a twice-weekly news round-up,
usually on Tuesdays and Saturdays
He’s a god. There are no literal gods, of course, but Donald Trump is effectively God Almighty. He’s obeyed and worshipped, and his orders followed without question. Congress doesn’t constrain him, the Supreme Court is irrelevant, and Trump has always lived above human law, conscience, and decency. He does what he wants, and cannot be overruled.
100 days into his Presidency or Lordship, the powers are no longer separated. All power is Trump’s. Science has been overruled. Immigrants no longer have due process — will it be suspended for citizens, too? Will more judges be arrested? Will protesters, activists, even Democrats be illegalized? Will there be martial law? Will elections be cancelled?
‘Maybe’ isn’t a plausible answer. If Trump wants such things, the answers will be yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. What a god wants, a god gets. “Thy will be done.”
AND NOW THE NEWS
#514
APRIL 30, 2025
‘DOGE’ employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Trump regime, ‘DOGE’ are combining multiple gov’t databases into a giant racist infobank
DOJ deportation memo pretends the Fourth Amendment doesn’t exist
DEMOCRACY GOING, GOING, GONE…
SAVE Act could make voting difficult or illegal for 69-million women, and that’s no accident
ICE raids Oklahoma citizens’ home by mistake, takes everything anyway
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Virginia raid will be prosecuted
Trump guts DOJ unit responsible for protecting voting rights
GIVE US YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE, SO WE CAN IMPRISON THEM
ONLY THE RICH HAVE RIGHTS
Trump regime removes report on missing and murdered Indigenous people
Trump family & cohorts launch “the highest-end private club that Washington has ever had”
TO HELL WITH HEALTH AND SCIENCE
US dismisses all authors of National Climate Assessment, email says
GOOD NEWS
Rep. Thanedar introduces articles of impeachment against Trump
Unfathomably, it’s taken three months for any Democrat to do this.
BACK TO THE BAD NEWS
Here come the consequences of Trump’ϟ idiotic tariffs
Everything’s unprecedented, and nobody has a crystal ball, but it seems wise to stock up on canned goods, and anything else stock-up-able.
MEDIA MALPRACTICE
I’ve seen a dozen news reports on Trump wearing a blue suit to the Pope’s funeral. Haven’t seen any mainstream media mention at all that he fell asleep during the service. I only know it from reading blogs and social media.
Wearing a blue suit to a funeral is a social faux pas. Falling asleep at important functions is a symptom of dementia. Just saying.
AND I SAY TO MYSELF, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
Clearly, these Holocaust survivors must be anti-Semites.
Marco Rubio silences every last little criticism of Israel at State Department
THE CRUELTY IS THE POINT
Three US citizen children, one with cancer, deported to Honduras, lawyers say
DOGE orders major cut to AmeriCorps funding, imperiling agency’s work
OUR FRIENDS, THE DEMOCRATS
A few Democrats worth voting for: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Keith Ellison, Jay Inslee, Ilhan Omar, Mark Pocan, Bernie Sanders, Rashida Tlaib, Elizabeth Warren.
A few Dems arguably worth voting for, but I’d need to do some research before election day: Cori Bush, Greg Casar, Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost, Jesús Garcia, Pramila Jayapal, Summer Lee, Sarah McBride, Ayanna Pressley, JB Pritzker, Delia Ramirez, Linda Sánchez, Maxine Waters.
Probably, there are other good guys I’m unaware of, but the bulk of Democrats on the national scene are plain fascist-collaborators. My vote (if voting is allowed) is out of the question.
75-year-old Democrat who beat AOC for key role resigns after 4 months
AND ALSO
Trump’ϟ press secretary boasts no hesitation to arrest SCOTUS Justices
Famed Memphis church associated with Martin Luther King damaged by fire
HORRID, HORRID PEOPLE
Pete Hegseth’s personal Signal chat phone number is all over the internet
Trump’s team photoshops gang tattoo onto image of disappeared man’s hand
Senate Republican wants to hold hearings on a 9/11 conspiracy theory
EYE ON AI
Here comes Microsoft’s AI-powered Recall, snooping everything
South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data to China and the U.S. without consent
MY BROWSER HISTORY, MINUS THE PORN
Jay Inslee: Why is America sleeping as autocracy approaches?
Excerpt: Perhaps it is too strong to refer to these organizations as collaborators. Perhaps. But this wholesale timidity and collapse must be considered rank appeasement at best, modest complicity at worst.
What is Tren de Aragua and has the group ‘invaded’ the United States?
Chuds on parade: meet Trump’ϟ cabinet
75 years ago, The Martian Chronicles legitimized science fiction
American police are out of control — 4/23
Ignoring the climate emergency — 4/29
The Lord works in mysterious ways — 4/25
And that’s the way it is,
and nothing will
meaningfully improve
until billionaires fear for their lives
4/29/2025
Logo illustration by Jeff Meyer. Tip ‘o the hat to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Bleepity-Bleep, Lorem Ipsum Dolor, Sloth Unleashed, Toad’s Lily Pad, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.
Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
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