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Hankthecowdog Mar 19, 2025

Heidi Li Feldman Mar 18, 2025

Well, well, well. It appears the executive branch appointed Amy Gleason as an “expert/consultant” to HHS on March 4, in an effort to bolster their claim that DOGE itself was not acting at HHS. This evidence of when she was appointed was made public via litigation. Full text at https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150/gov.uscourts.dcd.277150.65.1_1.pdf. Case is AFL-CIO v. Dep’t of Labor, docket at https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613359/american-federation-of-labor-and-congress-of-industrial-organizations-v/
For more on why the timing of Gleason's "hiring" at HHS matters see https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/114186478619323488. #LawFedi

Hankthecowdog Oct 22, 2024

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Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊Oct 22, 2024

@wdlindsy

Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here remains a stunning portrayal of just how it can, and is in the public domain in Canada, so I can happily push this link, though of course do not visit or view the site if you're not in Canada, for Reasons. We can't go about having books about the rise of fascism distributed freely, after all.

https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/lewiss-itcanthappenhere/lewiss-itcanthappenhere-00-h.html

It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, from Project Gutenberg Canada

Hankthecowdog Oct 18, 2024

Nonilex Oct 18, 2024

#GiftArticle by Jamelle Bouie

Toward the end of his tenure, Gen #MarkMilley, …chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 2019–2023, told #BobWoodward of WaPo that Donald #Trump was a fundamental threat to the safety & integrity of the #UnitedStates.

“No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” the general told Woodward. “Now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.”

Let’s stop for a second.

#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/opinion/trump-woodward-milley-mass-deportation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TE4.aEQr.bu63SohLeWP4&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Opinion | When the Top General in the U.S. Says You’re ‘Fascist to the Core’

This is no ordinary election, and we cannot act like it is.

The New York Times

Hankthecowdog Sep 11, 2023

Bread and Circuses Sep 9, 2023

Feast your eyes on this astonishing digital reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire —

➡️ https://tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/

All praise to Thomas Kole (@thomas_kole) for his efforts in accomplishing such a wonderful and educational work of art. Kudos! 👏

#History #Mexico

a portrait of Tenochtitlan

a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire

Hankthecowdog Apr 21, 2023

Neil Gaiman Apr 20, 2023

I learned today that 5 of my books are among the more than 1600 books banned in some schools right now.

https://pen.org/index-of-school-book-bans-2022/

For more information
https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/

Banned Book List: 1,648 Books in 2021-2022 - PEN America

PEN America's fall 2022 Index of Banned Books found 1,477 instances of individual books banned, affecting 874 unique titles. This searchable banned book list includes each documented book ban in the first half of the 2022-23 school year.

PEN America

Hankthecowdog Apr 2, 2023

Sheril Kirshenbaum Apr 2, 2023

“This is a ringing victory for democracy… The government cannot tell citizens what they can or can’t read. Our nation was founded on the free exchange of ideas, and banning books you disagree with is a direct attack on our most basic liberties.”

Yes! https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/01/us/texas-book-ban-removed-library-replaced-judge/index.html Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours