Mark Fiddler

As a Minneapolis resident traveling to Eureka-Arcata CA today, it was good to be in No Kings Country with my anti-fascist allies! Huge crowds for small town, lots of passion! #nokings

Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.

Here’s TACO recipe www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people” or, TACO Don II

“SECTION. 8 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises….To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations….” Where are the “originalist” jurists and lawyers now?

Never before have we seen the president usurp such power from Congress

And don’t assume we depend on the executive branch alone can enforce judicial orders—judges can file ethics charges against lawyers who file frivolous cases or flout orders. The courts decide who can practice—not Trump!

Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis (Gift Article) Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right question is not whether there is a crisis, but rather how much damage it will cause.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

Just inject bleach!

@cnn Press should ask President Trump if is he is aware of the US obligation to protect Ukraine as part of the START Treaty implementation. www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65...

Thank you, #Trump #JDVance

And #JDVance sucked up to carry the banner.

You can tell this is fake AI, only because it has two left feet

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Then, 1961:

“Let every nation know that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty". — J.F.K.

Now, 2024:

At UN, US voted with Russia in refusing to condemn Russian incursion on Ukraine’s liberty.

Everyone change your default search engine! No more Google searches!

A search engine, to be trusted, needs to be devoid of political taint. @Google can’t be trusted: Folks should change their browser search engine to Yahoo or Dick Duck or Bing. Reduce Google searches!

Folks should change their browser search engine to Yahoo or Dick Duck or Bing. Reduce Google searches!

Trump Pauses Enforcement of Foreign Bribery Law (Gift Article) The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure or keep business deals.

Trump doesnt know or care what “shall faithfully execute the laws means”! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

Time’s new cover:

Tesla’s European Sales Drop in January After Elon Musk Disrupts Politics (Gift Article) The U.S. electric car company’s sales are sliding across Europe, amid what many see as interference in local affairs by Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/b... Tesla’s slide continues with Elon’s management on crashing auto drive.

Yeah, the ugly upward swoop of the Swasticars are f#%ing ugly, but there is that clever reference to HH salute. Easily worst design since Gremlin

FAA Policy About Hiring People with Intellectual Disabilities Has Existed for Over a Decade Posts by Elon Musk and others implied that a long-standing policy was the result of a recent emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

FAA had SAME policy supporting hiring the disabled as Biden! Calling Trump a hypocrite is nothing new. //www.snopes.com/news/2024/01/15/faa-dei-initiatives/

As an adoption lawyer I’ve already had two calls today from parents who’ve legally adopted children overseas (and approved citizenship) and now they and their children are afraid of their children being deported. So now they have to carry around passports or citizenship proof in fear of ICE stops!

Sadie and Frannie love Christmas. Treats, fancy ribbons on their collars, time with mom and dad. Happy Christmas!

‘Winter’s Brace’, Fox sits huddled in the snow. Oil Painting

Fox closed her eyes, felt the cold on her face
She smiled at the darkness, lost in winter's brace

Solstice had come, the promise of more light
Nature's cycle was done by end of this night

She wished all souls love with the return of the sun
and #SolsticeBlessings for everyone

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House passes budget deal around promise of Wimpie: "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" I.e., Government stays open on condition of future cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, so they can raise debt ceiling later to pay for continued tax cuts for rich!

Socialist cats go for the common good!

Only in Minneapolis

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Do we think in years down the road audiences will know what that white stuff is floating down from the sky?

The following seasonal Twitter thread was one of the most popular I ever posted on the other site ...