My Costco usually carries Lesser Evil popcorn. I specifically checked while getting groceries today (because I’m cynical) and to my surprise, it was gone. Not even severely discounted to clear it, just *gone*.
Haven’t we learned our lesson yet? No one person is going to save us! Not Mueller, not Garland (ya I remember how many people were excited when he was appt after being blocked from a SCOTUS seat), not Kamala.
WE have the power and the responsibility to use it. We just have to get people to understand this. You’re right - we keep holding out for a hero, but s/he is us.
So that means it’s up to us. I have a data base with EACH member of Congress’ contact info. Time to start calling and emailing and getting involved with op-eds on HuffPo and social media. Republicans are playing chess while we’re playing checkers. I’m not willing to be quiet anymore. Are you?
We know that, but we can still celebrate someone who's standing up to the fascists, especially with too many people who could dig their heels in & obstruct are just resigning instead. Credit where credit is due.
No one is canonizing him, it's a bit of enthusiasm bc we're (surprised) & excited that someone'd standing up to the fascists. It took Dem leadership 2 wks to start screaming, we're scared & pissed off & everyone who should be fighting for us was silent or resigning. Let people support a fighter.
Cheers, Suzanne, sorry to see you so annoyed (& a bit snarky 😂)! We're still on the same side & I'm rooting for all of us, but if you're under the impression I'm optimistic or dealing in hopium, I'm not. We were abandoned by our leaders & no one is coming to save us, will never forget they handed...
When justice turns into intimidation, democracy is at risk. Demanding the names of FBI agents for doing their jobs isn’t accountability—it’s a threat. When those who protect the law are targeted, the system crumbles. Who protects democracy when the protectors are silenced? 🌗✨
That stupid wannabe FBI Director, who wants to do away with the FBI. Then we don't have anybody to arrest us anymore. Great idea you're so smart. No FBI no justice department . All gone how about the Secret Service and the DEA. They are just as disgusting and ugly as Donald Trump. They kill everyone
As a weirdo I take offense to that. Slam it into the deepest pits of hell until it can do the things I don't want to do reliably like taxes or do a proper fucking search
I don’t know if unjustly fired FBI agents or loyal veterans with cut benefits will form core a of future insurgency against a lawless fascist regime, but hope springs eternal.
So the Bonus Army lost the battle AND won the war, because they got paid 4 yrs later.
That is a profound lesson.
They succeeded, eventually.
Thank you for sharing that!!!
Important to remember that a success for civil rights in this country is only seen as a success if it takes years of pain and suffering and only pays off a little bit way down the line. Any kind of direct action to get results quick is rioting, terrorism, disturbing the peace, etc.
This all could have been avoided if Comey and the fbi would have done their due diligence in conducting a basic background check on a known criminal before the 2016 election
These “AI generated” memes were posted in the NYT article. If that offends your sensibilities, stop reading and move on. We’re not going to hold our own against the onslaught in D.C. if we are quibbling about shit like this.
I don't think it's about people having their sensibilities hurt. It's about the ecological impact and the ethical problems with how these algorithms are trained. It's theft of the labor of millions of human beings.
Yep, still the same slave-catching dogs they've started out as (or so I heard). Wonder how much they pay for the PR known as cop shows. Are there any shows where they compete in obedience to their masters?😜
Here we don't respect cops, because they're not here to protect and serve, they're here to protect capital, not people. It was literally verified by our Supreme Court during one of our school shootings.
That's your right, but you should've seen the law enforcement protecting the Pride in Kyiv. I don't know what's become of them, might've all died in the war, but at least they did a decent job sometimes.
Because of hubris and stupidity, Trump and Musk might have made a stupid mistake by committing too many crimes before they gutted DOJ and FBI. They were arrogant and didn't shoot out all the security cameras first.
Hello :) Well.. He almost has the facial hair to match the saints of that period so it is sort of fitting if you look at it from a history book perspective :P
This is hilarious 😆 please use alt text in the future so that everyone with any kind of disability that relies on it (Blind/low vision; autistic; migraines) can have access to the memes too.
Words are important: Let me be clear-I’m using words like ‘martyr’, ‘sanctity’ in the context of the St Drizz memes. 😅
By ‘martyred’-I don’t mean he will be executed, but the likelihood of being persecuted & ‘removed’ from his post … especially when he is defying orders from his superior(s).
But the sanctify of the Rule of Law & the Constitution of the USA must be honored & upheld by all who took the oath to defend and uphold her.
I hope dir Driscoll’s fortitude will inspire the men and women who are standing behind him…to do what is right by the people and for the people of the USA.
A President? You talking about the authoritarian in the White House that was elected by folks that didn’t know what a tariff is? The same one that has walked back his promise to lower prices while he abuses EOs? You do realize y’all are suffer with us, don’t you? 😄
Biden kept Trump's FBI pick as Director. Wray had been Chris Christie's defense lawyer and hid Christie's cell phone from the FBI. Christie helped Trump with debate prep in 2020 and got COVID-19 from Trump. Biden didn't fire the imbecile, Durham.
Don't expect any of the talking heads on the Sunday shows to ask any of the Republicans whom they worship, how does firing experienced and honest FBI agents during Trump's hiring freeze make America safer.
Republican convicted felon fires honest law enforcement officers in the Republican controlled shithole known as the USA. Not a peep from any Republican in Congress (self-proclaimed party of law and order). Republican Glenn Youngkin loves the felon and hates his constituents who work in FBI.
@asharangappa.bsky.social - AOC has a video that details why Musk has taken over the Treasury; it's to take money from social services for tax breaks for he and his rich friends. Please, could you use your huge platform to spread this video?
Dude isn't a hero, he still works for an organization that has sabotaged groups engaged in positive social change and justice (Black Panthers, AIM and modern indigenous resistance organizations) which has in part led us straight into this predicament.
That's Mr. Fuckerberg to you and I stand by my statement. The FBI has always been an organization that's softballed white supremacist groups and come down with he wrath of a Jealous God on indigenous people who don't want their water poisoned.
Time for active and retired Law Enforcement and Vets that believe in and honor the oath we took to the Constitution of the United States seriously and rally around the FBI with as much support as we can give them. Peaceful support guys and gals. It is either America or Trump, Zero room for both.👍
What?? I think AI in general is a real threat to a LOT of jobs, including mine. It may replace me sooner rather than later. Not much I can do about that. 🤷🏻♀️
It's soulless. It's the antithesis of artistic expression.
Memes are fun, but I'd much prefer a meme taken from artistic stock and made with intention than a meme created with keywords and a pseudo-intelligent system doing all the work. Time spent creating is time well spent.
True story: They didn't get invited to parties. They were the ones at the end of class shouting, "Mrs. Williams! You forgot to give us homework before the weekend!"
Can we not complain about the color of the firehoses when the house is burning down, please?
The hoses are yellow and red, no you can't. I was the kid who messed with the Spanish teacher by writing little funny messages on his whiteboard that were on subject, kept my head down and didn't do my homework to play video games or go out and run around with my friends getting up to no good.
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I’m starting to believe we live in a simulation…
Costco rocks.
You do you, Jenn - you got this girl!
Me? I’m over the dangling carrots - starving for something substantial. I’ll celebrate when it’s time.
It’s working so well.
https://gofund.me/5cd39587
That is a profound lesson.
They succeeded, eventually.
Thank you for sharing that!!!
(It should be the law.
and yet the spirit is palpably missing - when I look at a painting the artist's spirit is present - this lacks spirit
happy to know that AI CANNOT duplicate art - not in a way that matters
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfAdHBtK_Q
Double Tap me some Elon - then I’ll buy your candle
Till then…
R E S P E C T !!!
By ‘martyred’-I don’t mean he will be executed, but the likelihood of being persecuted & ‘removed’ from his post … especially when he is defying orders from his superior(s).
I hope dir Driscoll’s fortitude will inspire the men and women who are standing behind him…to do what is right by the people and for the people of the USA.
1. The predecessor may or may not know ‘who’ is replacing him. POTUS has the prerogative to appoint anyone as he pleases.
2. Acting Dir Driscoll did not step aside when he defied an order that is deemed illegal to execute. He stood his ground-that’s ‘blood’ on his hands.
I hope for all our sakes it holds up.
We die of hunger every day 💔
Pray for me 🙏
https://gofund.me/9acbddf8
https://youtu.be/e4hRJDYh1Ss?si=XIP_eJMXZ6N1soRt
There is nothing funny about fascist oligarchs.
I can't really see why he has an issue with the AI memes, It makes no sense!
It's just a meme!
Memes are fun, but I'd much prefer a meme taken from artistic stock and made with intention than a meme created with keywords and a pseudo-intelligent system doing all the work. Time spent creating is time well spent.
Can we not complain about the color of the firehoses when the house is burning down, please?