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political observer - center-left - jazZ musician/songwriter, tax problem resolver and dormant handicapper (pick 6 champion).
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Over 5 MILLION people showed up to make their voices heard yesterday. In over a thousand locations both here and abroad. Their messages were clear. The rampant destruction of Elon Musk and Donald Trump must end. We reject the oligarchy. Democracy is worth fighting for. America is worth saving.

True ✅

people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.

I’m confused as to how the design and execution of this tariff policy wasn’t flawless. 🇺🇸

Yes, businesses absolutely need to show the tariff at the checkout screen. Don't hide it into the cost of the product.

Every Cabinet member has different, contradictory talking points about supposed purpose of these tariffs. Are they a negotiating tactic? Are they instead permanent, because we need them to raise revenue/boost US manufacturing? Are they designed to return us to 1790s lifestyles & living standards?

MAGA be like "he has a plan, he's playing chess not checkers" and the whole time he's literally just playing golf.

My law firm is currently litigating 50 voting and election cases in 21 states. I expect new cases will be filed this week. States with the most cases: AZ, GA, NC, NV, FL, LA, PA.

Free Trade, zero tariffs Elon vs Full Tariff Trump is going to be interesting to watch. The stakes are enormous for the American People Who comes out on top ? I think unfortunately for the economy, in this case , it's Trump.

If you still believe these reckless tariffs will somehow make you better off in the long run, you’re either an oligarch or an imbecile.

Tim Walz: "It's not a 'woke policy' to provide food for children to get breakfast and lunch, and we get better outcomes from that. They defined things on their terms that weren't true ... we got timid."

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i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record

Nailed it!

This is perfect. Absolutely perfect.

RUSSIA state TV mocks Trump for spiking prices in 🇺🇸 and killing the political & global economic system, “destroying the trust” and “undermining” our economy and “striking a major blow” to capitalism — saying he deserves a monument there, and a medal. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-tarif...

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

In 1992 there was an "America First" party that bucked mainstream politics by calling for the reimposition of tariffs, eliminating income taxes, eliminating foreign aid, stopping immigration, restoring our balance of trade with other nations, returning education to the states, and banning abortion.

This thread!!

Now that’s a split-screen. ⛳️ @wsj.com

I’ve gone out of my way for years to buy Tshirts that are made in US. Do you know where you most often find them? Festivals, fairs, concerts and events run by progressives. You know where you rarely find them? Being sold by ‘America First’ influencers & companies.

Just talked to my uncle who watches Fox News religiously. He hasn’t heard anything about the Hands Off! protests today. 🙄

Spotted in Seattle

Swalwell: To Trump I say: Get your ass off the golf course and face the people

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

Bates: He inherited an economy that was the best-performing in the world. But in just two months, he’s crashing that economy with the biggest tax increase on middle-class families in 50 years—raising the prices he promised he would lower, and breaking his number one promise to them.

1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse. 2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report." 3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes." This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.

How it started vs how it ended, good news from Ukraine.

#SeattleProtests #HandsOffSeattle #HandsOff #GVerse @king5news.com.web.brid.gy Lets get this on your front screen! @cnn @maddow.msnbc.com

SEATTLE WASHINGTON SHOWED UP!!! ✊

If you get into a car with someone who drives like a maniac, you may still get to your destination. But you aren’t getting in that car again.

The people are fed up.

You may not realize how huge this is, but for a town in Wyoming, people showed up today! #Handsoff #Casper #Wyoming

I never thought I would say that the WSJ's front page better reflects where we are right now than the NYT's but here we are

So I guess poor George Soros must be out of money now.

If the new tariffs stay in place for multiple years, and are enforced and inflationary, and DOGE continues to cut and fire , we will be in a far worse situation than 2008

I snort laughed at this protest sign at a Hands Off! event. Bwahahahahahaah!

Farmers Brace for Significant Losses in a New Trade War www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...

Raskin: We even have the right to call the president deranged for crashing our economy, destroying $6 trillion of wealth and turning our 401(k) Into a 201 (K). And the press has the right to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.

tl/dr: Trump: “Let them eat crypto”

i am like 80% serious when i say that woke is the only thing that kept this country together

"Hang tough, it won't be easy," the captain told the passengers as he intentionally plowed the Titanic straight into the iceberg.

The largest independent media organization in the country is openly and clearly taking about how hated the Musk-Trump administration is. More elected leaders should follow their lead.