Late to the party, as usual. Is it my imagination or is Trump looking a little frayed and worn around the edges? P2025 no doubt coached him that things would be rough for awhile but he had to ride it out while they did their dirty work and allow Trump his revenge and retribution campaign.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us; you’re the bright spark of sanity in the growing darkness. Take care of yourself and the Angry Family. If Mrs. Angry would like to share her Blueberry Lemon bar recipe, there’s a whole bunch of gratitude coming her way. Cheers! 🥃
Thanks for doing this, week after week. Why am I not seeing my questions here, after I post them? Thanks in advance, if anyone knows how I can fix this.
It’s a Bluesky thing: You need to go to Angry’s home page and select “Replies,” then find the thread you want to read. Follower posts (questions) and Angry’s answers will now be viewable.
Yes, this, instead of sharing every post. It was a little confusing (for some, myself included) when Angry started the cherished Friday night thread. Just click on his *replies* and all the Q&As will be visible.
@mcuban.bsky.social says he likes “negotiating” for mineral rights with Ukraine. Isn’t this extortion? Isn’t this “pay to play” game why Trump got impeached the first time?
Under normal circumstances, such negotiations would be part of normal, healthy trade policies.
What Felon47 is doing is what he did that got him impeached the first time; namely, trying to extort President Zelenskyy to give him what he wants - or else! Only this time, it's worse!
They’ve been salivating over privatizing the post office and Veterans Affairs and Education for ever.
I’ve had issues with delayed deliveries, and didn’t trust my ballot to the PO. I just took it to a drop off location - it’s not that hard in urban and suburban areas. Red and rural will be hurt.
I worry that the USPS takeover is a way for Trump/Musk to monitor everyone’s mail. I’m now shredding envelopes and the address field of mail sent to me by groups and electeds I support.
I burn everything with identifiable info on it now. I also have employed the use of a service which is slowly but surely removing my name from mailing lists and saleable databases.
I wouldn't worry about that . . . I get so much mail from all sorts of groups/politicians etc., that it would be very difficult to tell which ones were hopefuls and which were groups I actually like!
LOL. No. Trump picked these people because they will be loyal to him first and foremost. U.S. will be in ashes and they still won't do anything. One thing we now know, the 25th Amendment is not a thing. No one but the people can change our course.
A majority of his cabinet full of sycophants would have to suddenly see him as a threat to the nation. They practically consider him to be the second coming of Christ so don’t get your hopes up.
As long as the cabinet and their wealthy friends are raking in the money and create from repercussions from their illegal actions, nothing will happen except the end of America’s great experiment in democracy.
The majority of elected officials: school board members, alderman, county supervisors, village trustees, state representatives only want the jobs for a shirt period. These are only part time jobs for the most part and the real world has drmands
My mayor is non partisan as is my County executive and school board. My governor is a Democrat. The Republicans will want the election if only to try to vote the Democratic governor out of office.
I believe P2025 may have gamed out this scenario. My initial thought was that they have Vance as a safety valve to Trump’s overheated boiler, to be deployed if mid-terms look bleak for them. But Vance is being very intemperate with his speeches and social media posts. Like Trump bit more coherent.
Even if you had enough to do 25th, someone like Hegseth is a "no". Then, Trump orders a roundup of all the "yes" votes and charges w/ treason (or worse). He has total immunity now, so in every situation he stays.
Read the Walmart release from Thursday closely. Pay attention to the comments about January. All other big co’s are reporting only thru Dec at this point. April will be first clear public report on ‘new’ landscape
Hit ‘em in the wallet. No more Amazon/Audible/Washington Post, Anthropologie or Target here. And tbh, my consumer confidence is nil. I’m saving my dollars and not consuming anything deemed unnecessary & I know I’m not the only one when I talk to friends/coworkers/family.
I guarantee that if everyone who voted 4 Kamala, remove their money from their banks & put it in a Credit Union. The GOP would've to listen. Because the big bank would be piss off too! Hurt them in the pocket.
Think about it.
Take it out on April 1, 2025. The joke will be on banks.
Maybe it depends on when Unelected President Elon Musk gets tired of his bought-and-paid-for figurehead, Donald, and gets his bought-and-paid-for suck-up, JD, to take care of him?
What could be simpler to communicate than the richest man in the world is slashing jobs and benefits to make himself even richer? And why aren’t more Democrats simply saying this?
Aussie here. When the democrats get back into power do you think the damage to the US world standing and your allies can be substantially repaired? Can you ever again be a trusted world police?
Respectfully? How can we possibly know that? We are trying to stay afloat here..... I would hope and pray our allies KNOW this is not the normal American people.
I think a question is whether or not the Democrats will ever be in power again with the dismantling of voting rights etc.
Assuming it does happen, It feels that the damage done is irreversible. After Trump 1, yes. Voters going back to him again after that mess? No, our allies won’t trust us again
Depends on how we respond and what we can do to prevent it from happening again. What’s happening in the US isn’t just a US movement. Look at Germany, Britain and elsewhere. We are just stupid enough to have fallen first. The damage is great. The recovery will be difficult, if we recover at all.
Trump has proven that America’s word, anything she signs on the international stage, is valid only for the length of the Presidency of the President who signs it.
Unless that is prevented in future, they can’t be trusted.
How long will the Dems take to get a spine? How long will Republicans wait to figure out that they have a duty to be a check on the Executive branch? Or should I say the monarchy?
Ppl need to pressure the GQP reps and senators. I call and talk to Cornyn staffers 2x day (useless to work Cruz) but Cornyn used to e old school Republican.
Hi Angry. I hope you’re doing ok. This week our new bimbo AG bragged that the new FBI director is going to go after anyone who doesn’t support Trump. I’ve been very vocal on social media about my disdain for the felon. Should I be worried? What about the first amendment?
They want to keep their elected seats more than fighting for democracy. They must stay loyal to chump or risk his wrath which equates to not getting votes. They are pathetic
Agree to certain extent. Live in very VERY red area & folks here are pissed. Our rep held townhall & got shouted down w/just about everything he said. Farmers, teachers, parents, etc. ALL groups were there. Usually he just gets local electeds...not this time. Crowd outside as OVERFLOW inside!
I’m starting to think Republicans overestimated their ability to control information dissemination. People are seeing with their own eyes friends and family being affected.
CJCS, CNO, VCSAF, all the service JAG’s out in a Friday night purge, a retired 3-star in…time to freak out? Will we see principled resignations? Pictures of service members abusing migrants? Going along with orders to fire on American protesters? (I say this as someone who was in for 20+ years) 😳
On taxing the rich: when Kamala suggested higher taxes on those with yearly incomes over $1 million, I saw countless angry tirades from people who probably never saw a million in their entire lives. (I read A LOT of tweets/comments from individual investors.) Taxing the rich is very unpopular.
Yes, I see those trolls commenting on political and social topics. The people I saw when Harris made her proposal were individual investors who never talk politics, focusing almost entirely on facts and numbers. Talk of “overtaxing” the rich was like a threat to their futures as rich men.
Exactly, just a bit of a tax raise on the rich and none of this heartache would have to happen. I think it’s just fun now for them watching, playing with our lives! 🤬
It's their last chance and their big move. Demographics against them, they need to eliminate the risk of elections, the expense of regulations, any controls on their greed. They want what Putin has. No elections, regulations, compliant media, church, permanent aristocracy. With us as the servants.
It's going to be more fun when we get to play with theirs at mid term elections. I am seeing your average person out there getting upset and asking their reps for answers. And then we will have our fun.
I firmly believe Elon will interfere as I believe he did in November. The days of any sort of confidence in free and fair elections is I believe, over.
Not a question, but rather a thought. I think it would be great if Randy Rainbow did a Muskrat Elon, Muskrat Don, do a little love dance on the White House lawn skit. I feel like we have to humiliate the bejesus out of Trump. We know it's President Musk.
