Gina Bellinger

Everything.

Elon Musk gestures (heil hitler) as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena. Washington, D.C., on Jan, 20, 2025.

Disgusting 🤢

ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY 💯

Markwayne Mullin on Hegseth’s drinking:

TAPPER: Drinking at 10 in the morning, that’s a drinking problem.

MULLIN: Yeah & there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too.

TAPPER: A drunk reporter who is drinking at 10 AM…is not in charge of the 3 million person defense department.💥

NEW: Trump has named his lawyer and spokesperson Alina Habba to serve as Counselor to the President.

California raw milk producer says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for FDA position The California raw milk producer who has issued several product recalls for bird flu has has applied for an advisory role at the Food and Drug Administration.

Yum yum.

"The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA.

"The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...”

www.latimes.com/environment/...

I have seen at least thirty different new stories published about one billionaire insurance company CEO’s death today. Wouldn’t it be great if every person who died today because an insurance company denied coverage got the same attention?

Can anyone say hypocrisy? This sickens me not just as a human being but as a disabled person with an extremely rare progressive neurological disease.

#democracy

I understand Donald Trump for what he is a buffoon. Donald Trump wants you to be scared. Rather than being scared, I am proud to be a happy warrior for democracy. We all need to have the courage to not back down. Do not obey!

Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.

With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

Michigan Bans Firearms at Polling Locations Michigan voters are no longer allowed to bring firearms to polling locations on Election Day under a new state law.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed into law House Bills 4127 and 4128. The bills, sponsored by Democrats and introduced last year, prohibit the possession of firearms at polling locations on Election Day and during early voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

NEW: Jerry Nadler to step down from the race to be ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, endorses Jamie Raskin

Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, told incoming the Senate Armed Services Chairman, Roger Wicker, that he wouldn't drink if he got the job.

Because a "trust me bro" should suffice.

🙄

This could get lost in the shuffle, but it’s big in and of itself, and as a sign of power struggles in Trump land: Trump just President-replaced his choice for White House counsel, from William McGinley (who gets landing pad at DOGE-ha!) to David Warrington, another former personal counsel.

A side by side picture of a Ford Pinto and Tesla on fire with the following statement: Twenty seven people died in Ford Pinto explosions and the car became a joke. So, why have a whopping 232 Teslas blown up, resulting in 83 fatalities, and YOU don’t even hear one thing about it? Why?!

The things that make you go hmm 🤔

The Supreme Court Is Taking Aim at Transgender Rights The justices have picked a case that can cause maximum harm with minimum blowback.

SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments today in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a major case on transgender rights. Some background from June: newrepublic.com/article/1830...

It’s Not Just the Sex The real scandal of Trump’s nominees is what they’ll do on the job.

"I do think Hegseth’s bags are packed, and that his nomination won’t survive the week. In my mind’s eye, Hegseth’s taxi is waiting." Crisis, however, not averted.

Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social plus Will Selber: www.thebulwark.com/p/its-not-ju...

MAGA is losing its mind over at the old place...🥳

In that week when Musk bought Twitter & started bungling it, the possibility occurred to me that he'd bought it to end its usefulness as a pro-democracy tool. I'm so grateful for BlueSky & the fact that we're all here now & that it's increasing possible to get our news here too!

Trump Talks to DeSantis About Replacing Hegseth And about appointing Lara Trump to the Senate.

"These discussions are real. It’s serious. I can’t say it’s definitely going to happen, but the governor is receptive and Trump is serious, too," a top Republican source told The Bulwark. New reporting from Marc Caputo: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-talk...

The people of #Georgia are amazing, and refuse to be subjugated to the Soviets. The youth of the country will save it

#Georgiaprotests

I need one of these!

Hegseth’s trotting out of his mother to defend him reminds me of the greatest SNL cold open of all time:

www.nbc.com/saturday-nig...

On the front page of WaPo vs on the front page of @democracydocket.com.
Which deserves your attention and subscription?
www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

Pete Hegseth worships at the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, led by “Doug Wilson, an untrained and self-proclaimed pastor who advocates for Christian nationalism…”

Wilson also wrote that “sexual violence is women's fault for not being submissive enough.”

I’ll support a chair for DNC who’s willing to stop playing chess in a boxing match

So Trump branded Ron DeSantis "Tiny D"... and now expects *that* guy to command enough respect to lead the Pentagon?

Republicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to know about it Women will keep dying, but the GOP is working hard to destroy the evidence

Texas and Georgia are blocking the review and release of information on the deaths of pregnant women from abortion bans.

The GOP knows the stories of pregnant women dying preventable deaths sounds bad. So they're making sure you never hear about them.

Remember: HR's job isn't to be your friend. It's to protect the company from you.

#employmentlaw #humanresources #californialaw #womeninlaw

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3 rules for protecting yourself:

1. Document everything (Keep a daily journal of incidents)
2. Be strategic w/ HR (Only share what's necessary, in writing)
3. Know your rights (Before, not after, you need them)

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