@pupchick.bsky.social
Texas blue-dot dem. Love dogs, reading, old films, art, travel. Trying to find a way forward and find hope.
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I guess it’s outrageous that the American people want to know who is inside the government seeking to dismantle it and gain access to their data and a host of other sensitive info. We aren’t allowed to know who they are? Why not?
February 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I guess it’s outrageous that the American people want to know who is inside the government seeking to dismantle it and gain access to their data and a host of other sensitive info. We aren’t allowed to know who they are? Why not?
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For extra context, NCMEC runs the massive hashed database of CSAM that companies use to detect it on their platforms. If NCMEC were shut down, CSAM would proliferate everywhere. Not hard to see why the far right would want that while pinning blame on trans people.
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
For extra context, NCMEC runs the massive hashed database of CSAM that companies use to detect it on their platforms. If NCMEC were shut down, CSAM would proliferate everywhere. Not hard to see why the far right would want that while pinning blame on trans people.
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NEWS
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Block Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back
The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.
bit.ly
February 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEWS
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.
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This is what throwing sand in the gears looks like…
More of this, please.
More of this, please.
February 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is what throwing sand in the gears looks like…
More of this, please.
More of this, please.
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US companies were about to cook Trump. So he went up to Pres. Sheinbaum like a dog, on his hands and knees, begging her to give him a “win,” and she said NO. He did all this, crashed the stock market, just for Mexico to say they’re not doing more than they already are. He caved and got NOTHING!
February 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
US companies were about to cook Trump. So he went up to Pres. Sheinbaum like a dog, on his hands and knees, begging her to give him a “win,” and she said NO. He did all this, crashed the stock market, just for Mexico to say they’re not doing more than they already are. He caved and got NOTHING!
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U.S. attorney threatens to break the law by arresting people who try to obstruct a private citizen from his ongoing lawbreaking.
Trump’s DC US Attorney says that “Any threats, confrontations, or other actions in any way that impacts” what Elon Musk’s people are doing will be investigated by his office since that “may break numerous laws.”
February 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
U.S. attorney threatens to break the law by arresting people who try to obstruct a private citizen from his ongoing lawbreaking.
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Post from one of Rubio’s appointments to a “top 10” position at State. Recall pundits & pols who said Rubio was a “reasonable” nominee. Fundamental misunderstanding of fascism’s operation. “Rubio” is just a name occupying a position within a Trump/Musk paradigm.
February 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Post from one of Rubio’s appointments to a “top 10” position at State. Recall pundits & pols who said Rubio was a “reasonable” nominee. Fundamental misunderstanding of fascism’s operation. “Rubio” is just a name occupying a position within a Trump/Musk paradigm.
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NOW would be a great time to have a VERY PUBLIC and VERY LOUD response from Congressional Democrats on Elon Musk's unchecked takeover of our federal government...
February 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
NOW would be a great time to have a VERY PUBLIC and VERY LOUD response from Congressional Democrats on Elon Musk's unchecked takeover of our federal government...
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I am begging every Democratic committee, PAC, and candidate to get control of your damn email program right now and stop sending tone deaf fundraising emails that have nothing to do with what's happening. Stop listening to focus groups from a month ago. Stop the 2 approved talking points.
February 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am begging every Democratic committee, PAC, and candidate to get control of your damn email program right now and stop sending tone deaf fundraising emails that have nothing to do with what's happening. Stop listening to focus groups from a month ago. Stop the 2 approved talking points.
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Alternative headline:
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Alternative headline:
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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This is the child Trump to whom has outsourced your personal data, with no legal process.
Contrary to some info I've seen, 19-yr-old Doge staffer "BigBalls" Edward Coristine did not delete his X account, it's just renamed and is private.
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
February 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is the child Trump to whom has outsourced your personal data, with no legal process.
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With all due respect to @gene4va.bsky.social, Let's make this more clear.
