We have to keep an eye out on the anti-abortion machinations.
The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Gutter Politics
Jessica Valenti
Apr 30
Weird Science
This past week has been a textbook example of the anti-abortion playbook in action: First, FDA chief Marty Makary said he’d consider restricting abortion medication if “new data” came out showing they were unsafe. Like magic, a new ‘study’ dropped a few days later, purporting to prove that the pills were far more dangerous than previously believed. Less than 24 hours later, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a letter to Makary, urging him to restrict the medication.This is exactly what I warned about in yesterday’s newsletter—and why I was so irritated at the initial media coverage of Makary’s comments. This was always the plan.
Hawley’s letter reminds Makary of his promise to review new data on mifepristone, and cites the horseshit ‘study’ from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC). Feigning concern about “women’s safety,” Hawley calls on the FDA chief to restore pre-Biden era restrictions on abortion medication—including mandating in-person visits.
We know what’s happening here: tele-health accounts for 1 in 5 American abortions, so Republicans are eager to do away with it. But they also know that voters really don’t like abortion bans—so they’re pushing for restrictions under the guise of protecting women.
And it’s not just legislators. As soon as the EPPC hit ‘publish’ on that study, anti-abortion activists started calling Fox News.
Christina Francis, president of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), said the research revealed a “public health crisis that should be investigated immediately.” In keeping with that woman-friendly messaging, Francis told Fox News, “Women deserve informed consent about the potentially life-threatening dangers of these drugs.”
Please remember that this is a woman who doesn’t believe in life-saving abortions and wants to force women with nonviable fetuses into c-sections—so maybe she’s not the best judge of what women need!
I can’t stress enough how important it is that we’re spreading the word on how absurd this study is. We know that bad data and fake science is a growing anti-abortion tactic, and we’ve seen how it can be weaponized in the courts. Right-wing media headlines and Hawley’s letter are just the first steps—soon, we’ll see legislators citing the ‘study’ in statehouses, and it won’t be long before the Trump administration also hops on board.
The best thing we can do is get a loud, public message out there about how ridiculous this research is. We need to make Republicans embarrassed to even talk about it.
Gutter Politics
Just when you think anti-abortion activists can’t go any lower, Marjorie Dannenfelser appears like an MLM rep in your DMs.In her statement about the bullshit mifepristone study, the president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America decided it was the perfect moment to co-opt the deaths of women killed by abortion bans. That’s right—Dannenfelser is using the very women whose deaths her work is responsible for to push for even harsher restrictions:
“Even in the corporate media, reports have surfaced of at least three women dying in recent years after drug-induced abortions. All three deaths occurred after Biden’s FDA removed critical safety protections for women and girls…”
The statement links over to SBA’s release about the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller—two women killed by Georgia’s abortion ban. (The state maternal mortality committee ruled that their deaths were preventable, after which the Republican leaders in the state dismissed the entire board.)
This isn’t the first time Dannenfelser and her group have scraped the bottom of the barrel: In the lead-up to November, SBA launched a half million dollar ad campaign using the women’s names and pictures while declaring, “the Left’s scare tactics are deadly.”
This isn’t just shameless—it’s depraved.
These people are hideous. And, they’re killing women.
Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) posted at 7:45 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
Can we talk about the jobs report that was just released?
To me, this is the most important part:
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for February was revised down by 15k, from 117k to 102k, and March was revised down by 43k, from 228k to 185k.
That means employment in Feb. and March combined is 58k lower than Trump’s administration previously reported.
I remember when MAGA screeched about revisions of less than 5k under Biden.
I remember when they screeched when Biden’s job numbers were even revised UP, not down.
Pretty sure we’ll see them revise the 177k jobs added down in April too, because this economy is a dumpster fire.
(https://x.com/ArtCandee/status/1918285688451039624?t=hU3G2nAzhTOZfV6zvyWb4w&s=03)
Symone D. Sanders Townsend (@SymoneDSanders) posted at 1:23 PM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
I beg of you reporters – please don’t get just any Democratic operative to talk on your podcasts or quote for your stories. Vet them. Some of these folks had good titles but did zero work and it shows in the quotes!!
(https://x.com/SymoneDSanders/status/1918370882067521693?t=vztuWocQkddtXM7ValiWeA&s=03)
Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) posted at 0:15 PM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
That says BILLION.
Jeff Bezos discloses plan to sell up to $4.8 billion in Amazon stock https://t.co/1F7pWL6bNU
(https://x.com/SRuhle/status/1918353658716274931?t=So82A5YMz5lbjDfOkbx_NA&s=03)
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@LongTimeHistory) posted at 1:14 PM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
ICE agents stand guard at Arizona maternity ward to quickly deport migrant mom.
Agents are posted outside the new mother’s hospital room—refusing to let her speak to a lawyer—as she has legally requested.
She faces rapid deportation under Trump’s “expedited removal” policy which could put her—and her baby’s—health and safety at imminent risk.
“She may have viable defenses to assert if given the opportunity,” her lawyer said.
“I’m asking them to put her in deportation proceedings and to release her. They have the discretion to do that, so that she can be with her baby and find accommodations.”
The Guatemalan woman was arrested in the Arizona desert after fleeing high levels of violence in her home country.
#DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE #DemsUnitedhttps://t.co/ZiWC3fuSK5
(https://x.com/LongTimeHistory/status/1918368625683263705?t=OEj24iFQG8if8G_LrdZAiA&s=03)
Where they find these 🦝🦝🦝🦝
Tiff4Mahogany_44 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 NATO MEMBER (@tiff4mahogany) posted at 2:05 PM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
CNN will search the ends of the earth for a black Trump supporter.
It’s very weird that they refuse to find a panel of black women who supported VP Harris & HRC. Yet they found Trump voters during Biden’s presidency.
https://t.co/iZdPEe8aSt
(https://x.com/tiff4mahogany/status/1918381359355019361?t=98CqNHWbuC1ykeoUMua2lw&s=03)
Karen Hunter (@karenhunter) posted at 1:14 PM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
why are you talking to fringe, unformed, uninformed Black people when 92% of Black women and nearly 80% of Black did NOT fall for the banana in the tailpipe? And look who they have asking the question. Y’all? SMH! Stop playing in our faces for ratings!
(https://x.com/karenhunter/status/1918368529201475602?t=5_ifER-PhNK7D2FaHEXeUw&s=03)
Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) posted at 3:13 PM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
BREAKING: 12,808 Racist people have donated over $346,000 to Shiloh Hendrix, who called an autistic 5-year-old African American a ‘n–ger’ multiple times at a playground.
At the end of the Thread I will tell you how you can help the actual victim out. Shiloh writes… (THREAD) https://t.co/0driZu6PnD
(https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1918398551807115580?t=iBT3sQVMAvoQN7edUt2zWg&s=03)
Why the Hell am I a Democrat? (@reesetheone1) posted at 10:58 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
Fetterman will switch parties before he resign…… dems better handle him with kid gloves.
He’s a hop skip and jump from becoming MAGA… like most Bernie progressives.
(https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1918334284064031139?t=Z0rC5H9pwDU8xUpikHLFNg&s=03)
Tiff4Mahogany_44 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 NATO MEMBER (@tiff4mahogany) posted at 9:33 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Trump telling people how many dolls their children need is giving central planning USSR.
It’s none of the government’s business how many dolls you buy your children.
I thought MAGA hated communism & socialism.
(https://x.com/tiff4mahogany/status/1918131677139968473?t=VoQnote5JK1zB_vlV_b3bw&s=03)
Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) posted at 9:14 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
BREAKING: The Supreme Court’s most junior justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, just became its loudest voice pushing back against Trump & his allies’ attacks on federal judges who’ve blocked many of his policy moves https://t.co/DMhbdvuuMs #SCOTUS https://t.co/R6kCi4h8xc
(https://x.com/joshgerstein/status/1918126826678857982?t=jJGN8PDyuy2DKlsJeRDfGQ&s=03)
PBS News (@NewsHour) posted at 11:24 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
NEW: The president’s executive order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations.
