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Lifelong fan of dachshunds, Dodgers & Beatles. More recent fan of Dirtbags & Quakes. Retired teacher.
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“Trump is wrong; the world must say so. He’s taking US down a disastrous path…favouring Putin’s gangster state over democracies of free Europe.He’s standing alongside murder & tyranny against democracy & liberty. His is a historic inversion of America’s destiny” www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

The amount of secondhand embarrassment I have even just watching this is through the roof.

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

If you don't think the recent spike in planes crashing into each other and falling out of the sky is big enough, go ahead and give the FAA over to the team that makes rockets and cars explode all the fucking time. Great idea.

"the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees who had served for less than two years. That included researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday."

“Hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the Department of Health and Human Services would not undergo a staff purge, it did.” newrepublic.com/post/191579/...

Happy Valentine's Day!

We all knew Trump was going to betray Ukraine, there was never a question about it. It is vital for Europe to show a unified front without the United States and keep in mind that its interests do not align with the rest of the democratic world until Trump & his cabal is removed or overthrown.

Another ugly lie spread by Musk & Trump, picked up by their sycophants, & half the country will soon buy it. Just like the $50million in condoms for Gaza lie. Pisses me off when people like Bill Maher laugh off Musk as just a troll. He’s way more dangerous than that. www.mediaite.com/news/trump-d...

".. But don’t worry — Musk, now a special government employee for Trump, has assured the public that potential conflicts of interest as he unilaterally decides where government funds are directed will not be an issue." @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Apparently, spending $400 million on battery operated trash cans was not seen as government waste or fraud. www.yahoo.com/news/musk-sl...

On its newly launched website, DOGE writes: “This is an enormous effort, and there are likely some errors or omissions. We will continue to strive for maximum accuracy over time.”

So, friends, we have finally found some "waste, fraud, and abuse" in the federal government. $400m worth, and it is from Musk himself. He's just outright stealing money now.

New: the AP says it was blocked from an Oval Office event after being informed that it would be barred if it didn’t follow President Trump’s guidance on renaming the Gulf of Mexico

JFC! We’ve got a teenager with full access to the State Department’s data—one who joked about wiping servers after getting fired for leaking a security firm’s info to a competitor. What could go possibly wrong—except permanent damage to our top national secrets and the trust of our allies.

🚨 BREAKING: Trump is back, and so is COVID. The U.S. just hit over 1,000 COVID deaths last week—the most in a long time. Add in the bird flu and deep cuts to public health, and we’re looking at a disaster in the making.

@senatedemocrats.bsky.social @chuckschumer.com @corybooker.com @raskin.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @govjoshshapiro.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social This needs to be investigated.

This would be disqualifying for a Democratic or Republican nominee in normal times. This Senate will probably find this to be a positive quality, though.

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

What will it take for people to see Republicans are not for working folks—and vote like it? Utah firefighters, cops & teachers are watching as GOP lawmakers move one step closer to killing their collective bargaining rights. Some of them backed Trump and GOP candidates. Now learning the hard way.

but actually: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

JFC. We’re in the midst of a coup and we’re truly on our own here, folks. Our own party has abandoned us. Take a few moments to let that sink in, then regroup. If it takes fighting alongside our allied countries to reclaim our country, so be it.

Canadians are some of the nicest, most welcoming people on the planet Now they are booing the US National Anthem Trump³⁴ did that. He claims he's going to bring back respect for America Bring it back? He's destroying it

@alexpadilla4ca.bsky.social @adamschiff.com @raskin.house.gov @chuckschumer.com

This is a national emergency:

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

Only Donald Trump could think it makes sense to punish Mexico and Canada more than China. Although keep in mind, the real punishment is for Americans. This is a direct Trump tax on us, consumers, that we will pay.

And most importantly, imagine if Biden asserted that he alone controlled which funds would be spent, overturning the Constitution and the law, and blocked all payments to military contractors, law enforcement agencies, private prisons, energy companies, and faith-based service providers

Isn't this a coup?

Elon Musk literally bought himself the fucking presidency of the United States of America. And what that UNELECTED fucking psychopath is doing to this country is absolutely batshit motherfucking, game over, in-fucking-sane. So that means that we need to get motherfucking LOUD. Right the FUCK now.

This story is bananas. "A team including current and former employees of Musk assumed command of OPM on Jan. 20 ... They have moved sofa beds onto the fifth floor of the agency's headquarters, which contains the director's office and can only be accessed with a security badge or a security escort."

NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say. w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...