What do you make of the news that a former KGB agent divulged that Trump was recruited by the KGB when he was 40 and has a code name? It would make a lot of sense sense. UK media covering it but not US.
I’m thinking no one truly believed that he’d be elected first time. His people didn’t think so. Maybe Wray etc. took a laissez-faire approach- let’s just watch him, see how far he goes, and 💥 there’s Lavrov in the Oval. Senate was supposed to fucking impeach his ass.
Mitch McConnel had his chance after Jan 6 to have the Senate confirm the House’s impeachment. Once convicted by the Senate, T would never have been able to run again.
Byline times (the only UK outlet I’ve seen covering the story so far) was subject to a DDOS attack shortly after they published the story. Seems like a big coincidence if there’s nothing to it
A high percentage. This has been the word on the streets for years. My concern is no one in high appointed positions did anything about it for the past decade.
It would be fair to say the government’s response to Trump has been poor from the start. Have you seen all those photos of Trump and Epstein? What’s that about?
One among many. If Epstein was with US Intelligence, why are American and Israeli politicians said to be in the Epstein material? Would politicians use Epstein to gain domestic and international political advantage?
All these Western leaders have known it for years.
I doubt they're going to do anything about it now that even the man in the street knows it with 99% certainty.
I read stories in late 80's & early 90's about Trumpy and his kids in Russia getting into things. No code name as yet, but the asset links were obvious! Hang the whole damn family!
Coincidence?
Considering everything happening right now, I don't think so.
My link in the comments covering former KGB agent Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov's claims in 1984 that Russia has a long-term goal of ideologically subverting the U.S. tie it all together. https://bsky.app/profile/jacobsilverman.com/post/3lipf6bhki22l
Biden had some opportunities to take action as well-releasing the entire Mueller Report, prosecuting lower-ranking members of the Jan. 6 plot, declassifying Trump Intelligence, proceeding with other court cases. He didn’t do any of that. Trump should have been put away years ago. Why not?
I read somewere that Trump is a dobbel agent and that he has been telling on his rich friends. That’s why he himself has been getting away with all his crimes.
Could be true. He doesn’t seem to be a very good businessman, and he doesn’t seem to be particularly intelligent in a conventional sense. Trump seems to be useful to someone; how else has he managed to stay out of jail and continuously rebuild his financial situation?
The Head of FBI in SDNY, Robert Hansen, was a Russian asset but he closed down Trump-Russia investigation in 2016 and hammered on Hillary’s private server.
I saw a former head of the FBI’s NY office (Mr. Kallstrom) say that the NY office was “Trump Country” before the 2016 race. Odd, since Trump has done nothing but badmouth the FBI.
Giuliani crowed that his FBI buddies had something on Hilary. His buddies included former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, Charles McGonigal, responsible for overseeing counterintelligence.
I am not going to do anyone’s work for them, but look at Trump’s career. He’s not nearly as rich as he wants people to believe, and his business record is very poor. Yet he keeps failing upward. How is this?
It was NY, remember? Corrupt NYFBI. Same one housing Charles McGonigal - Russian asset. Same office that wouldn’t hand over Weiner’s laptop to Comey. Which forced him into reopening the Hillary investigation. Also corrupt NYPD and Rudy.
The problem is that it was known and nobody did anything about it. So this corruption/treason is as much Democrat as it is Republican. Cover your ass is the rule. The strongest has won. Shameful.
Were Trump a Kremlin asset he would be doing a much more stealthy job flying under the radar, rather than this clownish Putin sycophancy. He simply admires Putin because people fear him, and Trump aspires to autocracy.
The man admitted to raping his ex wife because “it’s not illegal if you’re married” according to his attorney. He take a 💩 on gold toilets. He punched Don Jr in front of his friends.
He's been laundering Russian cash since '78. If he is an asset "created" in '87, what about him made them wait 9 years?? I'd love to talk to the team that worked on that one.
I always figured he'd borrowed so much money from Russian sources that he was their bitch. He's underwater. I mean he owns a lot but he's failed a lot. He's a credit risk for a lot of conventional lenders. 🤷🏻♀️
It's common sense. If a group of people in a certain country could call in loans that I have outstanding, I'm not gonna piss them off unless I have money to pay the debt. He'd be an idiot to piss them off.
There was a time when someone in that position would not have been considered for office.
Now you understand why #Krasnov is doing his best to antagonize traditional 🇺🇸 allies such as 🇪🇺 and 🇨🇦.
Does that benefit 🇺🇸 or 🇷🇺?
Even if he genuinely wanted to fight 🇨🇳, he would avoid destroying the alliance of western democracies.
My guess is countering 🇨🇳 was just a gimmick to muster GOP support.
Just knowing you support my gov is wonderful to me. She is retiring at the end of her term in 26. I don’t know who will replace her. We have her seat and Susan Collins,too. It’s going to be interesting.
I think the governors (Walz, Whitmer, Shapiro, Beshear, Newsom, Hochul etc) need to get some GOP governors on board and figure out a way to take control. GOP govs already seeing repercussions in their states’ economies. Well I can hope.
Good. I know I’m not spending money outside my blue state if at all possible. And not spending much of anything except on food. Signed up at Costco. I’ve got enough coffee to last me for awhile now.
Vermont R-Gov Scott has been very quiet on the Trump administration - a great governor overall. Our D-A.G. and VT delegation (Rep. Balint, Sen-Welsh, Sen-Sanders) have been fantastic.
See?!?! I think at state level there’s a lot more room for agreement. Hell I don’t think my senators (Cruz, Cornyn) could find Texas on a map much less care about their citizens. That’s not to say Abbott is reasonable. My hope is prison for him.
Ha.... Gov. Scott is in his 3rd term (I think). Republican Governor in a very BLUE Vermont. He works with the legislature really well. Was outstanding during COVID. Has a great group of commissioners.... Got a R-Lt. Governor this past cycle. Likely more balance this term.
I have great hope @govpritzker.illinois.gov will be at forefront of governors' revolt. He's eloquent, speaks to least among us and isn't worried about his right flank (as maybe Beshear, Kelly, Whitmer are). I'm just a snack cake but I hope Pritzker feels the good vibes from Texas.
Someone much smarter than me would know how to deploy state resources-LEO and/or withhold tax payments and/or set up their own HC info clearinghouse at state universities. I dunno. But govs need to meet and talk it through.
I’m probably not smarter than you, but I do know that states contribute to the federal revenue every year, and many dem states do not get back in aid or funding nearly as much as they pay in. If he’s threatening zero funding for non-compliance? Just saying…
I'm all for anything that will help fight back. But, I think taxes come out of our pay & go right to the Feds. I don't think there's any way we can stop payroll tax from going to DC unless we all change our withholding to exempt or change the number you claim on your W4 to 99 or something.
I think it’s ok to call and just say you have concerns. We elect them to protect our interests, not to do our bidding. They just *need* to hear we’re concerned.
I'm a proud Democrat. I'm proud of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats for how they navigated the first 4 years. I'm looking for people to unite with. And I'm not sorry for being the good guy.💙🇺🇲
Do you think the boycotts of target and Walmart, etc are making an impact? In particular, do you think the planned total economic boycott for February 28 will do anything?
When I was unemployed for several months 2 years ago, eventually I had to sell off some of my investments because I needed the money to pay the bills. Regardless of what the heavy hitters do, eventually, we will start to see all the little guys have to sell off just to get by. It feels inevitable.
The cult doesn’t care about the economy. They could be living on ramen noodles and could only afford an egg on Thanksgiving day, and if Fox told them everything was okay then everything would be okay.
I think that’s probably coming soon. It’s already showing signs that investors are getting nervous - once the full scale of the layoffs and deportations are felt, it’s probably gonna get ugly.
We won’t see the data until the March labor statistics reports because those laid off got a check on February 12 and I believe the report comes out April 4th so mark that day in your calendars for a big market drop
The "trickle down" economic devastation = going 2 b monumental. Ppl don't understand how intertwined grants r 2 states/municipalities. I manage tiny million dollar grant at a univ. It will b cut. 5 ppl, 3 sub contractors unemployed. Univ loses IDC (keeps the lights on) x 1000s and the dominoes fall.
If today is not the start, I'd venture to say very soon. The Street only cares when it decides to care. No warning, and then, boom, and u can't even get an order filled cause it dropping so hard and fast.
Do you think Zelensky will have to surrender if the United States stops supporting Ukraine like Trump is threatening? Will other European nations be able to fill in the gaps?
Potentially. Any collective/mutual defense agreement would be fine, it doesn’t necessarily have to be NATO.
The security guarantee is arguably the easy part. but actually securing Ukraine has to start with an integrated, layered air defense system to keep Russian missiles away from their cities.
I worry that Putin and Trump have agreed to make Zelenskyy an offer he can’t refuse. Major pullback of Russian forces but Ukraine must hold immediate elections. Trump/Putin mess with the election results somehow and pro-Russia people win the election, handing Ukraine entirely over to Putin.
Have you noticed how very different the concerns of Brits and Americans are, just from reading Bluesky? They're all flowers and football, and we're in a fight for survival...
Trying to figure out EFFECTIVE ways that those of us who have Democratic congresspeople and senators can fight this administration. What do you think about slow-rolling the economy as a tactic, i.e, spending as little as possible? He balked at tariffs when the market tanked.
I appreciate your optimism, though. I think we’re all waiting and hopeful that more in Congress will get some stiffness in their spines and stand up and fight.
Do we really just have to sit and wait for two years until the midterms, or is there something we ordinary citizens can do now to help stop this madness?
One thing I’m doing (every day if I have a free minute) is to call both my senators and representative to tell them how disgusted I am that Elon Musk has been given so much access to sensitive information.
Every Friday since Jan we get a email from my state’s Democratic Party, starting at the State Level , where they will be , what Bills are being entered , Senators and Reps Also comment . Very impressed and they are everywhere
Hey Angry! Carville recently said to let Republicans go a bit longer and to let Dems play “opossum” until a bit later. What are your thoughts on this approach?
Is anyone else bothered by DJTs PA voting machines and Elon fixing them comment coupled with the baby-Musk's comments on 2 separate occasions? Not to mention Rogan's comment about Musk on election night.
Did anyone look at PAs voting machines?
I am. Saw those Tucker Carlson interview clips with the x child maniacally laughing that they could do anything they want and nobody will ever know . If we see that, don’t important people with the power to do a serious audit plus media blast see it?
And like a serial killer who can’t help but let police know how smart he is, they can’t keep their mouths shut. I want a reporter to ask DonnyDementia this exact question:
“How did Musk fix the voting machines in Pennsylvania?”
That's what I'm counting on. With no lead in, no set up, just ask that question, he'll answer it without even thinking.
Then try to reel it back in later, of course.
He didn't fix the machines-he used trump rally voter data coupled w/voting machine data to make up ballots for the people who hadn't voted by election day.
Then he made up ballots that didn't include down ballot races-b/c he had to pay people to fill them out as fast as possible.
Didn’t M make comment something like here comes the men or Calvary during voting - voters for T? Never knew how he knew who was voting? Personally think any tampering is done over internet & not w voting machines. Why are they so eager for Ukraine to have an election? Fear they know how to rig it.
I think Dems are too precious about decorum and image to really utilize all the tools at their disposal. As is being echoed more loudly lately: "It's time to TAKE THE GLOVES OFF!"
It's frustrating, but remedial action must STILL be legally done. Simply being angry is not a basis for anything useful. And for *legal process* to work, it requires careful thought and planning. I don't believe for a single second that nothing is brewing out of our sight.
In the USA, this is new.
Anecdotal, I know. But Harris-Walz canvassers were overlapping routes in SW PA the 1st week of November. Massive voter registration in Pittsburgh day before election.
The energy was there. Where did the votes go? #ForensicAudit #BulletBallots
Also, I saw a vid on election night where at this poll station they were told the flash drives were damaged and someone was bringing new flash drives to replace them.
They should have audited the last election. There is NO way she lost. Between boxes set on fire, bomb threats, voters claiming their votes were not counted - all signs point directly to Musk and Starlink impacting results. Plus, comments from the Ketamine Kid and his demon seed. Guilty.
I deleted my FB account. Deleted X. Deleted Amazon. I’m not buying anything unless it’s necessary and only from small local shops. I’m only buying groceries from the local Latin food and Asian markets. We can do better than a day here or there. Make it hurt. Make them post attention.
That's awesome you are able to do that. Not everyone can. If you want large participation you have to make it doable for the masses - people with limited shopping options, people with limited transportation, people with limited income
Quitting their social platforms is free. The local markets are cheaper. Find the company selling on Amazon and you’re likely to save money ordering direct. Take your time to evaluate your options.
I agree. I’m fortunate that I can and I live in a place that has these options. Everyone who can should do whatever they can within their means to make an impact. Make these fuckers feel it their wallets.
How long before Wall Street realizes Elon is bad for business and pulls the plug? There is a collective action problem at the moment, but I don't think it will last forever.
Hey Angry, what with all the cuts/layoffs/firings/RIFs/programs being cut, LOTS of ppl are affected. These are voters who will remember this chaos come election time. There seems to be no consideration that they’re poisoning their own voters. This is worrisome, isn’t it?
So trump just signed an EO that gives him oversight powers over everything related to the executive, including the federal elections committee. He’s not consolidating this power just to give it over to a democrat in 4 years, is he?
It's a reaction and adjustment to refugees impacting an already established culture. It's the push back to change. History shows that change always wins in the end but it can get ugly i.e. French Revolution, Cromwell, Irish Independence
Among my resister friends, panic is beginning to set in about our financial institutions. 401K accounts. Bank’s FDIC insurance. Stocks falling. DonOLD planning to visit Fort Knox to “check” the gold reserves is not helping. Any advice on steps to take? Are these fears justified?
I have a feeling his “checking” on the gold is to say there is no gold. Wouldn’t that be convenient for Elon who wants cryptocurrency to be number one? Idk I just have a bad feeling that Trump and Elon are up to something.
My feeling is if he starts fucking around so the markets start tumbling the 1% won’t have any of that. I realize they can short but at some point they need a place to park and make money off of the 99%. So I too am leaving my TSP where it’s at for now mostly in S&P.
Haven’t heard it mentioned for awhile but they were talking about abolishing the fdic and if they touch that and ppl’s money are no longer insured, it will create mayhem
Jack, I’m with you. They seem determined to do the dumbest most hurtful actions. Trump could have hired competent staff and gone to Mar a largo for 4 years and be seen as a good president, instead he is destroying any legacy he might have had
It may depend on one's goals. In this case, they want to destroy the money system and replace it with crypto, taking us back to the earliest days of our economy when banks issued their own script.
Seen in that light, bank runs are probably all part of the plan.
I’m also seeing advisers telling us to freeze credit. Something simple we can do. Clear out bank accounts that are tied to irs. Use credit unions and open new accounts that haven’t been given to treasury 🤷🏻♀️
Well- UHC just notified me today
periodic background review:
Is required
check for any regulatory actions from financial administrations, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and other similar sanctioning repositories.
I’m retiring - so I do gamble and not touch it or take it out. I understand that you stay in; it moves up and down, but damn scary moments if you are older
If they fire FDIC and OCC employees, I won’t be shocked to see multiple bank failures in a year or two. But I can’t imagine ( 🤞 ) they’d kill bank insurance of accounts. That would be economic suicide.
Project 2025 has an option of using Free Banking (pg 736) which is pretty much banks do what theybwant with the hope that other banks will "police risks." They also like it because it removes the bailout function of central banks (people 737).
I’m hoping they won’t be destroying bank accounts and social security since the banks don’t want to deal with unpaid mortgages and businesses still want people to make purchases, but that could be wishful thinking on my part.
The market likes stability, & high employment helps stability (musk firing thousands of govt workers). The market lost 750 points yesterday (just 30 days into this administration). The crash of the economy will make TSP worthless. Can easily get another job, not so easy to rebuild a life's saving.
You have until early April before the bottom falls out. Walmart earnings report on Thursday is key to understand (rare company with a 1/31 year end) so they commented on ‘January’. Read/analyze it carefully
Don’t know if you’re retired or what, but 6 months before I retired back in ‘18, I moved everything out of the C, S, &, I funds and secured it all in the G fund. I didn’t want to lose what I’d spent years building up because Twitler couldn’t sleep and made the market crash from a stupid post.
My concern is tariffs and the impact of mass deportations on the markets. The banks should be okay but it's worrying that they're talking about killing FDIC
Berkshire Hathaway shares have averaged a 20% annual gain, over the past 10 years. Buffett has an excellent succession plan in place. He does not kiss the Orange ring. BRK.B and and S&P 500 etf are your two best bets.
I’m also not touching my retirement accounts. What I did do was open an offshore account and moved the bulk of my US savings account over to it. Hey, if I overreacted I can always move it back in a few years.
I would love to do this. I’m at a loss as to how to do it. We’ve never had much money but got some money after my father died and I don’t want to lose it.
It actually wasn’t hard. I went with HSBC bc I wanted an account in Europe and a bank that had branches in NYC if I needed it. But if you do an internet search there are lots of options.
I have a feeling musk would LOVE to cause a run. That would colllapse the existing system and enable him to move in with his cryptogrift.
And let's face it - he's the one making all the decisions.
I kinda think a run on the bank is what they’re looking for. They wanna devalue the dollar so much that they “have to replace the gold standard with crypto.”
It will anger old money, but these guy won’t care because they’re all about the grift.
"don't think they'll touch banks - don't want to cause a run."
It's difficult to hear such talk these days, as if 1) they'd even comprehend the concept, 2) they could imagine their actions being wrong, 3) they would care, 4) they have money, so, so what? and 5) as if they don't thrive on the chaos.
Oh Carrie… The dollar has been on the path to destruction since 1971, thanks to Nixon. Google “what happened in 1971” and gaze upon the results, look at the m2 money supply. Our consecutive governing bodies have debased our money from under us since then. The dollar if fkd, sorry.
I'm part of your group on Patreon. As far as finances, better in cash. How much did the s&p drop today. You can always buy it back at a lower price later. The market will be going down, I am surprised we have not yet had a major correction. Today cld be the start.
I pulled my TSP as soon as that motherfucker won. I paid nothing to move it (but I am retired so...) and pay nothing to my financial advisor. I just didn't want him anywhere near my money.
Remember this! Trump is a felon, a thief, a liar, a traitor, a domestic terrorist and a grifter. Where ever there is money in government he and the republicans have a plan to steal it!
IF you are worried about the DOGE hackers having your personal information you can freeze your credit report for a year so no one can open credit under your info. You can unfreeze any time you need to.
I'm recently retired, so I've moved to a much more conservative portfolio. 95% in CDs/Money Market, 5% in mutual fund. Because Trump is unpredictable, and because of the firings and associated ripple effect, and tariffs, I expect the economy to at the very least go into a recession.
If you're not close to retiring, you should not be worrying about the stock market. In fact, stocks going down means you're getting them at a discount.
They have way more options than we do, better access to information, the means to make themselves whole at our expense, and means to outlast court cases.
I wouldn’t want to invest in Trump’s family business. If public companies become freer to operate like his does, I wouldn’t trust them.
Some states - like Massachusetts - have additional state insurance over FDIC at member banks. Worth checking out and transferring if you're worried about FDIC.
Can you explain why Trump has let Musk get so much publicity. My image of Trump now is him sitting passively at the Resolute while Musk holds court. Is this a sign of Trump now diminished…that his mind is going?
If Rs had a shred of integrity and actually cared about their oath, they would do the right thing, get primaried, and let a D win against an ultra MAGA.
Who knows, it's a whole different bunch of Republicans. There really is no point in comparing what republicans did 50 or 100 years ago to what they will do now.
Honestly? When people start dying. Gutting the federal programs giving healthcare to rural communities will have a grave impact. Cutting Medicaid and Social Security. Give it a few months lag time.
COVID disproportionately impacted red states and they voted for more. I’m beyond hopeful that disease and death changes anything. We have bird flu, flu, TB and measles outbreaks pretty much all over. And yet, nada.
Felon47's immigration madness has now resulted in the suicide of an 11yo girl. Does that count? His bullying has been taken up by children in her school. Her parents might be Mexican, but the bullies don't know their status; they just terrorized & bullied HER - to death. See, The ReidOut, MSNBC.
Be sure to exercise, keep your sugar low, drink plenty of water because speaking of cavalry not coming. If you’re old and get sick, you’re gonna die sooner than you wanted to
Some people get pretty upset when they arbitrarily lose their jobs and are unable to pay their mortgages, feed their families or provide adequately for their health care.
Given Trump’s recent ramp-up of anti-NATO rhetoric, questioning the alliance’s value while cozying up to Putin’s interests, are we seeing the latest dividends of a decades-long Russian investment in a certain Manhattan real estate mogul?
If Trump thinks three terms aren’t enough and he’s already hinting at being America’s first king, should we expect him to demand a crown, a scepter, and a Netflix special titled *'The Art of the Eternal Deal'?
It’s at the horrible CPAC Convention. Steve Bannon also called for a third term in his speech there. And some doofus Congress member proposed a bill that would only apply to Trump. However the Constitution sets the two-term limit.
I think you are right, but man…..social security is what people have paid into. It is their money!!! Their investment. I am sure pushback will be much louder.
States run elections. Municipalities run elections. Representatives's terms will be up. There are Senate, Governor, and State Legisiture Races, Mayor's, alderman, etc. Election Boards back up by local and State Supreme Courts decide those elections.
Unfortunately I get that. I have family in Texas- one of whom is a teacher and another is a nurse.
I still think that if there is a vacancy Abbott will want it filled. Paxton is nuts so I make no prediction
Why aren't Democrats @schumer.senate.gov & @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social launching a serious national campaign to talk to the American people about Trump’s savage attack on the America of the Four Freedoms; his betrayal of all of us; and his ongoing unconstitutional usurping of Congress’s powers
Just guessing, but I suspect that Dem leadership, et al., have their hands full right now dealing w/the upcoming scheme to force through the *budget,* Felon47's tax cuts for the wealthy, & the idiocies of Musk & Minions' attack on the federal government. Contact Reps! Deadline in 3 weeks; March 14.
I just heard on our local news out here in the SF Bay Area that Rep. Jeffries is appearing in Oakland. And ppl are protesting him, due to the fact that they all feel that Dems aren't fighting back & look weak.
Hakeem was here in Chicago this week for a book signing and angry crowds outside the bookstore shouted for him to get to work and DO SOMETHING. I didn’t see it show. On CNN or MSNBC but our local NBC news covered it. I mean really!? A book signing while Rome is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Someone needs to step up. I am angry as hell at Biden for his complete abdication after Nov 5, and disappointed in Harris’ absence, she could speak out and rally us.
My personal opinion is they were both threatened with loss of life to family members if they contested the election 🗳️! I have on proof but wouldn’t put it past Trump or Musk!
I think Biden, Harris, both Clintons and both Obamas gave a lot on the campaign trail. They warned us. Not enough voters listened. This mess is on voters. They owe us nothing more.
