Pete Tako

This is the message.

There is just no precedent in recent world history of an advanced industrialized country sabotaging its own scientific establishment, and destroying the base of scientific knowledge necessary for basic policymaking. An avowedly, actively anti-knowledge regime.

Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.

The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the…

In remarks to a private audience in 2023, Russell Vought, who is Trump’s budget chief and the intellectual force behind Trump’s unprecedented power grab, said he championed the term “invasion” because it “unlocked” extraordinary presidential powers.

By @mtredden.bsky.social

Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is…

#ICYMI: We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.

The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”

W/ @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org

The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.

As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.

One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"

🎁 link

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

As of today, thanks to Trump, Americans are paying the highest tariff rate since 1933.

And the average household is going to lose out on $2,400 thanks to Trump's tariffs.

You are paying more for almost everything because of Trump himself.

MAGA cartoonist Scott Adams telling the rest of the cult that the Epstein evidence will hurt Republicans more than Democrats. MAGA doesn't respond well to inconvenient information like this. They were all promised the evidence would bring down prominent Democrats, like Bill Clinton.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social

Trying to see if I can tag this correctly.

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.

Will we listen to his words today?

Sen. Ted Cruz stripped weather forecasting funds from Trump's megabill. Then the floods came. Among other things, he removed $150 million slated to improve modeling, predictions, and public communications.

On Tuesday, the Texas senator ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting.

This is a TAX folks. They raised TAXES on us but are pretending they didn’t.

They also turn living kids into drowned kids. Smh

#Stanleycup

Bucket list item. Attending the clinching game of the Stanley Cup Final! #flpanthers #stanleycup

Nice turnout in Key Largo for #nokings day. #nokingsfl

Musk turns on Trump’s billionaire bill. More leaks from the White House. Economy going sour. The MAGA girls are already fighting. Only 4 months in, folks. Hold on to your butts.

Former TB resident. L David has always been a player I've admired. Thanks for the post.

Fins up! ;)

Donald Trump's decades-long obsession with eugenics A timeline of the president's thoughts on "good genes," IQ, and which disabled people should "just die."

Donald Trump has long-espoused eugenicist and ableist beliefs.

For @motherjones.com, I put together a timeline of some of these greatest (or worst) hits, which shows a pattern, starting back in the 1980s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️

They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.

Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.

No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.

All they do is gaslight their base

Gertz: When you look at someone like Pam Bondi, she made two dozen appearances on different Fox News shows over the first 100 days of the Trump administration. One out of every four days, she’s on Fox News talking about whatever she says the Justice Department is doing. That just doesn’t add up...

I mean…

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Trump's Qatar train wreck. His cabinet scorched in Congress. Walmart prices set to soar from his tariff war. RFK Jr. says don’t trust him (seriously). The Dems big win in Omaha. This and more all on the new MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!

Why has right-wing media been so incredibly effective?

I sat down with the @meidastouch.com brothers to dig deeper into how right-wing news outlets weaponize the American people’s suffering to influence opinions.

Listen now or watch on my YouTube. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz just switched from Republican to Democratic.

“The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”

To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.

Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials” Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of...

NEW: After the VA began axing jobs, Secretary Doug Collins said vets would "notice a change for the better.” But internal warnings show the cuts have led to widespread chaos, including the disruption of "life saving cancer trials." w/ @ericumansky.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I’m a Soybean Farmer Who Voted for Trump. I’m Begging the President to End the Trade War. The tariffs on China could put us out of business by 2027. All our blood, sweat, and toil could vanish with the stroke of a pen.

www.thefp.com/p/im-a-soybe...

Whistleblower showed proof that DOGE opens up our sensitive data, steals it, and lets accounts in Russia inside the system.

Full blown threat, people!

Red flags, sirens, alarms!!! This is traitorous.

It will affect you. Work together to stop this stripping of our country!

Start talking about it!