Well, lucky for you, I reside in Germany, where exactly this sort of fascist takeover happened, and which many people still remember firsthand. I just had a nice conversation with my doctoral adviser, who made the following very heartening point:

I sent his campaign money. The Democratic party crushed his campaign, deliberately painting him as unhinged and too liberal for “mainstream America.” They — and their allies in the press — were really pleased they got that insufferable bore John Kerry as their nominee.

There’s a report on HuffPo that a draft EO is floating around that would start deporting legal immigrants if they are receiving government assistance. Given that the orders last week floated around as drafts before being signed, I suspect this one will be as well.

let’s not forget what Richard “Punchyface” Spencer tweeted right after the attack:

“I’m not racist, but …”
“But it’s true! I knew some Jewish guys once, and they really cared about making money. And there are a lot of them in Hollywood!”
“I just don’t feel safe about it, so when I see some Black guy coming down the street, I cross to the other side. I’m just being careful.”

She’s been living here not even three months, and I’ve come into the kitchen to find half a serving of pasta in the trash — no sauce, scorched on one side, and the water-pot with burn marks all on the inside — at least three times.

ETA: seriously, how the fuck do you manage to burn fucking spaghetti?

My flatmate has been gushing about this film for a couple weeks. It’s one of the many things that convinces me I am making the right decision in kicking her out at the end of March.

This ↑. Guys, it’s super-easy to make a phone call, and it really makes a difference. I was happy to see both my Rep (Go Don Beyer!) and my Governor (… uh, go Terry McAuliffe, this is how you make things right after all that shady shit you did with the Clintons and in the last election cycle, I guess) down at Dulles…

jesus shit, that is terrifying. Is it too tin-foil-hatty, or not enough?

And yet, weirdly, it’s exactly the other way around: CBP agents are refusing court orders to release detainees in their custody. It’s almost as if large swaths of our federal security forces are lousy with jingoistic right-wing bigoted assholes who are all too willing to have a hand in bringing about a new fascist…

ABC News has a draft of a “Dissent memo” written by “scores” (that’s what HuffPo says, but I can’t find an actual number anywhere) of US Diplomats stationed overseas.

unfortunately I could only find the posting on Fucking Facebook, but:

There is also this, which I think is fitting for Ivanka as she is, I have to admit, very good at HAVING A NICE FACE.

You forgot the immediate pivot to “this is what happens after eight years of a (scare-quotes) *’President’* sowing racial divisiveness” and “you know, President [fuckthatguynotevengoingtowritehisname]’s policies are the most racially inclusive and tolerant of any administration’s” and “you know, this is just another…

is my favorite.

Go Don Beyer! He’s my Rep; I’m gonna call him Monday and encourage him to do some straight-up civil disobedience shit. These are the kind of heroes we need right now.

What odds would you be willing to offer that the present Congress wouldn’t declare the ban a success (regardless of facts on the ground), and vote to extend it indefinitely?

Also, it just occurred to me (for what it’s worth): this order also would essentially make it impossible for the US ever to host an Olympic games again, wouldn’t it?

So the judge orders the detainees released, the CBP agents at the airport refuse the order, the judge sends marshals, the administration denounces “rogue, activist judges undermining national security and giving a free pass to terrorism” and sends federal troops to maintain their detentions, one side starts shooting,…