@hissyfitz.bsky.social
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This is a really good thread on how the right uses our worry that we sound nuts to just rampage while we get up to speed.
The key to the Criminal Interview is that the would-be predator operates unconstrained by norms — all options are on the table for them.
The predator is testing how far they can push their potential victim before getting pushback.
The predator is trying to figure out "Can I get away with this?" 4/
The predator is testing how far they can push their potential victim before getting pushback.
The predator is trying to figure out "Can I get away with this?" 4/
February 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is a really good thread on how the right uses our worry that we sound nuts to just rampage while we get up to speed.
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Probably half of America would think you were an unhinged lunatic if you just factually explained to them what’s happened in the last seven days.
And probably more than half of America has no idea.
February 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Probably half of America would think you were an unhinged lunatic if you just factually explained to them what’s happened in the last seven days.
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simply repeating the straight reporting of what is happening in the executive branch makes you sound like you have lost your mind.
February 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
simply repeating the straight reporting of what is happening in the executive branch makes you sound like you have lost your mind.
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Seen on my news and academic feeds today:
"This is highly illegal!"
"Where are the courts?"
"Someone needs to arrest him/them!"
"The military needs to oust them!"
"WHERE ARE THE DEMS?"
This is the denial stage of grief. None of the above institutions are coming to save us.
We are all we've got.
"This is highly illegal!"
"Where are the courts?"
"Someone needs to arrest him/them!"
"The military needs to oust them!"
"WHERE ARE THE DEMS?"
This is the denial stage of grief. None of the above institutions are coming to save us.
We are all we've got.
February 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Seen on my news and academic feeds today:
"This is highly illegal!"
"Where are the courts?"
"Someone needs to arrest him/them!"
"The military needs to oust them!"
"WHERE ARE THE DEMS?"
This is the denial stage of grief. None of the above institutions are coming to save us.
We are all we've got.
"This is highly illegal!"
"Where are the courts?"
"Someone needs to arrest him/them!"
"The military needs to oust them!"
"WHERE ARE THE DEMS?"
This is the denial stage of grief. None of the above institutions are coming to save us.
We are all we've got.
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Government civil servants threatened with US marshals. Why? Bc they were defending classified information and security systems from being accessed by Musk’s flying monkeys.
Illegal AF.
Illegal AF.
February 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Government civil servants threatened with US marshals. Why? Bc they were defending classified information and security systems from being accessed by Musk’s flying monkeys.
Illegal AF.
Illegal AF.
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The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa over land ‘confiscations’
Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situation
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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All Five Eyes partners need to presume that ALL US government IT systems are now insecure.
Similarly the EU need to treat any data interchange agreements with the US as null and void.
This includes cloud hosting on Azure, AWS and Google (not that anyone uses Google Cloud ;)
Similarly the EU need to treat any data interchange agreements with the US as null and void.
This includes cloud hosting on Azure, AWS and Google (not that anyone uses Google Cloud ;)
Random computers being plugged into federal networks is obviously terrifying in terms of what data they're deliberately accessing, but it's also terrifying because it implies controls are being disabled - unmanaged systems should never have access to this data. Who else has access to those systems?
February 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
All Five Eyes partners need to presume that ALL US government IT systems are now insecure.
Similarly the EU need to treat any data interchange agreements with the US as null and void.
This includes cloud hosting on Azure, AWS and Google (not that anyone uses Google Cloud ;)
Similarly the EU need to treat any data interchange agreements with the US as null and void.
This includes cloud hosting on Azure, AWS and Google (not that anyone uses Google Cloud ;)
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The irony of people doing this fake virtue signaling (after an entire campaign rife with fainting spells over the cost of eggs), is that their political deity is famous for manufacturing his clothing outside the US and for failing to pay American contractors.
February 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The irony of people doing this fake virtue signaling (after an entire campaign rife with fainting spells over the cost of eggs), is that their political deity is famous for manufacturing his clothing outside the US and for failing to pay American contractors.
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I stand with the men and women of the FBI who investigated the crimes WE ALL SAW TRUMP'S ANGRY MOB COMMIT on Jan. 6, 2021. They did the hard, honest, ethical work of protecting We The People & American democracy. Now it's our turn to stand with them. You in?
February 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I stand with the men and women of the FBI who investigated the crimes WE ALL SAW TRUMP'S ANGRY MOB COMMIT on Jan. 6, 2021. They did the hard, honest, ethical work of protecting We The People & American democracy. Now it's our turn to stand with them. You in?
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Acting FBI Director Pushes Back on Trump's Attempt to Wrongfully Fire FBI Agents Who Worked J6 Cases.
youtu.be/uZCgd-M2koM?...
youtu.be/uZCgd-M2koM?...
