James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

Who knew that Trump would be able to add to his leadership team all Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Disease, Famine, War and Death.

2 very disturbing posts. 🧵 First one is a thread of its own

1/ Via Rupar:

Trump, & by extension the American govt, has sold out our ally and is now on the side of Putin’s despotism. This is what 77 mil Americans voted for in pulling the lever for him. Trump’s fondness for Putin was no mystery. It’s a stain upon our country & a disgrace.

‪John Hudson‬:

Reporter: Do you still think Zelenskyy is a dictator,
Trump: Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that.
WHAT THE FUCK? 🤯

OFFS, seriously #Musk? SERIOUSLY?

The worst people making the dumbest decisions about the most important things is probably not going to work out for any of us, is it?

America is like what if all the bad kids from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory grew up and formed a political party then that party ended up controlling all 3 branches of government

#USpol #coup

#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #GoldCard

From CNN.com: Trump says US will sell “gold card” giving wealthy foreigners the right to live and work in the US for $5 million fee (scroll through headers to find article)

https://www.cnn.com/webview/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-25-25?cid=ios_app#cm7l22g2x00003b5vmfm8sq5h

So, while I think this article declares victory a bit too soon, I think we also need the occasional optimistic view that we may actually get through this administration.

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-24-trump-coup-has-failed/

(by way of @pluralistic)

@MostlyHarmless
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Did not expect this from Laura Dudas but I’m glad that she’s asking for #Ottawa City to move off X.

“Dudas has given notice of a motion she will make to council's finance and corporate services committee next week. It asks city staff to draw up a plan to suspend the accounts [on X] and migrate to other platforms.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-x-twitter-account-bluesky-rules-1.7466939

Now we see what they've been doing with those damn emails.

Via Brad Moss:

FFS stop running the government off a damn AI algorithm

‪NBC News‬:

UPDATE: Responses to the Elon #Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary or not, sources say.

What might Elon Musk's own "5 Things I Did Last Week" list look like?

- Continued work on "Project X" to replace democracy with billionaire-controlled fascism.

- Laughed myself silly at how easily manipulable that moron Trump is!

- Fired more regulators who were investigating my companies.

- Practiced the you-know-what salute!

- Offered my sperm to more babes!

"While corporate media barely touches on this, Trump’s approval rating is now the lowest of any President one month into his second term since polling began."

~ Dean Obeidallah

While I find such pushback as is happening now heartening, and polling data encouraging, I'm not sanguine about the ability of pushback to reverse the tide of Musk-Trump, who do not care what the rest of us think, when all power is in their hands.

#Musk #Trump #polls #ApprovalRating
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/its-the-fk-around-and-find-out-time

#USpol #PolitcalCartoon #NoKings

YOU HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR GROCERY STORE. IT'S FINE.

American Oversight Files Bar Complaint Against Deputy AG Bove for Corrupt Actions in Dismissal of #EricAdams Charges

The organization calls for a full investigation of reported misconduct by Bove, who pushed for the dismissal of criminal charges in return for Adams’ political cooperation with the Trump administration. https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-files-bar-complaint-against-deputy-ag-bove-for-corrupt-actions-in-dismissal-of-eric-adams-charges/