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Twitter was my place when game of thrones was my favorite show. Then I woke and started caring about politics because one man destroyed everything I thought it was safe and the American way of life.
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Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

submitted 11 hours ago • 593 comments

Donald Trump replacing a black four-star general with a white three-star general as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is everything MAGA claims they hate about DEI: giving a less qualified person the job based on their race, not their resume.

submitted 8 hours ago • 146 comments

As America is being torn apart, weakened, and sold to the highest bidder, I think about all the folks who told me, "Well, it won't be THAT bad" and "We survived 4 years of Trump..." and "The systems will hold." All of them are privileged and well-off. Alas. We're all in it now.

submitted 11 hours ago • 90 comments

General CQ Brown is a patriot and hero. Firing him makes America less safe, but it will help bring about a Golden Age. For Putin.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1333 comments

If members of Congress—like Rep. Grothman —are this clueless about what the man who is dismantling our government is saying and promising, they don’t deserve to keep their jobs! This woman is in his face, begging him to wake TF up—and he just walks off. Pathetic.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1718 comments

Odd how the turns have tabled… Trump reversed course and admitted that Russia did, in fact, invade Ukraine. International news sources and independent media have stepped up to keep Americans informed.

submitted 11 hours ago • 150 comments

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

submitted 9 hours ago • 913 comments

Folks are asking, “what should I do in this moment?” One of the most passionate, progressive voices in Congress for 30 years, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden answers that question. Here’s our conversation, inside a replica of the Senate chamber at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: youtu.be/n_nQ-Moa9fI?...

submitted 19 hours ago • 193 comments

Wise man…

submitted 19 hours ago • 547 comments

Delusional old man. His approval rating is tanking.

submitted 18 hours ago • 557 comments

We NEED @blakegendebien.bsky.social to win. This is an all hands situation.

submitted 16 hours ago • 19 comments

If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 14 hours ago • 85 comments

Muskrat Posting He thinks he's the DogeFather KETAMINE on STEROIDS

submitted 14 hours ago • 55 comments

Nailed it.

submitted 18 hours ago • 179 comments

Wow! Congrats to Bluesky for passing the milestone of 32 MILLION users. Spread the word!! 💙🦋 bsky-users.theo.io

submitted 16 hours ago • 252 comments

200 million dollars of waste.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1303 comments

A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

submitted 14 hours ago • 134 comments

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1967 comments

submitted 17 hours ago • 1018 comments

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

submitted 19 hours ago • 526 comments

Not every day you get to call Trump "Putin's bitch" on Live TV and name the POC chickens for Colonel Sanders lining up for MAGA, but I appreciate @joyannreid.bsky.social inviting me to say what I had to say.

submitted 1 day ago • 44 comments

“Freedom of speech for me and not for thee,” sounds like something a king would say. As many of us have noted this week, we don’t do kings in America. Some thoughts on the AP’s lawsuit: open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

submitted 1 day ago • 50 comments

Donald Trump just fired a well-respected General who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And his Administration announced they’re replacing other officers, too. The purge of people of stature and independence goes on.

submitted 1 day ago • 281 comments

During FY2024, under President Biden, 28% of immigration arrests were of people who had no criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. In Februrary, under President Trump, it's 41%. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

submitted 3 days ago • 129 comments

In the UK they acknowledge Israel's US funded war crimes and Netanyahu's close friendship with Trump and Putin. Protestors carried a banner reading: "From Ukraine To Palestine, Occupation is a Crime" (📷 @UkraineSol ) #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #UKprotests #StandWithUkraine

submitted 14 hours ago • 31 comments

Starting to think the right’s mEmE KiNg WhO LeGaLiZeD CoMedY is actually just a whiny little bitch with a fragile ego.

submitted 1 day ago • 723 comments

WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 18 hours ago • 1190 comments

He nails it.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1405 comments

they are telling us they are intentionally burning the economy to the ground, never seen anything like it

submitted 1 day ago • 104 comments

Brown had to go - he was serving his country while black.

submitted 19 hours ago • 603 comments

Boom! 17,000 letters sent to Congress. Help us get to 20,000 letters here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

submitted 19 hours ago • 61 comments

This was when Kash Patel used Milk Dud’s habitually intemperate lawyer, Steven Biss, to sue someone who hurt his fee-fees. www.fresnobee.com/news/local/a...

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

You’re watching the plot against America. The dismantling of your powerful military, the wasting of your tax money for billionaire welfare, the implosion of your health care, its anti-America. These people hate our great country and everything it stands for. Don’t sugar coat it!

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

In a world of neutered male Governors, choose to be Maine Governor Janet Mills cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

submitted 1 day ago • 1856 comments

Anyone else see that Cybertruck stuck in the snow while the Honda Fit drives right past it? Pretty much sums up America vs rest of the world.

submitted 1 day ago • 452 comments

📉📉📉

submitted 1 day ago • 982 comments

The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.

submitted 1 day ago • 799 comments

😃 Major grocery retailers in Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino County still supporting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts: ---Albertson's - owner of Safeway ---Costco ---Grocery Outlet ---Raley's - owner of Raley's, Nob Hill and Bel Air ---Sprouts 1/3

submitted 1 day ago • 171 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 1 day ago • 1323 comments

FOX NEWS: You are against people bringing in eggs that have not been-- I mean, we have the USDA for a reason. These could be contaminated and bring illnesses in. GALLEGO: Absolutely. This is why we shouldn't be firing USDA inspectors that are actually doing oversight over avian flu

submitted 1 day ago • 596 comments

It’s only right for him to be on the first flight to Mars. It’s his baby.

submitted 1 day ago • 526 comments

Dear @cnn.com, The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?

submitted 1 day ago • 1044 comments