a season of white lotus about a mid-level bureaucrat who takes a long-awaited vacation to a resort in mexico only to discover that she’s been named the acting administrator of an agency that is wreaking havoc on the federal government
We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
Jasmine is on FIRE 🔥 🔥🔥
"...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like...
...and this ain't it!"
I don’t think I would ever make fun of Canadians even if I wanted to. I think if you grew up in the 80s or 90s in the US, you’ve always had, at least, the sneaking suspicion that they are MUCH funnier than we are.
The things Trump is doing make perfect sense if you ignore the traditions of the American presidency and understand that Trump is a wannabe authoritarian.
"What’s more disturbing still is that Gabbard believes the intelligence community she’s been selected to lead has been working behind the scenes to destroy American democracy." Kind of like Robert Kennedy Jr. and HHS, Kash Patel and the FBI...
Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."
Me... Each morning, I wake 2025.
Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny:
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷♂️
RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
Two accounts that you should follow if you don’t already:
@propublica.org
@wired.com
Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.
We could have had a competent president, lower drug prices, home buyer assistance, a Cabinet filled with qualified adults and not sociopaths, global respect, and national sovereignty...
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION SUBJECT: New Annual Media Rotation Program for Pentagon Press Corps For over a half-century, the Pentagon Press Corps has benefited from working out of individual office spaces that provide coveted and open access to some of the Department's top military and civilian leaders. Known as the Correspondents' Corridor, this office space loaned to media outlets by the Secretary of Defense stands as a tribute to the importance the Department has long placed on informing the public about the U.S. military and all it does to project peace through strength. It also honors the many correspondents who put their lives on the line, and in many cases died, while covering our finest in battle. In order to broaden access to the limited space of the Correspondents' Corridor to outlets that have not previously enjoyed the privilege and journalistic value of working from physical office space in the Pentagon, beginning February 14, 2025, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs will implement a new Annual Media Rotation Program for those dedicated media spaces. Each year, one outlet from each press medium - print, online, television and radio - that has enjoyed working from a physical office in the Pentagon will rotate out of the building to allow a new outlet from the same medium that has not had the unique opportunity to report as a resident member of the Pentagon Press Corps. This year, the following news outlets will begin their rotation by vacating their physical office space effective Friday, February 14, 2025: Print - The New York Times TV - NBC News Radio - National Public Radio Online News - POLITICO In their place, the following outlets from each medium will be invited to move into the Correspondents' Corridor workspaces formerly occupied by the above four outlets. Print - New York Post TV - One America News Network Radio - Breitbart News Network Online News - HuffPost News (aka The Huffington Post)
To be clear, the outlets that vacate the spaces loaned to them by the Secretary will remain as full members of the Pentagon Press Corps. They will continue to enjoy the same media access to the Pentagon and will be able to attend and cover briefings and be considered for travel with civilian and military leaders in the Department as they have previously. The only change will be giving up their physical workspaces in the building to allow new outlets to have their turn to become resident members of the Pentagon Press Corps. Thank you in advance for participating in the Pentagon Press Corps Annual Media Rotation Program. By turning over the office space loaned to you by the Secretary, you will ensure that new outlets will have the same opportunity you have enjoyed covering our nation's finest up close from office spaces inside the walls of the Pentagon. (John Ullyot Acting
NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.
#Maddow pointing out that Pete Hegseth has already made a massive blunder, breaking protocol on death notifications related to the service members killed in the helicopter crash. He was supposed to keep their information private for 24 hours. It took him about 12 hours to blab details about them.
I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.
He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.
Such an important point…
“The country has been hardened by a nine-year deliberate campaign of dehumanization.” — @NicolleDWallace
We didn’t get here overnight. This wasn’t a quick process.
Me: Patrick Mahomes is 15-0 when he plays in domes..
Wife: I need the #eagles to win.. this is about democracy. It’s about America. 🦅🇺🇸🏈
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.
The goal is to overwhelm us so we give up. Don't do that!
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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Brave yourselves for more of the like.
