A lawless regime

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Justice Allison Riggs sworn in following a six month election battle against her GOP opponent

“When systems that were designed for resilience are optimized instead for efficiency, they break.” kyla.substack.com/p/the-most-v...

Policy : Politicians :: Engineering : Sales

Patriots

I’m running a fireside chat with Andrew Yang tonight! Great opportunity to learn about what we’re doing at @fwdvirginia.bsky.social vafwd.click/VAFWDxAndrew...

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

An important message.

“Alive to our era of genuine existential danger – from climate breakdown to nuclear war to sky-rocketing inequality and unregulated AI – but financially and ideologically committed to deepening those threats, contemporary far-right movements lack any credible vision for a hopeful future.”

• In the short-run, tariffs pinch bottom income households 2.5x more rel. to income than at the top. • Families at the bottom lose $1,900. In the middle, $3,400. At the top, $9,300. • Consumers face +58% higher apparel prices in the short-run, +26% in long-run. 6/7

Crimes in broad daylight. Trump and his friends are getting rich off this chaos. Market manipulation doesn’t even begin to describe this.

In fact, the 2020 election was not "rigged and stolen," as Trump's own attorney general and other advisers told him at the time. But Trump is now indicating that to say that may be illegal and cause for a Justice Department investigation.

Do we find a solutions in a constitution / Has the reason we designed it gone away? / Do we find repentance to suspend our sentence / Because the seasons and the times don't want to wait - Liberty, Complacency, Dependency by Threshold youtu.be/F-537WyCDSU?...

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I don’t agree with @sanders.senate.gov on everything, but this video is pretty on point. You don’t have to love Bernie to fight for democracy. You don’t even have to vote D. You can join us at @fwdparty.bsky.social, in a values-based coalition fighting for democracy. youtu.be/70nHmlapu7w?...

“‘We just had to wait for the AI technology boom to be here now to let us compete with all that cheap labor all around the world,’Lutnick said” AI is not a good substitute for cheap labor. Robots can’t fold laundry. If AI does magically replace cheap labor, how will low skill people buy food?

I am enjoying seeing all these #handsoff protests springing up around the country in towns both big and small. It's a hopeful thing to witness in such dark, scary times. And I love these DC protest signs.

Markets are a powerful tool that we can’t afford to ignore. For example, food banks use a market to share donations: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

This morning there are inverted #POTUS flags hanging from highway overpasses across northern #Virginia. For months there have been 🇺🇦 flying in some of these locations. They were torn down a few weeks ago. There are many more inverted POTUS flags.

No matter who you are (Rep. Luna 👀), we applaud bipartisan efforts that reduce party control of the legislation process. Seek compromise. Not control. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Pretty cool to see Hampton Roads deploying a high tech #recycling center to reduce pressure on their municipal landfill www.whro.org/environment/...

"Forward Party charts new political course in Virginia, eyes expansion" 🦾 Don't miss it: www.13newsnow.com/article/news...

Very disappointed to see Governor Youngkin veto SB1009, which would have made minor improvements to the administration of Ranked Choice Voting in Virginia. @upvoteva.bsky.social has a solid non-partisan write up on it upvoteva.org/blog/upvote-... #RCV #ElectionReform

After Trump II, America must walk a new path: 🗳️ upgraded #democracy 🗳️ ⬇️ 🤝 problem-solving politics 🤝 ⬇️ 🏛️ renewed institutions 🏛️ ⬇️ 🚀 Effective solutions 🚀 @fwdparty.bsky.social is fighting for this NOW. Join us! home.forwardparty.com/join?recruit...

every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email: "Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."

It’s time for our second round of listening and learning on the issues critical to you. Last week was healthcare. Next up: the climate and environment. How do you feel things are going? What would you do the same? Differently? Tell us here: home.forwardparty.com/2025_environ...

