Pee, eat and sleep well, Senator Booker. ☺️
Thank you for showing us what courage can look like. You are a torchlight in a very dark place. You've given strength and inspiration to the growing resistance. We have been energized by your example.
Sleep now. 😴 You fought an amazing fight. John Lewis is so proud of you. May we make him proud, too. 🙏
My mom wants to watch the Booker speech on her TV, but we can't find a single station showing it.
Lots of commentary. Lots of chyrons. Can't find it. We will not go to Fox, she is very clear about that.
Help a guy's dear old mother?
Edit: Never did find an answer, but since the filibuster is finished, there's no point in seeking additional help. Thanks to everyone that chimed in and/or boosted.
Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., is speaking and planning to hold the Senate floor for as long as he can. "I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble.MSNBC
When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed
>>At international academic conferences recently, one sees an interesting trend. Some American participants are travelling with “burner” phones or have minimalist laptops running browsers and not much else. In other words, they are equipped with the same kind of kit that security-conscious people used to bring 15 years ago when travelling to China.<<
#JohnNaughton #TheGuardian #USA #USPol #Research #Oppression #Authoritarianism
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…
US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuaryJohn Naughton (The Guardian)
A bit late on the bandwagon for this one, but that whole US thing with the idiots on Signal...
Many of the journalistic reports go in-depth about Signal itself, as if it's somehow to blame.
If you get a monkey to drive a car into a wall you shouldn't report on the car itself, but rather why you gave the monkey the keys in the first place.
THIS IS IMPEACHABLE!!!
President Bystander: Trump appears out of the loop in his own White House
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m…
#BystanderTrump #EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Confronted with key questions about life-or-death issues, Donald Trump looks like a bystander, offering the public a lot of shrugged shoulders and blank stares.Steve Benen (MSNBC)
Thank you, Bishops! He's a threat to the entire world.
More leaders: STAND UP!!!!
'The President is a dangerous threat': Lutheran bishops take a stand
alternet.org/lutheran-christia…
#EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Who gets to decide what is Christian? What does religious liberty look like today? With so much unsettling and destabilizing news coming from the new administration in Washington, DC, it’s hard to keep up with and keep track of everything.Wisconsin Examiner (Alternet.org)
SOCIAL SECURITY IS BREAKING DOWN!!!
Washington Post: “The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts because the servers were overloaded.
1/2
#SocialSecurity #DOGE #SSI #USPol
And so, here we are #canada #cdnpoli
A version of this @ #globeandmail
“What’s the probability of this kind of scenario? Ten per cent, 5 per cent, or 1 per cent? No one can say for sure. But it’s certainly not zero. And given the existential cost to Canada, we’d be stupid not to take it seriously. In game-theory terms, we need to pursue a strategy of “minimax regret” – to minimize, as best we can, the possibility of worst-case outcomes.”
cascadeinstitute.org/prepare-f…
Cascade Institute Executive Director Thomas Homer-Dixon urges Canada to bolster its defenses against the growing threat of an authoritarian and imperialist U.S. regime.nicole (Cascade Institute)
The Department of Education being closed is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.
Most #maga supporters want it as #trump and #doge convinced them schools were federally funded, and they were going to overhaul and fix it.
They're too uneducated to know that it's already funded by states, and The Department of Education exists to fill gaps in resources, especially for #disabled and disadvantaged children.
Which red states need THE MOST.
There are a lot of Canadians who don’t want to visit the US just now. But if you have to, I would strongly advise going by air, because US CBP is in the airport in Canada. So they can still arbitrarily refuse entry because you voted Liberal or your name is Nadia or whatever, but they can’t throw you into detention without recourse, which they definitely can at the highway crossings, and seem to be doing more of.
"I deal with every country, indirectly or directly. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada," Trump said.
He continued: "Canada was meant to be the 51st state because we subsidize Canada by $200 billion a year."
Do not tell Canadians that he's "just kidding". Or that the threats are not real.
Family members of Venezuelan migrants who suspect their loved ones were sent to El Salvador as part of a rapid US #deportation operation over the weekend are struggling to get more info as a legal battle plays out.
Advocates have launched a WhatsApp helpline for people searching for family members, while #immigration attorneys have tried to locate their clients after they went dark.
#law #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #USpol #Trump #AbuseOfPower #AlienEnemiesAct
reuters.com/world/americas/rel…
The public comment period for the transphobic bullshit on US passports ends TOMORROW! (Monday)
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.The General Strike
A friend of mine, Amy Paris, has decided to speak out after being fired from DHHS, where she oversaw the safety of organ donations across the US. As a high-performer and one of the highest-ranking trans people in the US government, it’s hard not to see this as politically-motivated.
