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Convicted Felon to Free 1,000 Fellow Convicts!

Per multiple sources, convicted Felon Donald Trump expected to grant clemency to more than 1,000 people convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump

"Mark Zuckerberg visits Mar-A-Lago and listens to the national anthem being sung by the January 6th Prison Choir which is, yes, a choir made up of people accused of crimes related to the riot. Trump lent his voice to a fundraising recording for the choir. The song has been a staple of Trump’s rallies, along with his invocation of the attackers as 'patriots.'”

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"The distance between the aftermath of Jan. 6 and today could not be more vast. Then, Trump was pushed off social media. Now, Trump has his own social media. Elon Musk has turned X into a pro-Trump site and is part of the Trump administration."

~ Don Moynihan

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jan…

Jan. 6 and the path not taken

At key moments, Republicans were unwilling to defend democracy

^{Don Moynihan (Can We Still Govern?)}

"Under Musk-Trump, every attempt will be made to make oligarchy, rule by the wealthy few, seem normal. The deeds of billionaires will be justified by the very fact that they are billionaires. Their own rise to the top of American politics will be celebrated as the success of everyone."

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"Four years ago today, Donald Trump led an attempt to overthrow a democratic election and thereby undo our constitutional system. In two weeks, the same man will be inaugurated president of the United States, this time with a centibillionaire as the unelected de facto head of government and with anti-qualified anti-patriots as his cabinet nominees. What to do?"

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-c…

Shadow Cabinet

A Positive Form of Opposition

^{Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...)}

"We’ve heard this so often about the ultra-rich when they enter politics as candidates: It is their very commitment to devoting their lives to amassing ever more money that shows they can’t be bought. This is something many Trump supporters say about him, all the evidence of his relentless grasping for every last dime notwithstanding."

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"When the interviewer pointed out that in fact Musk holds billions of dollars in federal contracts and so has quite a conflict of interest, Sununu countered that 'everyone has a conflict of interest,' and besides, Musk has so much money that he could not possibly care whether his new ability to shape federal policy will benefit him personally. 'He’s doing it for the bigger project and the bigger vision of America.'”

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"Appearing on CNN a week ago, the supposedly moderate New Hampshire Republican governor Chris Sununu expressed his gladness that Elon Musk, who spent $277 million to get Donald Trump elected, is 'an outsider' who is 'not looking for anything' from his hostile takeover of the American government."

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"The tech oligarchs have found their man. Turns out the corrupt, buffoonish Trump is what they were looking for all along."

~ Paul Waldman

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the…

The Tech Oligarchs Have Found Their Man

^{Paul Waldman (The Cross Section)}

"The Billionaire System is a foundational lie, the greatest of which is that only some people deserve life while the rest do not."

~ A.R. Moxon

#Trump #Republicans #ElonMusk #autocracy #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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the-reframe.com/being-more-lik…

Being More Like Republicans

Four simple observations from the recent election about the nature of opposition.

^{A.R. Moxon (The Reframe)}

“What could possibly go wrong?”

Italy Plans $1.6 Billion SpaceX Telecom Security Services Deal - Bloomberg

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

> Italy is in advanced talks with Elon Musk’s #SpaceX for a deal to provide secure telecommunications for the nation’s government — the largest such project in Europe, people with knowledge of the matter said Sunday.

> Prime Minister #Meloni met with #Trump in Florida on Saturday

@the5thColumnist @mloxton @KathyLK

#trump wants #israel to "finish the problem" in #gaza while #biden started withholding arms at one point because of the #genocide

both the #democrats and #republicans suck

but one is better, and one is worse

if you hew to the standard of perfect and don't #vote or vote 3rd party, you help get us worse

i don't like that. but that is reality

you *never* get perfect as a choice

you must choose better, and *iterate*

#toxicidealism is self-destruction

They can blame the left as long as the Democrats let them. IF the Democrats were to go on the offensive, then maybe Trump voters' rage will be directed to Trump. Don't forget, Trump doesn't have a mandate and his diehard MAGA base is a minority of voters. The rest of his 2024 voters might very well turn on him if he doesn't "fix" everything he promised, and if inflation and the economy worsen. #MAGA #GOP #Trump #TrumpCanFixIt #Inflation #economy

opeu.org.br/2024/09/18/a-profi…

A Profile of Trump Voters: The Demographics of his MAGA Enthusiasts and Their Relationship to Him - OPEU

Most of Trump's voters tend to be white, male, mainly older, highly conservative, and less likely to have a college degree

^{Administrador (OPEU)}

Criminals celebrating fellow criminals. America 2025.

Via Kyle Griffin:

#Trump held an event last night at Mar-a-Lago at which he celebrated the architect of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, John Eastman.

Trump said Eastman "happened to be right" about 2020. (He was not.)

Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn also attended.

Tomorrow is #Jan6.

From Keith Edwards on BlueSky ( bsky.app/profile/keithedwards.… )

Donations to Biden's inaugural fund in 2021:

Meta = $0
Tim Cook = $0
Sam Altman = $0
Google = $200,000
Amazon = $200,000

Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025:

Meta = $1,000,000
Tim Cook = $1,000,000
Sam Altman = $1,000,000
Google = $1,000,000
Amazon = $1,000,000

The oligarchy is here.
#trump #usa #oligarchy

Some companies are quietly adding an “import tax” IN ANTICIPATION of possible future #tariffs. That is, tariffs that they don’t currently have to pay to import stuff.

