Colombia President Petro to the US: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace
COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
ICE descended upon immigrant communities in LA, targeting innocent people just trying to live their lives, and when ICE was met with fierce opposition Trump deployed the National Guard. This is not “going after criminals,” it’s a scary escalation meant to sow even more fear and division.
The flip side to Trump's military parades are federal officials with military gear brutalizing protestors.
The woman with the American flag chants "this is not the America we know" while chemical munitions are rained down upon her.
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Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
January Trump approval on the economy:
plus +8.24 points
Today Trump approval on the economy:
minus -15.75
January Trump approval on inflation:
plus +1.99
Today Trump approval on inflation:
minus -22.24
So clearly it's time to deploy the Marines in L.A.?
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National Guard troops began arriving in Los Angeles on Sunday under orders from President Donald Trump, escalating a showdown with California leaders who say the federal deployment is politically driven and unnecessary.
This sums it up.
Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
Internet FTW
Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
In a Normal World
#unitedwestand
#strongertogether
#stopfascism
ICYMI
Every citizen in the USA should be obliged to read or watch
The Handmaid's Tale.
Now.
Oh. Damn it. It's already banned in parts of the USA.
When a book becomes alive. Too quick.
It seems it's already too late for a rising. But I do hope I am wrong.
#TheHandMaidsTale #USA #Facism
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
President Trump continues to manipulate tariffs for personal profit: this time with a “suite” of thematic “Truth Social-branded” investment portfolios organized under the laughably ironic themes of “Faith & Values,” “Liberty & Security,” “Energy Independence,” and “Made in America.”
As NPR’s Steven Inskeep put it: “If I understand this correctly, the US president has launched a trade war against the world, believes he can force the EU and China to meet his terms, is determined to annex Canada and Greenland, but is powerless before the sovereign might of El Salvador. Is that it?
NYT page one:
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The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.
Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tom Homan was in Arizona yesterday to discuss Trump's immigration and deportation agenda.
But Democrats were not interested in listening to what he had to say.
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj
The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens.
The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago.
Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.
Never forget that the chief complaint against Biden was “the economy is terrible.” You utter imbeciles
