Jim Franklin
@gsmd566.bsky.social
I like dogs, science, law, and politics.
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The awful news that Elon Musk clashed with a top Treasury official in an effort to access govt payment systems raises a crucial question: Did Trump authorize this, or not?
I talked to former officials who explain why this is a key question, and why it's so alarming:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
I talked to former officials who explain why this is a key question, and why it's so alarming:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge—and It’s a Scary One
Did Musk’s alleged effort to access the government’s payment systems have Trump’s blessing? Or was he going rogue? Either scenario is bad, but one’s a little worse.
newrepublic.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The awful news that Elon Musk clashed with a top Treasury official in an effort to access govt payment systems raises a crucial question: Did Trump authorize this, or not?
I talked to former officials who explain why this is a key question, and why it's so alarming:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
I talked to former officials who explain why this is a key question, and why it's so alarming:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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I had talked about this yesterday when @reuters.com broke the story. It's still not being reported as widely as necessary, but @maddow.msnbc.com is talking about The Treasury Breach by DOGE! Pay attention and share these stories big time!
I had talked about this yesterday when @reuters.com broke the story. It's still not being reported as widely as necessary, but @maddow.msnbc.com is talking about The Treasury Breach by DOGE! Pay attention and share these stories big time!
Top Treasury official exits as Musk makes grab for federal payment system
YouTube video by MSNBC
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February 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
youtu.be/OujB43E-JeI?...
I had talked about this yesterday when @reuters.com broke the story. It's still not being reported as widely as necessary, but @maddow.msnbc.com is talking about The Treasury Breach by DOGE! Pay attention and share these stories big time!
I had talked about this yesterday when @reuters.com broke the story. It's still not being reported as widely as necessary, but @maddow.msnbc.com is talking about The Treasury Breach by DOGE! Pay attention and share these stories big time!
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47's 2nd term, is an epic political fantasy. It’s also a frightening intrusion of reality into the rose-tinted picture we may have had about some aspects of our society.
But it's not going to prevail.
Encouraging historical perspective!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But it's not going to prevail.
Encouraging historical perspective!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
47's 2nd term, is an epic political fantasy. It’s also a frightening intrusion of reality into the rose-tinted picture we may have had about some aspects of our society.
But it's not going to prevail.
Encouraging historical perspective!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But it's not going to prevail.
Encouraging historical perspective!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Fantastic roundup of the Musk coup by @mmasnick.bsky.social; Musk's unappointed cronies have infiltrated more of the federal government than I'd heard.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
www.techdirt.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Fantastic roundup of the Musk coup by @mmasnick.bsky.social; Musk's unappointed cronies have infiltrated more of the federal government than I'd heard.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
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It is no exaggeration to say that the leading case against birthright citizenship would not only result in a 14A that fails to overturn Dred Scott—it resembles Dred Scott’s theory of citizenship.
January 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It is no exaggeration to say that the leading case against birthright citizenship would not only result in a 14A that fails to overturn Dred Scott—it resembles Dred Scott’s theory of citizenship.
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Anyway as they pull bodies out of the Potomac bear in mind that the guiding ethos of Trumpism is that the TSA, NTSB, and FAA should be radically downsized and run by dudes whose main qualifications are loyalty are a willingness to say “cunt” a lot
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Anyway as they pull bodies out of the Potomac bear in mind that the guiding ethos of Trumpism is that the TSA, NTSB, and FAA should be radically downsized and run by dudes whose main qualifications are loyalty are a willingness to say “cunt” a lot
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The Roberts Court is not Originalist and we must stop pretending. The so-called Originalist justices have created a common law of free speech, color-blindness, separation of powers, free exercise, Second Amendment, sovereign immunity, takings, and many others that is based on GOP values. Full-stop.
January 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Roberts Court is not Originalist and we must stop pretending. The so-called Originalist justices have created a common law of free speech, color-blindness, separation of powers, free exercise, Second Amendment, sovereign immunity, takings, and many others that is based on GOP values. Full-stop.
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I've been writing about birthright citizenship for 20 years. This thread strings together my opinion pieces (not law review tomes, which I will post separately). I wrote a book about the Fourteenth Amendment and I debated John Eastman 20 years ago about his vile plan to end birthright citizenship./1
January 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I've been writing about birthright citizenship for 20 years. This thread strings together my opinion pieces (not law review tomes, which I will post separately). I wrote a book about the Fourteenth Amendment and I debated John Eastman 20 years ago about his vile plan to end birthright citizenship./1
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Altarpiece of Sant Pere, by Pere Mates 1500-50
January 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Altarpiece of Sant Pere, by Pere Mates 1500-50
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Trump: "I'm signing an executive order to open up the pumps and valves in the north. We want to get that water pouring down here as quickly as possible ... you're talking about unlimited water coming up from the Pacific Northwest, even coming from parts of Canada."
January 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Trump: "I'm signing an executive order to open up the pumps and valves in the north. We want to get that water pouring down here as quickly as possible ... you're talking about unlimited water coming up from the Pacific Northwest, even coming from parts of Canada."
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What a moron, his next executive order will repeal the law of gravity. The best part is all the Republicans have to pretend Trump is making sense.
Trump: "I'm signing an executive order to open up the pumps and valves in the north. We want to get that water pouring down here as quickly as possible ... you're talking about unlimited water coming up from the Pacific Northwest, even coming from parts of Canada."
January 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
What a moron, his next executive order will repeal the law of gravity. The best part is all the Republicans have to pretend Trump is making sense.
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Here's a #redraw of a @prospectmagazine.bsky.social #cartoon #climatecrisis #cop29 #fossilfuels #capitalism
November 12, 2024 at 8:25 AM
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On birthright citizenship, lots of hot takes here. Mine, it has been simmering near a boil for more than a decade.
January 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On birthright citizenship, lots of hot takes here. Mine, it has been simmering near a boil for more than a decade.
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Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy — starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families — by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers…
propub.li
January 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy — starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families — by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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This is an excellent longer read that shows the power of university boards and the way a few key people can change the direction of an entire institution and their local area
www.teenvogue.com/story/north-...
www.teenvogue.com/story/north-...
What Happened When the Far-Right Took Over This Community College
The takeover of North Idaho College reveals the Far-Right’s blueprint for destroying higher education.
www.teenvogue.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is an excellent longer read that shows the power of university boards and the way a few key people can change the direction of an entire institution and their local area
www.teenvogue.com/story/north-...
www.teenvogue.com/story/north-...
Imagine a congress prioritizing resolving this issue as opposed to banning tiktok or worrying about which bathroom people use.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/16/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/16/h...
Young women almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with cancer as young men, new report says | CNN
Cancer diagnoses are shifting from older to younger adults and from men to women, according to a report released Thursday by the American Cancer Society.
www.cnn.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Imagine a congress prioritizing resolving this issue as opposed to banning tiktok or worrying about which bathroom people use.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/16/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/16/h...
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I am a Patient and a Patient Advocate. I came to social media to help others w/healthcare. It brought me to Congress. I advocate alone & self-funded, not in a PAC. Big Pharma hates me & sometimes Congress & journalists ignore me. BUT I will NEVER give up fighting for healthcare & Social Security.🙏💜
January 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I am a Patient and a Patient Advocate. I came to social media to help others w/healthcare. It brought me to Congress. I advocate alone & self-funded, not in a PAC. Big Pharma hates me & sometimes Congress & journalists ignore me. BUT I will NEVER give up fighting for healthcare & Social Security.🙏💜
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If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday.
Justice Dept. releases Trump special counsel report on Jan. 6 case
President-elect Donald Trump had tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report before taking office next week.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday.
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The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
January 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover the cost of preventative health treatments such as cancer screenings.
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
Understand what's at stake: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/1xCuGx
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Know this Greenland and Panama!
January 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Know this Greenland and Panama!
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It’s time to realize that the number of insured people is not the right metric for the following reasons :
January 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It’s time to realize that the number of insured people is not the right metric for the following reasons :
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Semafor reporting Chuck Todd is leaving NBC, “quietly” talking to other outlets
Chuck Todd to Leave NBC, Meets With Other Outlets - Semafor
The NBC News veteran is looking at, and talking to, other media organizations about his plans to leave the network at the end of his contract this year.
www.mediaite.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Semafor reporting Chuck Todd is leaving NBC, “quietly” talking to other outlets
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Hey LA Times did you get Patrick Soon-Shiong’s permission not to blame it on DEI?
As officials try to determine the cause of a fire that burned an estimated 7,000 structures in and around Altadena, investigators keep returning to one place: an electrical transmission tower in Eaton Canyon.
Read the full story: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Read the full story: www.latimes.com/california/s...
January 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Hey LA Times did you get Patrick Soon-Shiong’s permission not to blame it on DEI?
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Fanta was created so coke could sell soda in nazi Germany around a trade embargo. IBM sold the machines that were used to track and tabulate holocaust victims. Henry Ford inspired Hitler. Big business has always collaborated with fascism. Today's businesses are bastards who are no different.
January 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Fanta was created so coke could sell soda in nazi Germany around a trade embargo. IBM sold the machines that were used to track and tabulate holocaust victims. Henry Ford inspired Hitler. Big business has always collaborated with fascism. Today's businesses are bastards who are no different.