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(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)
(Jeff Danziger, The Rutland Herald, VT)
(John Buss, @repeat1968)
(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)
(Carlos Amorim, Correio do Povo, Brazil)
(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
(Rob Rogers, Tinyview.com)
(Joe Heller, hellertoon.com)
(Kevin Kallaugher, The Economist, London)
(Chris Britt, Creators.com)
(Rick McKee, caglecartoons.com)
(Vladimir Kazanevsky, caglecartoons.com, Ukraine)
(Adam Douglas Thompson, @adamdthompson)
"...I can’t know exactly what Trump will say on Monday and neither can Democrats, but the certainty that it won’t contain a sincere assessment of life in America, or of how he plans to govern, drastically limits the element of surprise. It allows us to anticipate broad themes he might adopt, and increases the urgency of refuting or repudiating them in advance. The best way to inoculate people to deception is to give them the tools they need to detect it.
"And so I am pleading with Democrats: Enough post-election chastening and consensus rituals, and enough pretending Trump has earned the benefit of the doubt. Instead, prime Americans for the lies he’s likely to tell, and make it clear why he isn’t to be trusted." [snip]
"Trump is also not set to inherit American carnage. He’s set, once again, to inherit a strong economy and social peace threatened almost exclusively by his fellow travelers. He’s also set to pretend otherwise.
"And so my plea to Democrats is to put just a little effort into limiting the number of people Trump will fool with whichever deceptive course he chooses. Assign someone, anyone capable of delivering remarks competently, to pick some platform, any platform, and say what’s true: Despite a campaign season worth of lies and agitprop, Joe Biden built an economy stronger than any in decades; when Trump predictably declares he inherited and reversed a disaster, it will be a lie. If and when he wrecks the economy again, it will be his fault. Joe Biden inherited a crime wave from Donald Trump and returned crime to below its pre-Trump levels. He inherited a depressed economy, and delivered full employment. Biden conducted his presidency with actual magnanimity—or, at least, without malice—and we’re about to be reminded why we voted him into office in the first place..." (our emphasis) --Brian Beutler, in his "Off Message" Substack, on why Democrats need to prebut the Malignant Fascist's upcoming barrage of lies with someone capable of increasing the pulse rate of the average American (that's not you, Chuck Schumer!). The idea that Democrats should have a "shadow government/ cabinet" of articulate people (not always office holders!) to prebut MAGAt lies is perhaps too sensible for a party still enamored of "norms," tradition, and seniority to adopt. But, consider if the party had forceful advocates in various policy arenas to puncture the torrent of lies about to become "official government positions" under the Malignant Fascist, as opposed to the disorganized approach taken historically by Democrats. We've got to do better, somehow.
MF inauguration now indoors; new decorations? --
Since the inauguration is moving indoors, here is a suggestion for decorations so the “law and order” guy see what supporters did. Just make it as it was on Jan 6, 2021.
— Aquilino A. Gonell (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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January 20's moral black hole cluster --
Most large galaxies have at their center a cluster of black holes, with a supermassive black hole (SBH) at the cluster’s core. The Milky Way’s SBH is called Sagittarius A*. At noon on Monday, our nation’s capital will have at its core a cluster of moral black holes that we should call Cluster B*.
— George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Anticipatory obedience (and cowardice) at CNN --
even in 2025's media landscape, this story is jawdropping: Jim Acosta's morning CNN ratings are often higher than most of even the primetime anchors, but they wanna move him to midnights just to appease Trump (props to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social on yet another big scoop)
— shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Maybe I should just make @democracydocket.com’s slogan: “We won’t suck up to Trump.” It seems like it would be a market niche that almost no one else in the media wants.
— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Gov. Newsom on fighting fires and right- wing lies --
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We have 8,400 firefighters working the lines; 16,000 personnel; 2,500 National Guard trying to address the issue of looting; 750 CHP as we speak; we have the EPA starting to do phase 1 of the debris removal... All of that [rightwing disinformation] is a deep distraction."
