Are the people who stayed home and didn't vote happier now?
I don't hear a word out of them.
Wait til loaf of bread is 6 bucks at the grocery store?
Probably still have nothing to say.
#obeyinginadvance
#ObeyingInAdvance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZbCyBMfy2c
#JonStewart 🤣 on #KilmarAbregoGarcía's #DEportation and How Trump REFUSES to Deliver
#FUCKBukele !!!!!! Fucking scumbag!
#RETURNKilmarAbregoGarcíaNOW!!!!!
#StopDeportations #StopTheKidnappings
#Project2025 #USDictator #FIGHTBACK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrX7VVlbHk0
🚨 🚨 #ALERT 🚨 🚨
Trump's targeting of #LawFirms and the #AmericanBarAssociation
The Dangers of Big Law Capitulating to Trump
#BatshitBondi #FascistUSA #RegimeOfFear #Fascism #USLaw #Law #USConstitution
#ATTORNEYS #lawyers #FIGHTBACK!!
🚨 A #MustWatchVideo
While a lot of the stories in this thread focus on the cowardice of institutional actors in either submitting to, or even assisting the fascist Trump regime in installing a Christian Nationalist dictatorship, when the history of this political moment is written, it will be noted that it was actually big companies in the US private sector that embraced the regime's white nationalist policy platforms first and in doing so, helped legitimate Trump's quest to rule as King of America. Unlike institutional actors in higher education, lawyers targeted for revenge by Der Führer, or bodies controlled by the (openly fascist) US government through funding, large corporations in the private sector required little if any incentive to adopt Trump's authoritarian "anti-DEI" policies; indeed, companies like Walmart, Paramount, and even Victoria's Secret practically fell all over themselves to align with the regime's agenda, essentially obeying in advance, before the administration had to apply any pressure at all.
Why would they do that? As this short essay in The Guardian lays bare, the truth is that they never really wanted to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion even before the rise of Trump - which is why the programs they installed after the twin motivating factors of the George Floyd protests against police violence, and the COVID pandemic, were never really designed to achieve those objectives in the first place.
American corporations didn’t want to diversify, anyway
"Within days of taking office, Donald Trump signed an executive order that would eliminate Johnson’s civil rights order. The order directed the office of federal contract compliance to stop “promoting diversity” and holding contractors responsible for “affirmative action”. To Smith, the administration’s early actions amount to “a blatant effort in order to not only uphold the white power structure, but to remove any government responsibility to uphold the rights of individuals of color, specifically Black people”. It is the fruit of a conservative movement that has been trying to reverse course ever since the government began taking seriously efforts to protect the rights of Americans regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.
In 2020, hundreds of private companies pledged to change their culture – to use their power and influence and, most importantly, money, to re-shape American society toward more just ends. Now, the three largest employers in the nation – Walmart, Amazon, and the federal government – have all rolled those policies back. Dozens of other corporations have turned back the clock on even pretending to care about equality in the workplace as well.
To businesses’ credit, they had a difficult task ahead of them in 2020. “They’re faced with putting a policy in place quickly that’s responsive and doesn’t sound like lip service to frustrated people,” Dawkins said. But in doing so, they made an admission: they had not been taking diversity seriously before – and the capitulation to the administration’s demands since has betrayed that truth. And they made clear their efforts were always lip service."
Look, I don't think it's really news that much of the American private sector's DEI initiatives were motivated more by *appearing* to oppose white supremacy and enforced social hierarchies in an increasingly Christian Nationalist political environment, than actually opposing those problems. This was pointed out long before Trump's second term, and obviously their actions since the regime was installed have demonstrated that critics were right to question the commitment of American corporations that directly profit from a white supremacist order that marks out certain groups of people for brutal exploitation. In that context then, it's important to understand that we are in fact not "all in this together" and a corporate sector that gladly donated to Trump's election campaigns must be understood as *active* partners in the installation of a Christian Nationalist dictatorship in America. The fact that they did so because they think it'll improve their bottom line is largely irrelevant; fascist collaboration is still fascist collaboration, regardless of the motives that inspire it.
