George Takei

George Takei

They held him like this for 100 days.

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George Takei

GOP hypocrisy? I'm shocked.

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George Takei

Time to go home, Bill.

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George Takei

They are in fact using fear of diversity to achieve dictatorship.

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George Takei

It sure doesn’t look like prices are low, Donald. Maybe leave the Fed alone and stop announcing new tariffs every time you leave the golf course. Just a thought.

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George Takei

I’ve seen enough. Mamdani wins the NYC mayoral race.

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George Takei

Medical debt shouldn’t ever be a thing in a developed country. No other Western industrialized nation has it.

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George Takei

Ummm... what now?!

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George Takei

This week, Trump is pushing Texas to rig its 2026 congressional maps and the Supreme Court is quietly helping him dismantle our government. But people are fighting back. From the “Shadow Docket” to gerrymandering, the truth is coming to light. Read more here:

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George Takei

The hardest disbelief to suspend about the show.

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George Takei

You're not fooling anyone, Donald.

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George Takei

Outta the way, Donnie!

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George Takei

The MAGA right including Don Jr. and JD Vance talked about Epstein all the time…

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George Takei

Depraved behavior. Just when you think they're at the lowest they can go...

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George Takei

Young people: The “turning point” is whenever Charlie Kirk tries to recruit you. Turn away from Turning point USA!

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George Takei

Or just plain off your rocker!

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George Takei

Oh they want this to go away so badly.

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George Takei

That's gotta sting 😂

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George Takei

Boldly growing where no spore has grown before.

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George Takei

A perfect encapsulation of this regime: unethical, unaccountable and incompetent.

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George Takei

They have a warped sense of history yet an urgent need to foist it on us. Why do you suppose that is?

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George Takei

We got another massively consequential ruling from the Supreme Court this week, this one allowing Trump's dismantling of the Department of Education. But why is nobody talking about it? Because the ruling came down on the Court's so-called "Shadow Docket."

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George Takei

Now he likes California.

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George Takei

They know exactly who the release would expose. Rep. Ro Khanna proposed the amendment, defeated by 7 GOP votes, all no, vs 4 Dem and 1 GOP member who voted yes.

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George Takei

Get 'em, Joe!

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George Takei

There are thousands of FEMA calls going unanswered due to budget cut backs and this is what they’re focused on?!

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George Takei

Fact-checked by X.

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George Takei

A lifetime of forcing himself on people is a hard habit to break, of course.

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George Takei

That's how it's done.

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George Takei

No notes 🔥

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George Takei

With Trump's deportation policy and tactics becoming ever more draconian, we need to talk about ICE.

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George Takei

Dear Andrew Cuomo, New Yorkers rejected you in the primary. And now you’re pressing them again to pick you? No means no.

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George Takei

I haven’t seen it yet. But I’m glad he’s still fighting fascists today!

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George Takei

Glad to hear he is safe and back with his family. But if they can disappear a U.S. citizen and terrorize his family this way, imagine what they are doing with immigrants in ICE facilities.

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George Takei

This is how leaders should respond to atrocities like this.

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George Takei

They’re trying to ensure that there are no neighbors different from them in any way.

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George Takei

Trump used it for campaign appearances.

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George Takei

Perhaps the white nationalists should adopt this version to carry around their rallies.

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George Takei

Make no mistakes. This is the regime outsourcing its abuses and preparing to disappear political opponents.

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George Takei

ICE and CBP don’t care a thing about child welfare. Cut the B.S.

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George Takei

Journalist Katie Phang shared a powerful video about the rising tide of book bans—including the banning of They Called Us Enemy in Tennessee. I’m honored she included my story in this important conversation. We cannot let these book bans stop us from telling our stories and histories.

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George Takei

There’s always a tweet! This one from Junior is from just two years ago.

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George Takei

Really? 🙄

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George Takei

This is awful.

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George Takei

Maybe don't try this one at home, kids.

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George Takei

Fanning the flames of conspiracies around the famed "Epstein List" has finally come back to bite Trump and his lying liar cronies. And we're grabbing the popcorn. 🍿 For this and more wins, look no further. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/july-13-we...

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George Takei

Who could have seen this coming? 🤦

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George Takei

Perhaps there is no client list in the parallel Esptain universe.

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George Takei

Pedro!! 👏👏👏

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George Takei

Tell 'em, SJP!

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George Takei

Everything is a conspiracy if you're looking for conspiracies.

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George Takei

That last line tho.

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George Takei

Erasure takes many forms, but this is quite blatant.

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DHS and ICE must be reined in. If you see them “roving” in such patrols, call it out as illegal and document it.

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George Takei

Government can’t function without people working in it, folks.

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George Takei

Keep screaming, Peewee German. You don’t even have 1/6 of her cajones.

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George Takei

Don’t worry Little Marco. It’s just “Acting” AG and FBI Director.

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George Takei

Let’s be clear. On the streets, ICE cannot stop or detain anyone without reasonable suspicion, and it can’t just be because of their “physical appearance.”

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George Takei

Let’s put this to bed.

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George Takei

Resist Fascism.

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George Takei

And was he wrong?

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The news can be hard to look at right now. Luckily, a bit of analysis and a lot of compassion can break through the noise.

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George Takei

This is absolutely not funny.

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George Takei

So…Trump told Bondi to bury the Epstein files? Why ever would he want her to do that?

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George Takei

OMG 😳😳😳

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George Takei

👏👏

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George Takei

Oh great.

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George Takei

Fascinating how MAGA is making Bondi the fall gal for the Epstein files debacle, as if she isn’t operating at the express instruction of the man she’s protecting.

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George Takei

Victimhood is essential to the MAGA mindset.

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George Takei

A lot going on this week. The Trump administration is getting tough questions about their slow response to the Texas flood disaster. Another judge smacks down Trump's birthright citizenship order. And Trump extends his tariff deadline yet again. For more on this week's top stories, look no further:

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George Takei

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States and there always has been.” — Isaac Asimov.

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George Takei

They will try to tell you, “Resistance is futile.” It is never so.

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George Takei

Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

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George Takei

That escalated quickly.

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George Takei

Superman would have fought this current band of White House villains tooth and nail.

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George Takei

Look what they’ve wrought.

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George Takei

But it’s not a cult.

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George Takei

Let’s not forget: Trump promised he would go after “criminal” migrants. But instead he’s targeting farm workers who labor to put food on all our tables.

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George Takei

Indeed, she was. Fetterman shouldn’t pull the ladder up after his own family has climbed it.

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George Takei

MAGA's gonna MAGA.

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George Takei

Who exactly is this rule for, Jesse?

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George Takei

No one on his team caught this? 😂

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