@msegrl104.bsky.social
Reposted
"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social
"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social
Reposted
Thanks to @joshtpm.bsky.social for posting a link to this piece this weekend -- absolutely worth reading:
www.hidesertstar.com/deserttrail/...
www.hidesertstar.com/deserttrail/...
Jay Obernolte preaches deficit reduction, supports Musk in raucous Yucca Valley town hall
YUCCA VALLEY — Congressman Jay Obernolte spoke to a crowd that erupted in boos and chants like “No King” Saturday morning in the community center.
www.hidesertstar.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thanks to @joshtpm.bsky.social for posting a link to this piece this weekend -- absolutely worth reading:
www.hidesertstar.com/deserttrail/...
www.hidesertstar.com/deserttrail/...
Reposted
February 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reposted
Reposted
We are witnessing a historic and frequently illegal dismantling of the government by the richest man in the world.
Lets check in on the Congressional committee whose job it is to monitor what is happening in the executive branch:
Lets check in on the Congressional committee whose job it is to monitor what is happening in the executive branch:
February 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We are witnessing a historic and frequently illegal dismantling of the government by the richest man in the world.
Lets check in on the Congressional committee whose job it is to monitor what is happening in the executive branch:
Lets check in on the Congressional committee whose job it is to monitor what is happening in the executive branch:
Reposted
Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
Reposted
The acting commissioner of the IRS will announce he is stepping down as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with the matter who said the departure is driven in part over his distress about the chaos inflicted on the government by billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.
Acting IRS commissioner to step down amid DOGE blitz on agency
The departure comes as the agency faces the crunch of tax filing season and scrutiny from Elon Musk’s initiative.
wapo.st
February 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The acting commissioner of the IRS will announce he is stepping down as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with the matter who said the departure is driven in part over his distress about the chaos inflicted on the government by billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.
Reposted
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are the two leaders of their party now.
And they appear to be mainly watching as Trump and Musk mount an all-out blitzkrieg on the government, the rule of law, and democracy.
Why are they bringing a teaspoon to a gunfight, asks @davidcorn.bsky.social?
And they appear to be mainly watching as Trump and Musk mount an all-out blitzkrieg on the government, the rule of law, and democracy.
Why are they bringing a teaspoon to a gunfight, asks @davidcorn.bsky.social?
Democrats are MIA—just when the country needs them to counter the Trump-Musk blitzkrieg
Why are they bringing a teaspoon to a gunfight?
www.motherjones.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are the two leaders of their party now.
And they appear to be mainly watching as Trump and Musk mount an all-out blitzkrieg on the government, the rule of law, and democracy.
Why are they bringing a teaspoon to a gunfight, asks @davidcorn.bsky.social?
And they appear to be mainly watching as Trump and Musk mount an all-out blitzkrieg on the government, the rule of law, and democracy.
Why are they bringing a teaspoon to a gunfight, asks @davidcorn.bsky.social?
Reposted
Putin’s lifelong dream was to somehow separate the US from NATO. But how to break up a strong alliance that stood for 80 years and continued to expand? There really was only one way to do it, he figured it out a decade ago, and played the long game. Now his guy will do it.
February 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Putin’s lifelong dream was to somehow separate the US from NATO. But how to break up a strong alliance that stood for 80 years and continued to expand? There really was only one way to do it, he figured it out a decade ago, and played the long game. Now his guy will do it.
Reposted
More than 230,000 Canadians have signed a petition asking the country’s prime minister to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport, accusing the tech billionaire of joining a “foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.”
More than 230,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk’s citizenship
Experts say the effort, which is not expected to succeed, reflects anger over Musk’s alliance with Trump, who has threatened Canada with tariffs and annexation.
wapo.st
February 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
More than 230,000 Canadians have signed a petition asking the country’s prime minister to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport, accusing the tech billionaire of joining a “foreign government that is attempting to erase Canadian sovereignty.”
Reposted
“If there is one characteristic of this president and this administration, it is the utter lack of respect for legal constraints.” That’s especially dangerous in the military context.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...
Opinion | America Has a Rogue President
The firing of three judge advocate generals is one more element of this administration’s attack on the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“If there is one characteristic of this president and this administration, it is the utter lack of respect for legal constraints.” That’s especially dangerous in the military context.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...
Reposted
The Revolution will be AI-icized
February 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Revolution will be AI-icized
Reposted
"It's disgusting – up is down, down is up."
'Surreal': Impeachment witness floats disturbing explanation for Trump selling out Ukraine
A key witness in Donald Trump's first impeachment saga suggested Tuesday that the U.S. president might have been compromised by Russia.Alexander Vindman, the retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who t...
www.rawstory.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"It's disgusting – up is down, down is up."
Reposted
Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force.
Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership | CNN Politics
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and...
www.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.
Reposted
This is so many words to say Trump fired the chairman of the joint chiefs because he’s black www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
February 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is so many words to say Trump fired the chairman of the joint chiefs because he’s black www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
Reposted
Happy Friday!
This is the resistance.
Cause some Good Trouble today!
This is the resistance.
Cause some Good Trouble today!
February 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy Friday!
This is the resistance.
Cause some Good Trouble today!
This is the resistance.
Cause some Good Trouble today!
Reposted
"...eliminated positions for employees who have played a role in assessing the brain-implant technology in Elon Musk’s Neuralink devices."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...
Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety
Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"...eliminated positions for employees who have played a role in assessing the brain-implant technology in Elon Musk’s Neuralink devices."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...
Reposted
This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is how it’s done.
Reposted
My new favorite drug is Republican members of Congress getting yelled at in their districts by constituents who hate Musk.
February 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My new favorite drug is Republican members of Congress getting yelled at in their districts by constituents who hate Musk.
Yes! Total chills! Let’s do this!
There’s something happening in this country.
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Yes! Total chills! Let’s do this!
Reposted
“What’s the point of fighting cybercrime if we’re just going to give access for government networks to people with cybercriminal gang affiliations?”
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency
DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
www.wired.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“What’s the point of fighting cybercrime if we’re just going to give access for government networks to people with cybercriminal gang affiliations?”
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
Reposted
This is the story.
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is the story.
Reposted
Jamie Raskin:
"Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.”
Amen!!
"Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.”
Amen!!
February 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Jamie Raskin:
"Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.”
Amen!!
"Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.”
Amen!!
Reposted
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people.
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...