Could not agree more.

The UN approved a resolution for an International Day of Hope.

It was approved 161 to 1.

The only country to vote no?

America -- under orders by Donald Trump.

If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

SpaceX Silently Loses Another Rocket To Space - FAA Rules Out Investigation SpaceX might have lost another second stage Falcon 9 rocket launched at the start of this month shows data from the satellite tracking website Celes Track. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vanden...

The FAA and SpaceX hid the fact that they list yet another rocket this month.

Not only that, but the FAA is not going to investigate either.

And there’s your reason for forcing out the head of the FAA.

I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.

USAID

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This. If media wants to stop failing us, here's a place to start.

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 or above could not have caused more carnage. Recent floods in Asia and…

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown

Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.

They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Trump has seized the archives, the article explains, because he feels the prior archivist played a role in revealing he had classified documents piled up in an unsecured bathroom at his tacky golf club.

Once again, we all have to suffer because he got caught criming.

Trump just said he’s calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says “The US will take over the Gaza Strip”

From a friend who has firsthand working knowledge of all these systems:

If this does not chill you to your marrow, nothing will. An unelected oligarch is running rampant through the US Government destroying at will. This monster needs to be in Guantanamo, not some poor undocumented migrant.

“On a livestream last night, Musk said of his destruction of the federal government: “If it’s not possible now, it will never be possible. This is our shot, This is the best hand of cards we’re ever going to have. If we don’t take advantage of this best hand of cards, it’s never going to happen.””

From @hcrichardson.bsky.social most recent post:

I’m not sure where we go from here. We will keep on fighting, that is for certain, but it will not be easy. History will not look back kindly on those who enabled this horror to come to pass (Moscow Mitch in particular). I only hope we still have a democracy when this is all over.

All he has to do is put out another blanket pardon like he did for the J6 monsters. And he cannot be held to account for doing * that * because his cronies on the Supreme Court have declared that he is immune from prosecution for actions that fall under his “official duties”.

They have been free to act so bold because they basically have the equivalent of a “get out of jail free” card. Any crimes they commit during this, any atrocities, will be wiped away by a the stroke of the Tangerine Mussolini’s sharpie.

Truer words were never spoken. This weekend The Muskrat and his minions have perpetrated a coup of epic proportions. They have acted in a manner so bold that people have been caught completely off guard and they have pretty much gotten away with it.

I try to stay positive, I really do, but what has happened this weekend is beyond even my capacity.

“Democracy dies in darkness” - the former slogan of the Washington Post.

Truer words were never spoken.

Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...

Civil Service Strong is an excellent resource for civil servants who feel are being attacked by the current administration.

www.civilservicestrong.org

Love trash panzer!

On a more positive note, just scored tickets for the Billy Joel & Sting concert at Nationals Field on 5 September. Something to look forward to!

And the slide into fascism continues apace. CPB had a checkpoint set up at Tysons Galleria yesterday. “Halt! Show us your papers!” Both my grandfathers fought a war to end $#!+ like this.

The Proud Boys Are Plotting a Comeback. And They Want Revenge Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup.

Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup.

Trump set the TikTok ban in motion

Congress passed legislation

Biden signs legislation

SCOTUS upholds ban

Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open

TikTok shuts down anyway

Trump tweets

TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄

The AI Boom Could Use a Shocking Amount of Electricity Powering artificial intelligence models takes a lot of energy. A new analysis demonstrates just how big the problem could become

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Yep. It’s been posted in numerous forums. I think it’s a good choice.

Another 1.5” shoveled. Years w/o any real snow and now this. Glad I invested in the snow blower and good shovels after “snowmageddon”. They are paying for themselves now.