This seems like something to which more attention should be paid www.newsweek.com/hidden-provi...
Hans Shillinger
Hans Shillinger
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Good summary on the state of Trump's attack on the rule of law www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Screw the kids, we're gonna get it while we can? Where do Trump and his maga crazies think their kids and grandkids are gonna live? Get enough, buy a bunker. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/c...
there is so much wrong with this I don't know where to start www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
“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...
“I thought we were supposed to be in a new era of meritocracy. Not the indiscriminate firing of people,” said one Republican congressional aide granted anonymity to speak candidly. Nope www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
“Musk is a parasitic illegal immigrant. He wants to impose his freak experiments and play-act as God without any respect for the country’s history, values or traditions,” Mr. Bannon Chagrined to say it, but I agree www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Brazil is absolutely embarrassing the US www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
“In hopes of finding themselves,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Tuesday, “they’ve latched on to this new, shiny object called the rule of law.” It's called the Constitution you asshole www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
“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...
DOGE is destroying many of our institutions. Maybe they'll could leave the weather reporting alone? Fucking stupid. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Dandy The feds own most of the land in California, much of which is ripe for wildfire. Message: we're on our own www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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...
CBS kisses Trump's ass while he's suing them for $20b www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Roseville, cited what he called “titanic policy blunders and staggering failures of political leadership that have caused such harm to California.” Read more at: www.sacbee.com/news/politic... www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
Best summary I've yet seen on the factions that make up maga open.substack.com/pub/thomaszi...
If you're afraid and that fear keeps you from voting your conscience, resign and let someone who will have your seat. Do your job! www.rawstory.com/morning-joe-...
Our democracy is being stolen here folks. Dems have a loaded gun in their hands. DON'T HAND IT OVER to the criminals, USE it! nymag.com/intelligence...
A Democratic staffer put it more starkly in the same story: “We could get to a tipping point where bipartisan cooperation becomes an overwhelming negative for us.” Could? nymag.com/intelligence...
So maybe don't vote for a racist? thehill.com/homenews/cam...
So, how do we bridge the information gap? "If we find others’ views troubling, we shouldn’t rush to blame the individual, Hirji said. “I think the problem is kind of more systemic – www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How in the hell has a private citizen (formerly an illegal immigrant) gained control over the nation's check book? This is insane. I haven't heard a peep from the Dems on this yet. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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...
Um, NO SHIT! But not going to happen with a vengeance driven orangutan as POTUS. This is drivel. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Who elected this asshole? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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...
"It’s a bad time in American politics, to be sure. But we need to remember that natural laws still apply, and things could get better if even just one piece of fantasy biology were to hold true: a large class of political invertebrates were to grow spines." Ok www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
@mcuban.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social I have a proposition. Creation of an AI dedicated to calculating the historic and ongoing cost of Trump's ego to the world and keeping it updated in real time. Costs to include but not limited to (additional suggestions encouraged);
"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...
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...
“Insurance is supposed to be there to cover you from financial calamity, when unfortunate things happen, and the current system that we have based on private health insurance has really failed everyone.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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...
27 and she's already next deep in grifty waters. Fits right into the trump admin. www.salon.com/2025/01/24/w...
Why are any Dems voting for this self described dog/goat killer? thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Concerns “I don’t understand why one would fire individuals whose mission it is to root out waste, fraud and abuse. This leaves a gap in what I know is a priority for President Trump. So I don’t understand it,” Collins said thehill.com/homenews/sen...
“It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president,” said the Trump ally. “The problem is the president doesn’t have any leverage over him and Elon gives zero fucks.” 🍿 www.politico.com/news/2025/01...