fosstodon.org is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Fosstodon is an invite only Mastodon instance that is open to those who are interested in technology; particularly free & open source software. If you wish to join, contact us for an invite.

Administered by:

Server stats:

9.8K
active users

#unamerican

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

"For her part, Ms. Petrova is seeing the United States from a new and unsettling vantage point. “I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said, in an interview over a video link. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”"

#GiftArticle #USPolitics #UnAmerican

nytimes.com/2025/04/11/science

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist, in 2021. She has been in a Louisiana prison since Feb. 16.
The New York Times · She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed HerBy Ellen Barry

"Pres. Donald Trump is trying to intimidate his critics into silence. And, sadly, it is working ... The administration violates the Constitution by moving to eliminate federal agencies, refusing to spend money appropriated by statute, trying to end birthright citizenship, cutting funds for universities, deporting people without due process and punishing law firms for the sake of retribution":
washingtonpost.com/opinions/20
#politics #UnAmerican #danger

The Washington Post · Trump is targeting law firms and academia. Why don’t they speak up?By Erwin Chemerinsky

A couple of idle thoughts on America’s current … *gestures wildly*

While the terms *un-Canadian*, *un-British* and even *un-Chinese* do appear on the internet (doesn’t just about anything?!), are any of them weaponised to the extent of *un-American*?

The term *un-American* is clearly not tethered to any particular ethic (referring instead to geographical and contingently political entities).

Does that not make its frequent use by critics of the current regime feel decidedly weak, given that the regime’s actions, however repugnant, are American by definition?

(There are also parallels here, I think, with the use of the term *un-Christian* to describe actions Christians don’t like, even when they are done by other Christians.)

Here's our response to the arrest and detention of #MahmoudKhalil:

This is unconstitutional, illegal, and undeniably #UnAmerican.

They want us to react violently—but we refuse. This wasn't just an arrest; it was a message. We hear you, Trump. But hear us now.

We will not be silenced. We'll continue to #resist through #peaceful #protest.

The Trump regime is not America. #WeAreAmerica.

✊ Join us. Stand up. Fight back.

#50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance

tinyurl.com/bdzxm6du

tinyurl.comThis isn’t just about Mahmoud Khalil. It’s about all of us.An attack on one is an attack on all

#Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to #Trump and his sweeping agenda

by BILL BARROW, CHARLOTTE KRAMON and NADIA LATHAN
March 4, 2025

ATLANTA (AP) — "As Donald Trump prepared Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, #protest groups gathered at parks, statehouses and other public grounds across the country to assail his presidency as #dangerous and #UnAmerican.

"The rallies and marches — set in motion by the fledgling #50501Movement, a volunteer-driven group organized in the weeks after Trump’s inauguration — mark the latest attempt at national resistance to the hardened support of Trump’s '#MakeAmericaGreatAgain' base and the success it has had in reshaping the Republican Party in the president’s populist image.

"Yet some early scenes Tuesday vividly demonstrated the difficulty Democrats, progressives and everyday citizens face in marshaling a tangible response to Trump and the swift, sweeping actions of his second administration. Protesters have so many things to push back against — from tariffs to Trump’s reset on the war in Ukraine to the aggressive and sometimes legally dubious actions of the Department of Government Efficiency and its leader, billionaire #Elon Musk, that it’s hard to know what to focus on." [THIS IS INTENTIONAL! #DivideAndConquer!]

apnews.com/article/donald-trum
#Resist #ResistFascism #Project2025 #Protests #ResistDOGE #BadDOGE #ChristoFascists #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol