Brian Hastert
@bhastert.bsky.social
Enthusiast, rabid anti-fascist
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If lawmakers aren’t banging down the doors tomorrow then idk man
USAID has put out a notice that ALL buildings—not just HQ like today—will be closed tomorrow.
February 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If lawmakers aren’t banging down the doors tomorrow then idk man
I honestly think Musk’s destruction of USAID is less about his vendetta from them helping end Apartheid and more that Musk is a foreign agent and he is helping our adversaries while enriching himself
February 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I honestly think Musk’s destruction of USAID is less about his vendetta from them helping end Apartheid and more that Musk is a foreign agent and he is helping our adversaries while enriching himself
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Hear me out —
If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.
Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.
If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.
Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.
Musk staff have access to student aid data now.
February 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hear me out —
If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.
Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.
If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.
Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.
The CEO of American Airlines said this in a statement: “I thank President Trump for his leadership on aviation safety.”
That’s like the head of an animal rescue thanking Cruella De Ville for her leadership on pet safety. This is what life in a dictatorship looks like.
That’s like the head of an animal rescue thanking Cruella De Ville for her leadership on pet safety. This is what life in a dictatorship looks like.
February 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The CEO of American Airlines said this in a statement: “I thank President Trump for his leadership on aviation safety.”
That’s like the head of an animal rescue thanking Cruella De Ville for her leadership on pet safety. This is what life in a dictatorship looks like.
That’s like the head of an animal rescue thanking Cruella De Ville for her leadership on pet safety. This is what life in a dictatorship looks like.
More of this please!!
Governor Glenn Youngkin two years ago revived Virginia's policy of lifetime disenfranchisement, which had been crafted by an explicitly racist constitutional convention in 1902.
Democrats just advanced a constitutional amendment to end that system, and massively expand rights restoration:
Democrats just advanced a constitutional amendment to end that system, and massively expand rights restoration:
Virginia Democrats Advance a Measure to End Lifetime Voting Ban. Now It Gets Complicated.
The measure’s fate likely hinges on this fall’s legislative races: Lawmakers will need to pass it again next year. In the meantime, Glenn Youngkin’s harsh restrictions remain in place.
boltsmag.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
More of this please!!
The first domestic victims of an administration that is barely a week old.
The first fatalities of the stupid cruelty and negligent incompetence of American fascism.
Does anyone believe these will be the last?
The first fatalities of the stupid cruelty and negligent incompetence of American fascism.
Does anyone believe these will be the last?
January 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The first domestic victims of an administration that is barely a week old.
The first fatalities of the stupid cruelty and negligent incompetence of American fascism.
Does anyone believe these will be the last?
The first fatalities of the stupid cruelty and negligent incompetence of American fascism.
Does anyone believe these will be the last?
It wasn’t a Roman salute. It was a South African apartheil.
January 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It wasn’t a Roman salute. It was a South African apartheil.
Leaf blowers: making sidewalks look 10% better while making the air smell 100% worse. But hey, at least they’re also loud.
December 31, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Leaf blowers: making sidewalks look 10% better while making the air smell 100% worse. But hey, at least they’re also loud.
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resharing for newer followers: STATE supreme courts are immensely important for what's next, as progressives hope they can be a place to turn to on issues from abortion to democracy while the right cements federal courts.
so i took a turn at the supreme court results in all 32 states that had them.
so i took a turn at the supreme court results in all 32 states that had them.
How Supreme Court Elections Set the Stage for Coming Battles, from Voting to Abortion
More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits that are increasingly dead on arrival at the federal level.
boltsmag.org
November 30, 2024 at 9:38 PM
resharing for newer followers: STATE supreme courts are immensely important for what's next, as progressives hope they can be a place to turn to on issues from abortion to democracy while the right cements federal courts.
so i took a turn at the supreme court results in all 32 states that had them.
so i took a turn at the supreme court results in all 32 states that had them.