LoneStarLola
@lonestarlola.bsky.social
Fiber Arts * Stargazing * Navel-gazing * Board games * Local breweries * Costumes *
Amateur photography * Writing (smut, poetry, quite talented at limericks) * Mystery *
* Finding joy in all the tiny things * Self-evolution is our highest purpose.
Amateur photography * Writing (smut, poetry, quite talented at limericks) * Mystery *
* Finding joy in all the tiny things * Self-evolution is our highest purpose.
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I'm about to drop some random scripts and carousels tonight. It's not going to be as orderly as I normally am; there's just a LOT going on.
But follow this thread. Script 1: RFK has made it through committee. CALL. YOUR. SENATORS.
We have to do everything in our power to defeat him.
But follow this thread. Script 1: RFK has made it through committee. CALL. YOUR. SENATORS.
We have to do everything in our power to defeat him.
![RFK HAS MADE IT THROUGH COMMITTEE. CALL YOUR SENATORS:
YOU: Hi, my name is [name], and I’m calling from [zip code].
YOU: I’m calling on [SENATOR] to vote against RFK Jr.’s nomination to HHS when it comes to the floor. His stance on vaccines and non-medical science is dangerous, and will absolutely cause medical harm.
YOU: Is [SENATOR] really okay with someone this inexperienced running such a sensitive position? What will [SENATOR] do, when we have outbreaks all across the country and the next pandemic? All of this comes at a cost.
YOU: I am calling on [ SENATOR] to reject his nomination when the vote comes tot he floor.
YOU: [ADD MORE/PERSONALIZE/CLARIFY IF YOU WANT A RESPONSE]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreicr3qkl2d7cgukjjofikrz5cpzou5drn26akiygd37tpzoszb54ba@jpeg)
February 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'm about to drop some random scripts and carousels tonight. It's not going to be as orderly as I normally am; there's just a LOT going on.
But follow this thread. Script 1: RFK has made it through committee. CALL. YOUR. SENATORS.
We have to do everything in our power to defeat him.
But follow this thread. Script 1: RFK has made it through committee. CALL. YOUR. SENATORS.
We have to do everything in our power to defeat him.
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February 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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This is disgusting and wrong.
If anyone on this list needs help with security, please reach out- I have been where you are and can help.
If anyone on this list needs help with security, please reach out- I have been where you are and can help.
A conservative group backed by a grant from the Heritage Foundation has set up a "DEI Watchlist" with dossiers on civil servants it claims pushed DEI policies at US agencies.
The site shows information and photos of the workers it labels as "targets." Most of those named are minorities or women.
The site shows information and photos of the workers it labels as "targets." Most of those named are minorities or women.
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This is disgusting and wrong.
If anyone on this list needs help with security, please reach out- I have been where you are and can help.
If anyone on this list needs help with security, please reach out- I have been where you are and can help.
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@raskin.house.gov: "We're already hearing now, with [Trump] pulling the plug on USAID, that China is moving in-- to say that 'they don't want to help you, but we're happy to help you.'"
February 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
@raskin.house.gov: "We're already hearing now, with [Trump] pulling the plug on USAID, that China is moving in-- to say that 'they don't want to help you, but we're happy to help you.'"
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Not just a blanket pardon for J6ers, but also punishment for those who honorably and tirelessly carried out the largest law enforcement action in US history.
FBI turns over details of 5,000 employees who worked on January 6 cases to Trump Justice Department, as agents sue | CNN Politics
FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with details of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, accordin...
www.cnn.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Not just a blanket pardon for J6ers, but also punishment for those who honorably and tirelessly carried out the largest law enforcement action in US history.
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Purging the DOJ & FBI of nonpartisan civil servants is a dangerous tactic
It risks politicizing the administration of justice & undermining rule of law
But Americans have tools to defend democracy👇-TN www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
It risks politicizing the administration of justice & undermining rule of law
But Americans have tools to defend democracy👇-TN www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
Democracy Playbook 2025
Norm Eisen and Jonathan Katz provide actionable steps for democratic actors in the U.S. and globally to strengthen democratic institutions and resist illiberal forces.
www.brookings.edu
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Purging the DOJ & FBI of nonpartisan civil servants is a dangerous tactic
It risks politicizing the administration of justice & undermining rule of law
But Americans have tools to defend democracy👇-TN www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
It risks politicizing the administration of justice & undermining rule of law
But Americans have tools to defend democracy👇-TN www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
I've been on a mad cathartic repost spree tonight.
I see so much complacency around me - red state here, blue city but my workplace happens to be full of Trump voters.
They all seem completely unfazed.
