Daniel Fridman

Former Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General at the US DOJ - Bush Administration. Founder of Fridman Fels & Soto, PLLC. Cuban descent. Harvard Law.

[Daniel Fridman @dsfridman]

As a former DOJ official in the Bush administration, I am proud to add my name to this group of Republican administration alumni putting country over party to support VP Harris & Gov. Walz! ⁦@RepsForHarris⁩ ⁦@OliviaTroye⁩ ⁦@AdamKinzinger⁩ https://t.co/CPDZrTDxbj

[Daniel Fridman @dsfridman]

This is the report from the OIG.

https://t.co/s8SCNL1U4w

[Daniel Fridman @dsfridman]

I was one of the members of that Honors Program committee 20 years ago @smmarotta. I was 29 & a career prosecutor detailed to the DAGs office. I pushed back on it and tried to stop it. I imagine any pretense of apolitical hiring of career prosecutors was abandoned by this DOJ.

[Preet Bharara @PreetBharara]

I remember too

[Preet Bharara @PreetBharara]

I remember too

[Nick Schifrin @nickschifrin]

NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:

Dear Ambassador:

President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]

“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”

[Daniel Fridman @dsfridman]

@zittrain Reminds me of the South Park episode that triggered everyone’s Alexa. I still have Cartman’s shopping list on mine 8 years later.

https://t.co/9OWx4Ftrt7

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

“Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America,” writes @AdrienneLaF. If you wait to speak out against autocrats, you have already lost: https://t.co/BvHdjx2lu0

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Tanking a 10 year gaining economy in only 6 weeks has to be a record for any President

[Olivia of Troye @OliviaTroye]

🚨Authoritarianism thrives on fear & silence—but history proves that resistance is powerful. The fight for democracy is won by those who refuse to comply with the Lie. My latest on how we counter Trump’s authoritarian push—one act of defiance at a time. https://t.co/h6LEbo6H9X

[Miami Herald @MiamiHerald]

FBI agents risk their lives for us. They deserve fair treatment, not political purging | Opinion https://t.co/TplPHZcxbc

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

America could wake up on Wednesday with all three branches of our government — the — Executive, Legislative, and Judicial — Trumpist.

With this clip, take five minutes to ponder Germany’s memorials and the price that nation paid for being bamboozled by a bombastic autocrat. Listen to the heartfelt message of my German tour guides, for whom these memorials are like ghosts of mistakes made and evils allowed… ghosts that haunt their society still. These are the same guides who clink glasses in the beer halls and yodel from the hilltops with our American tour members. They admire America. They love America. And they are worried for America.

If we vote for fascism, it’ll likely be won by one or two percent (or even less)…and perhaps just a few stadiums of people will tip the balance. And history has taught my European friends that the cost of a course correction is infinitely more heartbreaking after a wannabe dictator wins an election than before. We are all participants, we are all responsible, and we will all bear the consequences of our collective choice.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump: "A whistleblower released the information on the 18 on the 800,000 cobs plus."

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

How do fascists derail democracy? If you study history (or read Project 2025), it’s almost like there’s a recipe book: goose the economy, abolish unions, privatize what’s public, win the support of tycoons. But at what cost? Mesmerize your base so they don’t care. Blind them with your fear-mongering, lies, and promises. Fascism needs a bold leader…the only one who can fix things…a dictator who has the vision and expects others to follow (including women…whether they like it or not).

I believe that history is indeed speaking to us — and those who refuse to learn from it are doomed to repeat it. To learn how fascism hijacked Germany a century ago, just watch this five-minute clip. If you care about our democracy and love our country, it’s hard to stop watching.

This is an excerpt from my hourlong public television special “The Story of Fascism in Europe,” which is streaming free (and ad-free) at https://t.co/YA10kVH0V8. When I produced it back in 2018, I hoped this day would never come in our country. But November 5th is upon us.

Please share this with anyone in your life who might need a reminder that the stakes are high…and this is very real.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

CAVUTO: She called him a fascist

BUTTIGIEG: She said that she did not disagree with his chief of staff who said that

CAVUTO: Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?

BUTTIGIEG: I don't think General Kelly is wrong.

[Juan-Carlos “JC” Planas @jcp717]

Campaigning as a family today in all ends of the county.

[Mike Madrid @madrid_mike]

The Selzer poll was a big bolt of lightning and thunder in a race defined by very little movement in polling numbers.

This is great news for Harris -no other way to spin it. Great for the narrative, momentum & even if the numbers aren’t perfectly accurate they show big movement

[Brahm Resnik @brahmresnik]

BREAKING Arizona attorney general investigating Trump's comments on Cheney | https://t.co/PbKJtUBGG2 https://t.co/bz9HCLGMdG

[Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP]

Trump’s former Sec. Def. Mark Esper: “[Trump] was suggesting that...we should bring in the troops and shoot the protesters.”

Q: “The commander-in-chief was suggesting that the U.S. military shoot protesters?”

Esper: “Yes, in the streets of our nation’s capital.”
(May 2022)

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Hybrid American/Trump flags are a bad sign that the state has merged with the Leader in the minds of people. And the message in Trump television ads is one of a more refined fascism, which is what I discuss here.

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

To all my Republican friends. Donald Trump is talking in public about executing a political opponent, a former Member of Congress and daughter of the man you all supported for Vice President.

This will be your legacy. To all my former clients I helped elect, your support for Trump will be what you are remembered for. You think all those bills you voted for will matter. No one will remember. It's like segregation. All the segregationist Southern Senators had long careers. They are only remembered as segregationists. it's what your grandkids and their children will read about you in their history books. It will be who you are.

As it should be.

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

Apparently, the Sanitation Dept. is now open to hiring applicants with 34 felony convictions.

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