Walter Masterson on Substack I explain to maga how undocumented immigrants pay $98 billion a year in taxes.

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At House hearing about US Capitol security, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) notes how taxpayers have paid the millions of dollars in costs from the US Capitol attack.... while the rioters themselves have been freed and pardoned

Something to think about

U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.

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Holy shit, if true:

There’s no Musk Library
There’s no Musk Hospital
There’s no Musk University
There’s no Musk Art Museum
There’s no Musk Concert Hall
There’s no Musk Cancer Center

There’s a Musk Foundation — and it’s in trouble with the IRS because it almost never donates any funds

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

International Women's Day!! 🫶🏽

Keep an eye on this guy

The official Working Families Party response to President Trump's address to the joint session of Congress will be delivered by Rep. Lateefah Simon (CA-12). Working People's State of the Union

LIVE: WORKING PEOPLE'S STATE OF THE UNION

Folks, #Trump is lying. He just said his plan calls for “no tax on tips, OT, or Social Security.” But the Tax Bill the House GOP just passed has absolutely none of this. Zero. Nada. Nothing.

But it does have trillions in new tax cuts for billionaires.

#TrumpSpeech #SOTU

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Democracy doesn’t exist in the United States: Chris Hedges | UpFront

Watch this interview between Marc Lamont Hill and Chris Hedges on what I’ve been trying to get people to understand: Democracy doesn’t exist in the US. I’m not sure what folks think they’re fighting for but it ain’t democracy.

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43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states.

Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.

#RedStateMoochers

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

I fear they’re coming for ALL school vaccine mandates next. Including measles, mumps and rubella.

Remember when they mocked us for saying that democracy is on the ballot?

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

Spoken like a true dictator.

Good graphic tracking the explicit corruption by elon

Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.

The Fascist Roots of the Far Right's Obsession with Childlessness and Population Management “If we shrink, gentlemen, we won’t make the Empire, we’ll become a colony!” Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini told Fascist parliamentarians in 1927, reminding them with a wink to do their demographic ...

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Goran World - yesterday As someone who grew up under an authoritarian regime, I can offer one crucial piece of advice: time is everything. If you don’t stand up now—if you don’t protest, resist, disrupt, and refuse to comply—you may lose your country forever. Authoritarianism thrives on silence, hesitation, and fear. The longer people wait, the more entrenched the regime becomes, making resistance exponentially harder. Every moment of inaction is a moment the regime uses to tighten its grip. History has shown that those who act early have the best chance of reclaiming their freedom. The time to fight back is now.

Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides

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Elon Musk. The Un-Elected President of the United States.

Day Seven of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: “Yours and WIRED's Reporting is Actually Doing Something” Notes on the Crises pivoted over the weekend into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4 If you are a current or fo...

This is the confirmation of so many of the worst fears w/r/t their explicit goals of impoundment and validates the alarm that phased me into daily writing this week.

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This is a coup. Fully and truly

Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous Until Further Notice: Comprehensive coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025

The details about Privacy, IT and a lot of the payments intermediary details are in my original longer article so if you want to fully understand the big picture, and fully grasp the danger, my 6 Am piece is still essential.

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