THIS FLEW UNDER THE RADAR Members of the German neo-Nazi political group AfD plan to attend Trump’s inauguration. The group has been actively engaging with U.S. conservatives and is trying to capitalize on Trump’s populist momentum. Keep an eye on this, especially in light of

There are no words strong enough to describe these hypocritical motherfuckers. None.

On January 1, a new law went into effect that we can't record the cops and first responders within 25 feet. For this exact reason. They want to protect police when they do shit like this. Fuck you, DeSantis.

Republicans in Congress pushed to ban TikTok and force a sale. Now a wealthy, politically-connected Republican is close to buying it. This isn't about safety, it's about Republicans forcibly controlling the content 170 million Americans consume. X, Meta, Snap, and now TikTok.

Worth remembering Facebook knew right-wing site postings (Breitbart, Shapiro, etc) were the main generators of hate speech comments and their own algorithms rewarded it (and they benefitted) —but did nothing because they didn’t want to seem biased. “The receipts exist” 👇🏽

👀 Praxis is a Thiel-backed “network state” project that aims to build its own “nation”. In Nov, Praxis founder Dryden Brown wrote about wanting Greenland for Praxis. In Dec, Trump named Thiel partner Ken Howery as Denmark ambassador & said the US shld buy Greenland. Praxis &

JD Vance at the National Conservatism Conference: "The professors are the enemy."

Stalin: "The intelligentsia are enemies of the people." Pol Pot: "Kill the professors." VP Vance: "The professors are the enemy." Authoritarians, no matter the country or era ... always have the same message.

This doesn't seem great imo

Donald Trump is trying to shut down the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. This will lead to mass child abuse on an unprecedented scale. This would be the single biggest move to directly help pedophiles that any President has ever done in US history

After several delays, Department of Government Efficiency has finally posted its purported savings. Why did it take so long to create a simple webpage with a 1000-row table? Who knows! Let's dig in. Headline number: $55B saved. They list the savings per nixed contract. This should be easy to verify then. 🧵

Elon Musk And if anyone is curious, there are currently 17 lines that say "SEE FPDS" rather than the savings amount, I guess because their automated scraping failed. I did it manually and it took roughly ~10 minutes. But that's too much to ask of super geniuses working 120 hours/week!

🚨 JUST IN: White House orders halt to FBI background checks for dozens of top staffers. Gee, I wonder why. abcnews.go.com/Politics/white…

Bill Burr refuses the media bait: "You journalists need to get your balls back"

Zelensky: We have captured two Chinese soldiers on Ukrainian territory. We have their documents, even credit cards. They are citizens of China. I believe the United States of America needs to pay more attention to what is happening today. 1/

I shake my head is disbelief at how many people haven't realized yet that we have been overthrown

Carl Sagan's prediction of America, made 30 years ago.