I think a lot of people have forgotten how the press went after #Biden early in his presidency for not ‘bridging the partisan divide’ and ‘healing the nation.’ Now they’re like, ‘look at that guy fuck everything up how exciting!’
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Keep 'em coming
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: A federal judge in NY rejects #Trump administration effort to dismiss lawsuit alleging DOGE directed a massive breach of OPM data affecting millions of people.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793/gov.uscourts.nysd.636793.72.0.pdf
In today’s post on @medium, I describe how the @internetarchive and @wikipedia are preserving a record of the changes made by the #Trump administration.
Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:
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#ElonMusk’s business #conflicts draw scrutiny amid WH role [apparently no one noticed till now 🙄]
Musk had sharp words for a the $500B partnership touted by the #Trump admin to hasten development of #ArtificialIntelligence #infrastructure. “They don’t actually have the money,” he said of #OpenAI & #SoftBank….
Left unsaid by the #technocrat, he has skin in the game: #xAI, is directly challenging OpenAI for the lead in the race to transform society w/the #technology.
🧵
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/24/elon-musk-conflicts-doge-trump-openai/
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My wife and many of her friends are sociologists. She forwarded me this text that one of her friends found. Apparently it was also written by a sociologist. I found it helpful. Maybe you will too.
"As a sociologist, I need to tell you that your being overwhelmed is the goal.
1/ The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist. This isn't just politics as usual - it's a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits.
2/ Media theorist McLuhan predicted this: When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it nearly impossible for citizens and media to thoroughly analyze any single policy.
3/ Agenda-setting theory explains the strategy: When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse. Traditional media can't keep up with the pace, leading to superficial coverage.
The result? Weakened democratic oversight and reduced public engagement.
What now?
1/ Set boundaries: Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.
2/ Use aggregators & experts: Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.
3/ Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.
4/ Practice going slow: Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. The urgent clouds the important. Initial reporting often misses context
5/ Build community: Share the cognitive load. Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats individual overload.
Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance.”
UPDATE: it seems that this Threads post is the origin of the above sentiment: https://www.threads.net/@itsjenniferwalter/post/DFIu3Q2q-5P
While I don't love linking to Threads, I think it's important to give credit where credit is due.
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REVEALED by Correspondent @stevanzetti: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/
#SocialMedia #extremism #immigration #border #politics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #Fascism #Trump #news
#Trump Hands the World to #China
#Xi Jinping could only have dreamed of such rapid destruction of American #power.
By Michael Schuman
American global leadership is ending. Not because of “American decline,” or the emergence of a multipolar world, or the actions of US adversaries. It’s ending because President Donald Trump wants to end it.
#geopolitics #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/foreign-policy-mistake-china/681732/
#Venezuelans granted #TPS sue #Trump admin for revoking protected status
#DHS Secretary [& serial dog killer] #KristiNoem terminated protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. A new lawsuit alleges that the revocation was illegal & motivated by #racism.
#immigration #law #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteNationalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/20/venezuela-tps-trump-lawsuit-deportation/
🤦🏻♀️"#SCOTUS on Friday allowed #Trump to temporarily freeze millions of dollars in grants to states for addressing teacher shortages, the administration’s first win at the high court since reclaiming power in January.
5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and the three liberals dissenting."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/supreme-court-trump-teacher-grants?cid=ios_app
"On Holocaust Remembrance Day, migrants hide in the attic from Trump raids. ...
The fear is the point, and so, apparently, is the cruelty. ...
The irony of all of this — good people cowering in their attics, praying to avoid getting cuffed and shipped thousands of miles away by camouflage-wearing soldiers — happening on Holocaust Remembrance Day is almost unbearable."
~ Will Bunch
#Trump #immigrants #migrants #deportation #Holocaust #cruelty #ICE
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A message from Canadians:🇨🇦
Dear 🌎 World:
There is no reason for Canada to even consider the possibility let alone discuss our position as a US state.
Let me quote our Prime Minister:
"There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States," Trudeau "
And as a Canadian I am very annoyed whenever anyone brings up the possibility of us giving up our sovereignty.
I am not alone in feeling this, so please never ask again because some of us might not respond with a civilized reply.
Please boost this post--thanks
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Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science.
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The edits to the webpage offer a glimpse into how far the Trump administration will go in refusing to acknowledge today’s inequalities as it purges federal initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Obey obey obey🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
“NEW: CBS's parent company is in talks with #Trump about settling his lawsuit against "60 Minutes." If a deal is reached, it would be another extraordinary concession by a major media company to a president who has spent years vowing to clamp down on news outlets.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/media/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html...
