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Pittsburgh native, married father of 3 and sports fan. “Boldly defend that which is right and strongly contest that which is wrong”. 💙
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Gotta love Betty, because she tells it like it is! ❤️✨

Holy crap.

The problem with people like Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk, is they lack the self-awareness and familiarity with decency to be ashamed after shockingly inappropriate or rude behavior.

Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.

worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1

The entire world saw for themselves again. The first time was on 1/6/2021.

I almost bought a book on Amazon today, but then I went to eBay and got it slightly used for half the price. Boycotting Amazon is fun AND easy.

Not pro-life

How much $’s do these people need?? WTF

Rep. Pettersen voted in-person, and gave a speech from the House floor—all while holding her baby, because Republicans refused to let her vote remotely while on maternity leave. Rep. Pettersen shouldn’t have been forced to come in, but I’m glad we have a fighter like this on our side.

I have NO sympathy whatsoever for MAGA business owners who enthusiastically voted for Trump but are whining like babies now that their federal contracts are being cancelled. I realize they only expected people they hate to get hurt, but guess what? Trump and Musk don’t care about people like you.

Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers

We have the stupidest government in history, and it’s not even close. They destroyed our pretty much perfect air safety system for no reason! This is the shortage that Republicans, with their incompetence—because remember, they control all of government—created, and you are less safe bc of it!

Linda McMahon, Trump's pick for education secretary, donated tens of millions of dollars to help elect Trump in exchange for a cabinet position. Before the Senate holds their confirmation vote, get to know her ⬇️

If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.

Listen up you absolute fucking legends of stupidity, you glorious, star-spangled dipshits, you majestically brain-dead champions of mediocrity, you beige wallpaper of humanity… measles outbreaks do not HAPPEN ALL THE TIME in our country. Stop acting like this shit is normal. It’s not.

They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.

Friday, Feb 28 2025. BOYCOTT BUYING EVERYTHING MAJOR. Buy local. Eat local. Have a day of savings. Make Oligarchs cry.

If you own Tesla stock, sell as soon as possible, it’s not going to recover and even if it does it’s blood money now.

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

AOC: The order has come down to this committee. Find $880 billion to pay for a tax cuts on yachts, jets, billionaires, and mega corporations while working class people pay higher tax rates than Facebook does. Undocumented immigrants pay more in taxes than many large corporations

Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."

If the Democrats bail out Mike Johnson on ANY spending bill, they deserve the utter political destruction coming their way. Some are already falling for the "but we'll get blamed for shutting down the government" b.s. Have you learned NOTHING? Not. One. Vote.

Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern destroyed Dan Scavino about the Governors Ball: "They protested you at your own event and you were too stupid to get it." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The GOP's strategy:  1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on. 4) Repeat.  They're trying it again this week. Don't let them get away with it.

WATCH: Hegseth accidentally admits they fired all the military attorneys so they won’t be “roadblocks to anything” — then tries to clean it up and quickly move on

“This is our documentary moment” @janefonda.com

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Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops. More of this pointed ridicule, please.

Well I like that idea #resist #dumpoligarchs #dumptrump

This movie is so relevant to current political times! Let it grow! Rise up! ✊

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

Urge Congress to fight monopolies that are price gouging, make companies pay their fair share of taxes, & stop companies from squeezing consumers & supercharging inflation. Fair marketplace competition is good for the economy. http://dlvr.it/TJ5hNB

— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.