Acting FBI Director Pushes Back on Trump Attempt to Wrongfully Fire FBI Agents Who Worked J6 Cases
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
February 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Acting FBI Director Pushes Back on Trump's Attempt to Wrongfully Fire FBI Agents Who Worked J6 Cases.
youtu.be/uZCgd-M2koM?...
youtu.be/uZCgd-M2koM?...
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The executive branch does not have the legal right to cancel appropriated spending or eliminate agencies created by Congress.
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
![“I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said. “And I actually checked with him a few times [and] said ‘are you sure?’”
The answer was yes, he said.
“And so we’re shutting it down,” Musk said.
USAID staffers were told that the agency’s headquarters in Washington will be closed Monday amid the turmoil.
In an email to staff early Monday, the agency’s leadership said: “Agency personnel normally assigned to work at USAID headquarters will work remotely … with the exception of personnel with essential on-site and building maintenance functions individually contacted by senior leadership.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/bafkreihfrxbqqzx6xoeoudgfglj52il2ts26n2dkmxhq6ulwdbt7thegzy@jpeg)
February 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The executive branch does not have the legal right to cancel appropriated spending or eliminate agencies created by Congress.
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A former top Treasury Dept. Official says the payment records are so sensitive they are always off limits for political officials to protect Americans’ privacy. The breech is enormous.
This story says Musk’s team passed “the necessary background checks” and were “approved” to access millions of Americans’ private records including bank account information. Approved by whom? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A former top Treasury Dept. Official says the payment records are so sensitive they are always off limits for political officials to protect Americans’ privacy. The breech is enormous.
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Something I wrote elsewhere but is relevant here, as we start this first full week of February 2025:
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Something I wrote elsewhere but is relevant here, as we start this first full week of February 2025:
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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
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Elon’s response to a post simply naming the 6 people he has working for him inside our government. Apparently, it is a crime for the American people to know who they are.
February 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Elon’s response to a post simply naming the 6 people he has working for him inside our government. Apparently, it is a crime for the American people to know who they are.
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“Musk, Trump and some Republican lawmakers have targeted the U.S. aid and development agency, which oversees humanitarian, development & security programs in some 120 countries, in increasingly strident terms, accusing it of promoting liberal causes.” Yeah, like survival.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it
The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut it down.”
apnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“Musk, Trump and some Republican lawmakers have targeted the U.S. aid and development agency, which oversees humanitarian, development & security programs in some 120 countries, in increasingly strident terms, accusing it of promoting liberal causes.” Yeah, like survival.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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The workers were emailed by a little boy with no legal authority who interns for the richest Nazi in the world. It is an absolutely insane development and the social copy doesn’t come close to conveying it.
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The workers were emailed by a little boy with no legal authority who interns for the richest Nazi in the world. It is an absolutely insane development and the social copy doesn’t come close to conveying it.
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Must read. Musk has taken control of all of our money!
February 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Must read. Musk has taken control of all of our money!
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Do not teach power what it can do. Do not obey in advance…
Be as courageous as you can.
Be as courageous as you can.
1 Do not obey in advance.
2 Defend institutions.
…
15 Contribute to good causes.
16 Learn from peers in other countries.
17 Listen for dangerous words.
18 Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
19 Be a patriot.
20 Be as courageous as you can.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
#OnTyranny #DoNotObeyInAdvance
2 Defend institutions.
…
15 Contribute to good causes.
16 Learn from peers in other countries.
17 Listen for dangerous words.
18 Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
19 Be a patriot.
20 Be as courageous as you can.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
#OnTyranny #DoNotObeyInAdvance
February 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Do not teach power what it can do. Do not obey in advance…
Be as courageous as you can.
Be as courageous as you can.
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
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Have Elon Musk's 20-something worker-bees looking at classified materials been given a security clearance or passed a background check?
I'm kidding! Under Trump, such former niceties are irrelevant.
I'm kidding! Under Trump, such former niceties are irrelevant.
February 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Have Elon Musk's 20-something worker-bees looking at classified materials been given a security clearance or passed a background check?
I'm kidding! Under Trump, such former niceties are irrelevant.
I'm kidding! Under Trump, such former niceties are irrelevant.
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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New State Department appointee's message to Black Americans (including a Republican Senator, Trump appointee and former head of Heritage)
February 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
New State Department appointee's message to Black Americans (including a Republican Senator, Trump appointee and former head of Heritage)
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Time to accept that we simply have a mad king. The guy slapping 25% tariffs on Canada's postage while calling for its annexation - and releasing scarce water into the Central Valley to fight already-contained fires in LA - isn't doing a bit or pursuing a secret, rational strategy
February 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Time to accept that we simply have a mad king. The guy slapping 25% tariffs on Canada's postage while calling for its annexation - and releasing scarce water into the Central Valley to fight already-contained fires in LA - isn't doing a bit or pursuing a secret, rational strategy