#Fascism #Trump #Capitalism #DEI #Walmart #Amazon #racism #Paramount #ChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #BLM #ObeyingInAdvance #Pandemic
Columbia’s Acquiescence to Trump Was Disgraceful. As Faculty, We Demand Better.
https://truthout.org/articles/columbias-acquiescence-to-trump-was-disgraceful-as-faculty-we-demand-better/
#dlf eben so: ein Urteil spaltet Frankreich. Hören Sie die Verurteilte.
#journalismusversagen #obeyinginadvance
Ah, yes. The Academy values intellectual freedom and exploration of ideas - unless it might offend major donors or a right wing authoritarian government. And certainly uncomfortable data must be suppressed.
#SkaddenArpsSlateMeagherandFlom another sell out #lawfirm, just like #PaulWeiss
#SHANDA #USLaw #ObeyingInAdvance
(At least #PerkinsCoie stood up to Trump)
Harvard ranks first in the nation with an endowment of $52 billion. If you’re saving it for a rainy day, it’s a tsunami outside.
More Than 600 Harvard Faculty Urge Governing Boards To Resist Demands From Trump
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/27/faculty-letter-condemn-attacks/
WHCA: Come on. You know you need to cancel the dinner now, right?
White House correspondents’ dinner cancels anti-Trump comedian’s appearance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/white-house-correspondents-dinner-cancels-comedian-appearance
After reporting from Semafor on NPR advising Ari Shapiro not to attend a corporate Pride event, the Advocate reports that NPR has reversed course.
#NPR #USPOL #LGBTQIA #Journalism #ObeyingInAdvance #Cowardice
WHAT THE FUCK? What the fuck is going ON over there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqATQHRW9P4
#Idaho Teacher Ordered to remove Sign TELLING KIDS THEY"RE EQUAL & WELCOME!!!
Think about it. ORDERED to take down a sign that says all kids are safe
#USAFascistShitShow #FASCISM #USCOUP #ObeyingInAdvance
Contact #LewisAndClarkMiddleSchool
208.350.4270
414 E Pine Ave, Meridan, ID, 83642
MontyHyde, Principal (6th grade)
hyde.monty@westada.org
#Apple and #Google have taken #InternationalWomensDay of their calenders
Oh hey look, #Reddit wants to punish users for upvoting content Reddit doesn't like!
https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditSafety/comments/1j4cd53/warning_users_that_upvote_violent_content/
Gotta love all the #obeyinginadvance our corporate overlords are pushing.
A professional #journalist can't say it, but I'll say it '#RACISM''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG2tg6ZjKvA
#MSNBC #ObeyingInAdvance #CorporateAntiWokePanic #CorporateMedia
To quote #TiffanyCross #DontEvenHateWatch
The Washington Post formally announcing that it is now a propaganda rag, not a newspaper that can be relied on to report accurately on issues.
#Bezos is a prime example of the #ProblemOfBillionaires - #Greed and #Arrogance and #ObeyingInAdvance in full evidence.
A friend posted this (it's not from the friend; it's one of their colleagues). The pre-compliance in corporations that depend on federal money is astounding. Last week this friend posted that employees were told anyone with pronouns in their email signature would be fired. Now it's "don't even be gay outside work because we're watching." Ugh.
“The president once again found himself galloping ahead of reality’s leisurely pace.” 😂 ✍🏽 🛜
#McSweeneys #comedy #PoliticalHumor #NewYorkTimes #TheFailingNewYorkTimes #USMediaFailure #ObeyingInAdvance #AnticipatoryObedience
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new-york-times-style-guide-substitutions-for-the-president-lied
Even the Finnish main newspaper is obeying in advance to Trump/Musk.
”If this was a movie, at this point there would be a hero, but nobody’s coming”
Fuck the mainstream press. They got no soul.
Heroes don’t topple dictators, people do. ✊
#obeyinginadvance #journalism
https://www.hs.fi/kirjeenvaihtajat/art-2000011011073.html
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