@mikeobensdad.bsky.social
Now they have a pretext for doing what they have been hoping and, no doubt, planning to do. Their fraudulent claim of a left-wing network fomenting violence dramatically escalates the danger to Americans’ civil liberties and Constitutional protections.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Now they have a pretext for doing what they have been hoping and, no doubt, planning to do. Their fraudulent claim of a left-wing network fomenting violence dramatically escalates the danger to Americans’ civil liberties and Constitutional protections.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
Columbia’s capitulation will reward the Trump regime’s distortions of civil rights laws and its use of exaggerated claims of anti-semitism as a pretext to assault universities.
It will whet Stephen Miller’s and Christopher Rufo’s appetite for further authoritarian measures against higher education.
It will whet Stephen Miller’s and Christopher Rufo’s appetite for further authoritarian measures against higher education.
July 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Columbia’s capitulation will reward the Trump regime’s distortions of civil rights laws and its use of exaggerated claims of anti-semitism as a pretext to assault universities.
It will whet Stephen Miller’s and Christopher Rufo’s appetite for further authoritarian measures against higher education.
It will whet Stephen Miller’s and Christopher Rufo’s appetite for further authoritarian measures against higher education.
“What does it say about a society when you can look at a child – sunken-eyed and silent with fear and grief – and decide the real injustice is that she's hogging the spotlight?”
us18.campaign-archive.com?e=6f71775701...
us18.campaign-archive.com?e=6f71775701...
Hasbara delusions: When Gaza’s hungry children are a ‘PR failure’
us18.campaign-archive.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“What does it say about a society when you can look at a child – sunken-eyed and silent with fear and grief – and decide the real injustice is that she's hogging the spotlight?”
us18.campaign-archive.com?e=6f71775701...
us18.campaign-archive.com?e=6f71775701...
Any apparent similarity to a living person is intended.
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
By Timothy W. Ryback
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
By Timothy W. Ryback
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
www.theatlantic.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Any apparent similarity to a living person is intended.
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
By Timothy W. Ryback
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
By Timothy W. Ryback
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Imagine a country where the gov. controls most of what people see and read.
“Inside the … new media strategy to promote Trump as ‘KING’ … has transformed its … press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation, and ‘they’re all offense, all the time.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
“Inside the … new media strategy to promote Trump as ‘KING’ … has transformed its … press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation, and ‘they’re all offense, all the time.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside the White House’s new media strategy to promote Trump as ‘KING’
The Trump administration has transformed its traditional press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation, and “they’re all offense, all the time.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Imagine a country where the gov. controls most of what people see and read.
“Inside the … new media strategy to promote Trump as ‘KING’ … has transformed its … press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation, and ‘they’re all offense, all the time.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
“Inside the … new media strategy to promote Trump as ‘KING’ … has transformed its … press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation, and ‘they’re all offense, all the time.’”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Straight out of Project 2025
As I have suspected, incapacitating the government is step toward privatization and shrinking the very idea of a “public” for whom the state provides services.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...
As I have suspected, incapacitating the government is step toward privatization and shrinking the very idea of a “public” for whom the state provides services.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...
Cuts to National Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling
“Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Straight out of Project 2025
As I have suspected, incapacitating the government is step toward privatization and shrinking the very idea of a “public” for whom the state provides services.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...
As I have suspected, incapacitating the government is step toward privatization and shrinking the very idea of a “public” for whom the state provides services.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...
“Beware Trump’s Talk of Coming ‘Emergencies’
“Those who study autocracy will tell you: All this talk of emergency is an emergency in itself. The road to authoritarianism is paved with this trope…
newrepublic.com/article/1920...
“Those who study autocracy will tell you: All this talk of emergency is an emergency in itself. The road to authoritarianism is paved with this trope…
newrepublic.com/article/1920...
