@fluddofjoy.bsky.social
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This is an embarrassment. If you are a Virginian and don't like this, let your senator who is up for reelection know.
Mark Warner on Fox: "I may disagree with the president, but I respect the office of the president. I'm probably not gonna be jumping up applauding a lot, but I owe him his due as president. The president has made great, great progress on border crossings. That's something we ought to celebrate."
March 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is an embarrassment. If you are a Virginian and don't like this, let your senator who is up for reelection know.
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
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Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
February 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion
Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on.
It's reverse Robin Hood.
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Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports
February 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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Crockett: While he was stopping money… somehow the only money that didn’t stop was the money going to his organization. I don’t know you can have him be watchdog as well as the guy living off of the government. If you want to talk about government welfare, it looks like Elon Musk
February 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Crockett: While he was stopping money… somehow the only money that didn’t stop was the money going to his organization. I don’t know you can have him be watchdog as well as the guy living off of the government. If you want to talk about government welfare, it looks like Elon Musk
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Shortly after Trump banned 1600 vetted Afghan refugees who risked life & limb to help the USA against the Taliban, he issued an EO to accept white South Africans as refugees...because they're white.
Just one of Trump's latest fascist EOs. I break them down here:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-late...
Just one of Trump's latest fascist EOs. I break them down here:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-late...
Trump Latest EOs Dismantle Secular Governance & Advance 'Christian' Nationalism
Summarizing the latest fascist executive orders and what we must do to fight back
www.qasimrashid.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Shortly after Trump banned 1600 vetted Afghan refugees who risked life & limb to help the USA against the Taliban, he issued an EO to accept white South Africans as refugees...because they're white.
Just one of Trump's latest fascist EOs. I break them down here:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-late...
Just one of Trump's latest fascist EOs. I break them down here:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/trump-late...
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Under Joe Biden, CFPB returned $6 billion to American taxpayers. They took on Wells Fargo and Walmart and Zelle, junk fees and overdraft fees and medical debt on credit reports
The billionaires won and we lost.
The billionaires won and we lost.
36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/b...
36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, student loans and other areas affecting Americans’ financial lives.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Under Joe Biden, CFPB returned $6 billion to American taxpayers. They took on Wells Fargo and Walmart and Zelle, junk fees and overdraft fees and medical debt on credit reports
The billionaires won and we lost.
The billionaires won and we lost.
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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Affirmatively stating that you are a racist is no longer a fireable offense. But supporting workplace diversity is.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Affirmatively stating that you are a racist is no longer a fireable offense. But supporting workplace diversity is.
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NEW: The US Treasury claimed DOGE's Marko Elez didn't have the ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending when he actually did.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
NEW: The US Treasury claimed DOGE's Marko Elez didn't have the ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending when he actually did.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
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Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. Imagine if his wealth was capped at $999M, and we taxed the rest (~$239B).
We could:
End homelessness: $20B
End hunger: $40B annually to 2030
Build homes: 710K new homes at $308K each
A trillion for one or a future for all?
We could:
End homelessness: $20B
End hunger: $40B annually to 2030
Build homes: 710K new homes at $308K each
A trillion for one or a future for all?
January 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. Imagine if his wealth was capped at $999M, and we taxed the rest (~$239B).
We could:
End homelessness: $20B
End hunger: $40B annually to 2030
Build homes: 710K new homes at $308K each
A trillion for one or a future for all?
We could:
End homelessness: $20B
End hunger: $40B annually to 2030
Build homes: 710K new homes at $308K each
A trillion for one or a future for all?
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And. USAID is done. My friends are jobless.
Americans are *really* about to find out what happens when a nation’s legal system is not designed so handle naked grabs of power.
Americans are *really* about to find out what happens when a nation’s legal system is not designed so handle naked grabs of power.
The rush to destroy things like USAID and other agencies before lawsuits can stop them is to make it moot. When our stupidly slow judicial system finally moves to stop them it will be far too late. If all 10,000 USAID employees are home and projects abandoned it’s done. It’s evil.
February 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
And. USAID is done. My friends are jobless.
Americans are *really* about to find out what happens when a nation’s legal system is not designed so handle naked grabs of power.
Americans are *really* about to find out what happens when a nation’s legal system is not designed so handle naked grabs of power.
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So much for his Hippocratic oath.
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So much for his Hippocratic oath.
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MAGAs will pass “Stand Your Ground” laws to justify killing anyone who encroaches on their land & justify running over anyone standing in their way—then turn around & tell brown people suffering genocide they should succumb to those who committed genocide & leave their ancestral homes. Smh barbaric.
February 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
MAGAs will pass “Stand Your Ground” laws to justify killing anyone who encroaches on their land & justify running over anyone standing in their way—then turn around & tell brown people suffering genocide they should succumb to those who committed genocide & leave their ancestral homes. Smh barbaric.
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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
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Sharing this from Rt. Rev. Jonathan H. Folts, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota.
“One of our own priests was targeted at his home—so let no one say, ‘it can’t happen here.’ It can. It has. It is. And rest assured, we will not remain silent or passive in responding.”
My heart aches.
“One of our own priests was targeted at his home—so let no one say, ‘it can’t happen here.’ It can. It has. It is. And rest assured, we will not remain silent or passive in responding.”
My heart aches.
February 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sharing this from Rt. Rev. Jonathan H. Folts, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota.
“One of our own priests was targeted at his home—so let no one say, ‘it can’t happen here.’ It can. It has. It is. And rest assured, we will not remain silent or passive in responding.”
My heart aches.
“One of our own priests was targeted at his home—so let no one say, ‘it can’t happen here.’ It can. It has. It is. And rest assured, we will not remain silent or passive in responding.”
My heart aches.
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Stock markets around the world fell as President Trump imposed tariffs on key trading partners, Canada, Mexico and China.
Global stocks slide as Trump imposes tariffs on imports
Stock markets around the fell as President Trump imposed tariffs on key trading partners, Canada, Mexico and China
www.npr.org
February 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Stock markets around the world fell as President Trump imposed tariffs on key trading partners, Canada, Mexico and China.
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NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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On February 2, 1909, white police officers in Pittsburgh fanned out across a working-class neighborhood called “the Hill” and arrested any Black man who could not provide proof of employment.
The Roundup
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February 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On February 2, 1909, white police officers in Pittsburgh fanned out across a working-class neighborhood called “the Hill” and arrested any Black man who could not provide proof of employment.
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Maybe I'm crazy, but when the new authoritarian leader is executing a blitzkrieg to consolidate power and demolish the pillars of our democracy, maybe the opposing party shouldn't vote for his bootlicking nominees who were selected for their blind fealty. I'm crazy, right?
16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Maybe I'm crazy, but when the new authoritarian leader is executing a blitzkrieg to consolidate power and demolish the pillars of our democracy, maybe the opposing party shouldn't vote for his bootlicking nominees who were selected for their blind fealty. I'm crazy, right?