Reposted by ttfridayTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Five things to remember about war: 14182993700
Reposted by ttfridayRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Trump Republicanism in action at your social security administration: "field offices are finding a dire situation: no more paper, no more printers, and no ability to shred documents, or pay phone bills..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comHow DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiringThe agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team. 14124221069
Reposted by ttfridayBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This new Texas law copies anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany. That legislation consisted of a series of restrictive laws passed in 1933, then the Nuremberg Laws of 1935. This is not an exaggeration. 6319691237
Reposted by ttfridayThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/05/2025Breaking News: The Trump administration is planning to send a group of migrants to Libya, in a sharp escalation of its deportation program.nytimes.comTrump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight 172850512
Reposted by ttfridayUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/05/2025On May 2nd, in Western NY, federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained. 1/ #WeFeedYou 741465919
Reposted by ttfridayCNN @cnn.com · 03/05/2025A new round of auto tariffs – this time on parts – coming into effect Saturday could upend the auto industry, even more than previous levies on imported cars: cnn.it/4cYqdZQcnn.itAnother round of auto tariffs just went into effect. They could change the industry forever | CNN BusinessThe average car buyer doesn’t think about where the parts in their their vehicle come from – but automakers do. 23298102
Reposted by ttfridayChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Well, this is horrifying. 673086908
Reposted by ttfridayJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025The Tech Bros glorify themselves, technology, colonialism, imperialism, monarchy, billionaire-ism, accelerationism, & risk. They plan to colonize via “network states” & charter cities. They are obsessed w/ IQ & intrigued w/ race science & surveillance. They admire Curtis Yarvin & Nick Land. 1/ 481154487
Reposted by ttfridayCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...nytimes.comU.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are JewishA questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed. 39992983254
Reposted by ttfridayJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Purported ICE agents raid a courthouse in Charlottesville in plain clothes without badges, ID or warrants, cart off two men without explanation. One of the three men was masked and the detainees were ushered into unmarked van. Video in the article. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...dailyprogress.comICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raidThree men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation. 64444342315
Reposted by ttfridayCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/04/2025“.. The big-box CEOs flat out told him [Trump] the prices .. will go up," an administration official familiar with the meeting told Axios. "And this wasn't about food. But he was told that shelves will be empty." @axios.com #SummerOfScarcity 🤡 www.axios.com/newsletters/... 25436128
Reposted by ttfridayWIRED @wired.com · 17/04/2025SCOOP: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,400 of the agency's 1,700 employees; medical debt and student loans will now be deprioritized.wired.comThe CFPB Has Been GuttedThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally-mandated agency. 30730370
Reposted by ttfridayMaking a free cycling game @dfeldman.org · 16/04/2025It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service Just incredible grift 541181696995
Reposted by ttfridayThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/04/2025President Trump’s decision to move a step closer to imposing tariffs on imported medicines poses considerable political risk, because Americans could face higher prices and more shortages of critical drugs.nytimes.comTrump’s Tariff Threat for Imported Medicines Poses Political RisksLevies on Americans’ daily prescriptions and other medicines could raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of critical drugs. 48302105
Reposted by ttfridayDavid Johnston @dljohnston.bsky.social · 12/04/2025A friend wrote this on that topic www.abc.net.au/religion/tru...abc.net.auDid the United States just engage in human trafficking? - ABC Religion & EthicsThe deportation of 261 people to a prison in El Salvador meets all the criteria that the international community has used to denounce other regimes for “state-sponsored trafficking”. Why are Trump’s E... 18425
Reposted by ttfridayProPublica @propublica.org · 11/04/2025NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance. By @lisalsong.bsky.socialpropub.liNOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services ExpireA Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000. 33763343036
Reposted by ttfridayFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/04/2025“The damage has been done,” said George Saravelos, the head of foreign exchange research at Deutsche Bank. “The market is reassessing the structural attractiveness of the dollar as the world’s global reserve currency and is undergoing a process of rapid de-dollarisation.”theguardian.com‘The damage is done’: Trump’s tariffs put the dollar’s safe haven status in jeopardyExperts say fears about unpredictable policy are creating crisis of confidence in US bonds once seen as ‘risk free’ 441502593
Reposted by ttfridayJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/04/2025The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs, and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices. Many Americans will DIE as a result of this irresponsible action.cnn.comTrump’s draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research | CNNThe move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme, and would cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate ... 83626311
Reposted by ttfridayMaud Newton @maudnewton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025As a friend said on sending this to me, we have taken one tiny step back from the precipice.nytimes.comSupreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant (Gift Article)A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador. 74711
Reposted by ttfridayRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 10/04/2025According to a source, when Musk privately messages associates and confidants about reports from federal staffers about how their lives have been wrecked, the Tesla CEO is known to react with laugh-crying emojis. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 2502550981
Reposted by ttfridayDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025FDIC is a big reason that people have confidence in banks. Removing that will make it harder to find safe places to save. 30670175
Reposted by ttfridayMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/04/2025“Goods from China represented 13.3% of total U.S. imports, making China the third-largest supplier of goods to the U.S. Products such as smartphones, computers, toys and videogame consoles accounted for 55.5% of U.S. imports from China.”wsj.comThe U.S. and China Are Still in a Trade War. Here’s How Much Business They Do.China, the third-largest supplier of U.S. goods, represents 13.3% of total U.S. imports. 26524
Reposted by ttfridayDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 10/04/2025“A shift supervisor assigned to Rubio’s detail reportedly became irate when staff at Hotel Amigo refused to reopen the bar after it had closed. When the staff & night manager tried to tell the staff member to return to his room, he became physically aggressive.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukMember of Rubio’s security team arrested in Brussels after fight with local policeThe agent was reportedly arrested after he became physically aggressive with hotel staff in Brussels and got into a fight with police 72654156
Reposted by ttfridayDavid Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Trump's tariffs aren't just economics: they're a cultural purge designed to destroy white collar & knowledge work, deskill the country, force men into blue collar jobs & women to marry MAGA men, and render us all unable to resist fascism. My latest: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...washingtonmonthly.comTrump's Tariffs Aren't Economics. They're a Cultural Purge | Washington MonthlyTrump's blunderbuss tariff policies are a declaration of war on the half of America that didn’t vote for him. 14316140
Reposted by ttfridayCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/04/2025BREAKING NEWS: In a shocking statement, Karoline Leavitt confirms the Trump Administration is taking steps on a pathway to deport AMERICAN CITIZENS to El Salvador. This is absolutely insane. 50121341083
Reposted by ttfridayKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The “Papers, Please” Presidency 13565127
Reposted by ttfridayAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2025Abigail Disney at @patrioticmillionaires.org: "The men we associate with 'broligarchy' are the emotionally stupid men (Bezos) psychologically underdeveloped men (Zuckerberg) damaged men (Musk) or overindulged & spoiled men Trump. They put more faith in aggression as a means of problem solving." 351840536
Reposted by ttfridayDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Excellent column from @katie0martin.ft.com on.ft.com/3XPTBLE Markets could get a lot worse — and quicklyon.ft.comMarkets could get a lot worse — and quicklyThe concern now among bankers and hedge fund managers is that something, somewhere could break 23113
Reposted by ttfridayThe Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 07/04/2025One component of Malignant Narcissism is Sadism. People don’t fathom how deeply Trump's driven by it. In normal folk those impulses are offset by caring emotion. Trump has none. He's a void. Takes glee from others' suffering. Mass fear, El Salvador deportations, markets tanking - it's fun for him. 1523270
Reposted by ttfridayTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The Guardian reports that people at the SSA, the agency that manages benefits for nearly 70 million Americans, worry that it’s in a “death spiral” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comDoge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff saysUnderstaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapse 421794879
