My latest: Last year, I covered the chaos as a peaceful protest for #Palestine at the University of Texas at #Austin was attacked by state troopers and local police. Unknown to me, a respected UT professor I'd interviewed for other stories was also there, and was about to have an encounter with cops that would cost him his career.
Today, Austin Free Press is releasing video from that incident showing the trooper deliberately shoving him multiple times. https://austinfreepress.org/days-of-rage/
Funny how the "Government is Evil" crowd is silent in the US, now that the government actually IS evil.
There’s a protest at the #Ottawa (Canada)Tesla dealership this Saturday at 2:00 pm. Details and RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/tesla-takedown-ottawa-on#
Out today at Austin Free Press: Respected UT professor Richard Heyman was arrested and lost his job after an altercation with police at a protest for #Palestine last year. Newly released video shows the Texas state trooper deliberately shoving Heyman multiple times. https://austinfreepress.org/days-of-rage/
Mahmoud Khalil hasn't been deported yet. I've been worried that they'll really really disappear him, without even pretending to go through due process, but they haven't. That's good news.
If Khalil, a green card holder, is deported without having been convicted of a crime, the profundity of my disinterest in whatever nonsense passes for a so-called legal argument in favor of that course of action will be deeper than the Mariana Trench with rising sea levels. I will also prefer not to risk hearing about the debate regarding whether or not he's a Hamas supporter, because I do not wish to dislocate my jaw through excessive yawning.
Simply put: in the event of the politically motivated deportation of a permanent resident who has not been convicted of a crime, it will be a matter of common sense that green card holders like me cannot risk remaining in this country, and would be better off leaving on our own terms, without the pleasure of a stay in ICE prison followed by a flight in chains to who knows where.
#uspol #immigration
CBC: Tesla products now excluded from B.C. Hydro rebates in response to U.S. tariffs
B.C. Hydro has excluded Tesla products from its electric vehicle charger rebate program in response to U.S. tariffs.
The rebate program allows British Columbians to get up to $350 to purchase and install an EV charger in their homes.
As of March 12, Tesla chargers, energy storage batteries and inverters are not eligible for rebates, according to B.C. Hydro. Those who have purchased or received pre-approval for their Tesla products before March 12 can still qualify for rebates.
"It's NASTY, it's NASTY" cried the Rapist as he shat his pants in rage. He continued to babble on in that disgusting and depraved childlike way that he does, the Rapist of multiple women (and girls?) telling his cult what to think, what to say, what to feel.
People voted for this brain damaged rapist, it wasn't a mistake, they wanted Trump to harm the people they don't like. Is that the behaviour of a good person?
The states argued #Musk violated the #Constitution by wielding #power only ofcls confirmed by the US #Senate can exercise under the #AppointmentsClause, & sought the materials through…discovery.
#Chutkan said her order focused mainly on who at #DOGE was making cost-cutting decisions & how far they could go.
"Defendants argue that the 'inner workings of government' are immaterial to an Appointments Clause claim,” she wrote.
A US judge has ordered #ElonMusk & his Department of Government *Efficiency* to turn over a variety of records & answer questions describing their efforts to slash federal spending.
Wednesday night's decision by US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan in Washington, DC, came in a lawsuit by 14 Democratic state attorneys general against #Musk, DOGE & #Trump.
#law #USpol #kleptocracy #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-orders-doge-musk-produce-cost-cutting-records-2025-03-13/
"What led to the arrest of #MahmoudKhalil, a prominent pro-#Palestine activist at #ColumbiaUniversity? Although he is a United States permanent resident, Khalil is facing deportation. The #Trump administration says it's part of a broader effort to combat anti-Semitism, but critics see a chilling attack on political speech..."
https://omny.fm/shows/the-take/mahmoud-khalil-and-trump-s-war-on-pro-palestinian
#FreeMahmoudKhalil #RightToProtest #FreeSpeechOnCampus #StudentProtests #PalestineSolidarity #StateRepression #USpol #USpolitics @palestine
Seems to be a good time to remind people about The Twilight Zone episode "It's A Wonderful Life" that depicts what it's like living with the kind of guy that now lives in the U.S. White House. #USPol #TwilightZone #Narcissist #Narcissism
"Hegseth is upset that the military can't freely gun down unarmed people, so he has purged top MIL ATTYs & is looking to "retrain" remaining lawyers to be more lenient about enforcing MIL justice."
-J Sears
"The overhaul of the Jag corps will be aimed at retraining MIL lawyers -so: they provide more expansive legal advice to commanders to pursue more aggressive tactics & take a more lenient approach in charging soldiers with battlefield crimes..."
#DOD #WarCrimes #USPol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/pete-hegseth-pentagon-lawyers-rules-of-war
my take the Democrats have the choice of closing down the fascist government which resuls in federal workers losing their jobs until they are called back or funding the fascists who will fire the federal workers anyway and use the money to punish citizens they don't agree with
I say shut it down!
#uspol ##uspolitics #shutitdown #endfascism #politicalreform #refund fascism
Climate groups are being charged with “conspiracy to defraud the United States” just for receiving grants from the Biden Administration. Their assets are being frozen and this will no doubt force them to use their already limited funds to defend against a baseless, cruel, unfounded claim that is a clear weaponization of the justice system. #uspol #fbi
Via TNR:
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations
New today: A prisoner watches as guards use Tasers on a naked, mentally-ill woman in a shower, and reflects on their increasing use inside #Texas prison walls..
https://www.texasobserver.org/an-inside-look-at-taser-use-in-texas-prison/
I wonder if Walmart's supply chain is going to shift to somewhere like Cambodia or Vietnam. China seems to be a frequent Target for DJT.
