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HERE IS A THING that EVERY American can do:
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
Hey @reptedlieu.bsky.social - the person directing agents to detain @padilla.senate.gov is Bill Essayli. Bill Essayli MUST NOT be confirmed as the US Attorney for the Central District of CA Essayli points to ice to arrest Padilla www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler) on Threads
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski: “I’ve seen the clip. It's horrible. It is shocking at every level. It's not the America I know."
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June 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
HERE IS A THING that EVERY American can do:
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
Breaking: journalist discovers capitalism
“I’ve never seen anything that simultaneously really goes after poor people and then really helps rich people."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades
Estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, released Thursday, offer a detailed view into the effects on income groups.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Breaking: journalist discovers capitalism
Colonizers, tricked by a more savage colonizer, are treated like the colonized and unable to return to colonizing
June 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Colonizers, tricked by a more savage colonizer, are treated like the colonized and unable to return to colonizing
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FYI...
"The woman said of the “refugees”: “They were understanding that they would be arriving here for complete assistance. People thought they would be arriving at a house, a job, medical insurance, and other things. It isn’t that way at all."
www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/af...
"The woman said of the “refugees”: “They were understanding that they would be arriving here for complete assistance. People thought they would be arriving at a house, a job, medical insurance, and other things. It isn’t that way at all."
www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/af...
'No food, job or phones': Afrikaner 'refugee' family 'stranded' in US
American Dream? An Afrikaner 'refugee' family has been left without assistance, including food, after arriving in the US...
www.thesouthafrican.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
FYI...
"The woman said of the “refugees”: “They were understanding that they would be arriving here for complete assistance. People thought they would be arriving at a house, a job, medical insurance, and other things. It isn’t that way at all."
www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/af...
"The woman said of the “refugees”: “They were understanding that they would be arriving here for complete assistance. People thought they would be arriving at a house, a job, medical insurance, and other things. It isn’t that way at all."
www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/af...
Target said they didn't need Black people. Now they're becoming dollar general
June 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Target said they didn't need Black people. Now they're becoming dollar general
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tried and true: america ripping apart brown Indigenous families in order to prop up its fake status as some noble, law-abiding country instead of what it's always been - fascist af
June 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
tried and true: america ripping apart brown Indigenous families in order to prop up its fake status as some noble, law-abiding country instead of what it's always been - fascist af
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
"the service chief of staff said they did not yet know what role National Guard members would play in the immigration enforcement effort but said troop involvement would be legal and in line with training."
Do I know what we're doing? No. Is it legal? Yes.
Do I know what we're doing? No. Is it legal? Yes.
ICE is denying people the right to due process, abducting and trafficking them to foreign countries and locking them up indefinitely in dangerous prisons.
Now they’re preparing the military to deploy on US soil and in our communities to help.
This is authoritarianism.
Now they’re preparing the military to deploy on US soil and in our communities to help.
This is authoritarianism.
June 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"the service chief of staff said they did not yet know what role National Guard members would play in the immigration enforcement effort but said troop involvement would be legal and in line with training."
Do I know what we're doing? No. Is it legal? Yes.
Do I know what we're doing? No. Is it legal? Yes.
WTF. We should never, ever have imposter syndrome
"the model hallucinated contract amounts, deciding around 1,100 of the agreements were each worth $34 million when they were sometimes worth thousands; and the AI did not analyze the entire text of contracts."
"the model hallucinated contract amounts, deciding around 1,100 of the agreements were each worth $34 million when they were sometimes worth thousands; and the AI did not analyze the entire text of contracts."
Experts who reviewed the code for ProPublica found numerous and troubling flaws in the system, providing a disturbing glimpse into how the Trump administration is allowing artificial intelligence to guide critical cuts in services.
Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health
Experts who reviewed the code for ProPublica found numerous and troubling flaws in the system, providing a disturbing glimpse into how the Trump administration is allowing artificial intelligence to g...
www.propublica.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
WTF. We should never, ever have imposter syndrome
"the model hallucinated contract amounts, deciding around 1,100 of the agreements were each worth $34 million when they were sometimes worth thousands; and the AI did not analyze the entire text of contracts."
"the model hallucinated contract amounts, deciding around 1,100 of the agreements were each worth $34 million when they were sometimes worth thousands; and the AI did not analyze the entire text of contracts."
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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is this not handsmaid’s tale?
We so close to getting a Scarlett Johansson Harriet Tubman biopic I can feel it
June 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
is this not handsmaid’s tale?
Ah, I can see it now...it's 7:30 on a Thursday and the sun begins to rise while the birds sing their songs. Suddenly, you hear the familiar charm of your Ring security system being disabled, followed by your front door being open and closed. There's one problem: you live alone.
Amazon is reportedly training humanoid robots to deliver packages
Amazon is reportedly training humanoid robots to deliver packages
The robots are leaving Amazon’s warehouses.
buff.ly
June 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Ah, I can see it now...it's 7:30 on a Thursday and the sun begins to rise while the birds sing their songs. Suddenly, you hear the familiar charm of your Ring security system being disabled, followed by your front door being open and closed. There's one problem: you live alone.
Centrists are trying to appeal to racist, bigoted white voters that would rather have a country with no brown or gay people than clean air and water, while a convicted felon, alcoholic weekend tv host, and owner of WrestleMania destroy the country
June 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Centrists are trying to appeal to racist, bigoted white voters that would rather have a country with no brown or gay people than clean air and water, while a convicted felon, alcoholic weekend tv host, and owner of WrestleMania destroy the country
e dot, you know what to do 🤝🏾
RFK Jr celebrated the release of the MAHA report by downing raw milk shooters in the White House with influencer Paul Saladino. Hazards of raw milk include Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli O157:H7, and now-- avian flu.
