😳 Hegseth snaps at Peters: "Your characterization of this incredible effort as a failure if reckless and irresponsible and smear the sacrifice of the troops. Shame on you." Peters responds: "You, sir, are the failure!"
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
Men will literally start a trade war with every other nation on earth instead of going to therapy.
Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 2y agolol come on
Much of the media's attention is focused on what harm Pete Hegseth's reckless irresponsibility might do to him, when it should be focused on what harm it could have done to our troops--and *will* do to our relationships with allies, especially in Europe.
Dear authoritarian adviser: "Process" is how we find out if someone is actually here illegally:
"My cars are wildly unpopular right now! What is the one spokesperson I could pick to make them look even less cool?"
It's all vendetta all the time in that white house. The banality of evil has never been more banal and small-minded.
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 2y agoTrump just revoked security clearances for... Antony Blinken Jacob Sullivan Lisa Monaco Mark Zaid Norm Eisen Letitia James Alvin Bragg Andrew Weissmann Hillary Clinton Liz Cheney Kamala Harris Adam Kinzinger Fiona Hill Alexander Vindman Joe Biden + any member of his family
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
“the…Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has not sent award letters for any of the $3.6 billion in Continuum of Care homelessness support grants for fiscal year 2024…That’s despite…multiple federal courts ordering the Trump administration to reverse its federal grant freeze.”
HUD Funding Uncertainty Is Already Changing These People’s Lives
From a supportive housing resident set to lose her apartment to homeless service providers awaiting funds, those affected by HUD cutbacks tell us what’s at stake.
shelterforce.org
Michael de Adder nails it again. (click to see the full cartoon)
Cartoon of the Day: Puppet-in-Chief
An exclusive cartoon from Michael de Adder
meidasplus.com
Just restating the simple point: President lacks the constitutional authority to close a department created by Congress. Full stop. Both the creation and on-going funding of these Depts are LAWS not suggestions. This is criminal conduct. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ
Exclusive | Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department
Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”
wsj.com
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
For everyone wondering why everything is tanking. This was always the plan.
Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."
He’s a disgusting … I’ve run out of words.
Dan Weber@dan-weber.bsky.social · 2y agoLadies and Gentlemen, I present to you, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, using his earwax as chapstick during the first Cabinet meeting while President Doggie explains why they are cutting 90% of USAID to impoverished and starving people across the world. Measles Are Great Again
This is what America's conservative "Christians" are doing to the planet's most vulnerable children.
Rogue Citizen One@roguecitizenone.bsky.social · 2y agoI know this is brutal to look at, my friends, but we all need to face reality and bear witness to what happens when greedy billionaires cut off aid to the world's poorest children. How callous do you have to be to let children suffer and die to line the pockets of the wealthy and well-connected?
"AI Chatbot, what is the best example of projection?"
Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2y agoDonald Trump: “This country has gotten bloated and fat and disgusting and incompetently run”
Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
we are rapidly turning into the kind of small minded authoritarian country that is given a made-up name in an action thriller
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics@dorianawards.bsky.social · 2y agoKennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men’s Chorus Concert operawire.com/kennedy-cent... - per Francisco Salazar / Opera Wire
NetEase rep tells me the cut of the Marvel Rivals team in Seattle was a “difficult decision” made “to optimize development efficiency for the game” Full statement below Very unusual move given Rivals’ massive success. But clear focus here is on “core” development in China
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2y agoMarvel Rivals director and team laid off according to posts www.resetera.com/threads/marv...
"You should have never started it" -- Trump to Ukraine, which very much did not start the war
1. Meta removed a Facebook ads criticizing Elon Musk's efforts to seize Americans' private information through DOGE. A notice from Meta said the ads violated its rules on "Unacceptable Business Practices."
Meta removes Facebook ad criticizing Musk
Meta removed an advertisement earlier this month criticizing Elon Musk’s use of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to seize Americans' private information.
muskwatch.com
