this VR game (Humanity) feels to me like the epitome of how Silicon Valley technofeudalists view us.... (link goes to a youtube gameplay review) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRCL...

Here's an expert saying that "constitutional crisis" isn't the right term **because it doesn't go far enough.** "The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

Joe Biden on life support would have been better than this

A refugees memories of Voice of America. What Trump is doing is monstrous.

University of California is rolling out a new policy... why does this feel like participating in pro-Palestinian protests, or "promoting trans ideology" would fall under "misconduct" in the vague way it is being termed?

THIS THIS ALL OF THIS

If you are trans and thinking of suicide or self harm here is a number you can call for help TRANS HELP LINE from the Trevor Center 866-488-7386 and please repost

dem response- YES change but slow down so we can achieve the American dream, middle class, American businesses for investments and the future. we are in the 6th mass extinction and arguably the collapse of human civilization. we might want to reassess feasibility of Am Dream as we have known it

Tonight will be remembered as a #fascist spectacle—white nationalists chanting "USA" while the liar-in-chief spewed Russian #propaganda. Washington disgraced itself, both parties complicit—except for the fearless #AlGreen, who stood against lies and tyranny. Liberté, égalité, fraternité!

assassination attempt story... what will he say next to use this to his advantage. #propaganda

i'm seeing bluesky posts saying Dems are starting to leave the chamber en masse. CBS is not providing wide shots of the Dem side of the chamber.... you know what, this is why VR is an important part of media transparency. it reduces editorial framing. we need 360 live stream!!!!

fuck this speech is long. even Trump is starting to sound bored with his lilting speech. kinda sounds like my great grandpa sounds like when he is wired and delirious at 11pm and wants to reminisce. go get those happy brain chemicals Trumpy

we are in the pro-military patriotism part of the speech, with announcements of new defense technology, new naval shipyard, and reclamation of the panama canal to protect our citizens and boost our defense. part of this is a Economic Hit Man approach- buying privately part of the canal ecosystem

oh, now is the anti-autism. and they are linking with trans issues to say this is a form of child abuse. I'm autistic. I'm trans. I'm a political organizer and theorist for all things democracy, intersectionality, sustainability, community, and basic needs. that is the trans agenda.

wtf is this... Simba? holding up children in police uniform costumes???

both the inauguration and this speech, extended threats against the trans community have been elaborated BEFORE immigration. trans people may be on the back burner, but as a scapegoat will become more important as Trump gets more and more unpopular

1/3 claiming that Mexico is harboring terrorist cartels (and Canada facilitating) which are "intentionally" shipping fentanyl to the US to kill American citizens (aka: white men who are poisoned by laced drugs). and thus, because Mexico has "lost control" of cities and localities which have been...

"it is now time to wage war on the cartels"... he is asking for funding to increase deportations to "fix" the fentanyl (bioterrorism- term my interpretation for their stance)

now he's signing EOs. he is renaming a national park(?) in honor of a child victim of a "venezuela prison gang"... is using this to report on this "gang" and Mexican cartels being foreign terrorist organizations in the same category as ISIS. border patrol is being praised- defending US from invasion

it appears CBS is using a sound filter which is suppressing Democratic (already greatly minimized) boos

gold card scheme being promoted. you have to buy one for $5 million. this formalizes a de facto global citizenship status for the global elite

in many other moments of this pseudo state of the union, dems have been booing and shouting about how the president is lying. the anti-trans attacks — which have been the biggest focus of this address so far, beyond immigration — have been met with silence, at least on TV. nothin’.

Innumeracy is a politician's best friend, truly.

Dems are still stone silent. GOP is raucous in support. Speaker of the House is unevenly applying the rules.

watching CBS. they are well positioned at both the front and back of the room. every time the Democrats flash their black false signs, the camera switches to the back of the chamber. each of the signs has a different statement on the back, so it looks like a chaotic/unreasonable list of demands

this is more than just anti-trans language, this is one of the core organizing topics of the whole speech. he is declaring this "common sense" will be spread across the world. he will rescue the economy from DEIA.

Trump just praised the Supreme Court for supporting him, and one is scowling back at that....

too much of the commentary here are listening to this speech like it is a normal speech, not as something that marks a major transition, like Lincoln or Hitler.

Sale of state assets was what created the first generation of Russian oligarchs. They're running plays from a known playbook

Trump is heckling the Dems, goading them to react. all are stone silent. not moving, booing. the removal of Greene has resulted in a reclamation of control over the room

we are at a half step were anything less than the majorities of the Democrats NOT being escorted from the chamber constitutes a de facto acceptance of Trump, defaulting to the power of the office as still more important than the potential danger of Trump. they still believe we can survive him.

holy shit this looks like a Parliamentary session in the UK. the Sargent at arms has been deployed to start removing Democrats from the room.

does Musk, Pence, and Trump feel like a Triumvirate?

tonight's joint address to Congress is likely to be the most consequential presidential speech since Abraham Lincoln was in office. The democratic party will unveil their counter agenda. follow me here on Bluesky for the rest of the day for political commentary

i think i am starting to absolutely loose my sanity. if you are struggling, try to put yourself in the shoes of someone who is trans or an immigrant. no matter how much I try, my brain cant seem to grasp the severity of the situation. even tho I know what I need to do I cant motivate myself to flee

I wish more people knew about the 1920s Klan because they—perhaps more than European fascists—are the model for Trumpism. This is a good summary and a nice reminder that they do a lot of damage, but in the end, fascists always lose.

community colleges are national treasures on par with our public library system.

never a good thing when all news briefings are on entirely different topics... things are starting to unravel quickly.

Racism and transphobia continue to be two sides of the same white supremacist coin

Watters: We are waging a 21st century information warfare campaign from the left…It's like grassroots guerrilla warfare. Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it.. and by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it.

yeah.... ok, this is the most terrifying development yet. "Part of Hegseth’s strategy has involved embracing Silicon Valley" www.forbes.com/sites/davidj...

Monday Changed Everything: Gov Hochul Needs to Remove Eric Adams from Office talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/monda...

I feel like "democratically elected" is being overemphasized.... if you f up the census, then your party redraws all the political maps according to the census, then you pass a bunch of vote suppression laws, and then win by one of the narrowest margins ever... is that still democratically elected?

This is flipping cool as all hell. I love it.

One to watch: Trump’s PCLOB Purge Could Be Highly Consequential. It could lead to more political surveillance in the US in the months and years to come. techpolicy.press/surveillance...

the most extreme risk we have right now is if Musk decides his office in the old Department of War is not big and opulent enough. what happens when Musk seizes every single agency? where does this stop?

This is a hell of a crowd size for a protest at the Treasury Department. People do not like Elon.

the 50501 protest tomorrow IS A FALSE FLAG OP! DO NOT GO! we are all working hard to organize without protests because we are worried it will trigger a martial law declaration. WE ARE IN A VERY DIFFERENT PROTEST AND SURVEILLANCE SITUATION TODAY THAN EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO.