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02-17-2025 - #OlympiaWA #OlyWA - Presidents' Day, 5051 Fifty Protests, Fifty States, One Day - Washington State Capitol

Thousands of #protesters showed at the Capitol on Monday in response to orange man and his crony friends. #Antifascist #protest signs were in abundance with non-stop references to Donald #Trump and Elon Musk. Large crowds gathered at the side of Capitol Blvd, in a circle on the lawn of the Capitol and at the Capitol steps.

An interesting trend seen in the #PNW #Washington #Oregon lately includes "Pro-America, Anti-Trump" protesters with an effort to "take back the flag". Other more classically right-wing representations such as #constitutional t-shirts, constitutional protest signs, references to supporting "law and order" and "rule of law" were seen.

Excerpt from February 13th "Governor Bob Ferguson Press Conference" (seen on TVW.org):

REPORTER: "With regards to your 100 million dollar proposed state grant program for local #police departments, what would you say to bystanders, #journalists and demonstrators who sustained permanent and serious injury during racial #justice #protests in 2020, in which police departments namely the #Seattle police department were found in violation by #federal courts with regards to failing to respect peoples constitutional rights" (CLIPPED)

FERGUSON: "I hear your question but, I'm also aware that we rank last, per capita, the number of law enforcement #officers we have, in the united states, and so I hear your thoughts and what's in your statement, but we need to move forward on making sure that #Washington is a safe place for all Washingtonians" (CLIPPED)

@ 40:30 - tvw.org/video/governor-bob-fer

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"There is an inability to process, accept and confront the dangerous new #reality we are in and to focus on the big picture and the pivot of #history that’s occurred in the last two weeks."
Carole #Cadwalladr, one of the great investigative #journalists of our time, about the #broligarchy that's seizing power in the #US and elsewhere.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar

#articles #currentevents #authoritarianism #fascism #Trump #Musk #Putin #oligarchy

The Power · US Coup Gains SpeedBy Carole Cadwalladr
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@Snowshadow

This is #SOP for candidates who are extremely vulnerable due to severe weakness.

By refusing to take any questions he avoids having to ignore, refuse to answer, or (gods forbid) actually answer pointed questions from #journalists, who are carefully researching weaknesses (which get more clicks than the less-salacious but perhaps more honest "what has improved under your tenure?" or "what has gotten worse under your tenure?" questions.)

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Why is Elon Musk Throttling the Signal App?

Links to a popular encrypted messaging app used by federal workers are being blocked on X.
newrepublic.com/post/191601/el

"Self-professed free speech crusader #ElonMusk seems to be trying to #censor users on his own platform...

“Signal, the encrypted messaging #app, has recently become a major tool for #government workers looking to blow the whistle on #DOGE.” #Journalists also using #Signal to solicit tips from unhappy federal workers."

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Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency

President Elon Musk has set his sights on a new target.
newrepublic.com/post/191591/el

" #ElonMusk is pushing for a massive crackdown on #FreeSpeech...

“...They deserve a long prison sentence.”

Musk’s #fascist threat to imprison #journalists was a deflection written in response to a post from #60Minutes that criticized his efforts to gut #USAID."

#Musk#Trump#Coup
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The episode illustrates how #ElonMusk’s unparalleled online reach has given him a powerful tool to attack individuals who criticize #DOGE, w/1 post able to spark hundreds of blistering responses from his followers.

Last wk, he amplified baseless claims about the judge who overturned #Trump’s funding freeze on federal grants that named his govt employee daughter. #Musk has called for the dismissal of #journalists who have written about DOGE, calling their actions “possibly criminal.”

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2/ It’s common for people to mistakenly assume e-bikes and e-motorcycles are much the same.

We appreciate those who recognize the important distinctions between these electric vehicles. See our post above for the Monterey Police Department press release correctly identifying the vehicle involved as an e-motorcycle. (Page 3 of that press release also includes a photo of that impounded vehicle.)

We also appreciate media professionals who are committed to accurate reporting—including that when these humans do make an error (thankfully MCN/MCW isn’t written by AI bots!), the best media pros promptly acknowledge and correct it. That’s what #MontereyCountyNow / #MontereyCountyWeekly staff writer David Schmalz did today with his Feb 14 story originally titled "Wild e-bike [sic] chase in downtown Monterey ends in major firearms arrest.” montereycountynow.com/blogs/ne

I don’t even need to watch the #news. Whenever things are happening that affect me, I find out because #journalists reach out like: “hey we’re doing a story about how terrible things are for you and your loved ones in that hideously backward state you live in, can we get a quote? Sort of a tight timeline, I’m gonna need it in like the next 46 seconds. Be safe!”

LOLSOB

Don't you think we need a holistic approach to political discourse? Because it's all connected in the end, all the problems facing us.

I feel while we have left wing bloggers and independent journalists speaking about this and that, they often overlook computing: that is, the web, corporate #SocialMedia, and the push for AI.

I watched that documentary #RevolutionOS, and the ethos of the #FreeSoftware movement is very much about a socialised approach, something distinctly anti-capitalist.

Yet, somehow, this ethos doesn't seem to have been picked up by other people on the left who still use YouTube or Facebook or Substack or BlueSky.

That's probably because computer jargon is very niche and difficult to understand.

I'm in no way an expert on computery stuff, but the fears I read on Fedi do not seem to be the fears of most of the #journalists out there who wilfully carry on putting videos on YouTube or moving to the next social media platform.

Yet for #FOSS to have a future, having a wider support is essential, I think. And the same goes in the reverse: for independent #journalism to have a future, it needs the ethos of FOSS.

We’ve mentioned previously the widespread confusion about e-motorcycles, which are often inaccurately marketed as e-bikes. See bikemonterey.org/california-bi

Early this morning we published the latest issue of Bike Buzz, which mentions that and more about bikes at unsafe speeds. (See "On a multiuse trail, anytime we’re near pedestrians and others” in red box at bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-win.)

Coincidentally, a Feb 14 afternoon story from #MontereyCountyNow / #MontereyCountyWeekly staff writer David Schmalz includes a speeding e-motorcycle rider: "Wild e-bike [sic] chase in downtown Monterey ends in major firearms arrest.”montereycountynow.com/blogs/ne

Although David’s story refers to that vehicle as an “e-bike,” the Monterey Police Dept press release identified it as an e-motorcycle. files.monterey.gov/News-Releas

This is another example of why we and many other #CalBike partners issued this stmt: bikemonterey.org/california-bi

bikemonterey.orgCalifornia Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders | Bicycling Monterey | Resources for Anywhere & Monterey County Biking Information Hub