Long-time dedicated activist. Commited to resistance. I don't pay oligarchs to destroy Democracy. No Twitter, FB, Instagram, Threads, WhatsAp, Amazon. LGBTQ+/BLM/Climate Ally, rescue dog owner, husband, dad. He/him. Opposed to death threat rule. No DMs.
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Heads-up. I like Scott's posts, and he offers unpaid subscriptions on Substack, so I signed up. I recieve 2 email soliciations EVERY day. Some good info in them but I don't have time for all of it. So mostly just tiresome deletes. And no Unsubscribe. Scott's informative, but keep that in mind.
There is no Unsubscrube on the email, none on links he provides, none on his page. So, for all intents and purposes, it does not exist. If it does, there's a reason its hidden, and Scott must know by now. Very unfortunate.
Just a heads up. After reading some good posts here on Bluesky, I subscribed to Scott Dworkin on Substack. Well, I receive a constant stream of emails. Constant. Daily. It seems sometimes multiple times a day. It may be the most regular deleted source of email I have now. And no Unsubscribe. Beware.
Everyone should be protesting the Trump-instigated crisis in L.A. every day. People continuing to go about their daily lives and capitulate to dictatorship is as outrageous as the dictator's actions themselves. This is why we are here. Failure to take responsibility and act. Decades of just this.
Alt. to Amazon that doesn't seem evil. "Wayfair Inc. is an American e-commerce company based in Boston, MA that sells furniture and home goods online. Formerly known as CSN Stores, it was founded in 2002, and currently offers 14 million items from more than 11,000 global suppliers". Public Co.
Alcatraz prison closed primarily due to high operating costs and deteriorating infrastructure. The isolation of the island, combined with the need to transport supplies (and water) by boat...making it nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons... Reopening? Misdirection
101 days into the Hunger Games.
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Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion. Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more. If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Boycotting. It works.
I spoke with NPR about the threatening letters that the Republican administration is sending to medical journals.
278 men, including Mr. Abrego Garcia, remain imprisoned under brutal conditions in El Salvador, without due process, for an indefinite period. Don’t let this slip out of view.
This is the way we need to respond. THEY respond by sending $600K to a woman who calls a black 5-year autistic a: "N___" We need to respond when bad things happen. Please respond.
This, right here ⬇️ 💯 %
Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
"Trump lost against the Maine governor. He lost against Perkins Coie. He loses 80% of cases in court. Which makes those who’ve capitulated look that much more foolish, because if they’d just fought back, they would've retained what they thought they'd lose and their dignity would still be intact."
Few lawyers are willing to speak publicly about President Trump’s actions against law firms. Fear is rippling through Washington. But, despite being a target, Marc Elias is still talking. Scott Pelley sits down with him tonight on 60 Minutes.
In an #ARVO2025 NAEVR www.eyeresearch.org vision research funding session talking about the absolute devastation to vision science funding that is happening under the Trump administration.
First, they need to believe there will be a post-Trump era.
And thank goodness for our district courts thus far. They are the only thing holding whatever we still have together, for what that's worth.
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
Hypocrite much?
Friggin lunatic evil POS 😡🖕
#ClearNPresentDanger☠️ #trumpForPrison #DefendDemocracy #FightLikeHell🔥💪🗽⚖️ #JusticeTruthMatter
It seems like territorial pissing.
During the McCarthy Era, alleged communists and those with suspected communist ties faced a range of actions, including loss of employment, career damage, and even imprisonment. Suspicions were often based on questionable evidence, and the level of threat was frequently exaggerated.
When the poem says they'll come for you & no one is left to save you, when they come for all remaining liberals' rights, identities as good people & patriots, voice, agency, income/wealth, power, freedom...eventually you could be tortured, forced to unjustly admit guilt, killed. Don't kid yourself.
Call your rep. Especially if you have a Democratic Rep. Tell them they owe it to their constituents to show courage and do what's right. No, he will not be impeached. But significant support for how we all feel can be demonstrated. And they need to do it. It only takes a minute. Srsly. 5Calls.org
And yet people go back to feed the beast every day. And this isn't even the worst part. The worst part is that this paticipation in his evil allows him to fund the greater evil that is devouring all remnants of our values in public life today.
Many, many thanks to all the extremely special people standing up in our hour of need.
May the force be with us all.
As of the beginning of this year, the FBI considered far-right groups here in America far and away the biggest threats for domestic terrorism. That and all the protections for Americans that went with that perspective are long gone. In fact, they are no doubt replaced with mechanisms that help them.
