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Reported and blocked.
Trump: "The world respects me..." No, they don't. He's not even invited to the party.
"We have reached the point where the U.S. Supreme Court has become one of the greatest threats to public health and welfare in this country.” —Katherine Franke (Op Ed in the Nation)
"Apathetic electorate mad about consequences."
People are happier being lied to rather than having their world changed--or to put any work into maintaining it. COVID proved that.
Fun side note: I think that's the same arena Stars on Ice would finish off their season, and they traditionally set off fireworks at the end of the last show. It's done in honor of the first season, when a transformer blew and sent sparks flying around. The crowd cheered, thinking it WAS fireworks.
My goal growing up was to be Union--any union. My grandfather was in Operating Engineers Local 324, my mother was in UFCW 951, and finally, in my late 40s, I finally got the opportunity to join SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org. I haven't worked since 2013, but am proud to have been given that opportunity.
Grok is on X. And Grok is laying down any and every excuse as a possibility why there's a one-block police barricade around the White House, including... get this... the ballroom renovations are supposed to start today. On Labor Day. Yea, sure.
Get this: Elon Musk's Grok has already been programmed to lay down excuses about what's going on in Washington, D.C. There's a one-block police presence all around the White House because... get this... the ballroom renovations are beginning. Seriously.
I know this is designed for little kids, but fuck, I could've used things like this at the college level. Even in the military. Just hook the lights up to an automatic timer. www.facebook.com/reel/7936689...
The rule here is block and lock, and share the address of the a-holes so other scan do the same. Do not engage. They're not worth the effort.
Not today, Satan‼️ Got this garbage in the mail a few days ago. Republicans trying to trick California voters into voting NO on Prop 50. Suddenly they care about “democracy”? Please. Vote YES on Prop 50. Don’t let the cheaters write the rules.
As a female that can fit in anything from a 10 to an 18, depending on how much it costs, who made it, and where I bought it, I second that.
There's nothing about a lot of real news these days.
I'm all for keeping troops out of Chicago... but damn it, Chicagoans have GOT to start self-regulating and cutting down on the crime. Read the room, Illinois. You're giving the lunatic President an excuse.
We gave up on trying to protect ourselves--that's the problem. The prevailing attitude in this country is, "Nobody tells ME what to do! I'm an American!" We operated out of resentment in 2019/2020 because we had to change our habits. "Change" scares people. People shy away from what scares them.
Oh, no, now I can believe the U.S. took in $8T in tariff revenue... while losing at least $80T in revenue from tourism, alcohol sales, soybean and corn sales etc. But they don't tell us that part.
My maternal great-grandfathers were both born in Canada. One became a naturalized citizen, and would always proudly pull out his paperwork to show his citizenship status. The other stayed a Canadian citizen and lived in the U.S., but he could never leave out of fear he wouldn't be allowed back.
I bought a new Chevy S10 truck in 2003, as a result of that one major purchase, I've been in debt for 22 years. Medical issues, life circumstances, "moving to where the jobs are" (and having to start all over again) have all added to my financial situation. Now I have to care for an elderly parent.
Gen X here... I saw the economic landscape changing within my parent's time. When they looked to buy a house and move out of government-subsidized townhouses, they couldn't afford it on their regular-job salaries. After college (1992), my first job was as a McDonald's fry girl. So I joined the USN.
I thought he left in a red hat?
I still blame Robert Mueller for Trump getting into office. He knew what was going on but kept things quiet and was relying on others to "enforce the rules" rather than step up to do it himself. This is the man that could've saved America.
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My dream is for it to happen like it does to vampires. When the leader kicks the bucket, the rest of them burst into flames.
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I wish that I could pinpoint where my maternal grandmother's people came from in Canada (possibly Metis). I've also got Taino people from Puerto Rico on my paternal grandmother's side that I can't locate.
"Excuse me, can you NOT share tongues in public?"
It's not that the rest of us DESERVE to suffer the actions of the idiots that voted for Donald J. Trump... but we're going to. Hell, we already are, but we don't know it because many news sources aren't reporting on it. Even news on data breaches and food contamination are being buried these days.
1. Michigan's AG Dana Nessel has issued a threat to University of Michigan Health's capitulation to Trump after it banned trans care for youth. She calls their decision likely in violation of state nondiscrimination law, considers action against the hosptial. Subscribe to support our journalism.
I've got a few Michigan relatives living in Florida--Tampa and Tallahassee areas, and The Villages--and it's nice that they're with their own kind, isn't it?
"I'm gonna make an Executive Order so that I feel like a big shot!" The next President better say, "I'm negating any and all Executive Orders by Donald J. Trump."
Hell, we're playing mind games on ourselves. We don't need a wall for that--just a gullible public willing to fall for rhetoric that fits their agenda.
What a ridiculous person.
"These policies have horrifically impacted people in rural America."
