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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.
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
Fox News has removed the stock market data from the chyron.
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
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/
#maine #USPol
#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #Citizenship
From CNN.com: Trump can’t end birthright citizenship, appeals court says, setting up Supreme Court showdown
Hey um remember those two astronauts who are still stranded on the space station
https://www.404media.co/nasa-dei-drop-everything-executive-order/
This week's comic: "Protecting the children"
#uspol #comic #cartoon #children #education #lgbtq #climate #health #healthcare #transgender
WTAF?
#CIA offers #buyouts to entire workforce to align with #Trump priorities
A CIA spox said in a statement the moves were meant to align the agency with the goals of Trump’s new ClA Director #JohnRatcliffe.
"Director Ratcliffe is moving swiftly to ensure the ClA workforce is responsive to the Administration's #NationalSecurity priorities. These moves are part of a holistic strategy to infuse the Agency with renewed energy," a CIA spox said.
#law #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cia-offers-buyouts-entire-workforce-align-with-trump-priorities-wsj-reports-2025-02-05/
“This is the administration trying to ramp up agreements with local law enforcement agencies to be a force multiplier for mass deportation.”
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Police are signing 'task force' agreements with #ICE in order to ramp up the displacement of the undocumented. https://www.texasobserver.org/local-state-police-ice-287g-task-force/
#immigration #politics #USpol #Trump #news #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #police
Message for Americans:
Times are tough for many now, especially for migrants, #LGBTQI+ people, and people losing jobs. My thoughts are with you ❤️
#USpol #USpolitics
Maybe a song on this #JukeboxFridayNight #playlist from 3 January of #HelpingPeople will bring comfort? 🤗
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZe9K6g9lwnSM2obWuPG_QU-ONrQxlMwF
HT @stevenixon who's pulled these #playlists together for JFN community. 🎶 🎧 ❤️
https://www.youtube.com/@SteveNixon/playlists
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I really need to find a new coffee shop.
I've been going to this Christian coffee shop run by a local large-ish ministry in Frisco, TX for a couple years, and I've always liked it primarily because they had good teas and snacks, although I never bothered with their books (dispensational theology, not my thing). They always have plenty of great seating with tables, and the music is quiet and calming. The prices aren't great, but that's everywhere nowadays.
In the past three months or so, I notice more and more the white boomers are congregating here and talking... absolute noise. George Soros this, AOC that, DEI, just an absolute alphabet soup of mindless #conservative dog whistles.
*sigh*
I'm out.
There's another Christian coffee shop in Plano apparently NOT full of idiots, but they don't have too many tables (so no room to sit down with a book and journal and/or laptop, etc.).
I don't honestly care about the religion of the coffee shop (I'd be totally down to chill out at a Sikh or Buddhist coffee shop or anything else), but the atmosphere is important to me. So many coffee shops are really loud, or just terribly corporate (scubrats!)
Seattle Children's Hospital has begun halting some gender affirming care and caved far earlier than most expected in the face of Trump's illegal executive orders.
There's a call to action below and protests are planned today and tomorrow.
https://monogr.ph/67a3f86c0b0ee042476f706c
#Seattle #ProtectTransYouth #lgbtq #USPol #Healthcare #calltoaction
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Under Governor Greg Abbott's multi-billion dollar border security bonanza, Operation Lone Star, the Rio Grande no longer holds back law enforcement efforts. Today's digital border reaches across Texas and beyond. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/
This story is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
#surveillance #tech #SocialMedia #GregAbbott #police #border #privacy #security #USpol #politics #news
🚨 The Hands Off! protests are tomorrow, Saturday, April 5 🚨
Find one near you -
https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Can't attend in person? There's a virtual event:
"Hands Off! Disabled Community Fights Back"
2 - 4 PM Pacific Time
Virtual Event
Join from anywhere!
https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/event/770700/
#USpol #HandsOff #Protest #Resist #Virtual #Disabled #Disability #Accessibility