Christina
@turtburglar.bsky.social
I came here to burgle your turts.
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Trump's acting CFPB director (Scott Bessent) stopped the agency's work, which includes:
-Capping credit card rates and excessive fees
-Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers
-Preventing politically-motivated debanking
It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.
-Capping credit card rates and excessive fees
-Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers
-Preventing politically-motivated debanking
It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump's acting CFPB director (Scott Bessent) stopped the agency's work, which includes:
-Capping credit card rates and excessive fees
-Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers
-Preventing politically-motivated debanking
It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.
-Capping credit card rates and excessive fees
-Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers
-Preventing politically-motivated debanking
It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.
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A reminder as Trump & Scott Bessent effectively shut down the CFPB: Wall Street & Big Tech don't hate the CFPB because it's an ineffective bureaucracy. They hate it because it's extraordinarily effective at protecting Americans from getting ripped off by Wall Street & Big Tech.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who Trump named acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has reportedly shut down all CFPB operations - enforcement, investigation, everything - "pending a review"
They're gonna let corporations fuck over consumers if they want to, dammit.
They're gonna let corporations fuck over consumers if they want to, dammit.
February 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A reminder as Trump & Scott Bessent effectively shut down the CFPB: Wall Street & Big Tech don't hate the CFPB because it's an ineffective bureaucracy. They hate it because it's extraordinarily effective at protecting Americans from getting ripped off by Wall Street & Big Tech.
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Some people are having trouble getting to the press release from the CFPB -- here it is
February 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Some people are having trouble getting to the press release from the CFPB -- here it is
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Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.
February 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.
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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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The U.S. Air Force has removed a video about the Tuskegee Airmen from its basic training curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland following Trump’s executive order banning federal DEI initiatives. The Tuskegee Airmen were pioneering Black pilots renowned for their service during World War II.
January 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The U.S. Air Force has removed a video about the Tuskegee Airmen from its basic training curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland following Trump’s executive order banning federal DEI initiatives. The Tuskegee Airmen were pioneering Black pilots renowned for their service during World War II.
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For those not paying attention to European news, you missed the Orange Asshole's failed call with Denmark wherein he became hostile and belligerent. From the Financial Times, 1/24/25.
January 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For those not paying attention to European news, you missed the Orange Asshole's failed call with Denmark wherein he became hostile and belligerent. From the Financial Times, 1/24/25.
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I remember the old days when Fox said it was Biden’s fault.
January 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I remember the old days when Fox said it was Biden’s fault.
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It’s right up there with convicted insurrectionist felons being pardoned while Congress organizes a witch hunt for former members who investigated the insurrection.
Indicative of the political moment that somebody can throw up something that looks like a Nazi salute at a political rally, and it’s other people who get in trouble for saying that’s a bad thing.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture
Meteorologist Sam Kuffel criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture some likened to a Nazi salute at the Trump inauguration.
www.jsonline.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It’s right up there with convicted insurrectionist felons being pardoned while Congress organizes a witch hunt for former members who investigated the insurrection.
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It would be terrible if someone flooded the snitch email with a million AI slop fake reports every day.
I hope no one does that. It would be wrong.
I hope no one does that. It would be wrong.
Internal memo Homeland Security employees received today instructing them to send evidence of hidden DEI programs to “[email protected]”
January 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It would be terrible if someone flooded the snitch email with a million AI slop fake reports every day.
I hope no one does that. It would be wrong.
I hope no one does that. It would be wrong.
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After Monday, 1/20/25, the LGBTQ community (which includes me) is going to need YOUR support more than ever. Please stand with us! 🏳️🌈🇺🇸
January 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
After Monday, 1/20/25, the LGBTQ community (which includes me) is going to need YOUR support more than ever. Please stand with us! 🏳️🌈🇺🇸
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Back on the grind tomorrow
January 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Back on the grind tomorrow
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My parents and grandparents werent even considered people, human beings under the law in this country when they were my age.
My dad was 4 years old when 7 white men gang raped Recy Taylor & the cops had to let them go b/c the law said only white women could be raped under American law
My dad was 4 years old when 7 white men gang raped Recy Taylor & the cops had to let them go b/c the law said only white women could be raped under American law
January 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My parents and grandparents werent even considered people, human beings under the law in this country when they were my age.
