Joshua Failé
(he/him)
Neurodivergent Social Democrat in Maine working to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive society.
Economist by training, Spanish-English-American by birth, and antifascist by moral imperative.
We must act now before it is too late.
- I’m struggling mentally for various reasons and will be less active for awhile to hopefully re-centre, refocus, and renew my energy for the fight ahead. A reminder that resistance—especially against fascism—is a marathon, not a sprint. Take care of yourself so that you may take care of others.
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- There are so many demonstrable lies and inaccuracies in this two minute response that it would take pages and pages of column inches to refute them. And Mike Johnson and Trump regime surrogates know that. This is a deliberate strategy, as they know their lies can’t be debunked fast enough.
- The Trump regime is having its Gestapo disappear (and execute) US citizens exercising their constitutional right to observe and document federal operations, at gunpoint, no less. There has been no deescalation, they have in fact escalated their terrorism and brutality. This must stop now.
- The Trump regime hasn’t deescalated its national campaign of terrorism anywhere. In fact, they are seemingly intensifying it, along with threats that the campaign will continue until Democratic states and citizens bend the knee to the regime, including by handing over control of federal elections.
- ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
- BREAKING: Alex Pretti summary execution case assigned to federal judge that has just reentered society after 10 years in doomsday bunker.
- JUST IN: Judge Tostrud lifts restraining order against Trump administraiton, concluding they're unlikely to destroy or alter evidence related to the Pretti shooting -- though he says the record is "not one-sided." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- So the regime is now explicitly saying it is intentionally creating a “problem” (which is, of course, a euphemism for government-directed terrorism waged against its own citizens) and will only “fix” it when the governor, the mayor, and all of the state’s citizens bend the knee. That is tyranny.
- Reposted by Joshua FailéHere we go….
- Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
- Reposted by Joshua FailéNo whistleblower complaint is too sensitive, too classified for the leaders of Congress’s intelligence committees. Such a thing is not possible. And with Tulsi Gabbard’s years of public Putin sympathy, logical reasons get very dark. This is a cover up. But isn’t Putin sympathy why she got the job?
- There’s a highly classified whistleblower complaint about Tulsi Gabbard that’s been held up and not sent to Congress for 8(!) months And a former aide to Gabbard runs her agency’s watchdog office & she got rid of the top attorney in that watchdog office www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
- An executive order signing event was prematurely and frantically ended after it seems… [listens intently to the audio for the fifth time] …Trump shat his pants. Those in attendance seemed to notice and become very uncomfortable, with some attempting not to laugh whilst covering their noses.
- The comments on this video are all over it lmao. It happens at 0:33 seconds, you can hear it, the woman in green immediately notices, and they end this event in an EMERGENCY. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
- Kevin Hassett is right: the Trump regime is systematically abdicating the US from its leadership role in world diplomatic and economic affairs, by dissolving its longstanding alliances, destroying the American and international economies, and undermining its democracy and others across the globe.
- Reposted by Joshua Failé5 year old Liam is home, according to @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social!
- The “very good” charities that will receive the “substantial amount” from the settlement Trump will work out with himself? - Trump Family Philanthropic Fund - Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Anti-Child Sex Trafficking Foundation - Board of Peace All of the “charities” will be conviently based in Qatar.
- “He punched, kicked, bashed, pepper-sprayed, and tasered himself, before finally sprinting, head first, into a wall.” — Official apprehension report by an American Gestapo agent, probably
- “.. It was laughable, if there was something to laugh about,” said one of the nurses .. “There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/immi...
- #MEpolitics: I sat with one of Collins’ congressional liaisons in her Bangor office in June 2025 and explained, with data, that the BBB—if passed by the Senate as drafted/passed by the House a month earlier—would lead to significant job losses and economic damage across Maine. Collins didn’t care.
- A large contingent of judges continue to fail the American people by abdicating their role in enforcing the law and the constitution. And these craven rulings that are designed to avoid venturing “into a uniquely controversial political question” (Menendez’s words) are only emboldening the regime.
- BREAKING: Judge Katherine Menendez denies Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul’s request for a TRO or preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge on Tenth Amendment grounds. Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/challengin...
- Trump regime’s paramilitary have no authority to arrest observers—the “impeding investigation” justification is unconstitutional, as supported by numerous SCOTUS rulings, including more recent decisions. But the regime have long since decided they are the law, not the courts or the Constitution.
- "MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- REMINDER: Donald Trump is a paedophile, child rapist, and child sex trafficker, as are many members of his regime and a large number of the regime’s technofascist kleptoligarch backers. And a slim majority in Congress are currently protecting all of them. We must hold all of them to account.
- I don’t think Jonathan is talking about Janet Mills, but this could apply—in a roundabout way—to her now that she has entered the Senate race. I wouldn’t call her a “conservative Democrat”, but I think it’s fair to call her a corporate centrist who is being pushed left by her primary challengers.
- Reposted by Joshua FailéPortland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...
- Sydney Sweeney isn’t going to beat the “MAGA Barbie” rap by refusing to clarify her beliefs or by saying “I’m not a political person. I’m in the arts. I’m not here to speak on politics.” Art is inherently political. As is existence. I think it has become obvious what her political beliefs are.
- Is there a better signal of far-right ideology—especially technofascist kleptoligarchism—than the phrase “overly-empathising element”? They’ve convinced themselves that the inherent problem with progressivism is that its adherents attempt to understand and relate to other people and their plight.
- Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
- #MEpolitics: The significant economic disruption—and lasting damage—that comes from even the threat of the Trump regime deploying its unconstitutional masked paramilitary force to brutalise communities across the US is very much intentional. It is one of many fascist tactics to repress opposition.
