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"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation."
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Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights
The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation."
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This Gulf of Mexico thing is not a distraction, it's a *test.* He's saying "the truth is what I say it is" and so far Google and Apple are agreeing that the emperor's clothes look great.
See: reporting that Trump refused access to @apnews.com because they said "gulf of mexico" instead of "gulf of america." On its face, it's petty bullshit. But the implication is "report what I tell you to or suffer the consequences." It's not about a name, it's about the function of the free press.
February 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This Gulf of Mexico thing is not a distraction, it's a *test.* He's saying "the truth is what I say it is" and so far Google and Apple are agreeing that the emperor's clothes look great.
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i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
i mean, the president's executive order isn't a goddamn law! as far as this doctor is concerned, who cares what the president says!
A New York City doctor said he will continue providing gender-affirming treatments to his patients younger than 19 despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to ban such care.
February 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
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All of my political science professor friends are starting to post warnings. The Polity Project has determined that the US has experienced an adverse regime change event, is no longer a democracy, and can officially be considered an autocracy.
www.systemicpeace.org/index.html
www.systemicpeace.org/index.html
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February 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
All of my political science professor friends are starting to post warnings. The Polity Project has determined that the US has experienced an adverse regime change event, is no longer a democracy, and can officially be considered an autocracy.
www.systemicpeace.org/index.html
www.systemicpeace.org/index.html
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This is also applicable to political threats. The best thing is our democracy does not fail. Despite the best efforts of Trump in his first term, our nation survived. And those of us who warned of the dangers and, more importantly, fought against them look crazy for accurately stating the danger.
"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.'
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along
In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a bellwether for public health disasters.
www.latimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is also applicable to political threats. The best thing is our democracy does not fail. Despite the best efforts of Trump in his first term, our nation survived. And those of us who warned of the dangers and, more importantly, fought against them look crazy for accurately stating the danger.
On every article about everything that this administration is doing, there are incessant comments that "this is just a distraction." Friends, we have been before. It is all intentional chaos, and none of it is mere destraction. It's calculated undermining of the rule of law.
February 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
On every article about everything that this administration is doing, there are incessant comments that "this is just a distraction." Friends, we have been before. It is all intentional chaos, and none of it is mere destraction. It's calculated undermining of the rule of law.
Remember when for weeks no one in the Trump admin knew how to turn on lights at the white house? That, bit like, larger scale.
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Remember when for weeks no one in the Trump admin knew how to turn on lights at the white house? That, bit like, larger scale.
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Folks (and this thing has gone around quickly), it's still unclear *what* has been "deleted"; as many of you have noted DirectFile remains active. Part of the danger of Government-By-Unelected-Nutball is that what's actually *true* is a moving target.
If you RT'd my initial post, RT this as well.
If you RT'd my initial post, RT this as well.
February 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Folks (and this thing has gone around quickly), it's still unclear *what* has been "deleted"; as many of you have noted DirectFile remains active. Part of the danger of Government-By-Unelected-Nutball is that what's actually *true* is a moving target.
If you RT'd my initial post, RT this as well.
If you RT'd my initial post, RT this as well.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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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.
I like baking because it's precise and if you can follow instructions, you're pretty well assured of a good result. I like cooking because recipes are really kind of suggestions and if you follow your vibes, you're pretty well assured of a good result.
February 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I like baking because it's precise and if you can follow instructions, you're pretty well assured of a good result. I like cooking because recipes are really kind of suggestions and if you follow your vibes, you're pretty well assured of a good result.
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So the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world clumsily fired a bunch of senior air traffic staff, caused the worst domestic air disaster since 9/11, and then tried to blame black people
January 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
So the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world clumsily fired a bunch of senior air traffic staff, caused the worst domestic air disaster since 9/11, and then tried to blame black people
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.
I know you hate this advice. I know you hear it all the time, but for gods sake you need to be calling your congressperson. Now. Today.
If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.
If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.
January 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.
I really missed my daughter today. Some days being a working mother hits me really hard. She spent the whole drive to her grandparents house saying "mama where are you" and "miss mama." She clung to me when I dropped her off. I cried when I drove away.
January 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I really missed my daughter today. Some days being a working mother hits me really hard. She spent the whole drive to her grandparents house saying "mama where are you" and "miss mama." She clung to me when I dropped her off. I cried when I drove away.
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Dems can:
-oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn
-deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings
-vote no on all cloture
-force quorum calls at every chance
It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.
-oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn
-deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings
-vote no on all cloture
-force quorum calls at every chance
It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.
January 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Dems can:
-oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn
-deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings
-vote no on all cloture
-force quorum calls at every chance
It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.
-oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn
-deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings
-vote no on all cloture
-force quorum calls at every chance
It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.
What Trump has done today is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional. It is simply not within the powers of the president to withhold appropriated funds. So this is the test. This is where we find out. Is congress going to roll over and take it? Is SCOTUS? If so, we're well and truly fucked.
January 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What Trump has done today is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional. It is simply not within the powers of the president to withhold appropriated funds. So this is the test. This is where we find out. Is congress going to roll over and take it? Is SCOTUS? If so, we're well and truly fucked.
Do not obey in advance. Do not obey unlawful orders.
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
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January 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Do not obey in advance. Do not obey unlawful orders.
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The threat of ICE has tons of people on high alert, the result is claims of ICE seen without firm or specific info people can actually use — & sometimes, no ICE at all.
It’s never “ICE spotted in Queens,” but “4 SUVs labeled DHS seen parked on 57th & 59th in Maspeth at 2:34pm.”
Be specific!
It’s never “ICE spotted in Queens,” but “4 SUVs labeled DHS seen parked on 57th & 59th in Maspeth at 2:34pm.”
Be specific!
January 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The threat of ICE has tons of people on high alert, the result is claims of ICE seen without firm or specific info people can actually use — & sometimes, no ICE at all.
It’s never “ICE spotted in Queens,” but “4 SUVs labeled DHS seen parked on 57th & 59th in Maspeth at 2:34pm.”
Be specific!
It’s never “ICE spotted in Queens,” but “4 SUVs labeled DHS seen parked on 57th & 59th in Maspeth at 2:34pm.”
Be specific!
Wrote this on FB, sharing it here. I stand by this info - healthcare providers are legally and ethically barred from complying with ICE. Don't comply in advance. The law is on our side. Don't acquiesce to powers that they do not yet have.
January 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Wrote this on FB, sharing it here. I stand by this info - healthcare providers are legally and ethically barred from complying with ICE. Don't comply in advance. The law is on our side. Don't acquiesce to powers that they do not yet have.
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Current internal battle: Should I be terrified of Trump on main, or should I recognize that pretending like he has powers he does not have helps to grant him those powers.
January 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Current internal battle: Should I be terrified of Trump on main, or should I recognize that pretending like he has powers he does not have helps to grant him those powers.