You can't clean a tub with a sledgehammer. I am going to lose my job next week and so is my whole department. We just do what we are supposed to do by law. Nice to know half of America thinks I'm a leach. I had a good job and was called to serve my country. So I did it how I could.
The only citizens behind this are the jealous ones, as federal/state jobs are one of the last bastions of unions and pensions. It might be no consolation, but they know you aren't a leech; they're just envious.
I firmly believe that most who think that, only think that because the propaganda machine has decided it so. Most of us with half a brain are grateful for the work federal workers do, and deeply troubled by what is happening.
I feel for you friend and I'm so sorry. I have lost count of the friends who have now lost their jobs... mostly in conservation, special ed, and social services. Not a single one chose those fields for the money. They were all "the helpers" in the words of Mr Rogers. We all need to rise up.
Those folks I feel worse for. Several friends in non-Federal jobs that depend on grants have or will be released. The American public is not ready for the wave of unemployment and the depression coming.
I was thinking about, “the helpers”, and realized so many are being fired, prevented from helping. I’m saddened by so much recently, this felt extra gut wrenching.
"Let me emphasize: #ElonMusk has not been confirmed by Congress. His “department” was never actually enacted. No one other than Trump has given him any authority.
Democrats and any Republicans with a spine need to step in and stop this madness.
If they tell you that you’re overreacting, tell them to get their head out of their ass. If you can’t see what’s happening in America, you have to be blind or MAGA
My in-laws have said that we're embarrassing...all while cozying up to my sister (who they've hated for decades) so they can all discuss what an embarrassment we are. I am also no contact with every single one of them.
I’m proud of you 💕 my dad is supposed to visit to see us for my son’s 3rd birthday and I set the ground rules for the visit. He better follow them or else he’s on a flight back to California
Thank you and good luck to you! I'm incredibly thankful that my kids are old enough to visit with their grandparents without me (16 and 24), so they can have whatever relationship brings them peace while I can have the distance that brings me peace.
I’m sorry that you had to do this, but I stand with you on this. ❤️ this isn’t just about ‘’my dad forced me to eat peas or drink milk’ …this is people’s right to live within your constitution ideals. I am a mom and approve of your decision and give you permission if needed to be at peace with it 🇨🇦💕
You give words to exactly what I'm feeling. I'm so done with the patronizing "you're being an alarmist" reaction esp when those things I'm "overreacting" to have come true - Roe & now Project 2025.
In a country that is totally fine with shooting up middle school kids and high school students every other Tuesday what’s two more idiots matter? Do what you do best. 😂😂😂
“So don’t make any long-term bets on getting your checks on time, keeping your lights on, buying a home for the first time, or enjoying Yosemite. Don’t assume all the things that work now will still work tomorrow.” From Wired. The waves from this boulder dropped on the govt are just beginning.
I made a post about Trump’s treatment of Zelensky and a hi school classmate came back saying Ukraine needed to fold to stop the spending. I set my phone down to calm down and when I looked again, our HS coach had responded telling her she was wrong. Best to let him say what I felt. He had more cred.
Sign the petition to Impeach Trump/Vance. https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org?nvep=&hmac=&...
2. Go TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES OF R REPS, WHERE YOU LIVE and peacefully protest with how they have hurt us.
3. If in DC protest at Heritage foundation.
YES YES YES! The younger generation I work with think I’m just a grumpy old fart. They don’t get that I’m concerned for THEM. That I’ve seen 3x more shit than them. I see that things are getting worse by the day. I will NOT enjoy when they realize it and say I was right.
For 80 years, our Republican and Democratic leaders stood for Democracy, freedom and every country's right to self-govern. Now we have joined what I grew up knowing as the "Axis of Evil". There's no overreacting to what just happened. I'm enraged.
I have never been so angry. I'm not prone to outbursts, but we all have our breaking point. Something has to give before everything good abt America is destroyed by 36 billionaires. They're egomaniacs that just want more than they will spend in several lifetimes. It's a crying shame and I'm done.
The tension is palpable. Even my dogs are on edge. This is not the USA, it is not great. It is a corrupt and deeply depraved and deplorable set of folks who have hijacked the government and intend to destroy the middle class in order to protect and enhance their billionaire status. #billionaireism
Didn’t anyone hear Trump say in answer to a question on why he voted to support Russia in a UN resolution on condemning them for their attack on Ukraine. I’d rather not explain it here but it’s rather self evident. Will someone be pushing him for an explanation. It sounds inexplicable to me.
How can America accept such an answer. Is the destruction of the FBI anything to do with this fascination with Russia. Isn’t an investigation called for. Or is that not possible.
I would say that their "you're being brainwashed" actually is them saying "You don't compute." There's a language barrier (even if you're speaking the same mother tongue). If you can find a different way to communicate the same ideas, you might break through.
They're in a coma or a cult-like zombie state, just sleepwalking through life.
It's hard to stay up on the bad news of Trump every single day, but since our fathers spent many days and nights standing in foxholes fighting Nazis, Japanese, or Italians, it's the least we can do.
I’m a mess. My husband thinks I’m overreacting. I guess I’ll see how he feels when they rob us of SS, crash the stock market & the housing market so we can’t sell our home when we want to, yet, off we go to the accountant to file taxes.
The elected Dems should gather up the 21 DOGE staffers that resigned, get the media and start asking ?’s. If the GOP blocks it in the Senate, then rent a venue somewhere. I think if they could start dropping some bombshells about whats really going on then maybe we could get the tide to turn.
This is reassuring because everyone acts like I am. Even my hubs thinks I’m overreacting. I feel like not enough people are stopping from their every day lives to pay attention! They’re so busy trying to survive and living paycheck to paycheck that they can’t focus on anything else. We’re in trouble
Putin has something explosive on Trump. It’s so bad that Trump is willing to sever ties with allies abroad and weaken America at home as Putin directs him to.
And it’s being done with REPUBLICAN CONSENT.
The lack of awareness, concern, and resistance regarding what this regime is doing and the long term impacts it will have is absolutely alarming and terrifying.
When Americans wale up to what is happening and how it will hurt them, will it be too late to stop and correct the damage?
Or they are totally disassociated! I could not figure out why everyone was so calm in late January - I realized they are all in a fuzzy American disassociation. I bet there is a lot of Xanax being taken for the last month!
His whole approach to Ukraine, to cutting jobs, to the AP, it all reeks of a rapist. The moral rot that surrounds Trump and his minions is insane. And the party of “family values” is just fine with it. Jonestown Family, Mafia Family…. GOP...
This tracks. My mother is magat, and was angry at me for being raped. Mad that "I put myself in a dangerous situation" which was at thier house. Thier minds are warped.
I'm really so sorry about this, and it's consistent with an argument I had with my mom (now gone) who argued that girls who cry rape are almost always "asking for it" by how they dress, act, talk, etc. In other words, it's always their fault.
I'm not surprised. That internalized misogyny is so hard to break. I got therapy as an adult and am doing well. Even the older woman police officer was annoyed with me. Said my tshirt being tucked in was purposely enticing, and told her boys to avoid me because I was a slut. Small towns, fuck em
Mine too. And friends who are long time attorneys engaged in civil issues, former government attorneys. Without law enforcement enforcing court rulings the rule of law is moot. When mump more blatantly refuses we will boil over. Violence gets green lighted by mump. Political roundups begin.
President Elon & dipshit Trump's government ignoring all court orders, US has no mechanism to compel them to follow. Republican controlled congress goes along.
Meanwhile average citizens are punished left and right by illegal, arbitrary & corrupt DOGE decisions.
At what point will the rest of the world begin to speak up? I don’t mean to be inflammatory but given all of the Nazi support and signaling from the leaders of this current regime, when are other nations leaders going to speak up?
Wrote this: I’d rather be accused of hyperbole and find out I’m wrong than to underplay things only to then to find out I should have been louder in my protest and resistance in the face of this assault.
