durantsdaughter
@durantsdaughter.bsky.social
Blue dot in Red Ohio. Widow with 2 awesome sons. Retired. don't mess with Social Security or Medicare!
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There's something weird happening where The Discourse about the tariffs is about how Trump is trying to return us to 1950's and 1960's, the manufacturing heyday of America, but he's not! He' been very very explicit about this. He wants to return us to the 1890's. That's a different project!
April 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
There's something weird happening where The Discourse about the tariffs is about how Trump is trying to return us to 1950's and 1960's, the manufacturing heyday of America, but he's not! He' been very very explicit about this. He wants to return us to the 1890's. That's a different project!
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spotted in the toronto star
April 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
spotted in the toronto star
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What’s really going on with the economy?
I believe Trump and his billionaire buddies — the American oligarchy — have a plan.
They want a recession. robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-...
I believe Trump and his billionaire buddies — the American oligarchy — have a plan.
They want a recession. robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-...
Why we’ll have a recession
Trump wants to get it over early in his term, so he and his fellow billionaires can buy up everything cheap and then enjoy the ride upward
robertreich.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
What’s really going on with the economy?
I believe Trump and his billionaire buddies — the American oligarchy — have a plan.
They want a recession. robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-...
I believe Trump and his billionaire buddies — the American oligarchy — have a plan.
They want a recession. robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-...
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So as Justice Sotomayor says, “The implication of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also US citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal"
April 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So as Justice Sotomayor says, “The implication of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also US citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal"
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From my visit last week to the Topaz Internment Camp, where Fred Korematsu was interned. This quote still sticks with me.
I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
From my visit last week to the Topaz Internment Camp, where Fred Korematsu was interned. This quote still sticks with me.
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NYT: "As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/t...
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and his...
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
NYT: "As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/t...
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TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!!
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
April 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!!
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.
It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.
#50501movement
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We know
Reporter: You said an example of fraud that you have cited was $50 million of condoms was sent to Gaza but after a fact-check apparently it was Gaza in Mozambique meant to protect them against HIV.
Musk: First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect
Musk: First of all, some of the things I say will be incorrect
February 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We know
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Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
February 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
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lol sure, Jan.
NEW: Treasury is doing a “forensic” investigation into how DOGE/Musk ally Marko Elez was “mistakenly” given access to alter aspects the government’s massive spending database.
The probe is ongoing.
w/ Michael Stratford
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
The probe is ongoing.
w/ Michael Stratford
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Treasury officials: Musk ally ‘mistakenly’ given power to alter payments system
The incident prompted an internal forensic investigation that remains ongoing.
www.politico.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
lol sure, Jan.
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Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
February 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
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JUST IN: An update on NY Times' #FOIA request for classified-documents volume of special counsel Jack Smith's report. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
JUST IN: An update on NY Times' #FOIA request for classified-documents volume of special counsel Jack Smith's report. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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OMB's Russell Vought wants to slash funding for NIH, which helped develop a "miracle drug" for cystic fibrosis that his daughter received. “We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's wife wrote in a 2021 post. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
OMB's Russell Vought wants to slash funding for NIH, which helped develop a "miracle drug" for cystic fibrosis that his daughter received. “We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's wife wrote in a 2021 post. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"The core issue is that Musk and Trump are acting *as if* they hold absolute power, even though they do not," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social. "They are, in that sense, bluffing. But it's a bluff they want to turn into a new reality, one that destroys the American constitutional order."
February 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"The core issue is that Musk and Trump are acting *as if* they hold absolute power, even though they do not," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social. "They are, in that sense, bluffing. But it's a bluff they want to turn into a new reality, one that destroys the American constitutional order."
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so as far as I can tell, the timeline here is:
1. judge imposes TRO re funding freeze (1/31)
2. plaintiffs raise concerns about noncompliance
3. judge issues another order re enforcement and threatens contempt (2/10)
4. elon musk tweets false claim about fema $ (also 2/10)
...
1. judge imposes TRO re funding freeze (1/31)
2. plaintiffs raise concerns about noncompliance
3. judge issues another order re enforcement and threatens contempt (2/10)
4. elon musk tweets false claim about fema $ (also 2/10)
...
NEW: The Trump administration asks a federal judge for emergency permission to suspend funding to the FEMA shelter program that Elon Musk posted lies about storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
so as far as I can tell, the timeline here is:
1. judge imposes TRO re funding freeze (1/31)
2. plaintiffs raise concerns about noncompliance
3. judge issues another order re enforcement and threatens contempt (2/10)
4. elon musk tweets false claim about fema $ (also 2/10)
...
1. judge imposes TRO re funding freeze (1/31)
2. plaintiffs raise concerns about noncompliance
3. judge issues another order re enforcement and threatens contempt (2/10)
4. elon musk tweets false claim about fema $ (also 2/10)
...
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Oh sure, "nobody is gonna question" an American plan to seize Gaza.
"Let bygones be bygones," that's the motto of the Middle East.
"Let bygones be bygones," that's the motto of the Middle East.
Trump on Gaza: "We're gonna have it. And we're gonna keep it ... nobody is gonna question it ... we'll have lots of good things built there, including hotels."
February 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Oh sure, "nobody is gonna question" an American plan to seize Gaza.
"Let bygones be bygones," that's the motto of the Middle East.
"Let bygones be bygones," that's the motto of the Middle East.
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Not only has Donald Trump assembled a team of losers, but they're losers who were explicitly rejected by American voters.
Watch: youtu.be/L3i0d3ZsCjw?...
Watch: youtu.be/L3i0d3ZsCjw?...
Trump fills administration with 'big team of losers' that voters have already rejected
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Not only has Donald Trump assembled a team of losers, but they're losers who were explicitly rejected by American voters.
Watch: youtu.be/L3i0d3ZsCjw?...
Watch: youtu.be/L3i0d3ZsCjw?...
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Trump's spending freeze isn't just about defunding programs he doesn't like.
It's a deliberate play to overturn 50 years of precedent and give himself even more power.
It's a deliberate play to overturn 50 years of precedent and give himself even more power.
Trump's Impoundment Power Grab Explained
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Trump's spending freeze isn't just about defunding programs he doesn't like.
It's a deliberate play to overturn 50 years of precedent and give himself even more power.
It's a deliberate play to overturn 50 years of precedent and give himself even more power.
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Trump’s tariffs are now causing gas prices to rise nationwide, according to a spokesman for the American Automobile Association.
Gas Prices Are Rising, And Trump’s Tariff Threats Could Be Playing a Part | KQED
A variety of factors contribute to rising gasoline prices in California and the U.S., but international trade turmoil does have an effect, according to AAA of Northern California.
www.kqed.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trump’s tariffs are now causing gas prices to rise nationwide, according to a spokesman for the American Automobile Association.
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Something went right.
Shopify has taken down Kanye West’s entire store.
Shopify has taken down Kanye West’s entire store.
February 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Something went right.
Shopify has taken down Kanye West’s entire store.
Shopify has taken down Kanye West’s entire store.
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Elon Musk is showing that there are definitely benefits to being co-president.
Watch: youtu.be/-pS0DqGMxTo?...
Watch: youtu.be/-pS0DqGMxTo?...
For 'co-President' Musk, early days of Trump are already paying off
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Elon Musk is showing that there are definitely benefits to being co-president.
Watch: youtu.be/-pS0DqGMxTo?...
Watch: youtu.be/-pS0DqGMxTo?...