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Traumatized Democrat; widowed too soon; UT Knoxville grad and Vols fan; dachshund owner and cat lover; living in Nashville a blue dot in a very red state; resisting
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I'm really really sick of the orange turd's clown show!

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

Yes, the head of the Department of Defense jeopardized the lives of American forces... but don't forget an oligarch is stealing our Social Security, stopping scientists from trying to cure diseases and firing the people who tell us hurricanes are coming. Basically, death is just baked in everywhere.

Elbows up!!

Augie’s ready. Let’s GO Vols! 🏀🍊🧡🟧⬜️🟧⬜️

Reminder that 'savvy' political fact checkers spent the entire campaign telling voters that Trump was not going to do the things he obviously was going to do.

Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to remove protections for certain types of wetlands across the state to financially benefit developers. WPLN's @carolineeggers.bsky.social reports the bill is on the schedule for debate this week with a new amendment.

GO VOLS and special shout out to Zakai = ZZ Rocky Top! 🍊🏀🧡 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️

Per @johnleguizamo.bsky.social: “Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”

This is an excellent sign that — to paraphrase Ben Franklin’s probably apocryphal quote — corporate law firms would rather hang together than hang separately. Williams & Connolly is top-notch and as establishment as it gets.

This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov - a “former” KGB spy. That’s right, one of Elon Musk’s young cyber criminals — related to a former KGB spy, and who seemingly did not have to undergo a background check — now has unprecedented access to…

As America is being torn apart, weakened, and sold to the highest bidder, I think about all the folks who told me, "Well, it won't be THAT bad" and "We survived 4 years of Trump..." and "The systems will hold." All of them are privileged and well-off. Alas. We're all in it now.

Gorgeous afternoon sunshine following snow and bitter cold in Nashville. A bit of joy in a dangerous world.

🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration? I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each. I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24

Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."

“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Just showed the latest ‘HeGetsUs’ Super Bowl ad to Jesus and Johnny Cash and they’re both freaking PISSED.

With the Eagles obliterating the Chiefs, now is a good time to remind everyone that the last time the Eagles won the Super Bowl they refused to go to the White House because of Donald.

This is also a valuable resource for sky users theblue.report

Um, people need to stop and read this. Musk’s team is looking at the coding of the Treasury payment system. prospect.org/economy/2025...

so unsurprisingly this whole thing about the mexican troops was fake. congrats to everyone who reported it.

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

What’s the over/under on how soon Trusk will declare Marshall Law? Next week when the market crashes?

"It was a plan to steal power through executive actions knowing that neither the courts or Congress will have the strength to resist them" @elienyc.bsky.social on Trump seemingly following the Project 2025 playbook. "What is Congress doing? Why are they even there? Is it for the parking?"

Who is the head of our government? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

realizing this is about as close to a creed as i have.

There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.

i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.

Democrats shld make clear to voters that this gives Musk's private sector employees the power to stop checks to any individual recipient in the US (Soc Sec, vets benefits, Medicare) as well as examine their private financial info. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

This is so well said I simply had to share! 👇