DeclanStIrish

@DeclanStIrish@stranger.social
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“I know I may not look like it, but I’ve been around a while. And when you get to my age, certain things become clearer than ever before. My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy. A future based on the core values that have defined America: Honesty. Decency. Dignity. Equality. To respect everyone. To give everyone a fair shot. To give hate no safe harbor." 
President Biden
What's wrong with the Jets. #HNOM #NHLJets
Listening to the #nhljets game while #skating! #hnom

Gavin Newsom launches portal for California residents to snitch on federal agents who ‘abuse their authority’ | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-california-ice-agents-illegal-b2877676.html

Gavin Newsom launches portal for California residents to snitch on federal agents who ‘abuse their authority’

Golden State officials said the tool would help push back against a ‘campaign of terror’ by Trump administration

The Independent
Guys... it's working!

Costco wouldn't back down on DEI, and now it's going up against the Trump administration, suing on the grounds that Trump overstepped his emergency powers by imposing tariffs — and asking for a refund. Here's more from @CNN on what Costco said in the lawsuit, and the handful of other companies that are separately suing the government.

https://flip.it/NWo8NH

#USNews #USGovernment #TrumpAdministration #Trump #USPolitics #Tariffs #Law #Costco #DEI

Costco is poking the Trump bear

Global businesses

CNN

Wondering why Trump is murdering alleged (no proof) drug traffickers on the open seas while pardoning a mega-crook head of state who was helping to smuggle tons of drugs into the US?

Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.

https://www.nationalmemo.com/donald-trump-crimes

Is Donald Trump Pro-Crypto Or Pro-Crime? (Is There Really A Difference?)

On one side, the Trump administration is sinking small boats that it claims, without evidence, are smuggling drugs — and according to the Washington Post, Pete Hegseth, the self-styled Secretary of War, has personally ordered at least one follow-up strike to kill the survivors. A working group of fo...

National Memo
Perfect!

The last coal plant delivering electricity to California has closed.
California's energy system is now coal free.

https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-coal-dead

Ding dong, coal is dead

At least in California.

Climate-Colored Goggles
House speaker has jaw-dropping defense of Trump's use of slur

House speaker has jaw-dropping...
House speaker has jaw-dropping defense of Trump's use of slur

House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to cover for Donald Trump after the president called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “ seriously retarded " during a Thanksgiving Day rant online. Johnson was asked about ...

Daily Kos

#PODCAST: The Trump Admin announced it will ignore World AIDS Day -- but we won't! Join us next week as we commemorate #AIDS Awareness Month with new podcast interviews.

Our guests include:

*Professor Robin Lin Miller, Michigan State University

*Professor Brandon Nabors, University of Mississippi

(Their articles on HIV/AIDS are also available on our blog.)
https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-no-world-aids-day

Trump administration won't observe World AIDS Day

A directive from the State Department assures that 2025 will be different from 2024, when President Biden hosted the first display of AIDS Memorial Quilt panels at the White House.

Advocate.com