(https://x.com/NewsHour/status/1918159514030723473?t=7Gz0s8geSYEg-nOk3GpE4A&s=03)
Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) posted at 4:07 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
Trump’s latest executive order moves to starve NPR & PBS, telling agencies to hunt down even indirect pennies. Authoritarians don’t debate facts—they defund them. Public media costs Americans $1.60 a year; silencing watchdogs will cost democracy far more.
(https://x.com/kharyp/status/1918230877722878248?t=HIiUrnajcxebJNMKxCnB9Q&s=03)
Fly Sistah 🪷 (@Fly_Sistah) posted at 7:13 AM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Companies are required to send out a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice before implementing mass layoffs. More than 120 employers are planning to let workers go in May, including Amazon, Starbucks, JP Morgan Chase & Mattel.
https://t.co/8RtezE8n8k https://t.co/DRUH79MYtw
(https://x.com/Fly_Sistah/status/1917915383513731218?t=jGvEOgx1Gmlae9AgtInJ7A&s=03)
Ray Wang (@rwang07) posted at 4:46 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Must-Read: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s Remark on House Foreign Affairs Committee Today:
“But we are at an inflection point; the United States needs to decide if it is going to continue to lead the global development and deployment of AI or if we are going to retreat and retrench. America cannot lead by slowing down. If we step back, others will step in. And the global AI ecosystem will fragment—technologically, economically, and ideologically.
Regardless of how one feels about DeepSeek’s open-source R1 model, it is a clear indication that innovation is moving rapidly around the world, with or without leading U.S. tech. If U.S. platforms are absent, companies will turn to strategic competitors like Huawei to fill the gap. This is why leadership in AI depends not just on what we restrict—but on what we enable.
Ecosystems are essential. It’s not just about who can build the biggest data center or train the most advanced model. The future of AI is in everyday applications. Whoever wins the AI race will be whoever manages to lead in the building and deployment of AI use cases.
One of NVIDIA’s key strengths is our global network of 6 million developers who build on our platforms. If we lose that ecosystem to our competitors, it will be almost impossible to get it back.
As we all saw with Huawei in the telecom space—once someone is invested in a technology and a platform, making the switch is extremely expensive and difficult. Today, the U.S. semiconductor industry is being pushed out of China, the world’s largest market. On May 15th, if the AI Diffusion Rule comes into effect without significant changes, we will be forced to similarly retreat from the rest of the world.”
https://t.co/b8jZDdTK03
(https://x.com/rwang07/status/1918059589855064226?t=RkXdau9ADExRTQh3x6f7VQ&s=03)
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 9:36 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
remembering that David Hogg was happy that Mary Peltola lost her House seat in Alaska
that attitude is not normal or helpful in the long run
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1918132347968360920?t=wSSNhA-jntnrQq-7XvAvDg&s=03)
The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) posted at 3:00 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
“U.S. airlines are saying that Trump’s actions have caused such a radical drop in air travel that they can’t even estimate what their business will look like in six months time. And not because they think they’ll be *making* so much money.”
https://t.co/UUwVTgjO4X
(https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1918032726755610884?t=BSTnMj2pmXAWnv48WP9LaA&s=03)
Tiff4Mahogany_44 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 NATO MEMBER (@tiff4mahogany) posted at 7:40 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
A black man asked Trump about Harvard University and Trump responded by talking about Harlem and black unemployment and then he said black voters agreed with him about Harvard.
I know that Tapper is Biden’s neurologist, but he should really be looking into this.
(https://x.com/tiff4mahogany/status/1918103368829997236?t=K7flpQR4-bwF68ObgB2YWQ&s=03)
Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) posted at 8:39 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
A few Republicans are saying they can’t support the Republican budget bill because of massive cuts to Medicaid. So the committee votes have been delayed. The protests, office calling, and advocacy are working. Keep up the pressure.
(https://x.com/MaxwellFrostFL/status/1918118090849833346?t=dS9fmxONKHFcsZdzxHZ1kQ&s=03)
Prez (@PrezLives2022) posted at 11:15 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio is concerned that we are heading for something far worse than a recession.
“Right now, we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession, and I’m worried about something worse than a recession if this isn’t handled well.”
A recession is usually 2 consecutive quarters of negative GDP, but Dalio is much more concerned about the breakdown of the monetary order.
Tariffs with high level debt and the rise in China could lead to “profound changes” in the world order.
This is a reminder of the 1930’s. After WWII, America became the world’s superpower and now we face the real risk of China replacing us as the world’s leading superpower.
Dalio says “destructive tariffs are like throwing rocks into the production system.”
If we don’t get the budget deficit down 3% there will be a supply/ demand issue for debt and we will face something worse than a recession.
Dalio is the guy who predicted the 2008 financial crisis so his words carry some weight
(https://x.com/PrezLives2022/status/1918157288566644806?t=EX9sR7JF2kKWd1HuzTdbWg&s=03)
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David Frum (@davidfrum) posted at 10:43 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945. For Americans, the Second World War would rage for three more months, until VJ Day in August. But for Russians and those influenced by them, “Victory Day” falls in May. Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American. https://t.co/vgVvMtnOEN
(https://x.com/davidfrum/status/1918149234202726656?t=1EpH4LYMuYbw6YBOi6JFyA&s=03)
oPublica (@propublica) posted at 4:23 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
New: The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign. https://t.co/baBEwNUoR0
(https://x.com/propublica/status/1918234883673010458?t=4gNPRdBn1Doe9mpesRg7Iw&s=03)
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 2:00 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
liberal ladies, if Trumpers weren’t so desperate to date you and lie about their personal politics until they’ve fiemly established themselves in your life, they wouldn’t be crashing out right now
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1918198967613177924?t=VNI008y0v0h0d_-POJ0ppw&s=03)
Trump Allies Sue John Roberts To Give White House Control Of Court System
A think tank founded by Stephen Miller sued Roberts and the office that administers the judiciary, claiming that the White House should run the federal courts.
By Josh Kovensky
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May 2, 2025 10:42 a.m.
Close allies of President Trump are asking a judge to give the White House control over much of the federal court system.
In a little-noticed lawsuit filed last week, the America First Legal Foundation sued Chief Justice John Roberts and the head of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts.
The case ostensibly proceeds as a FOIA lawsuit, with the Trump-aligned group seeking access to judiciary records. But, in doing so, it asks the courts to cede massive power to the White House: the bodies that make court policy and manage the judiciary’s day-to-day operations should be considered independent agencies of the executive branch, the suit argues, giving the President, under the conservative legal movement’s theories, the power to appoint and dismiss people in key roles.
Multiple legal scholars and attorneys TPM spoke with reacted to the suit with a mixture of dismay, disdain and laughter. Though the core legal claim is invalid, they said, the suit seems to be a part of the fight that the administration launched and has continued to escalate against the courts over the past several months: ignoring a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of a wrongly removed Salvadoran man, providing minimal notice to people subject to the Alien Enemies Act, flaunting an aggressive criminal case against a state court judge.
The executive branch has tried to encroach on the power of the judiciary in other ways too, prompting a degree of consternation and alarm unusual for the normally-staid Administrative Office of U.S. Courts. As TPM has documented, DOGE has already caused disorder at the courts and sent out mass emails to judges and other judiciary employees demanding a list of their recent accomplishments. Per one recent report in the New York Times, federal judges have expressed concern that Trump could direct the U.S. Marshals Service — an executive branch agency tasked with protecting judges and carrying out court orders — to withdraw protection.
