Liveblog - February 01, 2025

Below, you will find some headlines we may have missed and some interesting video clips on several subjects. Please feel free to share anything you may have run across; just make sure it’s not from a McMAGAt infested shithole.

Updates:

The WSJ Editorial Board slams Trump’s trade war with Camada and Mexico:“Mr. Trump sometimes sounds as if the U.S. shouldn’t import anything at all, that America can be a perfectly closed economy making everything at home. This is called autarky, and it isn’t the world we live in…”

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-02-01T15:55:46.706Z

The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:

Federal websites down as agencies implement executive order ‘defending women’

This week, the Trump administration instructed all federal agencies to remove information from their websites pertaining to “gender ideology.” On Friday, a flurry of reports indicated that exact thing was happening.

Trump’s DOT will prioritize funding for high birthrate communities, deny funds to sanctuary cities, and ban mask mandates. Critics call it authoritarian social engineering pushing Vance and Musk’s pro-natalist agenda.www.huffpost.com/ent…

tomwellborn3 (@tomwellborn3.bsky.social) 2025-02-01T17:26:06.000Z


Federal agencies bar Black History Month and other ‘special observances’

A number of federal agencies have banned celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women’s History Month and other such observances to comply with Trump’s executive orders.

This week, the Defense Intelligence Agency ordered a pause of all activities and events related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month, Juneteenth, LGBTQ Pride Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day and other “special observances” to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order, according to a memo obtained by NBC News.

The memo listed 11 observances that are now banned. It also said that all affinity groups and “employee networking groups” are immediately on pause.

There’s no bottom.Less than two hours after the plane crash in Philadelphia—and just 48 hours after the deadly midair collision in D.C.—the Grifter-in-Chief took to Truth Social to pump his shitcoin scam.Absolutely disgusting.

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-02-01T02:05:01.547Z

Trump fires chief of the federal consumer watchdog agency

The Trump administration has fired Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Acting on Trump’s order, federal officials opened up two California dams

  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abruptly increased the amount of water flowing from two California dams.
  • The federal agency made the decision after President Trump signed an order calling for increased water deliveries.
  • Local water managers, who were caught off-guard by the decision, said they convinced Army Corps officials to release less water than originally planned.

Other Key Points (Ignorant AF!):

  • Water was released from the dams as the first of two approaching atmospheric river storms brought snow and rain to California.
  • It was not clear where federal officials intended to send the water that was being released from the dams.
  • “I don’t know where this water is going, but this is the wrong time of year to be releasing water from these reservoirs. It’s vitally important that we fill our reservoirs in the rainy season so water is available for farms and cities later in the summer,” Gleick said. “I think it’s very strange and it’s disturbing that, after decades of careful local, state and federal coordination, some federal agencies are starting to unilaterally manipulate California’s water supply.”
  • “This is going to hurt farmers,” Vink said. “This takes water out of their summer irrigation portfolio.”

An order sidelining almost 60 senior career leaders at the U.S. Agency for International Development was temporarily rescinded by one of the few remaining senior career civil servants with the authority to do so.Hours later, the same employee was placed on leave. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don…

Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-02-01T16:30:31.548Z

The Worst Garbage in the World:

Tucker Carlson calls President Zelensky a “dictator” in the same interview where he criticized Churchill, blamed him for WWII, and declared, “Putin isn’t my enemy.”The fact that this man has the ear of the president and vice president of the US, should alarm every freedom-loving American.

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-02-01T15:49:33.504Z

State News:

NBC Exclusive:Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has issued a new directive that blocks Jan. 6 insurrectionists from working in state jobs — ignoring Trump's attempt to offer them a clean slate."No one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol…

Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-01-31T21:05:04.201Z

Texas AG Paxton demanding Costco end DEI practices

Paxton joined attorneys general from 19 other states, demanding that Costco end what they call “discriminatory” diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

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