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My article from last week ft a quote from @caseydoherty.bsky.social 👇

Gov. Pritzker: “Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents, and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is: a dangerous power grab.”

“Madness”: A Retired Brig. General Slams Trump’s Military Power Grab - Reveal On this week’s “More To The Story,” a former National Guard officer discusses the perils of politicizing the military and why the Insurrection Act needs reform.

“I’m watching the military becoming co-opted by politicians, and where that leads is some really troubling places.

If that happens, the roots of our democracy are in extreme danger.”

Donald Trump expands his war on truth to Iran The stakes couldn't be higher, and the President can't stop lying.

In the immediate aftermath of the US bombing raid on Iranian nuclear facilities, a careful evaluation of the mission and its purported success was impossible because of Trump's constant lying.

But now, initial assessments are emerging—and they're far from the total success he claims.

Trump Is Botching the Bombing of Iran His lies and gaffes are making a mess of the mission and its aftermath.

Trump has contradicted his administration's key talking points with regard to the Iran strikes. You can't just claim all the lies, gaffes, and contradictions are the brilliant art of the deal.

"If the president's special envoy is okay with Russia serially eating neighboring countries, and continuing to roll through up to and through NATO bounds, then he is essentially saying he's okay with the potential of a World War III."


Susan Rice joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

23 states just sued Trump & RFK Jr. over their brutal $12B health cuts.

Opioid care, mental health, HIV response, violence prevention—all slashed overnight.

Hospitals are bracing. Experts are quitting. States say it’s illegal.

And inside the agencies? “It’s a bloodbath.”

Tesla’s shareholders just lost another $38,640,000,000 today — a total $TSLA loss of $600 billion since December.

Tesla’s CEO was not in the office.

In literally any other public company ever, this would be the point where the CEO gets fired.

Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."

The first will be in Phoenix March 5.

America will pay dearly for the NIH’s mindless war on wokeness and DEI Colleges, businesses, patients, students, workers, and US excellence will all suffer—and for what?

The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.

“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

The impending Trump sell-out of Ukraine has no basis in any genuine US interest. Pro-Trump foreign-policy "realism" (so called) is a corrupt exercise in confecting excuses for a disgrace and disaster based entirely on the shadowy and sinister Trump-Putin connection.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau uncovered $21 billion of cheating and returned it directly to Americans.

That little agency is proof that we can make the government work for people.

Trump and Musk want to take that away, but we won't stop fighting to protect it.

There's no way Elon Musk’s job is legal "Checks and balances, at the moment, seem to be neutralized.”

As elementary school kids have known for time immemorial, whoever smelt it, dealt it. In this case, the man flinging accusations of illegality is the one breaking the law.

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The Price America Will Pay for Trump’s Tariffs Alienating allies and partners that the U.S. desperately needs means that “America First” will be “America Alone.”

Trump's trade war sounds a warning of the decline of American greatness www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump’s tariffs: another disaster for the families who've lost everything His one-two punch of deportations and import duties will make recovery slower—and way pricier.

The expert consensus is that tariffs will drive up prices for American companies and, in turn, consumers.

Trump’s ‘Small Government’ Now Polices Email Signatures

Federal workers have until 5 PM today to erase pronouns from email signatures. Imagine thinking this is a priority while dealing with plane crashes, inflation, and national security. Trump’s war on DEI is nothing but a culture war sideshow.

Republicans are trying to rip you off by stealing taxpayer money in order to cut taxes for billionaire donors and wealthy corporations.

They are determined to slash Medicaid, Head Start, Meals on Wheels and funding for first responders.

#NeverSurrender

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Good morning Witches! 💜🖤
#witchsky #witchcraft #texaswitch

Donald Trump and the return of ransom-note politics Everything with Trump is a negotiation—a hostage negotiation.

The myth of Trump is that everything is a deal, writes @timothypmurphy.bsky.social. But that implies mutual consent.

The truth is that with Trump, nothing is a deal. It's a hostage negotiation.

Just consider his handling of one of the government’s core duties—relief after natural disasters.

From Banksy Art:

"Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today, haven't we?"

"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."

- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.

Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.

“What goes up must come down
Spinning Wheel got to go 'round
Talkin' 'bout your troubles
It's a cryin' sin
Ride a painted pony
Let the Spinning Wheel spin…
Drop all you troubles by the river side”

It’s always the “other’s” fault (when you’re a narcissist or very young child).

Total fertig

Perhaps look at Mary Oliver? White Eyes is brief but good.