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Coca-Cola has set a goal of having women in 50% of its senior leadership roles by 2030. Coke has also said that it wants race and ethnicity representation that reflects national census data at all levels of the company in the U.S.

Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist who targets corporate DEI programs, applauded PepsiCo’s actions on Friday. In a post on X, Starbuck said Coca-Cola “should be very nervous about continuing with their woke policies.”

tl;dr: Pepsi bad, Coke good.

Kansas is now the 27th state to restrict or ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Republicans are cutting Medicaid “to pay for tax breaks for the richest 1 percent of Americans,” one organization noted.

The White House's official social media account on the X platform posted an image of President Donald Trump wearing a crown and referred to him as "king."

Just over half of U.S. adults (54%) say they have an unfavorable view of Musk, and two-thirds of Americans have an unfavorable view of Zuckerberg.

In summary:

• Media: Some major media outlets have been slow to respond, with scoops coming from unexpected sources. The Washington Post may be hampered by its owner's potential conflicts, and The New York Times is criticized for downplaying the gravity of the news.
• Academia: Academic institutions have been largely silent, though individual academics have raised concerns. There's a call for coordinated public pronouncements from university leadership, especially from law and medical schools, and for professional associations to sanction members in defense of the public sphere.
• Business: Business leaders have a history of misjudging the dangers of autocratic leaders and have been truckling to the new administration, possibly out of fear of reprisals. However, they may awaken to the economic dangers of executive overreach.
• Mass Mobilization: Mass mobilization is underway, but efforts may struggle if elites underplay the magnitude of the moment. Religious organizations have a role to play in combating Christian nationalism. Public opposition is smaller than it was during the first Trump administration.
• Coordination: Across all sectors of civil society, coordination is key, as individual objections do not carry the weight of joint action. Resistance to authoritarianism is a collective endeavor.

At this point I don't think the US has much credibility to salvage, Brookings.

"Musk's attempt to buy Wisconsin's Supreme Court is a red alert that his attack on democracy isn't limited to gutting the federal government," said Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday stating that only “[t]he President and the Attorney General shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive branch.” The order covers all federal employees and agencies, including independent agencies operating under the executive branch of the US government. Historically, independent agencies exist outside the executive branch and are largely independent of presidential control.

The FBI is hassling Palestine activists. ICE is compiling dossiers on those who criticize it. Let’s know our rights.

Democratic strategist James Carville advised Democratic politicians to “do nothing” to oppose President Donald Trump – at least for now.

With full Republican control of the government, Democrats have limited options for opposing Trump’s agenda, which includes his billionaire benefactor Elon Musk going from one government department to another under the pretext of “cutting costs” in a way that is “violating the law right and left,” according to one former White House ethics lawyer.

On Monday, several large protests were held across the country to protest Trump and Musk. Later, on MSNBC’s The Beat, host Ari Melber asked Carville for his reaction to the demonstrations.

“It’s addressing a lot of concerns about the current agenda,” Melber said. “Even if they’re anti-Trump voters. They’re calling out a lot of things that they say exceed the president’s authority, or are dangerous, or are gutting… the federal government. What’s happening here?”

Carville expressed support for the demonstrations, but had a word of caution for Democratic politicians.

“This is happening all around the country,” he replied. “So the question is, how should Democratic politicians respond to this? And what I think they should do is what we call in rural America, play possum. Just let it go. Don’t get in the way of it. Or as we like to say, don’t just stand there, do nothing. Let this germinate… We don’t need to get in front of it. This freight train is moving. Let’s just get out of the way and then we’re gonna have time.”

Melber responded, “That makes sense.”

Dems: "We're on it! I got left bench, coach!"

The White House posted a dehumanizing video Tuesday using the sound of detained immigrants being deported with the caption “ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight.”

Park rangers, biologists, maintenance crews, wildfire prevention people—all fired arbitrarily.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency task force is finally providing some numbers purporting to give examples of significant savings to the federal government from terminating wasteful spending.

President Donald Trump said he's ordered the firing of all remaining U.S. attorneys hired by Joe Biden's administration.