Whelp, the L's just keep coming for all those folks shouting "the courts will save us from fascism," don't they? A recent analysis by a respected advocacy group says Trump could issue lifetime appointments for hundreds more pro-fascist judges over the next four years:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-judge-appointments-analysis

Trump could reshape judiciary with 300 judge appointments, analysis shows

"Demand Justice warns that Trump’s wave of judicial nominees would cement an extreme agenda through lifetime appointments of judges whose qualifications centre on their willingness to gut Medicaid, privatise social security, shred environmental protections, eliminate veterans’ benefits and demonstrate loyalty to the president.

Last week, for example, Trump lavished praise on Aileen Cannon, a judge in Florida who repeatedly ruled in his favour during a case in which he was accused of mishandling classified documents. “Actually, she was brilliant, she moved quickly,” he said in a highly unorthodox speech at the justice department. “She was the absolute model of what a judge should be, and she was strong and tough.”

I really don't have a lot to add here that isn't covered in the article, but I would like to assure you that I'm not mocking folks who've been waiting for the courts to ride in and save the day maliciously. If you're reading this, there's a pretty good chance we both already know Trump is a fascist, the MAGA/America First agenda is fascism, and these maggots have managed to stack a boatload of fascist judges throughout the judiciary branch; even the news that Trump stands poised to appoint more judges that will support his, again, fascist agenda probably doesn't come as a complete surprise to you. What I'm bitterly teasing you for is knowing all that, and still assuming a regime packed to the gills with literal nazis is going to give a flying fuck about what the referee says if those rulings go against them, and continuing to wait around hoping that at some point the nazis will start playing by the rules.

The reality is that these fascist maggots don't care about your petitions, your angry phone calls, or even the authority of the American judiciary. The media isn't going to stop them, the opposition party isn't going to stop them, and the courts aren't going to stop them either. Shouting "have you no decency" at nazis who literally do not have any decency or even a real capacity for shame, has not historically stopped fascism so I think we can safely assume that's not going to work here either.

If we want this fascist nightmare to end, we're going to have to literally shut this shit down, and that doesn't happen when you're playing by the rules and expecting fascists to follow suit. Letters to the editor, polite marches, and refusing to buy a Tesla isn't going to be enough; we're going to have to use our physical bodies to grind the gears of state and the larger fuck barrel to a halt, or none of this is going to stop and everything will get significantly worse. We need to make it impossible both to conduct fascist policy, and for the rich bastards behind all this to turn a profit while doing so. If you want a model for what that looks like, just study the anti-genocide protests on American college campuses, or the nationwide protests against racialized police violence after the execution of George Floyd; we need to do that, except bigger, more disruptive, and with a clearer eye towards not stopping until the society that gave these nazis the power to try this fascist bullshit works for the people, and not just rich nazis who'll gladly unleash Mussolini 2.0 on us all before they share power with those they consider mere commodities to be exploited - people like you and I.

I #identify as #poor

My #pronouns are:

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#Argentina: #GeneralStrike called against repression of protests, economic policies like wage suppression, and increased #IMF debt

https://en.mercopress.com/2025/03/14/argentina-s-cgt-announces-24-hour-general-strike

#India: "We are not your slaves" - IT employees clash with police, burn posters of founders of #Infosys and L&T over unpaid labor, 90 hour weeks, and 14 hour days

https://trak.in/stories/bengaluru-it-employees-burn-posters-of-infosys-founder-lt-chairman-over-long-working-hours-demand/

#Germany: #Ubisoft game devs seek to hold management accountable for #layoffs. "The bosses take the profits, but don’t care for the workers."

https://uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft-dusseldorf-layoffs-solidarity-verdi-uni-global-union/

#Argentina: "we will all be retirees" - retirees organize march against government over #pensions, joined by football fans and #unions. Government responds with tear gas and water jets

https://www.footboom1.com/en/news/football/2432437-retirees-march-with-fans-in-argentina-the-protest-uniting-football-supporters