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Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

National Press Club president Mike Balsamo issued the following statement after the White House seized power over press pool access from the WHCA: "The White House’s announcement today is a direct challenge to the independence of a free press in the United States."

[ceo tossing and turning in bed] the air. the air they breathe should be a subscription service.

What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't

Elon has always been reliant on government money to bail him out. Now he's made up DOGE to save himself again. Catch this and more on the LP Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aU5...

Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia. Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist. Extraordinary.

"I blame #Biden. He shoulda done a better job explaining how Trump's policies were gonna screw people like me. That's why I'm still #MAGA." something something leopards? ;)

Folks are resharing this today so it must still be useful (obvi 😖). I link to some of the literature in the thread

Germany election: far right surge is ‘last warning’, says Friedrich Merz

What Scholz refused to say for three years, the incoming ruling party CDU says on day 1 after the election: “Ukraine must win the war!”

#politics #usa #trump #musk #MEGA

Been seeing an increase of useful terminology developing among academics to describe the right’s appropriation of these ideas: “inverted victimhood” “hijacked victimhood” “imitated victimhood” The challenge is getting media folks to do the power analysis around victimhood claims in real time

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When all you are is a cockroach people don’t think about you after you’re gone.

Lol this sign "Do not bring food into the library Food residue will attract mice Mice will acquire knowledge in the library Get into university Then replace you" 😂

"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we *also* steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf." futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

Black History Month 02/14 - ETHEL WATERS Ethel made history for her work in television—she was the first African American to star in her own TV show, The Ethel Waters Show, and she was nominated for an Emmy in 1962. (More in comments)

Tom Homan can’t find enough illegal immigrants to deport because they fabricated the ‘crisis,’ so now he’s just gonna spend all his time attacking AOC.

i genuinely thought this was hyperbole and was prepared to see something, anything on the NYT site but literally there is nary a peep on the entire US vertical

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Growth won't save us www.youtube.com/shorts/kEpPl...

Why Labour and Trump will both fail www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCnI...

THIS is why Elon Musk and his DOGE cabal should be hauled before Congress to answer questions: www.wired.com/story/treasu...

“On Wednesday, Musk shared a faked video claiming USAID had sponsored celebrity visits to Ukraine. Darren Linvill of Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub told NBC News the video was manufactured Russian propaganda.” @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social on the origins of right’s USAID attacks

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And he is quite right...

What the Musk is Happening? open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

How not to describe the Trump presidency open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The tide will turn. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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We in Europe remember that Canadians died to liberate our continent. In the face of Trump's madness, EU stands with Canada now! There is no reason why EU membership should be off the table. 🇪🇺🇨🇦

Trump Urges RFK Jr. to Go Medieval on Health open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

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