02February25 - Weekends are for Shady Shit
I spent Friday and Saturday doing two things:
1) Glorying, reveling, marveling at the physical relief I felt after I started a new medicine that almost instantly began to alleviate a painful health issue I’ve been dealing with for over a year. I just spent a little bit of time enjoying the return of my strength and vitality.
We’re all going to need times where we can just take a minute off, and enjoy being alive.
2) Using that newly recovered strength and vitality to prepare for what’s ahead in the next couple weeks — tariffs spiking prices, supply chain issues from the harvests being left to rot in the fields because of a lack of farm workers, and the imminent collapse of the stock market.
I stocked up on canned, frozen, jarred, and dried produce, I cooked down and froze 6lbs of collard greens, and juiced and froze 12lbs of lemons, and 12lbs of limes. I bought and stored chocolate, coffee, vanilla, sugar, and flour before prices spike.
I live in a townhouse. I have no back yard, no garage, no attic. I have very little space for long term storage and no place to plant a victory garden. But I’m doing my best with what I have to hedge against an uncertain financial future.
But even with all of that, the news came creeping through, because it’s extremely obvious that the fascists are using the weekend to do their most outrageous, shadiest shit, hoping that the rest of the country is like I’ve been the last two days — trying to enjoy life, and prepare for the storm ahead.
What Are The Fascists Up To Today?
Focus on the autocoup:
Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems | Reuters : NB - Elon Musk is not an elected official, and DOGE is not a government agency
Federal Webpages Go Dark as Trump Admin Removes Public Data | TIME
US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time | WIRED
Tennessee passes HB6001, a law against sanctuary cities Stop Gov. Lee’s Attack on Immigrants in Tennessee | American Civil Liberties Union
Alsobrooks grills Kennedy on belief that Black Americans should get different vaccine schedules
Elon Musk's DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources : NB - this includes Social Security
Focus on the Economy:
Trump Imposes Tariffs on US Trading Partners
With tariffs signed, Trump warns of ‘pain’ to come for Americans | CNN Politics
Focus on Aviation:
Trump sparks outcry with implication that DEI policies are at fault in D.C. midair collision
Recap: Jet crash in Northeast Philly kills 6 on board, 1 in car
President Trump’s federal buyout option could threaten staffing at FAA
Focus on The Emerging Genocide:
Trump wants to send 30,000 migrants to Guantánamo. Here are the hurdles : NPR
Pentagon shocked by Trump’s order to house migrants in Guantanamo Bay - POLITICO
Trump’s Guantanamo migrant plan evokes a dark history | CNN Politics
Guantanamo Bay migrant flights to start this weekend: report