It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

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Go to town halls; city state and Fed. Make your voice heard. If your reps are all blue, go to a GOP town hall just to bolster numbers and support others.

This is something to keep pointing to.

First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.

This points to something I've been noodling about.
I've been reflecting on just how much this hyper-division were experiencing is related to the pandemic.

This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.

theintercept.com/2025/02/17/e...

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Tesla Name Quietly Removed From Federal Contract After Uproar The State Department has suddenly deleted any mention of “Tesla” after facing massive backlash over its recent contract.

The State Department was set to buy $400 million worth of armored Teslas from Elon Musk. But after a report from Drop Site News exposed the massive conflict of interest, the department quietly deleted the word “Tesla” and changed the $400 million line item to a generic “armored electric vehicles.”

Opinion | Trump Is No Populist Trumpism is not a working-class revolt against the elites. All I see is one section of the educated elite going after another section of the educated elite.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

"I'm not a fan of populism, but real populism would be better than the right-wing elite nihilists who are running the country now," our columnist David Brooks writes.

Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.

In a remarkable letter, Pope Francis condemned the Trump administration over “mass deportations” and even called out the use of “ordo amoris” to defend Trumpist nationalism.

Trump is the most lawless president in American history | Robert Reich

"As Donald Trump’s law-breaking continues, America’s last defense is the federal courts," writes former US secretary of labor and Guardian US columnist Robert Reich. "If Trump simply ignores the high court, is that the end of law?"

This is the scary black hole.

He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US

If you wonder where Trump is headed with all this destruction of democracy, the answer may lie in the dark writings of Curtis Yarvin.

A security guard blocks Democratic members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.

Unacceptable.

WOW! @corybooker.com isn't holding back!

"There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent."

We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

Here Is What to Know About U.S. Foreign Aid and the Trump Freeze Critics say a Trump administration order calls into question the United States’ global standing and reliability.

President Trump’s executive order freezing most U.S. foreign aid for 90 days has thrown into turmoil programs that fight starvation and deadly diseases, run clinical trials and seek to provide shelter for millions of displaced people. Here’s what to know.

Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.

“In God’s kingdom, immigrants and refugees, transgender people, the poor and the marginalized are not at the edges fearful and alone. They are at the center of the Gospel story.” - Episcopal Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe. ⚓️ #episcopalchurch #jesus #christianity #lgbt

Many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-d...

What to Do if ICE Comes to Your Church “How do we ensure that our people know exactly what to do if law enforcement or a government official were to come to our building, particularly during open hours?” Rev. Minna Bothwell said.

“How do we ensure that our people know exactly what to do if law enforcement or a government official were to come to our building, particularly during open hours?” Rev. Minna Bothwell said.

Here’s what we did today

Love this so much.

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