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djwood.bsky.social
Retired public junior high and high school English, Creative Writing, and Reading teacher; proud Never Trump-er.
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Rest in peace, Gilbert. đź’”

#Republicans say they’re targeting just criminals and gang members. Bullsh*t. They’re targeting anyone who “looks illegal” for their 3,000 a day quota, no matter what. And masked #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers get to decide who that is! “The homegrowns are next.” - DT, 04/14/25 #MAGAKidnappers

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful EPA cannot “thumb its nose at Congress” by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Stewart contrasted the rhetoric of GOP lawmakers who demand billions be spent to deport undocumented immigrants — using criminal violence as their reasoning — with the lack of attention those same lawmakers give to gun violence in the United States.

Russia is throwing Iran under the bus after Iran saved Russia in Ukraine. LOL The worst ally in the world is Russia

Have you got a week? www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Another “I alone can fix it.” 🙄

Make this go viral.

there is no difference between this and what I heard from the drunk guy at the bar last night

CNN put together a clip of Tulsi Gabbard testifying recently that "Iran is not building a nuclear weapon" followed by Trump saying "I don't care what she said"

He will ignore the law and the Constitution.

The hospital I'm standing in front of, and hospitals all over America, are going to close because of the big ugly bill. David Valadao voted to cut Medicaid, but the bill is going back to the House. He has one last chance to do the right thing. HANDS OFF MEDICAID! - @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social

Q: “What do you say to the Supreme Leader of Iran who says that they will not surrender?" Trump: "I say good luck." Q: "When does your patience run out?" Trump: "It's already run out” (Sounds like an American attack on Iran may be imminent.)

If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...

Narrator: Trump's using the FCC to extort a "settlement" payoff from the owner of CBS in return for approval to sell the company to an entity controlled by the family of a Trump supporting billionaire. That is TrumpLaw in a nutshell, as discussed here.

Hegseth should be removed for this comment alone. The deployment of US troops against our own citizens should be an unquestionable boundary we never cross.

An Orange Iraq War It’s Wednesday. There are 503 days until the midterm elections. Trump’s goons arrest another Democrat, crypto scam dreams can come true and an Orange Iraq War.

I don’t care what city or town you live in. If these guys jumped out of an unmarked van and grabbed you on the street, would you just assume they’re ICE or FBI? Would you willingly comply with their orders and get inside the van? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THIS IS NOT AMERICA.

HIRONO: If ordered by the president to shoot peaceful protesters in the legs, would you carry it out? HEGSETH: Of course I reject the premise of your question HIRONO: Considering that the president in his first term actually ordered such a thing, it's not a premise you can reject

Cuts to food stamps may be a little smaller in the Senate bill than in the House version—cuts to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, however, are bigger. And "people will die as a result of the Senate’s actions.” https://trib.al/Mrzma0g

WARREN: If the president wanted to deploy Marines to Chicago and NYC, would you carry out that order even if the local governors and mayors objected? HEGSETH: Thankfully, NYC, unlike Gavin Newsom, is willing to step up and address the issue WARREN: I'll take that as a yes

7 million views. 15 thousand retweets. Tim Walz didn’t delete any tweets praising Vance Boelter because he never made any.

The dollar has lost more than 10% of its value against the euro, pound and Swiss franc since Donald Trump took office. It's also down against every single major currency in the world. The last time the dollar fell this month was in 2010 after the mortgage crisis. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

WARREN: If the Supreme Court orders you to remove troops from American city streets, will you do so? HEGSETH: I don't believe district courts should determine national security policy, but if the Supreme Court rules on a topic, we will abide by that

I joined Symone Sanders, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez to discuss the arrest of a New York City official and Democratic mayoral candidate, as well as the status of Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard in the courts. Watch and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaNg...

Reporter: “Will your recent dust-ups with Gov. Newsom impact additional wildfire relief?” Trump: “Yeah, maybe…Hatred is never a good thing in politics. When you don’t like somebody, you don’t respect somebody, it’s harder for that person to get money when you’re on top.”

The president was reportedly “pissed off at the soldiers" whom he wanted to appear “menacing” but instead were “having a good time.” https://trib.al/fr5h3IV

President Trump will extend a deadline for the owner of the social media platform TikTok to find a U.S. buyer so it can continue to operate in the country, the White House says.

Since January, the Fed has stood on the sidelines, keeping its benchmark lending rate unchanged at about 4.4%.

An American citizen was among the 23 killed by Putin's latest strikes.

Utah Senator Mike Lee is facing major backlash for his reaction to the shootings in Minnesota.

This is a recount from a reporter who attended Trump’s parade. You should check it out. She describes Trump’s supporters enduring “real misery” before the parade even started. Contrast that w/the millions of us who enthusiastically endured heat and rain to protest Trump and stand up for democracy.

Senator Mike Lee posts prayers when a Republican has an allergic reaction but posts jokes when a Democrat is murdered in their home. He’s going to Hell.

Brown shirts didn’t hide their faces. You gotta work hard to be lower than the brown shirts

Let's be clear: Trump is thinking of entering a war against Iran without Congressional authorization or legal basis because his birthday parade was a dud and he thinks the war will produce arousing pictures for him to look at on Fox News.

(🚨) This is as important a report as PROOF has ever published, here on the brink of a war that quite possibly became inevitable—and by design—many, many years ago.

When folks in North Dakota hit the streets…you know it’s bad. This is my candidate for the sign of the day. (Wish I had gotten his name—apologies)

Don’t underestimate how Donald being pissed at the military for humiliating him with its shabby military parade is factoring into his current talk of putting them in harm’s way. He *is* that petulant.

So, basically, everything MAGA said last year about presidents who start wars was an enormous lie?

Mike Lee tweeting

I reget to inform you that Tulsi Gabbard was briefly right about something.

"The best I can do is $50 million for a Trump Gold Card - plus, you'll have to buy a pair of sneakers, my cellphone, and my Chinese Bible."

I’m about to speak on the Senate floor to memorialize the devastating loss of Melissa and Mark Hortman. Tune in here ⬇️