Notices by Shelley Powers (burningbird@mastodon.social)

So good

Elon Musk keeps bringing his kids to work – and the reasons aren’t cute at all

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/18/elon-musk-kids-work-pr-strategy

Targeting the Presidio is another example of DOGE idiocy: the Presidio is self-funded with a healthy surplus

This is literally the idiots of DOGE using badly done AI shit

https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/19/donald-trump-moves-to-abolish-the-presidio-trust-through-executive-order/

@usuario So? We'd be another state.

Denmark, will you please buy us?

Canada, we'd make an excellent extra province.

Mexico, think of the United States of Mexico.

Anything but the madness Republicans have forced upon us

Disaster responders say ending FEMA would move tasks and costs to states, local governments

State ‘would be in a world of hurt’ if required to take over work done by feds, one former official said

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/30/disaster-responders-say-ending-fema-would-move-tasks-and-costs-to-states-local-governments/

Well, when the Trump supporting seniors don't get their social security checks, I'm sure they won't mind. After all...Trump.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/elon-musk-doge-treasury-access-federal-payments.html

Go, Jim Acosta!

‘Don’t Give In to The Lies’: CNN Host Quits Live, On-air

https://washingtoncurrent.substack.com/p/dont-give-in-to-the-lies-cnn-host

Federal Court Rules In Favor of Forcibly Detransitioning Transgender Inmates In Florida

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/federal-court-rules-in-favor-of-forcibly

Is this before or after he takes back the Panama Canal?

Donald Trump tells rightwing group that he’ll end women’s boxing “very quickly”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/donald-trump-tells-rightwing-group-that-hell-end-womens-boxing-very-quickly/

Roberts is quite happy to toss the Constitution if it gets in the way of his personal religious beliefs and bigotry.

The horrifying implications of today’s Supreme Court argument on trans rights

https://www.vox.com/scotus/389737/supreme-court-transgender-us-skrmetti-health-care-tennessee

Odd thing is: Christians already have places where they can teach their faith. They're called churches. Don't taint the schools because no one wants to go to church anymore.

Education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for Texas elementary schools

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/education-board-approves-optional-bible-infused-curriculum-for-texas-elementary-schools/

When Georgia did an audit, it found 20 noncitizens registered to vote...out of 8 million registered voters.

Virginia doesn't care if its late voter-purge program cancels legal voter registrations

https://www.lawdork.com/p/virginia-doesnt-care-if-its-late

Tim Walz Defends Queer And Trans Youth At Length In Interview With Glennon Doyle

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/tim-walz-defends-trans-people-at

The ugliness of Trump is only surpassed by the ugliness of the people who support him.

Trump scapegoats migrants again at Georgia event meant to discuss economy

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/election-trump-georgia-rally

Amanda Katz in WaPo

'Just before press time, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would abandon his unlikely third-party bid for president and endorse Trump, ending a dilemma for voters torn between their love of deportation camps and their love of measles.'

@SmudgeTheInsultCat In fairness, this is false. He didn't say this.

House GOP leaders urge members: Stop making race comments about Harris

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/gop-race-comments-harris-00170735

Unity Trump meets Chaos Trump and the results aren’t pretty

https://burningbird.net/unity-trump-meets-chaos-trump-and-the-results-arent-pretty/

I really wish Katie Porter had won in California.

One good thing...

I bet the Republicans are pretty pissed that Judge Cannon's decision will capture the media frenzy feeding today, and upend their attempt at casting Trump as American hero on the first day of the convention.