Joseph Cummins

Seattle. 6.14.25. All ages.

Edmonds, WA

jamelle is correct

Strange and darkly ironic that when, for the first time in their sorry history, Trump and MAGA actually do have a plan, rather than the concept of a plan, it's a plan for the destruction of our democracy.

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Trump official orders consumer protection agency to stop work The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 fin...

The billionaires are getting all of their wish lists filled. Fuck the little people. — Trump official orders consumer protection agency to stop work apnews.com/article/trum...

“There are many, many, many agencies out there, and this is going to be coming down the pike on every amount of government spending,” said Senator Jim Risch, Republican of Idaho and the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. “Elections have consequences.” -- NY TImes.

I think the sentence "Elections have consequences" is one of the dumbest sentiments expressed currently in the English language. It means nothing. It is also invariably used by those in power who wish to tarnish our democracy.

Also noteworthy: the president is trying to fire the FEC’s Democratic chair when it is set to rule on dozens of complaints from the 2024 election — including complaints against Trump and Elon Musk (who spent almost $300M to support his campaign) and complaints Trump filed against Harris + the media

Exactly right. They want to destroy and delay.

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

"All of us should refuse to pretend that any of this is normal and that these voters are just woefully misunderstood and that if only the Democrats addressed their economic anxiety, they might vote differently." Roxanne Gay in the NY Times today. Yep.