I tell people I will move back to Canada to fight when the US invades. They think I'm crazy. But then I list all the crazy shit from the past month and I see their eyes change. No one had this on their bingo cards either.
It didn't magically go away. In fact. It's way fucking worse than it was before. Was that your goal? Making things worse for Palestinians? Or was it JUST to teach Dems a lesson? Because I GUARANTEE YOU Dems in power didn't learn jack shit from this. This is just a collosal FAILURE. IT DIDN'T WORK.
WAKE UP. THEY ARE COMMITTING GENOCIDE NOW!!! HELLO?? IS THIS THING ON?? WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I AM OKAY WITH GENOCIDE?? TRUMP WANTS TO MAKE GAZA INTO HIS PERSONAL REAL ESTATE VENTURE. THEY ARE FORCING PALESTINIANS FROM THEIR HOMES. IT IS WORSE FOR THEM NOW. ARE YOU SERIOUSLY SO BLIND?? PAY ATTENTION.
THEY ARE STILL KILLING THEM AND THEY WANT TO ETHNICALLY CLEANSE THE REGION. THE PALESTINIANS CONTINUE TO SUFFER. THERE WILL BE NO END TO THEIR SUFFERING NOW. BECAUSE OF TRUMP.
At my usual spot in front of city hall today. Two wonderful ladies joined me - one drove in from another county to stand by my side! It was nice not to be alone. I'm the rabble rouser in the middle. (Signs courtesy of me - the one on my right is left over from his first administration. )
Yes, my thoughts absolutely, his first term Id wake up in a panic,wondering what did he do now. Back to worse now, hollow stomach aches psycho-semetic I'm sure
African Americans see no difference same Old AMERIKKKA 🤷🏾♀️ ! Ya’ll just caught up ? Ok go get in some #GoodTrouble carry the torch for a while #92% 🫖☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️💐💐💐💐💐✊🏽✌🏾
Back in the 90s, dem leadership mocked progressive groups for saying the words theocratic fascism.
Called us extremists using radical language. Pepperidge Farm remembers. So do I when Heritage Foundation protesters threw red paint on us in 1992. Mostly women helped activists, not little boys.
Watch today's "meeting" with my hero, Zelensky.
NOW is the time to put signs in your window and let your elected officials know where you stand.
Trump should be removed for dementia.
Vance needs a smack, Zelensky should have given him a couch key-chain as a souvenir.
Yeah. Everytime I said what was going to happen, it got poo-pood! People tired of me talking 'politics"! Dipshits! It was never about politics. It was about what was coming. It was about all of what we have now, and worse!
This is most of my family except for 2 brothers who see the reality of the grift.
Seriously, they have been conned, they got taken, they were the "mark". They are beginning to have doubts...
I NEVER talked politics until January of 2024. I started sounding every alarm i could to the people I know because of Trump's dictator rhetoric. People who know I don't like talking politics thought I was overreacting. If I - of all people - start talking politics, something horrible is happening.
Meanwhile, climate collapse continues apace and I get the feeling that people think I’m overreacting. As if ignoring it will turn back the clock, as if it is somebody else’s problem
Or they just don’t fucking care, or they think, my opinion doesn’t matter. But when it’s your friends and family being oppressed you’ll have a fucking opinion then.
If you have humanity if you care about us please now and not later help me and my child 10 euros is not much we need to buy food water medicine and everything. Please... I hope I can donate a little to save my family. Link in bio
I'm still being told by reliable Democrats that the solution to my distress is to pay less attention. Go outdoors and play some Pokemon Go or something. I'm unconvinced.
People turn to distractions to coddle themselves against psychic challenges in threatening situations. It's human nature; non-stop entertainment is a coping mechanism. But in our current circumstances, it'll also be our undoing. By the time we face reality en masse it may already be too late.
Only a few dems are reacting properly. We need outrage, we need to shout the truth, we must call out everything they do that is illegal. The governor of Maine telling trump "see you in court" was a prime example
If the "reliable Democrat" telling you that is named James Carville, consider the possibility his prognostications haven't been "reliable" since 1996
Did you ask him if he knew Donald is trying to take over the FEC?
