I mean, I know why. Do You?
Trump administration reportedly moves to ban Jackie Robinson biography from Naval Academy library
The Robinson biography is reportedly one of 900 books identified as conflicting with the order, with other examples including “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.” and “Einstein on Race and Racism.”
Never forget who these people really are. And what they represent. #beentheredonethat
I have a few friends that have been very concerned about the first amendment to our constitution. They feel that over the last few years “freedom of speech” has been infringed on because some people get offended and they shouldn’t be (according to my friends). Also some commercial websites don’t want to have people spreading lies and slandering people. And that should be allowed because they have rights, dammit! But now we have a presidential administration that will advocate for free speech by intimidating the press, banning certain words from public releases by federal agencies, targeting law firms that defend clients suing the federal government, summarily dismissing minority members of the FTC so they can’t report on malfeasance, and deporting legal visitors for expressing an opinion that disagrees with the administration’s. Now this…
Trump order targets ‘improper ideology’ at famed US museums
“Improper ideology”? Wrong thoughts? So now we are punishing “wrong thinking”? Where have I heard that before?
Part 2
Elon Says Government Will ‘Go After’ People ‘Pushing the Propaganda’ About Tesla
“The real problem is not like the crazy guy that firebombs a Tesla dealership, it’s the people pushing the propaganda that cause that guy to do it,”
Uh, no. its the crazy guy with the fire bomb. No one is pushing “propaganda” about Tesla. People are acting out as a direct result of your actions in government. This is why business leaders have traditionally not enjoyed their forays into politics. Look, setting fire to cars or vandalizing property are serious crimes and should be punished. But it isn’t terrorism. And Elon is definitely a douche, and that isn’t propaganda.
As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
Jeeze. I’m sure it’s fine. I mean if Hillary had done it they would be cool with that, right?
There are few voices in the Democratic Party I feel are knowledgeable and observant of the real issues. Bernie Sanders is by far the best. Here is a guy who can go to Liberty University and get applause (to the shock of the administration there). Hillary couldn’t get applause there if she told the audience she was paying their tuition. But second to Bernie I always liked Sherrod Brown, a man who always seemed perennially wrinkled and disheveled. Brown understood that the party lost its way when it moved away from being the party of labor, the party of the working man. Brown should have won his re-election, but if he lost it should have been to a normal human like Matt Dolan, not to a slimy car salesman who kowtowed to Trump better. Oh well.
Former Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown Launches Dignity of Work Institute
Well this will impact red states more than blue ones, considering where hurricane and tornadoes tend to occur. But the idea that FEMA isn’t necessary is insane. On the heels of yesterdays revelation about “amateur hour” at the Defense department comes this great news…
Trump’s only condition for employment is loyalty to Trump. Knowing your job is not important.
Trump said it himself back in 2016, “I could “shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters”. We’ve all see it. Once they embrace the Donald, suddenly everything he does in excusable. It’s really weird. No horrible thing he says or does seem to bother his adoring fans. He’s like Taylor Swift like that. Case in point…
saaay what? That’s weird. Unless you consider this…
Earlier this week he demands and then gets, a health care bill killed in the Senate because he didn’t understand it. Now this…
I mean we all knew it was a lie when Elon and Trump said it, but was all because he didn’t know there is a region of Mozambique in Africa called “Gaza”. The money was not for condoms, but was for the treatment of AIDS victims. A program designed early in the George W. Bush administration. Without the aid the health system in one of the poorest countries on Earth will collapse and thousands will die.
Great people. Remember when he fired all folks on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and then had to hire them back. As Bugs would say “What a Maroon”.
Oh and by the way, 50% of all Teslas are made in China.
This guy’s a piece of work.
Trump’s commerce secretary: Don’t complain if we don’t send your Social Security check
His mother-in-law has a very rich son-in-law. He is totally blind to the fact that millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. And millions of those are on Social Security. This is government by the billionaires FOR the billionaires.
Unbelievable. Today Host most excellent personage Elon was granted a Defense Department briefing, and now he’s using his money again.
Musk PAC offering $100 for Wisconsin petition signatures opposing ‘activist judges’
Could you imagine if the anti-trump forces did this? Trumpers would be outraged.