#Trump hasn’t yet been sworn in and he’s driving up prices. #maga

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

propub.li/4gF50W0

#News #Militia #Jan6 #Insurrection #Trump #USPolitics #Journalism

How a Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias

Disgusted by Jan. 6, John Williams set out on a two-year undercover operation. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

^ProPublica

In case you’re thinking this is some odd lapse of judgement or something, it’s not. Cook’s no different to any other billionaire. If you want more proof, watch this talk I gave in Warsaw a few years ago:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhzge9r…

#TimCook #apple #BigTech #Trump #democracy #fascism

Fascism, now available in space grey.

theverge.com/2025/1/3/24335290…

#apple #trump #timCook #neoliberalism #capitalism #fascism

Tim Cook is donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, too

Apple CEO Tim Cook is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, according to Axios.

^{Jay Peters (The Verge)}

After a failed auto-coup, Yoon's supporters are standing off Against the cops chanting, "stop the steal!"

As did #Bolsonaro supporters in '22.

I've yet to see any Dem or liberal pundit hang this new normal in democracies across the world on #Trump and his enablers in congress and on #SCOTUS.
#southkorea #fascism #yoonsukyeol

m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025010…

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes (who is amazing) has quit the Washington Post because the editors killed her editorial cartoon poking fun at the CEOs and tech-bros (including Jeff Bezos) prostrating themselves before Trump.

Here, in her own words, is the reason she quit:
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-…

And below is the rough of the cartoon that was killed.

#FreePress #Journalism #Press #Media #News #Cartoon #AnnTelnaes #JeffBezos #WashingtonPost #Censorship #Trump #US #USA #USNews

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes leaves WaPo after someone above her killed a cartoon - the first that's happened in 16 years, she says.

The cartoon shows a bunch of oligarchs kneeling before and handing sacks of money to #Trump

#news #media

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-…

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post

Democracy can't function without a free press

^{Ann Telnaes (Open Windows)}

👍🏻NYT:

“President #Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters. The move relies on a 70-year-old law that could make it difficult for the #Trump administration to reverse it.” #ClimateCrisis

This was mostly a sub-toot on the first round of news headlines I saw about these being connected incidents... which feels far fetched still.

There's been some more news that came out less than an hour ago that seems to make the Vegas situation clearly not an accident.

The driver reportedly killed themselves then the cybertruck exploded.

It doesn't seem like there was shrapnel so still seems pretty odd if this was meant as a terror attack.

#vegas #cybertruck #trump

DemocracyNow just posted some excellent reporting on both the Vegas and New Orleans military vet's turned terrorists.

They mentioned a tidbit I'd missed, which is that in the start of these incidents President elect Orange demon Trump said Biden's policies let in illegal aliens who were destabilizing our country. Shortly after it was discovered both assailants were ex military.

Surely Trump will post a retraction, right?

youtu.be/-XH9xwEmdrI

#DemocracyNow #Biden #Trump #Vegas #NewOrleans

I’m launching a Stop Calling #AntiVax Nutjobs “Skeptics” Challenge for 2025.

Immunologists are the real vaccine skeptics, just as climatologists are the real climate change skeptics.

It’s called the scientific method. They don’t believe anything unless repeatable studies find compelling evidence for it and are open to revising their views as new data come along. Skeptics.

#media #trump #rfkjr

TDS In the Field Part 2: Cognitive Testing, Catfish, & Kinky Politics

Revisit some of 2024's most shocking reporting from the field, from Grace Kuhlenshmidt investigating the cognitive decline on Capitol Hill, to Ronny Chieng exploring how Wisconsin got catfished, to Troy Iwata trying out a rising kink: political humiliation.

#DailyShow #MaxwellFrost #Trump

youtube.com/watch?v=Zj69MYbl2f…

[l] Elon Musk plant eine Live-Debatte mit Alice Weidel. Da könnte man sich jetzt noch einreden, dass das halt seine politische Position ist, oder dass das eine Werbekampagne für seine schrottige Plattform werden soll, aber mit dieser Meldung, wo er die Freilassung von Tommy Robinson aus dem Gefängnis fordert, wird da meiner Ansicht nach ein anderer Schuh draus.

Elon wird schlicht gemerkt haben, dass die Europäer weniger zum Regulieren kommen, wenn er sie mit für die EU höher priorisiertem Scheiß bewirft. Genau wie die Amerikaner weniger zum Regulieren kamen, als Trumps Wiederwahl immanent wurde.

#fefebot #trump #EU

Musk plans discussion with German far-right leader on X

The live chat with the AfD’s chancellor candidate is proposed as Germany’s political leaders accuse the tech billionaire of election interference.

^{Pauline von Pezold (POLITICO)}

[l] Fandet ihr das merkwürdig, dass sich Elon Musk (Zielgruppe: linke Tree Hugger) an Trump (Zielgruppe: Coal Roller) heranwanzt?

Stellt sich raus: Tesla-Kunden finden das auch merkwürdig.

#fefebot #trump

Yikes. Sounds like the driver didn't survive. 😞

NBC News: Tesla cybertruck bursts into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tesla…

#Tesla #Cybertruck #Trump

Tesla Cybertruck bursts into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one

A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the entrance of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring several other people, local officials said.

^{Kalhan Rosenblatt (NBC News)}

One person is dead and several are injured after Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, officials say.

NBC News has the story: flip.it/mGdTFI

#Tesla #Trump #ElonMusk #News #Cybertruck #LasVegas

Tesla Cybertruck bursts into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one

A Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring several others, according to local officials.

^{Kalhan Rosenblatt (NBC News)}

Class act, and this is how you shut down a narcissist.
You don't need to give them more than a single word of thought.

#JimmyCarter #Trump

To meet people who think Putin and what he does in Ukraine is ok, or to say that Trump is a good choice for the USA, is quite a shocking experience. Almost like seeing Bigfoot. It is one thing to hear about it, another thing to see it.

It is astonishing to me how some people can be so idiotic and brainwashed. Unbelievable.

#putin #trump #usa

That is quite the realization, there. Way to tell on yourselves.

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption