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Rock and roller, history teacher, and Jesus-follower. Deconstructed and reconstructed. Single AF. Nerd. equity matters, trans rights = human rights
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This is a direct reference to the Proud Boys who use the gold wreath FAFO logo. I fully believe Elon is going to utilize vigilante violence to enforce things. You should take this seriously.

George Zimmerman and Kyle Rittenhouse are walking free! They're doing fucking speaking tours!

In this regard, not only did people not listen to people in "red states", they also ignored warnings from exvangelicals and others who've been exposed to or studied Christofascist and adjacent theology (NAR/Dominionism/Kingdom Now) for years and have connected the dots.

“He has never asked for photos of their child or even checked in on his son’s wellbeing, the custody filing alleges.”

Y'all should listen to Hood Politics by @prophiphop.bsky.social because 1. He's funny and down to earth and listening to him makes me feel sane and 2. He is a highly skilled educator and storyteller. To date he is the only person to describe Iran-Contra in a way that immediately made sense to me.

More CFPB news: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's employees have been told that the bureau's Washington HQ lease is cancelled and the agency has 30 days to vacate the building www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

In tonight's military purge, Tump nominated Dan Caine for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, a retired Lt. General so underqualified he'd need a waiver. Even odder: Caine was installed last month at 3 VC firms doing crypto, AI, and defense tech, including Thrive, founded by Jared Kushner's brother. 1/

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

Can you name a single time in recent memory a GOP politician said "Well the Dems are the majority so we can't do anything :(((" This is an attitude that is solely displayed by Dems.

Her athletic career flatlined in college&she got her ass kicked@ NCAAs by 3 cis women who made podium&she never made Olympics or worlds despite several tries &in every case she lost to cis women. She lost&wants to blame anyone but herself&guess who’s the easy target, as usual. Whiny wench

This is a damned circuitous way of saying he sees it as an absolute monarchy

There is a small bit of truth to this but it is a much bigger and more important truth that more civilians have died in plane crashes during Trump's administration than at any time since 9/11 That's not just regular small plane crashes

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau makes sure you don't get scammed by digital payment companies and car lenders. Elon Musk’s role as CEO of X Money and Tesla makes DOGE’s takeover of the CFPB a clear conflict of interest. @schiff.senate.gov and I are pressing for answers.

Yep, DOGE is as incompetent as everyone thought. An $8 million "saving" has been listed as an $8 BILLION saving. That is 14.5% of their total claimed $55 billion in "savings" having been completely made up.

This is actually how the constitution works if nobody bothers to actually stop him.

wild that Liberia is now the more stable of our two countries

"You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live." -Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

not nearly the most important thing about this, but I don't want to hear a single Republican talk about persecuted Christians any more just punch any GOP who says that (or delete those last three words)

"move fast and break the country"

Damn, if only the people saying these things had any kind of love for logic or the truth

It’s a mistake to frame the gutting of research funds as an abstract future threat such as slowing down discovery of cures. Gutting research funds today means patients will lose access to healthcare and die now; ordinary people will starve and lose their homes. #MedSky #AcademicSky

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

Require that the government distribute COVID tests that we have already paid for, United States.

Apparently several folks need to review the basic functions of the federal government. Here's a song I made for my 7th graders many years ago. I think some of Trump-defending friends could benefit from watching it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CIl...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi... It was like the fucker was untouchable

After we let Russia occupy part of your country and steal your resources, we will occupy the other part and do the same. Quite the starting point for the Americans.

We actually appear to have a situation where Trump is just a confused old man ambling about the White House while his henchmen run the country into the ground, and the press is just not very concerned because they frequently get to see the confused old man. -OS

Anyone who thinks the national parks could be privatized should go spend a weekend in an overpriced VRBO on some fuckin irrigation diversion rimmed in houses, where you can relax to the sound of your inbred neighbors going in circles on their fuckin' jet skis for 12 hours. -OS

When you see the words “the clearest photo ever taken of [planet, moon, etc.]” RUN AWAY! These accounts suck because they often don’t credit properly, many don’t use alt txt, share misinformation, are anonymous with unknown credentials, and are not here to teach you science but to engagement farm.

ICYMI: CISA has stopped election security work, and the acting director ordered a "review & assessment" of every election security & mis/disinformation countering related position, product, activity, service, & program that has been carried out since 2017 www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...

When termination letters were sent to employees across the federal government last week, it affected an agency charged with the readiness of America’s nuclear arsenal. Here’s a rundown of what the National Nuclear Security Administration does.

There you have it. The Economic Policy Uncertainty Index (www.policyuncertainty.com) just hit an all-time high, surpassing its previous high from May 2020 - the teeth of the #COVID pandemic. Consequences: worse investment climate, higher risk premia, (likely) higher interest rates...

Another collision at a major American Airport Imagine the outrage we'd be hearing if this was happening on Pete Buttigieg's watch Air Traffic Controllers are pulling double duty and Trump 2.0 has thrown FAA into chaos with no plans in place to fill vacancies www.foxnews.com/us/delta-air...

This is insanity speaking! If 2.50 is an all time high in December and now 8.00 as an all time high, the answer is not that BOTH were all time highs! We are in ....the Twilight Zone!

The only dem objection to this policy would be based on the kind of truck used so they might be able to get a government contract for a manufacturer in their district.

Today marks exactly 4 weeks - 28 days - since Inauguration. For those who lived through it, this has felt much like watching the 2nd plane hit the tower - over and over and over. The pattern is clear. This is an attack on our liberty. #Resist

Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda. Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying. Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...