> 20 #civilservice #employees #resigned Feb 25 from #billionaire #Trump adviser #Musk #DOGE saying they were refusing 2 use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.” “We swore to serve #American people and uphold our oath to the #Constitution across #presidential administrations,” the 21 staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained by AP. “ However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.” https://apnews.com/article/doge-elon-musk-federal-government-resignations-usds-6b7e9b7022e6d89d69305e9510f2a43c

80% did not vote for neo-Nazis and support #democracy. This is better than their neighbors the #Netherlands, where 25% voted for the #PVV and Geert #Wilders. In the #US, support for a fascist leader was ~50% during the last #presidential #election.

#trump #musk #republicans #politics #europe #eu

https://www.politico.eu/article/german-election-results-2025-friedrich-merz-cdu-conservative-party-win-exit-poll/

There's an annual ceremony at Gettysburg, where new citizens are sworn in, and then Lincoln's speech is read.

"Sixteen people from eight countries—Bhutan, Britain, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Mexico and South Africa—stood as one.

"They raised their right hands. They renounced fidelity to any other 'foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty.' They vowed to defend the Constitution."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/us/gettysburg-address.html?smid=em-share
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#ushistory #history #gettysburg #lincoln #presidential

Tell your #Senators Confirm #Judges Committed to Protecting #CivilRights. As a 2nd #Trump admin approaches, we’re running out of time to confirm as many #federal #judges as possible to provide a check on his #presidential #power and curb his stated policy priorities. 48 Days 07 Hours 59 Minutes. There are 47 federal judicial #vacancies and 17 #nominations before the Senate right now—as our civil rights hang in the balance, take action now! #judiciary #court #womenshealth #justice #congress

Protect Your Future Self: 11 Key Actions or a Checklist for Vital Documents, Health Preparations, and Legal Protections: https://davaug.medium.com/protect-your-future-self-11-key-actions-c28d75354516

via @rahaeli.bsky.social

They tell us President Trump was elected by 50.9% of the vote- a clear majority of Americans.

They don't mention the more than 87 million eligible American Voters who stayed home from the polls.

That's about 15 million more American voters who chose not to vote than voters whose votes elected the new President.

When you count *all* the Americans eligible to vote, its clear that President-elect Trump.was elected by less than 30% of the electorate.

#USpoli #2024 #Presidential #lection2024

The #ACLU already has a ‘#battleplan’ to #fight #Trump’s #policies.

The #nonprofit took to #socialmedia as soon as #news outlets called the #US #presidential #election for #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump, stating it was done “#waiting anxiously” and ready to “ensure any #erosions of #civilrights or #civilliberties will be hotly contested.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/07/the-aclu-already-has-battle-plan-drawn-up-to-fight-trumps-policies/

OK #Joe is time to use some of those #Presidential powers for which you are unaccountable.

I think 6-ish weeks of that, then resign and let #Harris be the #47th #President. You know #TheFutureGuy has sunk a lot of his stolen money into "47" merch.

Then #KamalaHarris can appoint #TimWalz or anyone as #VP to preside over the #JointSession to count electoral votes.

I'm sure more #shenanigans can be achieved...

Both #LATimes #WashingtonPost r refusing to make endorsement in a #presidential race where Trump victory is likely to have disastrous consequences for #pressfreedom. Both non-endorsement decisions were made by the papers’ owners. Both seem in fact designed to damage the reputations of the papers by openly, cravenly proclaiming the willingness of the fourth estate to kowtow to #fascists #Bezos claims this was his principled decision #billionaires #Trump #election2024 #vote https://www.publicnotice.co/p/washington-post-la-times-2024-endorsement-bezos

#LGBTQ+ #voters in these 4 #states could swing the 2024 #presidential #election.

LGBTQ+ voters strongly #vote for #democrats

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #Election #Representation #Culture #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #Megathread

https://theconversation.com/lgbtq-voters-in-these-4-states-could-swing-the-2024-presidential-election-239656

The #presidential #election is frighteningly close. How so many of my fellow #Americans can look at #trump and think he should be #president is beyond me. While I understand the #MAGA lunatics, as there will be lunatics always, but there are so many other people who say they don't know which way to vote or are weighing their options. How? How is that even possible?