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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This isn't US Government anymore; this is a Batman comic. The $1.776B "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is peak Penguin. Like Cobblepot, Trump uses the facade of official legal settlements to quietly funnel massive payouts to his loyalists. The Iceberg Lounge has officially relocated to the DOJ. 🐧🏦

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

In the 1850s, Lincoln used logic to dismantle the "right" to enslave: If it’s skin color? You’re a slave to anyone fairer. If it’s intellect? You’re a slave to anyone smarter. If it’s self-interest? They have the same right to enslave you. Oppression is a trap that eventually catches the oppressor.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Remember: Denmark's rescue of the Danish Jews in October 1943 is considered one of the most successful acts of collective resistance during World War II. While approximately six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, more than 95–99% of Denmark’s Jewish population survived.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If you define autocracy as "a state where the leader’s will is the supreme law," then the U.S. is already there. The only thing currently preventing "full" autocracy is the remaining bravery of a few individual judges, state officials, and journalists. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Trump Tests Presidential Power: Venezuela Operation, Iran Bombing and More (Gift Article)

A breakdown of the presidential powers President Trump has sought for himself, including what he did to obtain power and what’s next.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Judge Wolf, who served in the Justice Department in the years after the Watergate scandal, wrote that Mr. Trump was “routinely and overtly” doing what President Nixon had done “episodically and covertly.”

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Not talked about enough: Trump Executive Order 14253 demanding museums remove "improper ideology" is comparable to Gleichschaltung (Nazi cultural purge). Both use state power to enforce a single, "pure" historical narrative and silence critical voices. The function is autocratic control over truth.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Critics & former officials compare Trump's ICE tactics—masked agents, unmarked cars, aggressive enforcement—to a "secret police" or "Gestapo." The core question: Is ICE becoming an unaccountable, political "goon squad?" Calls for transparency & accountability are growing. #ICE #Trump

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I continue to be disturbed by the number of people unaware of what is happening in our country. Surprisingly, the Times does an excellent job summarizing it in this piece. Read and share widely. Discuss with friends. Don't remain complacent. #authoritarianism www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)

Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Thinking it can't happen? Read this piece, free. "Finally, without a real Justice Department, a president holding the reins of a corrupted institution can remain president permanently, free to manipulate election results, with no real threat of being dethroned." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

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Opinion | How Trump and Biden Dismantled the Justice Dept.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

His plan to go after the midterms is clear

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

"What separates democracy from authoritarianism, the rule of law from lawlessness and a decent society from an indecent one is not just the goal but the process. The govt can, and should, reduce illegal immigration, but do so in a way that upholds American ideals." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...

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Opinion | Being Latino in the United States Should Not Be a Crime

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Power consolidation continues: House is closed, SCOTUS enables Executive. The systemic crisis is not the Constitution, but political actors neutralizing checks. Autocratic creep stops only when the military or judiciary refuses an unconstitutional order, hitting a structural veto. #autocracy

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Kim Davis is entitled to freedom of speech, as are we all. However, her use of a public office to deliberately hurt people by robbing them of fundamental rights has nothing to do with freedom of speech. She is a symbol of the evil of American radical right-wing christianity.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The true historical parallel for #Project2025 is the Nazi's 1933 Civil Service Law. Both documents detail administrative takeover: Purging the government of non-partisans (Schedule F) to destroy independent oversight and concentrate absolute power. It’s a blueprint for legalistic backsliding.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Trump just may, in the end, remind Americans of the vital power of acting together in solidarity with one another. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...

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Opinion | There’s a Reason Trump Fears No Kings

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

You'll see, he's going to paint the White House gold. Mark my words.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

How can the U.S. claim the moral authority to pursue regime change in Venezuela for "undermining democracy" when our own democratic institutions are under sustained attack at home? It's the definition of hypocrisy. #Venezuela #USPolitics

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

When asked if the president had a comment on the demonstrations, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, gave a brief response in an email, “Who cares?” she said. As long as he has majorities in both houses and the Supreme Court, nothing will change. We need everyone to VOTE. #NoKings

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

While the Speaker's official reason is the government shutdown, the prevailing belief is that he is using his procedural power to block a politically inconvenient vote that Grijalva's swearing-in would trigger. We call this the Epstein maneuver. Johnson learned at the feet of Uncle Mitch.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

As my father said, the fish stinks from the head. "Vice President JD Vance had a different view and broke with Republicans who broadly condemned the comments within the chat." apple.news/ARKLphPu0RxK...

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‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies — POLITICO

POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

In essence, labeling a political movement a "terrorist organization" is a powerful step in the authoritarian playbook. It allows the executive to transform political dissent into a national security issue, thereby bypassing First Amendment protections...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away." Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups. In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king. nokings.org

USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Racism is a feature of MAGA. Never let anyone distance themselves from it and still support the movement. Inextricably connected. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

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Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

When will the Times and other media outlets start a daily section with the headline "Democracy Under Attack," since many actions and articles written about them fall under that title. Alt: Constitution Under Siege" or "Rule of Law Evaporates." Thoughts?

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Judge William G. Young: “I fear President Trump believes the American people are so divided that today they will not stand up, fight for, and defend our most precious constitutional values so long as they are lulled into thinking their own personal interests are not affected. Is he correct?" Is he?

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Seems like karma. "Stochastic terrorism is when public rhetoric and hostile language incite random acts of violence. The term describes how a public figure's speech can increase the statistical likelihood of a "lone wolf" attack, all while the speaker maintains plausible deniability."

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

America is losing credibility as a democracy, with Freedom House now ranking the United States less free than former dictatorships such as Argentina, Taiwan and the Czech Republic.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Checking in with the 90 million people who chose not to vote in 2024.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Sounds silly, but watch the Disney Movie, Wish. Lots of parallels. Also, hopeful.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

He's a tiresome, loathsome, dangerous buffoon.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

How on earth are they still reporting and commenting on Joe Biden? Really, people. Old news about an old man. Yada. Can we focus on today?

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Has anyone seen an article or a story about the "close to $100 million worth of food that could feed 3.5 million people rots in government warehouses?" Please forward if so.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

"There is no Trumpified conservative movement. There never was. There is only the conservative movement that was, we can see now, waiting for its Donald Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

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Opinion | They Were Waiting for Trump All Along

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

This isn't getting enough attention.

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Leonard Goldberg @leonardgoldberg.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Why are ICE agents covering their faces in Newark? People cheering this travesty are broken.

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