Trump has fired the people who treated an armed attack on Congress as a crime BECAUSE they treated it as a crime.
No member of Congress should defend terrorist attacks on themselves.
Trump has fired the people who treated an armed attack on Congress as a crime BECAUSE they treated it as a crime.
No member of Congress should defend terrorist attacks on themselves.
FBI firings are a 5 alarm fire.
Firing the senior leadership, scores of senior agents and hundreds of line agents will make us less safe from criminals and external threats. This is a catastrophe of yet incalculable proportions. These attacks on law enforcement are a menace to the American people.
Firing the senior leadership, scores of senior agents and hundreds of line agents will make us less safe from criminals and external threats. This is a catastrophe of yet incalculable proportions. These attacks on law enforcement are a menace to the American people.
February 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
With all due respect to @gene4va.bsky.social, Let's make this more clear.
Trump has fired the people who treated an armed attack on Congress as a crime BECAUSE they treated it as a crime.
No member of Congress should defend terrorist attacks on themselves.
Trump has fired the people who treated an armed attack on Congress as a crime BECAUSE they treated it as a crime.
No member of Congress should defend terrorist attacks on themselves.
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“Musk’s DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information, so the two USAID security officials — John Vorhees and deputy Brian McGill — were legally obligated to deny access.”
USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Mu...
apnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Musk’s DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information, so the two USAID security officials — John Vorhees and deputy Brian McGill — were legally obligated to deny access.”
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Here's one of the victim impact letters--from family members of a guy who died of a heroin overdose--submitted when Ross Ulbricht was sentenced.
This is who Trump pardoned, while claiming to care abt trafficking.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is who Trump pardoned, while claiming to care abt trafficking.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here's one of the victim impact letters--from family members of a guy who died of a heroin overdose--submitted when Ross Ulbricht was sentenced.
This is who Trump pardoned, while claiming to care abt trafficking.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is who Trump pardoned, while claiming to care abt trafficking.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Trump Preparing to Fire FBI Agents Who Treated a Violent Attack on Congress as a Crime
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/03/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/03/t...
Trump Preparing to Fire FBI Agents Who Treated a Violent Attack on Congress as a Crime - emptywheel
Trump is trying to make it a firing offense for the FBI to investigate people -- including some adjudged terrorists -- who attacked a co-equal branch of government. And thus far, Senators who could ...
www.emptywheel.net
February 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trump Preparing to Fire FBI Agents Who Treated a Violent Attack on Congress as a Crime
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/03/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/03/t...
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Really smart thread: Make categories and replace outrage with categorization.
🧵I think we need to talk about *waves hands wildly in all directions* differently.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
I see 3 goals:
-Dismantling democracy+systems of accountability
-Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad
-Immiserating non-billionaires for financial gain
Each action is toward those one/all of those goals.
So if I'm getting the chronology right, Trump/Musk & minions gutted the FBI in time for a Friday night news dump, hours ahead of launching their long-promised trade war. I hate to ascribe to them anything like careful thought but *wink* "they won't be talking about the FBI on Monday!" comes to mind.
February 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Really smart thread: Make categories and replace outrage with categorization.
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PS Please DO NOT stutter when talking about goal 2: Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad.
The anti-DEI crap? White supremacism.
Dismantling USAID? White supremacism.
The anti-trans & anti-repro crap? Male supremacism, which is necessary for white supremacism.
CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
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The anti-DEI crap? White supremacism.
Dismantling USAID? White supremacism.
The anti-trans & anti-repro crap? Male supremacism, which is necessary for white supremacism.
CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
6/6
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
PS Please DO NOT stutter when talking about goal 2: Advancing white supremacist policies here+abroad.
The anti-DEI crap? White supremacism.
Dismantling USAID? White supremacism.
The anti-trans & anti-repro crap? Male supremacism, which is necessary for white supremacism.
CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
6/6
The anti-DEI crap? White supremacism.
Dismantling USAID? White supremacism.
