mamdani being a cheerful normal guy that people project absolute insane things on is one of the things that make him very relatable to me, personally

Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success

BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.

The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

It would be super cool if someone with some power attempted to create a safe environment for the taxpayers in their state

This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.

I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.

I don't think Trump even mentions drugs here, which is supposedly one of the reasons for American aggression toward Venezuela

what a confusing time to be a piece of shit

congressional republicans are disappointed that the monster they elevated is behaving like a monster

incredible things happening at the nazi bar

Seeing this garbage held out as “good design” because it has large sans serif type is farcical. It’s an insult to designers, it’s an insult to people who build with thought and care, and it’s an insult to your intelligence as a consumer of websites.

If this is what they’re hoping to replace USWDS with, the good news is that it’s going to be literally impossible for almost every .gov site to do that, even if they want to.

Accessibility. There are color contrast issues all over this site. Low vision users will struggle. One of the main reasons to use a design system is having a color palette you know will always work.

What’s the point of having a design system most people can’t use? By contrast, USWDS is HTML, CSS, and a little JS. It works everywhere and in every tech stack.

As a reminder: The USIP building was raided and taken over by DOGE (with assistance from federal and local law enforcement) despite being an independent agency and owner of the building. Litigation is ongoing, but Trump does not own this building.

Former Economist Larry Summers - The American Prospect The American Economic Association banned him for life. Given how wrong Summers has been in every major area of policy advice, why did his public disgrace require the Epstein files rather than a reckon...

“The checks and balances in our democracy are failing, while the standards in our civil society, though battered, are mostly alive and capable of regeneration. That’s another reason why Trump hates universities.”

DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.

Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.

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A new .gov domain was registered yesterday: techforce.gov. It resolves to an auth page that identifies it as part of the National Design Studio.

Trump and Musk eliminated 18F and destroyed USDS, and now the feds are scrambling to rebuild the capacity that they destroyed.

Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

Inge of the Supreme Court but six justices are Trump

One more time

The Executive’s argument about irreparable harm and the balance of equities fares no better. The Executive says that to comply with the District Court’s order to obligate the $4 billion, it will have to “enter into negotiations” with “foreign states or international organizations.” Application 35. And in those discussions, the Executive protests, it will have to “advocate against its own objectives”—“undermin[ing]” its real view that the expenditures are “contrary to U. S. foreign policy.” Id., at 3, 34–35. But that is just the price of living under a Constitution that gives Congress the power to make spending decisions through the enactment of appropriations laws. If those laws require obligation of the money, and if Congress has not by rescission or other action relieved the Executive of that duty, then the Executive must comply. It cannot be heard to complain, as it does here, that the laws clash with the President’s differing view of “American values” and “American interests.” Id., at 34. That inconsistency, in other words, is not a cognizable harm, to be weighed in the equitable balance. It is merely a frustration any President must bear.

Kagan: The so-called irreparable harm that the Trump administration says it suffers is merely "the price of living under a Constitution that gives Congress the power to make spending decisions through the enactment of appropriations laws...a frustration any President must bear."

Yet again, the GOP supermajority steps in to allow Trump to break the law.
The case will be decided on the merits later, it says, when the damage cannot be undone.
But in the meantime it is giving the Trump administration a green light to engage in impoundment.

I must admit, I underestimated how easy it would be for fascism to take over the United States of America.

A sign saying "I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it."

*taps sign*

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE                THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Read this. Seriously, read it.

The Trump regime is declaring open season on its critics - NGOs, philanthropists, activists. They will be harassed, arrested, jailed. The silencing effect on others who might speak out will be huge.

This is authoritarianism.

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"Shut It Down!": And Other Ways to Weaken the Trump Regime

In addition to shutting down the government and economic boycotts, there are numerous strategies individuals and communities can use to weaken and dismantle the Trump regime.

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He literally called Letitia James a racist comment so old timey and arcane that people had no clue what it even meant. It is wild shit, man. He's got a rolodex of racist terms and we just let it go