So does that apply to all that agreed with them publicly and in the voting booth? None us owe anything more? NO!
You are either in this fight or not. All of the above plus Bush are wealthy and protected. They also have platforms the rest of us don’t. There are no F#%king sidelines this time.
Hopefully sitting back and enjoying retirement. I do not blame him, the voters who set out the election and voted third party is who I hold responsible for this mess.
Our media should start referring to him as President Krasnov. It’s time to for the media to expose this traitorous fuck. Every day. On every station. And demands for his resignation should start now.
@angrystaffer.bsky.social answered someone later in the thread sort of about this by acknowledging that let’s imagine “if” Trump was a traitor would he do anything differently. Of course the answer is no. I say why do we say, “if?” at all??
That's the lawless aspect of it. This is why the courts may rule against it. DOGE does not have the legal authority to do the majority of the acts they are doing
Excellent question. Congress has the power of the purse and didn't authorize. There are questions if any of these individuals have gone through traditional security clearances.
Canada is super Angry right now. What the hell is the end game with all this antagonizing of the country. We want to be left alone but this idiot has an obsession with stupid. It's hard for us to fight back against a giant like the US but we are trying. Where does it all lead.
Canada is not alone. Europe is pissed off too. I spoke to counterparts in Italy, Greece and Belgium this week all I can say is I'm sorry and I voted for her 😞
But I learned how welcome Polish citizens are all throughout the EU, given their welcoming stance for Ukrainians! We inquired about dual Polish citizenship but my hubby’s granddad left Poland 3 years before it was enshrined thru their constitution/independence.
My friend who imigrated here from Canada 30+ years ago got their Polish dual citizenship a couple years ago for her and her grown adult children bc she was worried about what might happen here... But for the opposite reasons! She's very happy now with Trump in charge (for now!). 😵💫
True. I actually want to go to LT, but not eligible for citizenship, so that was the impetus. I'm having a difficult enough time learning Lithuanian. Not sure I could pile Polish on top of it!
But the Baltics will be next after Poland, if not before. I know my friends in LT are pretty terrified.
Canadians need to allocate a few million dollars for advertising in northern US states, enticing them to join Canada. Unrealistic to be sure but worth the money just to get into the odious orange Oedipal’s face.
Just hold the line. I'm on several Canadian sites that discuss Canadian goods. I think it's helpful if you boycott us. I loved what your hockey team did to ours.
Will you participate in the Economic Blackout on the 28th? We are building resistance muscles in small non violent actions until we get to 3.5% of population in the streets. Goodness, it can’t happen fast enough
I used to meet to sample scotch with a bunch of local guys. One time, someone poured themself a wee dram of like a 15 year old single-malt and then dumped in like FIVE TIMES the amount of water. I was too polite to say something, but was thinking WTF man??!?!
The only way I mix scotch. Whiskey in Church. 2 oz Arbeg 10, 3/4 oz oloroso sherry, 1 barspoon maple syrup, few dashes cherry bitters. Add to a mixing glass with ice. Strain in a rocks glass with a big ice cube. Garnish with lemon peel.
Hi Angry! Is there a place to find specifically what budget cuts are being proposed? I found the actual congressional budget proposal but besides a couple line items, couldn't see where actual cuts were being requested.
When it’s time, we need to make the protests in South Korea look tiny in comparison, and we have to commit to being there for as long as it takes for our reps to get the message.
When the resistance starts, it’s going to have to be from the bottom up, not the top down. Found this out the hard way trying to a nationwide mobilization thru our union. In training, I told them it would never work from the top down. It had to start when the employees were ready. I was right.
I don’t care about the possibility of violence. I’m old. I have nothing left to lose by playing it safe. Not saying I’m looking forward to being shot like a dog in the street but I have engaged in protest since ‘65. Not going to stop now.
Before that time comes, it is important to have the major protests widely promoted and organized. I live in a small state with small towns. I heard nothing about protests for Presidents Day.
I have heard about a shopping boycott planned for February 29 and don't intend to purchase anything that day
Economic blackout this Friday the 28th. Don’t spend a dime anywhere. If you have to then do your best to go to a privately owned business and pay in cash.
Love that. His damage is going to affect the world and people from all over utilize a lot of these corporations’ products & services. We can bring them to their knees if we move as one.
I’m not, because I’ve expected it since it was announced he allegedly won the election. He’s predictable, if nothing else.
Hopefully protests get so large in numbers that any military members assigned will feel very uneasy at the thought of using lethal force against fellow Americans.
Go to town halls; city state and Fed. Make your voice heard. If your reps are all blue, go to a GOP town hall just to bolster numbers and support others.
Fuck it, I’m starting this weekend, there’s a protest at my loser Reps office. He’s getting slammed and the MAGA trolls are starting to panic. Because they’re losing the narrative.
I’ve been so annoyed at the social media rhetoric people have been sharing, discouraging protesting at all because they think he’s just dying for an excuse to declare martial law.
We’re basically imposing it on ourselves if we operate like that.
Boycotts and strikes. Was thinking monthly. Now, at least every week. I've been encouraging everyone to make a list of what they can live without, save those dollars. Also what they'll need and share w/family, friends, neighbors
Prepare to sacrifice including mentally. It'll be hard but we will win
Thank you! I'm trying my best to make every day an Amazon blackout day. Presumably that should also include Whole Foods.
What did Nestle and General Mills do? Haven't heard anything about them before.
Angry, honestly I’m worried about protesting. Trump asked, “can’t I just shoot them in the leg?”
I think he really does intend to shoot us. Either with the military or Erik Prince’s private army. I have old family members that rely on me being their caregiver.
While his destruction of our democracy is moving even faster than I feared, opposition seems to be growing just as fast. How much longer before it is too much, and the masses rise up to overthrow President Elon and his Orange veep? And thank you for being here to help us all through this.
I hope your job is safe. My sister works for a west coast state and they’ve been told not to use email anymore. She can’t contact her federal counterparts (sciences) to send data. Her colleagues are supposed to do face-to-face for anything, up and down the floors.
I’ve long believed Trump laundered money for Russian oligarchs. The only way Deutsche Bank would give Trump basically an unsecured loan based on fraudulent/incomplete application is if someone else guaranteed it—oligarchs whose wealth came from illegal sources.
I NEVER catch these!!! I've just one question, from the bottom of my soul- is there hope for a vote-outcome-changing portion of the GOP to have a come-to-Jesus amongst all of the fallout of harm to their constituents and some of beginning to push back against this insanity?
With all the techbro ego out there, how did the other techbros permit Starlink/musk to create what appears to be the only viable, vend-able sat-guidance and -detection system? There has to be money made in a system created/sold by others that doesn't bring fash-hazard with it.
Given Trump's age, obvious mental decline and blatant grifting, what happens when he's gone? Is there a viable replacement for King O' MAGA? No one has the Svengali aura that I know of. His kids sure aren't capable, the Kirks and Bannons are even stupider. What is the endgame here?
It’s going to take outside intervention from someplace like y’all. Or there’s going to be an EO that finally gets an uprising out of the people. That’s it.
It is not even slightly contained. I am so sorry for all of us. My beloved husband passed away 3 years ago & I am so glad he didn’t live to see this. Take me anytime. This is not my world. 😓
Trump’s executive order stating only the president and his AG will have the last word on what is the law and what is not. Please tell us that any judge will throw this out of court faster than Trump throws his lunch against the wall. Or would they let him become the next Orban?
The military draws up plans for all sorts of threat responses. What are the chances they had such a plan for an internal coup by a puppet President of an adversary?
So RFK, jr is downvoting vaccines, we’ve got measles in several states, bird flu ramping up, and another potential coronavirus related to MERS (!).
What could possibly go wrong?
Is it normal for the assistant secretary nominee’s to be sequestered in DC for almost two months awaiting confirmation? Specifically the assistant sec of defense for health affairs.
