"Yesterday’s #WhiteHouse stunt had all the hallmarks of Trump #corruption, but there was something else, too—an air of desperation. It was a tacit admission that the #protests are working and that #Musk and #Trump are rattled...
These moments make clear that this time, Musk has wagered the only thing he can’t easily buy back—the very #myth he created for himself."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/elon-musk-human-meme-stock/682023/
Another travesty!
"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress in a letter Thursday that the USPS aims to eliminate 10,000 jobs using a voluntary early retirement program over the next 30 days to reduce costs at the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service."
Millions of Americans depend on the USPS for access to critical information, benefits & life-saving medical care...
#GOPDeathCult #USPS #DOGE #Musk #Purge #Coup #Resist #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-cut-10000-workers-elon-musks-doge/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=772811070
Outrage & exposure halts Trump's plans for Social Security service cuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mFpn8BJLV4
"Rep. John Larson channeling the outrage of his constituents at the anticipation that Donald Trump's top donor, #ElonMusk, is intending to destroy #SocialSecurity in order to privatize it... #Musk was planning cuts to Social Security's telephone customer service... Between the public outcry & the exposure in the #media, the pushback... appears to have worked."
MeidasTouch garnered ~115M downloads & views combined, comp. to Rogan’s 63.8M -recent 30-day period.
Ben says they don’t measure “success by beating” Rogan. RW podcasters weren’t cooked up in a lab,” but developed an audience organically over time. That media space has “mutated in a way that went from -comedy & sports… laundering an oligarchy & real problematic behavior -their audience & the capital they built -to vote agst their own personal interests.”
#USPol #Resist https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-resistance-meidastouch
"The Arlington National Cemetery website "scrubbed dozens of pages on gravesites and educational materials that include histories of prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members buried in the cemetery" to meet Trump/Hegseth orders."
#Racism #Republicans #Betrayal #Veterans #Resist #USPol
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/
"New Quinniac poll:
If there's a #shutdown...
32% blame Dems
31% blame Republicans
22% blame Trump
That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.
Note that only 22% of independents would blame Dems for a shutdown. 34% of them would blame the GOP and 22% would blame Trump, a total of 56%. A shutdown is clearly likely to be worse for Republicans.
In short, the vast majority of those who would blame Dems are Republicans already."
-G Sargent
“Are tariffs bad for growth? Yes, say 5 decades of data from 150 countries”
‘I’m not going to bend at all’: Trump doubles down on tariff plans as stocks sink"
"The WH is focused on the ‘real economy’ & not concerned about ‘a little’ market volatility"
-TSY Sec Bessent
Trump surrounds himself with yes-men -only they lie more eloquently. They're more responsible for the carnage than Trump -could stop the #tariffs #firings #stagflation #recession...
#USPol #Coup #Resist
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/trump-tariffs-eu-stocks-sink.html
In Musk’s mind, DC needed to be debugged, hard-forked, sunset. His strike teams of young engineers would burrow into the govt’s byzantine bureaucratic systems & delete what they saw fit -help Trump slash the budget to the bone. He turned to those around the table: Can you believe we were spending taxpayer
on condoms? They shook their heads. #Musk looked back at his phone. What if we cut all fed grants to NGOs?
"This is a digital coup”
-USAID
#DOGE #Purge #Resist #USPol https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-digital-coup-doge-data-ai/
Anti Tesla protest at the Lyndhurst Ohio Tesla dealership on Saturday, March 15th from 12:30pm-2pm! 5180 Mayfield Rd, Lyndhurst OH 44124
#protest #ohio #cleveland #akron #50501movement #activism #tesla #teslatakedown #resist
In light of recent events in New York City
We at @50501Chicago and @50501_movement committed to nonviolent resistance. Remember, nonviolent resistance is still resistance.
@QasimRashid Why pay Sean Hannity a sales commission? Buy directly from Donnie’s “White House #Tesla Auto Mail”! Watch the TV ad: youtu.be/bQqxKKFvrLA
Treasury Secretary Bessent said the White House is focused on the ‘real economy’ and not concerned about ‘a little’ market volatility.
Trump's meanness & erraticism is problematic for his advisors, but Bessent is a smooth talker, paints Trump's plan to destroy the fed govt, as a minor hiccup, & normalizes an imminent, catastrophic recession.
Please watch.
#Recession #MarketCrash #Stagflation #Coup #Resist #Tariffs #Firings #Musk #DOGE #USPol
@wdlindsy Donnie’s TV ad for the “White House #Tesla Auto Mall” is actually quite good! https://youtu.be/bQqxKKFvrLA
“This is devastating for American education & our students -will strip students of equitable education, place our most vulnerable at great risk & set back educational success that for many will last their lifetimes."
~1,300 of the #ED Dept’s ~4,000 employees were told Tues they'd be laid off & placed on admin. leave starting Mar 21 *final day: Jun 9.
The civil rights div had about 550 employees *among the most heavily affected by Tues' layoffs.
#Equality #Resist #USPol
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-division-eroded-by-massive-layoffs
A ten year old girl recovering from brain cancer was deported to Mexico and prevented from attending her necessary follow up appointment
She was a U.S. citizen, but it didn’t matter.
The cruelty is the point.
I hope this sweet kiddo can access the care she needs to make a full recovery, and shame on those ICE agents who thought this was “ok”
This is why we speak out. Unspeakable horrors are happening all around us and if we stay silent, it will change us.
Don’t stay silent. Resist.
The Nerd Reich podcast, episode 1: The Network State
A deep dive into how tech billionaires like #ElonMusk are trying to dismantle traditional #governance to create their own #power structures through #crypto and #ArtificialIntelligence.
https://www.thenerdreich.com/the-nerd-reich-podcast-episode-1-the-network-state-2/
"we share bold predictions about where tech #authoritarianism is heading & reveal strategies for #resisting the growing control of billionaire #tech elites."
The mother of a Canadian woman illegally detained by ICE at the U.S. border wants to know when her daughter will be released.
The U.S. is not safe for anyone. Do not travel there.
“We eventually learned that about 30 people, including Jasmine, were removed from their cells at 3 a.m. and transferred to the San Luis Detention Center in Arizona. They are housed together in a single concrete cell with no natural light, fluorescent lights that are never turned off, no mats, no blankets, and limited bathroom facilities.”
https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-woman-detained-at-us-border-sent-to-arizona-detention-facility
