Mom Cow
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· Nov 13
How to Build an Autocracy
The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
www.theatlantic.com
Have had this pinned to my Twitter account since 2017. Details are slightly different, but concept still applies:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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To report aliens to U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), call their toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (1-866-347-2423).
Don't call Space Force. 🫡
Don't call Space Force. 🫡
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 AM
To report aliens to U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), call their toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (1-866-347-2423).
Don't call Space Force. 🫡
Don't call Space Force. 🫡
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Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day
February 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Kudos to NBC:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Fact-checking Trump's interview with NBC News
Trump made several false or misleading claims on topics ranging from the economy to immigration to elections during an Oval Office interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Kudos to NBC:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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In this week's edition of: "I didn't know one could protest in so many ways:"
More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻
I love their laugh at the end. 😍
More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻
I love their laugh at the end. 😍
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 AM
In this week's edition of: "I didn't know one could protest in so many ways:"
More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻
I love their laugh at the end. 😍
More than 60 Drummers 🥁 coordinated throughout downtown Minneapolis to play on different street corners and share a unified message that they want ICE out of their city. 🪘🙌🏻
I love their laugh at the end. 😍
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Imagine your sweet, little 9-year-old girl was abducted and taken to a torture mill.
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
February 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Imagine your sweet, little 9-year-old girl was abducted and taken to a torture mill.
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
This is happening in our name on our dime.
Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
Congress: 202-224-3121
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Yuh-Line Niou was one of the electeds I most respected during the first years of COVID. She was out there on the ground literally getting meals to folks in need in her district. Very glad to see this.
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Yuh-Line Niou was one of the electeds I most respected during the first years of COVID. She was out there on the ground literally getting meals to folks in need in her district. Very glad to see this.
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"The public interest in protecting First Amendment rights cannot be overemphasized."
An important decision out of Oregon everyone should read.
An important decision out of Oregon everyone should read.
BREAKING: Judge issues TRO reining in tactics against peaceful protesters and journalists at Portland OR ICE facility. Judge Michael Simon bars use of crowd control munitions against people who don't pose physical threat. Doc: https//www.documen...
DickinsonTRO020326
www.documentcloud.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
"The public interest in protecting First Amendment rights cannot be overemphasized."
An important decision out of Oregon everyone should read.
An important decision out of Oregon everyone should read.
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All 83,000 acres of an Alabama National Forest.
I did not want to share this week’s USDA press release as there’s no comment or objection period, and I don’t want things to seem hopeless.
So I’ll note the comment and objection period is the midterms.
These are your lands.
These are the stakes.
I did not want to share this week’s USDA press release as there’s no comment or objection period, and I don’t want things to seem hopeless.
So I’ll note the comment and objection period is the midterms.
These are your lands.
These are the stakes.
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
All 83,000 acres of an Alabama National Forest.
I did not want to share this week’s USDA press release as there’s no comment or objection period, and I don’t want things to seem hopeless.
So I’ll note the comment and objection period is the midterms.
These are your lands.
These are the stakes.
I did not want to share this week’s USDA press release as there’s no comment or objection period, and I don’t want things to seem hopeless.
So I’ll note the comment and objection period is the midterms.
These are your lands.
These are the stakes.
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for the love of country, talk to your local/state peeps about this. if it's too late for state legislative votes/changes for 2026:
get this readied for 2028
get this readied for 2028
put this software in front of every secretary of state
electionguard.vote
washington state is exploring options with it for their machines
2019 MS released it for free/opensource & mitch mcconnell tabled election security bills, which speaks volumes
electionguard.vote
washington state is exploring options with it for their machines
2019 MS released it for free/opensource & mitch mcconnell tabled election security bills, which speaks volumes
ElectionGuard - What is ElectionGuard?
