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Please consider this GoFundMe for the 5 year old autistic boy who was exposed to racial slur. The woman who yelled the n-word at him has raised over $400k. This child and his family deserve better.

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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …

Project 2025 is here. Trump is implementing all of it. His denials were typical Trump lies, repeated by his allies in the media who wanted him to win.

He pardoned EVERY SINGLE PERSON... I won't hold my breath for people to be outraged.

HOLDING FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLEFOR ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF SENSITIVE GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

1/President Trump just issued Executive Order to revoke #securityclearances of 51 signatories, eight of whom I rep, who signed Hunter Biden laptop letter in 2020.

But here's the problems with it:

Ignore fact that no President has ever done this before.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order” a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power.

I never buy Oreos because then I'll eat the Oreos,
so instead I look in my pantry every day and I'm
disappointed that I don't have any Oreos.

~a tragic personal memoir

Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...

This is the GOP’s long con on full display.

Listen up.

I love Matt Damon because he is a famous movie star who writes, produces, and acts and who will also show up for five minutes in random movies for a joke or to be a villain in like three scenes. Dude just likes movies and I dig it.

Gonna be a big day online for armchair lawyers without a law degree who yesterday were experts on water distribution systems in LA.

Be careful who you listen to today (and every day).

Worth reminding

January 9, 2025 Family members, friends, and political leaders gathered today at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the life of former president Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at age 100.

January 9, 2025

Hot tip for the next two years: a Republican bill does the opposite of what it’s called.

A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”

A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”

Eyes wide open people 👀

Imagine waking up and losing everything. Running from your cars with just the clothes on your back.🔥

Now, imagine Trump denying aid to your state.

I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.

CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants

So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election

background

Momentous events in Syria this morning. The 54 year rule of the Assad family appears to be over, with rebel forces taking to state TV claiming President Assad has fled Damascus.

The prime minister has said he will hand over power to the opposition and has called for elections.

“76% of respondents said that they could no longer treat patients in accordance with evidence-based medicine.

21% said that they were either considering leaving the state or already planning to do so;

13% had decided to retire early.”

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Oklahoma schools have gone from 7th in the nation to 49th in the nation in the ~12 years Republicans have controlled the school system.