19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-paris…
#USPol #transgender #trans #19thNews
6,000 probationary USDA employees hired back.
Guantanamo detainees brought back stateside
Weldon's CDC nomination yanked.
Tesla stock in the toilet.
Pushback works. Court battles work. Protests work.
We can't save everything, but the things we can save are worth saving.
Keep going.
I had to learn a lot about parliamentary government when studying for Canadian citizenship so I have all the passion of the recently-converted but I think we're all getting a lesson on which is the superior* approach right now.
*Not perfect, of course. And I'm still holding my breath for the Canadian election.
The public comment period is currently open for a proposal to remove NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) regulations. Please share this with your networks and add your thoughts: federalregister.gov/documents/…
Trump and MAGA Republicans are attempting to dismantle the Department of Education to enrich themselves, at the expense of our students, families, and communities.
100K plus MoveOn members have signed. Will you text BLOCK to 668366 to add your name to the protest petition, too?
I haven't fact checked that, so I'm assuming it's bullshit (and that our own tariffs will stay on as Trudeau said he didn't care about half measures)
"Trump’s tariffs will still apply to about 50% of Mexican imports and more than 60% Canadian goods.
The president’s exemptions apply only to goods that are compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the deal negotiated during Trump’s first term that governs trade in North America.
White House official told CNBC that only about 50% of Mexican imports and 38% of Canadian imports are USMCA compliant."
#Trump claimed that his #trade policy will be “great” for the American #farmer because they won’t have to compete w/foreign producers.
Actual #farmers point out that the #US #agriculture industry produces far more corn, soybeans, pork, chicken, cattle etc. than Americans could possibly consume. Farmers say they need foreign markets, but other countries impose #tariffs on their goods in #retaliation for Trump’s tariffs. That cuts them off from the foreign customers they need.
#Trump trashes the federal work force for not being at work in person since the pandemic, & says those who “resist this change will be removed from office immediately.”
The days of being ruled by “unelected bureaucrats” are over, Trump says.
#Democrats scoff & point up at the gallery where #Musk is sitting.
#Trump falsely stated that #DOGE has found “hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud.” DOGE has claimed to have cut $9 billion thus far.
Trump is talking about firing federal workers & “reclaiming power from bureaucrats.” His efforts to expand presidential power by firing workers and removing independent agency leaders have been largely blocked so far in federal courts.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus [#CBC], including Illinois Rep #LaurenUnderwood, plan to wear black to the speech to "capture the party's somber mood," according to her & to reports from Axios.
Other members are planning to wear blue & yellow to show solidarity with #Ukraine, just days after #Trump ordered a pause on military #aid to the country.
Tonight, at #Trump’s speech, members of the #Democratic #Women’s Caucus — will be dressed in a bright pink.
New Mexico Rep Teresa Leger Fernández, chair for the 96-member caucus, explained to Time that the pink is meant to “signal our protest of Trump’s policies which are negatively impacting women & families.”
[it’s also the color of the #WomensMarch]
#USpol #tyranny #MaleSupremacy #sexism #Rapist #SexualAssault #law #accountability
time.com/7264001/trump-congres…
Dozens of Democratic congresswomen will wear pink to President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress Tuesday night, organizers tell TIMENik Popli (Time)
Am I rooting against my country?
No.
I’m rooting against the criminals and nihilists who are actively sabotaging it.
"At least 146 measles cases have been ID'ed in W TX, incl. 20 hospitalizations & 1 death.
"MX has issued a warning to its citizens asking them not to travel to TX & 7 states due to a measles outbreak."
"Thanks to vaccines, #Measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. Anti-vaxers hosting measles parties are sending their own kids to the hospital."
-J Cabellero
The US has a #PublicHealth crisis.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/02…
borderreport.com/news/health/m…
Mexico has issued a warning to its citizens asking them not to travel to Texas and seven other states in the U.S. due to a measles outbreak.Salvador Rivera (BorderReport)
I'm thinking German tourists are not really going to want to visit the US, with ICE and the tendency of our National Parks of killing them on vacation.
10news.com/like-a-horror-movie…
#tourism #germany #ICE #politics #USpol
A German tourist is fighting to get released from an immigration detention center after she was denied entry at the San Diego border and taken into custody by ICE last month.Austin Grabish (ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV)
I had no illusions about Trump's second term, but I have to say that he still absolutely blew away any boundaries I thought he wouldn't go beyond.
