MizStacyD

I want politics to be about a better everyday life.

Here's what that can look like:

This is excellent

Crockett: "The idea that you want to shut down everybody that is not Fox News is bullshit. We need to stop playing."

Remembering Lahaina: What I Learned about Tourism, the ‘Āina, and Myself during Twelve Years on Maui The August 8, 2023, Lahaina fire was the worst thing to happen to West Maui since the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the late nineteenth century. The fire was a tragic disaster, but it didn’t…

My Maui memoir is now available for pre-sale! uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/rememb...

Previous administrations were wary of Signal. Trumpworld has embraced it Amid the furor over the use of a commercial messaging app to discuss a military strike, the Trump administration has insisted that using Signal is routine and authorized. But former and current offici...

NEW: Signal has never been permitted on White House or Pentagon devices, but incoming Trump officials started using it when the Trump-Vance transition refused government IT help to avoid record-keeping laws and kept using it after Inauguration Day. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

What the actual fuck:

Kristi Noem in tight athleisure—white top, drawstring grey pants—in front of a prison cell packed with mostly shirtless men. Noem’s hair cascades out of her navy DHS cap. The men appear to be wearing loose white patient pants. Norm wears a heavy gold-and-silver watch. The men’s arms are at their sides or clasped in front, as if they’ve been told to stand at attention. Noem’s cap is pulled low, so we can’t really see her eyes; instead, her face appears comprised mainly of lips. The men’s heads have been shaved; there’s lighting on Noem but they’re in the murk, hard to distinguish from one another.

I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/

we really need to stop saying “arrested” by ICE. the word you’re looking for is “kidnapped”.

Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.

Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:

Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom

Anyone who knowingly posts something fake gets a block, it doesn't matter if it supports the right message, sorry.

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Super Sunday. Good day for Football. Bad day for Chickens.

Indeed, every day is a bad day for Chickens. While you gnosh on wings today I offer this annual reminder that in the US, we lay, hatch, grow, slaughter, bring to market, buy, cook, and eat, one million chickens per hour.

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.

SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.

One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.

US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.

NEW: US government websites are disappearing in real time, including sites for the US Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, neglected diseases, and children in adversity. We analyzed more than 1000 .gov websites to track what's been taken down—and what's next. wrd.cm/4aFMs5A

CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’

Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”

Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...

Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency, multiple sources familiar told CNN

Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Exclusive: Security agents escorted the inspector general of the US Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration reut.rs/4hfG4Vp

a woman with dreadlocks is wearing a lanyard that says lmt on it ALT: a woman with dreadlocks is wearing a lanyard that says lmt on it

All that noise about banning TikTok and free speech debates, and now the TikTok CEO is showing up at the inauguration like it’s no big deal. Classic.

No, thank you.

This is being done for the first 100 days to boost ratings.

Like NYT and WaPo, it's too late.

I don't know. Billionaires seem to be doing good things until they're not. I used to think Bezos was one of the good ones.

💯 "You will have to learn Russian in 4-5 years or go to New Zealand, if you do not allocate significantly more money for military needs than the current 2% of GDP," — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in a speech to European Parliament.

Why does every MAGA move aim to hurt people?

Netanyahu is going to delay the cease fire deal that he’s about to announce.

So that it happens when Trump is in office or just before.

So it looks like Trump did it.

Because that’s the SECRET BARGAIN they made back at the illegal summit they had at Mar-a-Lago last summer.

Creepy insurrectionist architect Mike Johnson says conditions should be placed on aid sent to California for Wildfires and other disasters. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, Johnson isn’t a Speaker, he’s a terrorist in a suit and tie.