Olymka
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The Trump administration, along with Elon Musk’s staffers, has jeopardized the security of the C.I.A. by making employee names public—a move both illegal and dangerous. Current officials confirmed that the C.I.A. sent employee names to the OPM, complying with an executive order signed by Trump.
February 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Trump administration, along with Elon Musk’s staffers, has jeopardized the security of the C.I.A. by making employee names public—a move both illegal and dangerous. Current officials confirmed that the C.I.A. sent employee names to the OPM, complying with an executive order signed by Trump.
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1. We cannot now rule out the possibility of systemic collapse in the United States. If Trump and Musk paralyse the federal government, this could trigger social, financial and industrial failures. Neither Trump nor his team know how to respond to such failures, which could snowball and converge. 🧵
February 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
1. We cannot now rule out the possibility of systemic collapse in the United States. If Trump and Musk paralyse the federal government, this could trigger social, financial and industrial failures. Neither Trump nor his team know how to respond to such failures, which could snowball and converge. 🧵
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10. From our democratised neighbourhoods, we should seek to build a new politics, along the lines proposed by Murray Bookchin, in which decisions are passed upwards, not downwards.
February 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
10. From our democratised neighbourhoods, we should seek to build a new politics, along the lines proposed by Murray Bookchin, in which decisions are passed upwards, not downwards.
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Billionaires do not believe there should be a common good. If they could privatize the air we breathe and sell it to us at a profit, they would. To profit off a good, they have to be able to exclude you from it, so you then have to pay for access. It’s about exclusion.
February 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Billionaires do not believe there should be a common good. If they could privatize the air we breathe and sell it to us at a profit, they would. To profit off a good, they have to be able to exclude you from it, so you then have to pay for access. It’s about exclusion.
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The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.
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"Musk called USAID (founded by President Kennedy to combat Soviet influence abroad & fought apartheid in Musk’s native South Africa) a “criminal agency,”
“I am everything & you are nothing,” the authoritarian tells us
lucid.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
“I am everything & you are nothing,” the authoritarian tells us
lucid.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Administration's Fascist Biopolitics Aims to Remake America and the World
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers!
lucid.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Musk called USAID (founded by President Kennedy to combat Soviet influence abroad & fought apartheid in Musk’s native South Africa) a “criminal agency,”
“I am everything & you are nothing,” the authoritarian tells us
lucid.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
“I am everything & you are nothing,” the authoritarian tells us
lucid.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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when even Nicholas Kristof recognizes that shit is fucked
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
when even Nicholas Kristof recognizes that shit is fucked
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The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) has published a list with the names and photos of over 50 people—many involved in programs focused on improving the health of people of color.
February 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) has published a list with the names and photos of over 50 people—many involved in programs focused on improving the health of people of color.
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February 5, 2025:
February 5, 2025
Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
February 5, 2025:
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"There should be headlines the size of their headlines on January 6th or 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, because we're actually facing a far more dangerous threat than we were on any of those days."
"Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-sh...
February 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"There should be headlines the size of their headlines on January 6th or 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, because we're actually facing a far more dangerous threat than we were on any of those days."
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The richest man in the world is sitting at the Resolute desk, about to defund your public school.
Trump should stop him.
Trump should stop him.
February 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The richest man in the world is sitting at the Resolute desk, about to defund your public school.
Trump should stop him.
Trump should stop him.
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It's literally impossible to run the National Weather Service without talking to foreign partners.
For example, the National Hurricane Center in Miami shares data with other nations in the Caribbean constantly to forecast storms. Everyone benefits.
Weather doesn't stop at the borders.
For example, the National Hurricane Center in Miami shares data with other nations in the Caribbean constantly to forecast storms. Everyone benefits.
Weather doesn't stop at the borders.
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It's literally impossible to run the National Weather Service without talking to foreign partners.
For example, the National Hurricane Center in Miami shares data with other nations in the Caribbean constantly to forecast storms. Everyone benefits.
Weather doesn't stop at the borders.
For example, the National Hurricane Center in Miami shares data with other nations in the Caribbean constantly to forecast storms. Everyone benefits.
Weather doesn't stop at the borders.
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Just a reminder that I'm reporting on the impact the new administration is having on CDC, NIH, HHS, etc, particularly with respect to infectious disease research. If you have information, please reach out. We can speak strictly on background.
February 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just a reminder that I'm reporting on the impact the new administration is having on CDC, NIH, HHS, etc, particularly with respect to infectious disease research. If you have information, please reach out. We can speak strictly on background.
The next target will be scapegoating our public schools, educators, and students. DEI will be the blanket justification for defunding. They’ve been telling the base that educators are “grooming” and “indoctrinating” and “teaching your kids to hate America” since his first term.
February 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The next target will be scapegoating our public schools, educators, and students. DEI will be the blanket justification for defunding. They’ve been telling the base that educators are “grooming” and “indoctrinating” and “teaching your kids to hate America” since his first term.
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While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems. STOP THE COUP
February 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems. STOP THE COUP
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Openly dismissed because she was a woman. If you have read The Testaments, this is chillingly close to Atwood’s fictional piece.
February 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Openly dismissed because she was a woman. If you have read The Testaments, this is chillingly close to Atwood’s fictional piece.
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Not just in leadership, but any history of non-white male accomplishments. www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...
NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
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February 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Not just in leadership, but any history of non-white male accomplishments. www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...
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Trump's promise to dismantle the Education Department will likely be more costly for red states than blue.
Trump states, on average, use more federal funding in their education apportions than states that voted for Vice President Harris. www.axios.com/2025/02/05/t...
Trump states, on average, use more federal funding in their education apportions than states that voted for Vice President Harris. www.axios.com/2025/02/05/t...
Trump-voting states have more to lose if Education Department dismantled
States that voted for Trump receive more federal education funds than those that voted for Harris.
www.axios.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trump's promise to dismantle the Education Department will likely be more costly for red states than blue.
Trump states, on average, use more federal funding in their education apportions than states that voted for Vice President Harris. www.axios.com/2025/02/05/t...
Trump states, on average, use more federal funding in their education apportions than states that voted for Vice President Harris. www.axios.com/2025/02/05/t...
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He kept and published an "enemies list," and he clearly withheld information from Senators about his knowledge of plans for political retribution within the FBI.
I'm standing with Judiciary Democrats in demanding that he come back before the Senate.
I'm standing with Judiciary Democrats in demanding that he come back before the Senate.
February 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
He kept and published an "enemies list," and he clearly withheld information from Senators about his knowledge of plans for political retribution within the FBI.
I'm standing with Judiciary Democrats in demanding that he come back before the Senate.
I'm standing with Judiciary Democrats in demanding that he come back before the Senate.
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Elon Musk’s companies—Tesla and SpaceX—have received billions in government contracts and subsidies. Yet, this issue is largely ignored. Isn’t it time we started holding corporations accountable for the massive burden they place on taxpayers?
February 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Elon Musk’s companies—Tesla and SpaceX—have received billions in government contracts and subsidies. Yet, this issue is largely ignored. Isn’t it time we started holding corporations accountable for the massive burden they place on taxpayers?
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Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.
February 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.
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A complete dereliction of congressional Republicans' constitutional duty subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: House Republicans block subpoena of Musk
The tech mogul has wreaked havoc across the federal government in a bid to cut costs and push out civil servants.
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February 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A complete dereliction of congressional Republicans' constitutional duty subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
