Day 323 Agenda - Resistance Kitty

Welcome Back to Hell: Today’s Fascist Follies, Fresh From the Regime

Department of Injustice

DOJ Launches a Gun Rights Fan Club and Calls It Civil Rights

The Justice Department just created a brand-new “Second Amendment Rights Section,” elevating gun rights to top-tier civil-rights status. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon framed it as fixing decades of “discrimination” against gun owners, as if AR-15s have been the oppressed minority all along. This isn’t about safety or rights balance — it’s about building legal machinery to attack gun regulations, sue blue states, and treat any attempt at basic gun control like a constitutional hate crime.

Alina Habba Tries to Skip Senate Confirmation — Trips Over the Constitution Instead

Alina Habba, Trump’s hand-picked loyalist for U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, just resigned after a federal appeals court ruled her appointment illegal. Turns out you can’t cosplay a Senate-confirmed prosecutor just because the regime wants you there. Her 120-day interim window expired months ago, and instead of following the law, the administration tried to strong-arm a workaround — firing the court-appointed replacement and reinstalling her anyway. The judges weren’t having it. Habba is now out of the job and slinking into a vague “senior adviser” role at DOJ, which is MAGA-speak for ‘we still want her around, just not where the courts can see.’ Another crony appointment bites the dust — and this one leaves a mark.

Resistance Kitty says “If the DOJ adds one more MAGA loyalist, we’re going to need a constitutional hazmat team.”

The Resistance

Jasmine Crockett Enters the Chat — And Texas Politics Just Got Spicy

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is officially jumping into the U.S. Senate race, blowing up what was supposed to be a quiet Democratic primary. Her last-minute entry was dramatic enough that Colin Allred noped out and switched to a House run instead, clearing the lane for Crockett’s signature firebrand style. Expect big hair, bigger clapbacks, and a campaign that will keep GOP operatives punching air. Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat statewide in decades, but Crockett is betting that a changing electorate — especially Black, Latino, and suburban voters — is finally ready to flip the script. Whether she can pull it off remains to be seen, but one thing’s certain: the race just got a whole lot louder.

Lower Courts

Judge to Trump’s War on Wind: Sit Down, You’re Not a Scientist

A federal judge just smacked down Trump’s executive order blocking new wind energy projects, ruling it illegal and unsupported by the actual law. The administration tried to kneecap offshore and onshore wind under the usual fake cover of “security” and “reliability,” but the court basically said: you can’t just shout “America First” and cancel an entire industry. It’s a rare win for the climate and a reminder that courts can still tell the fossil-fuel regime no — at least sometimes.

Courtroom Chaos & Legal Jiu-Jitsu: Welcome to the New Normal

In “Monday in Court and Beyond,” Joyce Vance does what the rest of the media pretends to be doing — actually looks at the hearings, the filings, the judicial power plays, and lays it out without sugarcoating.

What the blurb spills — and why you should care:

The post walks us through a fresh round of cases and rulings at the highest levels — where judges aren’t just deciding statutes — they’re deciding how much power gets handed to courts, agencies, or the executive branch.
Vance warns that the entire “structure of government” is being tested: some litigants aren’t just challenging laws — they want to dismantle institutional safeguards Congress designed to protect us.
It’s not just legal minutiae. These decisions ripple outward. Everything from administrative rule-making, civil rights enforcement, to how political prosecutions are handled could shift — depending on which way the gavel falls.
Most importantly: this isn’t a future hypothetical. It’s happening now. And if we ignore it, the next “Supreme Court decision” may feel abstract — until its consequences hit your daily life. Vance argues: paying attention isn’t optional anymore. It’s survival.

Oligarchy

When Billionaires Buy the News — Welcome to MAGA-Land, Your Press Is Now Under New Management

Zeteo nails it: the U.S. media is being sold off to MAGA-aligned oligarchs faster than you can say “free press,” and now the Fourth Estate is getting a fascist makeover.