“We are witnessing the methodical implementation of a long-planned strategy to transform American democracy into corporate autocracy” www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-...

bsky.app/profile/reil... this is bonkers and deeply disturbing. Private security, DOJ, DOGE, and the DC police together worked to take control over a private building the government *does not own* and dismiss the staff *whom the president does not employ,* removing them, it seems, with armed force

Don't forget to join FWD-VA tomorrow for their March statewide meeting, which will include a special guest: Forward Party Executive Chair and former Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kerry Healey!

We have overcome near-death experiences before. We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis. We are. But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

The government funding bill was the 2nd Trump signed into law. Not the second that day, the 2nd bill Congress has sent to the president all year.

If you’re done with #Democrats because they’re not offering a proper alternative to #MAGA, come over to @fwdparty.bsky.social We need volunteers, donations and candidates to break out of the two-party system that’s failing our country. Join us: home.forwardparty.com/learnmore?re...

My 7 year old saw me running updates on the command line, wanted to know more. So we installed cowsay and played around a bit. 10 min: he broke cowsay with unicode inputs. 20 min: my laptop has a "sussay" command that runs cowsay with an AmongUs. #hacking #parenting

“Guess what, I don’t have to be part of the crazy-making anymore.” Instead, he said he’ll be joining the Utah Forward Party — a centrist party that has the slogan “Not left. Not right. Forward.” www.yahoo.com/news/utah-se...

BIG NEWS: Until today, Sen. Dan Thatcher was a member of the Republican Party. No longer. Just a short while ago, he became a member of the Forward Party! Congratulations to him, to FWD-UT, and to democracy reformers everywhere! More: www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Democracy is burning, and we need sites like Bluesky more than ever. And Senator Durbin wants to repeal 230, which would massively stifle the ability of sites like Bluesky to exist, while massively empowering X and Meta. Why? It seems that someone in his office doesn't understand 230.

#TIL #SQLite was initially developed for by General Dynamics for use in guided missiles hackernoon.com/the-story-of...

#VA General Assembly failed to meaningfully expand Ranked Choice Voting this session, but you can help push #democracy forward by volunteering to speak at a town hall event this spring! Sally Hudson can point you in the right direction: www.rankedchoiceva.org/volunteer #RCV

The country has been through a lot since January 20th. And it appears that we are in for rougher waters. One thing we can do as citizens is demand change and work for reforms. Join us 3-1-25 with our partner @OperationVAV for a screening of #MajorityRules home.forwardparty.com/20250301_maj...

I brought Molotov Cocktails to a tank fight. Do not recommend. #wargaming #ChainOfCommand

We are so excited about our new film #MajorityRulesFilm and our exclusive showing in the DMV area on March 1, 2025, in Shirlington, VA, at 10 a.m. EDT at Shirlington Public Library. Click here for more info: home.forwardparty.com/20250301_maj... #NotLeftNotRightForward

I really hope that #Severence doesn’t pull a #lost

Man #Stellantis trying real hard to buy their way back into relevance with #SuperBowl ads. Cheaper than quality control I guess.

Viewing party for #24HoursOfEno was a big success! Ran it as an open house brunch, had a dozen people come through over the morning. I’ve now seen #Eno three times; can confirm it actually changes. I’m still interested to see it again lol www.hustwit.com/eno

How many displays can I screen #24HoursOfEno on simultaneously? 3 so far, on track for 6 before it ends! anamorph.vhx.tv

Bambu Lab’s recent “security” update got me curious about alternatives. Turns out there’s a community firmware project #X1Plus github.com/X1Plus/X1Plus Bambu implemented a firmware downgrade tool to make it easier to sideload it github.com/X1Plus/X1Plu... #3dprinting #bambulab #opensource

Oh man Patreon’s native post experience is NOT GOOD. Achewood is back (!!!!) and there’s no obvious way to read it from the beginning…. Literally no way to sort posts from oldest to newest. A-hunting I go for alternative access methods…