“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
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Am going through a hard time my sick mum I just lost everything and my job too I have nothing to do am so stuck and depressed I wish I can talk to someone to make me feel safe but it’s too much😭 I just feel like committing suicide😭😭😭
Joe, I pray that you have good friends nearby who are helping you through their love for you. Whether or not you do, find support in knowing that many of us understand. The thought of suicide briefly crossed my mind, but I can’t do that to the people who love me.
Hi friend. I’m just a weird lady up in Canada. But have struggled with those heavy thoughts. Please know you are not alone. Msg me if you like. Contact a suicide hotline. Is that your dog in your avatar? Don’t leave your sweet pup please.
I know and it's very normal to feel that way. You aren't alone. We are all in this together. I do have some resources if you're open to it. Don't give him the satisfaction of destroying your life. I always say I won't let him destroy me.
And the left obviously wants to continue stealing from taxpayers. It must be getting really hard to ignore all of the fraud, waste, abuse and corruption being brought out into the open for all to see.
Bernie Sanders is the closest we have come to the wisdom of an FDR in more than one generation. I'd love to see him host widely broadcast 'fireside chats' with a diverse group of guests. The goal being to explain each week what is going on and how the people can reclaim their country.
We need to remind people that their rapist, convicted felon of a ‘President’ will be unlikely to live for 4 years. We still don’t know where the contaminated rubble will end up. Probably on top of the Palestinians…
There are still leaders with the same fervor and integrity: Elizabeth Warren, Maxine Waters, Kamala Harris, AOC, Letitia James, Ilhan Omar, Gretchen Whitmer,
Ayanna Pressley, Caroline Kennedy, Rashida Tlaib, Hillary Clinton, Danielle Sassoon … Do you see the pattern?
Yes, primarily greed in the fossil fuel industries. They use religion, racism and misogyny, inter alia, to divide us. They have knowingly been burning our future for decades for profit today. Climate awareness and alternate energies can knock them off their perch & they’re terrified.
I know we will end up with a kinder more gentle world. But it may take a while. 😞 In the meantime we’ll need to help each other. And that we will find is good for the soul.
I have four close friends who’s job required constant crisscrossing the US.
Their observation is that the majority of average citizens are
A) wilfully uninformed
B) trump leaning
C) prepared to wait and see how it pans out
All these friends are Dem supporting.
Redouble your efforts.
A twitchy pasty-faced crank dressed in black standing next to the desk of his authoritarian boss. It could be Musk and Trump the other day, it could be Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin - send for a Jedi or a Democrat who can take the fight to these crooks, psychopaths and bullshit artists.
In order to reverse the damage of this billionaires coup, regain governance and reverse privatization, we'll have no choice but to nationalize many major industries.
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
Eeew, nice try. Margaret mead would be repulsed by their agenda to destroy science and education. The greedy oligarch money grab putting all life on this planet at risk. The opposite of thoughtful.
She would be repulsed by Trump inviting companies to pollute in the US and break our hard-won environmental laws if they pay him off. By the ending of aids programs worldwide and programs that prevent toddlers from dying of basic preventable sickness like diarrhea. It’s evil and it’s depraved.
Her life was dedicated to science and education and she wrote about hunger issues, race relations and inequality, nuclear proliferation, environmental pollution, childhood education. She would be repulsed by the sheer evil and depravity and damage they are doing to vulnerable people worldwide.
You don’t’. The damage to the average person who voted for him is where the tipping point is. All jokes aside, there are growing numbers of people who are now freaking out - farmers, people who work where federal funding is paramount, people who have kids that need educational services, etc.
We need to be sure they attribute their suffering to the right source, the cowards they voted for!
Media rarely does any thing more than lick the boots of 🍊 .
I looks and feels like this is exactly what they are doing and worse. It looks like, to me, that this administration is doing what the J6 insurrectionists did, complete with smearing metaphorical feces upon the legislative branch. 😔
I am deeply concerned about our democracy
Men and women, in Congress, that Insider Trade, are now millionaires and since they are …. they only complain about billionaires. Yes Elizabeth Warren and Bernie you’re in that elite club.
The small group of selfish men are clipping the wings of America, not just the American eagle, to feather their own nests. Tax the wealthy! Tax the churches!
Hang on a second. He was President before. You did have warning of what he was capable of. You did have eight YEARS to plan a... "anti-Project 2025", for better words. Did nobody think that far ahead? If the Dems ever get in again, they'd better have more of a plan than last time.
I think the plan needs to come first. Let's call it "#Vision2030" put in:
1) #Medicare4All (you're going to need it after RFK, Jr.);
2) #EconomicBillOfRights;
3) Decarbonise energy (and make it independent of imports);
4) Ease the pathway from immigrant to citizen;
5) Enshrine bodily autonomy in the constitution (where it doesn't conflict with Public Health, so no anti-vacc);
6) Think of a better name for the plan.
Proselytise the plan everywhere: churches; community centres; bowling alleys; county fairs. Anywhere people gather.