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Zuck-up's war on woke workers --
Zuckerberg's MAGA makeover confirms it: The war on "woke" is cover for a war on workers. It is pathetic how billionaires like Zuckerberg and Musk resent the fleets of middle-class desk workers that made them wealthy. www.salon.com/2025/01/17/t...
— Amanda Marcotte (@amandamarcotte.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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What's that Musk-y smell? WankPanzer not legal in UK and Europe --
Thank you to Greater Manchester Police for helping keep vulnerable road users safe from this. There's a reason Tesla Cybertrucks are not legal in the UK and Europe; Cybertrucks present acute dangers to pedestrians and don’t meet European safety standards. The vehicle has been seized.
— Adam Tranter (@adamtranter.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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The only way to burn Russian oil; Slava Ukraini! --
Another 🇷🇺Russian oil depot attacked by 🇺🇦 drones in the Voronezh region also continues to burn, the fire is spreading to neighboring tanks! #Ukraine #Russia 🎥 Media network
— Ukraine Support 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 (@blue24world.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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🇷🇺 In Russia’s Engels, the Kombinat Kristal oil depot has been burning for the fourth consecutive day following an attack by Ukrainian 🇺🇦 drones. Meanwhile, the regional governor claims that the fire’s affected area has “significantly decreased.” #Ukraine #Engels 🎥 Live Ukraine
— Ukraine Support 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 (@blue24world.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Same old same old --
Just checking in to make sure everything is still stupid.
— John Collins (@logicallyjc.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Every Friday that starts with a sunrise is a Happy Friday! --
Finally Friday. Today's sunrise start in Chicago's South Loop.
— Barry Butler Photography (@barrybutler9.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Britain's Sam Fender is currently on his "People Watching Tour" across the UK and Europe. His "People Watching" album is scheduled for release in February, but the title track is already out, and it's a typically fine rocker (co- produced with Adam Granduciel of War on Drugs). Fender wrote it as a tribute to the late British actress Annie Orwin, who he considered to be his friend and surrogate mom. Hope you enjoy.
South African fascist and illegal immigrant President Elon Musk (a.k.a. Kekius Maximus, a.k.a. Maximus Anus), has become known for building things that unexpectedly explode. His latest failure was the explosion of a SpaceX Starship rocket after being launched yesterday from its Texas launch site. From Reuters:
"A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program.
SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship, carrying its first test payload of mock satellites but no crew, eight minutes after liftoff from its South Texas rocket facilities at 5:38 p.m. EST (2238 GMT).
Video shot by Reuters showed orange balls of light streaking across the sky over the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, leaving trails of smoke behind.
'We did lose all communications with the ship - that is essentially telling us we had an anomaly with the upper stage,' SpaceX Communications Manager Dan Huot said, confirming minutes later that the ship was lost."
Hilarity ensued when SpaceX issued a statement about the disaster: "Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn." That's a classic. Translation for Earthlings: It blew up.
Perhaps one day Kekius Maximus will ride one of his rockets toward Mars, and it will experience a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" too.
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Beloved baseball player, broadcaster, raconteur, tv ("Mr. Belvedere") and movie ("Major League" and two sequels) personality Bob Uecker passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Uecker, who was known facetiously as "Mr. Baseball" because of his lifetime .200 average, was one of the most naturally self-effacing, funny people ever to appear in front of an audience or on air. His Miller Lite ad tag line "I must be in the front rowww" is a cultural marker for anyone of a certain age. He broadcasted games for the Milwaukee Brewers for 54 years. He made over 100 appearances on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," and countless more on David Letterman's show, where he always kept the audience and host in hysterics with his baseball stories.
Multiple sports talk personalities marked his passing yesterday, including Rich Eisen and fellow Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Brian Anderson. Here's Major League Baseball's tribute to Uecker:
The official MF inauguration portrait (left) and his Fulton County Sheriff's Office mugshot from 2023. Memories ...
Trump made history on Aug. 24, 2023, when he became the first United States president, former or sitting, to have his mug shot taken. The unprecedented photo came after he surrendered to authorities in Atlanta following a Georgia grand jury's indictment of him and 18 co-defendants on charges related to alleged attempts to reverse the 2020 election results.
Thanks for the reminder that once a felon, always a felon!
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(R.J. Matson, CQ/Roll Call)
(Matt Davies, Newsday)
(Clay Jones, claytoonz.com)
(Robert Ariail, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, SC)
(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
(Steve Brodner, @sbrodner)
(Drew Sheneman, The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ)
(Jimmy Margulies, King Features)
(Michael Ramirez, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)
(Dennis Goris, @dennisgoris)
(Ellis Rosen, @ellisjrosen)
The confirmation hearings (cont.) --
HIRONO: Who won the 2020 presidential election? BONDI: Joe Biden is the president HIRONO: You cannot say who won the 2020 electon BONDI: *sits in silence* HIRONO: It's disturbing that you can't give voice to that fact
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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We fact-checked the Senate confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general. She said there was a peaceful transfer of power in January 2021 and misled about Trump’s 2021 call with Georgia election officials. www.politifact.com/article/2025...
— PolitiFact (@politifact.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Russell Vought had his Senate hearing yesterday. If confirmed, he’ll be a key figure in the regime, as competent as he is radical. He is one of the architects of Project 2025, an avowed Christian nationalist, and an ideologue of the “post-constitutional” Right – at war with pluralistic democracy.
— Thomas Zimmer (@thomaszimmer.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine, anti-science agenda is a threat to public health. Putting him in charge of America’s health care isn’t just reckless—it’s dangerous. Senator @pattymurray.bsky.social is right: the Senate must say NO. #StopRFK
— Protect Our Care (@protectourcare.org) January 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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William P. Barr threatened to resign when Trump considered making Patel deputy FBI director during his first White House term, Barr wrote in his memoir. Patel was not qualified, the former attorney general wrote, and would be picked “over my dead body.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
— Max Boot (@maxboot.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Giant toddler has a list --
Trump says he won’t hire “people who worked with, or are endorsed by” a list of 11 people. 6 of the 11 are people he hired.
— Eric Columbus (@ericcolumbus.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The extra- legal terror to come --
well the stuff described in here is terrifying www.politico.com/news/magazin...
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Cool, cool --
I love how embracing segregationism is cool now that it's been rebranded as anti-wokeness
— Soraya Nadia McDonald (@sorayanadiamcdonald.com) January 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What's that Musk-y smell? President Musk makes a bad deal --
That Iranian fellow was accused of mounting an attack that killed Americans. Imagine what MAGA would say if a Democrat intervened to cut someone like this loose.
— David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Rule: never trust Netanyahu --
The deal was set to be ratified by Israeli Cabinet on Thursday. But Netanyahu says, without specifying, that Hamas has gone back on several parts of the ceasefire agreement at the last minute.
— NPR (@npr.org) January 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Spa day? --
Spa day.. 😊
— Science girl (@science-girl.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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With winter here, a pro-Putin regime about to take office in the U.S., and Russian drones falling on their cities every day, we need to continue to focus our efforts on helping the suffering people of Ukraine as much as we can, to help them and democracy survive and thrive. Via The Philadelphia Inquirer, this is a (partial) list of verified charities that have been helping the people of Ukraine, although some information may be outdated and some organizations may be inactive at this time. Please consider giving:
World Central Kitchen
What they do: They have served millions of meals and have teams active in hundreds of cities and towns in Ukraine. They have also built a logistics network of delivery vans, trucks, trains, and warehouses throughout the country, delivering millions of pounds of food to families—sometimes in areas completely cut off due to fighting and near the Russian border.
How you can help: There are many ways to donate to WCK; see their website. This is a registered nonprofit, so donations are tax deductible.
🌐 wck.org
Project HOPE
What they do: Founded in 1958,
Project HOPE responds to humanitarian emergencies and disasters.
Currently, according to the group’s website, the group is aiding those
in Ukraine by mobilizing its emergency teams and “sending medical
supplies and standing by to provide health screening and care for
refugees.”
How you can help: Donate on the group’s website. This group is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.
🌐 projecthope.org
GlobalGiving
What they do:
GlobalGiving uses its funding to support local nonprofits working in
affected areas. Currently, “GlobalGiving’s local partners in Ukraine are
bringing relief to displaced families and people in high-risk areas.”
According to the group, your donation will support refugees with food,
shelter, and clean water, as well as providing health and psychological
support.
How you can help: Donate to the group’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund online. This group is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.
🌐 globalgiving.org
UNICEF USA
What they do: Hundreds of thousands of children have been affected by the conflict so far, and the UNICEF emergency response is working to address their needs by preparing
health, hygiene, and emergency education supplies, as well as
distributing safe water to affected areas, providing children with
psychosocial care, and helping kids separated from their families.
How you can help: Donate on the UNICEF website. UNICEF USA is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.
🌐 unicefusa.org
International Medical Corps
What they do: International Medical Corps helped Ukrainians during conflict in 1999-2000 by delivering medicine and training more than 500 local doctors and medical staff. In 2014, they partnered with the Ukraine Ministry of Health to support mobile health services and train medical professionals on preventing and controlling infections. As the crisis develops, the International Medical Corps has added mental health counseling to the services available for the community.
How you can help: Donate on the group’s website. Donations to this organization are tax deductible.
🌐 give.internationalmedicalcorps.org
What they do: United Help Ukraine receives and distributes food donations and medical supplies to people in Ukraine. The group’s current priorities: Aiding Ukrainian soldiers and their families, helping displaced people from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, and raising awareness of the current situation.
How you can help: Donate via PayPal, or by check payable to United Help Ukraine, Box 83426, Gaithersburg, Md., 20883. This is a registered nonprofit so all donations are tax deductible.
🌐 facebook.com/UnitedHelpUkraine.org
Revived Soldiers Ukraine
What they do: This nonprofit provides medical aid for people affected by military conflict. The group buys medication and medical supplies, helps support army hospitals, and works to improve the living standards for soldiers and their families.
How you can help: Donate directly through the group’s website, through PayPal or Patreon, or make it your preferred Amazon nonprofit, which donates 0.5% of the amount of your Amazon purchases to the group. This group is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.
Sunflower of Peace
What they do: Sunflower for Peace
offers medical assistance to Ukrainian orphans, people displaced by
war, and people heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the
country. In February 2022, the group started asking for donations to
prepare first aid medical tactical backpacks for paramedics and doctors
on the front lines. These kinds of backpacks — usually handled by
Marines, special military forces, and military groups — are used to save
lives in areas without access to hospitals or emergency care.
How you can help: Donate on Facebook. This group is U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.
🌐 facebook.com/sunflowerofpeace
The KYIV Independent
What they do: The KYIV Independent
is an independent media outlet reporting in English. The organization
has been covering the Russia-Ukraine conflict, doing fact checking, and
reporting on human rights. Since the group is not affiliated with any
government and reports in English, it is becoming an important window
into what’s happening in Ukraine right now.
How you can help: Since its creation in 2021, The KYIV Independent runs mainly on donations. Donate through GoFundMe or Patreon.
🌐 kyivindependent.com
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
What they do: This group runs an emergency program with $1 million in funding that helps the approximately 300,000 Jewish people in Ukraine. The fellowship
has staff and volunteers on the ground in Ukraine, and also funds the
country’s Jewish organizations to give Ukrainian Jews the chance to move
to Israel. Funds are also used to provide the Ukrainian Jewish
community with food, medicine, and heat. This group is U.S. registered,
so your donation is tax deductible.
How you can help: Donate online.
🌐 help.ifcj.org
Voices of Children
What they do: Voices of Children
provides psychological and psychosocial support to children affected by
war. Their main focus is on the front lines in the regions of Donetsk
and Luhansk. Donations help finance art therapy and mobile
psychologists, and help families in need.
How you can help: Donate directly on their website.
🌐 voices.org.ua
Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE)
What they do:
Created in 1945 to help people overcome the devastation of WWII, CARE’s
works to end poverty, and achieve equity and social justice worldwide.
In Ukraine, the group is working on providing girls, women, and elderly
people with water, food, and hygiene kits. They currently have a Ukraine
Crisis Fund specially focused on continuing their work in the country,
and providing psychological support, recovery, and cash assistance.
How you can help: Donate using a credit card or through PayPal on their website.
