tatadude.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

I literally reported this Wednesday.

submitted 12 hours ago • 143 comments

As scholars of separation of powers and republican government, we write that these attacks on our government are unprecedented...Trump’s actions are best summed up as “unrepublican,” violating the republican system of government that Madison envisioned. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/21/m...

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

The 85th day of continuous protests against the Kremlin backed government in Georgia. (📹 @vatless ) #3E #EndOligarchy #GeorgiaProtests

submitted 1 day ago • 119 comments

JPMORGAN: “.. the term ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ has appeared in more than 20 New York Times articles in the last two days alone. This attention level gives the impression that spending cuts, either realized or imminent, are dramatic. The reality so far is more mundane.”

submitted 1 day ago • 34 comments

Research shows that LGBTQ+ inclusion can drive economic activity. Open For Business’ latest report shows the economic case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Poland: open-for-business.org/poland

submitted 1 day ago • 350 comments

🚨 Trump's appointment for chairman of the joint chiefs, Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, apparently impressed him in 2018 when he wore a MAGA hat (against military regulations), and told him, "I love you, sir... I'll kill for you, sir." Purge and install loyalists... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 244 comments

The Trump/House budget will cut $880 billion from Medicaid and $230 billion from SNAP to pay for tax cuts to billionaires. But just in case Elon Musk wasn't benefiting enough, it also gives us a trillion dollar defense budget to pay for added missile defense, with contracts likely going to SpaceX.

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

A 10% universal tariff on $3.25 trillion of annual US merchandise imports would potentially raise ~$300 billion. Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.

submitted 3 days ago • 123 comments

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

submitted 4 days ago • 1196 comments

New Quinnipiac poll— Congressional Republicans Approve 40% Disapprove 52% Congressional Democrats Approve 21% Disapprove 68% Elon Musk Favorable 38% Unfavorable 50% Donald Trump Approve 45% Disapprove 49% Trump plan to take Gaza Pro 22% Anti 62% DEI policies Good 53% Bad 38%

submitted 3 days ago • 76 comments

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

submitted 3 days ago • 2181 comments

Still hard to believe we voted for fascism with unemployment at 4.2%, the strongest performing economy in the rich world, & inflation, at 2.4% PCE in Nov 2024, closer to target than 85% of the months since we established it in 2012: bsky.app/profile/mcop.... Verily, a marvel of political economy.

submitted 5 days ago • 39 comments

Uneducated people…..

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

I’m so sick of people saying this shit, especially elected officials. He’s the president. Declaring himself a king after issuing an order just the day before that says he’s the final authority on all laws isn’t a goddamn distraction.

submitted 3 days ago • 170 comments

“The larger problem for The Post is that—even if there is a perfectly innocent reason for rejecting the Common Cause-SPLC advertisement—the optics are terrible and fit into a more concerning pattern that has been put on display over the last several months.” Exactly.

submitted 4 days ago • 43 comments

Excellent piece about a bygone time before politics was conducted in social media-friendly soundbites. I'm really looking forward to watching this.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

New report finds penal populism has broken Britain’s prisons Lazy “tough on crime” rhetoric has led to a crisis of overcrowding Let’s now put party politics aside & work together to end one of the most cruel & monumental injustices of the past half century - the #IPPscandal

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

What freedom of speech means in nowadays America.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 7 days ago • 538 comments

Law Dork on Tuesday: “Trump is a salesman, as is Musk, and they are both trying to sell America on being an authoritarian state — but they can’t do it unless we allow them to do so.” www.lawdork.com/p/donald-tru...

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

In 3 days, the number of measles cases in a highly unvaccinated area of Texas has doubled. There are now 48 cases, all of whom are unvaccinated, and 13 of whom have been hospitalized so far, for a hospitalization rate of 27%. This is huge figure in epidemiology. This outbreak will keep spreading.

submitted 8 days ago • 559 comments

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is doing JOINT INTERVIEWS with an unelected billionaire.

submitted 8 days ago • 118 comments

Children often repeat what they hear at home... Americans in Hysterics After Elon’s Son Tells Trump He’s Not the President – Something the Child Probably Hears at Home www.politicalflare.com/2025/02/amer...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

I really do feel like I’m losing my mind.

submitted 8 days ago • 922 comments

Like Tulsi Gabbard and musk and almost everyone around Trump: they crave power for its own sake or have some anti-social ideology they wish to see implemented

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments