If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
-- 1 John 3:17
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There's never been a better time to divest from Tesla!
#BankruptTesla #CancelStarlink #BoycottSpaceX #TeslaTakedown #ArrestElonMusk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Swastikars #SissySpaceX #NaziMusk #PresidentMusk #FuckElonMusk #USPol
Do not overlook the role of religion in this authoritarian mess. It matters that a large majority of white Trump voters identify as Christian. Yes, yes white supremacy is a big deal here. As is male supremacy. But omitting Christianity/Catholicism from the equation is intellectual malpractice.
What Links Religion and Authoritarianism?
The connections between religiousness and authoritarianism, studied for decades, depend upon the kind of religious belief.
https://daily.jstor.org/what-links-religion-and-authoritarianism/
Some of the executive orders coming out of this White House read like found lore in a dystopian video game where everyone's dead and you have to piece together what happened before the nuclear-powered biomechnical black goo converts the last computers into sentient cyborgs that think of you as a spare parts bin.
Launching The Genesis Mission
#USPol #ExecutiveOrder #gaming #SurvivalHorror
Launching The Genesis Mission
#USPol #ExecutiveOrder #gaming #SurvivalHorror
After hours of deep reflection and self-examination, I believe I have uncovered the source of my profound disappointment. As an immigrant, I once regarded the United States, despite its imperfections, as the pinnacle of nations.
#ElectionDay #Trump #ElectionDay2024 #USPol #DonaldTrump… (1/5)
There is a room with three doors. Each bears a label: “Latino Vote,” “Purpling Suburbs,” and “Big City Turnout.” This November, Texas #Democrats opened these three doors, and behind all they discovered a Cerberus from Greek mythology with the heads of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Greg Abbott. Then the monster ate them.
From Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-lost-decade-2024/
#politics #USpol #news #Trump #TedCruz #GregAbbott #TXlege #Republicans #election2024 #Texas
New today from Francesca D'Annunzio: “This moment calls for compassion and meaningful immigration reform that prioritizes saving lives. The future of humanity depends on our response.”
Texans will be forced to defend their communities from #Trump's attacks ... https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-front-lines-mass-deportations/
#immigration #Border #politics #USpol #election2024 #news #Texas
A post-election message from Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova to our members, readers, and the rest of our extended community.
https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/donate
#journalism #Media #Texas #politics #USpol #fundraiser #nonprofit #future #immigration #news
#DrunkRapist #PeteHegseth readies *actions* against #Trump “foe” Retired General & former chairman of the #JointChiefsOfStaff #MarkMilley
The retired general, a frequent target of #Trump, will lose his #security detail & face an #InspectorGeneral [apparently there’s one left] investigation, said a senior #defense official.
#military #jcs #honor #integrity #IG #RevengePolitics #law #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/
Beware of Login.gov, which several government systems including Social Security encourage you to transition to using.
Looks like there plans to make it a universal identifier, hooked to all the information the government has about you. It's always been billed as a login-only system that respects privacy, but that could end under the current regime. The linked article from 404 Media has audio of a meeting about doing just that.
https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/
#TechCoup #USPol
Looks like there plans to make it a universal identifier, hooked to all the information the government has about you. It's always been billed as a login-only system that respects privacy, but that could end under the current regime. The linked article from 404 Media has audio of a meeting about doing just that.
https://www.404media.co/things-are-going-to-get-intense-how-a-musk-ally-plans-to-push-ai-on-the-government/
#TechCoup #USPol
American political thought is marred by either-or thinking. This way of thinking has nothing to do with ableist notions of intelligence, that "life of the mind" which elites think will save us, but instead has everything to do with life of the heart. Not everything is a trolley problem. In the words of Thich Nhat Hanh, "One arrow can save two birds at the same time—if the arrow strikes the branch, both birds will fly away." How will you shoot your arrow?
The US Democratic party needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. It has failed, continues to fail, and its core ideology has been a failed one for approximately half a century. The leadership needs to go, the constellation of consultants needs to go, the court jesters need to go.
#USPol #Democrats
#USPol #Democrats
On Pete Hegseth's tattoos:
"Deus vult is the Latin for 'God wills it.' During the First Crusade, it was raised as a battle cry. This is its univocal origin and context, and Hegseth knows it well: In American Crusade, he refers to it as 'the rallying cry of Christian knights as they marched to Jerusalem,' a summons to 'followers of Christ to take up the sword in defense of their faith, their families, and their freedom.' It provides the last words in American Crusade: 'See you on the battlefield. Together, with God’s help, we will save America. Deus vult!' And have I mentioned that his book is titled American Crusade?"
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-pete-hegseth-crusader-tattoos
#Hegseth #PeteHegseth #ChristianNationalism #USPOL #Trump
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Photographer Justin Hamel joined Battalion Search and Rescue in their attempt to rescue lost migrants ... or discover the remains of those who hadn't made it through the El Paso desert.
Find his photo essay in our magazine, or on our website: https://www.texasobserver.org/death-in-the-desert/
#SouthTexas #border #immigration #HumanRights #environment #politics #USpol #Mexico #Texas #news
I wonder when the US Congress is going to do something about the "do what you did to Twitter to the Federal government" stuff. Are they still alive in there? What's up? Should we turn Congress off and then on again?
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I don't have any idea how likely this is to make it out, but some fucked up Rs are trying to remove Washington state's amazing voting through mail in ballots. This morning is a great time to do a quick "NO THANK YOU" comment on this bill: https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1584
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"A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. 🚨
The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power — a requirement Musk has simply ignored"
Here’s a thread with links to articles about the #ElonMusk takeover of the US #government.
Is it a #coup? Will anyone stop it?
#Oligarchy #Politics #USPol #Musk #Trump #GOP #News #USA #US #USNews
an unelected billionaire storming into US agencies, installing his unqualified and unapproved lackeys, purging civil servants, seizing access to sensitive data and payments, unilaterally eliminating federal agencies: fine
identifying the lackeys: illegal
Resistance to the coup is the defense of the human against the digital and the democratic against the oligarchic.
Defense of the human against the digital has been my mission for some time. Resisting the narratives about how #LLMs "reason", "pass the Turing test", "diagnose illnesses", are "better than humans" in various ways are part of it. Resisting the false narrative that we're on the verge of discovering #AGI is part of it. Allowing these false stories to persist and spread means succumbing to very dark anti-human forces. We're seeing some of the consequences now, and we're seeing how far this might go.
#USPol #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #AGI
Everything that is happening right now is because Musk has kicked into high gear the broligarchy’s plan to destroy our government, so that the US will fall apart and replaced with fiefdoms owned by Musk, Zuck, and the rest of the tech bros.
In the US even the bomb-sniffing dogs are suffering austerity.
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
https://mastodon.social/users/404mediaco/statuses/114166923291735865
#US #USPol #AusterityEconomics #austerity #TSA #dogs
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
https://mastodon.social/users/404mediaco/statuses/114166923291735865
#US #USPol #AusterityEconomics #austerity #TSA #dogs