Notices by Madeleine Morris (remittancegirl@mstdn.social)

So, here’s the thing:

Not being a Catholic, I’m not personally offended that Trump is posting AI pics of himself as Pope.

What bothers me is that the US president has ultimate authority over a nuclear arsenal capable of ending pretty much all life on earth and, at the moment, that office is occupied by someone with such fucking poor judgement.

And it’s very disturbing that the press isn’t pointing this out. Because it’s the most germane aspect of it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrg8zkz8d0o

Thank you, Greyhound!

I’m finding Associated Press one of the best sources of news since Trump took office.

Perhaps getting kicked out of the White House Press Pool is actually good for journalism?
https://apnews.com
#AssociatedPress #Journalism

@sonjdol Sadly, I have said goodbye to MSNBC. It might be irrational, but I will never forgive Joe and Mika’s trip to Mar-a-Lago to bend the knee.

You know what pisses me off the most? Where is the story about the fact that, after a peninsula-wide blackout, many people had power back on within 8 hours and pretty much all of the country had it back within 13 hours.

Spain and Portugal recovered very well. And many, many people deserve praise for that. #SpanishBlackout #Apagon

"First: go beyond digital activism. A wave of anti-Trump street demonstrations recently swept across the US. In the age of social media, that might seem like an outdated or secondary tactic. But it’s not. In a time of effortless communication and online petitions, physical work matters twice as much. It sends a nonverbal message of urgency and sacrifice, and – more importantly – signals an invitation to fellow citizens to join. These protests should be regular and designed for the long haul."

"Second: no ageism, please. As our own history shows, opposing populism in power is possible only if intergenerational solidarity takes place. We heard a reporter sneer that the New York, anti-Trump protest crowd skewed old. So did ours in Poland! Yet over time, younger people joined in as the burdens of populism became more personal. Again – diversity matters most. Not just in communication tools, but in the social makeup of the protest movement."

I sometimes get the sense that many Americans feel the battle was lost the moment Trump got re-elected. That’s what they want you to think.

If you believe this slide into authoritarianism is intolerable, and you read one thing today, it should be this article.

Because one country - Poland - recently dragged itself, kicking and screaming, out of the well of #authoritarianism, and they figured out how to do it. They’re offering you a model:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/28/right-defeated-same-antibodies-poles-developed-beat-communism?CMP=GTUK_email #USpol

Pearl Harbor was December 7, 1941

It really fucking pisses me off that when I read the word feminism I no longer have an immediate positive response to it.

Because rich, privileged white bitches have dealt such a serious wound to the concept by trying to co-opt it while they punch down on Trans people.

Because when people from developing countries use the word feminism, they’re talking about the empowerment of all repressed people.

#transrightsarehumanrights

And just like in Brazil, the press in America is still acting like the judiciary has some power to force the administration to do the right thing. It doesn’t.

That’s the thing about an authoritarian regime, you can only fight it at the beginning, having understood that its logic is alien to democracy and the rule of law.

This woman only found out they had tortured and killed her husband in an army barracks 30 years later. She never got his body back. In 2014, they charged five army officers with his murder, but they were never apprehended or jailed.

And two years later, Brazil elected Bolsanaro.

Impunity ensures the return of fascists.

The failure to publicly punish Trump for the Jan 6th insurrection guaranteed his return and the administration we see today.

I’m watching “I’m Still Here”

A timely reminder about what fascism does to people’s lives.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Still_Here_(2024_film)

So this is a magnificent film. And if you can see it, you should. Because one of the interesting things that it shows is how desperate the need to cling on to the fantasy of the rule of law is. They disappeared this woman’s husband, kept her imprisoned without charge herself, and she gets out only to expect the judicial system to still be operating effectively.

This is a big mistake.

Because the people they kidnapped and sent to El Salvador… the US government has done the same thing to them.

Surprised?

No. However, it took a willing set of racists to give him the power he had

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/neo-nazi-group-the-base-leader-russian-spy-allegations

Strong stuff, via @andrebttx.bsky.social

@Geri

There is literally nothing this administration puts out officially I would trust anymore. No number, no guidance, no stats.

The US government has become one huge, over-funded bullshit machine.

I realize it is only anecdotal, but every single neurodivergent adult I personally know not only pays taxes, but are generally scrupulous about doing so. And I can attest to having GONE on several dates with autistic people myself.

I’ll grant him that playdates are sometimes a problem. #autism

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/rfk-jr-claims-autistic-children-will-never-go-on-dates-or-pay-taxes/ar-AA1D35Wc

Beware of people who spend too much money preparing for the apocalypse. Having blown a fortune on kitting themselves out to survive it, they get impatient waiting for their investment to be justified, and tend to try to trigger them just so they won’t feel like fools when it doesn’t happen. Remember these are the same people who can never admit they’re wrong about anything.

https://archive.is/ZxfJc