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jmidnight.bsky.social
Ex-lawyer, decent musician, dog lover, Cal alum living in the Lost Sierra. Warriors and Giants will get me through this. Or not. Probably not.
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btw, i will tell you this - i have been talking to people all day, and the media is missing, whether intentionally or not, how absolutely, volcanically angry the people who have been fired are, not because they lost their jobs, but because their jobs matter, *to us*

Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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More of this. The fuck are you doing promoting a book when the country is falling apart?

NEW: A first-of-its-kind analysis by @propublica.org found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% after Texas’ near-total abortion ban went into effect in September 2021. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

lol

You don’t need a degree in rocket science to know that Elon Musk’s ego is as fragile as a Tesla in sub-zero temperatures.

Extortion is necessary because the product sucks.

The child ruining the country doesn’t have much of a vocabulary

These clowns will wreak havoc on a lot of Americans’ lives without any need or authority.

"The level of access DOGE possesses means that the organization may already be able to siphon data that Musk or his agents could hold on to forever, long after his time as a government liaison, or even after a potential falling-out with the president."

As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference "The Weak Strongman" snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...

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.

theconversation.com/p53-is-both-...

CISA controls the .gov domain registrar and the national public key infrastructure (PKI). This means Elon Musk has the ability to shut down any federal, state, or city government using a .gov domain. Musk can also now prevent .gov agencies and officials from registering their .gov BlueSky handles

New — Edward "Big Balls" Coristine of DOGE now has digital access to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency source has confirmed to me.

that's nice unrelated, check out how cool my state's seal is

Nothing like a regressive tax to make the poorer citizens of a regressive state even poorer.

Pretty sure my next pet will not be a Glowing Rabbit. It'll be a dog.