Beware Trump’s Talk of Coming “Emergencies”
Far-right rhetoric is suffused with dark talk of impending calamities. It’s a favorite trope of autocrats who are, themselves, the calamity.
newrepublic.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Beware Trump’s Talk of Coming ‘Emergencies’
“Those who study autocracy will tell you: All this talk of emergency is an emergency in itself. The road to authoritarianism is paved with this trope…
newrepublic.com/article/1920...
“Those who study autocracy will tell you: All this talk of emergency is an emergency in itself. The road to authoritarianism is paved with this trope…
newrepublic.com/article/1920...
‘Trump Is the Real Thing’
“Assuming that the past six weeks are predictive of what’s coming next…
In other words, expect the worst.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
“Assuming that the past six weeks are predictive of what’s coming next…
In other words, expect the worst.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
Opinion | Vengeance Is His
Vengence is his.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
‘Trump Is the Real Thing’
“Assuming that the past six weeks are predictive of what’s coming next…
In other words, expect the worst.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
“Assuming that the past six weeks are predictive of what’s coming next…
In other words, expect the worst.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
“The Government Knows A.G.I. is Coming,”
“…[W]e are on a path to creating transformational artificial intelligence capable of doing basically anything a human being could do behind a computer — but better…But now they believe it’s coming in two to three years…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
“…[W]e are on a path to creating transformational artificial intelligence capable of doing basically anything a human being could do behind a computer — but better…But now they believe it’s coming in two to three years…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
Opinion | The Government Knows A.G.I. is Coming
The Biden administration’s A.I. adviser Ben Buchanan discusses how the U.S. government is preparing for artificial general intelligence — and all the challenges that remain.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“The Government Knows A.G.I. is Coming,”
“…[W]e are on a path to creating transformational artificial intelligence capable of doing basically anything a human being could do behind a computer — but better…But now they believe it’s coming in two to three years…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
“…[W]e are on a path to creating transformational artificial intelligence capable of doing basically anything a human being could do behind a computer — but better…But now they believe it’s coming in two to three years…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
Odious. Trump and the entire Quisling Party.
“Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
“Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup
The directive, which takes effect immediately, affects more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipelines and on order.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Odious. Trump and the entire Quisling Party.
“Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
“Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Could there be a coordinated national day of protests against Social Security staff cuts by Indivisible chapters around the country. Joined by Raging Grannies and Grey Panthers groups, perhaps.
@pamherd.bsky.social
Could there be a coordinated national day of protests against Social Security staff cuts by Indivisible chapters around the country. Joined by Raging Grannies and Grey Panthers groups, perhaps.
@pamherd.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Could there be a coordinated national day of protests against Social Security staff cuts by Indivisible chapters around the country. Joined by Raging Grannies and Grey Panthers groups, perhaps.
@pamherd.bsky.social
Could there be a coordinated national day of protests against Social Security staff cuts by Indivisible chapters around the country. Joined by Raging Grannies and Grey Panthers groups, perhaps.
@pamherd.bsky.social
“Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin — by someone ready to swallow [his]… view of who started the war in Ukraine and how it must end? Or are we being led by a Mafia godfather, looking to carve up territory … the way…crime families operate?”
Yes and yes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
Yes and yes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
Opinion | The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Zelensky Drama
For the next four years, at least, the America we knew is over.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin — by someone ready to swallow [his]… view of who started the war in Ukraine and how it must end? Or are we being led by a Mafia godfather, looking to carve up territory … the way…crime families operate?”
Yes and yes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
Yes and yes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...
One imposing Secretary of State.
March 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
One imposing Secretary of State.
The Progressive Magazine posted a link to a Project 2025 Tracker.
www.project2025.observer?mc_cid=3c6cf...
www.project2025.observer?mc_cid=3c6cf...
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
March 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Progressive Magazine posted a link to a Project 2025 Tracker.
www.project2025.observer?mc_cid=3c6cf...
www.project2025.observer?mc_cid=3c6cf...
