Joe Smith-López
@joesmithlopez.bsky.social
Proud Pasadenan. Social worker. Gamer. Food enthusiast. Music lover. Nazi hater. He/him.
Mr. Antiwar President has us inches away from a Civil War at home and a nuclear war abroad in defense of an ally that is starting random hot regional wars to detract from its ongoing genocide. I’m sure all of this will just naturally cool off.
We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
There's a way to audit a government agency that actually works. What DOGE is doing is... not that.
‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
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Awful: Internal USAID memo instructs employees to refrain from talking to the media about cuts in assistance to the most vulnerable or they may get fired, WaPo reports. Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
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A serial liar with a mighty propaganda machine working overtime for him has convinced half the country that up is down, that honor is venality, and that integrity is just a ruse for suckers who believe all that garbage from our schoolbooks.
Trump’s A.G. Just Did Something So Corrupt She Should Be Fired Already
Note to right-wing “media” and all you fantasists who believe them: This is what judicial sleaze actually looks like.
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President Trump banning the Associated Press from an event over their usage of "Gulf of Mexico" instead of "Gulf of America" may seem more absurd than alarming, but Trump's attacks on the free press are no joke.
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
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🚩🚩DO NOT sign up for T-Mobile's satellite messaging beta. Why are they opening it to all carriers for free?? DO NOT let your personal communications and location data go through the satellite network owned by the man is currently staging a fascist coup of the United States. WE DIDN'T ELECT MUSK 🚩🚩
Looks like the NRA somehow forgot to rise up against a tyrannical government that is operating outside the law. What a shame.
WE ARE NOT TAKING OVER GAZA. That is a distraction. Read this. Page 2. Section 2. Sentence 2. "the policy [REVIVING THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY] shall also be applied to ... aliens who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status" CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW
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Slow down, you're saying the guy who sieg heiled at the inauguration and then campaigned for the German far-right AfD hired a racist who advocates for eugenics? That doesn't sound right. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whose access to Treasury payment systems was approved by a judge, has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism ...
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Buckle up everyone this is going to be a LONG thread but if you are a current Fed you are going to want to bookmark it because it’s the roadmap for what’s coming. #SaveUSAID #SaveAmerica 1/
I'm not unsympathetic to students protesting America helping Israel commit genocide of Palestinians. They were right. I am also not sympathetic to those same students staying quiet in their dorms when Donald Trump is endorsing ethic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza.
Reminder that Musk is a criminal and his Doge-bags are baby criminals #SaveUSAID gizmodo.com/elon-musks-e...
Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink's Contracts in Ukraine
The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's equipment at the time of Musk's assault.
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Tired: NYT: Young Musk Fans Learn American Civics, Hands-On Wired: Wired: Those Little Rat Fucks Are Still In The Walls
Suggestion to Americans: If you used a current bank account with funds on a recent tax return, it may be wise to contact your bank and request a change. Account and routing numbers are accessible, and Elon Musk’s staff have access to this information. Stay safe and protect your assets.
PROGRESSIVES AGAINST KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024: "Don't vote for her!!!! She isn't good for Palestine!!!!" DONALD TRUMP IN 2025: "We should ethnic cleanse the Palestinians from Gaza so I can build some Mediterranean-view condos."
Can we start putting our federal income tax into an escrow account?
