Peter Gibbons
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Peter Gibbons
@petwar.bsky.social
a fellow of infinite jest.
Bon vivant, man-about-town, demotivational speaker. Quality content for the discriminating viewer.
Burn it all down.
March 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I like the way he talks.
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Fascists gonna fash
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Feb 24
A political conference in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the alternative to the Trump-aligned CPAC was evacuated after a death threat made against several of its speakers who have been critical of President Donald Trump.
Political conference in DC interrupted by death threats against speakers critical of Trump | CNN Politics
A political conference in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the alternative to the Trump-aligned CPAC was evacuated on Sunday after a death threat made against several of its speakers who have been...
www.cnn.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
FFS
The Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans.
U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.
wapo.st
February 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Fughi’ DO IT
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
interc.pt
February 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Eat shit and die, elon
Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to three people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by Peter Gibbons
2/ The rogue episode was one of the first in what diplomats and officials see as a yearslong campaign to transform U.S. foreign policy into his own.

Now one of the most powerful people in government, Peter Marocco has the means to do it.

By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign…
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Homeless. Children.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Feb 15
The tragedy has the city of Detroit reevaluating how it connects homeless families with shelters, highlighting what national advocates say are broken systems – mostly the responsibility of state and local officials – for helping people experiencing homelessness.
The death of 2 homeless children in frigid Detroit raises questions about a flawed system in peril | CNN
The tragedy has the city reevaluating how it connects homeless families with shelters amid fears federal support for people in or on the precipice of homelessness could wane as the Trump administratio...
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Goodnight, united states
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Feb 15
SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ha-ha
February 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Theres nothing too petty for these shitheels
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Feb 12
UPDATE: The White House defended its decision to block The Associated Press from covering two official events on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
White House defends blocking AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico'
The White House blocked the Associated Press from covering two official events on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What she REALLY wants
February 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reposted by Peter Gibbons
A new report suggests that Cybertrucks are deadlier than one of the most infamous—and flawed—American cars ever made: the Ford Pinto
Report: Elon's cybertrucks are deadlier than infamous Ford Pintos
It's just the latest reason to be skeptical of the car's safety record.
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Swine
“Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work,” Beattie wrote on X in October. “Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.”
Ex-Trump Staffer Fired Over White Nationalist Event Makes His Return
Darren Beattie is reportedly getting a top job in the second Trump administration.
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Of course he did.
⚡️Trump's pick for FBI chief took money from Russian propagandist, WP reports.

Kash Patel received $25,000 in 2024 from a company run by pro-Kremlin filmmaker Igor Lopatonok.
Trump's pick for FBI chief took money from Russian propagandist, WP reports
Kash Patel received $25,000 in 2024 from a company run by pro-Kremlin filmmaker Igor Lopatonok.
kyivindependent.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
People…they stoopid
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Can we riot yet?
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Feb 7
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Letitia FTW
Letitia James of New York and 11 other state attorneys general said that they would sue over a cost-cutting initiative that had given young aides to Elon Musk broad access to the federal government’s most fundamental computer systems.
State Attorneys General to Sue Elon Musk’s DOGE Over Access to Government Systems
Letitia James of New York and 11 others said that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency had revealed private information and was “unlawful, unprecedented and unacceptable.”
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Reposted by Peter Gibbons
NEW: President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe.

ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
propub.li
February 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reposted by Peter Gibbons
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
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.
wrd.cm
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM