Magistra progressivist 🇺🇦

She/her. "they delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert." —Sartre

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots https://t.co/Mpg5Sax0DM

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

On the debt ceiling, it's worth noting that one-quarter of the federal debt, from the founding of the Republic to 2021, was accumulated during the first administration of Donald J. Trump.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

We took a look at some of Trump’s nominees.

Nepotism, billionaire donors, potential conflicts of interest: here’s some of what stood out to us. 🧵

[Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham @GovMLG]

Americans with a college degree earn an estimated $1M more over their lifetime than those with a H.S. diploma. That’s why NM's Opportunity Scholarship is so powerful—it’s opening doors for students who might not otherwise attend college.

Read more here: https://t.co/Lp2Isy4PXc

[Turnbull @cturnbull1968]

Fani Willis sleeps with the prosecutor, on her case against Trump and she’s removed.

Pete Hegseth gets his producer pregnant, then gets a divorce, then marries the producer, then cheats on her with another woman who claims rape and they want to make him Sec of Defense.
Hmmm 🤔

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

It seems weird to me that the 2,000 word pieces talking about Elmo's power grab neglect to mention he destroyed 79% of Xitter's value.

I get that journos love chasing the "DOGE" propaganda. But maybe inform readers that he's good at destroying value?

[I Smoked Mitch McConnell's Brain @BlackKnight10k]

Every time Republicans get into to power, they crash the economy. Mfer ain't even in the White House and he's already breaking shit. God Republican voters are dumb

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

Musk is and should be treated as an antidemocratic rightwing extremist beyond the pale.
No decent person supports Alternative for Germany. Even indecent people such as Marine Le Pen condemns it as extremist, since they harbor people who openly support SS.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Under Chair Lina Khan, the FTC just voted to ban junk fees in hotels and live-event ticketing.

This is exactly what government working for the people looks like.

The lone no vote against this rule? Trump's pick for FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson.

The contrast couldn't be clearer.

[Alex @alex_avoigt]

🇫🇷Paris got rid of ICE vehicle air pollution in the city and is a global role model of what all cities should do.

The drastic improvement in air quality was made possible by the construction of hundreds of kilometers of new cycle paths, the introduction of a 30 km/h speed limit throughout the city, the removal of tens of thousands of parking spaces, the planting of tens of thousands of new trees, the creation of car-free play streets and the closure of the city center to through traffic and last not least the announcement that its ban on diesel and older models of petrol cars, at the start of 2025.

[🔥Reverend Aiden @SweetFnLucifer]

As it turns out, RAND FUCKING PAUL was the reason funding for the original stand-alone child cancer research bill was being held up in the Senate until tonight. Why it was included in the CR instead. He dropped his objection once the GOP started facing backlash. Fucking scum.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

It would be a real shame if this tweet by Elon Musk (in 2022) saying that Trump is too old to be president went viral.

You know what to do.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The AfD's mission is to rehabilitate the image of the Nazi movement.

One leader's license plate is an open tribute to Hitler.

A top AfD official said about migrants, "We can always shoot them later...or gas them."

Another described Judaism as the "inner enemy" in Germany.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

It's happening right in front our eyes. It's accelerated rapidly in the last 24 hours. Not sure why everyone doesn't see this.

1/ Can I take a minute to connect the dots - on how Trump is putting into action a plan to cripple our democracy in a way we may never recover from?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

What I learned in 2024;

Do you support Obamacare?
Yes: 30%
No: 70%

Do you support the Affordable Care Act?
Yes: 70%
No: 30%

This is the power of branding—and the hypocrisy of misinformation.

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

Musk has one important lesson to teach us all:
There is no limit to greed.

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

I don’t think physical fitness and romantic loyalty are exclusively right-wing traits; I’ll have to check on that w/Donald Trump.

Christ is the opposite of right wing; Superman is an undocumented alien who devotes his talents to society and does not request compensation.

Being anti-war is also not exclusively a right wing value. Superman values justice, not power; and he does not believe in killing people.

Having said that, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns sees Superman as the servant of a violent Reaganesque US empire, and it’s terrifying.

Kudos for admitting the white male thing is right-wing.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Now that President Musk has taken over the US, he has turned his attention to Europe - he's reportedly planning to fund Nigel Farage's Reform UK with 'the biggest donation in British political history' and promoting Germany's pro-Kremlin AfD party.

[The Nation @thenation]

Why does it matter to crunch the numbers? Because politics is about perceptions. And the perception in too many quarters is that Trump won "a massive mandate."
https://t.co/6JJlSYTegp

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

This column describes media outlets "GETTING" too skittish to report on Trump's abusive targeting, as if he's been in a coma the last 6 years.

Trump's DOJ framed Joe Biden and no legacy media outlet thought that was worth chasing during a rematch.