🌐 care.org
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
What they do:
The Red Cross’s International Committee provides shelter, food,
first-aid training, and humanitarian aid around the world. The group has
been supporting people in Ukraine for almost a decade and as the crisis
continues, they are adding to their help comfort kits for individuals
and families in need.
How you can help: Donate to the ICRC on its website.
🌐 icrc.org
American Red Cross
What they do:
In Ukraine, the American Red Cross is currently helping U.S. military
people and families deployed in the region. So far, they have sent 30
staff members to Europe to help U.S. military members in Ukraine connect
with their families back home, and are delivering hygiene items and
resources to service members and U.S. State Department staff abroad.
They can not help Ukraine with blood directly, because it can’t be sent
without special request from the U.S Department of State, the United
Nation, or other affected Red Cross networks.
How you can help: Donate on their website. They are U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.
🌐 redcross.org
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
What they do:
The JDC has been helping the Jewish community around the world since
1914; for the last 30 years they have focused on helping Ukraine’s
Jewish population. They aid elderly Jewish people, children, and
families by providing food, medicine, and utilities. At the moment, JDC
is preparing to send psychosocial support to Ukraine as mass
displacements increase, as well as delivering food packages, and
providing online support.
How you can help: Donate on their website. They are U.S. registered, so your donation is tax deductible.
🌐 jdc.org
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Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter yesterday to outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland asking that the Volume 2 report on the case against the Malignant Fascist's theft of classified documents be released, and that the co-conspirators' cases be dropped to satisfy legal concerns about prejudicing their cases. From CBS News:
"Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to consider dropping the federal charges against Donald Trump's former co-defendants in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, to ensure that the Justice Department can release the rest of special counsel Jack Smith's final report about Trump's alleged crimes. [snip]
Garland previously said he would not publicly release the second part of Smith's report, which details the allegations in the documents case, because the proceedings involving Nauta and de Oliveira were ongoing."
The letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Dan Goldman (D-NY) and other committee members lays out the rationale for the release of the volume:
"The American people now deserve the opportunity to read Volume 2 of Special Counsel Smith's report, which explains how President Trump knowingly retained hundreds of presidential and highly classified records at his Mar-a-Lago club and then deliberately defied subpoenas, obstructed law enforcement, hid evidence, and lied about his continuing retention of these records. It is in the very nature of American democracy that the people have a right to know of the public actions of their public officials, and it is essential to the rule of law that Justice Department special counsel reports continue to be available and accessible to the public."
On Tuesday, Garland released the Volume 1 report dealing with the MF's criminal actions to overturn the 2020 election. Given Garland's infuriating timidity and record of slow-walking the cases against the MF, which resulted in him avoiding justice, doesn't augur well for the Dems' request.
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"... Today, an oligarchy is taking democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. We see the consequences all across America, and we've seen it before more than a century ago. But the American people stood up to the robber barons back then and busted the trusts. They didn't punish the wealthy; they just made the wealthy play by the rules everybody else had to. Workers want rights there and it helped put us on a path to building the largest middle class, the most prosperous century any nation in the world has ever seen. [snip]
"... [P]owerful forces want to wield their unchecked influence to eliminate the steps we've taken to tackle the climate crisis, to serve their own interests for power and profit. We must not be bullied into sacrificing the future, the future of our children and our grandchildren. We must keep pushing forward and push faster.
"There's no time to waste. It's also clear that American leadership in technology is unparalleled, an unparalleled source of innovation that can transform lives. We see the same dangers of the concentration of technology, power and wealth. In his farewell address, President Eisenhower spoke of the of the dangers of the military industrial complex.
"He warned us then about, and I quote, the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power, end of quote. Six days -- six decades later, I'm equally concerned about the potential rise of a tech industrial complex that could pose real dangers for our country as well. Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power.
"The free press is crumbling, editors are disappearing, social media is giving up on fact checking, the truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit. We must hold the social platforms accountable to protect our children, our families and our very democracy from the abuse of power..." President Biden in his farewell address, January 15, issuing a needed warning about the oligarchy -- the "tech industrial complex" -- about to assume power in Washington, DC. At the conclusion, he said it's our turn to stand guard. May we do it with even greater strength and resolve, and clearer eyes about the evil we face.
