Here's the 'Fire Elon Musk' Ad the Washington Post Refuses to Run | Common Dreams "Is it only okay to run things in The Post now that won't anger the president or won't have him calling Jeff Bezos asking why this was allowed?"

www.commondreams.org/news/elon-mu...

Last night @60minutes.bsky.social opened an otherwise superb segment on Germany’s approach to online hate speech by saying “in the U.S., most of what’s said on online [social media] platforms is protected by the First Amendment.”
No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.

Carmen

DO NOT SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION. Do not answer questions about your immigration status, where you were born, or your criminal history. 4 NO COMPARTAS INFORMACION PERSONAL. No respondas preguntas sobre tu estado migratorio, dónde naciste o tus antecedentes penales.

DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING. Do not sign any document without speaking to a lawyer. 5 NO FIRMES NADA. No firmes ningún documento sin hablar con un abogado.

SPEAK TO A LAWYER. Consult with a lawyer ahead of time. If you are arrested, ICE will not provide you with a lawyer, so be prepared. CONSULTA CON UN ABOGADO. Consulta con un abogado con anticipación. Si te arrestan, ICE no te dará un abogado, así que prepárate

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This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

New: Project 2025, which Russell Vought is the architect of, advocates for cutting NIH funding. But, it has been NIH-funded research that contributed to Vought’s own daughter having better treatment options for cystic fibrosis.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Oh look the Pope is against deportations. Wonder what the MAGAts will say about this

How Interstate Highways Gutted Communities—and Reinforced Segregation | HISTORY America's interstate highway system cut through the heart of dozens of urban neighborhoods.

www.history.com/news/interst...

The racist doge guy is just a “kid” but Trayvon Martin was a dangerous “man.”

The real truth is that America is so racist, we'd rather burn our entire country to the ground instead of allowing a black person to get anywhere close to the White House ever again

'Hate will never prevail.' Local residents confront group displaying swastika flags on I-75 overpass "The protest, while very offensive, was not unlawful," a press release from the Evendale Police Department said.

Nazis wouldn't be bold enough to do this if it wasn't for the current federal government deciding white, heterosexual, christian, cis-males are more worthy than everyone else

www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

To everyone who sat out or voted for Trump because Palestinians, have the day you deserve you fucking idiots

Every wrongdoing that the GOP has accused the Democrats of in my lifetime (since Nixon) was something that they themselves were either doing or planning to do at the first available opportunity. Every single one.

Vivid and lustrous, wafting iridescent waves of color wash across this skyscape from northern Sweden. Known as nacreous clouds or mother-of-pearl clouds, they are rare. But their unforgettable appearance was captured in this snapshot on January 12 with the Sun just below the local horizon. A type of polar stratospheric cloud, they form when unusually cold temperatures in the usually cloudless lower stratosphere form ice crystals. Still sunlit at altitudes of around 15 to 25 kilometers, the clouds diffract the sunlight even when the Sun itself is hidden from direct view.

🔭 Nacreous Clouds over Sweden

Image Credit & Copyright: Vojan Höfer

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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

This is bad.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.

Border czar Tom Homan is on CNN complaining that Chicago is “very well educated” and people “know their rights” too well for ICE to be able to enforce mass deportations. Good work, neighbors.

Trump rails against DEI after DC plane crash, but it doesn't apply to air traffic controllers Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in D.C.

DEI has no impact,FAA air traffic controllers must pass a rigorous training school, be younger than 31 to start and retire by 55.
The President either doesn't know what he's talking about, or flat out lying. Vance and Hegseth are also either ignorant or lying about DEI involvement in the accident.

You choosing to focus on self-care has nothing to do with avoiding responsibility. If anything, it’s acknowledging what you’re responsible for, and how much better you’re able to contribute to those things when your head and heart feel nurtured.

Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.

Transgender people warned others over and over again that this destruction of rights would not stop with them, and of course, they were correct
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

Trump fires independent inspectors general in Friday night purge The watchdogs say the removals may be invalid for failing to comply with a 2022 law requiring a 30-day notification to Congress before removals.

www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

Please consider that the person you get frustrated with for not saying how they feel, doesn’t know how to. Then consider all the times they’ve tried to share before & were shut down. There’s a reason people have difficulty expressing themselves. Trust, they’re frustrated too.

“… And in every case we worked on, when the agents realized they were being watched, they abandoned their stakeout.”

This is a reminder from your friendly neighborhood privacy nerd to remove Face ID or any similar biometric access to your phone/accounts.

One thing before tomorrow:

Use your local libraries.

Get your card.

Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.

Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).

Attend promoted activities.

Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.

Tell your kids that libraries are good.

They are.

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