Here’s what’s going on — and why you should be furious:

A handful of ultra-rich MAGA-friendly tech moguls and media titans are snapping up legacy outlets, social platforms, and broadcast networks — from major newspapers to streaming platforms and social apps.
That means the “news” you get isn’t just biased — it’s corporate-engineered propaganda. Editorial shifts, news-staff shakeups, and curated algorithms are turning once-critical media into megaphones for authoritarian agenda.
Social-media pipelines and influencer networks tied to the far right are increasingly acting as auxiliary information channels for the regime. The boundary between official messaging and “independent” media is collapsing.
In short: the “free press” is being privatized and weaponized — not to inform the public, but to control it. And if you care about democracy, this takeover is as dangerous as any gerrymander or voter-suppression bill.

Foreign Policy Failures

America Ghosts Europe — ‘Sorry Babe, It’s Not You, It’s Geopolitics’

Charlotte en France lays out the uncomfortable truth: the U.S. is pulling a slow-motion breakup with Europe. Washington is pivoting its attention (and resources) toward the Middle East, Latin America, and the Indo-Pacific — leaving Europe to wonder when exactly it got demoted from “core ally” to “emotional support continent.” Under the Trump Doctrine, NATO isn’t a partnership anymore; it’s a subscription service, and Europe’s credit card keeps getting declined. The message is clear: America’s global strategy now treats Europe as expendable, outdated, and politically inconvenient — and that shift isn’t just rude, it’s dangerous. When the U.S. stops anchoring the democratic order, authoritarian vultures don’t hesitate. They circle.

USA’s Civic Score Just Dropped — But Don’t Worry, We Still Have TikTok News Anchors

This morning, the United States got slapped with an official downgrade in its civic-freedom rating — a bureaucratic pink slip for a democracy that’s been limping for years. According to Aaron Parnas’s newsletter, this “major development” should raise alarm bells for anyone who still thinks civil liberties are guaranteed in this clown show of a republic.

What that means (in case you missed Chapel Hill Civics 101):

The downgrade reflects growing evidence that elections are getting less fair, checks-and-balances are eroding, or civil liberties are being trodden on — not “somewhere else,” but right here at home.
This isn’t just a talking point for pundits — a formal, external civic-rating body is sending a signal: America’s rule-of-law and democratic norms are slipping.
Yet the media circus carries on: trending dance videos, flashy “breaking news” alerts, and quick-hit takes on TikTok and Substack. Meanwhile, real democracy heads toward turkey.

Bottom line: A downgrade of that magnitude isn’t a “blip.” It’s a warning flasher — and if you don’t wake up now, you might just sleep through your own disenfranchisement.

America’s Gestapo

Kristi Noem’s Homeland Security Seat: 5–4 and She’s Out the Door

According to the latest dispatch, Kristi Noem’s time as Homeland Security boss may be ending — maybe because she chewed through so much of her credibility it couldn’t be glued back together.

Here’s what the blurb says we should really care about:

Bottom line: Noem may be on her way out — not because she failed quietly, but because she failed with noise. And in a regime built on chaos and fear, failure with messy optics is the fastest route to the chopping block. Her enforcement record has allegedly cratered — failed promises, courtroom losses, and a border-crackdown playbook that even hardliners are calling sloppy.

That “scandalous partner” rumor? It’s the kind that doesn’t just rock the boat — it blows the hull off. For someone riding the MAGA bulldozer, that kind of shake-up means they might not survive the next wave.

Self-Deportation — Or Deportation for Trying to Leave?

Turns out the government’s “just leave peacefully” trick wasn’t enough. Under Donald Trump’s new “self-deportation” push, immigrants were told to log into an app, claim they wanted to leave, get a free plane ticket (and maybe a $1,000 bonus), and exit the U.S. on their own terms. Nice theory.

What’s really going on:

The administration rolled out CBP Home (formerly CBP One) to facilitate voluntary departures as part of a broader campaign to hit deportation-numbers without ramping up raids.
But now, the same immigrants who tried to self-deport are being snared at the border — under a plan called Operation Irish Goodbye. Anyone flagged crossing back via land, bus or other “ports of exit” risks being arrested and processed anyway.
What was pitched as “leave freely, hassle-free” has turned into another trap: a push for public numbers and deportation metrics, using human beings as desperate numbers on a spreadsheet.

