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Here's a passage from today's post about Trump voters getting deported.

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GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.

We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.

The world hates Donold and Elon. Imagine being so despicable you piss off an entire planet. That used to only happen on Star Trek.

And he has stolen a whole lot more...

Fuck this hurts…

Current mood

Curious to hear if this second tragic plane crash is also mysteriously due to DEI.

Earthquake warning system among projects threatened by NSF funding freeze Small nonprofit that helps manage network could soon run out of money

One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles.

EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.

🛑CANCELLED—“Research on Women’s Health” funding website of the NIH.

Citizenship must remain our birthright Trump's racist anti-immigration crusade is eroding what it means to be an American

President Donald Trump issued an anti-American executive order challenging birthright citizenship. This is an attack on what it means to be American. Read Jeff Yang's @originalsp.in piece here: theemancipator.org/2025/01/29/s...

They said don’t make science political
But now scientists aren’t getting paid
They said don’t make science political
But now we’re backing up our data in fear of losing access to servers
They said don’t make science political
But now our colleagues fear coming to work…

A constitutional crisis requires friction to make it legible. That often comes from conflict between the branches of government, but a Republican-controlled Congress and SCOTUS are not interested in challenging Trump’s lawlessness. That why it’s *especially* important for Democrats to act.

That continuous feeling that you had been expecting it to be bad but surprisingly it turned out worse.

Text from emergent strategies book

Love as an organizing principle sounds so radical and so necessary right now. Wise words from @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social ♥️

This is my red line. I don't care if you are a local activist or a hospital CEO, a shelter administrator or a school teacher or the head of the Democratic Party.

I will not be complicit in my community's own destruction.

"We have to allow this [org/shelter/hospital/school] to erase the trans community and comply to save everyone else"

Absolutely not.

I will not allow my community to be jettisoned to save yourself. Yes, if you don't, other groups may suffer, and you might too.

But we are all in this together.

Priest Schools JD Vance After He Gets Concept Of 'Love Thy Neighbor' Completely Wrong Preach!

The real meaning of 'love thy neighbor' 👏👏👏

"Screenshot of a tweet from CBS News ( @CBSNews ) reporting a breaking news story. The tweet reads: 'BREAKING: An air traffic control worker was doing a job normally done by 2 people when the D.C. crash happened, sources say.' Below the tweet, there is an image showing emergency boats on a river with debris from a plane crash visible in the foreground. The tweet is timestamped 3 hours ago. At the bottom of the image, there is a partial view of another tweet text: 'D.C. plane crash live updates as search for victims con...'

So, DOGE. Not DEI.

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My friend @adambecker.bsky.social's upcoming book on how ultra-rich techbros are selling sci-fi-inspired scams has received a fantastic review from Kirkus: "An important and sober investigation of Silicon Valley’s boldest claims about the future."
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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

California DOE fires back against Trump's executive order:

"It does nothing"

"It is against federal law for the White House to dictate what educators can and cannot teach"

Will not comply.

Trump's tariffs on Canada would be a big challenge for Americans, says ambassador Canada accounts for about 60% of U.S. crude oil imports. If Trump's tariffs end up applying to that oil, that would likely cause gas prices to rise in the U.S., Canada's ambassador warns.

Canada accounts for about 60% of U.S. crude oil imports. If Trump's tariffs end up applying to that oil, that would likely cause gas prices to rise in the U.S., Canada's ambassador warns.

Mass Impoundment Shakes Our Government to the Core The repercussions from the OMB’s freezing of all federal grants and assistance are raising alarms and already inviting lawsuits

While it has since been rescinded, Donald Trump's memo freezing federal grants and assistance sent shockwaves across the country this week. In case you missed it, take a look at Jay Kuo's The Big Picture piece exploring this attempt by Trump to strip Congress of spending authority.

Trump favors huge new tariffs. How do they work? Former President Donald Trump has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on everything else the United States imports. This week, he raised the ante still higher.

Tariffs are taxes.

"Trump insists that tariffs are paid for by foreign countries. In fact, its is importers — American companies — that pay tariffs, and the money goes to U.S. Treasury. Those companies, in turn, typically pass their higher costs on to their customers in the form of higher prices."

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

The Baltimore bridge collapse, L.A. fires., and now the D.C. plane crash? Damn you, DEI

Let me say this clearly. The tariffs are a money grab. Less money in the hands of the American people due to the new 25% tax on goods. More money to distribute to his cronies in the form of tax cuts.

See how it works?

Couldn’t agree more with @mkfeeney.bsky.social’s comments in this NPR article from today!!

In reference to NSF’s funding freeze as the agency reviews awards for “alignment” with the anti-DEI orders

www.npr.org/2025/01/31/n...

Trump Tried To Blame DC Airline Crash On Pete Buttigieg—And Pete Just Clapped Back Bravo Pete! 👏🏼

You tell 'em, Pete!

US military deportation flight likely cost more than first class U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.

"Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant... more than five times the $853 cost of a one-way first class ticket on American Airlines from El Paso, Texas, the departure point for the flight..."

www.reuters.com/world/americ...