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Yes a shutdown would have consequences.

And a Republican President, Republican House, and Republican Senate would be responsible.

They have acted in a unilateral and unprecedented way.

Democrats cannot cave. They must fight back.

They had their tea parties.

We’ll have our TOWN HALLS.

We can speculate all day about the potential perils of shutting down the government vs. give Trump/Elon a blank check CR to decimate it all, including our social security and Medicaid.

It's a simpler choice.

We can either go down fighting on our feet or compliant on our knees.

I want the fight.

Tariffs on, tariffs off.
Tariffs on, tariffs off.
Maybe it's some sort of dictator Karate Kid kink?

Tariffs on, tariffs off.
Tariffs on, tariffs off.

Is this some sort of Karate Kid cosplay?
Or just incompetence?

Please read this book.
It provides insight into the fundamental evangelical attitudes that are attempting to take over our country and dictate all our lives.
The "quiverfull" movement aimed at hijacking our politics and government.
People like Josh Duggar.
This is what is coming.
We must stop it.

Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

⚠️ DOGE staffer Edward Coristine was fired for leaking info from a data-security firm. He later bragged he retained access to the firm’s system.

He was also on law enforcement radar for communicating in an online chat room with an alleged hacker under investigation.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

JoeyCrafter was a member of Telegram groups called "Kiwi Farms Christmas Chat" and "Kiwi Farms 100% Real No Fake No Virus," both referencing an online forum known for harassment campaigns. Typically, the site has been used to share the personal information of a target, encouraging others to harass them online, in-person, over the phone or by falsely alerting police to a violent crime or active shooter incident at their home.

Coristine often went by the pseudonyms “Rivage” and “JoeyCrafter.”

He was part of a couple of Telegram groups associated with Kiwi Farms, an online forum where suicide trolling campaigns (intense harassment campaigns meant to drive the target to suicide) and deadly swatting efforts are organized.

krebsonsecurity.com Teen on Musk's DOGE Team Graduated from 'The Com' February 7, 2025 Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past association with cybercrime communities should have precluded him from gaining the necessary security clearances to do so. As today's story explores, the DOGE teen is a former denizen of 'The Com,' an archipelago of Discord and Telegram chat channels that function as a kind of distributed cybercriminal social network for facilitating instant collaboration.

cyberscoop.com CYBERSCOOP he child sextortion group 764 and " the global collective of loosely associated groups known as "The Com" are using tools and techniques normally used for financially motivated cybercrime tactics - such as SIM swapping, IP grabbing and social engineering — to commit violent crimes, according to exclusive law enforcement and intelligence reports reviewed by CyberScoop. The reports offer insight into the underbelly of the global network, showing how they are using traditional cybercriminal tools to identify, target, groom, extort, and cause physical and psychological harm to victims as young as 10. They were shared with police nationwide and in some cases, with foreign-allied governments.

🚨 Coristine was involved with “The Com” (likely where he came to law enforcement attention, as reported by Bloomberg upthread):
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen...

“The Com” is a CYBERCRIME network with connections to child sexual exploitation:
cyberscoop.com/the-com-764-...

h/t @dell.bsky.social

"If you think government is like a George Foreman grill and you can just set it and forget it... I regret to inform you that is not how participatory democracy works. We've got to lock in. And we've got to get people quaking in their electoral boots." - AOC

We see it coming, right?

Under Biden, eggs at QFC were $3.49 a dozen.
Under Trump, they're $7.99!

Under Biden, two dozen eggs at Costco were $5.46.
Under Trump, I CAN'T EVEN BUY THEM!

This is why we are where we are right now. People get their "news" from internet sources that purposefully lie and distort the truth and they're too ignorant to actually verify what is told to them.

🎼 Ask any stable person "Should I watch?"
And they will say
Look away
Look away, look away 🎶

Needed some joy today so I went back to the Exquisite Creatures exhibit (by Christopher Marley) at OMSI. 💙 Not sure how I missed the decorator crabs last time. "Have *you* gone to see it yet?" asks the toucan.

Let the GOP seek to challenge this. Many respected legal scholars have explained why this is legally correct.
Example: https://buff.ly/3Wq4Rxr...

Who knew we'd ever talk about Nixon having more integrity, more respect for the United States, and a less fragile ego than a president about to be sworn into office.

This is his 2nd inauguration when flags were rightfully kept at half staff to honor the passing of President Truman.

Portland, OR - 67⁰ day/night

That said, we keep the vents in our bedroom closed so it's about 64/65⁰ in there. My daughter has cold urticaria so the main house can't be any colder than 67⁰ or she gets hives.

I finished Bewilderment (Richard Powers) last night and I'm reeling from a loss in faith in humanity. I should have read The Book of Hope with Jane Goodall *after* it and not before it. Ugh. 😞 Anyway. Figured it's time to indulge in a children's series I've never read before. 📚

This is wonderful.

Bhahahaha! Love this for him.

Here is a picture of Nixon’s inauguration where the flags were at half staff because of Truman dying.

Though you have to admit, both times we’ve sworn in known crooks, a former president found a way to die to force them to swear in this way🤣

Mike Luckovich gets it right as he always does

A tweet by Carolina Forward questioning the consistency of the Republican stance on voter fraud in North Carolina for the year 2024. The tweet reads: "If the official Republican position is that anywhere from 60,000-225,000 ballots in North Carolina were cast illegally in 2024, then why are they only demanding that the state Supreme Court race be reversed? By this logic, shouldn't Donald Trump's narrow win be overturned too?"

Oh, but you see they only want the elections they LOST overturned on technicalities.

Whatever happened with the drones that were taking over

Suddenly, all the “no new wars!!!” crowd is just fine with their naked emperor threatening to take Greenland by military force, seize the Panama Canal, and potentially annex our NATO ally, Canada.

Lara Trump's Gripe About Dems Trying To 'Thwart' Trump's Transition Is Hypocrisy At Its Finest Honestly, how does she say this with a straight face?

Does she hear herself?

Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!

Why did "He's Mortise, the Safety Tortoise. He always plays it safe!" pop into my head at 11pm on a random Sunday?

This photo was right below yours in my feed and I accept both.