"The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies." These are the fascistic twerps working for president Musk, for whom no one voted.
The pinnacle/nadir of Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. I know distraction is the pt. but this distracted me. MSM, interview these kids! "Wired reported this week that leadership @ #Trump's Office of Personnel Management, which controls employment for the whole federal bureaucracy, now includes a 21-year-old intern of tech billionaire Peter Thiel & a #Musk intern who graduated high school in May. Yes, that would mean he's still a literal teenager."
Salon.com
MAGA is revenge of the mediocre on the meritorious — Trump's war on federal workers proves it
"I will not be pushed out by two billionaire trust fund babies"
Queen Maggie Hassan. Wow! Not only did she speak so movingly about her son, but man, did she tear apart #RFK. He knows squat about Medicare and Medicaid. You love to see it and only hope and pray that it makes a difference.
Daily Kos
Watch this Democrat obliterate RFK Jr. during Senate hearing
Sen. Maggie Hassan, Democrat of New Hampshire, delivered a devastating blow to President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health a...
 #MaggieHassan #uspol #Autism #Vaccines
"Even more troubling to many researchers is a pause on study sections that many received word of today. Without such meetings, NIH cannot make research awards." The #NIA (National Institute on Aging) is an arm of the #NIH. #Research on #dementia is now on pause. The dementia affecting our loved ones is not. https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring #EndAlz
Thank you @Nat Oleander for boosting this. I just spent the day happily teaching Poe! "The Man of the Crowd" and "Berenice." On a less humorous note, 2025 sure is making me feel like Fortunato. "Nevermore" seems like an appropriate battle cry and we're only 1 day into this real-life horror. image
#GeorgeOrwell died today in 1950. His words & admonitions live on. Let us read, remember, & act upon them. #litstudies #Bookstodon #AntiFascism image
2025, I would prefer not to. -- Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street #Melville
A bracing essay by marine Timothy Soseki Kudo about the potential (likely?) horrors if and when #Hegseth is confirmed. It asks and tries to answer the following question: What does harm reduction, if I can use that term here, look like if and when the military is instructed to fire on protestors?
Slate Magazine
I’m a Marine. I Can’t Get One Part of the Pete Hegseth Hearing Out of My Head.
It’s time to prepare for the worst-case scenario under Trump.
 #MAGA #KentState
I 💜 Mary Trump: "It seems to me that if men get distracted by the presence of women in their units, they are the ones who should not be allowed to serve in combat roles."
The First Domino
Democratic women lead the fight, all Republicans fail us
 #MaryTrump #Hegseth #MAGA
The recklessness of #MAGA. There is of course depravity and carelessness but #Duckworth gets at another profound problem with this incoming group of losers and fascists. “The manager of the average Applebee’s has probably managed more people than Pete #Hegseth,” Duckworth said during a press call Friday, referring to Trump’s nominee to head the Pentagon.
Yahoo News
Duckworth: Trump’s Pentagon pick has less experience than Applebee’s manager
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a decorated combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says President-elect Trump’s pick to...