“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | A Day of American Infamy
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
I am grateful that my father, a D-Day veteran, was not alive to see today’s atrocity. I hope every veteran was ashamed to see the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief try to pulverize an ally into submission in favor of Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I am grateful that my father, a D-Day veteran, was not alive to see today’s atrocity. I hope every veteran was ashamed to see the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief try to pulverize an ally into submission in favor of Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
I am grateful that my father, a D-Day veteran, was not alive to see today’s atrocity. I hope every veteran was ashamed to see the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief try to pulverize an ally into submission in favor of Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I am grateful that my father, a D-Day veteran, was not alive to see today’s atrocity. I hope every veteran was ashamed to see the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief try to pulverize an ally into submission in favor of Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman, railed against the president and Vice President JD Vance over their treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, saying their comments ran counter to the United States’ principles.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Live updates: Trump cancels news conference with Zelensky after contentious Oval Office meeting
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman, railed against the president and Vice President JD Vance over their treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, saying their comments ran counter to the United States’ principles.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Just a quick reminder to Madison area friends. Indivisible Dane County will be demonstrating against Musk at 4:00 p.m. today at the Tesla Super Charging Station on Odana Road, near Hyvee and the corner with Whitney Way. There is no admission charge. 😊
February 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just a quick reminder to Madison area friends. Indivisible Dane County will be demonstrating against Musk at 4:00 p.m. today at the Tesla Super Charging Station on Odana Road, near Hyvee and the corner with Whitney Way. There is no admission charge. 😊
This isn’t the worst of it. See other account in WaPo (I hate citing that.)
Extortionists at work.
“Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy in remarkable Oval Office exchange”
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Extortionists at work.
“Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy in remarkable Oval Office exchange”
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy in remarkable Oval Office exchange
The president and vice president each had harsh words for the Ukrainian president.
www.politico.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This isn’t the worst of it. See other account in WaPo (I hate citing that.)
Extortionists at work.
“Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy in remarkable Oval Office exchange”
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Extortionists at work.
“Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy in remarkable Oval Office exchange”
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Gutting staff capacity in government agencies is a prelude to privatization. First privatize administration at lower wages and benefits, and fewer job protections. Then privatize the core funding.
Advance the authoritarian plutocracy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
Advance the authoritarian plutocracy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
February 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Gutting staff capacity in government agencies is a prelude to privatization. First privatize administration at lower wages and benefits, and fewer job protections. Then privatize the core funding.
Advance the authoritarian plutocracy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
Advance the authoritarian plutocracy.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...
Can’t the advisory committee on flu vaccine members just meet on their own and issue a report? Presumably they are not all government employees.
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Can’t the advisory committee on flu vaccine members just meet on their own and issue a report? Presumably they are not all government employees.
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
Reposted
Coinbase was being investigated by the SEC so they:
- gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC
- gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration
- sponsored an inaugural party
- hired Trump’s campaign manager
- listed Trump’s meme coin
And now the investigation is closed.
These are called bribes.
- gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC
- gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration
- sponsored an inaugural party
- hired Trump’s campaign manager
- listed Trump’s meme coin
And now the investigation is closed.
These are called bribes.
How to buy your way out of a federal lawsuit
On June 6, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against Coinbase, a crypto trading platform, alleging that the company was operating as an unregistered securities broker.
popular.info
February 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Coinbase was being investigated by the SEC so they:
- gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC
- gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration
- sponsored an inaugural party
- hired Trump’s campaign manager
- listed Trump’s meme coin
And now the investigation is closed.
These are called bribes.
- gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC
- gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration
- sponsored an inaugural party
- hired Trump’s campaign manager
- listed Trump’s meme coin
And now the investigation is closed.
These are called bribes.
REPORTER: Can you explain the rationale in having the US vote against the UN resolution that Ukraine proposed?
TRUMP: It's sort of self-evident I think
TRUMP: It's sort of self-evident I think
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM