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Quietly, Hegseth announces a major policy change, ruling out Ukraine joining NATO. This is a capitulation to Putin, justifying his wars of aggression starting with Georgia in 2008. This will embolden Putin & undermine the interests of peace in Ukraine & Europe. A major blow to US national security.
February 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Quietly, Hegseth announces a major policy change, ruling out Ukraine joining NATO. This is a capitulation to Putin, justifying his wars of aggression starting with Georgia in 2008. This will embolden Putin & undermine the interests of peace in Ukraine & Europe. A major blow to US national security.
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THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ILLEGALLY FIRED FEMA OFFICIALS AFTER ELON MUSK TOLD LIES ABOUT THEM. jfc it's not that hard!
Breaking News: The Trump administration fired FEMA officials after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency used disaster relief funds for migrant shelters.
Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters
The Trump administration fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer and three others after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency had used disaster relief funds for mig...
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ILLEGALLY FIRED FEMA OFFICIALS AFTER ELON MUSK TOLD LIES ABOUT THEM. jfc it's not that hard!
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If you're using substack and linking to it, everyone else hears it as you going "hey guys check out this cool Nazi bar I hang out in"
It turns out telling people you hang out in a Nazi bar is not a very effective way of advertising yourself.
It turns out telling people you hang out in a Nazi bar is not a very effective way of advertising yourself.
February 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If you're using substack and linking to it, everyone else hears it as you going "hey guys check out this cool Nazi bar I hang out in"
It turns out telling people you hang out in a Nazi bar is not a very effective way of advertising yourself.
It turns out telling people you hang out in a Nazi bar is not a very effective way of advertising yourself.
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1/My statement on learning through news reports that my #securityclearance has just been revoked.
February 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
1/My statement on learning through news reports that my #securityclearance has just been revoked.
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Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
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My latest: "Here Comes President Musk and His Incel Minions"
Elon Musk, the richest racist on Earth, has enlisted teenage minions to do the bidding of the broligarchy and rob America with the blessing of the world's most powerful cuck, Donald Trump.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Elon Musk, the richest racist on Earth, has enlisted teenage minions to do the bidding of the broligarchy and rob America with the blessing of the world's most powerful cuck, Donald Trump.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Here Comes President Musk and His Incel Minions
Elon Musk, the richest racist on Earth, has enlisted teenage minions to do the bidding of the broligarchy and rob America with the blessing of the world's most powerful cuck, Donald Trump.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My latest: "Here Comes President Musk and His Incel Minions"
Elon Musk, the richest racist on Earth, has enlisted teenage minions to do the bidding of the broligarchy and rob America with the blessing of the world's most powerful cuck, Donald Trump.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Elon Musk, the richest racist on Earth, has enlisted teenage minions to do the bidding of the broligarchy and rob America with the blessing of the world's most powerful cuck, Donald Trump.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Musk has sicced his followers on the WSJ writer who reported on a DOGE staffer’s racist online, history demanding her firing. This is a tactic Silicon Valley’s neoreactionaries have been advocating for years: Pick a reporter, dox and harrass, make an example of them, make everyone else afraid.
February 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Musk has sicced his followers on the WSJ writer who reported on a DOGE staffer’s racist online, history demanding her firing. This is a tactic Silicon Valley’s neoreactionaries have been advocating for years: Pick a reporter, dox and harrass, make an example of them, make everyone else afraid.
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New: A 2nd DOGE staffer has amplified extremists online, including Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate
www.reuters.com/world/us/sta...
www.reuters.com/world/us/sta...
Staffer with Elon Musk's DOGE amplified white supremacists online
One of the people working with billionaire Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the U.S. government is a Berkeley-educated computer scientist who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.
www.reuters.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New: A 2nd DOGE staffer has amplified extremists online, including Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate
www.reuters.com/world/us/sta...
www.reuters.com/world/us/sta...
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It was always apparent but now it's increasingly undeniable that all these 20-something DOGE employees were chosen not *in spite* of inadequate vetting but *because* they would not pass vetting. Trump & Musk chose the people who seemed the most willing to commit illegal acts on their behalf.
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It was always apparent but now it's increasingly undeniable that all these 20-something DOGE employees were chosen not *in spite* of inadequate vetting but *because* they would not pass vetting. Trump & Musk chose the people who seemed the most willing to commit illegal acts on their behalf.
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I have news for you - we aren’t taking over Gaza.
But the media and the chattering class will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story - the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people.
But the media and the chattering class will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story - the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people.
February 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I have news for you - we aren’t taking over Gaza.
But the media and the chattering class will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story - the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people.
But the media and the chattering class will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story - the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people.
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LIVE: Several congressional Democrats are gathered outside USAID to stand in opposition of its illegal closure by Trump/Musk. C-SPAN is livestreaming it here:
www.c-span.org/event/news-c...
That's my member of Congress talking, Don Beyer; he just said Musk is "doing China's bidding."
www.c-span.org/event/news-c...
That's my member of Congress talking, Don Beyer; he just said Musk is "doing China's bidding."
February 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
LIVE: Several congressional Democrats are gathered outside USAID to stand in opposition of its illegal closure by Trump/Musk. C-SPAN is livestreaming it here:
www.c-span.org/event/news-c...
That's my member of Congress talking, Don Beyer; he just said Musk is "doing China's bidding."
www.c-span.org/event/news-c...
That's my member of Congress talking, Don Beyer; he just said Musk is "doing China's bidding."
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it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.
February 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.
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It really is that simple. If Biden had announced he appointed Selena Gomez to shut down ICE, nobody would doubt that's illegal and unconstitutional.
Appointing Musk to shut down USAID is no different.
Appointing Musk to shut down USAID is no different.
The executive branch does not have the legal right to cancel appropriated spending or eliminate agencies created by Congress.
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
![“I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said. “And I actually checked with him a few times [and] said ‘are you sure?’”
The answer was yes, he said.
“And so we’re shutting it down,” Musk said.
USAID staffers were told that the agency’s headquarters in Washington will be closed Monday amid the turmoil.
In an email to staff early Monday, the agency’s leadership said: “Agency personnel normally assigned to work at USAID headquarters will work remotely … with the exception of personnel with essential on-site and building maintenance functions individually contacted by senior leadership.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/bafkreihfrxbqqzx6xoeoudgfglj52il2ts26n2dkmxhq6ulwdbt7thegzy@jpeg)
February 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It really is that simple. If Biden had announced he appointed Selena Gomez to shut down ICE, nobody would doubt that's illegal and unconstitutional.
Appointing Musk to shut down USAID is no different.
Appointing Musk to shut down USAID is no different.
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Once again, it was created by congress in 1961. Any decision to close it requires congress. This move is illegal.
Elon Musk said on X early Monday he is in the process of closing USAID with Trump's blessing.
“I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said. ... ‘Are you sure?’”
The answer was yes, he said.
“And so we’re shutting it down,” Musk said.
wapo.st/4jI7On5
“I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said. ... ‘Are you sure?’”
The answer was yes, he said.
“And so we’re shutting it down,” Musk said.
wapo.st/4jI7On5
Trump moves to wrest control of USAID as Musk says ‘we’re shutting it down’
Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk said early Monday that his DOGE team is in the process of closing USAID, the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
wapo.st
February 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Once again, it was created by congress in 1961. Any decision to close it requires congress. This move is illegal.
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Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961?
Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional?
Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.
Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional?
Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.
February 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961?
Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional?
Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.
Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional?
Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Today is a solemn day of remembrance for the millions murdered in the Holocaust.
On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we look to our history as a warning against the dangers of antisemitism and intolerance and honor the promise: never again.
On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we look to our history as a warning against the dangers of antisemitism and intolerance and honor the promise: never again.
January 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today is a solemn day of remembrance for the millions murdered in the Holocaust.
On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we look to our history as a warning against the dangers of antisemitism and intolerance and honor the promise: never again.
On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we look to our history as a warning against the dangers of antisemitism and intolerance and honor the promise: never again.
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Donald Trump has promised retribution. When you hear that a Trump foe is under investigation, be skeptical. When you read about anonymous leaks against pro-democracy leaders, consider that it may be part of an effort to discredit their work. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Donald Trump has promised retribution. When you hear that a Trump foe is under investigation, be skeptical. When you read about anonymous leaks against pro-democracy leaders, consider that it may be part of an effort to discredit their work. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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Really feels like the way invite codes are being handed out (AKA to the Worst People Only) could sink this platform before it reaches escape velocity.
May 4, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Really feels like the way invite codes are being handed out (AKA to the Worst People Only) could sink this platform before it reaches escape velocity.
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had a child in private school. Billionaire Harlan Crow paid the tuition.
Thomas did not report the tuition payments from Crow on his annual financial discourses.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus
Thomas did not report the tuition payments from Crow on his annual financial discourses.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus
May 4, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had a child in private school. Billionaire Harlan Crow paid the tuition.
Thomas did not report the tuition payments from Crow on his annual financial discourses.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus
Thomas did not report the tuition payments from Crow on his annual financial discourses.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus
