"Gets worse before it gets better" doesn't do nearly enough to describe the current situation —
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rjr6nfdzrfngjgc34jjyty6a/post/3lpnj3vzkgs25
#USpol #USpolitics #USelections #ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences

"The library with one door in Canada and the other one (now closing) in the US" - EL PAÍS English
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-11/the-library-with-one-door-in-canada-and-the-other-one-now-closing-in-the-us.html
#Canada #UnitedStates #US #geopolitics #USpol #USpolitics #USelections #ElectionsHaveConsequences #ElectionConsequences

"The enemy is education, knowledge, and truth."
https://steadyhq.com/de/janskudlarek/posts/0e56c1ea-8bf9-4383-a170-5ae8c457ea00
h/t @DigitalNaiv @newstik
https://mastodon.social/@DigitalNaiv/114431247492410449
#USpol #USpolitics #disinformation #misinformation #antiscience #ElectionsHaveConsequences #ElectionConsequences

Not a violation of Godwin's Law, IMO. Think about it:
"Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf"* —
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BU8.gBm8.uFzMB8ClfaEj&smid==

*NB: There is an explainer available (if you need it):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-dinner.html
#USpol #USpolitics #ElectionsHaveConsequences #ElectionConsequences #dystopia #NotNormal #humor #humour

"‘Uncertainty’ of Trump tariffs trigger worst S&P 500 quarter since 1980s amid recession fears"
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3304628/uncertainty-trump-tariffs-trigger-worst-sp-500-quarter-1980s-amid-recession-fears
#tariffs #TradeWar #TradeWars #USpol #USpolitics #geopolitics #ElectionsHaveConsequences #ElectionConsequences #SoMuchWinning #economy

Retribution tour —
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-roars-multiple-paths-retribution-vowed-targets-yield-120309815
#retribution #ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences

What a disaster...
https://fortune.com/2025/03/29/social-security-benefits-payment-systems-doge-cuts-paper-checks/
h/t @lolgop @wm
https://journa.host/@lolgop/114250914322288275#SocialSecurity #DOGE #Project2025 #ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences

Task force of federal judges will consider how to respond to "current risks* for the judiciary, following a spate of threats against judges who have ruled against the trump administration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/politics/judges-threats-task-force-trump.html
#ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences

"Exclusive: NIH to cut grants for COVID research, documents reveal"

“"Now that the pandemic is over...'"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00954-y
#COVID #COVID19 #NIH #dystopia #USpol #USpolitics #ElectionsHaveConsequences #ElectionConsequences #pandemic

Missed this one in the frenzy of chaos and damage this administration is doing —

NASA fires Katherine Calvin, the agency's chief scientist and co-chair of Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2025/03/11/nasa-fires-climate-researcher-katherine-calvin-the-agency-s-chief-scientist_6739050_114.html
h/t @the_heruman
https://mastodon.social/@the_heruman/114159566354295853
#NASA #IPCC #USpol #USpolitics #antiscience #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences

https://infosec.exchange/@erosalie/114153976042521293
#CDC #vaccines #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth #antivax #antiscience #USpol #USpolitics #ElectionsHaveConsequences #ElectionConsequences

Large clinical trial of a new oral Covid vaccine — a pill, not injection — halted by RFK Jr.
https://www.aol.com/multimillion-dollar-biden-era-covid-222505162.html
#PublicHealth #antivax #antiscience #RFKjr #USpol #USpolitics #ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences

Once again, zing —
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/feb/17/living-under-the-yoke-of-an-authoritarian-regime-why-not-join-the-raccoons-of-the-resistance via @firstdogonthemoon
#USpol #USpolitics #USelections #election #elections #ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences

Oof! "... strongest result for a far-Right party since the Second World War." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/23/germany-election-live-olaf-scholz/

via @dw https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-projections-say-cdu-csu-leads-with-29/live-71700729

https://www.wired.com/story/usda-layoffs-throw-climate-and-crop-projects-into-chaos/
#ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences #DOGE #USDA

To those who voted for this administration:
"... you will understand when those hospitals in rural America start closing down even more. You will understand when you don’t have your social security. You will understand when your Medicaid, your Medicare goes away. You will understand when planes continue to fall out of the sky..."
— Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas

Best to help them understand that they were wrong, rather than fuel the partisan gap.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/02/fiery-dem-heres-when-trumps-maga-finally-will-understand-whats-going-on.html
#ElectionConsequences

"We’ve seen this movie before. It was, perhaps, Americas biggest failure ever."
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/17/doge2025-is-getting-the-catastrophic-de-baathification-they-demanded/ v @emptywheel.bsky.social @emptywheel
#DOGE #stupidity #ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences #UnelectedJerksHaveConsequences #musk #USpol #USpolitics

Unbelievable. Absolutely the worst cabinet and worst administration in at least a century.

PS — Nothing is unbelievable. Don't fall into the trap of thinking "could never happen here." Prepare — be ready to react — for whatever you think will never happen. Maintain situational awareness no matter what.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/02/a-sicker-america-senate-confirms-robert-f-kennedy-jr-as-health-secretary/ v @arstechnica
#RFKjr #ElectionConsequences #ElectionsHaveConsequences #PublicHealth