Summarize today’s Oval Office meeting between Zelenskyy & Trump in just 2 images:

My machine? Raging!

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CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

I love this

🚨BREAKING: In a trio of rulings, North Carolina state court REJECTS Republican effort to overturn the results of the 2024 state Supreme Court election by throwing out 60,000 lawful ballots. A big victory for voting rights and democracy! www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...

Our shadow president thinking journalism is a crime should be a top concern among journalists

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NEVER getting on an airplane again

if you're a democratic senator and you're still voting to confirm trump nominees despite him allowing elon musk to gleefully dismantle the government then your brain has fallen out of your ass.

Lmao. Literally Trump and Republicans are the laughing stock of THE FUCKING WORLD

MAGA, the moon is made of cheese.

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FACT

is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?

More of this. Resigning in protest has little significance anymore. Say no, throw a fit, make waves. Politicize the public in favor of the civil service. We are in danger without it.

Seems about right

NY Times, Oct. 8, 1933.

Call Costco Corporate and tell them you support them going against the new administration. The sweet receptionist is taking a tally and sharing with the CEO. She said have been getting a lot of negativity. Their headquarters are in Washington state 425-313-8100 hit 0.

This is Nellie. She is experiencing her first bad hair day. Please give her a moment. 12/10 (IG: little_cocker_nellie)

all I know is that had President Biden forced out the FAA chief under pressure from his top adviser and his corrupt motives, and then the next week there was a plane crash that killed more than 60 people, Republicans would be howling that it was an impeachable offense.

This is Duncan. He just had his first blueberry, and now demands another. 12/10

Also some of the people on the flights weren’t Colombian. Trump also agreed to stop doing that.

Colombia turned away a flight because detainees were in shackles. Trump threatened tariffs, Colombia responded with their own. Trump folded, but then claimed victory.

Checkmate

This is Moose. He’s had a very long day. Tried to go down some stairs but got stuck. 13/10 someone please help Moose

I’m sure Fetterman won’t switch parties because after he had a stroke & couldn’t complete a sentence during his debate all of us stood by him & defended him with our time, money & sweat while Trump accused him of being on meth. Only a shitty human would turn their back on that.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Hero.

House Republicans are celebrating pardons issued to a bloodthirsty mob that violently assaulted police officers on January 6, 2021. What happened to backing the Blue? Far right extremists have become the party of lawlessness and disorder. Don’t ever lecture America again. About anything.

This is the Trump admin’s White House page to view the Constitution

Today on this national day of service I will celebrate the legacy of #MLKJR by being of service in my community. Action is the best antidote to anxiety and we all have the ability to make an impact. Let’s focus on Dr. King’s example and choose inspiration today.

None of what you saw today was normal. Shame on those Democrats and 'liberal media' journalists who helped normalize it. A narcissistic insurrectionist using neo-Nazi rhetoric, who should have been disqualified from running, who should have been tried & convicted long ago, is now president again.

This is Dunkin. He will not take a bath without his bear ear headband. Partly because it keeps his face dry, and partly because it helps him feel brave. 12/10

The internet had the potential to make humans so much smarter and interconnected. Instead, it's dumbing us down and siloing us off. A real tragedy.

Now that TikTok has officially gone dark, I’m re-upping my post from a few days ago to remind folks that this praise for Trump is wrong.

Trump hated TikTok (because China) until it helped him win an election (as even he acknowledges) and now he’s going to save it and take a victory lap. So he’ll have X, TikTok, Insta, and Facebook all working on his behalf. That’s a big difference between now and 2017.

Awful

My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆

NYT: “Pam Bondi cast herself as an independent prosecutor who would keep politics out of the Justice Department” WaPo: “She walked a very fine line on election denial and Trump prosecuting his enemies.” Democracy Docket: “Bondi refused to say who won the 2020 election.”

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To Mike Johnson, Thou shalt not ‘impose conditions’ on disaster aid to California. California is the 6th largest economy in the world. If thou fuck around, thou shalt find out.

There is not a more vile human walking the earth than this psychopath…

Hell yes!

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As a born and raised L.A. resident I’m incredibly thankful for Canada and Mexico. No politics. No bullshit. Just humans helping humans.