DianeMast
dmmlejb.bsky.social
DianeMast
@dmmlejb.bsky.social
Californian, scientist, citizen
Imagine if every time trump loses in court then he can just drop the case and continue to break the same law with other people who then have to sue him separately. Every Single One. Without precedence this is reality. Now imagine law firms are unable to challenge this. www.yahoo.com/news/opinion...
www.yahoo.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
elon musk's hackers are digging into the computers that control every dollar our government spends or takes in. Why aren't people more worried about this? What is his endgame? It's not fraud and waste. That's just a smokescreen. You don't need hackers to do that. What are they really doing?
April 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
When does democracy die? I've been wondering that. When is "the end" of freedom in America? I was thinking maybe when we declare war on an ally. But now I'm wondering if it's not when an innocent man is sent without due process to a hellhole that we "can't" (won't?) get him back from.
April 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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They hate the dogs. They hate the cats. They don’t care about the pets of the people that live there. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Veterinarians working on bird flu, pet food safety are fired in HHS purge
Among those laid off were employees in a center that has played a key role in the response to the bird flu outbreak, according to three FDA staffers.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Kristi Noem stands in front of a prison and tells immigrants that this is one of the tools in our arsenal to deal with them if they come here without documents. Makes you wonder if it was really a mistake when they delivered some men who probably weren't gang members to this prison.
March 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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The law should never function the same way a criminal does. That's banana republic shit.
KARL: Do they have any due process at all?

HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?

(That's a "no")
March 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I just want to share this really well-written article. They repeatedly mention that musks claims are not supported by evidence, they explain the real situation clearly and concisely. It's an informative, useful article. I wish there were more like it. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Musk uses immigration and claims of voter fraud to sell Social Security Administration cuts
Elon Musk has falsely claimed that undocumented immigrants are siphoning away billions of dollars' worth of entitlements as part of a Democratic scheme for votes.
www.nbcnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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@warren.senate.gov explains billionaire math & the truth behind tax handouts.
Have a #CupOfJoe as she exposes the real costs & let’s fight back against this miscalculation!
March 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I garden. Sometimes a plant is dying and I have a choice. I can cut off all of the sick parts and hope the rest survives or I can just let it rot. I know that cutting off so much may kill it, but it's going to die, anyway, so I do it. I wish Schumer were a gardener.
March 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I understand why they voted to keep the government open. If there were a shutdown right now, president musk would have just packed up doge and said "my job is done.... just don't open it again". But I don't like it. It feels like they are working with the enemy. There are no good answers right now.
March 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
March 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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I hate how accurate this feels right now🫣
March 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A diplomat said that Zelensky screwed up by talking to trump like he did and that he had to repair their relationship somehow. That presumes that trump ever intended to give Zelensky anything. He just wanted the minerals, then he would have told putin he could bomb anywhere Americans weren't.
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Short-term practice run for major events.

24 HOUR ECONOMIC BLACKOUT
Midnight Feb 27th to Midnight Feb 28th
No purchases in store or online
Don't use Credit/Debit Cards for non-essential spending
Buy essentials from small businesses, local shops.
SPREAD THE MESSAGE
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February 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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"I always hesitate to bring my political beliefs into this space. I don’t think my listeners would expect that from me and some of you will find it disappointing: not what you were looking for... "

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February 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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I still stand for Ukraine.
February 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Oh, thank god for Elon Musk, the selfless billionaire martyr who heroically rakes in $8 million a day—much of it from government contracts.

Our fearless leader has graciously taken it upon himself to rescue us all from the horrors of wasteful spending.

And by wasteful, I mean the…1/5
DOGE Claims It Has Saved Billions. See Where. — The Wall Street Journal
A WSJ analysis of government data found that many claims of savings were overstated and ‘woke’ cuts were only a tiny fraction of the total
apple.news
February 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
They are going after Social Security. Just a bit right now, but it's no longer off the table. Spread the word. If anything will shake up his supporter's, it's this. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be signific...
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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donald trump is president. Joke or complain about Muskfuck, but trump was elected. he’s allowing Musk a level of chaotic latitude. And trump, like all republican presidents going back generations, will purposely place us in a recession
with poor policy and goals of personal enrichment #USDemocracy
February 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Elon Musk's DOGE team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be signific...
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Today's front page of The New York Post.
February 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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It’s incredible that Trump’s people say the answer to bird flu is supposedly “better biosecurity” while they’re firing the biosecurity people.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) gives food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford nutritious food essential to their health. Of course, Musk is down on it. But, look at where the most SNAP recipients are? GOP may regret this.
#ProudBlue
Nice time to realize who the base is 🤦🏻‍♀️
Medicaid and SNAP
February 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM