I’m getting pretty tired of every fucking aspect of reality trying to gaslight me. Somewhere, at some level, behind every one of these cowardly capitulations is a person who could have resisted and didn’t, and I want to punch them harder than anything has ever impacted another object in the history of the universe.
Trump in his order Monday claimed that troops who identify as a gender other than their biological one “conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.” He said that was harmful to military readiness and, due to that, required a revised policy to address the matter.
Enraging. Discriminating against them wasn’t enough, he insults them and says they’re undisciplined liars with no sense of honor. Will the ones already in the military be dishonorably discharged? Wouldn’t be surprised if he tried it, at this point.
Turned on the water? Is he writing that he made it rain in the last 24 hours?
There is no way water is “flowing” into SoCal from the PNW, so I must assume he’s delusional and now thinks he can control the weather.
All this just to exclude a small percentage of a small percentage of people from serving in our volunteer armed forces. Trump used bone spurs as an excuse to get out of serving. Meanwhile there’s trans people who are willing to put their lives on the line for the country and are told no, for no good reason other than to make hateful MAGAts happy.
Spoiler: It looks like AI.
How can he just suspend allocated monies?
Report Claims Trump’s $500 Billion AI Project ‘Stargate’ Is Designed to Benefit One Company: OpenAI
Well, well, well…
Went to our office manager today to ask her to get legal advice on what to do when (not if) ICE comes calling at our office. I want to know, specifically, how much I can get away with in the way of obstruction without getting cuffed. I made clear that “just give them your patients” was not an acceptable answer. She told me that if I did get arrested, she would make sure that they would come bail me out. Good to know. Sad to have to consider it, but good to know.
GODDAMN This timeline sucks!!
I wouldn’t read too much into it. It’s just your basic business wankery boardroom pose, designed to vaguely remind people of The Apprentice and exude an image of confidence and aggression.
While she’s at it, see if legal can give you a script for y’all working there, along the lines of:
“I do not consent to this search of these premises.”
“I do not consent to this search of my person.”
“I will speak in the presence of my lawyer.”
etc.
I don’t know what the rules are in Virginia re: these, but maybe ask also whether any footage from security cams (stored on a secondary non-U.S.-based platform) is a good idea…
vs
… staffers recording things on their phones (which may or may not be full, or charged, or at hand), which may inflame the goons and result in confiscation of their personal property (their smartphones).