UltraBeth

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@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

Your explanation of what a dictator and dictatorship is with real world examples is amazing.

I keep seeing people say “be careful; you’ll end up on a list.” Well, I’ve got some news for you:

If you’re truly worried about winding up on a list, we’re way past the point at which silence will help a damn thing.

it still fucks my head that the literal secretary of state, the person who’s job it was to know all things foreign policy, got on stage and told us in no uncertain terms that he was a puppet and folks chose to ignore that because…her emails?

America held hostage

Screenshot of NYTimes. Key to trumps success Knack for habitual lying. By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON - The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Ca- nal. Ukraine started the war with Russia. Except, no. None of that is true. Not that it stops President Trump. In the first month since he returned to power, he has demonstrated once again a brazen willingness to advance distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies to iustify maior policy decisions. He Tries to Make His Reality America's to boasting about his record and tearing down his enemies. But what were dubbed "alternative facts" in his first term have quickly become a whole alternative reality in his second to lay the groundwork for radical change as he moves to aggressively reshape America and the world. If the U.S. Agency for Interna- then it deserves to be dismantled. If recruiting people other than white men to work in the airline sector compromises safety, such programs should be eliminated. If China controls the strategic passage through the continent, the United States should take it back. If Ukraine is the aggressor, it should make concessions to Moscow. "One of the biggest presidential powers that Trump has deployed is the ability to shape his own narrative," said Julian E. Zelizer, a Princeton history professor and editor of a book of the Navy; vice chief of top lawyers

Today February 23, 2025 @nytimes.com editors have seemingly approved of the use of the words “lying / lie” being applied to Donald Trump.

Hopefully this provides inspiration for other journalists, editors, publishers looking for guidance.

Is NYT approval of the use of “racist” in the works?

Want to tell the public what US government workers actually do, vs. the propaganda spewed by DOGE? This incredible website, "We the Builders," is asking for first-person testimonials from government workers about their actual jobs, and how they make the government work. www.wethebuilders.org

"The developments during these first weeks of Trump’s second administration are posing a very real mental health threat that people may need new skills to manage."

Shock, injury, fear, comprehension difficulty; like a car crash: www.scientificamerican.com/article/feel...

Archived: archive.is/kgVij

Well, ketamine is also a dissociative, so not exactly the “feeling one with the universe” that includes other people.

This is just to say

I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government

Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air

Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings

Trying to figure out what leverage you have? Sir, we literally wrote it down for you: indivisible.org/resource/exp...

Norm Eisen explains to Jen Rubin what happened in a Rhode Island courtroom... ...and what comes next, for democracy and justice.

What happens when the Trump administration decides to bypass court orders? Well, now we know the answer.

@normeisen.bsky.social explains to @jenrubin.bsky.social what happened in a Rhode Island courtroom yesterday and what comes next for democracy and justice.

Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps Portrait of Fernando Cervantes Jr. Fernando Cervantes Jr. USA TODAY

Google Calendar removes Pride, Black History Month, and other events from millions of devices worldwide https://www.gbnews.com/tech/google-calendar-pride-black-history-month-removed

We think they should be powerful enough to afford principles. They think they have a lot to lose (and they lost their "don't be evil" motto a long time ago). Google, you coward, you quisling.

An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

A federal judge has just ordered Musk to get out of Treasury’s computers. We are fortunate there are good lawyers representing democracy. Normally that would end the matter, but in this era there are legit questions about compliance & enforcement. We live on the edge of a constitutional crisis.

Elon Musk’s staffers have gained access to the computer systems at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), claiming to use that access to search for programs and staff linked to diversity policies.

Voters Are Turning on Elon Musk The tech billionaire’s favorability and support to be in Trump’s administration has dropped

Who could have predicted that "The world's richest man has been illegally handed the keys to the federal treasury and will be personally deciding if your mom gets her social security check" would be a bad look? pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/elo...

An important fact that's really hard to believe and keep in focus is that there's no federal law enforcement right now, at least none for people on Trump's team who commit crimes.

Lotta people engaging with this post like there's a moment in the future where we hold all the power and get to stand in judgment of those who weren't with us. That is not currently the trajectory we're on. If you've got a plan to make it happen, LMK! Otherwise gonna stick with "build the coalition"

I built a tool to help protect text against surveillance and fingerprinting.

It detects hidden markers, special characters, and patterns that could be used to track the writer.

#cyberbarons . . . the term perfectly captures what the resistance needs to focus on fighting

👩🏼Why aren't *people* protesting?!

Folk ask unironically, just a few years after the largest civil rights protest in US history... during which Biden transferred $52 billion away from Covid relief, half of which was used to pay for more cops and jails, to fill budgets by fining innocent Black folk.

#AltGovCares Spring Store

The storefront for #AltGovCares is still up, it seems.
Literally, every penny is sent to charity directly from Spring. We don't even know if, when, or how many have been sold. Altgov is wholly blind on the details on purpose.
altgovcares.creator-spring.com

We told you …

The Militia and the Mole Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.

propub.li/3DGXECO

Over in the other place, the billionaire owner is threatening to fund ‘moderate’ (rightwing) candidates in heavily Democratic districts too.

This is what oligarchy looks like. It’s the biggest threat to democracy today. Not ‘cancel culture.’ Not trans kids. Not college protesters.

Oligarchy.

I’m with Denmark.

My struggle… why put in the effort to go to sleep early if I’m just gonna wake up feeling terrible?

Counterpoint: like politics & the fight for justice, it’s a long game; I’m certainly not going to win by doing nothing.

Also exhaustion is not exactly bolstering my intelligence. Time for a nap.