinous, too existential. Flattened hospitals and emulsified children, justified with bad Hollywood scripts and transparent mouthpieces. Our establishment won't be able to quash opposition. By even attempting to silence it, they only expose their illegitimacy.
April 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The crimes are too heinous, too existential. Flattened hospitals and emulsified children, justified with bad Hollywood scripts and transparent mouthpieces. Our establishment won't be able to quash opposition. By even attempting to silence it, they only expose their illegitimacy.
What we’ve seen in other countries is the violence of the state is directly proportional to the weakness and, often, illegitimacy of the regime in power.
Extrajudicial killings are not the sign of a strong regime but they may be the portent of a bloody one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
What we’ve seen in other countries is the violence of the state is directly proportional to the weakness and, often, illegitimacy of the regime in power.
they’re responsible for their own illegitimacy
September 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
they’re responsible for their own illegitimacy
The demonstration that the criminal president and his Peter Thiel whore are calling the Governor of California high school nicknames reveals the illegitimacy of these criminal, treacherous, freak show show clowns.
June 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The demonstration that the criminal president and his Peter Thiel whore are calling the Governor of California high school nicknames reveals the illegitimacy of these criminal, treacherous, freak show show clowns.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
The thing about illegitimacy is that if some putative office-holder is illegitimate, that has, y'know, consequences. Implications.
January 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The thing about illegitimacy is that if some putative office-holder is illegitimate, that has, y'know, consequences. Implications.
They treat that as one and the same because the illegitimacy of trans identity is axiomatic in academia, frankly.
April 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
They treat that as one and the same because the illegitimacy of trans identity is axiomatic in academia, frankly.
Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.