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Down but not out; exploring alternate frameworks, snacks. I suspect the widespread adoption of AI co-occurring with the international shift towards autocracy, including the incoming US kakistocracy, shall lead the way to true dystopia. #COA #crone
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who tf renewed this freaking reality show consequence.net/2025/02/j6-c...

Well this isn’t ominous

BREAKING: Judge Nichols has rejected further relief for USAID workers and has dissolved his restraining order on the Trump administration's effort to dismantle the agency. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

The courts are not protecting the public. If "precedent" is supposed to figure into this ruling, I don't see it. There is absolutely no precedent for what is occurring. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

If you're wondering whether you should check in with that friend or family member ... yes, please do.

Appearing today in The Week:

AOC is showing what resistance looks like; Schumer, Hochul, and the rest of D leadership not so much. www.publicnotice.co/p/aoc-homan-...

Fear is at the heart of the disease. Racism and its variants are rooted there. Bigots are drawn to dictators and authoritarians because they think they will be kept safe. They fail to recognize they are also on the chopping block until too late.

In the middle of night, right now, Republican Senators are voting to cut #Medicaid and the #safety net — www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

She is amazing. Why is she nearly alone in saying these things out loud in public???

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)