A protester flying an upside-down American flag outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday. Photo by Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times.

Thousands of protesters opposing President Trump’s agenda took to the streets on Monday across the U.S., derisively calling him a “king” on Presidents’ Day for his efforts to terminate thousands of federal workers and to fire prosecutors and independent watchdogs. nyti.ms/3CQA2LX

Trump is reportedly looking to shrink the FDIC and consolidate it into other govt agencies.

The FDIC was created during the Depression to protect bank deposits.

This would come after Trump and DOGE shuttered the CFPB, which protects us from financial fraud.

See the pattern?

Oh no! I’m sorry!

Pink Floyd's 1979 The Wall has never been just a fictional work of art. It proves its universalism by being accurate and fitting the ever changing political reality. It has had a deep political meaning from the very beginning. The anti-fascism message resonates the most in contemporary America.

Great point.

Murphy: "The reality is this could get dystopian very quickly. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit, in part because we have no window into what's happening at Treasury right now."

Eggs UP
Taxes UP
Gas UP
RX drugs UP
Dow Jones DOWN
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, ACA, VA all on the chopping block.

Trump was never going to make anyone in America's life easier. In just 2 weeks he's made life harder for everyone except his billionaire friends.

Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.

The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim—

Oh wait.

Is it edible?!?

Canadians booing the U.S. national anthem isn’t something I ever thought I’d see, but this is what happens when you let a psychopath criminal with isolationist and protectionist policies back into the White House.

The problem with American political discourse is that you can’t explain the impact of tariffs to people dumb enough to think DEI programs cause plane crashes.

A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax that drives up prices on everyday goods. They disproportionately hurt the working class and poor who bear the brunt of higher costs while wealthier consumers feel significantly less impact.

American Christians sure like to quote Leviticus when they are condemning gay people but I don’t hear a single one of them quoting this verse that’s only a few lines before.

I know a private plane just crashed, but I think journalists should also be talking about the fact that as of tonight we no longer have an FBI?

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.

www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...

Image of Donald Trump pointing. Text says America is Back.

This is literally the landing page when you go to whitehouse.gov. Historians will write tomes about cult of personality. But it is striking how much this guy thinks the entire nation exists to worship him.

Being pro-life is so much more than being pro-fetus. Republicans are pro-birth, they have never ever been pro-life.

Trump's treasury nominee Scott Bessent, who is worth ~$500 million, said extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich is "the most important economic issue of the day."

When asked if we should raise the federal minimum wage above the current paltry $7.25 an hour, he said, "No, sir."

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

Question for OPM: about 30% of federal workers at the VA are Veterans. They were given a preference for hiring because they're Veterans. Disabled Veterans got a higher preference.

They are DEIA hires.

Are you going to fire them all? Are you going to end Veterans preference?

You can dislike the Chiefs, you can doubt the Chiefs, you can disrespect the Chiefs, but you're going to have to deal with the Chiefs.

The Supreme Court will take up a case and decide whether taxpayer money can be used to fund a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma.

Public money should not be used to finance religion.

If religious schools need money, tax the churches.

Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.

"The irony is hard to miss: The movement that for the past half century was loudest in warning about the dangers of cultural decadence is most responsible for electing a president who personifies cultural decadence."

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

In a surprise, U.S. colleges saw higher enrollment last fall The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.

The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.

The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.

History is repeating. Pay attention.

AOC Explains Why TikTok Thanking 'President Trump' For Restoring App Is So Outrageous She's absolutely right.

Exactly.

Post from @whenemfellinluv says "how today felt" below is a picture of a notebook entry with the date January 20th, 2025 that reads "what the fuck was this."

Same.

In fairness the resulting fire and explosion might have set off the sprinklers.