one of the lessons i learned from the bush years is the right loves for the left to think they are on the fringe, that our voices dont matter, and that we are drowned out. it leads to the left being quiet and the right dominating the conversation. but we arent fringe and we should always be loud.
The great thing about February is that it has only 28 days, unlike January which had 10,000
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:
- ICE agents are not police officers. They only have jurisdiction over immigration. They cannot stop a vehicle for a traffic violation, nor can they remove a person from a car for blocking a road. If “orders” were issued to Renee Nicole Good by ICE, they were unlawful.
Two things can be true:
- Accepting a Nobel Peace Prize as a gift when he clearly did not win it makes Trump look desperate and pathetic
- The very fact that Maria Machado OFFERED her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump for his approval probably makes Trump feel more powerful than if he’d won it
Respectfully disagree my friend. That fucking ICE agent shot a 37yr old mother in the face for no fucking reason, and after he shot her he called her a “fucking bitch.” The American people are fucking pissed off. The word FUCK perfectly captures our righteous anger. We must keep the f-bombs flying.
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
hate it when the trump administration’s killing civilians abroad agenda is temporarily overshadowed by its shooting civilians domestically programs
Typically when the US embarks on an illegal or dubiously legal regime change we use noble words about democracy, rule of law, spreading freedom, etc. to justify our actions. Trump has not done that. He offers few noble words as eulogistic covering. It's a crass power & oil grab, according to Trump.
The defense is now “We were trying to commit murder, not war crimes.”
Watching @alivitali.bsky.social and I’m begging folks to stop yielding to the idea that there are potential war crimes when there is no war— Congress hasn’t authorized military action. The DoD is simply ordering the execution of civilians in peace time. Crime against humanity is more apt.
And then think of what a cornered psychopathic human being with the morals and instincts of a rat and control of over five thousand nuclear warheads would do.
The Jolly Roger flag
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
#NoKings Falmouth, MA
I love how Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House and #2 in line for the presidency, is always like, “What? News?! I never read or hear anything that happens in the world, anywhere. I’m totally offline. What even is ‘social media’? They play news all day on TV!? Wow! That’s a surprise!”
Look at this video. Take a long, hard look at this scene. Masked federal agents, armed like soldiers on a battlefield, a dozen of em, taking down & detaining one immigrant. On our streets. Take a long, hard look at this. And then pass it on to others. This is Trumpism. This must not be who we are.👇
Just learned that my cousin was summarily fired from his job as Prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Apparently, someone discovered a blog post of his that was critical of Trump from 2017(!) when he was still in private practice.
THIS IS FUCKING INSANE.
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
It used to take a whole House Un-American Activities Committee before you got blackballed like this. Look at the government now, getting more efficient by just going full authoritarian.
The clitoris has over 8,000 nerve endings. And it’s still not as sensitive as a white Republican man.
Employees of private companies, private and public universities, and governments are being fired for saying nothing more than Kirk's quotes while there are 32 Dem Senators who have guaranteed jobs for at least the next 40 months (18 of whom have them for the next 63) who are saying next to nothing.
I think the fact that the flag is full staff, not hall staff for Kirk
This is as huge a scandal & blunder as this chaotic Administration has seen.
The person who should be called to answer for it is Secy Kristi Noem. When a woman who loves the camera as much as Noem is nowhere to be seen for 10 days it’s b/c she’s hiding out. Media should be all over this.
has anyone actually read the imperial presidency
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the
Where are the voices of the girls Epstein and Trump abused? Kate Manne transcribed Katie Johnson’s (a pseudonym) account of how Trump allegedly raped her at Epstein’s home in 1994. She was 13 and wore a blonde wig that Trump allegedly said made her look like Ivana, who was 13yo at the time.