"Meta saw its best weekly performance since February 2024." The boycotts are working well as people take oligarchy head on to save the rule of law and Democracy.
And his motives are not questionable. They are very well known. He will aggressiveable pursue his own interests, with complete moral disregard. He will sell you in a heartbeat. If you're still using FB, Insta, Threads, WhatsApp, pls...
It's a Part of the Plan.
I just went and signed up for $7/mo each. Less than signing up for streaming channel. They really need to see a surge right now that this happened. They need a boost going into this battle. If we don't win this one, it won't be long before he goes after MSNBC.
And some stores are giving eggs away for free!
The non-voters I ran into before the election mostly did so either because 1) there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats, or 2) neither was going to stop genocide immediately. So now Democracy has been replaced with oligarcy and our President supports Palestinian eradication.
Why the Declaration of Independence could have almost been written about Trump
I’m guessing there are people who would like to un-unite some states.
He almost never lies to a lesser degree than this. The truth is almost never anywhere in sight.
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Billionaire decadence for a milennium is perfectly acceptable; desirable, even. Modest comfort for a teacher is unjustifiable.
Yes, Tithe Against Tyranny. Government costs money now. The rule of law costs money. The Constitution costs money. Democracy costs money. Much more than it used to. It's the new normal. It's a new (or at least bigger) budget item. It's that or perish in tyranny.
This is about conservatives' egos. They take pride in things they didn't do, things based on false, self-serving narratives. They wave the flag to take false credit & assume some hollow superiority. As with greed, they convert pride from a sin to a virtue. And thus Trump is their perfect champion.
The world respects us again! Foreign relations couldn't be better! Canada wants to be our 51st state! We're closing a deal on Greenland! All 647 countries want to cut trade deals! We're breaking ground on hotels all over Gaza! Foreign exchange rates are up! Mexico is finishing the wall as I Tweet!
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Will any Trump loyalist recuse themselves ever again?
I'm embarrassed to admit I can't even listen. I know I'm living in hell. I can't go around barging through every fire. I'm not built for that anymore.
It's just not ready and is ripe for corruption. Garbage in, garbage. As they re-write history and current events and science in real-time, that is going to affect AI's products, no? Surely Musk is working on this? Altman?
They love to wear costumes.
Got it.
Absolutely. In Oklahoma, they will be teaching the Stolen Election in history starting next year. People have absolutely no idea what is happening, what is coming. I say this because of their behavior. It's divorced from reality.
But it's as obvious as the yellow of the sun at this point. They are hurled at anyone who stands in their in way, and many who just might think about getting in the way. It's a clear and present danger to our government and the Constitution. In fact, it has already killed and replaced America.
And liberals. They're coming for liberals. Our rights, freedoms, identities, public image, income, wealth, influence, voice, agency... This is an existential battle. For any/all of us/our values to survive, we must be responsible & apply our remaining powers. Call reps, Protest, Boycott, Tithe.
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
And they say this nonsense every single day. Wild exaggerations, half-truths and lies. They almost never utter one fact or truth. To them, the sun is blue, even when it is right there glowing yellow. They'll insist it's blue, mice are nubia, puddles are oceans, libs are communists, blah blah blah.
So true. And, not to take the light off cancer research, but research on many, many medical conditions as well as basic research on underlying functions and mechanisms is being dismantled/erased. Long term impacts on science, scientists, public health, innovation... Millions will suffer and die.
Oprah was there last fall. Taylor Swift. Both with influence and money. Harris actually did have more billionaires, though I think smaller amounts, and none of them bought Twittter, the biggest campaign contribution ever. But I only hear Cuban these day. Amiright? I guess it's the death-threat rule?
I know he does not need money but we must encourage/reward these people/organizations so they charge like bulls and breed like rabbits. MAGA has raised $260K for some kid who called a black autistic kid a "N". They want more. We should do that for real heroes. We need more.
Unregulated capitalism does not create a free market. It creates a market that is almost instantly captive to the most powerful, ruthless, cutthroat, unscrupulous bastard(s) out there. It's life in the state of nature, without a social contract. It's an unconstrained Trump administration.
Yarvin is no Madison, Hamilton, or Jay. First because he is consummately immoral. And we can stop there.
Let's say we need to end tyranny. Here's a Tithe Against Tyranny model. 10% from the income of the 1%. 7.5% from the next 4%. 5% from the next 5%. 2.5% from the next 10%. $10-$250 from anyone else above $40K. A half-trillion dollars. Boycott oligarchs. 20-30 million in the streets. Then, maybe.
I don't know. Authoritarianism in Germany only failed because America finally stepped in and ended them. Well, America isn't there to save America this time. America is gone.
