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Hopefully it is also white and contains a red Maple Leaf!
Mystic, genealogist, living in the Ozarks, interested in progressive politics.
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Hopefully it is also white and contains a red Maple Leaf!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
The oligarchs ruling the Democratic Party are the reason I'm not a Democrat. We need a People's Party, which the Dems could be if they looked at history and emulated FDR.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
If I could, I would take all of you on a walk on my road. It is on the side of a gently sloped mountain in the Ozarks, with trees and flowers and wildlife.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
What was he doing in NH?
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
What I see is the oligarchy who owns the media and is behind this regime holding on to TACO for dear life, even though he's dying, because they know Vance doesn't have the support of MAGA.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Newsmax is spreading lies about what is going on in DC. My neighbor, who doesn't read and only watches it, told me that DC is much safer and cleaner, and the DC mayor personally thanked TACO for doing this.
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He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Very good! Thank you, veterans, for doing this! I'll be protesting tomorrow with veterans in Harrison AR.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it telling there is no audio. If he had a stroke, his voice would have been affected. If his dementia has gotten worse, his words will be affected even more than usual.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Great shot! Love the dramatic composition!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
He looks physically fragile, like he can't walk by himself. One photo of him golfing in VA showed palm trees in the background--Palm trees in VA?????
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social)
Come on, Arkansas Democrats! I've been reaching out to candidates, and don't get a personal reply--just requests for $$. Candidates have to be out in the field, they have to be seen, they have to be recruiting folks to help them, not ignoring folks who have said they would help!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, I'll address the human beings. The ones in legislatures that take $$ from the NRA and soften gun control laws.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
This is exactly what we need. Take out the profits, make things cooperative, and it works better. And for grocery stores, have the employees own them. They share the profits, not some CEO.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
We've had to show our driver's licenses since at least the first election of Obama.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
A+
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
The nation isn't ready. My neighbor, who hasn't read a book since high school, only watches Newsmax, and according to him, DC welcomed the NG and ICE is only taking out bad folks. It won't hit him until it happens to him.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social)
My local MAGA school board member has a "hit list" of people he's forcing out of their jobs at the school. My neighbor is one of them. Her husband asked if I'd sign a recall petition for this clown. Ironic, in that he voted for Trump but doesn't see the parallel.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Notice also these are long shots. No close ups. Noticed on another photo that he appeared to be leaning on something to stand up.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social)
Here's one way to find out who the thugs behind the ICE masks are. AI identification! www.yahoo.com/news/article...
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Silly person who wrote the original post. We are all co-creating the world, and always have.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I only saw one photo-a long shot, with people in front of him. No video showing how he's walking, no audio showing how he's talking.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Notice it is a long shot. And people are in front of him. He appears to be leaning on something. Wondering if he can even stand unassisted now.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
He's dying.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Love the composition! Quite dramatic!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Not quite sure what you mean. If you mean Illinois coded like the U of I, the colors should be orange and blue.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you, Governor, for using CHP officers to guard Kamala Harris.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
For what its worth, here's birthday greetings from a direct descendant of one of the Salem witches.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
But disrespecting groups of people is just fine.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep. Start impeachment procedures against Thomas and Alito and other corrupt members of SCOTUS.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
And I would have seen dancing in the streets.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I knew he'd go to another platform. Just wish it wasn't behind a paywall.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you, Mayor Johnson! JB, will you make it a state law?
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the worms in his brain have rotted out all his sense.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I say ban all assault weapons. We didn't need them when I was a kid in the '50s, and there were not mass shootings back then.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks to labor unions, you also get: the weekend, 8 hour work days, pensions, and with the help of Dems--overtime, minimum wage, OSHA, no child labor, etc. etc.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Are these idiots on drugs that rot their brains?
