Lolitabel
@lolitabel.bsky.social
Big fan of literacy and literature. History and histrionics. Pro human kindness, pro social justice + pro democracy
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Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
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Donald Trump is allowing Elon Musk to root around in our Social Security like a pig in shit.
February 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Donald Trump is allowing Elon Musk to root around in our Social Security like a pig in shit.
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Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
February 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?
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Content moderation on private platforms is imperfect, but the reflexive use of “censorship” in this Zuck statement — a word rendered meaningless by a right-wing propaganda campaign that saw moderating as disadvantaging them — is a purely political statement.
January 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Content moderation on private platforms is imperfect, but the reflexive use of “censorship” in this Zuck statement — a word rendered meaningless by a right-wing propaganda campaign that saw moderating as disadvantaging them — is a purely political statement.
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Activists slam Biden for pardoning turkeys, not those on federal death row
Activists slam Biden for pardoning turkeys, not those on federal death row
Advocates against death penalty note president has spared no one from death row but it’s not too late to ‘cement legacy’
Advocates against the death penalty took aim with blistering irony at Joe Biden for pardoning two more Thanksgiving turkeys on Monday…
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Activists slam Biden for pardoning turkeys, not those on federal death row
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Maybe the stupid will save us.
MAGA’s gross incompetence could be our greatest ally.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Remember this. We are weaker now. “Trump has groomed us.” Try to hold and speak and advocate what you know is right and true. We’ve already moved so far. Don’t change your standards to accommodate their shameless incompetence & cruelty.
November 20, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Remember this. We are weaker now. “Trump has groomed us.” Try to hold and speak and advocate what you know is right and true. We’ve already moved so far. Don’t change your standards to accommodate their shameless incompetence & cruelty.
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Meet Trump’s new Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon
November 20, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Meet Trump’s new Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon
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"The Democratic effort will rely on the work of hundreds of lawyers, who are being recruited to combat Trump administration policies on a range of Democratic priorities." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/u...
Democrats Draw Up an Entirely New Anti-Trump Battle Plan
The party’s early preparations to oppose the next Trump administration are heavily focused on legal fights and consolidating state power, rather than marching in the streets.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:11 PM
"The Democratic effort will rely on the work of hundreds of lawyers, who are being recruited to combat Trump administration policies on a range of Democratic priorities." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/u...
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I understand why people think "oh, my vote doesn't really matter, there are so many people out there"
but sometimes, as it turns out, it really truly matters
but sometimes, as it turns out, it really truly matters
this is so wild, idk if people elsewhere have seen this, right now dems are winning a brand new supermajority in the oregon state house by a grand total of 34 votes
November 16, 2024 at 4:54 AM
I understand why people think "oh, my vote doesn't really matter, there are so many people out there"
but sometimes, as it turns out, it really truly matters
but sometimes, as it turns out, it really truly matters
If only
It’s time for Supreme Court term limits. Staggered 18-year terms would bring regular turnover to the bench. The result would be a Court that better reflects public values.
It's Time for Supreme Court Term Limits
YouTube video by Brennan Center for Justice
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:08 PM
If only
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Well, at least it got that one right.
November 16, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Well, at least it got that one right.