Hans Shillinger
@digginsdweller.bsky.social
political junkie for >45 years
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Screw the kids, we're gonna get it while we can?
Where do Trump and his maga crazies think their kids and grandkids are gonna live?
Get enough, buy a bunker.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/c...
Where do Trump and his maga crazies think their kids and grandkids are gonna live?
Get enough, buy a bunker.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/c...
How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy
President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Screw the kids, we're gonna get it while we can?
Where do Trump and his maga crazies think their kids and grandkids are gonna live?
Get enough, buy a bunker.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/c...
Where do Trump and his maga crazies think their kids and grandkids are gonna live?
Get enough, buy a bunker.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/c...
“I’m very concerned about the impact on the state of Maine, on everything from our national parks to biomedical research,” the Republican told CNN’s Manu Raju on Sunday. “So this is a big problem.”
We're concerned about your concern, Senator
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
We're concerned about your concern, Senator
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Republican Senator Calls Trump's Mass Firings a 'Big Problem'
Sen. Susan Collins said she is "concerned" how the firings, carried out by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, will affect her state.
www.rollingstone.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“I’m very concerned about the impact on the state of Maine, on everything from our national parks to biomedical research,” the Republican told CNN’s Manu Raju on Sunday. “So this is a big problem.”
We're concerned about your concern, Senator
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
We're concerned about your concern, Senator
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
“I thought we were supposed to be in a new era of meritocracy. Not the indiscriminate firing of people,” said one Republican congressional aide granted anonymity to speak candidly.
Nope
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Nope
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
The private GOP panic over the slash-and-burn DOGE firings
White House aides are inundated with congressional calls as Republicans fret.
www.politico.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“I thought we were supposed to be in a new era of meritocracy. Not the indiscriminate firing of people,” said one Republican congressional aide granted anonymity to speak candidly.
Nope
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Nope
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
“Musk is a parasitic illegal immigrant. He wants to impose his freak experiments and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, values or traditions,” Mr. Bannon
Chagrined to say it, but I agree
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Chagrined to say it, but I agree
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Bannon Calls Musk a ‘Parasitic Illegal Immigrant’
Stephen Bannon, a top adviser during President Trump’s first term and a popular figure among his supporters, said Elon Musk wants to “play-act as God” as part of his push to overhaul the federal gover...
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“Musk is a parasitic illegal immigrant. He wants to impose his freak experiments and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, values or traditions,” Mr. Bannon
Chagrined to say it, but I agree
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Chagrined to say it, but I agree
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
“In hopes of finding themselves,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Tuesday, “they’ve latched on to this new, shiny object called the rule of law.”
It's called the Constitution you asshole
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
It's called the Constitution you asshole
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Why Isn’t Congress Doing Anything?
Republicans are just fine with Elon Musk gutting the government.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“In hopes of finding themselves,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Tuesday, “they’ve latched on to this new, shiny object called the rule of law.”
It's called the Constitution you asshole
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
It's called the Constitution you asshole
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests,” Trump said. “There are many, many years of leaves and broken trees, and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”
46% of land in CA is federal
apnews.com/article/wild...
46% of land in CA is federal
apnews.com/article/wild...
Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds
President Donald Trump’s administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects funded through legislation championed by his Democratic predecessor.
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests,” Trump said. “There are many, many years of leaves and broken trees, and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”
46% of land in CA is federal
apnews.com/article/wild...
46% of land in CA is federal
apnews.com/article/wild...
DOGE is destroying many of our institutions.
Maybe they'll could leave the weather reporting alone? Fucking stupid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Maybe they'll could leave the weather reporting alone? Fucking stupid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
NOAA Is Told to Make List of Climate-Related Grants, Setting Off Fears
Staff members search for spending on “climate science,” “climate crisis” and “pollution” as one of the world’s premier climate research agencies girds for cuts.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
DOGE is destroying many of our institutions.
