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Thankful for my husband, adult kids, dogs, public libraries, Stephen Colbert and BlueSky. Lost faith in the USA on 11/5/24. Feminist, pro choice, LGBTQ+ ally, Medicare for all, freedom from religion.
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it's a little funny that Congress could stop this any moment, but Johnson and Thune won't because the GOP fears primary voters more than global economic calamity

Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

“These are not normal times in America and they should not be treated as such.” -Senator Corey Booker My deepest gratitude to you for rising to this moment and acknowledging the true gravity of this moment. @booker.senate.gov

I count six officers sent to arrest this young woman, a Tufts student from Turkey. Apart from the horror of what they are doing, I would like an accounting of the resources used in this and other arrests. Also, which agency, why are they hiding their faces, wear no uniforms, drive unmarked cars,

Whatever happened to the "5 things " DoGe emails ? Talked to someone really smart who just left gov, who said all the emails bounced back as inbox full. Already forgotten Typical Ready Fire Aim

A man walks into a bar with a newt on his shoulder. The bartender says what an interesting pet. What's his name. The man says tiny. The bartender asks why did you name him tiny? The man responds " because he's my newt.

YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work

The decisive test of our society in my lifetime was the 2024 election and our failure was spectacular and total. I will never again have any faith in the American electorate to do the obviously right thing.

Can you even believe this crap?! We have a goddamned grifter in the White House. While this country’s in complete chaos, Trump’s making money off of his presidency which we know is a violation of the emoluments clause. Trump and his administration are corrupt AF and Law & Order is a myth.

Openly ignoring and defying the Judiciary. Breaking his oath to preserve and protect the Constitution of the United States. Granting himself unchecked power. This is authoritarianism.

Looking back on Trump in politics, it’s clear that too few people took the threat he represented seriously; from the start. He comes off as such an embarrassing ass clown, that it created a false sense of, “That moron…what a joke!” The joke was on America.

The #ElectoralCollege is #DEI for #RedStates

His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.

Just imagining an Oceans 11 style caper where fired federal works with various highly specialized skills band together to take down a mad billionaire trying to destroy the country.

JD Vance whining about not getting respect from President Zelenskyy is the perfect example of a mediocre person demanding something they are incapable of earning

Are people finally waking up to the fact that he’s not as brilliant as he’s made everyone believe? #TheDumbest

The neighborhood diner, unlike the Democratic Party, is meeting the moment

unreal -- Fox News brought in a journalist from Russia as part of a panel, but he's being too hard on Putin and Trump, so host Will Cain has to step in and toe the Kremlin/MAGA line

I've said it before and will say it again -- the Trump administration is not acting like one that fears democratic accountability next year or in 2028. Draw your own conclusions.

Elon Musk is a corporate welfare baby trying to keep actual kids from eating while stuffing taxpayer money in his pockets. It's grotesque.

Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

Fuck Putin Fuck Trump Fuck Vance #SlavaUkraine #ZelenskyLeaderOfTheFreeWorld

True, Miller. Trump stood with Russia. He - and you - are not loyal to this country and you will spend the rest of your lives atoning for your perfidy, Scumbag

Clearly maintaining the White House dress code is very important

This is the way.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

WATCH THE WHOLE THING. This is chilling, as is the fact that almost no one in the crowd tried to stop them. Also worth noting: This is what happened to a *white woman.*

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

DOGE = Department of Gross Errors

Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

Right?

It’s FUKKKING tiring already!

This is what oligarchy looks like.

Just as relevant today… “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” - Malcom X (1963)

Meanwhile, so much for “free speech” over at The Bad Place.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

The community note 🤌😘

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So…you thought you’d elect a convicted felon and everything would work out ok?

Those dystopian books we read in school are looking less like fiction and more like a blueprint. No wonder they’re being banned—they want to keep us in the dark.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

I have a good reason to use Apple Maps

Electoral college is DEI for Red States.