What drives me super crazy about the Birthright Citizenship EO is that Trump is looking for "clarification" to the language of the 14th to exclude the children of anyone in the country illegally. But the constitution doesn't make that distinction. If you're born here, you're American. End of story.
It's fucking infuriating that something like the 2nd amendment is intractable and has to be followed to the letter. But amendments like the 14th - or even the 1st - seem to be open to interpretation with these charlatans.
Leon said it with his whole chest. If he’s “genius” enough to have “invented” Tesla and rockets, he’s smart enough to know what he did. And I might not be a doctor, but I’m 100% confident that fascism isn’t a presenting symptom of any neurodivergent condition.
Swords up. Always. Shields up too, remember that the most important act of defiance you can ever do is to not only thrive, but help everyone within your reach and means to thrive too. We've seen in the aftermath of this election that they will never claim victory in a way that calms the anger. Instead they will get angrier and angrier and angrier. Because of this, we win every time we revel in our happiness and live happily, something no number of billions can help you with.
Just going to quote a Star War (the adult Star War) because I can’t just post the meme version on Substack and also because I needed the reminder after yesterday:
“So much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine; it’s easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident.”
"We had Ferrix. But we were sleeping. I've been sleeping. And I've been turning away from the truth I wanted not to face. There is a wound that won't heal at the center of the galaxy. There is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it's here. It's here, and it's not visiting anymore. It wants to stay. The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we sleep. It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this... If I could do it again, I'd wake up early and be fighting these b*stards from the start. F[uck] the Empire!" - Maarva Andor
Took the creative license to change her last line to what the writers originally wanted. Andor is and always will be the best thing Star Wars ever did.
I will not entertain ANYONE'S argument that this was Elon 'gesturing from his heart', or whatever bullshit they're trying to say about it. It was very, very clear. And as someone else said, he's supposedly a genius (eye roll), he KNOWS what he was doing. And we're off to the races. The media acting like this wasn't the BIGGEST deal yesterday is making me insane. This should be shouting from the front pages of EVERY paper and website in the world. I don't care if it makes Elon laugh knowing he infuriated a lot of people. He deserves scorn and scathing rebukes. He should be unwelcomed by every foreign government. This is nonsense.
That he was even on stage to speak at an inauguration event is crazy to me. He's not a member of the administration. DOGE is not a thing. He's a fucking <i>donor</i>.
Yes. And the best way to get under Trumps skin this morning was to have Elon's nonsense screaming from the top headlines, over and above Trumps BS moves. THAT would have been awesome and the beginning of Trump trying to sideline Elon. But no, the media is acting like there is any ambiguity to what Elon pulled is crazy-making.
Well, no, it's not that simple. Yes, he's a donor, but his donations bought Trump, who will now just be a toothless frontman for whatever Musk and the worst of his techbro oligarch buddies want. And what Elon wants, specifically, is to rob old people and children of funds they desperately need in order to fund his pipe dream of living on Mars. The tepid response, particularly by the ADL and the MSM, that is infuriating. Elon is a Nazi, that's no surprise. If only those with a voice would say it out loud.
I’m currently listening to Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts in which the tale of the American diplomat to Berlin in 1933 is witnessing atrocities and excusing them as singular moments of violence by lone actors, not the ramping up of unfettered power by fascists.
Don’t look away, don’t ignore these moments where the mask slips.
“In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.”
The irony of taking the approach the Court took to the 2nd is that it would absolutely entrench the 14th for which there is clearer evidence of the "original intent". But then intellectual consistency is not exactly the hallmark of the current Court majority.
I think TikTok blatantly being used by Trump as a propaganda tool is a pretty clear example of why is was always a danger in the first place. Sorry mates, most social media is an avenue for propaganda and OF COURSE the Chinese owned one even more so. It was always pretty sketchy now it's just obvious
It also pretty much showed that the Orange Menace was always the biggest threat to National Security. That stunt just showed every country that all you need to do is praise the little toddler looking for validation and he will do whatever it is you want.
That's why this "celebration" of TikTok's return is so weird to me. It's absolutely tainted.
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if the point of all these tilts into hard right appeasement aren't just cynical business decisions, but a deliberate effort to move liberals off these platforms so people who aren't paying close attention can be propagandized to more easily.
I just saw a skeet that said "if you fuck a goat, you're a goatfucker. Doesn't matter if you're doing it ironically or not." Elon fucked that goat.
That's awesome and I will be using it often.
Someone needs to teach the South Park writers this lesson...
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3k3kalpou3d22
What drives me super crazy about the Birthright Citizenship EO is that Trump is looking for "clarification" to the language of the 14th to exclude the children of anyone in the country illegally. But the constitution doesn't make that distinction. If you're born here, you're American. End of story.
It's fucking infuriating that something like the 2nd amendment is intractable and has to be followed to the letter. But amendments like the 14th - or even the 1st - seem to be open to interpretation with these charlatans.
Even the second isn't followed to the letter: "well-regulated" comes before "shall not infringe."
Leon said it with his whole chest. If he’s “genius” enough to have “invented” Tesla and rockets, he’s smart enough to know what he did. And I might not be a doctor, but I’m 100% confident that fascism isn’t a presenting symptom of any neurodivergent condition.
