Vogon Poet
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in case it is not obvious, I miss Douglas Adams
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A thread we all need right now
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UNITED24 ambassadors were joined by people across the world, showing their support for Ukraine.
Thank you to everyone — we truly appreciate it!
Let’s complement this thread with your favorite messages in the comments
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UNITED24 ambassadors were joined by people across the world, showing their support for Ukraine.
Thank you to everyone — we truly appreciate it!
Let’s complement this thread with your favorite messages in the comments
🧵👇
March 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A thread we all need right now
💙💛
UNITED24 ambassadors were joined by people across the world, showing their support for Ukraine.
Thank you to everyone — we truly appreciate it!
Let’s complement this thread with your favorite messages in the comments
🧵👇
💙💛
UNITED24 ambassadors were joined by people across the world, showing their support for Ukraine.
Thank you to everyone — we truly appreciate it!
Let’s complement this thread with your favorite messages in the comments
🧵👇
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
Reinstate Black History Month, Pride Month, and other cultural events!
Google’s quiet removal of cultural events from their calendars last year is part of a broader trend of tech companies and businesses catering to far-right and extreme groups by rolling back inclusivit...
sign.moveon.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
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Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party
thx in advance
thx in advance
Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
February 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party
thx in advance
thx in advance
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Seriously, they are doing this. And it sounds like the Trump administration supports it.
Hill, Scott Lead Effort to Roll Back Biden-Era CFPB Overdraft Rule | Financial Services Committee
financialservices.house.gov
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Seriously, they are doing this. And it sounds like the Trump administration supports it.
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Tom Homan confirms on Fox News that he's asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
February 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Tom Homan confirms on Fox News that he's asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
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We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.
February 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.
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Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
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We need to make #CourageIsContagious a trending hashtag and amplify these acts of integrity, bravery, and fidelity to the rule of law. Thank you, SDNY attorneys, for leading by example
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We need to make #CourageIsContagious a trending hashtag and amplify these acts of integrity, bravery, and fidelity to the rule of law. Thank you, SDNY attorneys, for leading by example
Love This!
As @hcrichardson.bsky.social suggested, call out their lies! Please DO share on your other social media platforms and #Resist !
February 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Love This!
Agreed.
Perhaps history has always been moved by narcissists and mental illness of a few, and then folks being too busy with everyday life to stop it.
It is definitely happening now, and it is painful to be living it and trying to fight it
Perhaps history has always been moved by narcissists and mental illness of a few, and then folks being too busy with everyday life to stop it.
It is definitely happening now, and it is painful to be living it and trying to fight it
This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Musk makes sweeping claims about federal corruption, without providing evidence.
The billionaire, whose federal cost-cutting team has been operating in secrecy, asserted that he had uncovered waste and fraud across the bureaucracy, without providing evidence.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Agreed.
Perhaps history has always been moved by narcissists and mental illness of a few, and then folks being too busy with everyday life to stop it.
It is definitely happening now, and it is painful to be living it and trying to fight it
Perhaps history has always been moved by narcissists and mental illness of a few, and then folks being too busy with everyday life to stop it.
It is definitely happening now, and it is painful to be living it and trying to fight it
This is one of the more frightening things to happen yet.
If journalists and public press gives in to this sort of thing, then the trend will continue and we are cooked.
If they ALL do not "align" we may have a chance.
If journalists and public press gives in to this sort of thing, then the trend will continue and we are cooked.
If they ALL do not "align" we may have a chance.
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
www.ap.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is one of the more frightening things to happen yet.
If journalists and public press gives in to this sort of thing, then the trend will continue and we are cooked.
If they ALL do not "align" we may have a chance.
If journalists and public press gives in to this sort of thing, then the trend will continue and we are cooked.
If they ALL do not "align" we may have a chance.
completely agree
my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory
February 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
completely agree
The level of ignorance this shows is just stunning
The fact that he doesn’t know what NOT to say to NOT show his ignorance is very telling
These last few weeks have been sheer torture for us in tech and biz tech.
The enormity of danger in what they are doing to the systems cannot be explained
The fact that he doesn’t know what NOT to say to NOT show his ignorance is very telling
These last few weeks have been sheer torture for us in tech and biz tech.
The enormity of danger in what they are doing to the systems cannot be explained
not a new observation but Elon Musk genuinely isn't very bright, genuinely has no idea how most things work, and his entire supergenius engineer persona is a tech press-enabled mythology (they've never been held accountable for)
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The level of ignorance this shows is just stunning
The fact that he doesn’t know what NOT to say to NOT show his ignorance is very telling
These last few weeks have been sheer torture for us in tech and biz tech.
The enormity of danger in what they are doing to the systems cannot be explained
The fact that he doesn’t know what NOT to say to NOT show his ignorance is very telling
These last few weeks have been sheer torture for us in tech and biz tech.
The enormity of danger in what they are doing to the systems cannot be explained
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The same beltway reporters who wrote stories asking if Joe Biden talked about his dead son too much don’t seem to think Trump pardoning child porn guys is all that newsworthy.
February 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The same beltway reporters who wrote stories asking if Joe Biden talked about his dead son too much don’t seem to think Trump pardoning child porn guys is all that newsworthy.
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Make no mistake, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are destroying the credibility of the Department of Justice by sending its lawyers into court to make absurd legal arguments and repeated factual misrepresentations.
This will not end well.
This will not end well.
February 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Make no mistake, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are destroying the credibility of the Department of Justice by sending its lawyers into court to make absurd legal arguments and repeated factual misrepresentations.
This will not end well.
This will not end well.
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
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I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.
February 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.
absolutely.
this has been one of the hardest facts to digest these past 9 years or so.
i now feel amazed we have a civilization of any kind
this has been one of the hardest facts to digest these past 9 years or so.
i now feel amazed we have a civilization of any kind
Our nation has an alarming amount of childlike adults.
ABC is platforming total ignoramus Trump supporters who can't even justify their own voting decisions
February 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
absolutely.
this has been one of the hardest facts to digest these past 9 years or so.
i now feel amazed we have a civilization of any kind
this has been one of the hardest facts to digest these past 9 years or so.
i now feel amazed we have a civilization of any kind
This absolutely sucks, this new reality.
and these death threats are NOT going away
Do we (non threatening people) now no longer have any representation?
Not sure what to ask of my rep in terms of rising above the threats, I am not in their shoes.
and these death threats are NOT going away
Do we (non threatening people) now no longer have any representation?
Not sure what to ask of my rep in terms of rising above the threats, I am not in their shoes.
Spending some time considering the mettle of your average senator versus, say, Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford.
Gillibrand on WNYC today said one reason they're all falling in line is that they get death threats.
February 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This absolutely sucks, this new reality.
and these death threats are NOT going away
Do we (non threatening people) now no longer have any representation?
Not sure what to ask of my rep in terms of rising above the threats, I am not in their shoes.
and these death threats are NOT going away
Do we (non threatening people) now no longer have any representation?
Not sure what to ask of my rep in terms of rising above the threats, I am not in their shoes.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.