@fzimmerm.bsky.social
Still believe integrity and decency will prevail.
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Alex Padilla, a US Senator getting dragged out of Kristi Noem's press conference for asking questions.
This is not America.
This is not America.
June 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Alex Padilla, a US Senator getting dragged out of Kristi Noem's press conference for asking questions.
This is not America.
This is not America.
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25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.
The Golden Age.
The Golden Age.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.
The Golden Age.
The Golden Age.
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If Rational Arguments no longer work in US governance, it’s evidence of a deeper problem in our educational system, which favors what to know over how to think — how to critically analyze, process, & verify information.
Seems like a bad time to reduce funding for Public Education.
Seems like a bad time to reduce funding for Public Education.
May 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If Rational Arguments no longer work in US governance, it’s evidence of a deeper problem in our educational system, which favors what to know over how to think — how to critically analyze, process, & verify information.
Seems like a bad time to reduce funding for Public Education.
Seems like a bad time to reduce funding for Public Education.
Important to understand, if Garcia doesn't come back, tens of thousands will follow.
„To this administration, Garcia is not a mistake, he is a test. A test of their power to do this to anyone. (...) If they can get you on a plane and hustle you beyond our laws and leave you in the kind of gulags they wish they had here.
They are not ashamed of this."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
They are not ashamed of this."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | The Emergency Is Here (Gift Article)
Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Important to understand, if Garcia doesn't come back, tens of thousands will follow.
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It takes an unfathomable amount of incompetence to alienate Japan and South Korea to such a degree that they lock arms with China against the United States.
So stupid. So dumb. So bad for the United States.
So stupid. So dumb. So bad for the United States.
* CHINESE STATE MEDIA: CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA REACH A CONSENSUS THAT THREE SIDES WILL JOINTLY RESPOND TO THE U.S. TARIFFS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It takes an unfathomable amount of incompetence to alienate Japan and South Korea to such a degree that they lock arms with China against the United States.
So stupid. So dumb. So bad for the United States.
So stupid. So dumb. So bad for the United States.
Will future generations be able to say it’s because of the United States of America that parts of Europe don’t speak Russian?
Leavitt: "It's only because of the United States of America that the French aren't speaking German right now."
March 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Will future generations be able to say it’s because of the United States of America that parts of Europe don’t speak Russian?
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Not surprisingly, Trump’s overall tax and tariff proposals would make the very rich much richer and working families poorer.
If you earn less than $360,000 a year, your taxes are going to go way up.
If you’re in the top 1%? Don’t worry. You’ll save big.
If you earn less than $360,000 a year, your taxes are going to go way up.
If you’re in the top 1%? Don’t worry. You’ll save big.
March 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Not surprisingly, Trump’s overall tax and tariff proposals would make the very rich much richer and working families poorer.
If you earn less than $360,000 a year, your taxes are going to go way up.
If you’re in the top 1%? Don’t worry. You’ll save big.
If you earn less than $360,000 a year, your taxes are going to go way up.
If you’re in the top 1%? Don’t worry. You’ll save big.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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It's pretty wild to see what the Tesla Takedown people have built from nothing, totally organically in just two months.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Join me at the TeslaTakedown
The #TeslaTakedown movement is growing! Join us for an event in our community—or find one of more than 100 events every week across the country. And if there's not one near you, it's easy to sign up t...
actionnetwork.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's pretty wild to see what the Tesla Takedown people have built from nothing, totally organically in just two months.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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Can't even secure Twitter's servers -- but sure, give him control over Govt servers in social security, IRS, Justice, Medicaid and Medicare .. and let him 'update' the air traffic control system. I mean, c'mon folks. @wired.com doing the work, again. www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.
www.wired.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Can't even secure Twitter's servers -- but sure, give him control over Govt servers in social security, IRS, Justice, Medicaid and Medicare .. and let him 'update' the air traffic control system. I mean, c'mon folks. @wired.com doing the work, again. www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
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The White House, not even DHS, the White House itself apparently, is directly deciding which permanent residents should be detained and deported based on their political speech.
If this doesn’t scare you about the state of our democracy and liberties, I don’t know what will.
If this doesn’t scare you about the state of our democracy and liberties, I don’t know what will.
Breaking: DHS detains Palestinian student from Columbia.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
open.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The White House, not even DHS, the White House itself apparently, is directly deciding which permanent residents should be detained and deported based on their political speech.
If this doesn’t scare you about the state of our democracy and liberties, I don’t know what will.
If this doesn’t scare you about the state of our democracy and liberties, I don’t know what will.
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Email list for all DOGE employees
Please ReSkeet!
Please ReSkeet!
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Email list for all DOGE employees
Please ReSkeet!
Please ReSkeet!
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America has unwillingly embarked on an n=1 naturalistic study of effects of ketamine abuse + classical psychopathy in a man who "lacks the empathy gene" + possible bipolar disorder + the most obscene wealth in history + grandiose dumbassery.
In the co-president.
In the co-president.
March 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
America has unwillingly embarked on an n=1 naturalistic study of effects of ketamine abuse + classical psychopathy in a man who "lacks the empathy gene" + possible bipolar disorder + the most obscene wealth in history + grandiose dumbassery.
In the co-president.
In the co-president.
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The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
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I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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Check out this community note👌🔥
February 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Check out this community note👌🔥
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.
Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’
In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.