I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

Had seen this reposted many times & finally watched. Read the whole thread, watch & share this video. Play it for someone you know who doesn’t have social media. Find courage.

"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany. The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.' The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, 'this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?' But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do--that we are all responsible for what happens in our community. I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."

This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):

Totally forgot to add this but someone mentioned how eerie it is that a train track is running near the area and it actually runs directly behind the proposed concentration camp. This video is from the parking lot:

Looks like Susan Collins has moved on from clutching her pearls to clutching her new hat.

And if any Democrat is interested in not having elections stolen with ICE’s help as planned by degenerate Epstein pal Steve Bannon, you might wanna stop pleading and mewling to the fascist enemy and use all your levers of power NOW. We could use some fucking help, frankly. bsky.app/profile/iwil...

All Palestine Action activists cleared by jury of the politically motivated charges against them.

We love them so much we send masked men with guns to terrorize them for not thinking exactly like us. That's love you see. bsky.app/profile/atru...

New Mexico warns against consuming raw milk after newborn dies from listeria While the New Mexico Department of Health said it can't pinpoint the baby's exact cause of death, officials believe it could have been linked to the mother's drinking raw milk during pregnancy.

An infant in New Mexico has just died from listeria.

Public health officials think it is because the mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.

I can imagine this family’s pain.
Please, please don’t drink raw milk. It is of no benefit whatsoever.

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Just thinking about some of the national security implications of the U.S. government undermining confidence in vaccines and public health.

An illegal biological lab was just busted in Vegas. The owner is being investigated having samples of stuff like HIV, tuberculosis, and Ebola in another…

Why is this redacted? Who is the POS that sent this? Is it Trump? Elon? What sick SOB said this?

While vetting the Epstein files, the FBI created a list of prominent names mentioned in the documents—and they noted which people had "salacious information" about them in the records. Trump was on the "salacious" list. Bill Clinton was not.

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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?

Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.

And they almost shot some kids in the process.

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

Comer: "If the truth is you can't answer Epstein questions, if you plead the 5th, I think that's gonna be a mark that will ban them you from social gatherings and everything else"

(He's not talking about Trump)

Sen. Mark Kelly: "I've heard from retired service members who already have changed what they say because of how Pete Hegseth has gone after me. So this isn't just about me. I'm just the first one through the breach here that has to stick up for the rights of all of us."

It’s important to realize that the subtext of Trump freaking out at Kaitlan Collins when she asks him what he’d say to the Epstein survivors is that she may in practice be asking what he’d say to the *Trump* survivors, and they both know that. A well worded question

Nancy Mace @NancyMace It’s “National Drink Wine Day!” Cheers. 🍷

NANCY MACE: I don't drink because if I did it could kill me

ALSO NANCY MACE:

Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.

Bravo. There's a lot of leverage out there if you look for it.

My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.

The Real Reason Trump Is Skipping the Super Bowl on Sunday Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo.

"The Real Reason Trump Is Skipping the Super Bowl on Sunday"

Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo's @swin24.bsky.social

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