Epstein Trump Pedo”files”

10 days until the release of the Epstein Files

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Cheeto Von Schitzenpants

Trump Breaks the Economy, Then Buys Votes With a Bailout

Trump is prepping a $12 billion bailout for U.S. farmers — the same farmers crushed by his own performative trade war. Now he’s calling it “support,” but it’s really taxpayer-funded crisis management for a disaster he created. This isn’t policy; it’s arsonist-firefighter politics.

Trump is pardoning drug dealers like the White House has a drive-thru

The latest by Lucian Truscott rips off the mask: under Donald J. Trump’s second presidency, pardons are being handed out like participation trophies — including to major drug-dealers and traffickers.

The article calls bullshit on the “justice reform” spin. These aren’t harmless weed cases or long-overdue sentences — these are serious drug convictions, often tied to violent networks or mass-trafficking operations. And yet the White House waved the freedom flag anyway, glossing over victims, community harm, and the cascade of consequences that follow when high-level traffickers walk free.

The message: in the new pardon economy, justice isn’t about accountability — it’s about power, political loyalty, and who has the right connections. The victims of these crimes? Not part of the deal.

The Donald Trump Doctrine — Welcome to the Apocalypse, Version 2.0

The piece doesn’t beat around the bush — it calls out the “Trump Doctrine” as a deeply terrifying world-view that’s dangerously reshaping U.S. foreign policy, global order, and what passes for “democracy.”

Here’s what Resistance Kitty sees — and what readers should be howling about:

It’s not chaos. It’s a strategy. What many dismiss as erratic bluster is actually coherent — a doctrine rooted in cold transactionalism, where power, profit, and domination replace democracy or moral claims.
Allies become checkbooks and bargaining chips. Under this worldview, alliances aren’t about shared values or mutual defense — they’re business deals. Cooperation is only as valuable as what it yields.
Democracy abroad — and at home — gets trampled. As the doctrine normalizes dominance, back-channel deals and power grabs become standard operating procedure. The erosion of democratic norms abroad reflects what’s happening domestically: consolidation of executive power, democratic back-sliding, and sidelining accountability.
For America — and the world — this isn’t a reset. It’s a warning. If global order pivots to raw brute-force realpolitik, then what we knew about treaties, justice, international norms — hell, what we knew about decency — becomes optional. And once that door opens, bad actors don’t politely knock for entry.

Florida Man

DeSantis Makes Up His Own Terror List, Because Reality Wasn’t Extreme Enough

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis woke up today and decided the state needed its own personal terror watchlist — so he slapped the “foreign terrorist organization” label on the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR, a major U.S. Muslim civil-rights group. That’s right: CAIR, the organization that sues bigots and defends constitutional rights, is now apparently the boogeyman according to Florida Man-in-Chief. Never mind that the federal government does not designate either group as a terrorist organization. Details are for people who read laws instead of using them as cosplay.

This move isn’t about security. It’s red-meat authoritarianism — a chance to smear Muslim Americans, flex executive power, and distract from Florida being on fire, underwater, or furious at him on any given day. CAIR is preparing to sue, because someone has to remind the governor that you can’t just criminalize civil-rights groups because Tucker Carlson liked your last segment.

Gerrymander Gate

Indiana GOP Pulls Out the Crayons to Redraw Democracy—Again

The Indiana Senate is back in session with its favorite extracurricular activity: creative map-making that just so happens to keep Republicans in power forever. This “redistricting legislation” isn’t about fairness, transparency, or voter representation—it’s about locking down seats like they’re hoarding limited-edition Beanie Babies. Expect the usual cosplay of “neutral adjustments,” followed by maps so distorted they could double as abstract art. And once again, Indiana voters get told to sit politely in the corner while politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Democracy? She’s not even getting dinner first.

