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Proud Minnesotan here to keep tabs on the destruction of our democracy (and participate in the resistance). Be forewarned: I don't respond to DMs asking "How are you doing?" from guys I don't know because I think it's a bit creepy. Pronouns: She/Her
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Do one quarter of Republicans actually LIKE playing gastrointestinal roulette whenever they eat? This is one of those things that impact the rich and the poor in exactly the same way. It would poetic justice if Trump got salmonella from a chicken taco.

The Trump administration announced Tuesday it will revoke a federal policy that required hospitals to provide emergency abortions when necessary to stabilize a woman’s medical condition. We will be allowed to die.

Amazing that when they get in courtrooms, all the big claims they make outside the courthouse to the media suddenly go away.

According to AP, the typical pay package for S&P 500 CEOs rose to $17M last year — an increase of 9.7%. At half of the companies surveyed, it would take the median worker 192 years to make what the CEO did in one year.  This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

This is a great analysis of Zelenskyy's master class in modern warfare this past week.

This. 👇

But that doesn't mean he's batshit crazy, right?

I love this... the good guys will prevail!

He's insane...

Needs to be said: As of 2025, the 10 states with the highest poverty rates: 1. Mississippi– 19.3% 2.Louisiana–18.6% 3.New Mexico –18.1% 4.West Virginia–17.0% 5.Kentucky–15.9% 6.Arkansas–15.3% 7.Alabama–15.0% 8.Oklahoma– 14.5% 9.Tennessee–13.5% 10. South Carolina–13.5% Who’d they vote for?

Every post of his begs the question: How stupid/gullible are his followers? The answer: Endlessly gullible.

please. please. please.

The downstream effect of cutting Medicaid is going to be a whole lot more expensive for society than leaving it in place...unless you don't care about people dying, that is.

Reading any of those transcripts drives home his dementia pretty quickly...