Grace Borell
@saygrace22.bsky.social
Retired Realtor. Politically engaged.
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Trump tries again to install Tata in a top Pentagon position. Tata has called Obama a "terrorist leader" and promoted a conspiracy theory that John Brennan wanted to remove Trump from office even through assassination if necessary. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
Trump Nominates Retired General Known for Inflammatory Remarks
Anthony J. Tata, a retired brigadier general, would hold a senior position at the Pentagon.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Trump tries again to install Tata in a top Pentagon position. Tata has called Obama a "terrorist leader" and promoted a conspiracy theory that John Brennan wanted to remove Trump from office even through assassination if necessary. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
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Real shocker here. The 25 year old rooting around in the code of the US government's payment system likes to post things like "Normalize Indian hate."
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whose access to Treasury payment systems was approved by a judge, has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism a...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Real shocker here. The 25 year old rooting around in the code of the US government's payment system likes to post things like "Normalize Indian hate."
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
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"Trump’s 'Big Lie' cannot be understood on its own. It is tangled up with the conspiratorial Great Replacement theory and with the anti-democratic notion that state legislatures have the sole authority to elect presidents." A good read from the archives:
The Tangle of Trumpian Conspiracy Theories
How the “Big Lie” about the 2020 election, the “Great Replacement” theory, and other fringe ideas are entwined.
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Trump’s 'Big Lie' cannot be understood on its own. It is tangled up with the conspiratorial Great Replacement theory and with the anti-democratic notion that state legislatures have the sole authority to elect presidents." A good read from the archives:
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on every issue on which Trump has been taken to court he's lost, gotten enjoined at least temporarily. He is NOT winning. Democracy is. cc: @normeisen.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
on every issue on which Trump has been taken to court he's lost, gotten enjoined at least temporarily. He is NOT winning. Democracy is. cc: @normeisen.bsky.social
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New Attorney General Vows to Have DOJ Go After Trump Foes
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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February 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Don’t overlook the good work MSNBC evening anchors are doing every night, including on the protests.
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, Americans from coast to coast took to the streets to protest Elon Musk’s presidency—despite the corporate media’s claims that there’s been “no resistance.”
— Andy Borowitz (Feb. 6, 2025)
Yesterday, Americans from coast to coast took to the streets to protest Elon Musk’s presidency—despite the corporate media’s claims that there’s been “no resistance.”
— Andy Borowitz (Feb. 6, 2025)
February 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Don’t overlook the good work MSNBC evening anchors are doing every night, including on the protests.
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Dear Friends,
Yesterday, Americans from coast to coast took to the streets to protest Elon Musk’s presidency—despite the corporate media’s claims that there’s been “no resistance.”
— Andy Borowitz (Feb. 6, 2025)
Yesterday, Americans from coast to coast took to the streets to protest Elon Musk’s presidency—despite the corporate media’s claims that there’s been “no resistance.”
— Andy Borowitz (Feb. 6, 2025)
February 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, Americans from coast to coast took to the streets to protest Elon Musk’s presidency—despite the corporate media’s claims that there’s been “no resistance.”
— Andy Borowitz (Feb. 6, 2025)
Yesterday, Americans from coast to coast took to the streets to protest Elon Musk’s presidency—despite the corporate media’s claims that there’s been “no resistance.”
— Andy Borowitz (Feb. 6, 2025)
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“Ignore the media headlines reporting that these moves ‘raise questions’ or ‘push the boundary.’ It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.”
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Breaking the Law
Just weeks in, the Trump administration has violated rules, laws, and the Constitution.
www.brennancenter.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“Ignore the media headlines reporting that these moves ‘raise questions’ or ‘push the boundary.’ It’s an anticonstitutional lawbreaking spree.”
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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They’re not wrong.
"Federal workers said they believed that Trump and Musk were trying deliberately not just to sever foreign aid and parts of the domestic social safety net, but also to create a climate in which the government itself fell apart." New from @samsteindc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and Musk Are Strangling the Government
HIV prevention is hampered. The social safety net is falling apart. Federal employees fear for their safety. And it’s only week three.
www.thebulwark.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
They’re not wrong.
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Newly confirmed OMB Director Russell Vought has strongly implied that his strategy “is to instill fear in the Supreme Court that the presidency is prepared to resort to outright defiance of its decisions.”
executivefunctions.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
executivefunctions.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Executive Orders as “Radical Constitutionalism”
Much more than “test cases” may be at stake in Trump's aggressive claims of presidential authority
executivefunctions.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Newly confirmed OMB Director Russell Vought has strongly implied that his strategy “is to instill fear in the Supreme Court that the presidency is prepared to resort to outright defiance of its decisions.”
executivefunctions.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
executivefunctions.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
Thanks for the clarification, @libradunn1.bsky.social. What was their motive for doing this, and why didn’t they do this to Musk at every building he entered?
With all due respect to armed security guards (they are extremely important and valuable to securing buildings) I don't see them having ANY AUTHORITY to impede a member of congress. They don't even have arrest authority.
We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
February 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Thanks for the clarification, @libradunn1.bsky.social. What was their motive for doing this, and why didn’t they do this to Musk at every building he entered?
So sorry to hear @jentaub.bsky.social. May peace rest your heart, in time.
Touched by this tribute to my mother from the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
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www.facebook.com/share/14sN6L...
February 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
So sorry to hear @jentaub.bsky.social. May peace rest your heart, in time.
Good idea for all Tesla owners.
February 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Good idea for all Tesla owners.
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Judge Coughenour was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour: “It has become ever more apparent that, to our president the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals, the rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore, whether that be for political or personal gain."
Reagan-appointed judge again blocks Trump’s unconstitutional attempt to rescind birthright citizenship.
“In this courtroom and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
“In this courtroom and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
February 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Judge Coughenour was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
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“The right’s comprehensive revisionism about the “Stop the Steal” period in 2020 and 2021 is proof of concept about what modern populist propagandists can achieve…The lesson will not be lost on them over the next four years.”
thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...
thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...
Written by the Victors
How will Americans remember January 6?
thedispatch.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“The right’s comprehensive revisionism about the “Stop the Steal” period in 2020 and 2021 is proof of concept about what modern populist propagandists can achieve…The lesson will not be lost on them over the next four years.”
thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...
thedispatch.com/newsletter/b...
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Leave it to the business reporters to understand exactly what is going on. Framed perfectly.
January 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Leave it to the business reporters to understand exactly what is going on. Framed perfectly.
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Jan 20th ... leave Twitter day.
January 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Jan 20th ... leave Twitter day.
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Musk's opinion piece for the German paper Die Welt, endorsing a right-wing extremist political party, matters a lot more for us than you might think, so I spent some time putting together a look at German politics, Musk's views, and the reaction to them. joycevance.substack.com/p/musk-in-di...
Musk in Die Welt
It did not take long for Eva Marie Kogel, the opinion editor at Die Welt, Germany’s paper of record, to decide what the right thing for her to do was.
joycevance.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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Excellent read in understanding what’s to come.
He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration
He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration
Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US
Curtis Yarvin is hardly a household name in US politics. But the “neoreactionary” thinker and far-right blogger is emerging as a serious…
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Excellent read in understanding what’s to come.
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“Bending the law—and doing so visibly and publicly, so citizens learn to have contempt for the rule of law—is very much part of the authoritarian playbook. Authoritarians need to show they don’t need to abide by practices and norms that have previously held…”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
The Real Scandal of Our Media Tycoons
They’re rich, powerful, and increasingly antagonistic to the journalism they fund.
www.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:47 PM
“Bending the law—and doing so visibly and publicly, so citizens learn to have contempt for the rule of law—is very much part of the authoritarian playbook. Authoritarians need to show they don’t need to abide by practices and norms that have previously held…”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
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How Can Medicare For All Fix Our Corrupt and Broken Health Care System?
I talk to @qasimrashid.com on how our for-profit health care system profits off of American death and misery, and why Universal Health Care is the cure.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-can-me...
I talk to @qasimrashid.com on how our for-profit health care system profits off of American death and misery, and why Universal Health Care is the cure.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-can-me...
December 12, 2024 at 11:08 PM
How Can Medicare For All Fix Our Corrupt and Broken Health Care System?
I talk to @qasimrashid.com on how our for-profit health care system profits off of American death and misery, and why Universal Health Care is the cure.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-can-me...
I talk to @qasimrashid.com on how our for-profit health care system profits off of American death and misery, and why Universal Health Care is the cure.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-can-me...
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Can Dem politicians resist preemptively sucking up? Finding middle ground is not the goal. Fighting for the people who sent you there is. You are obligated to listen to them regardless of where that lands you in relation to Trump. For a few weeks at least just STFU.
December 13, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Can Dem politicians resist preemptively sucking up? Finding middle ground is not the goal. Fighting for the people who sent you there is. You are obligated to listen to them regardless of where that lands you in relation to Trump. For a few weeks at least just STFU.
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NOAA's data is in, and it's not encouraging.
2024 was the second hottest year on record, and "the Arctic tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source of emissions."
www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
2024 was the second hottest year on record, and "the Arctic tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source of emissions."
www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
The state of the Arctic: High temperatures, melting ice, fires and unprecedented emissions
The Arctic tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source of emissions, according to a NOAA report.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:43 PM
NOAA's data is in, and it's not encouraging.
2024 was the second hottest year on record, and "the Arctic tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source of emissions."
www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
2024 was the second hottest year on record, and "the Arctic tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source of emissions."
www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...