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TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>I expected a lot of fascist things from the Trump admin, but systematically removing his late night TV critics was not one of them.</p><p>Just watch to see the sychophants who replace them.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pariahnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pariahnation</span></a> </p><p>ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/business/media/abc-jimmy-kimmel.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/09/17/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/abc-jimmy-kimmel.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wdlindsy</span></a></span> </p><p>Wait a minute, who could have foreseen that "America First" would piss off overseas customers?</p><p>/s</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>👀</p><p>Summary of rightwing violence in America</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p><p>Edit: Source is <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@MeidasTouch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MeidasTouch</span></a></span></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>The recipe for political violence:</p><p>One part "our enemies are vicious, evil and savvy who destroy our &lt;whatever&gt;"</p><p>One part "be strong, fight like hell, you need guns to defend your freedom"</p><p>Shake well with economic insecurity.</p><p>Serves from individual to millions</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Above from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>guardian</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>This is how Trump and MAGA are treating the parents of US citizens.</p><p>How soon until they do this to citizens?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a> </p><p>(Yes, I know a small number of citizens have already been harassed by ICE. I mean large scale)</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/12/ice-detention-alexandria-staging-facility?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int</span><span class="invisible">eractive/2025/sep/12/ice-detention-alexandria-staging-facility?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>As predictable as the sun rise, Republicans abandon their defense of the Senate filibuster and change the rules for their benefit. Expect unfit partisan appointments, like RFK Jr, in bulk now.</p><p>*This* is why it is essential that Dems win back control of the House.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p><p>Breaking Precedent, G.O.P. Changes Rules on Nominees <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/politics/senate-republicans-change-rules-nominees.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/senate-republicans-change-rules-nominees.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/lordbusinessman.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lordbusinessman.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>🎯</p><p>It is past time to adopt the GOP negotiating playbook.</p><p>Dems should refuse to cooperate without massive compromises by the GOP. The GOP is the majority, they need to govern on their own - or yield power.</p><p>Dems do NOT need to save the country from the GOP's own problems.</p><p>Alternately, 5-10 Republicans can join the Dems to pass a Dem bill.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemsGovernRepsPlunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemsGovernRepsPlunder</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Poland invaded by a "huge number" of Russian drones just weeks after Putin and Trump met about a "peace" plan.</p><p>Seems relevant that candidate Trump publicly said Putin could do "whatever the hell he wanted" to NATO countries Trump was unhappy with.</p><p>So, which Trump met with Putin in Alaska - the Nobel prize seeker or the "whatever" guy?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorruptSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptSCOTUS</span></a> will fail us again - because their self-appointed mission is to end democracy and install an autocracy</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Why is this NOT a big story?</p><p>US gives us on chasing tax dodgers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pariahnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pariahnation</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanOligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanOligarchy</span></a></p><p>Trump Administration Halts I.R.S. Crackdown on Major Tax Shelters <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/business/trump-irs-tax-shelters.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/09/09/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/trump-irs-tax-shelters.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wdlindsy</span></a></span> </p><p>Mass protests won't be enough - oligarchs trust the military and judiciary will break them.</p><p>Mass mobilization requires rolling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneralStrikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralStrikes</span></a> . Oligarchs need the workers - and the military/judiciary won't help there.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@yacc143" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yacc143</span></a></span> </p><p>Good point</p><p>Sane investors are recognising the corrupt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pariahstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pariahstate</span></a> America has rapidly become. </p><p>Sure, some connected people are happy to play that game. But most will avoid it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> completely misses the story here.</p><p>The raid on a South Korea battery plant in red state, Georgia, isn't about "competing interests".</p><p>It is 100% about corruption. It doesn't matter how much a business tries to appease the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanClownEmperor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanClownEmperor</span></a>. There's always another bribe to be paid. That's the meaning and the message of this raid - and they missed it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pariahnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pariahnation</span></a></p><p>Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/immigration-raid-georgia.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/immi</span><span class="invisible">gration-raid-georgia.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>Best line from the story 👆:<br>"What is different now is the degree of disdain Mr. Trump has shown for Congress — and&nbsp;the willingness of G.O.P. leaders to defer to him&nbsp;even when it means undercutting their coequal branch of government."</p><p>Stunning statement about the man who swore to uphold the constitution and faithfully execute the laws.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisisAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisisAmericaNow</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanClownEmperor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanClownEmperor</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@demsmight/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>demsmight</span></a></span> </p><p>Chinese Tank Man</p><p>...America Edition</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>We're going to see a LOT more judges as openly biased as Cannon</p><p>It's the path to advancement </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p>So the guy who seems so desperate for the Nobel Peace Prize is renaming his military the Department of War?</p><p>Um, sure</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanClownEmperor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanClownEmperor</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pariahnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pariahnation</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>Agreed</p><p>But the coup already happened. What we are seeing is the consolidation of power and crushing of any source of opposition.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a></p>
TC Won't Give In To Lies<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/davidaugust.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidaugust.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>America's allies need to realize that they aren't any more. Sorry, but that's the reality of it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisIsAmericaNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmericaNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pariahnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pariahnation</span></a></p>