The news cycle's dizzying. So something like this is helpful, even if I can't digest it all at once. The speed at which Our Putin is moving is shocking, but the Dems rolling over is devastating. NPR gives us in bullet points, day by day, this week's achievements in fascism.
#we #elected #our #Putin #stuck w #him #now #SCOTUS #crowned him #king #Democracy #dying #oligarchy #win #MuskWasNotElected #President #USA #dictator #WhiteHouse #cement #rose #garden #news #cycle https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5304445/trump-week-doge-ukraine-eric-adams-new-york
'I will not be silenced': Congressman posts letter Trump DOJ sent him for criticizing Musk

The top Department of Justice prosecutor in Washington D.C. is now sending letters to elected officials who criticize President Donald Trump and his administration that include ominous ultimatums.That's according to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), who posted the full text of a letter he received from...

Alternet.org
I hearby declare new titles for our dynamic duo: President Musk and the POSTUSINO ("...in name only"). Keep saying it if only to drive 'em nuts. It goes to eleven . . . . #thisisacoup #postusino #potus #fucktrump #fuckmusk #muskwasnotelected #muskwasnotvetted #muskwasnotconfirmed #muskisaliar
Bluesky

Bluesky Social

Corruption pure and simple.
#TammanyHall21stCentury #MuskIsADanger #muskwasnotelected
β€œRepublicans showed the unprecedented influence of billionaire private individual Elon Musk over the Republicans who in 2025 will control the United States government. Musk has a strong financial interest in the outcome of discussions, but House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he had included Musk as well as President-elect Trump in the negotiation of the original bipartisan funding bill.

Then Musk blew up the agreement by issuing what was an apparent threat to fund primary challengers to any Republican who voted for it. He apparently scuttled the measure on his own hook, since Trump took about thirteen hours to respond to his torpedoing it.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/december-21-2024?r=ce00&utm_medium=ios

December 21, 2024

Shortly after midnight last night, the Senate passed the continuing resolution to fund the government through March 14, 2025.

Letters from an American

Ummmm...who elected Musk? GOP are cowards! And T isn't even in office yet. What a royal CF. Prepare for government shutdown. 😑
#MuskWasNotElected #GovernmentShutdown #GOPCowards

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/18/government-shutdown-house-vote-cr/

Republicans scrap spending bill, under pressure from Trump and Musk

Unless Congress acts, a shutdown deadline looms just past midnight Saturday.

The Washington Post