Lana Turner Overdrive
I'm very tired.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveTrump Cut Deal To Let *Sinaloa Cartel Members* Into US apnews.com/article/el-c...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveNEW: The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveCalling it "illegal DEI," Trump issues EO to shut down a program redirecting human waste away from a rural Alabama area regularly flooded with sewage during climate-change-amplified storms. The area's population is over 72% Black. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveOh good grief. This is quite embarrassing for Alex Byrne, MIT philosopher. Please read this thread. bsky.app/profile/flor...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveUS Government Registered Several Websites Potentially Linked to Trump Meme Coin 🤥🤑 Thetrilliondollardinner.gov DinnerForAmerica.gov TheTrillion.gov were all registered recently. Trump takes a lot of heat for taking down government webpages, but no one gives him credit for the webpages he puts up
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveNEW: Rubio didn't just kill the State Department's anti-propaganda shop today. He pledged to pull a "Twitter Files" sequel about all of its so-called "censorship" of MAGA. By me in @wired.com www.wired.com/story/global...
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- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveWhat the actual fuck:
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveScoop: As Jeff Bezos pushes The Washington Post in a rightward direction, publisher Will Lewis quietly met last month with the editor in chief of the Free Beacon where the two discussed recruiting conservative journalists. Details in Status: www.status.news/p/washington...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveThis story is WOW: A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any State Taxes @jeremykohler.bsky.social
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveAside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
- Reposted by Lana Turner Overdrive“Thank you again. Thank you again. Won’t forget it,” Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union.
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- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveHave a vague recollection of “shell companies” being a Fox News-level scandal for Biden somehow?
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- Remembering the guy who used to post this every day on Twitter until his depression went away. He stopped posting in 2022. I feel this more than ever.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveWho could Van Drew mean by “lazy welfare people”? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveBoy that is … stark
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveNEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones. + similar in the Department of the Interior
- LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare. Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveA pusher of 2020 election and COVID conspiracy theories, who says he wants to “own the libs,” will be filling what is supposed to be a nonpartisan, career FBI job. “9 Things You Need to Know About Dan Bongino, Trump’s Insane Pick for FBI Deputy Director”:
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdrivePublic lands belong to us. President Trump can't privatize them.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveElon Musk's private security detail has been deputized as Federal Marshalls and can carry firearms on Federal property. What could possibly go wrong? www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveOVERNIGHT: Donald Trump’s media company, citing President Donald Trump’s executive order, sues a Brazilian judge who is involved in the potential prosecution of Donald Trump’s political ally Jair Bolsonaro.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveDOGE has not saved the three hundred ninety-five billion dollars it would cost to send $5000 to every tax-paying household. This man is not a genius. He's a con artist. www.forbes.com/sites/mollyb...
- Reposted by Lana Turner Overdriveworth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.
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- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveThe US-Russia meeting about a Ukraine peace plan not only excluded Ukraine, a main focus is restoring US/Russia relations: Kremlin spokesman Peskov said talks would be focused on “restoring the entire range of U.S.-Russian relations" as well as Ukraine apnews.com/article/russ...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveThis is how it starts.
- The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveA recovering alcoholic running the Defense Department, a recovering drug addict running HHS, and a felon and sexual predator running the country. And DEI, trans people, and immigrants are the problem. FFS.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveOoopsie.
- Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
- Reposted by Lana Turner Overdrivehere's an ad campaign that is definitely going to influence my willingness to purchase Apple products in future www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/a... meidasnews.com/news/pro-hit...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveJD Vance follows this account, which is the center of the small group of neo-Nazis that is currently the most influential group of voices driving Elon Musk and federal policy.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveTo be clear, it's not a mistake that grants to train special ed teachers were cancelled. MAGA absolutely considers those to be verboten "DEI," and Silicon Valley considers them contrary to their eugenics project.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveAstronomers: Speak up. They deleted "Science is still a male-dominated field, but Rubin Observatory is working to increase participation from women and other people who have historically been excluded from science...... 1/2 www.space.com/the-universe...
- Reposted by Lana Turner Overdrive🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveMusk's company has been awarded a $400 million government contract for "armored Tesla." This is what the tech oligarchy looks like. www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
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- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveThis is an absolute scandal. Trump and Marco Rubio abandoned American workers and their families abroad, delaying waivers to provide for their safe return to the United States. As these civil servants lost their possessions, housing, and money, Elon Musk was slandering them with bogus accusations.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveSo glad @gilduran.com explained this in a short video. Everyone needs to watch this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC62...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveStaffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country. abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveHere's the acting head of FEMA just unliterally deciding that Article I is fake earlier today. The Constitution is not in effect.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveSCOOP: The military has started making deliberate efforts to scale back the recruiting of Black Americans. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveTrigger Warning!! Another of the special people pardoned by Trump for his #Jan6 activities Meet Kasey Von Owen Hopkins, #VansHatPal, who in my personal opinion should be under the jail #J6Profile
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveI linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveDisturbing ties between Kash Patel and SHEIN — a PRC company implicated in forced labor in Xinjiang. He has millions in shares and won’t divest. Especially concerning amid reports that DOJ/FBI is going to reduce focus on PRC influence efforts in the US. Full detail below from Roger Sollenberger:
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveWhy? "A separate Bondi directive also disbanded efforts to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs, including Task Force Klepto Capture and the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative."
- Reposted by Lana Turner Overdrive⚡️Russian singer who spoke out against war in Ukraine dies after allegedly falling from window during police raid. Musician Vadim Stroykin reportedly fell from the window of his 10th-floor apartment while officers were investigating an alleged donation to Ukraine's Armed Forces.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveThis is not a U.S. Marshal, Federal Protective Service, or any other federal law enforcement officer. This is a private security guard from Triple Canopy. He has no authority to block members of Congress who have oversight of the EPA from entering the building.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveDonald Trump Jr. joins board of prescription access platform BlinkRx after 1789 Capital, founded by Rebekah Mercer, Omeed Malik, Chris Buskirk, invested $140 million Don Jr and Malik (both close to RFK jr) want to solve govt problems with private solutions like BlinkRx nypost.com/2025/02/06/b...
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveWe are likely about to see a mass purging of archival documents and restricted access to researchers. This will be part of the regime’s effort to rewrite history itself.
- Reposted by Lana Turner OverdriveWSJ: Elon Musk’s people are at Medicare and Medicaid offices this week and inside. They have gotten access to key payment and contracting systems. Gift link! By Anna Wilde Mathews and @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social
