Cinwhim

May the anti-ICE movement continue to spread nationwide!

This is the Los Angeles spirit your news broadcast isn’t showing…

Trump’s immigration actions are a classic bait & switch. He campaigned on deporting violent criminals. Instead, he’s deporting moms with their (sometimes American citizen) kids, good neighbors & hard workers; people who pay taxes & provide the labor we need.

Memphis "M" bridge aka Hernando Desoto bridge lit up for Pride. 🌈

Amazing reporting here on how things have backfired on the capitulating law firms and their enabler.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

YouTube video by The Bulwark Deporting Someone They Know | Secret Podcast Preview

Must Watch 😏

youtu.be/iUShzUoVNps

San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat

From Ukraine to Maine, defenders of democracy are standing up and speaking out. And the people are responding. My write-up on the state of the resistance: https://buff.ly/3ETGLVZ

So.

It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.

I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

Immigration cartoon

Too true!

Some people…

To all the women…

More of this, America.

Here’s what we did today

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

Clearly, he isn’t picking up on his owner’s anxiety. 🤦‍♀️

“I told you if you hold on to clothes long enough they come back in fashion”

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Mind cleanser👇🏻🧘🏼

Musk’s staffers fanned out across several agencies today, sending representatives to the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and meeting with the Labor Department to seek access to sensitive data.

Musk’s Status in Government May Violate Criminal Law His wealth should not be able to buy a conflict of interest waiver

100% ridiculous that "We do not know if Musk has received a conflict of interest waiver. If he has and the administration is claiming the waiver is justified"

Musk’s Status in Government May Violate Criminal Law open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show (Gift Article) Trump administration appointees and allies of Elon Musk wanted to use the Treasury’s sensitive payment system to block payments.

As a prosecutor, we investigated cases where bad actors left themselves a back door in govt systems. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse suggests Musk’s team could “manipulate data, steal data, and leave back doors. Your privacy gone.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...

Don’t let them off easy. Make them explain, in detail, which part they don’t like?

USAID

🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

What the right wing REALLY means:

Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.