June 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
e dot, you know what to do 🤝🏾
Time to give them the Target special
June 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Time to give them the Target special
We may be dealing with the dumbest white people since the advent of public schools. Reconstruction-era levels of ignorance abound!
This explains why a Fox News viewer I spoke to over the weekend thinks that Joe Biden is the most corrupt President ever, and doesn’t know a single thing about Trump’s blatantly corrupt activities around crypto, pardons, etc.
Mentions on this morning's Fox & Friends
Medicaid: 1
Biden: 39
Medicaid: 1
Biden: 39
June 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
We may be dealing with the dumbest white people since the advent of public schools. Reconstruction-era levels of ignorance abound!
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MUST-WATCH: “XAI is treating people who live in MEMPHIS as if they don’t count.”
The air pollution is deadly.
And Musk’s XAI is already expanding, as Trump’s EPA deregulates to pave the way.
This should be a bigger story.
Full @moreperfectunion.bsky.social piece: youtu.be/3VJT2JeDCyw?...
The air pollution is deadly.
And Musk’s XAI is already expanding, as Trump’s EPA deregulates to pave the way.
This should be a bigger story.
Full @moreperfectunion.bsky.social piece: youtu.be/3VJT2JeDCyw?...
June 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
MUST-WATCH: “XAI is treating people who live in MEMPHIS as if they don’t count.”
The air pollution is deadly.
And Musk’s XAI is already expanding, as Trump’s EPA deregulates to pave the way.
This should be a bigger story.
Full @moreperfectunion.bsky.social piece: youtu.be/3VJT2JeDCyw?...
The air pollution is deadly.
And Musk’s XAI is already expanding, as Trump’s EPA deregulates to pave the way.
This should be a bigger story.
Full @moreperfectunion.bsky.social piece: youtu.be/3VJT2JeDCyw?...
Trump: blows up world
Jeffries:
Jeffries:
June 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump: blows up world
Jeffries:
Jeffries:
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Then there's two other Musk loyalists, Anthony Armstrong and Baris Akis. These three men— Armstrong, Akis, and Davis—appeared to be the people in charge, Lavingia claims.
Akis is the co-founder and president of venture capital firm Human Capital. He is not a US citizen.
Akis is the co-founder and president of venture capital firm Human Capital. He is not a US citizen.
WIRED Talked to a Fired DOGE Staffer About Who Was Really in Charge
Sahil Lavingia, who says he was fired from DOGE after speaking out about his experiences there, told WIRED about how he communicated with the group, who appears to be in charge, and what might be comi...
www.wired.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Then there's two other Musk loyalists, Anthony Armstrong and Baris Akis. These three men— Armstrong, Akis, and Davis—appeared to be the people in charge, Lavingia claims.
Akis is the co-founder and president of venture capital firm Human Capital. He is not a US citizen.
Akis is the co-founder and president of venture capital firm Human Capital. He is not a US citizen.
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“Steven was the only person who was across everything,” Lavingia tells WIRED.
That would be one of Elon Musk's closest lieutenants, Steve Davis. Generally, in Lavingia’s experience, correspondence between DOGE ops and Davis happened using the encrypted messaging app Signal. Yes... Signal.
That would be one of Elon Musk's closest lieutenants, Steve Davis. Generally, in Lavingia’s experience, correspondence between DOGE ops and Davis happened using the encrypted messaging app Signal. Yes... Signal.
WIRED Talked to a Fired DOGE Staffer About Who Was Really in Charge
Sahil Lavingia, who says he was fired from DOGE after speaking out about his experiences there, told WIRED about how he communicated with the group, who appears to be in charge, and what might be comi...
www.wired.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“Steven was the only person who was across everything,” Lavingia tells WIRED.
That would be one of Elon Musk's closest lieutenants, Steve Davis. Generally, in Lavingia’s experience, correspondence between DOGE ops and Davis happened using the encrypted messaging app Signal. Yes... Signal.
That would be one of Elon Musk's closest lieutenants, Steve Davis. Generally, in Lavingia’s experience, correspondence between DOGE ops and Davis happened using the encrypted messaging app Signal. Yes... Signal.
Breaking: NPR journalist discovers racism
"I've noted that critics, at least, are making an effort to grasp why this artist appeals to so many — essentially, to understand why he's not a problem to millions of fans."
"I've noted that critics, at least, are making an effort to grasp why this artist appeals to so many — essentially, to understand why he's not a problem to millions of fans."
In 2021, Wallen was caught on video uttering a racial slur. Since then he's become the most commercially successful musician in country and popular music. How? By remaining committed to ambivalence.
Morgan Wallen is the elephant in the room
In 2021, Wallen was caught on video uttering a racial slur. Since then he's become the most commercially successful musician in country and popular music. How? By remaining committed to ambivalence.
n.pr
May 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Breaking: NPR journalist discovers racism
"I've noted that critics, at least, are making an effort to grasp why this artist appeals to so many — essentially, to understand why he's not a problem to millions of fans."
"I've noted that critics, at least, are making an effort to grasp why this artist appeals to so many — essentially, to understand why he's not a problem to millions of fans."
They saw everything he's said/done in just the past 2 years, and said "please make him full-time" lol. We're living in the upsidedown
A group of activist Tesla shareholders are calling on CEO Elon Musk to devote at least 40 hours a week to the company after he spent much of the past year focused on federal politics.
Tesla investors ask board to make Musk work full-time
Some skeptical backers of the EV company have asked its board to add a ‘new, truly independent’ member.
wapo.st
May 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
They saw everything he's said/done in just the past 2 years, and said "please make him full-time" lol. We're living in the upsidedown
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This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.
And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...