Taking part in the third and largest No Kings March NYC today was quite the experience. The feeling of comraderie was just what I needed 🥰... Thank you to everybody who participated!
@ladycatlady.bsky.social
The placards are some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. You’re IN CONGRESS… USE YOUR FUCKING WORDS!!!
I’ll be taking part in tomorrow’s Economic Blackout. If you are too, please consider turning off your phone for a day as well.
US officials are reportedly threatening to revoke Starlink access for Ukraine if they don’t give us 50% of their mineral rights. That’s not diplomacy, it’s extortion. We’re also pushing them to kill a UN Resolution that blames Russia for starting the war. Facts matter.
Trump’s EO ruining the independence of federal agencies shows the real goal of Musk and Trump is not efficiency or even winning the culture wars. It’s thievery. And they are *exceptional* thieves. My latest in @thenation.com
This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame
A recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn’t just about taking control of the state—it’s a giant cash-grab in disguise.
thenation.com
It feels like the Federal government has declared war on the Untied States
This morning I discovered that one of my coworkers (in a clinical laboratory) thinks it’s perfectly acceptable to clip their nails and leave the trimmings on the break room table 🤮
The worst part of being a incurable skeptic: You never enjoy the benefit of the placebo effect
So here we are, 1 month+ away from the arrival of Hell, being rapidly frog-marched into the flames. In much the same spot as the Germans before Hitler’s takeover. And we KNOW what is coming. Short of a rocket launcher, what can we do? How do we just accept this? I'm despairing.