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“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions” - Confucius Doing my best with what I’ve got today. Working to be better tomorrow. *he/him*
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

To understand the moment we are in as a country, this is incredibly important to take in:

A reminder to the men and women of our nations armed forces: You have a legal obligation to disobey blatantly unlawful commands. If you need verification, the legal department on any base can answer your questions about that, free of charge. Always remember your oath, and follow the law.

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Don't be gaslit: They are Nazis. This is a Nazi salute. They are not hiding it, or dog whistling, they are announcing it. They have come out as Nazis. Show the people in your life these images all together. Make them understand this is not an accident, or a fluke. It is happening here.

Make it make sense! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Democrats should all start making the jerk off motion when asked about anything Trump-related, just to see how it gets described. “Controversial gesture that suggests self-pleasuring”

A small government team at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for regulating autonomous cars—which Elon Musk claims are the future of Tesla—is being cut nearly in half by Musk. Conflict of interest?

“She didn't say that. And if she did, she didn’t mean it. And if she did mean it, you didn’t understand. And if you did, it’s not a big deal. And if it is, others have said worse.”

No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.

Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

Taxpayer-funded PROPAGANDA #FraudWasteAbuse #ThatsALotOfFederalSalaries

Since when does the federal government control the actions of private industry? Small government, my ass.

Been shouting this for 10 years

This

Memo to Democrats: If EVERY ONE of you would do what Janet Mills did yesterday EVERY TIME, Trump would unravel entirely. He relies on you being bullied. Refuse to be.

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

Let's say their names: * General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK * Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE * Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE All replaced by less qualified white guys.

Here’s the hard truth: this country’s people are tired of subsidizing billionaires. Want your cars to sell? Do it without subsidies. Want to shoot rockets into space? Get by without govt contracts. Want to build a website? Build your own internet first. We are DONE with you.

*When they have pictures of the food

WATCH: “You just said something that’s not true — that tens of millions of dead people are on that list… but the same report you cited said almost none of them have received Social security.” Trump’s Press Sec hides behind saying they “suspect” it, then runs away 🤔

Every Trump voter knew who he was - they just thought he would weaponize his racism and toxic masculinity against the rest of us even though he outright said "I don't care about you, I just care about your votes" TO THEIR FACES at a rally. Hatred makes you stupid.

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

This is the way

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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@stephenking.bsky.social’s collections are my favorites also. This one’s near the top 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

I’d encourage him to take this opportunity to work on the life lesson: examine OBJECTIVELY OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS rather than what people say. Because some people lie as easily as they breathe. Those who’ve dealt w/ Trump in a business capacity know how often he screws others for his own benefit.

I’m waiting for the first performative defamation lawsuit by some Trumpist asshole who gave a Nazi salute, filed against someone who called it a Nazi salute. It will mirror the bullshit suits filed by the assholes who did the white power sign who whined that they had been defamed by naming it.

Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who agrees that if you want people to stop calling your party a bunch of Nazis, then your party leaders should stop doing Nazi things like the Sieg Heil. Did you notsee this coming?

Without him, there wouldn’t be: POTUS Trump, or his SCOTUS, or his Federal Judges. His obstructive “POWER over people’s will” is largely responsible for where the US is today. Hold him accountable.

Gang, at this point I’m too disillusioned to expect all of you to mask always (even though you should), but for the love of GOD, please at least mask at airports and on planes when you travel to events!!!

This is why we mask - and will for as long as is necessary. With a proper N95 or better. #Covid has not been around long enough for us to know the repercussions. HIV shows up 8 years after "a cold". I'm doing what I can to protect myself #Disability Please protect us and yourselves.

The DOJ is weaponized. The FBI is weaponized. Take care with what you say online, even if you’re just joking or letting off steam.

We're a banana republic. And it happened so fast. You MAGAts and Uncommitteds will never, ever be forgiven.

Correct. He’s not capable of playing multidimensional chess. Or chess. Or checkers. Or tic-tac-toe. As one of his aides put it during Shit Show I, “he’s just eating the pieces” on the board. Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.

One danger of embracing generative AI as a learning device and in language assistance is that you're letting the keepers of that AI have power over what you learn and how you write. It will be programmed with biases, unintentional but often *quite* intentional, that you will unknowingly adopt.

Today, tomorrow, and every day after that. Women have the right to choose what to wear.

The question no one’s asking: If you’re eliminating all this wasteful spending and ADDING TRILLIONS TO THE NATIONAL DEBT Where’s all the money going? Explain it to me like I’m five.

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Most of the people quoted here *are Republicans* afraid of death threats *from their own party leader.* www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Important 🧵: Stanford political scientist uses data to show DOGE is attacking “liberal” agencies, not focusing on waste & inefficiency: “The hardest hit agencies are those that regulate industry, protect public health, and expand access to education.”