Scott Hafferkamp

I haven’t posted here for awhile. Here we are a little more than 6 months into the Trump administration. What an absolute mess. It’s as bad as we were expecting and probably even worse. 🤬😥

A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon Trump’s purge started with his firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.

Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social!

"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."

Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:

YouTube video by Kristi Burke The Overton Shift: Conservatives Were Tricked Into Supporting Authoritarianism

Excellent walkthrough of what we all watched (and are watching) and some positive solutions offered...

Of course it’s a coup Miss the obvious, lose your republic

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

If you voted Republican, and you care about your country, please act rather than rationalize. Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, money, country, and future, tell your elected officials that you wanted something else.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

The Society of the Spectacle. That’s the book that Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab was reading and used for the lyrics. Here we are. Crazy times.

"If you're at work, do it now and see what happens..."

@mrjamesob.bsky.social has a challenge for anyone that doesn't think Elon Musk performed a Nazi salute at the inauguration.

According to Jon Stewart, the way in which January 6th was not a disqualifier, but a rallying point, undermines the core value of democracy.

Ah, honestly I’m just impressed at how correct it was… AI as I see it can be very helpful, but yeah I see the flip side too…

It was healthy. It was just a good vent/talk about making sure that I’m playing it smart in the current environment with a great player up in New York that has been helping me a lot with my playing.

I gotta say… the Apple’s AI summary was actually impressively correct on the summary of a recent healthy and productive phone call…

This might become my only place for posting things on social media if Facebook follows through on their non-fact checking just like on X as they are now saying that they will be doing. Out of all times to suddenly embrace opening the floodgates to any and all lies now would not be the time.

Excellent talk on the current situation...

Nice pic from a fun gig at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame a few months ago...

Isn’t it obvious what is going on right now

Post from Jojo: Holy fuck. Seb Gorka is his pick to be senior director for counterterrorism. Seb fucking Gorka, who was denied security clearance in the last Trump administration… Seb fucking Gorka who has ties to a Nazi-allied organization in Hungary… The. Director. Of. Counterterrorism.

Well this seems bad.

1st post. I’ve been working hard on my jazz chops again. It’s been an eye-opening journey. Here’s to what’s ahead…