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TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION! Fan of democracy w/robust, respectful checks & balances. Partial to starving bullies of energy / ego boosts, then fighting back. The American Experiment is a 24/7 tug of war between individual rights and collective wellness.
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State Dept, DoJ/FBI, and DoD are all, now, headed up by Trump loyalists... and all have instructed their staff an entire agencies *NOT* to respond to Elon Musk's / DOGE's weekly report request. Any agencies *NOT* headed up by Trump loyalists doing the same??? 🤔🤔🤔

“We cannot be made to be afraid of these f**king people. I know these people. They are cowards" - Tim Miller

🚨BREAKING: Lauren Borbert has started a new side business making apple butter🍎

Those woke socialists at the FT are why you got Trump?

Have any Left/Democratic Party who don't get off the bench and otherwise not really civically participate aside from voting every two years? #GetOffTheBench #DemocractIsNotASpectatorSport #CivicParticipation #AttendTownHallEvents

Apologies: this is for FBI employees, not NASA.

Congratulations to our friend and fellow Young Democrat @abreezeclayton.bsky.social on being re-elected as Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party! Let’s keep building a New South, together. 💪

"We are in a severe constitutional crisis." @tribelaw.bsky.social talks about Trump administration's actions against the rule of law.

Berkshire Hathaway is looking to increase ownership in Japan’s five largest trading houses “over time,” Warren Buffett said in an annual letter to shareholders that is likely to support their share prices in Tokyo.

We kicked holocaust denier Ernst Zündel out of Canada. Why the hell would we let Elon Musk have any claim on Canada? He is a fascist threatening the people of Ukraine. I am proud to be helping drive this asshole from our shores. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

The UK will unveil new sanctions on Monday to "turn the screws" on Russia as it marks three years since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the Foreign Secretary said.

The Trump administration told Mexican officials to impose duties on Chinese imports to avoid US tariffs.

Apparently, Grok is the only reliable thing Elon Musk has paid people far smarter than him to create.

Donald Trump is not considering reducing US military presence in NATO-ally Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda said after the two leaders held talks in Washington.

The story of a Trump-voting fired IRS worker "is truly a Leopard Face-Eating situation where he is shocked that his life got destroyed and he thinks that it must be some mistake or oversight. How are we supposed to react to that?" Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:

A month into Trump’s second term, Ukraine is watching with growing anxiety as the United States looks set to begin talks with Russia over the war, Fabrice Deprez reports.

Talk about a rigged system.

I grew up in a military family. There are tons of military spouses who are probationary federal workers because of moving every 2-3 years. They're now getting mass fired despite Trump's own EO in 2018 to get more military spouses working for the federal government. He's screwing military families.

I'll admit, these days I find myself sizing people up on the Left like a flight attendant: "Can I trust this person not fleeing, fainting, or freezing if SHTF?" 💗🙏🏽💗 If you're in a #FlyoverState, you're more likely to find ppl on the left who are trustworthy in that way. #FightFlightFreezeFaintFlop

Hyzon Motors Announces Delisting From Nasdaq and Expected SEC Deregistration. #HydrogenNow #FuelCells #CleanEnergy #H2 #GreenHydrogen #HydrogenEconomy fcw.sh/tcZKSr

FYI, Hakeem Jeffries just went on the number one podcast in the country, the @meidastouch.com podcast, and spoke about what Democrats are doing and what we have to do to fight the Trump Regime. None of the people attacking him bothered to watch.

The Battle of Iwo Jima cost nearly 7000 Americans their lives. This weekend, the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg honors those who fought.

Among the dumbest things a government can do is to piss off a whole bunch of their own current and former, highly skilled and experienced people in intelligence analysis, law enforcement, and justice making. 🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️😠😤😡

Exactly: “It’s all but certain that many [Sullivan & Cromwell] lawyers are unhappy with the firm’s decision to become part of the Trump regime anti-rule of law machine, and for good reason. Apart from the sheer immorality of the firm’s choice … [a] starkly pragmatic question is also presented:”

Great conversation here between @hasanminhaj.com and @chrismurphyct.bsky.social. I think Murphy is 100% correct to focus on economic populism. Billionaires have too much power. Rally around policies like public-funded elections, taxing the rich, raising the minimum wage, and universal basic income.

Check in with your top 2 moods: - Fight / Energized: Taking action - Flight / Scared: Seeking escape - Freeze / Anxious: Physical / mental immobility - Fawn / Conflict avoidance: People-pleasing - Flop/Faint: Overwhelmed, low energy - Other: Please share 💗🙏🏽💗 neurolaunch.com/fight-flight...

Most of the people quoted here *are Republicans* afraid of death threats *from their own party leader.* www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

.. @daily-stoic.bsky.social 💕

A 10% universal tariff on $3.25 trillion of annual US merchandise imports would potentially raise ~$300 billion. Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.

Here’s another way to think about it. We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year. Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion. So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS. But… 1/2

On this Day of Remembrance, we honor the 120,000 Japanese Americans unjustly imprisoned during WWII because of their heritage. Their resilience remind us to never forget the lessons of history. We will continue to fight for justice, equality, and civil rights for all.

Over 120,000 Japanese Americans forced into imprisonment in internment camps simply because they were of Japanese heritage.

Let’s be honest. Does anyone think that this president would honour Article Five? Presence of US military & nuclear sharing still has value to Europe, but its deterrent value is significantly reduced & falling. This is reckless, dangerous behaviour by the Trump administration.

Ubi would actually fuckin fix half the shit wrong with me tbh.

Congrats, America. We're now on Putin's side.

"Yesterday it became clear that America hasn’t abandoned its allies so much as switched sides." You know what will follow from that? Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-world-...

KM3NeT xkcd.com/3053

Thanks to TikTok, theme park lovers are learning about the only water ride in the Rainforest Cafe franchise—and happily leaning into the nostalgia. 🛝 🌴 🐒 🍹 www.texasmonthly.com/food/galvest...

As you prepare for the impending cool snap, please enjoy this hard freeze primer from a few years back. Stay warm, y'all!

Happening in our name nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/americas/us-migrants-panama-jungle-camp.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump has been quite busy. But as for lowering grocery prices, the Day One promise that may have won him the election, Trump promptly confessed that it would be “very hard” to do. The only surprise was that he confessed at all.