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I would like to know when journalists are going to ask politicians now whether death threats are part of their political calculus for particular legislative and oversight votes

6 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7WZVmf2HEQ

#journalism #uspol


IOW, a 'trusted #news source' finally admits it's partisan and politically tailors it's 'reporting'. How cool is that?

"MSNBC will lean into 'progressive' (🤣) roots in #Trump era"
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/23/msnbc-maddow-trump-programming-changes #ProgLibs #Censorship #MSM #MediaBias #USPol #USPolitics


Blue #MAGAts don't stop attacking anti genocide people when their fake care for Palestinians are exposed.

It's really sad the people who told us to shut up about #GenocideJoe are now acting as of #Harris would have been the savior of #Palestinians and it's all Orange Hitler's fault.

#US #Palestine #Genocide #Israel #Trump #Hypocrisy #politics #USpol

@palestine group @israel group


Blue #MAGAts don't stop attacking anti genocide people when their fake care for Palestinians are exposed.

It's really sad the people who told us to shut up about #GenocideJoe are now acting as of #Harris would have been the savior of #Palestinians and it's all Orange Hitler's fault.

#US #Palestine #Genocide #Israel #Trump #Hypocrisy #politics #USpol


The big names, like Pelosi, @schumer.senate.gov , and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social hate the activists in the base.

So even when a big progressive conference (like Netroots Nation, for example) happens the powerful are not there making waves and surprising people.

Our leadership is lethargic AF.

#USPolitics #uspol #FloodTheZone #Media #Strategy #Messaging #DeadwoodDems #FascistTakeover #FascistEnablers #Inert #Lethargy #Pelosiism #DemandMore #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #Jeffries #Schumer


Both Trump and Musk have been telling huge lies about everything for decades.

It's amazing that anyone believes a word they say.

but somehow huge swaths of the public are oblivious to the fact that they've been profoundly gaslit.

#Gaslighting #Lies #Liars #USPolitics #uspol #FloodTheZone #Media #Strategy #Messaging #DeadwoodDems #FascistTakeover #FascistEnablers #Inert #Lethargy #Pelosiism #DemandMore #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #Jeffries #Schumer


If your Rep or Senators are Dems call them and gently point out that they are FAR LESS popular than the orange imbecile currently destroying our nation.

Whatever #DeadwoodDems have been doing it's been catastrophic for their approval ratings.

Demand Change.

#RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #USPolitics #uspol #FloodTheZone #Media #Strategy #Messaging #DeadwoodDems #FascistTakeover #FascistEnablers #Inert #Lethargy #Pelosiism


the correct metaphor is boxing.

we have to throw more punches than the Cons do. and none of their punches can go unanswered. the truth is on our side. we will land more punches.

the only way to lose is if dimwits like Jeffries and Schumer continue inert lethargic Pelosi-ism.

#USPolitics #uspol #FloodTheZone #Media #Strategy #Messaging #DeadwoodDems #FascistTakeover #FascistEnablers #Inert #Lethargy #Pelosiism #DemandMore #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #Jeffries #Schumer


Pentagon denies sending Mother of all Bombs to Israel.

It's not like they have ever lied before?

#Israel #Pentagon #weapons #politics @israel @palestine #USpol #MOAB


Baseball is the WRONG metaphor.

Boxing is the right metaphor.

They are not pitches that we choose to swing at.

They are punches. Not every punch lands. Some do lots of damage.

but we MUST throw more punches than they do.

Not responding to a barrage of blows to the head is the same as throwing in the towel.

#USPolitics #uspol #FloodTheZone #Media #Strategy #Messaging #DeadwoodDems #FascistTakeover #FascistEnablers #Inert #Lethargy #Pelosiism #DemandMore #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll


Gen Caine retired w/ 3 stars, as a lieutenant general. By #statute, the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff is supposed to have served as a combatant Commander, as the vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or as the top uniformed officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Space Force.
It’s unclear if Gen Caine will need a congressional waiver; a congressional aide said #Trump had some latitude to choose whom he wanted & exceptions could be made for #NationalSecurity.
#USpol #law #military


In all, 6 #Pentagon officials were fired. In addition to #JointChiefs chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., #Trump also fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first #woman to lead the #Navy; Gen. James Slife, the vice chief of the #AirForce; & the top #lawyers for the #Army, Navy & #AirForce.

#USpol #law #military #NationalSecurity #MilitaryPreparedness
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


He served in several highly secretive #intelligence & special ops assignments, some in the US & some overseas.

