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A college professor at a state university in New England. Deeply concerned about democracy in America and the future of our country. A lifelong Democrat.
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Trump at CPAC: After a short piece about the Panama Canal, there came an unexpected announcement that the 2020 election was rigged. The speech is now over to every intelligent person’s great relief.

Trump at CPAC announced that tariffs is his favorite word in the dictionary. Then he welcomed and praised Sebastian Gorka, an actual neo-Nazi, a member of a Hungarian neo-Nazi party. Now he is back to the transgender issues.

Trump at CPAC just called USAID a left-wing scam and proudly announced that the building formerly occupied by USAID will now belong to the US Custom and Border Patrol. Now he is talking about Elizabeth Warren and Pocahontas.

Trump at CPAC: MS 13 is making our criminals look good. Well not all of them. Trump still looks like a despicable demented sociopath.

I cannot believe it: Trump has the audience voting on “crooked Joe” versus “sleepy Joe”.

Trump is speaking at CPAC. So far the usual nonsense about “too big to rig”, the crowd size, insulting Kamala Harris by mispronouncing her name. Interesting: Bobby and Dr. Oz will work together on autism. Trump froze NIH funding for serious research. Bobby and Oz will solve medical problems.

Another Nazi salute at CPAC. @svartflagg.bsky.social has a running thread of them. Terrifying.

Trump’s big multi-trillion plan to cut taxes for the rich will rely on deep cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid provides health insurance coverage to 72 million Americans, including millions of children. www.huffpost.com/entry/medica...

At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.

Trump’s embrace of Russia is not new. This goes back a long time. It’s just more obvious now.

Great quotes and very relevant. The great purge that Trump and Musk are conducting should frighten every American. This is a standard tool of every totalitarian leader.

Hands off our National Parks and National Parks Service! I stand with National Parks Service. @altnps.bsky.social

Trump shuts down a national database that tracked misconduct by federal police. Undoubtedly, he is trying to buy the loyalty of the federal police. After that move, though, only crooked agents will become loyal to him. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“props for imbeciles” - that’s exactly what Musk is doing with his clownish behavior.

“Let’s not mince words about what is taking place, OK. Trump & Musk now lead a repressive and authoritarian regime. America is no longer a democracy under them. Trump & Musk are engaged in a constitutional coup to shred our founding documents and remove the separation of powers. They are tyrants.”

A Republican lawmaker in Missouri has introduced legislation to create a registry of pregnant women who are “at risk” of having an abortion. The Handmaid’s Tale becomes a reality. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Absolutely. The world’s geopolitical landscape is rapidly and radically changing. Europe is at risk of being swallowed by the US-Russia alliance.

I watch it over and over and laugh. Britt Boril of Casper WY is brilliant! She revealed the idiocy of the pronoun police and the pronoun legislation.

Way to go, AOC!

“We are the federal law.” Trump believes that he is the law and behaves accordingly. Governor Mills is fantastic, standing up to the bully. Is it just my impression or do women have much more guts than men?

"We are getting lots of calls about Musk and lots of calls thanking me for sticking up for Ukraine..." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

If Nick Fuentes is ‘a little uncomfortable’, the rest of us should be terrified.

Oh, so all of a a sudden he has preferred pronouns too? Well too late as they just voted that no one can be compelled to use them. 😂😂🤣😂

"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

This is huge breaking news. Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Chief of Naval Ops, Vice of the Air Force and all three JAG’s of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Watch this breaking news report we did for @votevets.org tonight. This is outragous. www.youtube.com/live/OdOjEdR...

I am freaking out…

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

"...eliminated positions for employees who have played a role in assessing the brain-implant technology in Elon Musk’s Neuralink devices." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...

U.S. “negotiators” pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system. This is a shakedown of a country at war with a ruthless aggressor. Shame. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

Between Musk’s support for the German neo-Nazi party AfD and his displays of Nazi salute, and Bannon’s obvious Nazi gesture at CPAC, MAGA is no longer pretending to be anything else but a fascist movement set on destruction of our democracy.

After Bannon’s Nazi salute at CPAC, Jordan Bardella, who leads France's far-right National Rally party, canceled his CPAC appearance over what he called a "gesture referring to Nazi ideology". MAGA is too extreme even for France’s far-right. bbc.com/news/article...

#50501Movement protest in Washington DC. “Hey Congress grow a spine!!”

Backatcha!

Write it down! Trump’s coming for your Medicaid. Social Security is next!

Sanders is right. The real purpose of DOGE is to destroy Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Trump and his minions want to destroy universities and public education, marginalize and weaken Congress and our judicial system. Trump and a bunch of oligarchs want to install a fascist rule in the US.

Federal funding cuts have forced wildland firefighters to cancel prescribed burns, which help prevent wildfires. “We will be more vulnerable to a catastrophic fire in the future as a result,” one firefighter said.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "We are witnessing a very sad moment in American history. The President of the United States is aligning himself with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to undermine the independence of Ukraine and its democracy." youtu.be/rKBM2kS6B8o?...

A great speech by Governor Pritzker. In the clip below, Gov. Pritzker delivers a chilling warning about grave danger to our democracy posed by the Trump administration. youtu.be/u3qaPhMmoIk?...