None
electionguard.vote
February 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
for the love of country, talk to your local/state peeps about this. if it's too late for state legislative votes/changes for 2026:
get this readied for 2028
get this readied for 2028
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1/5
OPM quietly revised its Jan 2026 shutdown guidance. The new text backs away from guaranteed back pay for furloughed feds -- even though a 2019 law already guarantees it. The statute didn’t change; the guidance did. 🔍
🙏 @jheckman.bsky.social @dfriedman.bsky.social @federalnewsnetwork.com
OPM quietly revised its Jan 2026 shutdown guidance. The new text backs away from guaranteed back pay for furloughed feds -- even though a 2019 law already guarantees it. The statute didn’t change; the guidance did. 🔍
🙏 @jheckman.bsky.social @dfriedman.bsky.social @federalnewsnetwork.com
OPM removes language on back pay for furloughed feds from shutdown guidance | Federal News Network
OPM's shutdown guidance also added a section stating that performance-based adverse actions against employees are allowed in some cases during a funding lapse.
federalnewsnetwork.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
1/5
OPM quietly revised its Jan 2026 shutdown guidance. The new text backs away from guaranteed back pay for furloughed feds -- even though a 2019 law already guarantees it. The statute didn’t change; the guidance did. 🔍
🙏 @jheckman.bsky.social @dfriedman.bsky.social @federalnewsnetwork.com
OPM quietly revised its Jan 2026 shutdown guidance. The new text backs away from guaranteed back pay for furloughed feds -- even though a 2019 law already guarantees it. The statute didn’t change; the guidance did. 🔍
🙏 @jheckman.bsky.social @dfriedman.bsky.social @federalnewsnetwork.com
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Giving the narrative is excellent. Great job this observer did.
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Giving the narrative is excellent. Great job this observer did.
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Consider this
We can think about the US elections system in 3 layers.
1 the system that governs elections
2 the process to select candidates
3 the final general election
We can think about the US elections system in 3 layers.
1 the system that governs elections
2 the process to select candidates
3 the final general election
February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Consider this
We can think about the US elections system in 3 layers.
1 the system that governs elections
2 the process to select candidates
3 the final general election
We can think about the US elections system in 3 layers.
1 the system that governs elections
2 the process to select candidates
3 the final general election
Celebrating Black History Month:
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Celebrating Black History Month:
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Evening Spam in the Gears! Those assholes at ICE dropped théir phone number again in of course the most racist way possible “this time”. So let’s make sure the number works really well! #FuckICE Call ICE at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE and report the space aliens you see.
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Evening Spam in the Gears! Those assholes at ICE dropped théir phone number again in of course the most racist way possible “this time”. So let’s make sure the number works really well! #FuckICE Call ICE at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE and report the space aliens you see.
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Bulk sales of tickets to Melania are being promoted through emails from WH Faith Office advisor Paula White-Cain using her National Faith Advisory Board list. People are encouraged to purchase 30 tickets at a time to “support our First Lady.” meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: White House Advisor Pushed Bulk Sales for Melania Movie
Supporters are encouraged to buy group tickets and private screenings, raising questions about ethics and actual attendance
meidasnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Bulk sales of tickets to Melania are being promoted through emails from WH Faith Office advisor Paula White-Cain using her National Faith Advisory Board list. People are encouraged to purchase 30 tickets at a time to “support our First Lady.” meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...
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So much this!
You want to make America great?
Look at the people who made America good when it wasn’t being great to them.
Look at the people who made America good when it wasn’t being great to them.
February 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
So much this!
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#GVerse #BreakingNews Philadelphia just drew a hard line on #FuckICE. They have INTRODUCED legislation:
- Agents can’t wear masks
- Must show ID
- Judicial warrants only
- Assault a bystander → arrested
This is what accountability looks like. Pass it. Enforce it. Take it nationwide.
- Agents can’t wear masks
- Must show ID
- Judicial warrants only
- Assault a bystander → arrested
This is what accountability looks like. Pass it. Enforce it. Take it nationwide.
January 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM
#GVerse #BreakingNews Philadelphia just drew a hard line on #FuckICE. They have INTRODUCED legislation:
- Agents can’t wear masks
- Must show ID
- Judicial warrants only
- Assault a bystander → arrested
This is what accountability looks like. Pass it. Enforce it. Take it nationwide.
- Agents can’t wear masks
- Must show ID
- Judicial warrants only
- Assault a bystander → arrested
This is what accountability looks like. Pass it. Enforce it. Take it nationwide.