Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

This fight over funding has been brewing since Republicans took over the House of Representatives in January 2023. From their first weeks in office, when they launched the longest fight over a House speaker since 1860, the Republicans were bitterly divided. MAGA Republicans want to slash government so deeply that it will no longer be able to regulate business, provide a basic safety net, promote infrastructure, or protect civil rights. - Heather Cox Richardson

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-20-2024

Donald Trump and Elon Musk Have Energized the German Far-Right – Mother Jones

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/donald-trump-elon-musk-alternative-fur-deutschlandafd-german-elections/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

To all those editors putting the Tangerine Tyrant on their covers as Man of the Year... here's the real Person/Woman of the year....

Gisele Pelicot has been fearless & in forcing the trial of her attackers to be public has struck a blow for women, dragging abuse (in the family and beyond) out of the shadows.

This is who we should salute at year end not the American Monarch!

#politics #feminism

Been that way for some time and about to get put on blast in the United Oligarchs of America.
#Fuckers

Trump Wanted Shutdown to Happen on Biden’s Watch, Not His - The New York Times
(gift link)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/us/politics/trump-blame-shutdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE4.EHCa.J5M33SxIOr1y&smid=url-share

今日宜家收获——芙芙展示柜 #每日一芙

@Remittancegirl when billionaires abuse social media for their own personal gain, influence and political extremes, yes it is time for intervention.

US Troops (Usually) Don't Get Paid During a Government Shutdown, But Congress Does http://dlvr.it/TGwRXJ #snopes

Always discuss important details with your cat(s)

#Cats #Caturday

Interview: Tim Snyder: “Do Not Obey in Advance”: How Corporate America Is Bending to Trump

"It’s textbook anticipatory obedience" - the most monied are the ones setting "the example by yielding to power first."

Eg, ABC News settles a Trump defamation case by donating $15 million.

And tech leaders have also cozied up, with major donations to Trump.

Snyder is an expert on how authoritarianism works.

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/20/trump_defamation_suits

#Trump #CorporateObesiance #USPol #Fascism #Project2025 .

But wait there’s more! The nurse during her procedure was coughing/sneezing with no mask on. To no one’s surprise my mom now also has #Covid.

Normally I’d fly home at this point, but being #immunocompromised myself, Covid exposure is a serious danger that could very well end with me in the hospital with her.

Not to mention the looming government shutdown threatening the TSA during busiest travel days of the year. (2/?)

Trump would be so upset if this image and hashtag went viral. Please do not boost. 😉
#PresidentMusk

this is my last essay of 2024, and it’s a big one, please give it a read

because it’s gonna take all of us to fix this 🩷

I just don't understand, Mr. Arellano. Couldn't you have started citizenship proceedings after the first child was born?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRCG2ud46g

They out heah kicking NEWBORN US CITIZEN kids out the country. A mother who just gave birth, her newborn babies, and an older child have just been deported. Get BUSY, people. Take care of your kids, your partners, yourself.

Luigi, Mother Nature version...

“Luigi Mangione could face death penalty for killing member of wrong demographic: It only counts as terrorism when the victims are rich white guys”

by Laura in Normal Island News on Substack

“Not even high school shooters are classed as terrorists in the US because a class of kids is less important than a CEO who ruthlessly exploits the working class.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/luigi-mangione-could-face-death-penalty?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

#Press #US #Mangione #DeathPenalty #Terrorism

"Why does it feel like the world is falling apart?"

By Brian Klaas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLm6dC34gYk

Just for the record, the Auschwitz Museum organization has a presence on Mastodon, and any mention of Elon Musk should be given a link to some place that he obviously wants to bring back.

This is what he is endorsing:

https://www.auschwitz.org/en/

FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP

"KL Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here."