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Fascism/kleptocracy is gonna be rough. AZ based.
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Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language. The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now. Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI. This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.

This is a direct reference to the Proud Boys who use the gold wreath FAFO logo. I fully believe Elon is going to utilize vigilante violence to enforce things. You should take this seriously.

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Children’s Hospital LA—at which there were protests co-organized by union hospital workers, and I spoke to one of the organizers in the story below—has resumed gender-affirming care for youth www.latimes.com/california/s...

And that's number four by my count. The Overton Window has been moving for a while but we might be looking back on Musk's salute as another turning point. And when you refuse to call this out for what it is -- straight-up Nazism -- it helps it metastasize.

BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

This is a stunning betrayal by Whitman Walker in DC. You CANNOT jettison the trans community to protect yourself. It’s shameful. I got my name changed at WWH. I have promoted their research. Now they are capitulating to save gay people at trans people’s expense by trying to erase us.

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

arguably the biggest trans actress in hollywood has been detransed by our govt. where is the outcry

IRS funding ensures the rich pay their fair share in taxes. Trump’s attack on the IRS isn’t aimed at protecting ordinary Americans — it’s protecting rich Americans.

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

Kelly loeffler is married to the owner of the New York Stock Exchange 👀👁️👁️💯

If Eric Adams and congestion pricing weren't enough, Kathy Hochul is also in the middle of an extradition fight with Texas and Louisiana over an abortion medication provider. This is the next step in the abortion wars, writes @gurleygg.bsky.social. prospect.org/justice/2025...

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

"even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making" "Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination"

Lol

EdWeek has the story: www.edweek.org/policy-polit... If you're worrying about trans kids in schools, CELEBRATE THE WIN.

BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.

DOGE can't back up its claims about how awesome DOGE is... - www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog... (Shades of Tesla Full but not full Self Driving only this time impacting the entire world not just roads near you where Tesla owners or fans do beta testing.)

"Sorry you need to remove your editorial titled... *checks notes* ... 'SECRECY AND DECEPTION ERODE PUBLIC TRUST.'"

If you provide people with information, resources, and specific political commitments, they will organize and act—and add vital grease to the wheels of that longed-for political comeback.

Looks like the U.S. constitution was effectively repealed via exec order. Americans, how are you feeling?

Everything must grow forever at all times. Such is the Rot Economy. Games cannot be "kind of popular" or "profitable," they must always be insanely profitable. If you aren't growing you're dying www.wheresyoured.at/the-rot-econ...

"I have a lifetime of posts in me" That's a lifetime of cringe.

i’m starting to sign some of my own executive orders. it’s not that hard

Well 12 days later and they’ve walked it back.

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STOP WHAT UR DOING this is IMPORTANT

this story fills me with rage. no one deserves to be treated like this. we are truly being governed by the worst people on earth

Universities should bad together to sue. Also if they do cut federal funds to schools the ripple effect through the economy—and gasp,even sports programs—will be enormous www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

I think we should require actual evidence for claims like this, especially when the person making the claim has a significant financial stake in AI.

That’s how they sound 🫠

JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington state, who blocked Trump's executive order re: transgender health care, says it is unconstitutional in multiple ways, including usurping Congress' power of the purse storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If only there had been some kind of warning - on.ft.com/40Zncmv