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Long time independent, fiscally responsible, socially and environmentally liberal. Retired USAF. Trying to enjoy retirement, however the groundhog said 4 more years of insanity, so trying to do my part to end the madness.
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Couldn't be more obvious!

My Australian friend: How is this not insider trading? How is this legal at all? Me: You sound like someone living in a democracy. Adorable.

Andrew Sullivan: “Once you grasp Trump as an elected monarch, his full rebuke to the very idea of America comes into clearer view. He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king”

Great. Now I need to inject bleach into my eyes.

If Kristi Noem can go down to El Salvador and take concentration camp selfies, then DOJ can figure out where Abrego Garcia is. Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.

3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development

Huge crowd tonight on Vancouver Island to see MP Charlie Angus speak at the “Canada Resistance Tour”—and an amazing shoutout to MeidasTouch from the Maple Meidas in Cumberland, Port Alberni, K’ómoks First Nation, Nanaimo, and the Comox Valley.

Been abroad for the last week for a seminar and it was striking to hear my international colleagues be as alarmed and afraid about US politics as we are. The world order that for so long has anchored itself around US hegemony is, at least in some rooms, rethinking a lot…

RFK believes that he is one of the genetic elect and that it is a violation of the natural order to either impose on the genetic elect with public health OR prevent nature from taking its course with those who are predestined to biological damnation.

North Carolina has reported a record number of flu deaths this respiratory virus season, health officials say.

Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

Trump & RFK Jr. fired the ENTIRE staff who run a program that 80,000+ households in WA state rely on to heat and cool their homes. If funds don't go out and working families and seniors are stranded in deadly heat waves this summer, we know exactly why.

We stand by our reporting. So read it here:

“A future Trump impeachment seemed all but guaranteed by last Wednesday morning. It seems only slightly less likely now. It may even be desirable to restore America’s standing with creditors and trade partners.” Wow the woke media outlet of (checks notes) The Wall Street Journal??

77 million people voted for deregulation (Trump). Did they know they were also voting for pollution, cancer, and climate chaos loved ones and future generations? We can now be poisoned on purpose—without a check.

[email protected] responds to @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social's focus group clips of moderates vs. progressives: "I was watching them blindly, and I had to go back and be like, which one am I listening to? I'm so confused right now. You can't tell." *All* the Democratic voters want to fight.

So the felon in chief is demanding that Amazon stop selling books that reveal the truth about him. And watch Bezos bend the knee. Amazon will cave. They all will. Whiteness has exposed itself to be hollow and thin skinned. The tyrant will never stop demanding more and more of your soul.

Garcia: She's playing cosplaying as an ice agent, running around the country, going down to El Salvador, to prisons. You know, holding guns, dressing up. She is a joke

Tillis: “Who is responsible for the economic decisions to create a trade war for the United States and who do we thank/blame for the outcome?” American Government Official Response: “These people who voted for the President.” (Min mark 4:28) There you have it folks! youtu.be/ufuZo15ZA08?...

Alex Lawson: This is going to end in checks not going out. The money that we have earned is not getting into our hands. And I believe strongly that’s the point. The cuts they've made have had no other rhyme or reason except to literally destroy the system. @maddow.msnbc.com

This would mean impeachment if we had a Congress & Senate that functioned as our Framer’s & Constitution intended, this was so blatantly illegal… We have so much work to do!

I agree. In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.

What they mean when they say he pissed off investors.

🚨 From a fellow BlueSky traveler: Homeland Security stormed LA schools without a warrant, targeting kids. Principals shut them down. Schools are not battlegrounds. We will not let our communities be terrorized. Stand up and fight back. #ProtectOurKids #DefendOurSchools

If the government can “deport” you for having beliefs they don’t like, none of us is free. Call it what you want, but it sure as shit ain’t democracy.

It seems as if this happens daily....

The unbridled assault on “Science” is just irrational and so very dangerous! These ignorant acts could have immeasurable negative impacts for generations…

America’s president doesn’t mind if his administration’s actions weaken the United States—so long as he gains more domestic power for himself. To him that counts as a good deal. ICYMI: www.thebulwark.com/p/high-cost-...

I love this! 👇🏻

This is insane. Also this brazen grift must be challenged.

If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Our parents are actively fighting for our country for us to be able to have these rights..." www.military.com/daily-news/2...

On the bright side, Republican women will never figure this out!

50501 is a movement of the people, for the people, by the people. How did a Reddit page turn into 5 million people? Learn more at thelanternletters.substack.com #50501movement

Stable genius at work.

Logged on to the bad place and was greeted by this

"This is amazing stuff coming from a Republican-controlled Congress that just spent the last few years repeatedly taking the nation to the brink of government shutdown or debt default." More bad math! Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

BREAKING: Two human rights advocates are suing the government over an executive order punishing Americans for speaking to the International Criminal Court. This is an assault on accountability and our clients' free speech rights. We'll see the Trump administration in court.

NEW: RĂĽmeysa Ă–ztĂĽrk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...

Hard to believe the hill the Justice Department wants to die on, we don’t want to comply with your order so we aren’t going to. Nothing like engaging in explicitly lawless behavior they don’t even pretend to regret.

Can you say illegal insider trading!!