It's surreal. Trying to not let it make me sad but damn it's really freaking hard right now.
I see so much complacency around me - red state here, blue city but my workplace happens to be full of Trump voters.
They all seem completely unfazed.
It's surreal. Trying to not let it make me sad but damn it's really freaking hard right now.
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I've been on a mad cathartic repost spree tonight.
I see so much complacency around me - red state here, blue city but my workplace happens to be full of Trump voters.
They all seem completely unfazed.
It's surreal. Trying to not let it make me sad but damn it's really freaking hard right now.
I see so much complacency around me - red state here, blue city but my workplace happens to be full of Trump voters.
They all seem completely unfazed.
It's surreal. Trying to not let it make me sad but damn it's really freaking hard right now.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.
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this is exactly what i’m getting at when i see these people have no understanding of civil society. they do not seem to conceptualize other people as having agency whatsoever.
February 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
this is exactly what i’m getting at when i see these people have no understanding of civil society. they do not seem to conceptualize other people as having agency whatsoever.
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Higher greenhouse-gas emissions, fewer jobs and dirtier air that kills more people: researchers have plugged Trump’s energy and climate policies into their models, and early results suggest far-reaching consequences for health, the economy and the planet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Drill, baby drill? Trump policies will hurt climate ― but US green transition is underway
Market forces could undercut the administration’s plans to increase the use of fossil fuels such as oil and petrol.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Higher greenhouse-gas emissions, fewer jobs and dirtier air that kills more people: researchers have plugged Trump’s energy and climate policies into their models, and early results suggest far-reaching consequences for health, the economy and the planet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Republicans OK With Trump Acting Like A King — As Long As He Does What They Like.
"If you're upset by that, call someone who cares," Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said of efforts to shutter the agency in charge of humanitarian assistance abroad.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
"If you're upset by that, call someone who cares," Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said of efforts to shutter the agency in charge of humanitarian assistance abroad.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Republicans OK With Trump Acting Like A King — As Long As He Does What They Like
"If you're upset by that, call someone who cares," Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said of efforts to shutter the agency in charge of humanitarian assistance abroad.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Republicans OK With Trump Acting Like A King — As Long As He Does What They Like.
"If you're upset by that, call someone who cares," Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said of efforts to shutter the agency in charge of humanitarian assistance abroad.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
"If you're upset by that, call someone who cares," Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said of efforts to shutter the agency in charge of humanitarian assistance abroad.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion
Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
February 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion
Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
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Read this, and curse the NYT (for their overall politics but also for how they jerk around independent writers).
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Read this, and curse the NYT (for their overall politics but also for how they jerk around independent writers).
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Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
February 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
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FOTUS signed an EO withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council.
One casualty? Funding for Palestinian refugees will be cut off.
So, all of you fucken protest voters who withheld your vote for Kamala over Gaza…how ya’ feeling now?
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
One casualty? Funding for Palestinian refugees will be cut off.
So, all of you fucken protest voters who withheld your vote for Kamala over Gaza…how ya’ feeling now?
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Trump to order US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council, halt UNRWA funding
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council and prohibiting funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, a White House official said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
FOTUS signed an EO withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council.
One casualty? Funding for Palestinian refugees will be cut off.
So, all of you fucken protest voters who withheld your vote for Kamala over Gaza…how ya’ feeling now?
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
One casualty? Funding for Palestinian refugees will be cut off.
So, all of you fucken protest voters who withheld your vote for Kamala over Gaza…how ya’ feeling now?
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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I’ve been hearing many, many white leaders call for “color-blind” policies lately, thinking they’re fair.
I used to believe that too—privilege can make us think "seeing race" equals racism. But that’s a lie.
Color-blind policies instead serve to empower White Supremacy by ignoring real inequality.
I used to believe that too—privilege can make us think "seeing race" equals racism. But that’s a lie.
Color-blind policies instead serve to empower White Supremacy by ignoring real inequality.
February 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I’ve been hearing many, many white leaders call for “color-blind” policies lately, thinking they’re fair.
I used to believe that too—privilege can make us think "seeing race" equals racism. But that’s a lie.
Color-blind policies instead serve to empower White Supremacy by ignoring real inequality.
I used to believe that too—privilege can make us think "seeing race" equals racism. But that’s a lie.
Color-blind policies instead serve to empower White Supremacy by ignoring real inequality.
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If you broke into a computer system and stole someone's personal data you'd be charged with felonies and sent to prison.
When Elon Musk hijacks federal computer systems containing the personal data of millions of Americans... nothing.
Because Donald Trump sold him our government.
