2025/02/17

Monday, February 17, 2025 (#48)

Sunday Monday Tuesday On This Date 2025/02/17 21:25 UTC [L..T] 'No Kings on Presidents Day' Rallies Target Trump-Musk Assault on Democracy and Working Class «Democracy defenders from blizzard-bound Maine to sunny southern California and cities and towns in between took to America's streets and public spaces Monday for a "No Kings on Presidents Day" action against what organizers called the "anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration and its plutocratic allies."» 2025/02/17 18:58 UTC [L..T] Tesla was hit by a wave of protests over Musk, sales are crashing, insiders are waking up «Tesla was hit by a wave of protests across dozens of its stores in North America this weekend. With sales crashing and the board selling, it looks like some insiders are finally waking up. [/] As we reported last week, a grassroots movement has sprung to organize protests against Elon Musk at Tesla stores around North America.» 2025/02/17 16:29 UTC [L..T] (fedi post) full text: «Massive turnout in Portland, OR at City Hall to protest against Trump & Musk and the fascist American regime. Thousands of people out. A group broke away from city hall and is now marching. I cannot see where the march starts nor where it ends.» (with 4 photos) 2025/02/17 16:16 UTC [L..T] Hundreds of FAA employees are let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue «The Trump administration fired hundreds of employees with the Federal Aviation Administration over the weekend, just weeks after a fatal crash over Washington, D.C. exposed understaffing at the agency.» ... «"This decision did not consider the staffing needs of the FAA, which is already challenged by understaffing," David Spero, the national president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO, said in a statement. "Staffing decisions should be based on an individual agency's mission-critical needs. To do otherwise is dangerous when it comes to public safety. And it is especially unconscionable in the aftermath of three deadly aircraft accidents in the past month."» planned action on 2025/02/17 Photos in Portland via @alissaazar in Portland via @alissaazar in Portland via @alissaazar in Portland via @alissaazar