Total domination does not allow for free initiative in any field of life, for any activity that is not entirely predictable. Totali- tarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.u

This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:

You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.

Do not let anyone play games with you.

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.

It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.

They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.

I’m happy to invest and/or help

Schiff: This is not who we are. We don’t bully an ally. We don’t take the side of a dictator. We’re just not what we saw displayed by the President of the United States today. I would say to our allies around the world that what they witnessed today might be Donald Trump, but it is not America.

There were certainly signs

The great @joyannreid.bsky.social signs off her last @msnbc.com show.

Their loss, not hers.

Watching Joy Reid for the last time on MSNBC and this is my last time watching this network. Enough is enough. I am so pissed at MSNBC. #WeNeedJoy #BlackSky

Dear @maddow.msnbc.com

If you go on the air tonight - or at minimum go on without condemning the overt racism of the people who give you $25 million a year - you are complicit

Same for you @LawrenceODonnell.msnbc.com and @chrislhayes.bsky.social

Protest, or you are all Joe Scarborough.

I CAN quit you @msnbc.com
And I have.

Elon would hate it if you reposted this.

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

🔃‼️I'm following everyone who likes this post because I want to know who agrees that America is worth fighting for.

🔃‼️I'm following everyone who likes this post because I want to know who agrees that America is worth fighting for.

No cooperation.

No collaboration.

No compromise.

Maximum resistance.

Maximum disruption.

Start there and get tougher.

Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia.

Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.

Here's the tracker, to match up Projekt2025 aims and actual Presidential actions.

A quote saying that the Trump movement is like "an outburst of home grown Maoism in America."

People who are scholars of European history, as I am not, point out parallels to 1930s rise of fascism there.

I have spent more time learning about China. Which is why I keep thinking about parallels to Cultural Revolution nihilism. (Article Jeremy Mayer)

thehill.com/opinion/tech...

Klobuchar: What is the difference between Greenland and Donald Trump? Greenland is not for sale.

*boo*

Klobuchar: Ok. For any Republican Trump Administration person who wants to throw eggs at me because of that joke. You can’t because they’re too expensive.

#ProudBlue

Guys….maybe we’ve gone too far calling the New GOP nazis

There’s a lot of differences!

Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

From Kate Conger’s book “Character Limit” on how Musk ruined Twitter.

This just confirms that I made the right choice when I cancelled my Washington Post subscription before the election.

Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.

Freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster Loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people

The loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.