The Nazi comparisons are useful, but the Trump instinct to address negative outcomes by firing and silencing anyone on their team foolish enough to report them always makes me think of Mao and the Great Famine.
Joe Katz
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Democracy is like exercise. You can't do it once every four years and complain when you don't see results. Pro-edit button. "Soros-backed." He/him. Linktree.com/joekatz45.
The Wall Street Journal is really going hard on Trump these days
The Criminal Enterprise Run by Monkeys
A cabal of furry thieves snatch iPhones and other valuables from visitors to a temple in Bali–and trade them for mangos
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The cloture vote on Bove was 50-48 last Thursday, all voting Dems plus Collins/Murkowski were nos. Seems quite likely he'll be confirmed this week. But since that was two whistleblowers ago, probably worth anyone with a Republican senator making one more call.
Emil Bove's Corruption, Abuse of Power Disqualify Him for A Federal Judgeship
Phone scripts and emails to demand Trump's enforcer get accountability, not a lifetime appointment to the Third Circuit
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Joe Katz@joekatz45.bsky.social · last yr.A third whistleblower has struck Emil Bove
RIP Tom Lehrer, one of the single most talented, prescient, hilarious, and underappreciated satirists this country ever produced. a man who actually called it like he saw it youtu.be/JPrAuF2f_oI
Tom Lehrer - Pollution
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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Worth remembering that in any other administration, a 15% tariff on our largest trade partner & some of our closest allies would be considered the worst trade war in more than a generation
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.REPORTER: Can you do better than a 15% tariff rate for the EU? TRUMP: Better meaning lower? No
Yet Another trade “deal” from Trump that leaves tariffs much, much worse than before he took office. What a joke.
Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · last yr.15% tariffs will still be imposed on EU goods entering the US.
Underreported trade news of the day is that Trump announced that the 15% tariffs on the EU would include pharmaceuticals that have thus far been exempt from tariffs If tariffs on pharma go up 15% this week it'd be a *massive* escalation of the trade war—the US imports $175B/yr of them from the EU
Her: you quote Alanis Morissette too much Me: well slap me with a splintered ruler
Keep yelling at your senators to oppose Trump's henchman. Scripts language here, or send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PECZAF to 50409.
Emil Bove's Corruption, Abuse of Power Disqualify Him for A Federal Judgeship
Phone scripts and emails to demand Trump's enforcer get accountability, not a lifetime appointment to the Third Circuit
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Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · last yr.The conservative WSJ edit page comes as close as it comfortably can to telling the Senate that Emil Bove is utterly unqualified to be an appellate judge. www.wsj.com/opinion/emil...
You can either read today's news as a series of distractions-- the poor venous return is a distraction from bove which is a distraction from Epstein which is the distraction tariffs which is a distraction from whatever -- or you can read it as shit is falling apart. I'm an eternal optimist.
the wall street journal says trump's letter was part of the department of justice's review of the charges against epstein and maxwell. emil bove was involved in doj's review of those files this year. today republicans on the judiciary committee halted debate to advance bove to a lifetime judgeship
National broadcast of the flagship event for #GoodTroubleLivesOn will go live on YouTube at 8PM
Good Trouble Lives On
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Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz@joekatz45.bsky.social · last yr.Multiple outlets reporting Trump told House Republicans last night he will fire Jerome Powell soon:
"Ray, who is in his late 20s, was born in a refugee camp in Nepal and came to the U.S. as a kid. He was recently deported to Bhutan — where he had never lived in and where his family faced persecution. Within 24 hours of his arrival, Ray said Bhutanese authorities ordered him to leave."
A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless
Once deported to Bhutan, some Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees say they are told to leave. Many have since disappeared, while others are homeless and stateless, according to immigration advocates.
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Scripts/language to tell your members of Congress they need to fucking do something if Trump decides his ego is more important than our economy and fires Jerome Powell: (Can also send a @resist.bot message by texting SIGN PBLBKC to 50409.)
Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair, Crater Economy - Call Scripts/Resistbot
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned that Trump’s disastrous tariffs were putting our country on a path to stagflation – where prices keep rising even as economic growth slows and ...
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Joe Katz@joekatz45.bsky.social · last yr.Multiple outlets reporting Trump told House Republicans last night he will fire Jerome Powell soon:
Multiple outlets reporting Trump told House Republicans last night he will fire Jerome Powell soon:
Trump denies that he plans to fire Powell: 'Highly unlikely'
The comments came after the Supreme Court indicated that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to arbitrarily fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
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Man, this is just gonna be a TERRIBLE few years to need elder care
Cousin: well, we forgot the chicken. But thank you for getting the eggs! Me: hey, now we know what came first! Everyone: *polite chuckles* My genius is unappreciated in my own time.
But at least none of them had to be terrified by the words "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Lizzie O'Leary@lizzieohreally.bsky.social · last yr.www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
How do you convince people to build resilience capacity for a catastrophe they insist isn't happening?
So I honestly can't tell if anything is happening with tariffs on Wednesday now or not, and I'm also not confident people with actual responsibilities do either
I can't believe we're *literally* doing Liberation Day Part 2 Electric Boogaloo. I thought they would at least come up with a different, equally-dumb formula.
Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · last yr.The President has just tweeted another 7 trade "letters." We have details on 14 countries, and it's weirder than I imagined. The new tariffs are the old "Liberation Day" numbers +/- a few percentage points. If these were a bad idea 90 days ago, why are they a good idea now?
"Companies that benefit from keeping protections weak for tenants have billions of [lobbying] dollars ... That same machine mobilizes at the drop of a hat to pump millions into elections – even in districts during the legislative process – to scare and intimidate policymakers into voting their way."
Harms Committed@harmscommitted.com · last yr.Sen. Aisha Wahab "pitched a proposal to give tenants a full two weeks to pay their past due rent before their landlords could start the eviction process." "Senate Bill 436 failed to advance out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee last week." #California #USA #Housing
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This confirms @heatmap.news reporting, as we were first to break the news Trump would do this in order to pass OBBA Thank you to @ericmgarcia.bsky.social for asking questions on the topic in Congress heatmap.news/sparks/ralph...
Trump Will ‘Deal’ with Wind and Solar Tax Credits in Megabill, GOP Congressman Says
“We had enough assurance that the president was going to deal with them.”
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