My dad was 4 years old when 7 white men gang raped Recy Taylor & the cops had to let them go b/c the law said only white women could be raped under American law
My dad was 4 years old when 7 white men gang raped Recy Taylor & the cops had to let them go b/c the law said only white women could be raped under American law
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“It is the policy of the United States to recognize four humors: phlegm, blood, yellow bile, and black bile. These humors are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.”
"It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality."
The cis-binary is nothing more than a partisan political declaration limited within borders and time
The cis-binary is nothing more than a partisan political declaration limited within borders and time
January 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“It is the policy of the United States to recognize four humors: phlegm, blood, yellow bile, and black bile. These humors are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.”
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77M Americans are in the world's most powerful religious/political cult.
It's not half of America. It's literally 23% of Americans, and somehow they're controlling the rest of us.
To those 10M Americans who stayed home in November, fuck you forever.
Everyone else? Let's fucking go.
It's not half of America. It's literally 23% of Americans, and somehow they're controlling the rest of us.
To those 10M Americans who stayed home in November, fuck you forever.
Everyone else? Let's fucking go.
January 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
77M Americans are in the world's most powerful religious/political cult.
It's not half of America. It's literally 23% of Americans, and somehow they're controlling the rest of us.
To those 10M Americans who stayed home in November, fuck you forever.
Everyone else? Let's fucking go.
It's not half of America. It's literally 23% of Americans, and somehow they're controlling the rest of us.
To those 10M Americans who stayed home in November, fuck you forever.
Everyone else? Let's fucking go.
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25% tariffs??? On Mexico and Canada?
He just fucked this country so goddamn hard. Do you have ANY idea how much of our energy we get from Canada?
Wood?
And the slobbering fucking idiots STILL think Canada will be paying it!
jfc RIP America - cause of death: Complete fucking stupidity.
Holy. Fuck.
He just fucked this country so goddamn hard. Do you have ANY idea how much of our energy we get from Canada?
Wood?
And the slobbering fucking idiots STILL think Canada will be paying it!
jfc RIP America - cause of death: Complete fucking stupidity.
Holy. Fuck.
So far today, we have:
- withdrawn from Paris Climate agreement
- announced 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada starting February 1
- withdrawn from World Health Organization
This is the “stability” you voted for, MAGA?
- withdrawn from Paris Climate agreement
- announced 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada starting February 1
- withdrawn from World Health Organization
This is the “stability” you voted for, MAGA?
January 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
25% tariffs??? On Mexico and Canada?
He just fucked this country so goddamn hard. Do you have ANY idea how much of our energy we get from Canada?
Wood?
And the slobbering fucking idiots STILL think Canada will be paying it!
jfc RIP America - cause of death: Complete fucking stupidity.
Holy. Fuck.
He just fucked this country so goddamn hard. Do you have ANY idea how much of our energy we get from Canada?
Wood?
And the slobbering fucking idiots STILL think Canada will be paying it!
jfc RIP America - cause of death: Complete fucking stupidity.
Holy. Fuck.
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For those who need to hear it today 🏳️🌈
January 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
For those who need to hear it today 🏳️🌈
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Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
January 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
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I think we’re past this point, Charlie. Is he a troll? Yes. Does he harbor neo-Nazi sympathies? Equally clear: yes. So when he does this we can skip to saying it was a Nazi salute and he can justify it to himself however he likes but no one cares because he’s a trog who knowingly gave a Nazi salute.
Elon Musk made a hand gesture that resembled a Nazi salute. The anger and confusion that followed is just what a troll like Musk would want, Charlie Warzel argues.
Did He?
Elon Musk hardly deserves the benefit of the doubt.
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I think we’re past this point, Charlie. Is he a troll? Yes. Does he harbor neo-Nazi sympathies? Equally clear: yes. So when he does this we can skip to saying it was a Nazi salute and he can justify it to himself however he likes but no one cares because he’s a trog who knowingly gave a Nazi salute.
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As we remember and honor the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I'm thinking of his words that remain especially relevant on this day:
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”
January 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
As we remember and honor the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I'm thinking of his words that remain especially relevant on this day:
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”
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January 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
January 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
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Ketamine is a hell of a drug.
January 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ketamine is a hell of a drug.