In other parts of the address, he covered the many accomplishments of his Administration before they're memory- holed by the MAGAts and big media, always eager to please the powerful.
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(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)
(Lalo Alcaraz, LA Weekly)
(Pedro Molina, Counterpoint)
(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
(Matt Davies, Newsday)
(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)
(Jen Sorensen, gocomics.com)
(Joe Heller, hellertoon.com)
(Ted Littleford, @tedlittleford)
(Peter Steiner, plsteiner.com)
Top tech executives Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are scheduled to join President-elect Donald Trump’s grand comeback to the White House on Monday, sources told ABC News, reinforcing what's expected to be a closer relationship between big tech and the incoming administration.
Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are expected to have a front row seats on the platform alongside Trump’s Cabinet picks and other elected officials, sources familiar with the planning of the inauguration said.
Throughout the transition, Musk has spent a considerable amount of time with Trump, frequenting the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and often accompanying him to various events. Bezos and Zuckerberg have also made trips down to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump since his November victory.
Meta and Amazon have donated $1 million each to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, as have other major tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Meta, in particular, is donating to a presidential inaugural committee for the first time...
Man of the people!!
If we ever get rid of this Malignant Fascist and his melange of oligarchs and incompetent cultists, we need to remember who stood for our democracy and who stood with the MF. These dangerous dweebs should be at the top of our FAFO list. For now, you can always show your disgust by cancelling subscriptions, not buying products, and otherwise shunning these Quislings and their companies to the extent you can.
In an update to the saying "You can't bring a knife to a gunfight," Democratic attorney (Democracy Docket) Marc Elias recently said, "You can't bring norms to a Trump fight." Live that principle from now on.
Gaza ceasefire/ hostage deal reached! --
Negotiators in Qatar resumed talks on Wednesday hoping to hammer out the final details of a complex, phased ceasefire in Gaza aiming to end a conflict. Don’t worry, Trump will take credit for it regardless. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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The confirmation hearings --
Duckworth: How many nations are in ASEAN? Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) January 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Mark Kelly is about as centrist and polite as you can get and would never attack a fellow veteran. Kelly literally said he couldn’t find a single quality in Hegseth that would permit him to run the military. Kelly’s words were a stunning indictment.
— Troy Matthews (@keeptroyblue.bsky.social) January 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Markwayne Mullin rips the white sheet off the truth as he argues that Hegseth’s lack of qualifications don’t matter because he will be surrounded by capable people. When the nominee is Black or a woman, no amount of education or personnel support is sufficient to prevent the right’s “DEI hire” slur.
— Joy-Ann Reid (@joyannreid.bsky.social) January 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
i am watching clips from the hegseth hearings and it is a goddamn insult to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) January 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
As cabinet nomination hearings begin today, I'm focused on Pam Bondi's tomorrow. While there hasn't been much talk about her, nobody exemplifies more of a willingness to pervert the mission of her office to the ends of the president. prospect.org/justice/2025...
— David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) January 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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No point following the confirmation hearings. The grand high poobahs of the Republican party are going to give them all a pass. How about that guy Tuberville? He makes MTG look like a Mensa scholar.
— Stephen King (@stephenking.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
No confidence. None. Nada. Zero --
WASHINGTON (AP) - Few US adults are confident that the Justice Department and the FBI will act fairly under Trump, an AP-NORC poll finds.
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
More complicity --
I guess we’ve come a long way since “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”
— George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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California: "Thanks, Mexico (and Canada)!" No thanks Trump --
Let’s never forget who came to our aid…and who has done nothing but spew lies and threats.
— Mindy Schwartz (@mindyanns.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Once again, "Thanks, Joe!" --
— Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ain't nature grand!? --
In a wilderness where gale force winds & furious weather reign supreme, Patagonia's mount Cerro Torre is bathed in the warm light of the rising moon, while the stars reflect beautifully in it's still waters. #photography #travel #nature #bluesky #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography
— Christoph Fischer (@beautysurroundsyou.com) January 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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