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The quickening pace of corruption - the brazen use of the White House to enrich himself and his friends - is stunning.
Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.
Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.
With Congress Pliant, an Emboldened Trump Pushes His Business Interests
Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The quickening pace of corruption - the brazen use of the White House to enrich himself and his friends - is stunning.
Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.
Soon, before we know it, government will no longer serve us at all. It will just be a mechanism to enrich billionaires loyal to Trump.
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is.
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 12:06 AM
Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
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This is what happens when we excuse or ignore attacks on trans people and abortion rights. We normalize the right wing’s agenda.
It’s just a matter of time until your rights are stripped away, too.
It’s just a matter of time until your rights are stripped away, too.
Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision
A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is what happens when we excuse or ignore attacks on trans people and abortion rights. We normalize the right wing’s agenda.
It’s just a matter of time until your rights are stripped away, too.
It’s just a matter of time until your rights are stripped away, too.
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Landslide whatever. But tiny wins in the right places is what matters now
The final US Presidential vote count is out (yes, I know, rest of the world!). According to Cook Political Report analysis, the election was decided by just 229,766 votes across MI, PA and WI out of about 155.2 million cast nationally.
December 17, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Landslide whatever. But tiny wins in the right places is what matters now