Tom, I know this is all quite multifaceted, but are you actually proposing that any of what we’re seeing from Project ‘25/Trump has anything to do with actual immigration policy or enforcement? And that border policy isn’t just a cover story for forceful takeover?
Mark Zuckerberg has spent $110M to buy 11 houses in one Palo Alto neighborhood. He's turning the homes into a compound. That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe. I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
It’s not a democracy, ITS A REPUBLIC. /sarcasm
The smirking cat had the orange canary for lunch.
2020 publish date.
The was an old Soviet joke: -Why was our flight delayed by one hour? - One of our pilots saw the problem with one engine, but now it’s alright. - You changed engine in just one hour? - No, we’ve changed the pilot. That’s not a joke in the U.S. anymore.
WATCH: “An unholy matrimony of greed & racism has taken over our state.” @brotherjones.bsky.social & @rolandsmartin.bsky.social discuss @GovBillLee banning Jones from a state event about a Teslas-only airport tunnel - in his own district. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DMvZX-n...
If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
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Can’t emphasize enough what a disgrace this whole sad episode was
Californians honor our National Guard. Trump tortures them.
Pam Bondi lobbied for Qatar & a private prison company, got paid $115K/month, then failed to disclose it during her AG confirmation. Now she’s gutted foreign lobbying enforcement under FARA and signed off on $400m planes. The corruption isn’t even subtle anymore.
Pre-Trump, caught and prosecuted. And SSI still serving the public w/o inane cuts to workforce and closing offices.
2014? Seems SSI found fraud long before the Muskrat crew came along and messed with the organization. Now, if they managed to get the $ to clean up and update the data systems, that’s loooong over due, much needed and up their alley. But cutting the workforce at this point is illogical.
“Our problem with the SAVE Act is that it is an attempt to make it more difficult for women in this country, women who are U.S. citizens, to be able to vote.” story via @fischler.bsky.social
The move to install leadership loyal to President Donald Trump personally at NSA and CYBERCOM is one more disturbing part of the Trump administration's pattern of abuse of power, coercion, and disregard for the rule of law.
Walked past a Cybertruck parked in front of a sidewalk cafe in NYC today. Friend stopped to look for something in his pocket and the owner clicked the fob to make sure we knew he was watching over it. Imagine buying a tank to feel safe in the big bad world and instead you have to keep the car safe.
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
The guy who kept top-secret documents in his bathroom doesn’t think sharing war plans with reporters is a big deal.
The most incompetent president ever has total confidence in the most incompetent national security team ever.
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on Trump’s nomination of Frank Bisignano to lead Social Security. Trump and DOGE are already making it harder to access benefits. A vote for Frank Bisignano to lead the Social Security Administration is a vote to cut Social Security. Period.
The Vice President, SecState, WH Chief of Staff, National Security Advisor, CIA Director, SecDefense, SecTreasury, etc... all illegally violated both the Espionage Act and the Presidential Records Act. Instead of impeaching judges who are following the law, prosecute the people breaking the law.
If Trump is saying Elon wasn’t briefed on military plans for a possible war with China it means that Elon was briefed on military plans for a possible war with China.
'sold as slave labor to El Salvador' is I honestly think a fair way of describing it
2014? Pre DOG tyranny, probably documented properly so they cd be prosecuted in a court of law. Trump is likely to keep such individuals on, bec they’re of his ilk.
Happy for the individuals but the whole, "you get a Secret Service badge," "you get to go to West Point" vibe is cringe. He's supposed to be a president, not a carnival barker.
One more time for the people in the back.
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
I think there was a misunderstanding of your first reply. Apologies if that’s the case. But the facts provided in response are factual (for the most part) and the fact they just started is part of the point: they are tearing things apart/down without understanding the consequences.
”To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations,” Patrushev told the business daily Kommersant.... about whether the presidential election would bode well for Russia. “As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.”
(And bec systems are antiquated but there is no staff/$ to update the technology.) in other words, Trump cd have created efficiency w/ the DOGe tech bros but instead tells lies and creates chaos.
It’s not fake people; it’s people who died and are no longer receiving benefits but whose names have not been removed from the system because SS admin does not have the staff to do it.
Thank you! What is the source for this info? Not that I’m doubting you, but that I like backup if/when I use it.
I see the resemblance. 😉. Thanks for sharing your love for her.
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ? And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions ! We all look forward to reading your thoughts
it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit
The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse. Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Add in affordable quality childcare and we’re getting somewhere.
Think it’s time to use ‘Xtian’ for this lot. There’s nothing Christ-like about what they do. (And that X is apropos, no?)
One more, so we don’t run out. We need an overflow of cat pix under the current duress!
With you on that. Watching it happen is so much worse than I’d imagined, tho. F’ing with govt computer systems (possibly irreversibly?) was not on my radar. This is no Y2K issue!
I find billionaires to be a crime against our general society. There shouldn’t be billionaires in a country where the same people working for said billionaires, can’t afford basic healthcare.
I feel like a crazy person for telling people this, but it just hasn't landed with the average person in the slightest. We do not live in the same United States of America today that we had the morning of January 20th, and it is already going to take a long time to undo the damage.
CFPB recovered $21B for consumers. Eliminating does nothing to lower costs, it hurts consumers, rewards banks and financial institutions. 😡😡😡
If Elon Musk were really looking for wasteful spending in government, why didn't he go into the US Treasury with accountants instead of computer programmers? Because it was not about waste.
Are we going to have to listen to 4 years of ‘the game was rigged; the chiefs really won”?
Dear @Doge If there is nothing to hide. Hide nothing
Interesting to see how quickly American foreign policy pivoted from "Get clean drinking water for children without hope" to "Do ethnic cleansing for condos with Mediterranean views."
I expected him to do exactly what he’s trying to do-destroy our gov’t. Is anyone really surprised he's doing what #Project2025 and #TheFedralistSociety #Nazi’s #ChrisianNationalism fever dream dictates? Trump is a puppet of #Oligarchs #AmericanOligarchy #Resist Now what?
Please pay attention to this case being argued in the 4th Circuit tomorrow. It could determine whether the GOP succeeds in stealing a NC Supreme Court seat by disenfranchising 60,000 voters. Follow @democracydocket.com for full coverage of this critical case. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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But her emails
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Biden preemptively pardoned J6 police officers who were beaten and injured, to protect them against retribution from the insurrection leader because they dared to testify truthfully before Congress. Trump pardoned the thugs who beat them.
That’s one hella big swamp. Nobody builds swamps better than Trump. The only thing he drains is other people’s wallets. What a hideous blot on history, on the nation, on the arc of justice, progress, and the planet.
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