crystalpete.bsky.social
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‼️Trump couldn't fly half staff without a blue pill.

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September 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Talk about a good ROI. Vladimir Putin’s investment in Donald Trump is sure paying off.

Read @davidcorn.bsky.social's timely newsletter from yesterday.
Vladimir Putin’s investment in Donald Trump pays off bigly
After secretly helping Trump's last three presidential campaigns, Russia is getting its money's worth from him.
www.motherjones.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
February 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Well...it only took him a month to declare himself King.
Trump calls himself “THE KING”
February 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Every accusation is a confession from that criminal
Put aside the nastiness of this post, & the way in he attacks Zelenskyy as a dictator but says not a word about his pal Putin, & just focus on the way it is written: would you hire this weird person to work for you? Would you trust this odd person to teach your kid in school?
February 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Donald Trump is selling out our seniors to Elon Musk.

He is handing over control to sensitive Social Security information to an UNELECTED billionaire.

Is Trump too weak to tell Musk no?

Is he using Musk to cut Social Security so he doesn't have to take the blame?

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...
Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access
The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to access sensitive data.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These white men (and women) can try to erase people and history, but as long as the people exist the facts remain.
The Justice Department has removed a report from its website that lays out recommendations for tackling the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Trump’s DOJ Erases Report On Violence Against Native American Women
www.huffpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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1. He's right. It's asymmetric and has huge huge reach.
2. He's admitting Fox's role in the propaganda.
Watters: We are waging a 21st century information warfare campaign from the left…It's like grassroots guerrilla warfare. Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it.. and by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it.
February 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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TRUMP’S LEGAL REASONING

This legal logic is similar to the Gestapo and the Klan. Without resistance, eventually this historically blood-soaked logic is as undeniable as it is violent.
February 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This article is absolutely worth your time.
If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US.
My latest in @thenation.com
Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—And It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid
Apartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African-born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern age.
www.thenation.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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as Van Lathan correctly asserts (Mehdi mentions it here), dei isn’t just the newest anti-Black slur - it has become a way for them to say that even the possible involvement of a Black person can be blamed for any and all negative/terrible outcomes
“Today, DEI has become the new N-word; the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism.”

My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.

Sorry, but it has to be said:
What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan
Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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This has been a wild week, with way more news coming out of the new administration than anyone can follow.

And that's likely by design. Here's some of the biggest things that happened this week.
Trump carries out his 'flood the zone' strategy, creating a week of whiplash
An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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As the Israeli military swept into a string of Syrian villages in December, the soldiers assured locals that the presence would be temporary. But the earthmoving vehicles that followed suggest a more permanent presence.
Israel is building outposts in Syria, raising local fears of occupation
The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long as needed to protect its citizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM