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Why are so few former Joint Chiefs speaking out? Four stars? FBI Directors? Former Senators? Presidents? Thanks to those that do but we need some courage now!

NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I’m sorry but this is fucking hilarious, I’m dead 😂😂

I have a theory

In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests? There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.

Manchester United as a case study for a how a once dominant global power can no longer be rescued by even the most brilliant individual leader once the structural foundations of its power have been allowed to rot beyond a point of no return

white guy DEI

Frequent flyers have spent years staying loyal to airlines. Now airlines are giving them ‘the middle finger’ www.cnn.com/travel/airli...

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

www.hks.harvard.edu/educational-...

Polls are already demonstrating public dissatisfaction with Trump-Musk’s autocratic overreach and top agenda items, yet they have only intensified their assault, and GOP lawmakers who have dared to air their concerns have done so in only the meekest of terms.

Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

What are House Republicans working on today …

Dark Day Anniversary 🌑

Can't share this often enough.

The Trump administration’s approach to its alliances has shaken European countries. Partners in the Indo-Pacific have cause to be worried.

Trump today, to Maine's governor:

Anyone you know shocked at the blatant Nazism of the GOP needs to be sat down and told they need to listen better in the future.

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

I have so many smart colleagues answering this question in different ways and now you can find all their work together in one place.

The facts of the transgender discrimination cases that the Trump EEOC wants to drop are stomach-turning. They are doing this because they want to empower the abuse of trans people, which they don't think should ever have been illegal in the first place ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...

That's about 87 total IQ points, right there.

Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to take part in a sweeping overhaul of the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the subject of a heated dispute between two executives at the Arizona-based cybersecurity firm where he was an intern: bit.ly/3DcfRrN

Without the 1929 crash & the Great Depression, the Nazis would've remained a fringe party and would've been forgotten by history To truly dismantle a democratic republic, you need a generational crisis that convinces everyone the existing system has completely failed and only a dictator...you know.

UGGGGGGHHHHHH. www.wcpo.com/news/educati...

That "soldier" being a Brown Shirt, but, hey...

Hey, this what people voted for, amirite?

This is like if you asked ChatGPT to write a fascist speech. Right out of the textbooks.

Raskin: "It's becoming obvious to the American people that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are not opponents of corruption, they are agents of corruption."

Idiocracy was a documentary

Remembering how angry Trump got when the Korean movie, "Parasite," won the Oscar for Best Picture. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...

In betraying Ukraine and the EU the Trump administration is also embracing a worldview obsessed with seizing control of neighbouring states through force that towards US voters would legitimise US economic bullying of Canada and military operations in Mexico.

What was it that the ABA said about the rule of law the other day?

This paper was a lot of work and hides many cool findings, notably in Supplement. In this thread I present a few findings that you may have missed 👇

Trump, Musk, Hegseth, Rubio, and Homan are making a stronger case supporting DEI than any I've ever seen.

Dear journalists, Follow the kompromat.

"During the meeting, Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss closed negotiations." Astonishing betrayal of an ally. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

The leopards aren't supposed to eat THOSE faces!

Mr. Hegseth has previously said that General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military. Replaces a Black four-star fighter pilot with a white man who does not meet the statutory qualifications supposedly over DEI.

PSA if you let your cats outdoors to hunt you might lose them. Keep them inside.

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.”

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