madfinch

this is some crazy shit

BREAKING: Stephen Miller—both Trump Administration capo and de facto head of DHS, ICE, and DOJ, has just declared that peaceful protesters are "street terrorists." Under an executive order signed by Trump just days ago, that means he is saying that all protesters in America can be arrested on sight.

RESULT: Democrats have won a seat in the New Hampshire House, in the night's most important legislative special.

Feels like an acknowledgment that none of this had anything to do with the national interests of AMERICA

I am sure he will sharpen up the messaging in time to lie to the nation for 20 minutes or so at 10PM ET

My only working explanatory hypothesis right now is that billionaires and authoritarians *Literally* thrive on human misery; that if people aren't suffering then all their money and power don't actually sustain them, and that cruelty & sheer horror are the only things that flow through their veins.

Increasingly fed up with the Democrats

AOC and a couple others aside, I am not sure you could construct a single human spine using pieces from all the rest of them

Yep that’s the story today. And the next story is how we funnel these millions of new people into sustained local organizing in service of democracy.

Cringe-worthy

I can’t believe that, as a Pennsylvanian, I need to reapply every year for a mail-in ballot. What a waste of time and money!

Oh this is just so good

Opinion: Super Bowl a rejection of Trump's vision for America New Orleans jazz, Kendrick Lamar's halftime show, even the Philadelphia Eagles' victory a reminder of all that's good in America.

The Super Bowl felt like a “get off the mat” moment for those of us who don’t share Trump's dark vision for America. From the ads to the pregame show to Kendrick Lamar’s flag to the team that won, this was a day that reminded us where the real power in America is.

www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Don't fucking elect cops.

We are going to see political investigations and prosecutions.

The question is whether the public, the courts and the media will recognize and call them out as political. Will they stand up against them or will people stay silent and allow them to continue.

Exactly. It’s the racism, stupid. It’s always the racism.

Sen. Kevin Cramer touts $16 billion in cuts to the transportation budget 12 hours after the deadliest plane crash in America in 24 years

Yes!! It’s TIME TO FIGHT

Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

This reads like the outline of a dystopian novel. Some scary stuff here

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Air Force drop videos with Tuskegee Airmen after Trump’s DEI crackdown The Tuskegee Airmen were the country’s first all-Black military airmen who fought during World War II.

The Air Force confirmed it has dropped a training video with the famed Tuskegee Airmen following Trump’s DEI crackdown

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I heard RFK Jr. is floating the banning of the polio vaccine so seems like a good time to remind folks that RFK Jr. was vaccinated with this same vaccine & therefore is at no risk of harm himself

Kinda like when he publicly was against the covid vaccine yet privately required his guests to have it🙃