Acc/to his military biography, Gen Caine was a part-time member of the Air National Guard from 2009 to 2016 & “a serial entrepreneur & investor.”

He was also an assoc director for #military affairs at the #CIA from 2021 to 2024, serving as the principal liaison to the #Pentagon & working w/the military on several highly classified programs & operations….

#law #USpol #NationalSecurity


Gen Caine is a 1990 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, where he received a degree in economics. He later got a master’s in air warfare at the American Military University.

An F-16 pilot with 150 combat flight hours, Gen Caine’s career took him on an unusual path for a future Air Force general.

He was a White House fellow at the Agriculture Dept & a counterterrorism specialist on the White House’s Homeland Security Council under Pres George W. Bush.

#law #USpol #NationalSecurity


“First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs,” #PeteHegseth said in a [TV] appearance…in Nov. He added that any general involved with #DEI efforts should be fired. “Either you’re in for warfighting, & that’s it,” he said. “That’s the only litmus test we care about.”

On Hegseth’s first day at the #Pentagon, however, he stood next to General Brown, who became chairman in Oct 2023, & said he looked forward to working w/him.

#law #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #NationalSecurity


#JointChiefs chairmen traditionally remain in place as admins change, regardless of the president’s political party. But #Trump White House & #Pentagon officials said they wanted to appoint their own top leaders.

…#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth [drunk rapist] has previously said that General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs in the #military.

#law #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #MilitaryPreparedness #NationalSecurity


#Trump fired the country’s senior #military officer on Fri after weeks of turmoil at the #Pentagon, injecting #politics into selecting the nation’s top military leader.

Gen Charles Q. Brown Jr, a four-star fighter pilot known as C.Q. who became only the second African American to hold the chairman’s job, is to be replaced by a retired three-star Air Force general, John D. Caine, who endeared himself to the president when they met in Iraq 6 yrs ago.

#law #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #NationalSecurity


Not sure I can cope with another four years to eternity of “oh well, nevertheless”. #USpol


Inhaltswarnung: USA taxes


"Among the many targets of the executive orders from Trump’s first few weeks in office are the over 70 million adults in the United States who report having a disability. That’s about one in four American adults, according to 2022 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—people who now face threats to their employment, education, and more."
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/disability-under-trumps-anti-dei-agenda/
#DEI #DisabilityRights #HumanRights #HealthEquity #Diversity #USPol


One of the little things that made me wince: At the end of a story about a man who voted for Trump and has now lost his federal agency job:

"Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to remove identifying information for the person’s safety."

https://wtop.com/virginia/2025/02/this-civil-servant-and-veteran-voted-for-trump-now-hes-out-of-a-job/

h/t @ai6yr
#uspol #veterans


I just donated some money to AP News since they kept saying “Gulf of Mexico”and are taking legal action to get their access back to the White House.

#press #uspol

https://apnews.com


The US is led by two mobsters who are currently terrorizing & traumatizing officials, Americans, Pres Zelenskyy, people who rely on USAID to survive...

"Ukraine was warned of an imminent Starlink shutoff if it didn't reach a deal on critical minerals. The issue was raised after Zelensky rejected an initial proposal from US Treasury Sec Scott Bessent & again in talks with US envoy Keith Kellogg on Thurs."

#Ukraine #Musk #Starlink #USPol #Russia #Putin #Extortion #Trump

https://www.reuters.com/business/us-could-cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/
Starlink logo:


I’m certain that somewhere, deep in the bowels of the Smithsonian, lies #ChuckSchumer’s spine.

#USpol #Democrats https://mastodon.social/@kottke/114038113700330538


(Don’t forget that $50 million of those contributions appeared to be blatantly illegal, although Trump is already hard at work making the Federal Elections Commission even less effective than it previously was.)

https://www.citationneeded.news/coinbase-campaign-finance-violation/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #Coinbase #USpolitics #USpol


Coinbase says that the SEC has agreed to drop the enforcement case against the company. It only cost them $75 million in political contributions.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #Coinbase #USpolitics #USpol


Fuck the “wider Irish diaspora” then. You don’t get to do rebel cosplay whilst supporting genocide.

#USpol
Boycotting the St Patrick's Day celebrations in the White House is a big call by Sinn Féin.

Such a snub risks damaging long-standing relationships with key political figures in the US.

It could also play badly with the wider Irish diaspora, many of whom are big supporters of Donald Trump.

But it is a gamble Sinn Féin's leadership are prepared to take.