Monthly Archive: February, 2017

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/being-liberal-turn-sound-on-achtung-germans/ Being Liberal – (TURN SOUND ON!) Achtung! Germans Are… | Facebook Being Liberal – (TURN SOUND ON!) Achtung! Germans Are… | Facebook

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/the-other-98-the-other-98-added-a-new-photo/ The Other 98% – The Other 98% added a new photo. | Facebook The Other 98% – The Other 98% added a new photo. | Facebook

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/when-i-read-about-the-incredibly-active-first-week/ When I read about the incredibly active first week of the Trump administration, I struggle with two competing narratives about what’s really going on. The first story is simple: the administration is just doing what it said it would do, literally keeping its campaign promises. Lots of people won’t agree, but it’s playing...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/david-frum-what-happens-in-the-next-four-years/ DAVID FRUM: What happens in the next four years will depend heavily on whether Trump is right or wrong about how little Americans care about their democracy and the habits and conventions that sustain it. If they surprise him, they can restrain him. Public opinion, public scrutiny, and public pressure still matter greatly...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/if-you-like-your-online-privacy-rights-can-you/ If you like your online privacy rights, can you keep them? Under Trump, the chances are grim. (via Trump’s FCC May Let ISPs Sell Your Private Data Without Your Consent – Motherboard)

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/kim-albrecht-took-on-the-herculean-task-of/ Kim Albrecht took on the herculean task of creating an interactive data visualization of Trump’s business interests. Behold crony capitalism at its worst. (via Mind-boggling graph of Trump’s business ties / Boing Boing)

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/the-trump-effect-is-in-full-flower-and-no-one-is/ The Trump Effect is in full flower, and no one is immune The Trump Effect is in full flower, and no one is immune Less than two weeks into the presidency of Donald Trump, the center ground, to the extent it still existed, has collapsed. Trump’s presidency has done more than polarize the...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/war-has-broken-out-not-on-foreign-territory-or-on/ War has broken out, not on foreign territory or on our streets, but in the offices and hallways of the departments and agencies that create and execute the laws, policies, and regulations of the United States. Its sights and sounds are those of a bureaucracy in crisis: drafts of a dissent cable that...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/02/01/washington-cnn-president-donald-trump-will-not/ Washington (CNN) – President Donald Trump will not head to Milwaukee for a previously scheduled visit of a Harley-Davidson factory after the company decided it wasn’t comfortable hosting him amid planned protests, an administration official said Tuesday. (via Trump trip canceled; Harley-Davidson wasn’t comfortable with likely protests, per source – CNNPolitics.com)