Reposted by ttfriday60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/202560 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4clubLPcbsn.wsTrump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El SalvadorA gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. 384122945775
Reposted by ttfridayBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I listened to this twice to make sure Aaron wasn’t overhyping it. He was not. Trump in fact does come out in favor of putting American citizens in foreign prisons. 1051507536
Reposted by ttfridayAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2025“That really is his understanding of what a deal is: getting something over on the other guy. And that’s what we see here. To the extent there’s any plan it’s basically a power play; Trump is pulling on the economic powers of the world to bum rush them into a newly subservient global trading regime”talkingpointsmemo.comWTAF is Going On? In Search of the Plan Behind Trump’s Global Economic CrisisEveryone in the country at the moment, albeit from different vantage points,... 1652259483
Reposted by ttfridayNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white. by Stephen Miller 380226784306
Reposted by ttfridayThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025We posted this a few times, but here it is again — President Reagan warns us about (Trump’s) tariffs: “Beware demagogues ready to declare a trade war against our friends… weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world.” 54817303
Reposted by ttfridayJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025CMS is the agency that manages Medicare, Medicaid and other govt health programs. On Monday they were instructed to devise a plan to cut their budget by roughly one third and four days to decide what to cut. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-a...talkingpointsmemo.comThe Axe Rises Over Medicare and MedicaidEarlier this week I noted the fact that the Center for Medicare... 41772520
Reposted by ttfridayAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/04/2025CNBC anchors are coping with the possibility that we're now facing something *worse* than a recession. And it's entirely self-inflicted! 27862931505
Reposted by ttfridayIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/04/2025Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements 9864658711509
Reposted by ttfridayDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy. These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do. prospect.org/economy/2025...prospect.orgThey’re Not Tariffs, They’re SanctionsStop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money. 12741351490
Reposted by ttfridayProPublica @propublica.org · 03/04/2025NEW: This lawyer helped the Kushners crack down on poor tenants. Now he helps renters fight big landlords. By @alecmac.bsky.socialpropub.liA Lawyer Who Helped the Kushners Crack Down on Poor Tenants Now Helps Renters Fight Big Landlords“It was like a heavyweight sparring featherweights,” the attorney said about his time representing companies owned by Trump’s in-laws, whose apartments were known for shoddy maintenance and… 1343381
Reposted by ttfridayJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/04/2025“When McKinley, most famously, put tariffs on in 1890, they lost 50% of their seats in the next election,” Rand Paul said. “When Smoot and Hawley put on their tariff in the early 1930s, we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years. So they’re not only bad economically, they’re bad politically.”thedailybeast.comGOP Sen. Warns Trump Tariffs Could Spell Electoral Catastrophe for the Republican Party“They’re not only bad economically, they’re bad politically,” Rand Paul warned on Capitol Hill. 2912474712
Reposted by ttfridayBusiness Insider @businessinsider.com · 03/04/2025Finance professor Peter Ricchiuti told BI tariffs are "prosperity killers" that have turned running a business into a "big game of Whack-A-Mole."businessinsider.comBoomers face a 'devastating' blow to their life savings as more tariff pain looms, finance guru warnsFinance professor Peter Ricchiuti told BI tariffs are "prosperity killers" that have turned running a business into a "big game of Whack-A-Mole." 56230
Reposted by ttfridayCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Tough language from JPMorgan tonight: “.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.” 24262262043
Reposted by ttfridayCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/04/2025DEUTSCHE: “.. We are becoming increasingly concerned that the dollar is at risk of a broader confidence crisis. .. The safe haven properties of the dollar are being eroded and this is imposing a significant cost on unhedged dollar holdings.” 🇺🇸 @robinwigglesworth.ft.com www.ft.com/content/7664... 41995300
Reposted by ttfridayCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/04/2025FITCH: “This is a game changer, not only for the US economy but for the global economy. Many countries will likely end up in a recession. You can throw most forecasts out the door, if this tariff rate stays on for an extended period of time." 🇺🇸 1222943956