These are all facets of an escalating campaign to erode the independence of the judiciary, experts told TPM. The lawsuit demonstrates another prong of it: close allies of the president are effectively asking the courts to rule that they should be managed by the White House.
“It’s like using an invalid legal claim to taunt the judiciary,” Anne Joseph O’Connell, a professor at Stanford University Law School, told TPM.
“To the extent this lawsuit has any value other than clickbait, maybe the underlying message is, we will let our imaginations run wild,” Peter M. Shane, a constitutional law scholar at NYU Law School, told TPM. “The Trump administration and the MAGA community will let our imaginations run wild in our attempts to figure out ways to make the life of the judiciary miserable, to the extent you push back against Trump.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-allies-sue-john-roberts-to-give-white-house-control-of-court-system
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 6:32 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
News: Four union leaders stand up for Abrego Garcia’s rights in new letter to El Salvadoran ambassador. Labor is ramping up its advocacy for this sheet metal worker.
“The erosion of due process for immigrants in the US is a direct threat to the rights of all working people.” https://t.co/Mm37xC3Yqi
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1918267435968323590?t=OvHXXXzlqAaY5J8oj8y_Dg&s=03)
Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) posted at 8:52 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
House Republicans have been forced to delay two committee hearings on their extreme budget.
Keep the pressure on. It’s working. https://t.co/jiFnWeiRUb
(https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1918302642851189166?t=9kNGUReu7cqmcNOpgSZRJw&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 9:01 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
Another weekend on the golf course while taxpayers send money directly into his pocket by paying for his traveling party to stay at his resort, eat meals, and drive around in his golf carts. Media doesn’t even bother saying anything about it anymore 🙃
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1918304753429430306?t=BjMh62udimXCrkFP4Hwjeg&s=03)
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@LongTimeHistory) posted at 10:01 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
ICE deploys armored convoy to arrest 1 student who may have put up protest flyers in California—sent drone footage to Fox News.
A “military-style brigade” stormed the suburb as part of investigation into posters placed around Los Angeles.
Anti-ICE activists put up posters with information about agents working in the Los Angeles area.
“CAREFUL WITH THESE FACES,” the posters said in Spanish.
“They kidnap people from their homes and from the streets, separating families and fracturing communities.”
Agents were looking for Michael Chang who no longer lives at his parent’s house—but they took the family hard drive with family photos.
#DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE #DemsUnited
https://t.co/vkwxgcOUk8
(https://x.com/LongTimeHistory/status/1918319960763380180?t=eJ-L0QyLZZyDAehEhvo1cg&s=03)
Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) posted at 10:14 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
This is serious. They are quietly and very intentionally targeting any civil rights laws, any integration laws, any laws that undid 100 years of Jim Crow and moved us toward racial equality. Where is Congress? Where is the Justice Department? NAACP? https://t.co/pUtZugGr1A
(https://x.com/IAmSophiaNelson/status/1918323213261570499?t=xT-uzdcAqNIIGuNToHwkvw&s=03)
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 7:23 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
What if MAGA’s lust for a grand confrontation with SCOTUS, in which Trump openly defies them in a final, decisive way, is leading them to provoke the court in a way that overreaches?
@leahlitman is very plausible in this exchange.
Transcript link: https://t.co/ZvBCyYolWO https://t.co/HB71WbFmS4
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1918280144193454399?t=qSjQoHQaHOfDYH8HxYjtSA&s=03)
Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) posted at 11:16 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are turning our government into their own slush fund.
Attempting to cut Medicaid and Social Security, all while chopping up essential departments and agencies — just to make themselves and their friends even richer.
(https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1918338901892325879?t=HDd818sonPKA40rncF5W-w&s=03)
Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) posted at 7:14 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
Donald Trump announces that they’re taking away Harvard’s tax exempt status.
The likelihood of Harvard actually losing its 501(c)(3) status is equal to that of Donald actually weighing 224 pounds.
First off, federal law explicitly bars the president from directing the IRS to target specific entities for audits or investigations and courts would likely see this as a First Amendment violation, given universities’ rights to academic freedom.
Donald is just waving his hands around throwing a bigly tantrum.
🙄
https://t.co/p1zAIK2AJc
(https://x.com/ArtCandee/status/1918277838702252378?t=17tB9mOgBOmzte0QT3J5CA&s=03)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 6:55 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has forcefully condemned Trump’s attacks on judges.
“The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity. … The threats and harassment are attacks on our democracy, on our system of government. And they ultimately risk undermining our Constitution and the rule of law.”
(https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1918273049884791248?t=Z7ubyrV-RdLvWH81XwpFXg&s=03)
Just gutless.
Rep. Becca Balint (@RepBeccaB) posted at 3:14 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Republicans will tell you behind closed doors they are afraid. Afraid of their families being targeted, of Trump or Elon tweeting about them. They’re keeping their heads down so no one will notice.
Well here’s the deal: this isn’t going away. It’s not going to just fade away. https://t.co/kMYGZO2J25
(https://x.com/RepBeccaB/status/1918036213920936311?t=3iJlOnTNzDstJDUIS1rlXA&s=03)
The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) posted at 0:33 AM on Fri, May 02, 2025:
The president was speaking in front of graduating students at the University of Alabama on Thursday when he boasted that Musk—and his Silicon Valley colleagues—have started “kissing my a–.” https://t.co/qHxMbBamxv
(https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1918176885101445129?t=FXi98GAJHnr9-43quLM4IQ&s=03)
She voted for Trump.
Tiff4Mahogany_44 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 NATO MEMBER (@tiff4mahogany) posted at 6:15 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Green isn’t more important than white. Imagine being without a job as a result of how you voted and not having any regrets about it. That’s the strength of white supremacy.
(https://x.com/tiff4mahogany/status/1918081873743401421?t=ls4ZyYB7g4BncYBTVrSRgg&s=03)
Don Winslow (@donwinslow) posted at 9:41 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
All Trump has is fear.
Not one fucking original idea, only fear.
And when you stand up to the fear like Canada or China did, Trump has NOTHING.
(https://x.com/donwinslow/status/1918133722291028476?t=LNAwu4nHk0pXuuPoA2Vfvg&s=03)
Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) posted at 9:20 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
They call them entitlements because you are entitled to them.
You pay a special tax every check and when you retire you receive a dignified retirement.
Don’t let Trump and Elon steal YOUR earned benefits.
(https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1918128474767921296?t=zf3X69LzI9MsAmMYIc8ZyA&s=03)
Hope 🦬💙❤️ (@HopeisaBison) posted at 2:58 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
She’s so underappreciated. We saw people shake their fists about certain issues impacting our community, then fold their arms and pout as Kamala Harris led progress on those issues.
There were people who educated others about misogynoir and then actively tried to erase her work.
(https://x.com/HopeisaBison/status/1918032198562697488?t=ii1a6RQZhbykEXtGU0qJxQ&s=03)
Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) posted at 4:40 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Trump doesn’t want you to know how big of a consumption tax increase he put through but Tim Cook just told you that his costs are going up $900 million this qtr which he is passing on to the consumer.
(https://x.com/Scaramucci/status/1918058083130970608?t=G3nnnbxXx-Zqs6pty21bVA&s=03)
Badlydone Emma is with her #Harris2024 (@chemimommy) posted at 9:03 AM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
VP Kamala Harris is finally out and about and the usual suspects have began their nitpicking and intellectually dishonest discourse about she did/said. Keeping YOU distracted & focused on nonsense instead of rallying and organizing behind her. Be wise this time around.
(https://x.com/chemimommy/status/1917942860109795572?t=m6SMj_Ja9lcKDUuMjc_JtQ&s=03)
Will Ragland (@citizenwillis) posted at 8:59 AM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
AXIOS: “Hospitals across the country are starting to reckon with the effects President Trump’s tariffs are having on medical supplies like syringes and PPE, and in some cases freezing spending and making other contingencies.”
(https://x.com/citizenwillis/status/1917941833906229635?t=wc-V0Q3zmh5LdHn_SjPTrw&s=03)
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 11:50 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
rather than argue whether or not Tim Walz is a “beta” who should have been or perceived be an “alpha,” widen the focus to examine why kind, compassionate straight men are often vilified as “weak” because they’re neither sociopathic, bullies nor cruel to anyone
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1918166132697309314?t=ZpKhrr2j6Bmidr04U-avEg&s=03)
I didn’t even go looking for this story. It just kept on popping up on social media.
But, Bill Belichick and his Boo.
She has a type.
Her ‘ex’ is only 6 years younger than Belichick.
Bill Madden (@maddenifico) posted at 9:45 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Knowing empty shelves are coming, members of the fascist authoritarian Trump regime are stocking up on items that will soon be unavailable. 😳👇 https://t.co/aipctWOcds
(https://x.com/maddenifico/status/1918134764055244930?t=YLS7TyZGyi2gnShBfe2TFg&s=03)
Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) posted at 3:45 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Trump just shut down all the school mental health programs and neighborhood anti-violence programs funded by the 2022 gun bill. Millions of kids just lost their mental health worker or after school program.
It’s inhumane, illogical and illegal.
You need to hear this story. https://t.co/3eyS79vsV8
(https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1918044171195093011?t=2FbgudhGyyY3kT644lUarg&s=03)
Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) posted at 11:30 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Measles was eliminated 25 years ago and now in 2025 it has not only come back, it’s spreading, has begun killing people and it’ll more than likely become endemic in the United States thanks to fascist republicans and the MAGA. If you voted for this, you’re a hateful asshole.
(https://x.com/TheRickyDavila/status/1918161074001698945?t=mbqUgQWkIs6cVQm0KMaslQ&s=03)
ABC News (@ABC) posted at 0:59 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
The World Trade Center Health Program can no longer certify illnesses, enroll new members or approve life-saving treatments like chemotherapy or lung transplants, leaving some critically ill 9/11 responders without care. https://t.co/iUsWTmIP9l
(https://x.com/ABC/status/1918002249336226163?t=ZI9dSeK3nwrwUAcILuH62g&s=03)
UH HUH
UH HUH
Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) posted at 1:05 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
On Thursday, the US Department of Veterans Affairs ended a new mortgage-rescue program that so far has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure and keep their homes. https://t.co/ra7tzbW4jt
(https://x.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1918003933487710390?t=Rt00mpEuJy1aP8BT5rKGOg&s=03)
Horseshoe Crab🪷🪷🪷 (@eiralaVpr7) posted at 8:13 AM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
I just want to say this and then I’m off of this app today: If we allow white supremacy to scare us into not wanting our Black people in leadership, then we will never see another Black person in power again. Some people are chosen and tested because of their strength & endurance
(https://x.com/eiralaVpr7/status/1917930402485883281?t=r-stmRBHwOsQvYmnNCdV4g&s=03)
Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) posted at 1:05 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Gulf Arabs are now using Trump crypto as currency.
There’s such a surreal aspect to sentences like this.
It was announced by Steve Witkoff’s son who was on a conference panel with Eric Trump.
I’m just out of words to describe the corruption of this administration. https://t.co/pxJZ3cecyh
(https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1918003753153905006?t=nOJA-oLQIZRCPJFaSOKiYg&s=03)
Marc Levy (@timelywriter) posted at 6:39 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
WASHINGTON (@AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.
(https://x.com/timelywriter/status/1918087883950280977?t=ltaNhPpSgtRk04dSTjEp4g&s=03)
BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) posted at 10:20 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
Drives me NUTS that jackasses like Elon Musk accuse these hard working federal employees, who make SHIT salaries, of waste, fraud and abuse when the REAL culprits are fucking billionaires like HIM gaming the system.
