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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-May-2025 03:26:18 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   “Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.”

   ~ Dani Rodrik

   #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #corruption #chaos #destruction #education #science #ignorance #disinformation #diversity
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-May-2025 03:26:15 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Already this year, we’ve had 886 tornadoes, a 35% increase over last year. Plus, hurricane season is right around the corner,too. Seems like a really ridiculous time to be sabotaging the National Weather Service, doesn’t it? But Donald Trump is doing just that."

     ~ Jennifer Schulze

     #Trump #chaos #destruction #education #science #ignorance #tornadoes #weather #NWS
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     https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/tornadoes-dont-take-the-night-off

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     "There is … a model for how to talk about what Trump is doing: crime coverage. While reporters are careful to say someone is an “alleged” criminal before they have actually been convicted, when reporting on crime they don’t start from the presumption that nothing bad occurred, and they don’t look for experts who can tell them if it might be bad for crimes to be committed."

     ~ Paul Waldman

     #Trump #corruption #crypto #crime #media
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     "He and his regime are mounting an assault on the American mind. Why? Because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny."

     ~ Robert Reich

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     https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-i-told-the-ed-school-graduates

     Mr. Bill repeated this.
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-May-2025 03:26:17 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "As I am sitting here, talking into the machine in my office, 220 guests, owners of large stakes in Trump’s meme coin (which is called dollar-sign TRUMP, or '$TRUMP')—so, basically, $TRUMPETS—are at the White House at a private dinner with the President. And they’re at the dinner because they spent a lot of money on the meme coin.

     And we don’t know who they are, because a list of participants was not offered."

     ~ Greg Olear

     #Trump #corruption #crypto
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     https://gregolear.substack.com/p/night-of-220-trumpets-video