Jake B.
@bocajdyob.bsky.social
Another dumb gay millennial — bioethicist by training; interests include self-deprecation, travel, languages, medical research, health, fitness, history, politics, gaming, and religious deconstruction
This shouldn't have been news to anyone, Trump said himself that he was going to be a dictator.
Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He’s ‘Saving His Country’
President Trump shared a quotation on social media, making it clear it was one he wanted people to absorb: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This shouldn't have been news to anyone, Trump said himself that he was going to be a dictator.
Trump selling Ukraine out to Vladimir Putin happened way faster than I was expecting tbh.
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator' as he hits back at 'disinformation' criticism
It comes after the Ukrainian president suggested Donald Trump was
www.bbc.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Trump selling Ukraine out to Vladimir Putin happened way faster than I was expecting tbh.
Posting for posterity.
‘Long Live the King’: Trump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social
A fondness for regal themes was apparent as the president applauded his administration’s move to kill congestion pricing in New York.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Posting for posterity.
Documenting this bullshit for posterity.
February 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Documenting this bullshit for posterity.
Crime is legal now.
Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act became law in 1977. In 2024, the Department of Justice announced 24 cases related to the anti-bribery statute.
www.cnbc.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Crime is legal now.
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Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
WASHINGTON—Saying his latest executive order was legal due to an “underutilized but totally feasible workaround,” President Trump claimed Tuesday that he could overrule the U.S. Constitution by means ...
theonion.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
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i told you i told you i TOLD you this was a theocratic power grab
dark days ahead
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Establishment of The White House Faith Office
EXECUTIVE ORDER
February 7, 2025
"promoting foster care and adoption programs in partnership with faith-based entities"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Establishment of The White House Faith Office
EXECUTIVE ORDER
February 7, 2025
"promoting foster care and adoption programs in partnership with faith-based entities"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Establishment of The White House Faith Office
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to assist faith-based entities,
www.whitehouse.gov
February 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
i told you i told you i TOLD you this was a theocratic power grab
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
Posting here for posterity.
February 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Posting here for posterity.
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"There is no clear path forward. There is no four-point plan that will end this threat, but any effective response requires recognizing the magnitude of the danger, and the extent of our national peril is plain — if Americans care to see it." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Opinion | The Trump Crisis Deepens
The president is using every tool at his disposal to reshape the American founding.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"There is no clear path forward. There is no four-point plan that will end this threat, but any effective response requires recognizing the magnitude of the danger, and the extent of our national peril is plain — if Americans care to see it." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
"The world’s richest man is boasting about destroying the United States Agency for International Development, which saves the lives of the world’s poorest children, saying he shoved it 'into the wood chipper.'"
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"The world’s richest man is boasting about destroying the United States Agency for International Development, which saves the lives of the world’s poorest children, saying he shoved it 'into the wood chipper.'"
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Elon is accusing people of committing crimes while he’s actually committing crimes.
February 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elon is accusing people of committing crimes while he’s actually committing crimes.
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I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”
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Nothing could be more Trump. When his insane, morally repugnant idea is challenged on grounds of international law and sovereignty, his sole thought path: "ownership" and development. The walking, talking disease of colonial capitalism.
REPORTER: You are talking tonight about the US taking over a sovereign territory. What authority would allow you to do that? Are you talking about a permanent occupation?
TRUMP: I do see a long term ownership position
TRUMP: I do see a long term ownership position
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Nothing could be more Trump. When his insane, morally repugnant idea is challenged on grounds of international law and sovereignty, his sole thought path: "ownership" and development. The walking, talking disease of colonial capitalism.
What in the holy FUCK is this....
Trump proposes U.S. control of Gaza, permanent displacement of residents
The idea, a first indicator of Trump’s approach to the conflict, was sure to inflame the region given the history of Palestinians’ displacement from their territory.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
What in the holy FUCK is this....
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STEP 1: Donald does something stupid.
STEP 2: Donald is surprised there are consequences.
STEP 3: Donald backs down.
STEP 4: Donald lies, claiming things already agreed to are new concessions he forced by the stupid thing he did.
STOP 5: REPEAT
STEP 2: Donald is surprised there are consequences.
STEP 3: Donald backs down.
STEP 4: Donald lies, claiming things already agreed to are new concessions he forced by the stupid thing he did.
STOP 5: REPEAT
February 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
STEP 1: Donald does something stupid.
STEP 2: Donald is surprised there are consequences.
STEP 3: Donald backs down.
STEP 4: Donald lies, claiming things already agreed to are new concessions he forced by the stupid thing he did.
STOP 5: REPEAT
STEP 2: Donald is surprised there are consequences.
STEP 3: Donald backs down.
STEP 4: Donald lies, claiming things already agreed to are new concessions he forced by the stupid thing he did.
STOP 5: REPEAT
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Like, why did you think Trump put all those TV folks in his Cabinet? It's so EACH ONE can run their own Authoritarian PT Barnum content machine. He hired TV people to make exciting TV for the American public.
February 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Like, why did you think Trump put all those TV folks in his Cabinet? It's so EACH ONE can run their own Authoritarian PT Barnum content machine. He hired TV people to make exciting TV for the American public.
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“Elon Musk’s influence appears unchecked,” @jonlemire.bsky.social writes. “But the Republican-controlled Congress has shown no desire so far to rein Musk in. There has never been a private citizen like him.”
Elon Musk Is President
The world’s richest man has declared war on the federal government, and his influence appears unchecked.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“Elon Musk’s influence appears unchecked,” @jonlemire.bsky.social writes. “But the Republican-controlled Congress has shown no desire so far to rein Musk in. There has never been a private citizen like him.”
It's gonna be a long four years of resisting y'all.
Ground News - Lawmakers, legal experts warn shuttering USAID is unconstitutional
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s apparent plans to shutter the US Agency for International Development without congressional authority represent anothe
ground.news
February 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It's gonna be a long four years of resisting y'all.
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The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
I’ve got to agree with the Wall Street Journal editorial board this time.
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Dumbest of Trade Wars enacted by the Dumbest Administration for these Dumbest of Times.
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(7/7) ...,it’ll be the capitalists who have hollowed out the infrastructure necessary to make it happen so they can continue their charade.
February 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
(7/7) ...,it’ll be the capitalists who have hollowed out the infrastructure necessary to make it happen so they can continue their charade.
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(6/7) The story of the Rearden-style inventor-entrepreneur turned noble industrial capitalist is a myth. When the copper wires start to break in the real world, it won’t be the laziness of a stupefied population that prevents them from being patched...
February 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
(6/7) The story of the Rearden-style inventor-entrepreneur turned noble industrial capitalist is a myth. When the copper wires start to break in the real world, it won’t be the laziness of a stupefied population that prevents them from being patched...
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National Assc of Homebuilders say the US tariffs will increase cost of housing for Americans.
February 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
National Assc of Homebuilders say the US tariffs will increase cost of housing for Americans.
Trump renegotiating NAFTA into the USMCA and then torpedoing the USMCA has to be one of the stupidest self-owns in the history in the history of the United States. The man has no guiding principles. He's an agent of chaos.
February 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump renegotiating NAFTA into the USMCA and then torpedoing the USMCA has to be one of the stupidest self-owns in the history in the history of the United States. The man has no guiding principles. He's an agent of chaos.
This hurt me. So unnecessary.
Canada to Impose 25% Tariffs on $107 Billion of US-Made Goods
YouTube video by Bloomberg Television
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This hurt me. So unnecessary.