Congress and Senate

Trade Rep Claims the Economy Is ‘Fine’ While Everyone Screams into a Paper Bag

U.S. Trade Representative Greer showed up to Congress with the same script every administration official seems to be reading off this week: “The economy is strong, actually!” Never mind the skyrocketing prices, collapsing supply chains, and farmers getting hammered by Trump’s cosplay trade wars. Greer dutifully painted a rosy picture, insisting tariffs are part of a “strategic realignment” — which is a fun way to say “we lit our own house on fire and are now complimenting the flames for being warm.” Lawmakers asked tough questions, but the testimony stuck to the line: everything’s great, don’t worry, pay no attention to the smoldering economy behind the curtain.

GOP Heroes Gather to Pretend They Care About Kids Online (Again)

Ah yes, another Capitol Hill panel on “child online safety,” where former prosecutors and tech-industry folks solemnly warn about digital dangers while somehow never mentioning the actual threats kids face — like extremist propaganda, algorithm-driven radicalization, predatory tech platforms, or politicians defunding every agency tasked with keeping children safe. The discussion hits all the usual notes: fear, outrage, and absolutely zero accountability for the companies (and lawmakers) who engineered the problem. Meanwhile, the same Republicans screaming about online safety are busy gutting privacy protections and targeting LGBTQ+ youth. Because nothing says “protect the children” like attacking the ones who are already vulnerable.

Supreme Court of Gilead

Republicans are back at the Supreme Court begging the justices to let billionaires shovel even more money into elections

Because apparently buying Congress in bulk wasn’t enough. This new challenge aims to kneecap what’s left of campaign finance limits, opening the door for unlimited dark-money sugar daddies to fully adopt their pet politicians. If the Court sides with them, kiss what’s left of democratic guardrails goodbye and say hello to the Oligarchy Bowl, sponsored by whoever writes the biggest check.

What We Are Watching Today

Today’s Call to Action — Claws Out, Democracy In

1. Tell Congress: Stop the Supreme Court’s Dark-Money Power Grab

The Supreme Court is openly flirting with blowing up what’s left of campaign-finance limits. We can’t let billionaires buy the Senate like it’s Black Friday.
Action: Send a rapid-fire message to your reps demanding they support legislation protecting coordinated-spending caps.
Use the one-click form at Common Cause.

2. Support CAIR as DeSantis Tries to Criminalize Civil Rights

Florida just labeled CAIR a “foreign terrorist organization” — even though the federal government hasn’t. This is targeted political repression.
Action: Chip in $5 to help them fight back in court.
Donate at CAIR Legal Defense Fund.

3. Stop DHS From Turning “Self-Deportation” Into Entrapment

Operation Irish Goodbye is under investigation for detaining immigrants trying to leave legally.
Action: Demand DOJ expand civil-rights oversight of DHS.
Use the complaint portal at ACLUnationwide.

4. Protect Universities From Political Retaliation

A federal judge just blocked Trump’s campus-extremism EO — but the administration is appealing.
Action: Call your state reps and demand they safeguard public-university funding from partisan weaponization.
Script and numbers at United for Democracy.

5. Stop the MAGA Media Takeover Before It Becomes State TV

Right-wing billionaires — some with foreign ties — are snapping up media outlets to flood the ecosystem with propaganda.
Action: Subscribe to at least one independent newsroom today.
Start with Zeteo or Popular Information.

7. Urgent: Keep Supporting Ukraine

Aid is stalled because Trump’s advisors are fighting like feral raccoons in a dumpster.
Action: Call your senators and demand they support a clean Ukraine funding bill.
Find contacts at Senate.gov.

8. Block Unlawful DOJ Appointments

Alina Habba’s illegal appointment was only the tip of the iceberg — GAO says dozens of acting officials violate federal law.
Action: Ask your reps to open a hearing on unlawful appointments.
One-click tool at GovTrack.

9. Keep Eyes on Right-Wing Militia Chatter

The Secret Service is warning about rising militia activity ahead of January.
Action: Join a local defense/monitoring network.
Start with Neighborhood Forward.

10. Boycott of the Day: MyPillow

Mike Lindell continues funding election lies, MAGA organizing, and extremist propaganda.
Action: Skip his products entirely and remind friends why.
Replacement list at SleepFoundation.