It is becoming more and more apparent that Elon Musk has no idea what he is doing. But he’s sure he’s doing the right thing. However, no one who understands audits, or working at the Federal level, seems to agree with him on that. Elon is used to being the smartest guy in the room. That’s fine as long as you don’t start thinking you’re ALWAYS the smartest guy in the room. Which is where I think old Elon is right now. A poster child for the Dunning-Kruger effect.
‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
For a better look at Musk as a person, how about the perspective of his first wife…
“I Was a Starter Wife”: Inside America’s Messiest Divorce
In just Two words, Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott killed a bipartisan health care bill that took months of work to create. All because Elon didn’t understand it apparently. We will see If Sen. Scott allows us to know why he objected. I’ll bet he says nothing.
Wyden, Sanders blocked from attempt to pass stand-alone health package
From the Plain Dealer…
Ohioans and their elected representatives have killed enough solar development to roughly power the state’s three largest cities in the three years since state lawmakers passed one of the nation’s most stringent restrictions on new solar development.
Those political efforts to block or preempt 2,000 megawatts of new energy coming online are the product of 2021 legislation that gave new power to project neighbors and local elected officials to stop development.
Many of these projects were killed by local Republican officials doing the bidding of the oil and gas industry. Just last week, developers behind a proposed 500-megawatt solar farm in Logan County withdrew their permit application, ending a $500 million development. Regulatory staff recommended the Ohio Power Siting Board reject the application, given opposition from local activists and Republican political power at the state and local level.
Enough power to power all three of Ohio’s biggest cities, with no carbon emissions. The Republican party is not a forward looking party. It is a party that holds Ohio (and the country) back. As they force America off the world stage they leave greater and greater openings for China to be a world leader.
Plain Dealer Stories (behind a paywall)
Solar development plunged in Ohio after new, restrictive state law
How NIMBYism and Republican politics killed a $500M solar farm in Ohio
make no mistake as to the intent…
EXCLUSIVE: Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration
UPDATE: More lies. Social Security is a separate tax, not part of income tax. However the funds raised are treated like general funds. The U.S. congress has misappropriated Social Security funds for years. It does NOT add to the deficit. This is a narrative they are trying to sell.
Even more…
Musk uses immigration and claims of voter fraud to sell Social Security Administration cuts
None of this is a secret, the problem has been known for years.
So why are they looking in the wrong place? I wonder.
Professor Galloway is a really smart guy. He’s someone who, to me at least, seems to speak common sense. He isn’t partisan. This whole video is interesting.
The actor Wil Wheaton has said that’s his personal motto and advice to anybody. It’s good advice. This story got me thinking about that advice…
Sarah McBride targeted in heated exchange about her gender in congressional hearing
Okay, there are a lot of different opinions about how transgender people should be treated and what guidelines should be established in society to account for them. I get that. But what Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe did, was just being a dick. Just a rude asshole.
Update: GOP lawmaker explains why he called trans Dem ‘Mr. McBride’: ‘I don’t have to participate in his fantasy’
Yep. He’s a dick
Y’know when I was teaching there was a guy who lived on the street next to the school. He had a fenced in yard and gated drive with a “no trespassing” sign. A just below his American flag on his flagpole was a flag that read “Fuck Biden”. Every Middle school and High School bus in that town drove past his place twice a day. What a lovely message for the kids to see. I lost count of how many T-Shirts I saw with Trump giving the middle finger, or with the slogan “Trump 2024, Fuck your Feelings” or flags, banners and stickers that said “Let’s Go Brandon” (which at least is better). And then there was the story of a guy who had a vinyl wrap made for his pick-up truck tailgate that showed Biden hog-tied in the bed of the truck, charming. A couple days ago good ‘ol Elon called Sen. Mark Kelly a “traitor” for visiting Ukraine (an ally of the U.S.!). Chances are if you know someone who might qualify as a dick, they probably voted for Trump. This does not mean I think everyone who voted for Trump is a dick, nor do I think that everyone who deserves that moniker voted for Trump. Just that my observations indicate he won that minority group by a landslide.
How do I know? Strangely, I haven seen any “Fuck Trump” signs, flags, stickers, or shirts. I’m sure they exist, but I’ve never seen any. All this reminds me of a comedy sketch…
Oh, and one more thing. it reminds me of some advice my old boss Hassan told me, “Boy, you lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.”
