Notices by Brian Jopek (brianjopek@mastodon.world)

MAGA is definitely afraid of books. And women in the military. And black people. And Native Americans. And Japanese Americans. And … you get the picture.

“It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign to rid the military of diversity and equity programs, policies and instructional materials. And it follows similar efforts to remove hundreds of books from the libraries at the military academies.” - Lolita Baldor
https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/05/09/pentagon-orders-military-to-pull-all-library-books-on-diversity/?utm_campaign=fb_at&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7DOIBsgENDp610mRB5fDywVF7QeBlMcP5IBrePIjU3gqt4xV53HTtdU_srSg_aem_28_lSJdBFPl9thGq7egJoQ

I could see it.

Alex, I’d like “How really fucking obtuse and stupid is Charlie Kirk and the rest of MAGA” for $2,000, please. 😡

“The right either is being intentionally obtuse or really do want to deport people who are here legally.” - Jay Kuo

Thanks to, as Lawrence O’Donnell refers to the FOTUS, the “I don’t know president.”

“More than 70 percent of the baby gear purchased by Americans is manufactured by U.S. companies in China, according to the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA).” - Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/07/car-seats-cribs-shortages-tariffs/

Iraq combat veteran here, Gold Star dad of another Iraq combat veteran, his little brother is a veteran and my dad is an Army veteran. No need at all for a REALLY expensive military parade just because the FOTUS (a/k/a Mr. “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart”) wants one for his friggen birthday.
#FucktRump
#VeteransAgainsttRump

Probably shouldn’t give him any ideas.

Cartoon by Joe Heller.

The draft-dodging gilded toilet nepo baby is throwing himself a 90 million dollar birthday party on OUR dime while telling the American people that we need to “live with less.” - JoJo from Jerz
https://jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/small-in-the-pants-parade?r=u0k3a&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6v_QWouENhLxvLsw3MHhaY7Wm6KTSHq8gtOtapAAZvVzI3p-GT68jNSMUEDg_aem_C_RDSkiwT3yBnMDtIf6c1g&triedRedirect=true

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi … but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." - philosopher Hannah Arendt

"We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the efficiency of the public schools, and the number of people who can and do read worthwhile books." - W. E. B. Du Bois
#DeepThoughts

Now, tell us somethin we don’t already know. 🤔

Let’s be absolutely clear: the President of the United States just went on national television and said “I don’t know” when asked if he’s required to uphold the Constitution. That’s not a paraphrase. That’s a direct quote. The man who took the oath of office with a hand on the Bible and the other presumably on a Big Mac has now openly admitted he has no idea what that oath actually means. - Closer To The Edge

https://closertotheedge.substack.com/p/he-doesnt-even-know-what-job-he-has

No, it’s not disputed - even Garcia’s attorneys wouldn’t be able to dispute that. The point of the whole thing is according to the U.S. Constitution, Garcia IS afforded due process. The Fifth Amendment spells it out. It’s RIGHT there. What ultimately becomes of Garcia’s case would be determined in court. That’s how it’s s’posed to work.

“It is not disputed that Abrego Garcia entered the U.S. illegally or that the government could potentially deport him.” - NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna204580

RFK Jr. One of those stupid fucks who couldn’t disappear too soon.

they couldn’t go with “Dear Leader shit on the Constitution and disappeared legal immigrants into a Salvadoran slave-labor gulag and also ‘deported’ a child with cancer who happens to be a US citizen, and oh hey, next week all the shelves in your supermarket are going to be empty because of the trade war” — because that shitfuckery is wildly unpopular, even with the Fox News crowd. - Jeff Tiedrich

https://mastodon.world/follow_requests

Well, I’ll be! 😁

The Signal scandal does not appear to have changed the Trump team’s communications habits. A Reuters photographer caught Waltz looking at his Signal messages during yesterday’s Cabinet meeting. The list of messages included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Vice President J.D. Vance, whose message began: “I have confirmation from my counterpart….” - Heather Cox Richardson

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-1-2025

Cartoon by Dave Whamond.

“Remember all those claims about having Putin wrapped around someone's finger?” - Mindy Fischer

Holy shit.

“The agents had a search warrant for the home, but the suspects listed on the warrant do not live in the house.

The woman who actually lives in the house had just moved to Oklahoma City from Maryland with her family about two weeks earlier.” - Spencer Humphrey

https://kfor.com/news/local/were-citizens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4EsaWSBRnyDA9TD2mW-XTrBKIIpmm1hhZ8OY4IybKmlJKsvIrPiXlmWHbxKQ_aem_VtDoGe6TYX0nZLYQgi0nUw

The MAGA CIRCUS continues 🤡 - The Resistance
#HegsethDUIHire