I’m sorry … but calling it DEI and purging workers won’t make those uneducated MAGA kids any smarter or any more qualified than they were before.
#republicans
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Before U.S. President Donald Trump took office for a second time, European officials thought they had him figured out. But Trump in 2025 is not the same as he was in 2017. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/22/world/trump-us-allies-at-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #marcorubio #donaldtrump #us #eu #republicans
The Japan Times · Trump’s makeover of U.S. diplomacy leaves many allies at a loss
"Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig—who is also a #conservative—slammed #Trump for declaring “war on the rule of #law in #America.” Luttig continued, saying: “The constitutional role of the president is to faithfully execute the #laws. Needless to say, the president is doing anything but that in the moment."
...That’s why we must push back against this administration"
https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news-for-us-bad-news-for-musk
The Dworkin Report · Great News For Us, Bad News For Musk and Trump
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Appearing in the Oval w/ #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth, #Trump said,“I've decided that the #SBA, the Small Business Administration, headed by #KellyLoeffler, a terrific person, will handle all of the student loan portfolio. We have a portfolio that's very large,"Trump said.
[recall #KellyLoeffler was embroiled in an #InsiderTrading investigation during #COVID after Trump repeatedly downplayed the #pandemic she & other #Republicans invested in #PPE that was in high demand after it spread unchecked]
"Public schools have always been the epicenter of the right-wing culture war since the Supreme Court ruled segregation was unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. Abortion, feminism, and LGBTQ+ rights were eventually added to the never-ending list of right-wing grievances."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Republicans #DepartmentofEducation #education #PublicEducation #PublicSchools #FederalGovernment #integration #race
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/make-american-kids-dumb-and-segregated
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali · Make American Kids Dumb and Segregated Again
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"Musk, who serves as a senior adviser to Donald Trump, posted about judges who ruled in opposition to the administration more than 20 times within 48 hours this week on X, the social network he owns, repeatedly framing them as radical leftist activists and seeking to undermine their authority."
~ Nick Robins-Early
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #Republicans #FederalGovernment #destruction #chaos #fascism #courts #judges #LawandOrder
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/22/elon-musk-doge-judges-usaid
The Guardian · Elon Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge
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"These are longterm contract positions for people whose brief is to shepherd aid deliveries abroad. They serve as the U.S. government’s eyes and ears to make sure the money is used for what it’s meant to be used for, that it gets to the intended recipients."
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #Republicans #FederalGovernment #destruction #chaos #fascism #firings #workers
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"They abolished the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and the Office of the CIS Ombudsman. ...
Just a few moments ago I heard that USAID had terminated about 160 personal service contractors."
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #Republicans #FederalGovernment #destruction #chaos #fascism #firings #workers
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"Fridays are becoming bloodbath day in the federal workforce. In the same way that bad news stories used to be held for Friday late afternoon, that’s when we now hear about a lot of these firings. Midafternoon, I heard that the Department of Homeland Security had essentially abolished all its international civil rights and detention abuse agencies."
~ Josh Marshall
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #Republicans #FederalGovernment #destruction #chaos #fascism #firings #workers
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/friday-firings-becoming-the-norm
TPM - Talking Points Memo · Friday Firings—Becoming the Norm
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"In 1978, when [Václav] Havel writes of Czechoslovakia, he is also writing of America in the future:
'Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past, it falsifies the present, and it falsifies the future.'”
~ Heidi Cuda
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #Republicans #FederalGovernment #destruction #chaos #fascism #authoritarianism #education #immigrants #LawandOrder #courts
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https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-being-braver-than-we-want
Byline Supplement · Hot Type: Being Braver Than We Want to Be
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"Nearly all the actions that he's taken in the first 60 or so days of this shameless and shameful regime are the authoritarian versions of policies Republicans have been fantasizing about for most of the century."
~ David Pepper
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #Republicans #FederalGovernment #destruction #chaos #fascism #authoritarianism #education #immigrants #LawandOrder #courts
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https://thecause.substack.com/p/the-trump-regime-had-a-54-year-and
The Cause · The Trump regime had a 54-year (and a 76-day) head start
"Dissenting crowds in deep-red #Wyoming should be a warning signal to #Republicans"
https://newrepublic.com/post/192980/republican-representative-boos-town-hall-elon-musk
Here begins the 12th Elon Musk thread.
List of links to previous threads:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/113986946321010763
Protests against #Trump are rising across the country.
#Republicans are getting yelled at by their constituents at town halls.
People are waking up to reject Trump’s many LIES.
IF and when #Musk and Trump mess with social security, Medicare and Medicaid, the protests will shut down the country.
72 million very angry people will take to the streets.
Trump will hide in his bunker and order Pete Hegseth’s Army to shoot us in the legs.
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"One of President Donald Trump's closest advisors [Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick] is now suggesting that most of the tens of millions of Americans who rely on Social Security wouldn't be concerned if they didn't receive their benefits."
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #DOGE #fascism #destruction #chaos #SocialSecurity #Lutnick
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Alternet.org · Trump Cabinet official doubts seniors would be upset over missed Social Security payments
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As Dan Rather reports, with Trump's blessing, Elon Musk continues to go after Social Security, and,
"Trump and Musk must be betting that Americans care more about possible waste, fraud, and abuse at the Social Security Administration (SSA) than they do about getting their monthly benefit checks.
That’s a bad bet."
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #DOGE #fascism #destruction #chaos #SocialSecurity
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Steady · Elon Musk Made No Promises
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And just to drive a point home for the #GavinNewsom of this world:
You think that #fascists give a single fuck about #women's #sports? You're finding common cause with people who are unconvinced #women should be allowed to vote, & you're taking them at their word?
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Not defending the most vulnerable groups makes everyone else *more* vulnerable, not less.
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"• The Administration is implementing policies at the Social Security Administration — no longer verifying identities over the phone, but instead requiring online verification or in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients — that, contrary to their claims, will make this system less efficient, and actually serve the purpose of dismantling the program"
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #DOGE #fascism #destruction #chaos #SocialSecurity
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