The anti-trans & anti-repro crap? Male supremacism, which is necessary for white supremacism.
CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
6/6
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They're flooding the zone to knock (& keep) us off kilter, to blunt the efforts of ppl working on Bad Thing A with the efforts of ppl working on Bad Thing B, C, D, E (...), to overwhelm our capacity to resist & the capacity of the press & our systems of accountability to keep up.
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4/
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
They're flooding the zone to knock (& keep) us off kilter, to blunt the efforts of ppl working on Bad Thing A with the efforts of ppl working on Bad Thing B, C, D, E (...), to overwhelm our capacity to resist & the capacity of the press & our systems of accountability to keep up.
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Note, as @samsteindc.bsky.social noted on Xitter, surging 10,000 troops to the border is something Biden got them to do in the past w/o tanking the stock market.
apnews.com/article/guat...
apnews.com/article/guat...
Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala deploy troops to lower migration
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to temporarily surge security forces to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of migratio...
apnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Note, as @samsteindc.bsky.social noted on Xitter, surging 10,000 troops to the border is something Biden got them to do in the past w/o tanking the stock market.
apnews.com/article/guat...
apnews.com/article/guat...
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Not only did Sheinbaum get Trump to back down, she got a [hah] commitment that the US will crack down on arms trafficking into Mexico. [Translation in Alt-Text.]
February 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Not only did Sheinbaum get Trump to back down, she got a [hah] commitment that the US will crack down on arms trafficking into Mexico. [Translation in Alt-Text.]
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6/ In the Senate (God save us), be like Mitch McConnell if HE was in the minority. Maneuver. Obstruct. Delay. Use the rules to stop everything you can. Guilt the hell out of Collins, Murkowski, Langford, Tillis, and anyone else you can.
(This is a tall order for which I have little hope.)
(This is a tall order for which I have little hope.)
February 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
6/ In the Senate (God save us), be like Mitch McConnell if HE was in the minority. Maneuver. Obstruct. Delay. Use the rules to stop everything you can. Guilt the hell out of Collins, Murkowski, Langford, Tillis, and anyone else you can.
(This is a tall order for which I have little hope.)
(This is a tall order for which I have little hope.)
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5/ Stop being naive. They call you communist satanist pedophiles every day. FIDO: Fuck It. Drive On.
Stoke MAGA rivalries in the House. Elevate Greene and the loons as the definition of the GOP.
Have the DCCC invest in some real oppo, not your usual weak-dick content. (Hint: Cawthorn is right.)
Stoke MAGA rivalries in the House. Elevate Greene and the loons as the definition of the GOP.
Have the DCCC invest in some real oppo, not your usual weak-dick content. (Hint: Cawthorn is right.)
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
5/ Stop being naive. They call you communist satanist pedophiles every day. FIDO: Fuck It. Drive On.
Stoke MAGA rivalries in the House. Elevate Greene and the loons as the definition of the GOP.
Have the DCCC invest in some real oppo, not your usual weak-dick content. (Hint: Cawthorn is right.)
Stoke MAGA rivalries in the House. Elevate Greene and the loons as the definition of the GOP.
Have the DCCC invest in some real oppo, not your usual weak-dick content. (Hint: Cawthorn is right.)
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4/ Maximum resistance. Johnson's House number is so narrow that one DUI costs him the majority. Never give him a vote even if it causes short-term pain in your district. Block everything. Slow every process.
"Oh, no," you cry, "The media will say mean things about us obstructing progress."
"Oh, no," you cry, "The media will say mean things about us obstructing progress."
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
4/ Maximum resistance. Johnson's House number is so narrow that one DUI costs him the majority. Never give him a vote even if it causes short-term pain in your district. Block everything. Slow every process.
"Oh, no," you cry, "The media will say mean things about us obstructing progress."
"Oh, no," you cry, "The media will say mean things about us obstructing progress."
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1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”