If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.

Donald Trump is a mad king. He’s deported a 4-year old and arrested a U.S. Senator. Between those two fall the rest of us. He must be stopped.

“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.”

--Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

Same here.

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:

“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

Haha! Love all the ingredients - just not together.

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause!

Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here.
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Don’t golf courses typically have grassy knolls?

The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches?

Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.

See the problem?

This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance.

Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.

That is exactly true.

It’s borderline criminal.

I’ve been saying the same thing. Always thought James Bond villains were cartoonishly over the top. Now they’re real. Was that the best use of our time & money?

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.

It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.

They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.

I’m happy to invest and/or help

@dayspeacock.bsky.social Valentine’s Day in Salem lasts longer than prohibition.

Trump and DOGE accused federal civil servants of fraud (with no evidence).

Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat.

Hello?

Don’t you just love how the people who wanted school open during the pandemic think we don’t need a Department of Education?

Meet Aaron Craig Gleason, a Trump-supporting anti-LGBTQ+ writer, who has accused drag queens of “grooming” children for sexual abuse.

He has just been arrested and charged with molesting a child under the age of 12. He wrote for The Daily Wire & The Federalist.

Rot in prison!

BREAKING: A Top DOGE Staffer, Marko Elez, has just resigned after Racist Tweets were uncovered.

His account appears to have posted:

“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.”

and

“Normalize Indian hate.”

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The only immigrant trying to destroy the country.

I remember watching Star Wars as a kid and asking myself, who would voluntarily join the dark side? I understood Darth Vader's motivation, but not the stormtrooper's.

At what point does the military step in? Isn’t that what often happens in dictatorships where the dictator goes insane? Isn’t the US military supposed to have a plan for everything?