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I pass on a lot of good information I dig up elsewhere and occasionally offer my own two cents. US/UK economics, politics, pandemics, humor as a defense mechanism. #CleanAir #EndBrexit #PunchNazis #Humanist
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this is an act of unspeakable violence. it benefits no one, it doesn’t move a number on a balance sheet. it only guarantees that every one of these incarcerated transgender people will be tortured.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

They are going to get (metaphorically) punched very hard on the nose by lawyers.

Wrong thinking will be punished in Shitler’s fascistic America.

Just in case you forgot, Musk spent at least $250 million to get Trump elected.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Translation: We’re cyber fucked: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

But why? It’s a mystery!

Labour Sarwar's plan to transport patients 100's of miles for treatment in the private sector is already happening in England. Patients are ferried by taxi to private clinics. As well as costing a fortune, it's also leading to surgeons & nurses leaving the NHS. (MSM Monitor) youtu.be/cC5_hsRzNsE

What we ALL should be doing right now. Without money, they are nothing.

Re-sharing – now without the editorializing! “On Friday, Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs, a decision faculty members say was made after programs had already accepted students.”

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

Not the primary culprit, but it’s also supremely & mortifyingly embarrassing for administrators of the Carter library to agree to cancel events like this. What’ll happen if they don’t? They test bluff? a presidential library is shut down by the White House, which has its own political opportunity?

This gets my vote for tweet/post of the year. This is a RED ALERT post. This is exactly why he’s doing it.

Not a charge anyone should deploy lightly, but what the ADL is doing right now is kapo shit

Harmeet Dhillon will lead Trump's DOJ Civil Rights Division. Michael Gates will be her lieutenant Both are super partisan election deniers from California who have made names for themselves among MAGA attacking civil rights rather than defending & expanding civil rights Both are unqualified

I need everyone to be crystal clear that this is a continuation of RFK and the wellness community’s *obsession* with the elimination of the disabled and the chronically ill. They are disgusted by us, they view illness and disability as weakness, and they believe in using eugenics to disappear us.

Interesting thing for the President to say about a person who, according the government’s lawyers, “has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself” and “only has the ability to advise the President, or communicate the President’s directives.”

This is 100% correct — I have heard the Silicon Valley money guys admit as much out loud, about *all* of these fools.

NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

Republicans are much better at selling tyranny than we are at selling freedom.

I've said often, based on history, that there's no reasonable expectation most people will be courageous in the face of fascism. Bravery is rare. It's valued for a reason: Most people aren't cut out for it, for reasons good and bad. But man, you'd still sorta hope the ABA woulda held the line.

I wrote angry about the purging of the US military. saideman.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-...

They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them. “Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation & prevent maternal & infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to work they left behind” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

In 2015, a study showed that 1.6 million students attended schools that had a cop, but not a counselor. Schools are overly surveilled + overly policed. AI is an extension of this surveillance + policing. On that note, kids: do not ever say anything about your mental health to AI.

I literally reported this Wednesday.

Atlanta/ Decatur Georgia Tesla Take Down Protest. #teslatakedown

On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details. I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:

This is fucked up

"Will I be safe walking from school to home and home to school? Will someone be waiting for me when I get off the bus?" Immigrant students are afraid. In the Boston area, teachers are grappling with spikes in school absences as a result of the threat of deportation. With @hurwitz.bsky.social:

SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old? Are you for real right now?” That teen is "Big Balls" Corisitine, the recording is from 2022, and the voice is from a CEO worried about him as a security risk. Now Musk has him snooping in your personal data www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

let me say that this is the classic “just asking questions” approach to delegitimizing the achievements of black people. and critically, you don’t even have to be a black person who talks about race. simply being black to these people means you are “obsessed with race.”

Run the government like a business. More specifically, run it like the Enron Corporation in the late 90s

No hell can burn hot enough.

New York Times: “Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling” Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...

The Rule of Goats: "If you fuck goats, even if you claim you're doing it ironically, you're still a goatfucker."

Explains everything, doesn’t it.

Illegally cutting cancer research and meals on wheels to pay for PR ads for themselves.

i am finding it extremely satisfying to read all the stories of republican congresscritters trying to bluster through and getting chewed and booed the fuck out

We should renounce this racket at the earliest opportunity

I repeat, if you or a loved one was recently fired from the federal government during your probationary period, and the reason you were given was poor performance, please reach out to us at www.centerforemploymentjustice.com. We have a plan and may be able to help you.

Please don't let the reporting about the Pentagon purge focus solely on DEI/Joint Chiefs. Firing the service TJAGs - the top lawyers for Army, Navy, USAF/Space Force - is incredibly consequential. A little context🧵on why.

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white **retired** Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that