Do we have to wait till midterms? Can we start organizing petitions for revotes at the town halls to replace every Republican Senator and Democrat that voted with them and every Republican house Representative. Show them we are serious, you vote against what we want, we replace you now
I think so, yes. The GOP is getting absolutely hammered by their constituents at town halls back home.
It’s going to be interesting to see if they have any more of a backbone when they get back to DC. It doesn’t take many Republican defectors to completely change the calculus in DC.
I'm reading elected GOP are saying the FBI has informed them that death threats if they don't toe the trump line are credible. Not that anyone left in the GOP has integrity, contradicting death threats seems for them a bridge too far. Can we not protect our elected officials?
And I've been to Grothmanns town halls and usually they're pretty quiet and nobody ever YELLS. Not so the other nite. Even the teachers and farmers were there yelling about Pres Musk and his sidekick Trump. Definitely NOT the usual asskissing crowd he usually gets
Republicans are in on it. They used trump for votes and musk as the actual president. They get the inhumane racist, homophobic, misogynistic agenda they have salivated over for as long as I’ve been alive. They’ll go on the record as supporting everything. The only person they fear is mask.
I have been emailing Senator John Curtis (UT) almost daily and his office has been responding to each email. Today I requested he hold a Town Hall here for his constituents since he ran on being Bi-Partisan - curious to see his response to this.
You and I will both be on his list of “people I hate” because I email him almost every day too and his responses are almost instantaneous! I would love if he held a town hall!
Call, too, if you can. I have been reading that they count the calls, and don't always count the e-mails. Though if you are being answered that is a good sign.
I call Curtis's office daily and it feels like a total waste of time. The people in the office sound very young and totally uninterested. It feels like talking to a wall.
gop ers always afraid of trump because they don't want to lose their voters. now..they will lose the voters anyway, it would be nice if they would take proper action & support the people instead of the orange ball of fat.
1/2In FL District 12 only Republicans spoke at a microphone at the "budget" town hall I attended.
I will note that this is the first district public in-person meeting #RepGusBilirakis has attended in several years.
He had the Concorde Institute run the meeting.
1 maga grp wanted to cut Tricare. No.
Our cowardly republican representative won't do town halls, won't answer phone calls, won't answer emails and is never at his office which is in a shopping mall. 😡
You have a much higher opinion of these assholes’ capacity to be shamed into doing the right thing than I. I’m Gen X, and TBH, my whole life, it’s always seemed to me that the GOP, with occasional exceptions, has been continually working against the best interests of Americans as a whole. /1
They’re more concerned (worried) about death threats, and/or primary challenges stemming from displeasing Assolini than they are about their constituents, who they don’t respect at all. Fuck them all, and they need to get purged from the temple of our democracy.
That's great! But if you're in Portland then your reps are Democrats. I keep seeing this one example of a Republican district being offered up as proof that this is happening everywhere. I'd like to see more videos. I'm sure hoping it's spreading.
In a county where Trump won 68% of the votes, it seems people are now awake to the lies, deception, & meanness coming from those in the WH & the elected officials who support the administration. They are letting their representatives know they are not happy. Maybe it's time for Bentz to wake up.
It seems different this time. They are clearly making mistakes but they are continuing to gain power in different branches. No one can sit this out anymore. Reach out locally. There are many people standing up. Join up.
I really hope your job is safe. Thanks for the information you provide.
I agree. Our local Indivisible group in a deep red area has quadrupled in size these past few months. Look for your @indivisible.org group & join up. You won't be sorry.
At least 30 states enacted 78 restrictive laws to block voting. The race-targeted laws ran the gamut from shuttering drop boxes in Black-majority cities to allowing non-government self-appointed vote fraud vigilantes.
Trump picking a retired Lt. General to replace General Brown as the Chair of the Joint Chiefs is an illegal move, isn’t it? Aren’t they all supposed to be four stars?
That isn’t correct, the promotion and position go together. All 3 and 4 star officers are promoted to the rank because they were selected for the position.
as a retired O-5 whose father was a retired O-6:
There is a lot more fluidity in O-8+ assignments than is generally (no pun) understood.
It's actually not entirely outside the lines to bring back a recently-retired O-9 and promote them to 4-star to take things over as CJCS.
Angry is mistaken on this point, by nominating Cain to the CJCS he is simultaneously promoting him to 4 star. Officers get the job, aka billet, and the rank follows
I think the worry is that this administration is operating solely based on vibes.
Who’s going to hold them accountable? No one around them will ever say he did anything wrong.
I only had enlisted relatives, but if anyone has command experience and can explain how CJCOS Brown can just tell Trump to fuck off and remain in charge and have that be legal under military code, Id appreciate it
Pretty sure it was suggested by Hegseth. He particularly doesn't like either Brown or Franchetti. You know, God forbid our military be run by "uppity" black men or white women.
Two Joint Chiefs fired—both historic firsts. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the first Black Air Force Chief, and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the Navy.
Coincidence?
Or a calculated power shift? Diversity erased, leadership reshaped. What kind of America is being built? 🌗✨
Where the hell is Dem leadership? Please tell me there’s a lot going on behind closed doors and some GOPers (2 or 3 at any rate) are ready to bolt. Can the governors band together and do something?
Do NOT expect any of them to come out in public with their strategy sessions. Didn't we already go through this kind of thinking back when people unfamiliar with legal processes were demanding insider info they were not entitled to see? If you want strategies to succeed, sit down and be patient!
Agree but the Resistance will mostly happen at the State level I believe. The Govs of Maine, Ohio and NY get my resistance gold medals this week. Congress not so much. Someone muzzle (my Sen) Schumer ffs please
I attended my reps town hall today. After hearing him, I believe there is a lot going on behind closed doors, BUT ppl are terrified, need overt, frequent connect and direction. I shared as much with his staff 🤷♀️
Protest at the local level are good, but I don’t think Trump or Elon will feel it unless we show up by the thousands in DC (when Trump is actually there) so who is to organize that?
IF we happen to make it through all this, what do you feel would be the acceptable proportional response? I almost feel that we're well past just jailing people.
I think the primary motive has always been profit - they believe those services can be provided by for profit companies. But they need privatization to break union wages and benefits of employees. That’s the primary end game, just like VA and education.
Ending mail-in voting hurts red states more.
As near in time as these events take place as you can, go to his front page. Find the same announcement and tap on Replies above. Or find it, tap on it and tap Replies above.
@angrystaffer.bsky.social. With the NIH and research gutted and the appointment of RFK Jr., has their been any outrage voiced by the AMA or the ANA? I am hoping I have just missed it. I am a nurse and very worried about the direction of our country's health.
I know that the American Speech Language Hearing Association is lobbying Congress for Medicare, Medicaid and continue support of Speech Therapist federal funding for schools. They ask their members to lobby too
Is it because it is a pizza pi?
Because I'm not mathing pizza, I'm eating it.
And it's still a triangle shaped slice of pizza. Same as the Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico.
Also, sorry is not spelled the way you spelled it, phonics nerd.
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Stay safe, stay healthy, friends.
What Felon47 is doing is what he did that got him impeached the first time; namely, trying to extort President Zelenskyy to give him what he wants - or else! Only this time, it's worse!
He said
It took Germany/Hitler
1 month
3 weeks
2 days
8 hours
49 minutes
To dismantle a Republic
It's terrifying to realize
That we are more than halfway there
And the 180 capitulation
Of every elected GOP
At breakneck speed
While we have much video footage
Proving that they know better
In their own adamant damning words
Show otherwise
So they can
Decimate our elections
Forcing all of us to vote electronically
Making it easily hackable
That seems to be the goal
That's why DeJoy is finally stepping down
He took a sledgehammer when appointed
And Musk will finish the job
FYI-they're trying to pass a law that will make it insane to vote for spouses that take their spouses name.
