In his letter, #DickDurbim recounted a meeting between #EmilBove, who helped spearhead mass firings of #DOJ prosecutors, & #FBI leadership. Bove supposedly told the bureau ofcls that #StephenMiller [evil f⁕⚠︎k] was pressuring him on #KashPatel’s behalf to move more quickly in dismissing snr career ofcls at the FBI.
Durbin cited accounts from “multiple sources” & quoted contemporaneous notes as corroboration. Durbin said the notes read: “KP wants movement at FBI, reciprocal actions for DOJ.”
@pthane @UkeleleEric @kibcol1049
👍 For years I've been wanting Congressional salaries to be tied to the poverty line. And for a good proportion of said salaries to be paid in the form of expense reimbursement---rent, food, gas, etc.
🚨The top Democrat on the #Senate #Judiciary Cmte on Tues accused #KashPatel, #Trump’s nominee for #FBI director, of improperly directing a wave of firings at the bureau before being confirmed.
In a letter to the #DOJ’s #IG, Senator #DickDurbin of IL cited “highly credible information from multiple sources” that suggested Patel had been personally involved in covertly orchestrating a #purge of career officials at the FBI.🚨
#law #TrumpCoup #EmilBove #NationalSecurity #authoritarianism #autocracy
Antisemitism, celebrity with Super Bowl ad
@ai6yr
Kanye West Dropped by Talent Agent After Antisemitic Rant: 'Effective Immediately'
This change in representation comes days after the rapper shared several slur-ridden posts on X
https://people.com/kanye-west-dropped-by-talent-agent-after-antisemitic-rant-effective-immediately-8789903
Shopify shuts down Ye website selling swastika shirts
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5139071-shopify-shuts-down-ye-website-selling-swastika-shirts/
"Let me say this more clearly: what is happening right now, in America, in real time, is a coup."
"This is an information war and this is what a coup now looks like."
"Musk didn’t need a tank, guns, soldiers. He had a small crack cyber unit that he sent into the Treasury department last weekend. He now has unknown quantities of the entire US nation’s most sensitive data and potential backdoors into the system going forward."
🧵 2/3
https://reason.com/2025/01/21/can-trump-rename-the-gulf-of-mexico-with-an-executive-order/
Google didn't really have to adopt the new name of #gulfofmexico #gulfofamerica . The orange guy's executive order was for the federal government structures to use the new name. Everyone is free to use the established name.
"Workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been told to flip a coin to decide who gets a desk, thanks to overcrowding after President Donald Trump’s return-to-office edict. "
@stonekettle Pffft. He's your third senator. He wasn't even a wanted or successful coach. @aaron.rupar
🇺🇸 Trump secretly expanded envoy Stephen Witkoff’s role to open a backchannel with Russia, per NYT.
Witkoff, originally appointed as a Middle East envoy, has already spoken with Putin’s allies and discussed Ukraine in Saudi Arabia & Qatar.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/marc-fogel-teacher-released-russia.html
Republicans are racists. Period.
The Trump administration is making racist violence more likely
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-racist-violence-kkk-flyers-trump-100-rcna191488
#StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Aurora teachers offer a glimpse into their classrooms on the day of immigration raids
“Fifth graders know about warrants. Fifth graders shouldn’t have to know about warrants,” he said. “We have kids who are resilient in ways I wish they didn’t have to be.”
Trump's brazenness is literally costing hostage lives -- if there are any alive to actually release.
Racism, technology, Google, DEI
Bowing down to pressure from the racists in office; large Federal contracts at risk?
https://www.theverge.com/news/608858/google-calendar-missing-events-holidays
@AlliFlowers @samlitzinger Psychopaths don't feel like having to ask for others' permission to do as they please, however disastrous the consequences may turn out.
Even worse, with Trump we're seeing a dementing psychopath.
"...
He is showing marked deterioration in impulse control and judgement.
This represents a unique danger because of Trump's pre-existing Malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder. As he continues to deteriorate he will become even more erratic, impulsive, paranoid, and aggressive than he already is. A demented malignant narcissist as president of the United States would have unimaginably catastrophic consequences.
Not only is Trump unfit, but he cognitively incapable of carrying out the duties of president. Under normal circumstances, relatives of such a patient would be seeking consultation with experts, and considering long term care, as he continues to deteriorate.
..."
@samlitzinger Who gave him the right to make any determination about what goes on in another country!
⛔️🇺🇸Some Americans Demand South African Immigrant Musk And His Birthright Children Be Deported By ICE: Elon Musk Calls for Impeachment of Judges After DOGE Legal Blows (VIDEO and more) https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-calls-impeachment-judges-after-doge-legal-blows-2028404 #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #Mastodon #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
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