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I’m a father, husband, and union worker living in Michigan looking to keep informed while events unfold quickly in the USA. I want to share ideas and learn. I will not respond to DM’s.
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I just learned that crows can hold a 17 year grudge against a person and I’ve officially found my new spirit animal…. 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

www.npr.org/2025/02/22/g... It's 1130pm in GERMANY Tomorrow, they vote .... The AFD (Musk Backed) Far right extreme This election so critical for it will affect not only GERMANY but Europe and even Ukraine The AFD must be defeated

Take part!

Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well. His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel. Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Amen to that.

DOGE claims it "saved US $50B" Not sure if that's a one time or annual savings It's roughly $2.75 a week per American Not even enough for a small Starbucks latte 🤦🏻‍♂️ In the meantime, National Parks & museums have closed; VA & FAA employees have been fired; and people are dying overseas

Trump's attacks on the USPS aren't new. For decades, the GOP has been trying to privatize the Post Office and other crucial public services — all to pad the profits of their wealthy corporate donors.

Yes, let’s get organized around primary conspirators, Tesla, Amazon, Meta, AirBnB, etc. Please join the movement!

These are some nice mushrooms. www.theroot.com/a-list-of-co...

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.

Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov - a “former” KGB spy. That’s right, one of Elon Musk’s young cyber criminals — related to a former KGB spy, and who seemingly did not have to undergo a background check — now has unprecedented access to…

Fight Tyranny! Project 2025 threatens freedom and basic human rights—a dangerous plan to silence dissent and strip away women’s right to make their own choices. Together, we can STOP it. Sign here: action.aclu.org/petition/sto... Stand up. Speak out. Fight back #YourBodyYourChoice #StopProject2025

"Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the D.C. Beltway." #BoycottAmazon #StillSanders www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-donald-trump

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...

Constituent: When will you stand up to them and say that is enough? Rep. Fitzgerald: The end result of the fraud and abuse that has been discovered Crowd: Booo

Stocks Worst Week Since Trump Inauguration A widely watched measure of how consumers feel about the economy showed mounting fears over stubborn inflation. The S&P 500 crashed. Trump did that. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...

Relax everyone, he’s just trolling us…

TRUMP (lying): We just had the highest poll numbers I've ever had. Ever. And actually a record for a Republican. REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS 👏👏👏👏

🔥 Governor Janet Mills just bench-pressed Trump’s bullying and walked out without breaking a sweat. 🔥 At the White House, Trump tried his usual mob boss routine—demanding obedience, dangling federal funds, and threatening political careers. But Mills? She didn’t flinch. She didn’t fumble. 1/1

#ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory Meta laid off 5% of its workforce, then a week later more than doubled its executive bonuses from 75% of 200% of base pay. Kinda like what's happening with the federal government. Still think billionaires are on your side? Then I've got a bridge to sell you.

No to oligarchy. Join the #3E movement.

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A MUST-SEE‼️ The PayPal Mafia—Musk, Thiel, Sacks, and Botha—have ties to apartheid South Africa & a hand in US policy and the election. • Elon Musk – Unelected co-president, dismantling the government for his own gain. FUN FACT: His grandfather wanted to scrap democracy for technocrat rule. 🧵

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Unfortunately I won’t be to DC in time, but this rally for Ukraine is happening in Lincoln memorial. Attend if you can and Slava Ukrainii!

The US, Russia, and the richest man in the world who is busy carrying out a coup in our government, are coordinating a brutal shakedown of an ally whose very existence depends on our support. This is repulsive and people need to understand we’re only in the beginning of what is possible.

For the first weeks, Americans seemed frozen, expecting institutions to do something. Americans were used to “checks and balances” and “guardrails” working. That didn’t happen. People realized that they had to take matters into their own hands. 👇

Just so everybody is clear on Republican priorities: We put up an amendment to make sure nobody making over $500 million gets a tax cut. Republicans voted against it.

Collectively we had the power to turn the oligarchs into billionaires, DON'T ever forget we have the same power to take them down. Boycott all oligarch owned businesses that are dismantling our democracy. #WeHaveThePower

A profile of Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's top officer, who spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet, & whom current Defense Secretary and former Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth fired tonight.

Another great poster from one of our coalition members ✊ #uspolitics #generalstrike

This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

On this week's Coffee Klatch, we discuss Trump's latest power grabs, the backlash to DOGE's mass firings, and how Democrats should give voice to the public's anger. Plus, former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra joins us to discuss DOGE's attack on the Bureau.

Andrew J. Beard (1849-1921) was born into slavery but became one of the most brilliant inventors. Even before working for various rail companies, he invented a flour mill, several plows, and a rotary steam engine. However, his most famous invention is the Jenny coupler. #BlackHistoryMonth

And THAT, my friends, is how it’s done! 🤗 Rich McCormick showed up to his own town hall expecting a warm GOP hug and instead got booed into another dimension. His constituents—actual Republican voters—lit him up like a malfunctioning Tesla, furious over job losses, budget cuts, 1/4