Saw someone say that, after yesterday's events, Leon went from "the Henry Ford of our times" to "the Henry Ford of our times".
Swords up. Always. Shields up too, remember that the most important act of defiance you can ever do is to not only thrive, but help everyone within your reach and means to thrive too. We've seen in the aftermath of this election that they will never claim victory in a way that calms the anger. Instead they will get angrier and angrier and angrier. Because of this, we win every time we revel in our happiness and live happily, something no number of billions can help you with.
Just going to quote a Star War (the adult Star War) because I can’t just post the meme version on Substack and also because I needed the reminder after yesterday:
“So much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine; it’s easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident.”
"We had Ferrix. But we were sleeping. I've been sleeping. And I've been turning away from the truth I wanted not to face. There is a wound that won't heal at the center of the galaxy. There is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it's here. It's here, and it's not visiting anymore. It wants to stay. The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we sleep. It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this... If I could do it again, I'd wake up early and be fighting these b*stards from the start. F[uck] the Empire!" - Maarva Andor
Took the creative license to change her last line to what the writers originally wanted. Andor is and always will be the best thing Star Wars ever did.
I will not entertain ANYONE'S argument that this was Elon 'gesturing from his heart', or whatever bullshit they're trying to say about it. It was very, very clear. And as someone else said, he's supposedly a genius (eye roll), he KNOWS what he was doing. And we're off to the races. The media acting like this wasn't the BIGGEST deal yesterday is making me insane. This should be shouting from the front pages of EVERY paper and website in the world. I don't care if it makes Elon laugh knowing he infuriated a lot of people. He deserves scorn and scathing rebukes. He should be unwelcomed by every foreign government. This is nonsense.
That he was even on stage to speak at an inauguration event is crazy to me. He's not a member of the administration. DOGE is not a thing. He's a fucking <i>donor</i>.
Yes. And the best way to get under Trumps skin this morning was to have Elon's nonsense screaming from the top headlines, over and above Trumps BS moves. THAT would have been awesome and the beginning of Trump trying to sideline Elon. But no, the media is acting like there is any ambiguity to what Elon pulled is crazy-making.
Well, no, it's not that simple. Yes, he's a donor, but his donations bought Trump, who will now just be a toothless frontman for whatever Musk and the worst of his techbro oligarch buddies want. And what Elon wants, specifically, is to rob old people and children of funds they desperately need in order to fund his pipe dream of living on Mars. The tepid response, particularly by the ADL and the MSM, that is infuriating. Elon is a Nazi, that's no surprise. If only those with a voice would say it out loud.
It was absolutely a Nazi salute.
Schumers post last night on Bluesky. He can get f*cked all the way out. There is no bipartisanship with these people.
I’m currently listening to Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts in which the tale of the American diplomat to Berlin in 1933 is witnessing atrocities and excusing them as singular moments of violence by lone actors, not the ramping up of unfettered power by fascists.
Don’t look away, don’t ignore these moments where the mask slips.
The mask is fully off and has been for a very long time. We have seen the face of bloodthirsty fascism. Nobody cares.
Forced detransitioning of incarcerated transpersons. Trans women, already the most abused group of individuals, moved into male only prisons.
Less than one percent of the federal prison population is trans. But this is a Day One priority.
Good thing most people knew they wouldn't be getting cheaper eggs, because they will not be getting cheaper eggs.
You get [waves arms] this.
Nobody cared about cheaper eggs or cheaper anything. They wanted to hurt people.
I hope the earth opens up and swallows them all.
“In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.”
Grace? Healing? Unity?
How about fuck no.
So much shit in one sentence.
Where was this in their comments about students peacefully protesting against the warcrimes in Gaza?
If you can blatantly reframe the 14th, you can reframe the 2nd.
The irony of taking the approach the Court took to the 2nd is that it would absolutely entrench the 14th for which there is clearer evidence of the "original intent". But then intellectual consistency is not exactly the hallmark of the current Court majority.
If it walks and talks like a racist weirdo with daddy issues, it's a racist weirdo with daddy issues.
Even Dr. Strangelove had the good sense to contain his arm for a few seconds there.
President launches a crypto scam (or two)
add a buttload of immunity from prosecution
stir in a healthy pinch of pals who knowingly further his criminal conduct
beat in a whole bag of rubes
bake until pardons for the complicit allies and family are complete
The recipe for an unstoppable American kleptocracy.
Thanks for this article, as it provided crucial info re the EOs from yesterday. Just upgraded to paid, for the year.
I think TikTok blatantly being used by Trump as a propaganda tool is a pretty clear example of why is was always a danger in the first place. Sorry mates, most social media is an avenue for propaganda and OF COURSE the Chinese owned one even more so. It was always pretty sketchy now it's just obvious
It also pretty much showed that the Orange Menace was always the biggest threat to National Security. That stunt just showed every country that all you need to do is praise the little toddler looking for validation and he will do whatever it is you want.
That's why this "celebration" of TikTok's return is so weird to me. It's absolutely tainted.
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if the point of all these tilts into hard right appeasement aren't just cynical business decisions, but a deliberate effort to move liberals off these platforms so people who aren't paying close attention can be propagandized to more easily.