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California Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned Trump for politicizing wildfires, spreading lies, and threatening to withhold federal aid unless the state conforms to his demands. Newsom highlighted Trump’s history of using disaster relief as a political weapon, accusing him of endangering first responders.
mediaite.com/tv/gavin-newsom-o

Fun fact: Adolph Hitler was also a convicted felon when he took office in 1933.

Conservatives, including Charlie Kirk and Christopher Rufo, sparked outrage by attacking the use of sign language interpreters during California wildfire updates, calling them unnecessary and "woke." Critics slammed their comments as heartless, underscoring a troubling trend of demonizing accessibility and inclusivity efforts.
rawstory.com/right-wing-267079

My place of work just deactivated their X account. Huzzah!

Even a political appointee has to be appointed. If Elon Musk is creating a shadow government, even with the tacit approval of the president-elect, it's a constitutional emergency.

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Two oligarchs with no government standing have created an entity falsely named as a government department. They are hiring private employees outside any official process. These operatives are interfering with actual government employees.

How is this legal?

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In response to Trump wanting to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, Mexico’s President Sheinbaum responded that renaming North America to its original name América Mexicana”, or “Mexican America”… “sounds nice, no?”

Why oh why would someone use Canva for a text document? 🤦🏻

Canadian MP Charlie Angus responded to President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to make Canada the 51st U.S. state by noting that existing Canadian laws prevent "sexual abusers" from leading his nation.

I need a data set so don't make me send my AI minions to scrape it from you.

IOW Please take my poll, respond directly so I can see your instance, and then boost boost boost!

This is potentially a not so funny issue.

Can you see my animated avatar right now?

It's concerning that some are trying to normalize and find "common ground" with RFK. Let's be clear: You can never find common ground with someone responsible for the death of children because they deliberately spread anti-science misinformation.

In London (KY), police went to a home to execute a search warrant and shot the homeowner when he was exercising his 2nd Amendment rights. Police there had suspended the use of body cameras, so we can only assume that they killed him in cold blood. Jim Crow is alive and well there. Don't live or work there. Also, I'll bet the NRA won't lift a finger to defend Doug Harless, because for them, gun rights is a tool to uphold white supremacy. wymt.com/2025/01/04/justice-ma #Kentucky #PoliceBrutality

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