Sunday Cartoons: White Washing

Morning. That picture up top is a perfect image for the beginning of Black History Month under the Trump Dictatorship.

Fifty five years ago. And today we have Trump and his henchmen turning back the civil rights clock.

Before we get to the rest of the post, you need to read this summary of “events” by Heather Cox Richardson:

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-1-2025

A couple of observations:

Phil Williams of NewsChannel 5 in Nashville, Tennessee, reported on Friday that federal prosecutors were withdrawn from a criminal investigation of Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN) for election fraud; Ogles recently filed a House resolution to enable Trump to run for a third term and another supporting Trump’s designs on Greenland. On Wednesday, federal prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss an election fraud case against former representative Jeffrey Fortenberry (R-NE). Trump called Fortenberry’s case an illustration of “the illegal Weaponization of our Justice System by the Radical Left Democrats.”

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Musk is interested in the government for future contracts, although a report from January 30, when Musk’s Tesla company filed its annual financial report, showed that the company, which is valued at more than $1 trillion and which made $2.3 billion in 2024, paid $0 in federal income tax. Today, Musk’s X social media company became a form of state media when the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it would no longer email updates about this week’s two plane crashes—one in Washington, D.C., and one in Philadelphia—and that reporters would have to get their information through X.

There is other points made in her post…please go and read the entire thread.

Did you all see this during the last WH press conference:

How fucking appalling.

Here is some quick news links:

Scoop: In a contentious staff meeting, DOGE’s new HR chief couldn't answer many questions about the "deferred resignation" offer that was emailed to federal workers—including whether they could even get a copy of the agreement.Latest from @makenakelly.bsky.social: http://www.wired.com/story/doge-h…

WIRED (@wired.com) 2025-02-02T00:06:37.467Z

Musk’s DOGE Accused of Seizing Sole Control of Essential Federal Databases“Congress famously has the power of the purse,” wrote one analyst, “but it looks like DOGE is trying to snatch it.” http://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-do…

JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-02T03:40:07.390Z

Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity trainingSeveral employees began receiving leave notices late Friday.www.politico.com/news/2025/02…

JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-02T03:38:33.378Z

This next link was something Dak shared on Facebook:

The White House and Treasury have yet to comment on the reports of Musk and DOGE attempting to access the payment systems, but more lawmakers may demand such information in the coming days – especially if the possibility of another fund freeze appears likely.www.newsweek.com/lawmaker-dem…

JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-02T03:36:11.544Z

“'They seem to want Treasury to be the chokepoint on payments, and that’s unprecedented,' the person added, emphasizing that it is not the bureau’s role to decide which payments to make — it is 'just to make the f-ing payments.'"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-02-01T20:42:00.493Z

Before the cartoons take a look at these:

This woman here: @boldandbliss on Bluesky has logged in all of Trump’s EOs, included a description, compared it to the Project 2025 plan, provided links…

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-sc8mVsxXv6QNf7cN-XKUi5RiCGOpcvAdV8Jbz5Jm54/htmlview

It is interesting…to see it all laid out

This next video is incredibly disturbing:

The only consolation is the asshole was arrested:

Trump has given these racist fuckers the free hand to commit these crimes…all in his name.

Y’all stay safe.


4 Comments on “Sunday Cartoons: White Washing”

  1. Take a look at this quick review on the damage Musk can do, now that he has his fingers in the till:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/DFjPVP2xU_S/?img_index=7&igsh=cnZjczd5NzVrcjR2

  2. What the hell is happening? How is Elon Musk unilaterally deciding what are and are not “illegal” payments? Why the is Mike Flynn getting access to this information? How many laws were broken in this exchange?

    Radley Balko 🇨🇦 (@radleybalko.bsky.social) 2025-02-02T14:23:09.556Z

  3. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:

    It’s like all the C- D+ students in High School have suddenly gotten the jobs they never could handle or deserved. This is getting ugly. We need a massive lawsuit and Musk needs to be arrested and sent back to South Africa.