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devin.wtf
Hello!! From the enigmatic central New Jersey Progressive Politics / Bugs / Weather / Meandering in my own thoughts.
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I think we should bully cell phone manufacturers into turning on the radio tuner in our phones

Good morning from the Monmouth County convention!!

I have been saying since 2015 no one should be giving the New York Times a dime. They have done nothing but write these horrible headlines and platform terrible op-eds. They enjoy platforming garbage since it can get them in the proximity of power for the "insider" reporting that people pay for.

I fear that this is just a prelude to further purges, the installation of yes men (pun intended), and the introduction of loyalty oaths. These are the steps that destroy professionalism and make the use of violence to restore "domestic order" thinkable --- and more likely.

I don't really feel bad for Ashley St. Clair because she knew what she was walking into but imagine having a baby alone then sending pics of your just born baby to his dad ON SIGNAL

my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory

As people are trying to understand how courts enforce their orders, this DOJ Org Chart may come in handy. The courts don’t have their own enforcement agency. The US Marshal’s Service is part of DOJ.

This is not just a musing from a dude with some various ideas. The next step is to hollow out the judiciary and also not follow their rulings, which have been against Musk’s efforts. This is a very obvious coup, for those not paying attention.

We are at the point where asking and answering this question is totally reasonable www.theverge.com/policy/60911...

Google is scamming us all 🥲

NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately." | www.wired.com/story/treasu...

I guess Biden should have forced Shogan to publish the 28th amendment!!! Go figure

Musk isn’t out to eliminate USAID and the Dept of Education. He’s out to eliminate the legislative and judicial branches of government. If this stands, they have no power.

PITCH: An updated version of the curse of Cassandra where she's describing things that are happening now, in front of everyone, but still isn't believed.

So, who has the Mitch McConnell video, please tell me it exists

This is genuinely an important article. The two main lessons from Hungary appear to be: DO NOT WAIT DO NOT UNDERREACT Authoritarians like Orban and Trump rely on opposition being unwilling to believe that what is happening is actually happening. That’s their window. www.vox.com/politics/398...

Ah, this strategy again: www.mediamatters.org/january-6-in...

Really smart and good piece by @janus.bsky.social about steps you can take during this time to build power that are not posting www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26

School shootings and measles

if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

But we did all those bipartisanships. How could America hate us after we did so many bipartisanships? Surely Americans must understand how badly we want to make bipartisanships. Won't anyone think of the bipartisanships?

How fun of gold bar Bob to make sure a blatant attempt for a pardon! Wah wah wah it’s corrupt because I got caught

this is a very common way for corruption to take place. this is how Oleg Deripaska paid Manafort: by forming paper LLCs in the Caribbean, then defaulting on judgments for arbitrary amounts of money after Manafort sued for breach.

particularly maddening coming from the DC political press. "we didn't remotely communicate the stakes of this election, but Trump has a mandate to do the things we didn't tell you about, hands tied"

this is always where right-wing jurisprudence was going to cash out. the Constitution is unconstitutional

Could 100% be something else, but I am starting wonder if the Trump folks have taken to undermining the USPS again. Why does my local mail have weather delays? I have in county mail taking over a week to deliver?

Damn, it stole information from the internet? That's wild1

The Democrats have no problem watching the entire government fall apart if it means they can make a whole bunch of empty promises to fix the destruction in the next election. It's going to be four years of brave tweets and worthless memos as countless Americans die.

We so desperately need new leaders or a new party they’re so pathetic it is painful

you wanna play big boy games your name gets published. what is this my large adult precious son shit

Okay, my domain / new handle is finally set up! I was being quite indecisive about it but I feel like this one really just sums up 90% of my inner thoughts these days.