@btls4vr.bsky.social
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If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.
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Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
June 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
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The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight
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This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
@ianleslie.bsky.social Your book arrived today, and I’ve just sat down with it. I’m only on page 4, but I’m already getting that sense that this is going to be a great and very satisfying read - so very exciting!
April 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
@ianleslie.bsky.social Your book arrived today, and I’ve just sat down with it. I’m only on page 4, but I’m already getting that sense that this is going to be a great and very satisfying read - so very exciting!
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"The tariffs, and the quick slide into economic calamity, have sparked real resistance. They’ve also demonstrated just how craven the GOP is, and the extent to which most Rs would do anything rather than point out the emperor is wearing a grotesque meat suit made of the skin of his constituents."
Trump's tariffs insanity begins to fracture the MAGA cult
Republican resistance is helpful. But more of it is needed.
www.publicnotice.co
April 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"The tariffs, and the quick slide into economic calamity, have sparked real resistance. They’ve also demonstrated just how craven the GOP is, and the extent to which most Rs would do anything rather than point out the emperor is wearing a grotesque meat suit made of the skin of his constituents."
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Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time.
April 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Remember: Republicans in Congress can put a stop to this at any time.
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Share share share share share! And VOTE Wisconsin and Florida!
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Share share share share share! And VOTE Wisconsin and Florida!
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New Beatles Books Podcast! @ianleslie.bsky.social joins me to discuss his brilliant book on John and Paul as he sheds new light on this fascinating and complex friendship.
March 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
New Beatles Books Podcast! @ianleslie.bsky.social joins me to discuss his brilliant book on John and Paul as he sheds new light on this fascinating and complex friendship.
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
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🚨 BREAKING: After torpedoing yesterday’s meeting with Zelensky, JD Vance fled to Vermont for vacation—only to be met by hundreds of furious protesters.
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!
March 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨 BREAKING: After torpedoing yesterday’s meeting with Zelensky, JD Vance fled to Vermont for vacation—only to be met by hundreds of furious protesters.
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!
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“These stories should concern all Americans because they are our family members, neighbors and friends. No American can be proud of a government that carries out change in this way.”
The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“These stories should concern all Americans because they are our family members, neighbors and friends. No American can be proud of a government that carries out change in this way.”
The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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“President Trump regards people who take their constitutional oath seriously as, by definition, his political enemies. His attack on public service is not about reform; it’s a first strike against a key obstacle to authoritarianism”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Total Contempt for Public Servants
Trump and Musk do not understand the value of an apolitical service that must obey the Constitution and the law.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“President Trump regards people who take their constitutional oath seriously as, by definition, his political enemies. His attack on public service is not about reform; it’s a first strike against a key obstacle to authoritarianism”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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None of this is legal:
February 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
None of this is legal:
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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At what point will Republicans acknowledge that this whole government eradication is insane? They realize that it is going to result in thousands of THEIR constituents out of work, right? Federal workers aren’t just in DC
February 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
At what point will Republicans acknowledge that this whole government eradication is insane? They realize that it is going to result in thousands of THEIR constituents out of work, right? Federal workers aren’t just in DC
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Rep. Maxwell Frost: “The questions have to be asked, ‘What if he's stealing money?’ We don't know. There's no way to know, because the systems that were in place to hold things accountable have been ripped away by Donald Trump. And Elon Musk looks like is reporting to nobody.”
‘What if he’s stealing money?’: Dem rep warns of Elon Musk’s access to Treasury
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Rep. Maxwell Frost: “The questions have to be asked, ‘What if he's stealing money?’ We don't know. There's no way to know, because the systems that were in place to hold things accountable have been ripped away by Donald Trump. And Elon Musk looks like is reporting to nobody.”
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Draw your own conclusions, but Donald Trump is not behaving like a leader who expects democratic accountability for himself or his party next year or in 2028.
February 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Draw your own conclusions, but Donald Trump is not behaving like a leader who expects democratic accountability for himself or his party next year or in 2028.
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“'They seem to want Treasury to be the chokepoint on payments, and that’s unprecedented,' the person added, emphasizing that it is not the bureau’s role to decide which payments to make — it is 'just to make the f-ing payments.'"
How an arcane Treasury Department office is now ground zero in the war over federal spending | CNN Politics
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to talk about the handover of power.
www.cnn.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“'They seem to want Treasury to be the chokepoint on payments, and that’s unprecedented,' the person added, emphasizing that it is not the bureau’s role to decide which payments to make — it is 'just to make the f-ing payments.'"
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Musk has not been elected to any public office. He has not been confirmed by the Senate to any office. Yet right now he seems to be the most powerful official in the federal government and seemingly more important than the president himself. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Musk has not been elected to any public office. He has not been confirmed by the Senate to any office. Yet right now he seems to be the most powerful official in the federal government and seemingly more important than the president himself. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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An unelected, erratic, ketamine-addled billionaire with far right/white nationalist views has taken control of the personnel and payment systems of the United States government. Not an exaggeration, not hyperbole.
January 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An unelected, erratic, ketamine-addled billionaire with far right/white nationalist views has taken control of the personnel and payment systems of the United States government. Not an exaggeration, not hyperbole.
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
Thank you #CarolineKennedy
Breaking news: Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned senators about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling her cousin — now Trump’s pick to lead HHS — a “predator” whose victims have ranged from family members to the parents of sick children.
Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter
In a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trump’s HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedy’s ethics and views on vaccines.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thank you #CarolineKennedy