They are robbing from the poor to give to the rich. https://t.co/lhCKtDI1iq
(https://x.com/mmpadellan/status/1918143472789557288?t=zJXoPJq7y_5YZUzjvlAj_g&s=03)
The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 11:42 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
the only people who’ll mock you for “using big words” are mediocre white men who’ve never seen them before
(https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1918164236989272438?t=PEEARHcXckEB9-hXNtPiXQ&s=03)
Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) posted at 3:01 PM on Thu, May 01, 2025:
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Border Czar Tom Homan is asked “why not just arrest (Democratic) leaders” who are harboring undocumented immigrants, and his chilling reply is “Wait till you see what’s coming.”
Full fledged fascism is here.
https://t.co/Rk47sQyrca
(https://x.com/ReallyAmerican1/status/1918033093987889201?t=jpgfwfRTPyGDZgu3Niqf7w&s=03)
Saw this on EB and BJ this morning:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/john-fetterman-struggle-mental-health-clinical-depression.html
It’s a long one but here’s a few excerpts:
“A few other Democrats joined the chorus calling for Menendez to step down, but Fetterman was disappointed at how many kept their mouths shut. There was an issue, however, on which Congress moved swiftly and in unison: Fetterman’s sartorial choices. The resolution came from Democratic West Virginia senator Joe Manchin and Utah Republican Mitt Romney. They called it the Show Our Respect to the Senate Act — SHORTS for short. It required male senators to wear a coat, tie, and slacks (or other long pants) whenever they were on the Senate floor, and it passed by unanimous consent.
Outwardly, Fetterman played it cool, offering as his official statement a photograph of actor Kevin James smiling sheepishly. But behind the scenes, he stewed. “He was absolutely irate,” said a former staffer. “I think it’s what soured him on the Democratic caucus.” (Fetterman denies this.) It was, perhaps, a trivial matter for the Senate to spend its time on.”
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“One staffer told me there would be entire days when they couldn’t let anyone outside the office be around him because he was in “some sort of state” and might say “really fucked-up shit to constituents.” Sometimes he would just “shut down,” according to one former staffer. He was saying “unhinged shit,” according to one text, and spending more time on social media. Stern wrote to the group that it seemed to him like Fetterman was “spiraling” and that his constant “doomscrolling” — “I think he’s on essentially all day now?” — would only make things worse. “It’s self sabotage,” Katz texted. “Him against the world is his comfortable place.” Another staffer chimed in to say the boss had picked a fight in the Senate cloakroom when an attendant wouldn’t let him bring a friend in. “He said something to the effect of, ‘you let all these imbeciles in here but you won’t let me bring in my friend?’”
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“What they say,” I pressed on, “is that they’ve witnessed ups and downs that could be associated with kind of a relapse. And they also worry that the medication that you’re on is not just for depression, but more serious drugs that if you’re not on them would be a problem. Is there truth to that?”
I don’t have any comment on that,” he said. “I’m going to go off record. Go off record. Go off record.”
It’s phucking illegal. A law put in place after NIXON says it’s illegal.
ABC News
@ABC
BREAKING: Pres. Trump on Friday said he is “taking away” Harvard’s tax exempt status.
“It’s what they deserve,” he said in a Truth Social post.
The decision will likely face legal challenges.
Read more: https://abcnews.link/UdqwTjO
https://x.com/ABC/status/1918274539777151267
Hope 🦬💙❤️
@HopeisaBison
Chile, I told you they were asking about Kamala Harris so they could pounce when she was back outside… so they could tell her to go away. Try to mock her.
They wanted to see her head bowed, shoulders slumped, apologizing for not single-handedly stopping a Nazi red pill wave.
7:01 PM · May 1, 2025
https://x.com/HopeisaBison/status/1918093496453333192
Hasn’t really been reported, but the Orange Menace LOWERED the minimum wage for Federal Contractors..
from $17.00
back down to $13.30
RIDCULOUS.
Tabitha is on point about MAGA 👏🏾👏🏾
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86eoAj4/
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