It'll affect trans people who changed their name too-you have to have proof w/you-like birth certificate & marriage certificate to vote.
I’ve had issues with delayed deliveries, and didn’t trust my ballot to the PO. I just took it to a drop off location - it’s not that hard in urban and suburban areas. Red and rural will be hurt.
2020 Trump told MAGA
During COVID
NOT to vote by mail
Ordered they vote in person
Had operatives ready
To lose ballots + also
Potential Russian hackers
USPS as govt agency
Did not allow him total control
Even after DeJoy
Now they are completing
The job
DeJoy was a fucking disaster.
USPS is protected under the Constitution.
This is gonna get messy
And pay their bills electronically
The bulk of our mail isn't bills
It's solicitations and junk
Burning it, shredding it won't help.
Will be no more elections
Told us last year
Is it really up to GOP elected officials
Who have presented as rampant cowards
Or are we on precipice
Of actual revolution
Any ex presidents
Top officials
Doing anything
Behind scenes
Seems like we have to save ourselves
Demands an election in Ukraine
Clearly wants to dump $$$
Into groomed candidate +
Will hack election
Like he did to ours
Is calling Zelensky a dictator
Irony not lost
After felon wore a crown yesterday
How can we stop him
That the 25th Amendment
Could be invoked
We watched elected GOPs
Cower/bow to
Deadly dangerous moron
To approve his
Deadly dangerous morons for Cabinet
They will not vote to save us
Though would be saving selves too
They'll go down w/the ship
Rather than be brave
And save our planet
DESPICABLE TRAITORS
ALL
As their constituents are showing up
En masse
To protest
Tillis has denounced him
Hoping against hope
It's a first step
And others might follow
Please allow me an hour of my delusion
He's on the take for sure.
There are no more terms
Elections would be over
Permanently
We’d have to see a major stock market crash or something before anything like that were even considered.
Unlikely at this juncture
Kind of/really think
Our VP
Has had designs on swift promotion
From the get go
Doesn't he have that magic
25th power
Always seemed like King Felon
Was just the vehicle to get them here
VP is ready to hit the ground criming
They might not care though, this freakshow.
It was troubling
And foreshadowing
Think about it.
Take it out on April 1, 2025. The joke will be on banks.
The same unconditional fealty *
*Unconditional due to threats of
Violence and death to dissenting
GOP's and their families
He is strongly universally disliked
And: A man wearing eyeliner
Just doesn't give that same
Soprano's vibe
Is money the only thing that matters to people!
We sort of need to know down here.
We know (well, deeply hope) you will stabilise politically, eventually.
Assuming it does happen, It feels that the damage done is irreversible. After Trump 1, yes. Voters going back to him again after that mess? No, our allies won’t trust us again
Trump has proven that America’s word, anything she signs on the international stage, is valid only for the length of the Presidency of the President who signs it.
Unless that is prevented in future, they can’t be trusted.
And I'm betting the GOP won't regain power for a long time.
Especially since the world won't trust a Republican president for DECADES.
And Dems need to run w/that. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
Watch Deadline WH, The Reid Out, All In w/Chris Hayes, The Rachel Maddow Show, The Last Word & the 11th Hour-they have them on every day.
However, we all now know that US norms are not being upheld across the board.
Voter suppression
I doubt they're going to do anything about it now that even the man in the street knows it with 99% certainty.
If he was a confirmed Russian asset, would he be doing anything differently than what he’s doing now? I can’t think of much.
Considering everything happening right now, I don't think so.
My link in the comments covering former KGB agent Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov's claims in 1984 that Russia has a long-term goal of ideologically subverting the U.S. tie it all together.
https://bsky.app/profile/jacobsilverman.com/post/3lipf6bhki22l
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book
‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy @angrystaffer.bsky.social
McGonigal is currently in prison
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/retired-fbi-special-agent-charge-sentenced-concealing-information-fbi
They just don’t know what to do about it?
That’s the joke.
The party and the voters have completely collapsed around him
Blame starts with ~40 years of Fox News
Like you think this guy practices moderation?
💰💰💰
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book
We'd get $100 a pop b/c they couldn't bring new Levi's to Russia.
But we didn't know WHY Russia bought trump-we thought it was to do w/real estate.
There was a time when someone in that position would not have been considered for office.
That's not a coincidence.
Does that benefit 🇺🇸 or 🇷🇺?
Even if he genuinely wanted to fight 🇨🇳, he would avoid destroying the alliance of western democracies.
My guess is countering 🇨🇳 was just a gimmick to muster GOP support.
PM to verify if needed
Please share widely to resist a president threatening to cut funding and bullying Maine.
Support Governor Janet Mills of Maine’s courageous stand against the PresiDon’T, and protect Maine’s Student Athletes of all varieties.
The security guarantee is arguably the easy part. but actually securing Ukraine has to start with an integrated, layered air defense system to keep Russian missiles away from their cities.
So who is eyeing McConnell’s seat?
But he seems as chickenshit as the rest of them.
Try to link up with like minded people.
B/C When women are kept down-it benefits no one.
Did anyone look at PAs voting machines?
“How did Musk fix the voting machines in Pennsylvania?”
Then try to reel it back in later, of course.
Then he made up ballots that didn't include down ballot races-b/c he had to pay people to fill them out as fast as possible.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov we need to offer a reward for anyone who has proof of being paid to fill these ballots in-ASAP!
Then maybe the GOP will impeach & remove him.
In the USA, this is new.
https://bsky.app/profile/oncewassage.bsky.social/post/3lgbxbz3z3s2o
Anecdotal, I know. But Harris-Walz canvassers were overlapping routes in SW PA the 1st week of November. Massive voter registration in Pittsburgh day before election.
The energy was there. Where did the votes go? #ForensicAudit #BulletBallots
#truthmatters
I won't buy anything besides groceries & absolute necessities.
And I'll do this for the next 4yrs.
But I'm a senior & have everything I need right now.
And if I need a vehicle-I'll buy a used one. And NEVER a Tesla.
todos sabemos que papi Vladi controla todo…
Ever since Watergate they've had the goal of fixing things so it could never happen again.
I NEED TO KNOW!
I’m not touching my TSP (401k). It’s invested in mostly the S&P fund and I feel relatively comfortable there. Not worth the penalties to pull it.
I don’t think they’ll touch banks - don’t want to cause a run.
They have repeatedly said they wanted to destroy America to rebuild it in their image.
Crashing the economy, bank runs, etc is part of that.
Their money will be fine overseas.
Seen in that light, bank runs are probably all part of the plan.
periodic background review:
Is required
check for any regulatory actions from financial administrations, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and other similar sanctioning repositories.
obtain "investigative consumer report"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/21/trump-firing-federal-workers-not-funded-by-taxpayers/79444447007/
https://bsky.app/profile/thinshadeez.bsky.social/post/3liphy3rmdc2x
He always said believe in the system and the system will correct itself. May not be a quickly as you want but it will.
Main goal… get Trump out of office !
AI + people that break things + hubris = nothing good.
I'm not smart enough to know what they will break, but break something they will.
https://www.expat.hsbc.com/international-banking/products/bank-account/
And let's face it - he's the one making all the decisions.
Scam world
It will anger old money, but these guy won’t care because they’re all about the grift.
It's difficult to hear such talk these days, as if 1) they'd even comprehend the concept, 2) they could imagine their actions being wrong, 3) they would care, 4) they have money, so, so what? and 5) as if they don't thrive on the chaos.
Is anyone else?
https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2025/02/trump-eliminates-community-bank-credit-union-advisory-committees/
Bad actors with no sense of duty are deconstructing the system and its guard rails, sowing fear and low trust, and devaluing contracts.
I’m not pulling out, but that’s for lack of any safe havens.
I wouldn’t want to invest in Trump’s family business. If public companies become freer to operate like his does, I wouldn’t trust them.
https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-boasts-about-adding-more-gold-to-mar-a-lago-ballroom-internet-reacts
The only pic I've seen of him w/real facial definition was during his military camp stay.
We must coalsce with everyone to win Congress and put aside grievances. It’s imperative to create a quisling lame duck.
I still think that if there is a vacancy Abbott will want it filled. Paxton is nuts so I make no prediction
They could STILL continue to do their "coalition building" and still have someone like Butteig do a daily synopsis of the shit going on.
Neither Jeffries or Schumer have the personality to pull it off. Pete does.
That's what they were protesting; that he's on a book tour while Rome is burning.
🎻🎻🎻🎻
He should be causing #goodtrouble.
You are either in this fight or not. All of the above plus Bush are wealthy and protected. They also have platforms the rest of us don’t. There are no F#%king sidelines this time.
I can’t tell if this is true or a joke…
But if TRUE, what would happen at this point? We’ve been taken over by a Russian Agent! I think we could argue this is true… so will anything happen?
And trump is an Adderall addict. Hell-he might even still be doing coke along w/it.
So drug addicts are running things-what could go wrong?
BTW-I was so hoping Elmo nailed someone w/the chainsaw on stage-that would've woken everyone up to this nightmare.
I think I'm eligible for Polish citizenship, BUT I think they're next on Putin's list.
But the Baltics will be next after Poland, if not before. I know my friends in LT are pretty terrified.
Tariffs help no one except Putin & China b/c it creates a rift between allies.
But even MAGA are pissed & pushing back-after only a month in office!
Y'all can do it as a birthday gift to me!😘
I feel like I need to go run an extra mile for even typing those 3 in the same sentence.
(Born and raised in Speyside)
It is so good.
What flavours are in Dr Pepper Canada?
Amaretto, almond, blackberry, black licorice, carrot, clove, cherry, caramel, cola, ginger, juniper, lemon, molasses, nutmeg, orange, prune, plum, pepper, root beer, rum, raspberry, tomato, and vanilla.
💙
When it gets bad enough, I hope we’re ready.
When it’s time, we need to make the protests in South Korea look tiny in comparison, and we have to commit to being there for as long as it takes for our reps to get the message.
Mass protests and general strikes are historically proven effective measures for nonviolent regime change.
Can we find 12 million Americans who care enough to save our Republic?
https://www.aol.com/trump-fires-chairman-joint-chiefs-004046181.html
I'd fully expect him to order the Insurrection Act-it would end elections-that's what I'd do if I wanted to be dictator.
If we keep the protests in our states-outside reps & senate office buildings & at Tesla dealerships-he can't do anything.
https://youtu.be/A1yuDXRkW8Y?si=6h6P2cvJu4N_Kory
I have heard about a shopping boycott planned for February 29 and don't intend to purchase anything that day
X
JohnDeere
HarleyDavidson
JackDaniel’s
FordMotor
Lowe’s
HomeDepot
MolsonCoors
Boeing
Walmart
HobbyLobby
Chick-fil-a
McD’s
Meta
Amazon
Target
Smithsonian
Google
Amtrak
Accenture
Pepsi
GM
Disney
GE
Intel
PayPal
Chipotle
Comcast
PBS
Deloitte
GoldmanSachs
CocaCola
Citigroup
JP MorganChase
It’s up to us.
Amazon blackout for a week in Mid-March
Thank you. 🇦🇺❤️
Hopefully protests get so large in numbers that any military members assigned will feel very uneasy at the thought of using lethal force against fellow Americans.
I’ve been so annoyed at the social media rhetoric people have been sharing, discouraging protesting at all because they think he’s just dying for an excuse to declare martial law.
We’re basically imposing it on ourselves if we operate like that.
Prepare to sacrifice including mentally. It'll be hard but we will win
Need enough votes to impeach half SCOTUS
What did Nestle and General Mills do? Haven't heard anything about them before.
March 7- 14 - no buying from Amazon
March 14 - no working for 24 hours
Feb 28, 2025
Don't spend money -- no gas, no fast food, nothing.
Easy and free. So easy even a child could do it.
I think he really does intend to shoot us. Either with the military or Erik Prince’s private army. I have old family members that rely on me being their caregiver.
He will unleash violence on us.
And they're having those town halls in MAGA areas & it's mostly trump voters screaming about it all.
GOP Congress is WORRIED.
The thing is-trump's takeover of the USPS will kill mail in voting-so we ALL have to plan our in-person vote!
The Town Halls will end soon I fear.
I love these billboards, displays, etc. We need to fund those so MAGAts can see they don’t own us.
Also, is it Trusk or Mump?
Can't we ever have nice things?
(Just when we thought, here's a good billionaire who'd stand up to Trump's Putinny ways.. poof !)
He started Cost Plus Drugs to help people purchase prescription medication at lower prices.
Will it stick or nah?
Looks like most media outlets are running the other direction from this story.
We used to take a train down to the city & sell suitcases of our used Levi's to Russians right out in front of trump tower.
They couldn't take brand new Levi's back to Russia.
We'd get $100 a pair!
https://bsky.app/profile/andreachalupa.bsky.social/post/3lipef6yqsc2t
It does not feel
like you all have this situation contained in the slightest. Please …. when will this all be contained? Asking for a country.
It's right in their oaths-that they will protect & defend the Constitution from enemies-both foreign & domestic.
The only way not to be under military control is by having another election ASAP.
And by having GOP coconspirators locked up.
What could possibly go wrong?
It’s going to be interesting to see if they have any more of a backbone when they get back to DC. It doesn’t take many Republican defectors to completely change the calculus in DC.
Music to my ears.
Have a great weekend.
I call Moore's office too with a similar result.
I will note that this is the first district public in-person meeting #RepGusBilirakis has attended in several years.
He had the Concorde Institute run the meeting.
1 maga grp wanted to cut Tricare. No.
No, To hurting veterans in favor of tax breaks for the wealthy.
What is a grp?
I really hope your job is safe. Thanks for the information you provide.
At least 30 states enacted 78 restrictive laws to block voting. The race-targeted laws ran the gamut from shuttering drop boxes in Black-majority cities to allowing non-government self-appointed vote fraud vigilantes.
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
Since they terminated thousands of IRS workers, I say none of us paid federal tax this year.
Been kind of a 5 alarm shitstorm, but still employed.
You are awesome.
An O-9 can’t be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, nor can a retired anything - they’d have to be recalled to active duty and promoted first
E-9 would be Enlisted, rank 9.
There is a lot more fluidity in O-8+ assignments than is generally (no pun) understood.
It's actually not entirely outside the lines to bring back a recently-retired O-9 and promote them to 4-star to take things over as CJCS.
Is it NORMAL? Hell no.
Who’s going to hold them accountable? No one around them will ever say he did anything wrong.
Quite the interesting quagmire we’re in. Elons private security detail were just deputized by the US Marshalls :/
And the courts are getting full of these cases AND we all know how trump appeals & appeals & files BS motions etc.
I'm hoping the courts slam them w/sanctions & fines for trump's illegal actions.
Or is he MAGA? A friend of Flynn’s?
Coincidence?
Or a calculated power shift? Diversity erased, leadership reshaped. What kind of America is being built? 🌗✨
In Austin,,TX
Watch Maddow, Lawrence, Chris Hayes, Joy Ann Reid, Nicolle Wallace & Stephanie Rhule-they always have Dems on.
Also-use your own voice by calling & writing your reps & senators. @resist.bot will send letters for you!
(to hold Ballots, Medications,
Social Security Checks "hostage"?)
Ending mail-in voting hurts red states more.
I'm wondering what will happen when commanders are given an illegal order....
Because I'm not mathing pizza, I'm eating it.
And it's still a triangle shaped slice of pizza. Same as the Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico.
Also, sorry is not spelled the way you spelled it, phonics nerd.