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I don’t like fighting. However, the USMC trained me. So bring it on. If we have to fight over the freedom of America, I’m a trained and willing combatant.

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When do we have to fight? When is discussion not enough?

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

O say, can you see, through the perilous blight, What once was a beacon, now dimmed in the night. With leaders who trample on rights we hold dear, Their greed and corruption sow discord and fear

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Why don’t I believe him?

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Watching these two destroy our federal governments ability to perform its functions reminds me of watching my kids arbitrarily remove pieces from their Lego bridges & getting mad when the whole thing implodes.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I use to work at the Department of Veterans Affairs. More specifically, the Veterans Benefits Administration. What has gone on recently at the VA is horseshit. Many friends & former colleagues were let go for no good reason. Some with 19 years on staff. This will not help veterans.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Ironic given today’s “leaders.” Lyrics from Jonny Lang’s song “Darker Side”… “Look at the people, they learn how to lie so easy They learn how to lie to get what they need And after they got what they needed It turns into a simple case of greed…”

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

submitted 7 days ago • 1478 comments

I hope I am wrong, but it’s feels like America & Americans have gone from too brave, too bold & too ambitious to fail to too dumb, too numb & too lazy to succeed. Not all of us, but maybe too many to change whatever course we are on. #Politics #WhatIsNext #ThisIsNotTest #ThisCounts

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Oh, and fuck this guy.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

“Democrats haven’t treated their constituents decently of late… & tensions are mounting.” #Politics

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submitted 13 days ago • 266 comments

I am frustrated with what I hear a lot of people saying. “It’s scary out there but every time I talk to people I’m filled with hope.” I don’t disagree. But, “hope” doesn’t do shit to stop or improve what is going on in reality & in real time. We need actions & we need answers to hard questions.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 14 days ago • 1425 comments

“Democrats increasingly say that President Donald Trump's moves to reshape the federal government without congressional input, including the DOGE-led slashing of USAID and the short-lived federal grant freeze, make it nearly impossible to reach a deal, unless it stops.” #Politics

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“Hang on, ‘Mercia ‘Mercia, hang on Hang on, ‘Merica ‘Merica, hang on ‘Merica lives in a very bad part of town (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) And everybody, yeah, tries to put my ‘Merica down (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)…” #NotGoingOutLikeThis #FuckTrump

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

How come these pricks think “fraud, waste & abuse” only occur in the federal government? How the hell do they think I think they made their money?

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Has not been easy lately. I live & work in DC. A former federal employee & current contractor with a clearance. People are having a hard time. All of this uncertainty hit while we were buying a house back home in Ohio. Threw everything into jeopardy & with 2 kids. Try & show people grace but protest

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Come on, America. Do better. See the light.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I would like to report that I am a resourceful prick who found a way to maintain my income to buy that house for my wife & kids despite the hiring freeze. But I’m lucky. People should not be dealing with this sort of stress. Fuck Trump.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Trump rescinded the order on day one of his second term. The executive order was meant to complement the cost-cutting measures included in the Inflation Reduction Act. #Politics

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I want to have an honest discussion about life in 2025 & what it takes for an individual or family to be “successful.” I wish that was as easy as it sounds & as it should be. We all have stake in it.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

I am a #veteran. A combat wounded #USMC veteran. Medically retired. Served 2007-2015. He screwed me & my family over to say the least with this freeze. Had an offer withdrawn & while others things are in play it has also put a house & a move in jeopardy. #Prick #Politics

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

Hope everyone is hanging in there. Speaking for myself, it has been awful. Was a start date & FJO away from a remote GS14 that would have allowed me to move my family home. Then the hiring freeze. 20 years working toward this type of opportunity & it’s gone in the stroke of a pen. #Politics

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

“There are a whole array of political countermeasures that one could undertake in terms of having standing to sue, to vindicate the will of Congress,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the former chair of the Senate Budget Committee, said in a brief interview on Tuesday. #Politics

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I knew it was Inauguration Day when my wife opened a bottle of whiskey at 11:30 am. Not her style. Not our day. #Inauguration #Politics #FuckTrump

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

“Monday marks the 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday. It is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service. On rare occasions, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day coincide.”

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

In their limited series “How I’ll Get It Done,” progressive stars tell the Cut how they plan to fight for a better future. #Politics

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Derailing stupid / wrong can be tricky & oddly involve thought but there is always a way. #Politics

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 34 days ago • 725 comments