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, like going with a parliamentary model. More flexible, and hardly any power given to the President. That office would be a figurehead only, like the present King of England.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Illinois State Motto--State Sovereignty, National Union. Notice which comes first.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I am hoping that two things happen before we go over the edge: 1. TACO dies 2. Vance and MAGA can't keep it together If not, it could be I'm packing my bags and going home to Illinois from Arkansas where I presently live.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
States, you are going to have to do this. Coordinate health care, disaster relief, and anything else you can.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
And also because Republicans, hungry to stay in power so they could accept bribes, have enabled him.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
That's an idea.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
When I was 8, I was forced into a sting operation to catch my dad. Wound up with the cops coming in the house, guns drawn and pointed at me (I was beside my dad). Arrested him, he posted bail, and was out the next day, never to be seen again.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
My heart goes out to this father.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I LOVE this! In a way, Newsom's tweets are like an electronic version of the classic Mad Magazine, only better.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
He sees her as a threat, and is hoping some MAGA idiot will do her harm. Hope she can get private security ASAP.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Think and pray as much as you like, but pass legislation banning assault weapons, bump stocks, and allowing anyone to get a gun!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
They were banned when I was a kid, and guess what? No mass shootings!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually I don’t think That which is behind it all really cares.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
You go to the isolated places and make communities.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Assault weapons were banned and shootings dropped.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social)
I think we need to set up a fund to help brave CDC workers who were fired or resigned. Sort of like a strike fund.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for defending teachers. In my teaching career I spent hundreds on materials to enrich the curriculum. Most teachers I knew did too.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
And he is planning to take over the nation. First he will shut down elections. Then he will "fire" Congress and the courts. He wants to be absolute ruler.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I got into an argument with some fool on FB (way back when) who said you needed assault weapons to hunt deer. I told him that I have no respect for people who hunt that way. Heck, my neighbor hunts with a bow and arrow!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like N Korea.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
The whole argument is ridiculous. A grift is when you set up a fake charity and take the money raised for yourself. Asking for help for classroom supplies and then getting supplies with that money is not a grift.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
You have to go extreme with these clowns. The Faux viewer is now aware of Gavin because of these posts, and, hopefully, is realizing how TACOs posts are deranged.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Every politician that voted against stricter gun controls should hang their heads in shame.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Their greed knows no bounds.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I live in a poor rural county in AR, and our grocery store is employee owned and operated. High quality food that customers want, great customer service.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
That kid is traumatized. He needed counseling, not a mic shoved in his face.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Danke!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Key word being exploitation.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Good for them.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah that argument doesn’t hold water any more.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I know gay couples who had one. And it lasted over 50 years.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social)
Saw a bumper sticker today that, to my mind, epitomizes a problem we have here. It said “my chicken can beat up your honor student”. I have never understood why intelligent people are looked down upon.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll raise my hand (no grayscale) clasped to the hands of my brothers and sisters who are Brown, Black, and LGBTQ as well.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
It is rather obvious. Ban assault rifles. Mandatory background checks, even at gun shows. Holds on guns of people who have displayed violent/suicidal tendencies.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
It's because we let anyone have guns, and any kind of gun they want.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Absolutely!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Your thought should be how to enact gun control legislation.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
We need to have sensible gun control laws.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, I feel for you and for all those involved in the incident. Hoping those injured recover quickly.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
He may be a fascist, but he's not a coward. Either way, I hope they are all voted out of office next year.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Ate there in the '80s. Never again.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Idiot doesn't even know history. We held elections in both 1862 and 1864 during a HOT WAR in our nation.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I predict that within a year, most will get their news from podcasts and YouTube via Meidas Touch, the Lincoln Project, etc.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
What's really tragic is if these Guardsmen wind up being needed at home to deal with some natural disaster and TACO telling them no, they have to stay in DC.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Which is why we need to break up press conglomerates. Make it so media outlets are independently owned.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I got the vaccine. My great grandmother died of shingles. It is not something to dismiss. (If you have never had chicken pox, you won't get shingles, as it is a flareup of the chicken pox virus--Herpes Xoster).
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Sadly, they say that Bondi will charge him with a misdemeanor because that doesn't take a GJ indictment. If they do and it goes to trial I'm hoping the jury does some nullification of its own.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
If the mid-terms were held today, I'd predict that the only seats Dems wouldn't win would be those where there was no Dem candidate.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe ask what we oldsters can do to support them. Like a strike fund, only it would be a protest fund.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
That's right--exercise your First Amendment Right!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Uh, you got the names mixed up. It's REPUBLICAN that you meant. For one thing, Dems are too independent and cantankerous to ever be like the neo-Nazis.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Yikes! My dear late husband was bald by the time he was in his twenties--just had a fringe which he let grow long! He was proud of himself!
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
Go Gov. Pritzker! I'm thinking about singing the Illinois State song at my protest in Arkansas on the 1st, changing the words to part of it--"In the echos of the year JB Pritzker's name appears --along with Lincoln and no fear".....
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social)
I know this doesn't sound earth shattering, but my sister in law told me she was going to protest on Labor Day. Thing is, she is the type who holds back, doesn't protest. But she sees the writing on the wall. I'm hoping millions more join her.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
I've seen it coming, when Reagan broke the traffic controllers union. And people started called scabs "replacement workers".
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
He's always wanted to be in complete control. He also obviously doesn't know history. We had elections in the middle of the Civil War, in 1862 and 1864.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
After they have taken over cities, they will start hauling in Democrats. Which is why we need to stop them NOW.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
If it makes you feel any better, I didn't know either.
ayeshabarb.bsky.social (@ayeshabarb.bsky.social) reply parent
They have taken untold billions that they never toiled to earn But without our brains and muscle not a single wheel can turn We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn The Union makes us strong! Solidarity Forever!