You're probably going to have to work outside the Democratic Party for most of it, they're too corrupted these days, but if you can present it as a fait accompli. You might even have to use DSA and make that into a real, third party, but whatever path, it'll be work, and you have to start yesterday.
Why aren’t the editorial boards of local papers calling out the cowardice of the Republicans in Congress? They are the ones who need pressure to stop being weak and selfish.
For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter, consume them in your wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that YHWH rules over Jacob
He was right, and he was a great man and President... but hell-- we abandoned that philosophy during the W-Cheney Iraq invasion, however much we hadn't already abandoned it.
Newsome has been successfully running a state bigger than and more diverse than many countries. It is interesting that he, a Democrat, like many other Democrats, has a record of making the state better after republicans have decimated it. Even Feloneous trump said that a few years ago . . .
I keep asking "the what if?" questions. I wanted to wargame it to an inevitability--street protests for democracy--and this excellent article about autogolpe or "self-coup" did it for me. Be sure to read to the end or cut to the end (16 paragraphs down). https://www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-a-coup/
Compare what Eleanor Roosevelt did when our country faced tough times, to Trump/Elon Musk who are now targeting unemployment insurance after throwing 100,000's of Americans out of work.
Once upon a time, in a land that prided itself on liberty, a great illusion took hold. It was the illusion that democracy—like an ancient oak—could withstand any storm.
It could be mocked, abused, even starved, but never truly felled.
Until, of course, the axe was placed in the right hands...
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Friends,
Modify it to your liking, and send the OIG request for follow up .. The Nuclear RC is independent from the DOE, but just in case, inc that also
The most dangerous part of living in the Plutocratic Oligarchical States of America (POSA) is that our oligarchy, as opposed to russia's, is controlled by many more oligarchs, the 1%, and not the leader, like putin. At least putin runs the entire show/maintains order. There will be no order here.
Dr Bandy Lee and what was it? 24 Psychiatrists warned us about Sociopaths and how NONE should be in positions of such power! Too bad the powers that be shut them down!
DOGE under President Trump has identified $50B in taxpayer savings for ridiculous grants and programs. This is what you get when you have a constitutional republic for the People.
"Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection."
History unfolds before our very eyes. The Dangerous Madness of a little weak bully who conned and bought his way into power will consume chapters and book. That is he doesn't try to ban & burn them all. A sad time for our country. Resist and pay attention. Get people out of their cloistered bubbles!
FDR nailed it. What makes this moment possible is stunning public ignorance, a culture of entitlement precipitated by unacknowledged failure to prepare for life & ridiculously wealthy gluttons who have been, practically speaking, above the law. No fine they can’t pay & too rich & connected to jail.
Sadly that small group of selfish men were allowed to run rampant, some even applauded their greed and saw it as evidence that we in the West were winning. But success is not one greedy eagle soaring high above a nation of caged birds. Success is solidarity and fairness. Selfishness is cancerous.
Yep. This is also pertinent to “centrist” dems who, for example, think they need to throw the 🏳️⚧️ community under the bus to stop the fascists. That’s the exact opposite of the required political strategy (aside from protecting minorities just being the right thing to do).
I do not think you will get a choice.
We have to look after them and goodness knows what we do with USA government.
Hopefully we will come and help you recover once the oligarchs have gone?
Sorry, UK here
Perhaps today's audience - the "public" - doesn't care or understand the underlying symbolism of the statement. The pride of representing, defending & supporting freedom & decency.
WE used to be the "good guys".
WE haven't been for a long, long time.
... personally, I blame the Kardashians 😑
It is simpler than that.
He hates everyone who doesn't worship him.
As in 99% of the world.
He does seem to be self destructive like any other 5 year old who is not told to stop.
always consider the simpler possibility to complex inner demons. It usually does come down to early childhood issues.
I’ve never taken an oath of office, yet I live by its principles daily—as an American who values freedom and democracy. I know we’ve issues and disagreements—I’ve even suffered racism—but without democracy, we will have nothing. Nothing to believe in, nothing to fight for, and nothing worth fixing.
Am going through a hard time my sick mum I just lost everything and my job too I have nothing to do am so stuck and depressed I wish I can talk to someone to make me feel safe but it’s too much😭I just feel like committing suicide😭😭
Lovely! That you quote him almost 80 years after his death says so much about the kind of leader he was. Can anyone imagine anything our current president has to say being that meaningful or thoughtful? Or even worth remembering? Hell no!
"We must beware of both chambers of Congress, as well as a corrupted "free" press, failing in their duties to check a tyrannical executive, and who even celebrate his lawlessness. Because then we're sort of in deep shit" - Me, 2025
Adam Smith said tax assets, or the rich would destroy democracy.
We used to tax them 99% back in the day - thus the 50's were pretty good and people could buy houses!
yeah, but he participated in the actual act he described a little and sure having an envoy to Hitler that did right the rally S-H chant did not help matters either...