It's mobster capitalism survival training.
He's a consummate mobster and must be forced to own it. MAGA needs to be forced to own it. THEY are each and every one the henchmen and toadies of a thug.
Yes. And announcing our thoughts, feelings and demands to our reps every day. And boycotting and taking down the oligarchs squeezing our rights, freedoms, and agency in their iron fists, and pinning us down, rendering us helpless by putting their boot heels on our throats.
"Risk" undermining our Constitution? I appreciate her willingness to question the administration, but why is it these judges almost never make conclusive statements? Why can't they just acknowledge that the administration has imperiled the Constitution, the rule of law, and America as we knew it?
Every city in America of over 250,000 people should be doing this every single day until this shit is over. D.C. should have a standing protest of 2-5 million people of people rotating in & out. People not on the ground should donate to food & housing funds, provide planning & management services.
Thousands showed up in Berlin, Germany to protest against fascism. #3E #EndImpunity #MayDay
I remember reading several years ago that WalMart workers, all working part-time on irregular schedules that prevented them from getting second jobs with set schedules, collected $6B in public assistance. WalMart's profits for that year were...$6B.
Unfortunately, relatively nobody appears to have any clue how to make it happen. And relatively nobody will follow the ones who think they do. So here we are, three months deep into oligarchy, out of Democracy, many of us thinking we will be saved by a tidal wave in the free & fair elections of '26.
I have a proposal for when the shortages start happening in a couple of weeks. A “National Grocery Day of Action” where we all go to stores all over the country with signs saying:
Shout out to @microsoft.com They dropped a law firm that made a deal with Trump, and engaged Jenner and Block who are fighting Trump!
This is what leadership is supposed to be folks. 👇👊
It's been here awhile. It's just going to keep getting worse every month. Right up until the mid-terms, suspended due to the National Emergency of being a well-established Right-wing dictatorship.
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How many can they appoint? How many would they need to lay siege to the White House?
Is there NO ONE willing to take bullet for this country?
And then shave that head while he kneels on cement, shirtless, head tilted forward, face toward the floor. Complete, abject humilitation.
It's all part of the Great Republican Un-Enlightenment, harkening backwards toward the Dark Ages, when Faith ruled over Reason.
I assumed this must be a joke, and not a bad one, given the RFK's penchant for CT. At a recent Town Hall with that other renowned medical expert, Dr. Phil, he said that he had hired someone (no doubt another expert; who else would take this job?) to focus entirely on chemtrails. Dept HHS -> Dept CT
After all that has happened and is happening, we should have 20-30 million people in the streets . And that's what it would take for even a hope of a seat at the table. I do not see us getting to anything but a sham election (or none at all) if we do not grab D.C. by the throat immediately.
Could this guy's skin be any thinner?
Will Trump threaten or retaliate on Bukele's behalf?
I am not finding any source for that
Exactly. Some people just can't abide non-comformity. They want it to go away. Into a closet, prison, or grave.
Uncertainty over what? The coming impact of the tariffs is unavoidable. Even if he stopped them tomorrow, it would take 4-8 weeks to recover. That much is certain. What decisions are you hoping to be positive. Because positive decisions have been few and far between for over 100 days now.
Shouldn't there be a bipartisan legion of five or ten thousand medical professionals rising up against this fraudulent monstrosity by now? Is the profession completely bankrupt or simply cowering in fear?
Levels are still depressed from the highs, but the markets are nevertheless currently curiously bouyant with optimism as Trump's tariffs march the real economy down the rapids toward a giant water(free)fall.
Yup. They chow down on this shit two, three meals a day.
That does not mean we will not participate. We will proselytize online. Contribute to spreading information and helping people organize. Call reps, as we'll still have a house here. Boycott. And donate. We're pretty good about that. We just woouldn't have boots on the ground.
I'm 66 and have been resisting for decades. Lots of work in both activisim and political campaigns. A couple of months in Occupy. Now a couple of months in this. I admit I am growing weary of trying to get people to react to the scale of the threat. And now here we are, completely overthrown!
Is it any surprise they protect their liars with lies? Maybe if the administration was not full of outrageously horrible people they would get better coverage. Even still, these numbers are entirely cooked. Would love to have some investigative reporter check out this "Media Research Center".
The four – who served in Russia, Ukraine, Zimbabwe and Nicaragua – were addressing a panel discussion in Washington entitled “Hey wait! We’ve seen this movie before: How democracies descend into dictatorship.” They were among more than 200 retired US ambassadors ...who signed an open letter...