Surviving a second Trump admin*

[GoCubsGo]

Guess he cannot say "This would never happen if I was president."

It'll probably be "Who? What?"

[Vrede too]

Grab the popcorn.

Even if he weren't an ignorant fool, he'd still be unacceptably rude, crude, and boorish.
Great job on behalf of the country, Donald.

In no uncertain terms, in front of the entire world, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney bitchslapped Trump regarding his desire to make Canada the 51st state: "... it's not for sale. It won't be for sale ever."

ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR CARNEY

Trump trolls people and countries like he’ll never have to sit face to face with their leaders. It’s so awkward when they do. Carney isn’t having it.

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[GoCubsGo]

LOL

She's not wrong.

[Vrede too]

LOL

She's not wrong.
https://bsky.app/profile/lizdye.bsky.so ... k5pric4s2i

Because "little" kids are sooo good at delayed gratification.

[GoCubsGo]

Uhhhh Houston, we may have a problem.

[O Really]

Uhhhh Houston, we may have a problem.

Loose screw? Loose cannon? Sand in the ointment? Wheels come off?

[GoCubsGo]

Uhhhh Houston, we may have a problem.

Loose screw? Loose cannon? Sand in the ointment? Wheels come off?

Okay, we may have problems.

[O Really]

Republicans can't govern themselves, much less the country. But overall, that's probably a good thing considering the sheer lunacy running rampant in their tiny lizard brains.

[GoCubsGo]

Republicans can't govern themselves, much less the country. But overall, that's probably a good thing considering the sheer lunacy running rampant in their tiny lizard brains.

There's a possibility they could fumble the ball through the midterms with no legislative accomplishments to hang their hats on.

[Vrede too]

Uhhhh Houston, we may have a problem.

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1920463414297583651

I don't think a debt ceiling increase requires GQP unanimity. Rand may not be missed.

[GoCubsGo]

Once again loving the poorly educated and doing what he can to keep them that way.

[O Really]

Those two are surely leading experts on constitutional law, aren't they?

[GoCubsGo]

Those two are surely leading experts on constitutional law, aren't they?

And they're in the process of trying to redefine racist.

[GoCubsGo]

Holy shit.

[GoCubsGo]

Trumpaloons haven't gotten any smarter since the election.

[Vrede too]

Trumpaloons haven't gotten any smarter since the election.

https://bsky.app/profile/gailwaldby.bsk ... owhh3k2s2j

No paywall:

Militia Group Threatens NWS Radars, Calling Them 'Weather Weapons'—How Did NOAA Respond?
Protecting science-based infrastructure like NEXRAD is no longer just a technical issue.

... Internal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) emails show that this organization believes Doppler weather radars, namely those in the NEXRAD network, are really "weather weapons," and they are demanding their destruction.

What Is the NEXRAD Radar System?

In a NOAA security notice that CNN has obtained, Veterans on Patrol is calling supporters to conduct "penetration drills" at radar facilities throughout the US to locate vulnerabilities and take advantage of them with the goal of sabotaging them. The notice threatens recent face-to-face contact with the organization and details field personnel's essential safety procedures....

Though valuable, the radar towers have also been the focus of unfounded conspiracy theories, with Veterans on Patrol asserting that the structures are weather manipulation tools....

Staffing Crisis Heightens Danger

The attack is coming at a vulnerable moment for the NWS, already weakened by staff shortages. With more than 90 openings for technicians vacant and a federal hiring freeze remaining in place, any intentional sabotage of radar equipment could devastate national and local weather operations.

An NWS employee, who chose to remain anonymous, expressed concern about the growing hostility toward federal agencies.

"We obviously deal with some fringe folks every now and then (chemtrails mostly), but specific threats to target facilities is pretty rare," the NWS staff member said. "Given the general temperature of the country right now, this is stuff is especially concerning."

Rising Anti-Government Sentiment Raises Alarm

The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated Veterans on Patrol as an anti-government militia, as part of an overall trend toward increasing extremism against public institutions. These threats are a disturbing convergence of disinformation, government distrust, and actual danger.

With the US entering storm and hurricane season peak, any disruption of the NEXRAD network could mean disastrous delays in emergency weather alerts, putting lives and communities in jeopardy.

Thanks, POTUS Musk and PINO.

[GoCubsGo]

Firing a woman of color without cause?

I don't understand.

[Vrede too]

Firing a woman of color without cause?

I don't understand.

https://x.com/nytimes/status/1920690225493184578

Male White supremacy in action, again. No pay wall:

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump
Hayden was the first woman and first African American to hold the post.

... Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House committee that oversees the library, slammed Trump for “firing a patriotic public servant.” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries piled on, calling the decision “unjust” and a “disgrace.” Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) praised Hayden in a statement and said Trump was “taking his assault on America’s libraries to a new level.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the firing “the latest foray in [Trump’s] relentless campaign to dismantle the guardrails of our democracy and punish public servants who don’t bend to his every will.”

... She was also targeted over the past week by a conservative “America First” activist group, the American Accountability Foundation, that criticized her on X just hours before her dismissal for being “woke, anti-Trump, and promot[ing] trans-ing kids.” ...

Morons.

American Accountability Foundation

... The New Yorker described the AAF as a dark money group ("a politically active, tax-exempt nonprofit charity that doesn’t disclose its backers") that is an offshoot of another such group, the Conservative Partnership Institute, which employed Mark Meadows after he left the Trump administration.

The AAF describes itself as a "charitable and educational organization that conducts non-partisan governmental oversight research and fact-checking so Americans can hold their elected leaders accountable". Jones told Fox News in April 2021 that he aimed to "take a big handful of sand and throw it in the gears of the Biden administration".

AAF is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025, a collection of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power should the Republican nominee win the 2024 presidential election....

"charitable and educational" "non-partisan"

[Supsalemgr]

Holy shit.

I personally will not miss her on "The Five" and believe she is a good fit for the appointment.

[Whack9]

Holy shit.

Potemkin presidency. Made for TV. Stay tuned!