Hans Shillinger

Hans Shillinger

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“I’m very concerned about the impact on the state of Maine, on everything from our national parks to biomedical research,” the Republican told CNN’s Manu Raju on Sunday. “So this is a big problem.” We're concerned about your concern, Senator www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

rollingstone.comRepublican Senator Calls Trump's Mass Firings a 'Big Problem'Sen. Susan Collins said she is "concerned" how the firings, carried out by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, will affect her state.

“I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests,” Trump said. “There are many, many years of leaves and broken trees, and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.” 46% of land in CA is federal apnews.com/article/wild...

apnews.comTrump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off fundsPresident Donald Trump’s administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects funded through legislation championed by his Democratic predecessor.

More of this Kim said. “But we are at a point where we are basically on the cusp of a constitutional crisis, seeing this administration taking steps that are so clearly illegal. And until we see a change in that behavior,..., nor should we assist in that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comSome Democrats vow to use leverage in government funding fightAt least one Democrat is saying explicitly that the party should fight back against Trump and Musk by refusing to help Republicans reach a government funding deal.

Tribe said. “It’s only the very beginning of this administration. If people normalize this lawbreaking instead of pushing back, it will be very hard ever to restore the system of government that most of us grew up assuming it would be in place.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.comTrump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’, legal experts sayScholars warn of president’s lawlessness in actions such as federal funding freeze and birthright citizenship order

More corporate fealty "many executives at CBS’s parent company, Paramount, believe that settling the lawsuit would increase the odds that the Trump administration does not block or delay their planned multibillion-dollar merger with another company" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

nytimes.comParamount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ‘60 Minutes’ LawsuitA settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president.

Emoluments of all forms Crappy merch Constitutional norms Erosion of rule of law Rudy's career Loss of opportunity time to address climate change GOP testicles Green tech markets to China Secrets (in) advertently divulged to enemies Allies/agreements lost Talented legal immigrants deported ...

Shit on the Capital walls Hurt capital police officers Future crimes by J6 pardonees Taxes in the form of tariffs $7 trillion debt from T1.0 Excess 1000's of lives lost during COVID Dobbs Windmills Fearful elected officials Expertise American credibility Non maga free speech Complete sentences

"More confrontational language in the order directed federal officials to stake out their authority without necessarily working alongside the state officials who manage the state’s reservoirs and plan for droughts and fires." The ignorant fucking with the complex www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...

nytimes.comTrump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s WaterThe president, who has assailed California’s leaders over wildfires, issued the directive in an executive order that was dated Friday but released on Sunday.

Self made man "Musk’s father... once boasted that his stake in Zambian emerald mines made him “so much money we couldn’t even close our safe”. Musk’s mother, Maye, has said the family owned two homes, a plane, a yacht and a handful of luxury cars." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.comHow the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South AfricaElon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler

Push back! “Some of these efforts will be turned back by the courts, but the level of anticipatory obedience we’re seeing from business, universities and the media is unlike anything I’ve seen in my lifetime.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/u...

nytimes.comTrump Tests the Boundaries of the PresidencyEven more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do.