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social @joeneguse.bsky.social
This is a cute and a nice made up cliché to say for engagement mining. My first attempt at leaving this world by own hand 29 years ago would have completed in the emergency department bed if this dick was there.
Feb. 28 National boycott of ALL BUSINESSES needs to happen, especially if a company like Tesla PAID ZERO FEDERAL TAXES IN 2022 AND 2024 after getting billions in profits!! Wake up America!!!!
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"Oooh, woe is me...I didn't think this would affect me!"
is not intolerance………
- Overreacting Since 2016
Democrats and any Republicans with a spine need to step in and stop this madness.
Call your rep now (202) 224-3121" Robert Reich
https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org?nvep=&hmac=&...
2. Go TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES OF R REPS, WHERE YOU LIVE and peacefully protest with how they have hurt us.
3. If in DC protest at Heritage foundation.
And there are several protests being organized for march. First one Tuesday the 4th.
I went to my local parks district meeting tonight.
I want to phone bank into the open congressional district, flip them seats!!!
I would say that their "you're being brainwashed" actually is them saying "You don't compute." There's a language barrier (even if you're speaking the same mother tongue). If you can find a different way to communicate the same ideas, you might break through.
Best regards.
If BLUE holds to a, "Do Nothing and Let RED Implode", strategy-it can't Clearly Show any difference from Chaos-Ridden RED.
Voters Might Even Think, "Well, Hell. RED's Better Than Nothing."
BLUE Must Get Back In The Fight-Now!
ACT RIGHT NOW!
It's hard to stay up on the bad news of Trump every single day, but since our fathers spent many days and nights standing in foxholes fighting Nazis, Japanese, or Italians, it's the least we can do.
And it’s being done with REPUBLICAN CONSENT.
CALL CONGRESS.
Don’t stop calling until they start listening.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/relevote/id1461723373
When Americans wale up to what is happening and how it will hurt them, will it be too late to stop and correct the damage?
I’m just a few days short of my 78th birthday and I fear for our country and our allies
WHAT GUARDRAILS?!?!?
Meanwhile average citizens are punished left and right by illegal, arbitrary & corrupt DOGE decisions.
At what point will the rest of the world begin to speak up? I don’t mean to be inflammatory but given all of the Nazi support and signaling from the leaders of this current regime, when are other nations leaders going to speak up?
Marching
Doing Sit-ins
Carrying Tiki torches
Here’s a cornerstone problem. The wrong people will and have picked up a tiki torch!
The labor unions could lead the way and the rest of us could join in
https://bsky.app/profile/blueunikorn.bsky.social/post/3lja7fcbtx22l
A nationwide strike should've happened when Agent orange and his goons took office.
Better start now than never.
Not overreacting to be very upset now
The Felon of The United States of America Stands With Russian, China.
Republican Senators and Members of The House Do You And The People You Represent Stand With Russian and China?
- your local doormat
Yet Vladdy the Child Killer takes the whole thing without a shot fired.
(Sometimes a little humor calms me)
Called us extremists using radical language. Pepperidge Farm remembers. So do I when Heritage Foundation protesters threw red paint on us in 1992. Mostly women helped activists, not little boys.
I'm sure the price of eggs was rising while Rome burned as well.
NOW is the time to put signs in your window and let your elected officials know where you stand.
Trump should be removed for dementia.
Vance needs a smack, Zelensky should have given him a couch key-chain as a souvenir.
While all around are losing theirs
You've probably misunderstood the situation
~ T. Pratchett
Seriously, they have been conned, they got taken, they were the "mark". They are beginning to have doubts...
that he was trying to show solidarity and reassure our allies that business was going to continue as usual
project 2025 told us everything, and i'll leave that there
Did you ask him if he knew Donald is trying to take over the FEC?
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social @joeneguse.bsky.social
Judging from experience...
When we said Russia, he said, "Russia Russia Russia" in a mocking voice.