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I don't have any idea how likely this is to make it out, but some fucked up Rs are trying to remove Washington state's amazing voting through mail in ballots. This morning is a great time to do a quick "NO THANK YOU" comment on this bill: https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1584

#Washington #Seattle #PNW #USPol

The US Democratic party needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. It has failed, continues to fail, and its core ideology has been a failed one for approximately half a century. The leadership needs to go, the constellation of consultants needs to go, the court jesters need to go.

#USPol #Democrats

#Horchata #FuckICE #Immigrants #USPol #NM #NewMexico #LA #LosAngeles

An open letter to journalists everywhere:

Until we know ***exactly*** and in great detail what leverage the Trump/Musk/Vought triumvirate has over the Republicans in the Senate and the House of Representatives, we're just putting our fingers in the dike holding back the flood of lies that is poised to drown the rule of law. Republicans in Congress are pretending not to know these details. 1/2

#USPol

an unelected billionaire storming into US agencies, installing his unqualified and unapproved lackeys, purging civil servants, seizing access to sensitive data and payments, unilaterally eliminating federal agencies: fine

identifying the lackeys: illegal

#USpolitics #USpol #ElonMusk

NYU Law professor Noah Rosenblum posted on Bluesky yesterday that “[t]here has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short) professional life between how lay folks and law profs are talking about what is happening in government right now. So much of what Trump is doing is just blatantly illegal — often in several ways at once.”

It seems obvious that Trump and Musk are running the basic play we’ve seen before from Musk and other Silicon Valley billionaires–move fast, break things (with “things” very much including the law), and then dare folks to try and do something about it.

From https://buttondown.com/sbagen/archive/why-write-about-the-illegality-of-what-trump-and/

The Democrats "gotcha! lol" approach to politics is negligent. There's no mystery here about what to do nor what needs to be done--they're simply not doing it. They prefer tweeting and fundraising to doing their jobs, it
seems. The entire party needs to be fired.

#USPol

Dozens of Democratic senators have so far voted in support of Trump’s Cabinet nominees when they should be opposing them at every turn

From https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/democrat-leadership-vacuum/681540/

Dead political party. It needs to go, being no longer fit for purpose. They're unable to read the moment and/or unable to act appropriately. Complete failure of situational awareness. That's not going to be fixed by the newly-elected DNC chair or whatever; it reflects deep dysfunction.

There's a phrase in that linked article that the Democrats brought a cheese stick to a knife fight. No. They're sharpening the knives.

#USPol

Huge crowd at USAID headquarters in DC telling Trump and Musk to #forkoff. Democratic Members of Congress are here
#uspol #coup #usaid

I'm sorry for the many #USPol posts recently. I'm just getting caught up on what's been happening.

I do my best to give people I don't agree with politically the benefit of the doubt, and remind myself of the many times I realized what seemed like an obvious political position to me was not obvious at all once you learned more about the situation. I also think our current president is using shock doctrine tactics, which means most of what he's doing is intended to frighten and demoralize as many people as possible so that he has the space to do whatever it is he actually wants to do. You don't need to stare at that and you're probably better off not ("rationing reality", as they say, because too much is harmful).

What changed my mind and led me to pay closer attention is the blatantly unconstitutional nature of what Musk in particular is doing, combined with the lack of response of almost the entire Democratic party. It's absolutely staggering. The moment demands a response, and the party's lack of response demands a response. If the building they were in caught fire and they responded this way, they'd burn to death! This is not just a difference in political positions; it's blatantly unconstitutional behavior unfolding daily with no tangible resistance.

Anyway, I don't intend to become a politics poster, largely because I don't have the temperament for it. After the initial flare-up my ire is directed at elected officials, where it belongs, and I look for things I can do outside the electoral system that might help.

#USPol #DemocraticParty

White women are about to be the latest to learn that when you support fascists because "they'll go after other people and improve things for me", "other people" always shifts to include you eventually

(Tweet by Trump's new Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs)

White men who think you won't be next on the chopping block: I guarantee you have a lot more in common with the "other people" than you have with the people in power.

#USpolitics #USpol

Indivisible has launched a campaign to get people to physically visit their representatives this week:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cru6DBkH5gadq3S-mVhiSU72mC2ZeDHXG93jeiemFH0/edit?tab=t.0

Recording of the Indivisible/Working Families/Move On call from yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yf3AstpQI

You're not into electoral anything, ever? Cool, there's mutual aid work in your community that needs help. And food banks and libraries and school boards. Archive projects. Foster kids.

https://protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/How-You-Can-Protect-Democracy.pdf

#uspol

Fox News has removed the stock market data from the chyron.

#FoxNews #MAGA #fascism #uspol #stockmarket #DOW #Nasdaq

Make
America
Great
(Depression)
Again

(sorry)

#MAGA #USPol #economics #StockMarket #Trump #tariffs

Un-fucking-believable

Senate confirmed #MehmetOz to oversee #HealthInsurance for millions of Americans

TV’s “#DrOz” & known quack has been confirmed to lead the Centers for #Medicare & #Medicaid Services, which has a massive $1 trillion+ budget & oversees health insurance for millions of Americans.

#health #Insurance #medical #benefits #PublicHealth #law #USpol #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy

Via @indivisibleteam:

#Republicans have a new talking point for gutting #Medicaid & #SNAP to give #billionaires even more #TaxCuts:

“We are all going to die.”

If your senator is a #GOP ghoul like #JoniErnst, they need to hear from the constituents they’re betraying with #Trump’s #TaxScam

#IApol #USpol #Senate #law
https://indivisible.org/resource/call-now-tell-your-republican-senators-you-dont-want-pay-price-their-billionaire-tax

US Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) roughed up and handcuffed for asking Kristi Noem a question at a press conference.

It's time to storm the castle.

#Impeach #Convict #Remove #Indict #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Beware of Login.gov, which several government systems including Social Security encourage you to transition to using.

Looks like there plans to make it a universal identifier, hooked to all the information the government has about you. It's always been billed as a login-only system that respects privacy, but that could end under the current regime. The linked article from 404 Media has audio of a meeting about doing just that.

https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/

#TechCoup #USPol

Advising #patriots to display American flags at #nokings day of defiance. #uspol #albuquerque #santafe #newmexico #indivisible

#Families, #LGBTQ+ advocates sue to block #Trump order on care for #transgender youth

The action follows a Trump admin order seeking to halt federal support of #gender transition care for those under 19.

#law #USpol #CultureWars #hate #discrimination #bigotry #health #medicine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/04/transgender-care-lawsuit-trump-executive-order/

The governor of my state is being targeted because she insisted that she intended to follow state and federal law in governing Maine. It would appear the people targeting her don't have much respect for state and federal law, nor for state's rights, even as they hide under the cover of these. That's where we are now, apparently.

#maine #USPol

#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #Citizenship

From CNN.com: Trump can’t end birthright citizenship, appeals court says, setting up Supreme Court showdown

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/trump-cant-end-birthright-citizenship-appeals-court-says?cid=ios_app

Hey um remember those two astronauts who are still stranded on the space station

https://www.404media.co/nasa-dei-drop-everything-executive-order/

#USPol

This week's comic: "Protecting the children"

#uspol #comic #cartoon #children #education #lgbtq #climate #health #healthcare #transgender

or, they could tax billionaires

#USPOL

#Trans #uspol