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Remember when #joebiden was president and we woke up every morning feeling dread about what he did overnight? You don't? Me either.

Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.

What this long and detailed NYT piece calmly calls an “extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual” is in fact a blatantly unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s Article I powers and delegation of the President’s Article II duties.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.

Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

‘60 Minutes’ Head Producer Says He Won’t Apologize Over Trump’s Lawsuit Bill Owens, the show’s executive producer, addressed his staff as CBS’s parent company, Paramount, pursued a legal settlement with the president.

The head of “60 Minutes” told the show’s staff on Monday that he would not apologize as part of any prospective settlement in a lawsuit brought by President Trump against CBS, according to people with knowledge of the remarks.

Trump advisers weigh plan to dismantle Department of Education, WSJ reports U.S. President Donald Trump's advisers are mulling executive actions to dismantle the Department of Education as part of a campaign by Trump's close adviser Elon Musk and his allies to reduce to size of the government's workforce, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

And now the Dept of Education

Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

"Dishtowels", brush markers, 9" x 7", 2014 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Daily sketch 1/4/2014

Drawing with markers was another one of the media/skills I'd wanted to master when I decided to do my daily sketches. This was two years in and I was really comfortable with them by then.
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"Winter Cats", watercolor, 10" x 6", 2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Daily sketch 1/24/2013

From 2013: Cats are usually simply happy wherever they are because if they aren't, they leave and find a place where they can be simply happy.
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A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.

America, you broke through—the media, from small outlets to large, is finally picking up on what’s happening. Legislators, judges, and attorneys general across the country are speaking out. They hear you. We love you and are honored to serve you! 🦬💚🇺🇸

A Handbook for Dealing With Trump Threats The president is issuing similar demands around the globe—but a one-size response doesn’t fit all countries.

“So you’re a world leader and you’ve been threatened by the American president. What now?” @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.

Atticus and I made haunted houses for Halloween. Did Jaden Smith wear one on his head for the #grammys? #grandmalife

Mexican president announces one-month ‘pause’ on Trump’s US tariffs Claudia Sheinbaum agrees to send 10,000 soldiers to ‘prevent drug trafficking’ after conversation with US president The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has said the US and Mexico have agreed to “pause” tariffs threatened by Donald Trump for one…

Mexican president announces one-month ‘pause’ on Trump’s US tariffs

One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S. A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.

As President Trump opened what could become a global trade war, a growing number of countries, including America’s closest allies, are forging their own economic partnerships without the U.S.

Ha. He's already having to back down...

Foreign aid means U.S. security. When will people understand that?

Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.

What Trump's tariffs will mean for your wallet One forecast estimates Trump's tariffs will cut household purchasing power by $1,000 a year.

Economists almost universally agree that the tariffs imposed by President Trump will cost the average American household hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars every year in higher goods costs.

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in “a battle of our own.”

The top agent at the FBI’s New York field office vowed in a defiant email to his staff to "dig in" after the Trump administration targeted officials involved in the investigations into the Jan. 6 attack — and praised the bureau’s interim leaders for defending its independence.

Live updates: Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico, Mexican president says Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.

Breaking news: The Trump administration has agreed to pause sweeping tariffs on Mexico for a month while the two sides hammer out an agreement, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Monday. The tariffs had been set to take effect early Tuesday.

Los gatos y @duolingoverde.bsky.social

If only there was a word for when an unelected oligarch moves quickly to take over control of the government.

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Such judgment...
#catsofthemexicanwarstreets
#catsofbluesky

Here are the apps battling to be become the 'TikTok for Bluesky' | TechCrunch TikTok's potential U.S. ban has sparked a flurry of development within the open social web community. Several new applications are being built that could

TikTok for Bluesky?

techcrunch.com/2025/02/01/h...

How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

Important read.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

My first post on @bsky.app is this guy of course. #Atticus #grandmalife