FEMA firings are set to increase tonight, even after Trump approved FEMA funding for Kentucky. He calls FEMA worthless but then utilizes it?

"The Boss of Everyone and Everything": No paper straws or local bike lanes. Trump is increasingly trying to enforce his will on areas like the arts, sports, news, private companies and college campuses. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

More than 60 major moves that President Trump and his administration have made in his first 23 days, including executive orders and agency memos, have aligned with proposals in the Project 2025 blueprint, according to a New York Times analysis.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis.

“Today, DEI has become the new N-word; the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism.”

My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.

Sorry, but it has to be said:

Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.

A corrupt billionaire trying to kill the agency that protects Americans against exploitation by corrupt billionaires? Screw that!

DC: Tomorrow at 4:15pm, we're rallying outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. #SaveTheCFPB

www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Folks trying to save USAID are trying to counterprogram Musk's $40 million Super Bowl ad. They're asking everyone to share this video as widely as you can today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:

February 2, 2025

World’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out