Justine Cotter

Via @abreezeclayton.bsky.social, here's a tool to find out if your vote is on the list of those being challenged in North Carolina, along with instructions on what you can do next/who to contact re: ballot curing.

Please share widely, especially if you're in North Carolina

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Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?

“I promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” —Cory Booker

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

keep going, senator!!! 👏👏👏

Top Officials Placed on Leave After Denying DOGE Access to Federal Payroll Systems DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.

NEW: DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.

"no ability to bring him back." Holy fucking shit.

a woman is sitting at a table with a plate of food and a peacock logo behind her Alt: a woman in a yellow dress is sitting at a table with a plate of food and a peacock logo behind her saying "Receipts, Proof, Timeline"

@theatlantic.com this week.

Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article) Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.

Musk's war on government capacity threatens "irreversible losses of crop genetic diversity. Such losses directly undermine the United States’ ability to ensure continued food security and dietary diversity amid challenges to our agricultural systems." 😬

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...

‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.

DOGE has spent the last six weeks on a supposed crusade to audit the government and stop fraud, waste, and abuse.

But two federal auditors with years of experience say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual audit looks like.

Excerpts From the Smash Hit Men’s Romantasy Novel, A Court of Mud and Monster Trucks By Sarah J. MonsterJam

Happy Smash Wednesday to all who celebrate! And many thanks to The Belladonna for publishing my latest monster truck smut/short humor piece. This one’s NSFW.

thebelladonnacomedy.com/excerpts-fro...

Pete Hegseth's white nationalist tattoos.

Would like to report some gang tattoos.

ALSO, if you have a library card, you can read paywall articles for free with the Libby app.

it's so cute how Republicans in Congress are just going along with DOGE cuts that make their jobs redundant like they aren't gonna be next

can we stop calling it a "flurry" of executive orders? dictatorial snowmageddon would be more appropriate

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:

did we really just go from brat summer to dictator winter?

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD ...), posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom The president threw Elon Musk a lifeline with an event, livestreamed on X, where he touted the cars and said he would buy one.

Come on down for a terrible deal at Donnie's Cars for More Corruption! www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

New work in @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social and that's not sarcasm!

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

SpaceX’s Starship explodes in second failure for Musk’s Mars program Back-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to launch satellites and send humans to the moon and Mars

If you're counting this is the 8th SpaceX rocket that has exploded. Definitely seems like a good idea for the government to give this company an FAA contract www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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