3 things today

Word is Abrego Garcia has landed back in the United States, the man the Trump administration abducted due to an “administrative error.” Welcome home.

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.

They graded it.

Bwahahaha.

Right?

The Trump administration has begun firing appointees to the board that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Yep. Perfectly put. In essence, tyranny.👇

Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

Killing Centers: An Overview The Nazis established killing centers in German-occupied Europe during WWII. They built these killing centers for the mass murder of human beings.

3 ways the Trump administration is using the Nazi playbook
3) moving prisoners out of the country so no one sees or knows what is happening to them (Hint: Nazis planned placement and made sure none were inside Germany)
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A Wave of Discrimination Review a list of anti-Jewish laws, policies, and decrees made in Nazi Germany in 1933.

3 ways the Trump administration is using the Nazi playbook:
2) removing protections of residents and citizens so that they will either self emigrate or be easy to jail
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Theresienstadt: Red Cross Visit Learn more about the Danish Red Cross visit to Theresienstadt and the Nazi attempt to clean and hide the true conditions of the camp.

3 ways the Trump administration is using the Nazi playbook:
1) wellbeing of concentration camp prisoners confirmed to Red Cross through SS dictated letters and sham visit
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Probably one of the greater word inventions of my time was the word 'facepalm' of 1996. Before then, we were annoyed, yet tragically undefined. I'm facepalming now more than ever in the nearly 30 years since it entered the lexicon, but I'm thankful there's a word to describe my actions.

Three numbers that go wrong during a home renovation
1) you bought things that were too small/too big for the space and you have to go back to the store
2) it's going to cost 20%+ more than you expected
3) your measurements are wrong by .5" and ruin everything
#remodel #renovation

Yes

Things I bought during the economic blackout of Feb. 28 2025
1) guac w chips
2) steak Diane
3) carrot cake
All cash, mom and pop restaurant. Small gestures can make a big impact in the end (though my body would argue that these were not small calorically) and worth it
#economics #resist

3 things Americans learned watching Trump at the Zelensky meeting
1) he is willing to put a stranglehold on Ukraine if Zelensky doesn't kiss his feet
2) Trump thinks this is a game that he needs to dominate in
3) how to Google "help Ukraine" and send money directly
#resist #ukrainewar #money

3 Ways that oil companies share the wealth and benefits from their $600+B Federal subsidies with the general public
1) dividends to shareholders
2) keeps oil/gas artificially cheaper than alt/clean energy
3) ensures survival of pretty black clouds from trucks
#oilandgas #politics #congress

3 ways Musk is trying to enrich himself with federal money
1) switching the FFA communications network from Verizon to Starlink
2) switching out federal armored fleet worldwide to Cybertruck
3) a golden toilet for his DOGE office
#politics

3 important numbers from the spending bill just passed by the house
1) Calls for $4.5 trillion (4500 billions) in revenue cuts
2) Cuts only $800 billions in spending
3) Inflates 98% of elected Republican egos (the rest still have their souls)

Three things Trump doesn't understand
1) Russian propaganda and how Putin would lie to him
2)How standing in line for access to green cards and citizenship works
3) where those boogers came from on the side of his desk (he usually wipes them off under the drawer)

Wins for Sunday February 23 2025. Positive happenings in a bleak world

1) The German AfD party loses general election
2) Bernie Sanders begins his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour in Iowa to huge crowds
3) MI State Sen. Jim Runestad beat out MAGA loyalist for Rep. party chair position
#news #politics

Does this role also create opportunities to hold him responsible for his actions? Definitely not in this administration but in a (hopeful) future one?

This is not normal! As if federal employees didn’t already feel threatened enough—sure, let the brown shirts have guns; that’ll certainly boost compliance.

Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump Alnur Mussayev alleged Trump was given the codename “Krasnov”.

(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it text.

Here it is (please share):

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’ The defense secretary has repeatedly derided the military lawyers for war crime prosecutions and battlefield rules of engagement.

When a lawyer might tell you that you are running afoul of the law, just fire and replace with yes men. When they are our top military lawyers, the change could lead to gross human rights abuse and war, esp. with Hegseth at the helm.

Germany Election 2025 Live Updates: Friedrich Merz Appears Poised to Be Next Chancellor Early exit polls, which are historically quite accurate in Germany, suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats, will be Germany’s next leader and the hard-righ...

Thankfully in Germany the AfD party (modern Nazis) finished second in today's election, and all other parties vowed to never partner with them.

Cold nose caturday

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).

1,100 EPA employees have been notified of imminent termination.