- Again, it is always projection with Trump. He cannot conceive a world in which everyone does not behave just like him. So, he is not so much lying here, as he is just stating his genuine belief that everyone is as corrupt, untrustworthy, and criminal as he is, all the time, in everything they do.
- According to the Trump regime, the photo on the left represents a peaceful protest, whilst the photo on right shows a violent, seditious riot. The regime pardoned those that participated in the action on the left, but are aggressively prosecuting those that participated in the action on the right.
- The Trump regime continually and openly uses White Nationalist and Nazi rhetoric, symbolism, and dog whistles. It has repeatedly employed imagery associated with chattel slavery and confederate propaganda when referring to non-white people. When will half the nation wake up to this insanity.
- #MEpolitics: Rep. Deqa Dhalac, D-South Portland, was the originator and primary driver of LD 1971, the bill that restricts Maine state law enforcement coordination with federal immigration operations, among other vital progressive legislation. All she has ever done is serve her constituents.
- If we do not oust the Trump regime, it will aid its far-right backers to successfully go after gay marriage, then they will attempt to make being anything other heterosexual illegal. They will also attempt to make Evangelical Christianity the official state religion. We must redouble our efforts.
- Again, when Rand Paul becomes the voice of reason you know things have become very, very dark in America.
- #MEpolitics: There is nothing “normal” about ICE or its operations. Given both the regime’s and Collin’s track record when it comes to making/believing claims that turn out to be lies, I wouldn’t put much weight in this supposed “de-escalation” changing anything. Stay alert and ready to respond.
- Reposted by Joshua FailéIlhan Omar: “In the 4 years when Biden was president, my death threats went to almost zero — now they are back up — so there is a clear correlation between his presidency & the political violence that we see & the political danger that a lot of members of Congress & electeds feel across the country”
- Reposted by Joshua FailéOssoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
- Reposted by Joshua FailéMAINE MUST PASS LD 2106! No Maine parent should be afraid to send their child to school or take them to the doctor. LD 2106 ensures that ICE cannot enter Maine’s schools, daycares, healthcare facilities, or libraries without a valid judicial warrant. Learn more & take action now! 1/ #MEpolitics
- Reposted by Joshua FailéNEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
- Reposted by Joshua FailéOne year into Trump’s second term, some journalists have been “surprised” by the administration’s organized agenda. But Project 2025 was publicly available. Advocacy groups read it and warned us. The press read it and… 🤷♀️ www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-li...
- Reposted by Joshua FailéA retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
- Trump Regime, 2025: We have always been at war with Venezuela. Trump Regime, 2026: We have never been at war with Venezuela.
- You know things have become absolutely dire in the United States when Rand Paul is the voice of reason in a congressional hearing.
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- With Trump it’s almost always projection. With this new dangerous accusation against Rep. Ilhan Omar—one of many he has spit at her, inciting his followers to make death threats and now assault her—ask yourself what he may be projecting by claiming a public official “faked an attack” on themselves.
- It is my sincere belief that the horrific summary executions of Renee Good and Alex Pretti—and the brutalisation of countless others by the regime’s Gestapo—is only serving to inspire compassion and solidarity in more and more people, ever strengthening our opposition movement. We will prevail.
- #MEpolitics: For those that were not able to watch Gov Mills’ State of the State address, you can view it here. As I said in my quoted post, to me it seemed to be more geared toward strengthening her brand as a candidate for national office than speaking to the current challenges in Maine.
- #MEpolitics: My personal take about the Maine State of the State: It read more as a campaign speech than a state address. There were some pertinent elements for Mainers, but it seemed largely focus group tested language geared toward strengthening her brand as a candidate for national office.
- Rep. Ilhan Omar is one of the few truly brave and indomitable members of the current Congress. She is also the first Somali-American and one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress. And that is exactly why the Trump regime and its violent, delusional supporters are constantly attacking her.
- #MEpolitics: My personal take about the Maine State of the State: It read more as a campaign speech than a state address. There were some pertinent elements for Mainers, but it seemed largely focus group tested language geared toward strengthening her brand as a candidate for national office.
- 80% of the time, Trump is lying every time.
- I await the cacophony of screams from the far-right hysterically claiming Trump is coming for their guns, as they did when Obama and Biden were president. I have a feeling I am going to be waiting a long, long time.
- Reposted by Joshua FailéIan Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
- Reposted by Joshua FailéThe White House and a lot of Republican members are saying that during a shutdown, FEMA’s disaster relief would stop, but that isn’t true. As of the end of December, FEMA’s disaster relief fund had $23 billion in funds that are usable during a shutdown. And here’s DHS’s shutdown plan.
- Many of us have said that one of the requisites for joining the higher echelons of the Trump regime is that you steadfastly hold a White Nationalist, Christofascist, and/or Technofascist world view. And now leaked communications from the WH, DHS, DOL, and other agencies prove that to be accurate.
- Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
- In Normal Times™ the highly suspicious timing of this stock sell by a member of the health committee would be a major scandal prompting an investigation of Hern for possible felony insider trading and/or market manipulation. In the Dark Times™ under the Trump regime, this is just another Tuesday.
- The Gestapo summarily executes Renee Good… “We aren’t investigating that.” - Patel The Gestapo summarily executes Alex Pretti… “We aren’t investigating that.” - Patel Minnesotans organise to lawfully observe/document the Gestapo brutalising their community… “We’re investigating that.” - Patel
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- These are the continued actions of a lawless paramilitary force using both targeted and random acts of violence to sow chaos and fear in communities at the direction of the Trump regime. This is why we call them the Gestapo. This is why ICE must be abolished and its agents arrested and prosecuted.