Hinweis zum richtigen Umgang mit #Trolling
Seit der Amtszeit #Trump I habe ich es mit teilweise professionellen Trollen & Hatern aus dem In- & Ausland zu tun. Einige konnten wir auch schon zur Rechenschaft ziehen, andere handeln im Auftrag.
Eine Lehre aus Erfahrung: Leitet bitte KEINE Hass-Nachrichten, Screenshots von Trollen an Betroffene weiter, fordert uns nicht zu Stellungnahmen o.ä. auf.
Zeit ist genau das, was Trolle stehlen wollen. Löschen reicht. Danke. 😊🙌 https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/der-missbrauch-des-guten-namens-von-simon-wiesenthal-durch-us-trump-dualisten/
下图，一个措辞准确的新闻。
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克里姆林宫似乎对特朗普的疯狂推动有点不解，尤其是，它显然还没有准备好卷入这场动荡的漩涡。面对特朗普的猴儿急，它要求一点时间来做准备，但它似乎并不知道该如何“准备”才能避免它害怕的事情发生。
这里的细微差别在于，特朗普没有那么多的时间，他需要紧急推销他想要的议程，因为欧洲人也被惊呆了，还不知道如何应对这种压力，他们正试图组织起来，制定应对措施。
因此特朗普需要“盟友”，或者更准确地说，需要他向欧洲释放的下属/手套，迫使欧洲处理“次要问题”，将资源浪费到手套身上而不是特朗普本人身上。
特朗普愿意向他“最好的朋友”大普妞儿许诺天上的星星做项链，只为了让俄成为对付欧洲的鱼雷。
但要做到这一点，特朗普需要释放克里姆林宫的资源，而这些资源完全被与乌克兰的冲突所*占据。这才是特朗普需要不惜一切代价实现紧急停火的原因 —— 丫从来没有关心过乌克兰人，这点上切勿误会 ——这样克里姆林宫才能重新整合资源，开始威胁欧洲本身。
……未完
#俄罗斯 #乌克兰 #特朗普 #WIII #欧洲 #Russia #Ukraine #Trump #WIII #Europe
"Faced with its first major airline disaster since 2009, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was leaderless, thanks in part to Elon Musk. Musk accused former FAA Chief Michael Whitaker, who was confirmed unanimously by the Senate in 2023 for a five-year term, of harassment and demanded his removal."
~ Caleb Ecarma
#Musk #Trump #AirSafety #AirTravel #FAA #AirTrafficControl #AviationSafety
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The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations.
“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she has asked Google not to comply with U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps app. Read more from @USAToday
https://flip.it/7IV8tJ
#Mexico #Gulf #America #Trump #Sheinbaum
What's this?
Orange juice for one cent?
These are #Canadian shelves, and these are #American products
This is at a Loblaws in #Ontario, photo taken on Monday
#Canada retailers pretty much have to give #USA products away as Canadians #boycott the #US and #Trump's bellicose verbal diarrhea and #tariffs
#Florida #citrus growers: you voted for this
(ps:
the food banks don't have any room for this juice, because so much unsold American food is already going to the food banks)
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Judge in #EricAdams Case Appoints Lawyer to Argue Against Dropping of Charges
Judge Dale E. Ho said that with #NYC’s mayor & federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear #independent arguments.
#law #DOJ #criminal #corruption #QuidProQuo #Trump #EmilBove
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/nyregion/adams-corruption-judge-independent-lawyer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump & #Maine’s Democratic Gov #JanetMills quarreled Friday at a National Governors Association session at the WH after Trump told a meeting of Republican governors he would withhold federal #funding from the state over its refusal to comply with an #ExecutiveOrder on #transgender athletes.
#law #CivilRights #LGBTQIA
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5157818-trump-janet-mills-maine-transgender-athletes/
The #Trump admin notified 4 major #news orgs that they would have to give up their dedicated office space at the #Pentagon.
A Dept of #Defense spox said that The #NYT, #NBC News, #NPR & #Politico had to vacate their offices by Feb 14.
Murdoch’s #NewYorkPost will replace The NYT; #FarRight cable channel #OAN will be swapped in for #NBC News; #Breitbart News will be a radio outlet instead of NPR; & the news outlet #HuffPost, owned by BuzzFeed, will switch w/ Politico.
