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@VulcanTourist @hannu_ikonen @Kierkegaanks Which is incredibly frustrating because they're all dead obvious. Like *actively doing things* out of 1984. Scrubbing websites, editing scientific papers to conform, removing books from libraries. None of this is subtle.

@hannu_ikonen @Kierkegaanks

People are obeying in fashions that they don't even realize makes them collaborators.

@dalias @hannu_ikonen @Kierkegaanks

Journalism is a nice paycheck for some, and the HR departments might be comparing notes on undesirables.

Existential self-interest usually wins. Now imagine a world where journalists are like ombudsmen and paid not from a corporate wallet but from the public trust?

I know, I know, I have that glazed look in my eyes again.

Still $50/$450.

End-of-the-month utility bills now coming in hot and past due, and I do not have any funds at this time to pay them. If anyone can or wants to help me out, please do.

#mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2025

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@mutualaid @mutual_aid @MutualAidVisibility
@MutualAidNet

#EdMartin, the top prosecutor in DC escalated his scrutiny of what he characterized as potential threats directed at billionaire #ElonMusk & *government workers* [#DOGE], demanding info from a Democratic congressman who criticized Musk & telling his office he planned to prosecute anyone targeting [those] public ofcls.

WaPo is publishing the text of letters Martin sent to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) & Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)…

#law #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #autocracy

#GiftArticle

Read interim US attorney [& #Jan6 #insurrection advocate] #EdMartin’s letters to Democratic lawmakers

The letters are part of what the interim US atty called “#OperationWhirlwind,” a new initiative to prosecute threats against *public officials* [but really just #ElonMusk & #DOGE] at all levels.

#law #FreeSpeech #dissent #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #Trump
https://wapo.st/41olug3

Oh.

Emma.

To the effin GEEE.

Just take a gander of how much Biden AND Trump's failure to handle the COVID pandemic has "sweetened" the SS Trust Fund just in time for DOGE and TeamTrumpsterKKKrat to break in and bust the piggy bank.

(quote from Fortune article cited in OT)

@jdm2

And I will fix mine as well. Thanks.

@miona

It is NOT censorship to drop a CW heading on a topic. It's common courtesy and respect.

@ItsJenNotGoblin

In-Goddess-DAMN-deed.

This is projection that IMAX would be proud of: using the "waste" and "fraud" meme as a hammer to cover the actual fraud of private corporations and billionaires leeching off the public fisc far more severe than any "illegal" immigrant or SS recipient could muster.

And now you see why the Right (and Coporate Center) was so hot and bother for #LetItRip: the COVID pandemic seems to have done a spendid job of preserving the Social Security Trust Fund for looting by Emperor PalpaMusKKK and Darth Trumpster.

h/t @jdm2

https://palcarajo.social/@jdm2/114032903483986280

https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/americans-died-covid-social-security/

(Warning: Fortune article may be paywalled)

3) Then, glossing over the low, low percentage (less than ONE PERCENT of SS outlays considered "fraudulent") by dealing the "Well, percentage doesn't matter, it's still fraud!!" card as a justification for allowing DOGE to nuke everything so Emperor MusKKKrat can bribe people into submission with his SpaceXBucks....errrrrrrrrr, "DOGE Dividend".

Don't be bedazzled by all the bullshit; it's a classic bust-out.

Notice the slight-of-hand here.

1) Stealing the graphic from "liberal" MSNBC to cover the "bias" charge.

2) Still using the false charge of $71 BILLION, ignoring the fact that that number reflects the receipt of ALL LEGAL payments of Social Security, giving the implication that ALL of SS is "illegitimate" and "fraudulent" spending.

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@aurochs @ErosBlog

Yeah, but whores are far better than Nazis, and so are their offspring. Unless, they become actual Nazis, that is.

$50/$150.

Though, if you can help me reach my final February goal with $450, that would be especially appreciated.

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@Jesticulated @SallyStrange

You would think that Woke SlayKween Beyonce would check his ass about selling grifty bullcrap like this. But, everything's about the quick buck.

@SallyStrange Ah yes, the concept that low income people can become wealthy if they learn finance & money management. It's not the lack of access to opportunities and generational wealth that holds people back, the problem is not investing in Bitcoin 🤨🤔

Jay-Z to teach people in Marcy projects about Bitcoin. But WHAT is he going to teach them?? Suspicious as fuck.

https://www.theroot.com/gateway/jay-z-joins-forces-with-twitter-co-founder-to-launch-bi-1849042176

@ErosBlog Spot on.

@aurochs I think we have to worry about not stepping on each other's faces during the struggle, honestly.