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Retired advertising creative director, believer in democracy for all & the liberal arts, patti-joe-iggy-leonard-joni-ish. 🚫porn 🚫dms - or u will be blocked and 🚫lurkers. 📣 Here for democracy.

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We need to constantly remind ourselves of the full expression of our values. This helps. So do books like On Freedom, The Origins of Totalitarianism, On Common Sense and so on. Between our bouts of anger, we need to be refreshed by the good that human beings are capable of.

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He’s betraying Ukraine and he is betraying Americans.

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Is Trump doing this so his people can invest at every downturn of the market and make a killing when the tariffs are removed and Wall St. recovers???

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Democracy is complicated - with its exceptions, checks & balances and interplay of institutions and values. It’s impossible to understand what makes it all stable at first glance. Musk doesn’t get that and I doubt that Trump has learned anything beyond what makes him money. That’s what’s scary.

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He is also a propagandist/liar!

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Stay focused!

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Important!

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I didn't choose AOC as the New Democratic Party leader. Old Democratic Party leaders abdicated their roles, forcing AOC to lead the Democratic Party. And I'll do nothing to stand in her way. I will work for her, because she's working for us.

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Pam Bondi’s brother, Brad Bondi, is vying to lead the DC Bar Association. So do you think this is based on merit?

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Don’t lose your outrage!

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We need to stop struggling to explain why Trump does all this stuff that doesn’t benefit Americans and accept the fact that the real reason, deep down, is for power and money. If we have to believe he’s evil in order to deal with that, so be it.

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Amen

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We can’t play the video, so we need to know Maxine Waters has a reason to believe her suspicion is true. Any facts? .

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To fully appreciate the depravity here, contrast “retribution” with “punishment.” There is no real reason for retribution. Punishment wants people to atone and be reformed; Retribution is all about cruelty. This is why it is so petty but also satisfying for Maga people nurtured on so much anger.

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open.substack.com/pub/weissman... We need to remind each other of the actual truth, not of the events that under the circumstances don’t feel so bad. Andrew Weissman says it much better than I can.

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Whether it’s democracy or spaceships, Musk is all about destruction:

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Durbin.senate.gov, we need a place to vent and help the democracy

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If you go to the MSNBC site, they don’t have a Blue Sky icon for their articles, but they do have Twitter. Do they know who their audience is? C’mon, Rachel Kutler!

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This is their hope. We need to pay attention to what’s happening in the states and Democracy Docket for anything to do with voting rights.

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Trump already said this youtu.be/Y7b4r1FIG-A?...

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Seen in Canada…

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In cutting off Ukraine and ending CIA intel, Trump has betrayed Ukraine, betrayed our values and undermined our safety. Trump is a bad man.

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www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-sets...

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/juːˈɡæn.də/ Uganda

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We must protect Social Security. We must go after Trump about this - starting today. Michael Steele called for tv ads. Now! Yes!

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Who will list all the lies Trump told? NY Times? We want it so we can circulate it!

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Ha! The internet remembers everything. 🤣🤣

submitted 5 days ago • 162 comments

Yep

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I’m sorry but “This is not normal” means nothing. I appreciate that she has guts, but say something that has teeth “no king,” “FU Putin,” or “this is not democracy,” whatever.

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Apart from the politics or whatever it is Trump spews from his mouth hole, he is a terrible speaker - not even close to Churchill or Obama.

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At tonight’s State of the Union, Trump will have one goal: to distract. His policies are wreaking havoc on the economy and upending American lives, and he will lie, blame, and distract to avoid any bit of responsibility. Don’t fall for it.

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💙

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The thought of listening to that blowhard lie, propagandize and bloviate is so repulsive, so irritating, so unpleasant…uh, there’s no way I will make it through. I’ll re-tune in for the summary and discussion afterward on MSNBC.

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Not surprisingly, the guy who comes from the land of apartheid wants to pardon George Floyd’s murderer.

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So, it’s official: the laws don’t apply to everyone.

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Remember Trump never placed his hand on the Bible.

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You mean, to have the same free and fair elections they have in Russia? FU.

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Calling someone by their last name can be a sign of disrespect, so I will forever refer to Trump as Trump.

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Isn’t there a ban on Amazon coming up!

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A gay friend once told me to beware of closeted men because they learn how to live a lie better than those who are out. I don’t know if Lindsay is gay, as the rumor has been for years now, but it surely explains his lies.

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If Epstein’s list contains sickos that lusted for young girls and Trump is on that list, then, well…

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How about all democrats show up wearing blue and yellow

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The richest man in the world doesn't think you should get to retire after paying into Social Security your entire life.

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