When Elon Musk hijacks federal computer systems containing the personal data of millions of Americans... nothing.
Because Donald Trump sold him our government.
February 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you broke into a computer system and stole someone's personal data you'd be charged with felonies and sent to prison.
When Elon Musk hijacks federal computer systems containing the personal data of millions of Americans... nothing.
Because Donald Trump sold him our government.
When Elon Musk hijacks federal computer systems containing the personal data of millions of Americans... nothing.
Because Donald Trump sold him our government.
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If President Musk really wanted to cut wasteful spending:
-Universal healthcare saves $650B
-Gun safety laws save $557B
-Ending direct & indirect fossil fuel subsidies saves $650B
-Funding the IRS saves $124B
But he doesn’t. He just needed an excuse to hijack the government.
-Universal healthcare saves $650B
-Gun safety laws save $557B
-Ending direct & indirect fossil fuel subsidies saves $650B
-Funding the IRS saves $124B
But he doesn’t. He just needed an excuse to hijack the government.
February 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If President Musk really wanted to cut wasteful spending:
-Universal healthcare saves $650B
-Gun safety laws save $557B
-Ending direct & indirect fossil fuel subsidies saves $650B
-Funding the IRS saves $124B
But he doesn’t. He just needed an excuse to hijack the government.
-Universal healthcare saves $650B
-Gun safety laws save $557B
-Ending direct & indirect fossil fuel subsidies saves $650B
-Funding the IRS saves $124B
But he doesn’t. He just needed an excuse to hijack the government.
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Yesterday's "Day Without Immigrants" protests around the country underscore a crucial truth: no matter what you hear on Fox News, immigrants are good for the economy and our society.
The Truth About Immigrants and the Economy | Robert Reich
No matter what you hear on Fox News, immigrants are good for the economy and our society. Watch.
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Yesterday's "Day Without Immigrants" protests around the country underscore a crucial truth: no matter what you hear on Fox News, immigrants are good for the economy and our society.
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Boycott the Super Bowl.
The NFL will remove its “End Racism” sign at this weekend’s Super Bowl, the first time since 2021 the message will not appear in the Super Bowl end zone. Although the game will feature two Black quarterbacks, league sources confirmed that Trump is expected to attend as well.
NFL to remove ‘End Racism’ messaging in end zone ahead of Super Bowl: Sources
"Choose Love" and "It Takes All of Us" will be stenciled onto the back of the end zones at the Caesars Superdome.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Boycott the Super Bowl.
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Imagine the outrage if Pete Buttigieg had presided over a 2-day period, in the midst of crisis, where they twice sent emails demeaning and demanding all air traffic controllers -- who are already often carrying double duty -- resign without a plan or replacements waiting in the wings
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Imagine the outrage if Pete Buttigieg had presided over a 2-day period, in the midst of crisis, where they twice sent emails demeaning and demanding all air traffic controllers -- who are already often carrying double duty -- resign without a plan or replacements waiting in the wings
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In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
February 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
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Trump has signed 10 executive orders attacking trans people in his first 16 days in office. Do not ever let anyone tell you that it's Democrats who are obsessed with trans people.
February 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trump has signed 10 executive orders attacking trans people in his first 16 days in office. Do not ever let anyone tell you that it's Democrats who are obsessed with trans people.
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Trump's executive orders and Elon Musk's DOGE are attempts to significantly empower the executive branch — with millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in the balance.
Do We Even Know What's Happening To The Federal Government?
Trump's executive orders and Elon Musk's DOGE are attempts to significantly empower the executive branch — with millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in the balance.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump's executive orders and Elon Musk's DOGE are attempts to significantly empower the executive branch — with millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in the balance.
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Elon Musk is so close to finally killing California high-speed rail — a goal he’s pursued for over a decade — even though his alternative the Hyperloop is an absolute joke.
Killing HSR is about keeping people trapped in cars and planes.
Killing HSR is about keeping people trapped in cars and planes.
Trump wants to halt the high-speed rail project that would cut travel time between SF and LA from 9 hours to under 3 hours.
From the oval office here just said: "We're going to start a big investigation on that.. it wasn't even necessary, I would have said, you don't buy it. You take an airplane.”
From the oval office here just said: "We're going to start a big investigation on that.. it wasn't even necessary, I would have said, you don't buy it. You take an airplane.”
February 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Elon Musk is so close to finally killing California high-speed rail — a goal he’s pursued for over a decade — even though his alternative the Hyperloop is an absolute joke.
Killing HSR is about keeping people trapped in cars and planes.
Killing HSR is about keeping people trapped in cars and planes.