Francisco Alvarez

Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

the last time dems held a supermajority was 09 and the party passed

>ACA which was the largest expansion of the social safety net since 1972
>hate crime protections for actual or perceived gender/gender identity/sexuality/disability
>20 extra weeks of UI

the supermajority lasted a total of 58 days

CSPAN cut the feed after the press conference but the members of Congress and Senators have entered the main lobby where USAID HQ is located. The door is being blocked by law enforcement.

Photo provided to me:

Mastodon post from Rod Hilton about how he thought Elon was a genius until he started talking software and revealed himself as stupid

it’s just this post over and over again about every single subject under the sun

i love that in addition to everything else, elon musk is the dumbest asshole on the planet

The whole audience screaming “A minor” has me CACKLINGGGG!

I know Aubrey is in the middle of his room HYPERVENTILATINGGG 🥴😭😭

9. I understand from our Office Manager, however, that as of Sunday, February 2, no funds have been deposited to our bank account. We have checked our accounts multiple times a day since January 29, but no funds have been transmitted. We have received no information or explanation from the Administration for Community Living about the interruption in funds. 10. In short: we have received no federal funds since the OMB Freeze Memo was issued. Our Center had enough money to meet payroll on Friday, January 31, and to cover outstanding bills. But we did not have enough money on hand to cover another two-week pay period at full staffing. 11. Thus, on Friday, January 31, the Board of Directors voted to lay off three of our five employees and drastically reduce services to our customers. This presented a dire situation for our customers, who have immediate needs. 12. For example, on Monday, February 3, we are scheduled to take an 86-year-old woman to dialysis treatments (which we do for her every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Our agency is her only way to get to these life-sustaining appointments.

NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

No one elected Elon Musk.

As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences.

We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.

Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

I'm glad that America is doing real classic end of empire stuff. A king who is visibly losing his mind declaring a war based on a dream he had. Greedy courtiers feuding over access to the treasury. Some looks are timeless.

OpenAI’s paid subscription

Mikal Bridges was traded to the Knicks for five first round picks.

I feel like we need to clarify some non-trivial percentage of the “WHAT THE FUCK”s are related to the NBA and not all the other shit going on in the world

I don't really understand the concept of American politics on any level but it does strike me that a head of government that wrecks the economy before the first budget seems like the kind of person who can't get a budget through at all.

A reality star playing at caudillo and a tech mogul trying to make the US government IT his own personal "everything app"?

I guess you could describe this regime as Latin/X

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

DONALD TRUMP STOLE YOUR BEER is probably an effective message for three weeks from now

Just to remind everyone, again, there is no "fentanyl issue," and there is no action Canada can take to "sort" it. It is merely a legal fiction to justify a US national emergency under IEEPA.

Canada's retaliation:

4) Not just trade: this is not a standard trade war; it's just bullyism. Not tit for tat or dollar for dollar tariffs. Those are 3-word slogans. Think broader than trade.

Hit them *hard* but strategically. Uranium? Germanium? Alaska access? Tesla? Put it all on the table.

i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?

I know that all these institutions know how to push back because when Obama directed them to enforce pre-existing Title IX law, universities said no.

They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they *still* refused.

I will blame Trump, but I will blame you for taking a long weekend during a national crisis. Fight back or retire

Remember how Trump said he "sent the military in and opened up the water flow" in CA? It appears he forced the Army Corps to just drain reservoirs into recently flooded farmland without telling local farmers or leaders. “In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this.”
sjvwater.org/decision-to-...

He was Texas Tech’s coach for this

@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point

Before it's too late a reminder that none of what's happening is being done by "Trump." It's being done by Republicans.

It's Republicans who blocked Trump from an impeachment conviction. It's Republicans who nominated Trump to be president. It's Republicans who declared him to have total immunity.