It also reminds me of a Mr. Boch quote, “No one was every harmed by acting like a lady or a gentleman.” Be a gentleman.
Not that it was a surprise that Trump/Musk and their crew would do this, it just stinks.
Jeeze. We have an unqualified celebrity, conspiracy theory lawyer running our public health system. Not a doctor or public health official, no qualifications whatsoever. Fantastic. Oh boy I’ll bet those right wingers who were worried about free speech will angry about this, right? Lol, nope. Their defense of free speech is highly specific.
UPDATE: – Even more stupidity…
and…
Trump considers easing safety screenings for chemicals
Assuming the United States still exists then, only three years, 10 months and 9 days more to go.
Maybe it happens to everyone who has too much power, too much money and too much praise. But Elon is not a stable person. Nor is he trustworthy.
Musk calls Sen. Kelly a ‘traitor’ over trip to Ukraine, Kelly hits back
Senator Kelly is a former Navy pilot, a former astronaut, and an elected representative of his state. Musk is a rich, unelected crybaby who has been allowed to have way too much say. He has no right to call anyone “traitor” let alone someone like Kelly. Now he wants to destroy Social Security, a program that millions of U.S. citizens rely on.
Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud
Yes, it’s slow to get started (you could really skip the first 5 minutes), but Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spells out just SOME of the corruption that has sprung up within the Trump/Musk administration so far. It is totally worth the 28 min. watch. This is why hundreds of prominent Republicans who held positions in previous Republican administrations begged voters NOT to vote for Trump.
I say again…
As Elon Musk works at destroying the Social Security that millions of Americans rely on, And Congress eliminates the Medicaid and SNAP programs that keep our poor children healthy, take solace in the fact he’s doing really well.
Starlink benefits as Trump admin rewrites rules for $42B grant program
Gotta love those clever Trump voters who figured out a team of billionaires would be the best to recreate our government. You know billionaires care about us, right?
Remember the Kurds? Y’know I didn’t want to believe that Trump was a Russian asset despite the mounting evidence, but his actions since taking office scream Putin. Greenland is owned by Denmark, a NATO country who allows the U.S. to have both an Air Force and Naval base in Greenland. We patrol the “Northwest Passage” and keep it safe due to our commitments to our NATO allies. But if the U.S. owned Greenland, Trump could cede control of the Arctic Ocean to Russia. Panama has strict sanctions against Russian ships using the canal, but if the U.S. owned the canal, it could unilaterally drop those sanctions. What a gift that would be to Russia! Like breaking the bond between the U.S. and Western Europe, or substantially weakening the functionality of our government.
Now this…
Exclusive-Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
We made a promise, those people trusted us. But so did the Kurds. The thing I struggle to understand is, are his followers okay with breaking promises or just okay with him breaking promises?
UPDATE! – I was wrong, the Panama Canal has a doctrine of neutrality and already lets Russian ships through. Scratch that conspiracy theory I fell for. This is why I have to check my sources before I publish. Fact-checking is essential Y’know.
Yeah, but if someone hadn’t enriched themselves for years using their celebrity to make dumb suburban moms doubt the efficacy of vaccines, we probably wouldn’t HAVE an outbreak. Dumbass. Herd immunity requires high percentages of vaccination. It cannot be a “personal choice” since the choice is asking for the right to sicken others.
“We don’t want to see anybody die,” – Marco Rubio (late January)
On second thought, Daddy and Musk say we are okay with that – Marco Rubio (late February)
The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway
Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
I remember how excited I was when “Plumpy nut (RUTF) was developed. No more kids starving! And it was cheap, and it supported American farms!
Yeah, feels good to be an American these days.
After slashing federal workers’ jobs, Elon Musk suggests pay hike for politicians
They do work SO hard.
Some folks believe the left manipulates the media. It’s a convenient conspiracy theory because it allows one to discount that which challenges their opinions. I read a post recently, called Inside the Manipulation Machine. I liked that the author bases the beginning of his article on a book I very much enjoyed called “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by the brilliant Neil Postman. Although he summarizes the premise of the book he does not reference it. Which seems dishonest, since he’s clearly read it. Basically we went from a visual species to a verbal species to a species capable of understanding the written word. Then we de-evolved with first radio (verbal communication) and then television (visual communication). Now our caveman brains are easily manipulated. So Obama manipulated them!
Wait! What?