Maybe they'll could leave the weather reporting alone? Fucking stupid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Maybe they'll could leave the weather reporting alone? Fucking stupid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Dandy
The feds own most of the land in California, much of which is ripe for wildfire.
Message: we're on our own
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The feds own most of the land in California, much of which is ripe for wildfire.
Message: we're on our own
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire
Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation. It has also led some firefighters to...
www.propublica.org
February 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Dandy
The feds own most of the land in California, much of which is ripe for wildfire.
Message: we're on our own
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The feds own most of the land in California, much of which is ripe for wildfire.
Message: we're on our own
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
More of this
Kim said. “But we are at a point where we are basically on the cusp of a constitutional crisis, seeing this administration taking steps that are so clearly illegal. And until we see a change in that behavior,..., nor should we assist in that.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Kim said. “But we are at a point where we are basically on the cusp of a constitutional crisis, seeing this administration taking steps that are so clearly illegal. And until we see a change in that behavior,..., nor should we assist in that.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Some Democrats vow to use leverage in government funding fight
At least one Democrat is saying explicitly that the party should fight back against Trump and Musk by refusing to help Republicans reach a government funding deal.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
More of this
Kim said. “But we are at a point where we are basically on the cusp of a constitutional crisis, seeing this administration taking steps that are so clearly illegal. And until we see a change in that behavior,..., nor should we assist in that.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Kim said. “But we are at a point where we are basically on the cusp of a constitutional crisis, seeing this administration taking steps that are so clearly illegal. And until we see a change in that behavior,..., nor should we assist in that.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Roseville, cited what he called “titanic policy blunders and staggering failures of political leadership that have caused such harm to California.”
Read more at: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
Read more at: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
Republicans rip California’s wildfire ‘overregulation’ while Gavin Newsom seeks help for victims
“We’re California. Everybody likes to bash us,” one Democratic congressman said.
www.sacbee.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Roseville, cited what he called “titanic policy blunders and staggering failures of political leadership that have caused such harm to California.”
Read more at: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
Read more at: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
If you're afraid and that fear keeps you from voting your conscience, resign and let someone who will have your seat. Do your job!
www.rawstory.com/morning-joe-...
www.rawstory.com/morning-joe-...
'Afraid': Morning Joe reveals threats he claims are forcing GOP senators to cave to Trump
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough shared an alarming reason he said Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and other Republican senators are dropping their objections to some of Donald Trump's "unqualified" nominees for Cab...
www.rawstory.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you're afraid and that fear keeps you from voting your conscience, resign and let someone who will have your seat. Do your job!
www.rawstory.com/morning-joe-...
www.rawstory.com/morning-joe-...
Our democracy is being stolen here folks. Dems have a loaded gun in their hands.
DON'T HAND IT OVER to the criminals, USE it!
nymag.com/intelligence...
DON'T HAND IT OVER to the criminals, USE it!
nymag.com/intelligence...
Democrats May Shut Down Government to Keep Trump From Gutting It
Republicans need Democratic votes to keep the government open. This is leverage Democrats could use to rein in Trump and Musk’s power grab.
nymag.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our democracy is being stolen here folks. Dems have a loaded gun in their hands.
DON'T HAND IT OVER to the criminals, USE it!
nymag.com/intelligence...
DON'T HAND IT OVER to the criminals, USE it!
nymag.com/intelligence...
A Democratic staffer put it more starkly in the same story: “We could get to a tipping point where bipartisan cooperation becomes an overwhelming negative for us.”
Could?
nymag.com/intelligence...
Could?
nymag.com/intelligence...
Democrats May Shut Down Government to Keep Trump From Gutting It
Republicans need Democratic votes to keep the government open. This is leverage Democrats could use to rein in Trump and Musk’s power grab.
nymag.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A Democratic staffer put it more starkly in the same story: “We could get to a tipping point where bipartisan cooperation becomes an overwhelming negative for us.”
Could?
nymag.com/intelligence...
Could?
nymag.com/intelligence...
Elon's little green men
February 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elon's little green men
