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America is stuffed. Congress is cuckolds of fuck olds. The rest are MAGA rock munchers. Which part of the memo have the people who installed this shit not appreciated? Project 2025... It's all there.

Not sure if I should laugh or cry.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Call to Action: Nationwide General Strike incoming. At least 11 million people are needed to pledge, that's nearly 3.5% of the US population. When the number hits 11 million it's time to strike. Spread widely. Take the pledge today: generalstrikeus.com #3E #GSUS #USprotests

Kristi Noem wants to use a flamethrower against the government. More unhinged behavior from MAGA Republicans.

The Washington Post wouldn’t need to write headlines like this if it hadn’t normalized Trump for the last decade.

It’s called Gleichschaltung. And German history shows us where it can end. Again: we have the knowledge; we have the right words. That the US could still get to this point is such a terrible failure.

I’ve long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the return and actions of wanna-be dictator Donald Trump and the coup by Musk if it was happening overseas in a foreign country. Here's the story the US should be writing this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...

People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out. Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.

But of course!

Gift Link Opinion Zeynep Tufekci Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

Norms & duct tape, folks. For decades, these were the only things preventing the president from acting like a Mad King or a fascist. We are learning that, in the absence of two pro-democracy parties, our laws, institutions, & the Constitution are not fit for purpose, & we’re all out of norms & tape.

Rep. Jason Crow: “The purge of senior officers at DOD is deeply troubling, but purging JAG officers worries me the most. “JAG officers interpret law for our commanders. They help determine what's lawful and constitutional. “Replacing these military lawyers with Trump loyalists is so dangerous.”

Just throwing this out because Trump’s annexation talk has some Canadians talking about annexing parts of the United States. Annexation is illegal under international law - let’s uphold Canada’s commitment national and international law by our continued refusal to become imperialists.* *FFS

national embarrassment

Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

Let's be very clear that Pete Hegseth absolutely has his job because he is a white man.

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

200 million dollars of waste.

"rescind acceptances" the kind of thing that absolutely destroys trust and reputation for a supposedly world class institution

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)

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.

I am very politically active and write/call my congressman often. I have lived in his district for almost 2 decades. I have never seen him in person and it’s not for a lack of trying. No town halls. No visiting his district. I’ve never seen hide nor hair of Sam Graves.

All politics is economics. If the Supreme Court Citizens United decision grants more political power to those with more money, then to defeat them, it is essential that we target the sources of their wealth. Yes, that means you should sell your Tesla and get off X. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

I went to the Auschwitz exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto today. What struck me most was how Musk and his allies are using *literal Nazi rhetoric* when they bemoan decreasing birth rates and fear that white people will be “replaced.” Actual Nazi propaganda about this ⬇️

"Trump may have been involved in an unparalleled and inexplicable pact with the US government to remain above the law, one that was likely buffered by criminal actors and hostile foreign states." On his missing taxes, from my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: bookshop.org/p/books/hidi...

Mask up Keep your cat indoors

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

Not going to lie, I am filled sigh shock, horror, and grief whenever I see this image 😞

Back in the days of paper records, it would have taken Musk’s band of miscreants a lot of time (days/weeks/months?) to hunt down records and shred or burn them. Digitalization has made it possible to destroy vast quantities of evidence and institutional knowledge with a few keystrokes.

DOJ deleted the database tracking federal police misconduct, which included thousands of disciplinary records of federal officers. Exactly how is this getting rid of fraud, waste, and abuse? Because it seems like a precursor to massive fraud and abuse.

TW This is horrific. Hamas are monsters as are their supporters and apologists and those who tore down hostage posters. FK YOU ALL!

We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

Russia has been planning this coup for a long time. Putin is finally getting his revenge for the USSR's collapse. It was always personal for him. As Nikita Khrushchev said in 1956: “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within”.

They blink a lot. They lose in court too. They are even feeling some pressure from within the party. Things are bad, but not hopeless.

A little substance about what the FBI does & historical context to help you articulate just how dangerous the confirmation of Kash Patel is. joycevance.substack.com/p/kash-patel...

Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal. X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers. That’s extortion.

BREAKING: The SEC has dropped its enforcement case against Coinbase. Coinbase spent $46 million to influence the outcome of the election. Now they're already getting their payoff.

Trump hands powerful weapon to China and Russia. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...