The USA is not the only arms supplier in the world, far from it. I suspect the actions of the Trump administration has tanked new foreign arms sales by the US. Nobody in their right mind would sign a new deal with a Government as unstable as the USA.
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” ~ James Madison, Federalist Papers #47
Machiavelli as well. Our system of checks and balances has only ever been undermined by the rich, and bolstered by those of us that are civil servants.
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But about those selfish men..."
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Maybe @oldsantaclaus.bsky.social can hook you up- he's knows a ton of nice people
I'm not kidding 🤗
Netanyahu would own the property, Trump would build and sell the condo and they would both profit.
Bibi goes to Mars too.
ME, 2025
It started with him.
Bibi should take a trip to Mars with Trump/Musk.
When we have this.👇
Ayanna Pressley, Caroline Kennedy, Rashida Tlaib, Hillary Clinton, Danielle Sassoon … Do you see the pattern?
How disheartening it is that there are two people with the power— and opportunity to do such good in the world…
Instead of being heroes, they choose to be zeros and worse, villains.
#TrumpAndMuskAreEvil
Their observation is that the majority of average citizens are
A) wilfully uninformed
B) trump leaning
C) prepared to wait and see how it pans out
All these friends are Dem supporting.
Redouble your efforts.
You must save it‼️
Chris Murphy, 2028.
https://generalstrikeus.com/strikecard
https://generalstrikeus.com/strikecard
And I did not speak out
Because I was not DEI....
Mixed metaphors AND puns!🫣
When there were individuals who would stand up to Tyranny
Sadly we can't find too many now
technological and financial dominance. I have seen how this movie ends https://america2.news/content/files/2025/02/Musk-NRx-Memo-February-5-2025.pdf
-Samuel Adams
Otherwise, this is better.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has. " - Margaret Mead
We are now under occupation by the malevolent, evil victors.
Captain America: The First Avenger
There's only one way to win this war and that's exactly what it is...a war.
Being nice isn't a rule of war.
How do you appeal to Republicans who have sold their souls for money and power???
Media rarely does any thing more than lick the boots of 🍊 .
Because that's a minimum for how many people told us who they really are and who they want no longer existing.
Y'all got yerslef an iddy biddy coup over there.
Certainly looks that way. Sans tanks on the lawns so far....
I am deeply concerned about our democracy
1) #Medicare4All (you're going to need it after RFK, Jr.);
2) #EconomicBillOfRights;
3) Decarbonise energy (and make it independent of imports);
4) Ease the pathway from immigrant to citizen;
6) Think of a better name for the plan.
Proselytise the plan everywhere: churches; community centres; bowling alleys; county fairs. Anywhere people gather.
Then you recruit the leader who will support and implement that plan.
Forum Communications, for example, operates 36 newspapers in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
2) Even if the paper is truly owned and operated locally, do the owners want that sort of editorial?
Look at the L. A. Times or Las Vegas Review-Journal.
#RESIST
We will need someone with experience, who engages and motivates us, and who has not got the ego or perceptual issues of Newsome.
I just want to say I enjoy your content on YouTube!
It could be mocked, abused, even starved, but never truly felled.
Until, of course, the axe was placed in the right hands...
Friends,
Modify it to your liking, and send the OIG request for follow up .. The Nuclear RC is independent from the DOE, but just in case, inc that also
https://share.note.sx/qdp09kh7#oXlH5SM/J/k/XIx1p2APErYtlGU0E+4ClGtro8dyB28
I will send to DHS OIG as well , NRC contact here
https://nrcoig.oversight.gov/contact-us
DHS [email protected]
A leader that we’d welcome with open arms today.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-16/us-health-department-layoffs-expand-to-medicare-fda?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business
Feb 17, 2025
Tomorrow
12pm
@ your State Capitol/city hall/ town hall
- Henry A. Wallace, V.P. under FDR
Where are them NRA "patriots" now - when it comes to fighting the red hats?
We have to look after them and goodness knows what we do with USA government.
Hopefully we will come and help you recover once the oligarchs have gone?
Sorry, UK here
WE used to be the "good guys".
WE haven't been for a long, long time.
... personally, I blame the Kardashians 😑
He hates everyone who doesn't worship him.
As in 99% of the world.
He does seem to be self destructive like any other 5 year old who is not told to stop.
always consider the simpler possibility to complex inner demons. It usually does come down to early childhood issues.
Trump
Bezos
Zuckerberg
Theil
But there are others.
We used to tax them 99% back in the day - thus the 50's were pretty good and people could buy houses!
#Thiel
#Trump
#PayPalMafia
#ThePayPalMafia
https://bsky.app/profile/mikegalsworthy.bsky.social/post/3liagyql6jc24
Not much left now is there. Trump and Musk are all in - they create a Tyranny of the rich, or die trying.
https://linktr.ee/fiftyfiftyonemovement
Protest at noon, 2/17/25 in Augusta, Maine:
https://events.pol-rev.com/events/de13e4d3-bd62-4e62-b7ce-2da97305999b
Goodcitizens truefeel happyloyal.