Didn't they say that Biden was just a body double? We can just borrow their own conspiracies.
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people, which is why people shouldn’t have access to objects that make it a lot faster and easier to kill people.
Northern Michigan University, circa 1950. Kaye Hall was one of the grandest halls on campus. Sadly, unlike other universities, NMU has no concern for its history and keeps destroying and building new rather than preserve its classic buildings.
Fuck you, dude.
"Although they confirmed no sensitive information, such as passwords, was taken, they said scammers were trying to trick users into giving them access to their accounts by pretending to be IT support." Hence the reason my Google account has no pay services attached to it, and no cloud storage data.
My maternal grandmother's side was First Nation, though we never learned what tribe her father belonged to. My paternal grandmother's side was Puerto Rican Native, or Taíno, but information on that is even more scarce. It's almost like white culture tried to erase the People... hmmm...
He may be alive, but he’s definitely not well.
A must read for anyone trying to figure out how to resist the creeping autocracy and wanting to understand how their personal acts of Resistance matter: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
CHICAGO…
Hmm, either he's retained fluid or they're pulling an "Operation Melania 2.0" with an imposter.
Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
Not worth anything, and there is no shuttlecock, but here's a 1960s/1970s all-plastic badminton game by Mego, made in the "British Colony of Hong Kong." And yes, that's a plastic net, too, slightly thicker than "cling film" with black lines and string on it.
You may already be aware of this. If so...it's good reinforcement: The President of Portugal branded Trump a RUSSIAN ASSET. Whether it’s true or not doesn’t even matter; what matters is this: world leaders see Trump as weak...compromised...and beneath respect.
I've scared other women coming into the women's room before, because they've mistaken me for a man when they walk in the door... though I have a couple of C-cups (formerly D-cups) on my chest. They're lucky I don't live in Texas because I'd have a lawyer on retainer to fight that prejudice.
"Legal status" is being changed under the Trump administration. Legit green card and visa holders are having their status removed.
That cushion of being free from preventable illnesses essentially spoiled this country. We developed a "it can't happen to me or those around me" attitude because almost everything retreated to become the odd case here and there.
There's also the fact that we've had a cushion of wellness thanks to vaccines, where we didn't lose family members and have to go to school and see our classmates disappear due to measles, mumps, chicken pox, polio, diptheria and the like.
"Write well" helps. "Be connected" helps a HELL of a lot more. (I think of the Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social intro to "The Bachman Books" in this regard. Richard Bachman sold a decent amount of books, but when it was learned the author was Steve King, sales went into the millions.)
It's worth keeping in mind that even as the polio epidemic swept the country, and iron lung manufacturing hit an all-time high, there were still anti-vax people whining about the "unnatural" medicine being "let loose" on the "unsuspecting" public.
I feel like this is the only social media that I can be on where a round of MAGA laughs won't discredit or deny what's going on in this world. My local news' Facebook pages won't let you state a fact without "TDS" being brought up. The denial of everything going on, and going wrong, is strong.
It’s important to stay abreast of the news, to organize, and to resist what’s happening in all ways possible, but it’s equally important to preserve your sanity. Play with your pets, enjoy your families, work on hobbies. Pace yourselves. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Love to you all.💙
Good.
I used to think BRAC was a bad idea. Now, I'm grateful that we closed so many military bases, because it'll give ICE fewer places to infiltrate/ contaminate with their agenda.
The truth be told
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The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
I'm glad that I don't have kids. But if I did, I wouldn't hesitate to drive them to Canada for their vaccinations.
"Fortune favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur
Posting this every day until white America has a conversation with white America about its out-of-control racism
1970s photo of the Dairy Queen in Wayne, Michigan.
FYI, that building is the old Kate's Bay Grange. I stopped off there for no particular reason to take some photos of the collapsing structure and saw a Harris - Walz @kamalaharris.com @governorwalz.mn.gov sign lying on the ground. Our county could have been something special with them in charge.
"The Death of the United States, or a Dream Disturbed" (2024)
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Seriously. It's a real hotel and they actually put this up.
Yes. Don't eat your pets.
Here's another take: RFK Jr. is looking at kids who are moving, speaking and thinking differently than the ones he grew up with because THAT'S CALLED HUMAN EVOLUTION, YOU DIPSHIT. "Awakenings," anyone? Patients given L-Dopa felt they were in the 1920s. They moved, spoked, and thought as they had.
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who was shot while committing a violent crime that demonstrated a clear intention to do bodily harm to the people on the other side of those doors. The officer ended the threat she represented...as they were required to do by lethal force if necessary. It was
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey JUST CALLED FOR a statewide and federal ban on assault weapons. Who’s with him?
Tell me you live in rural America without telling me you live in rural America...
To be fair, him sitting there and saying with a straight face, "Look what he's done, is doing, and will do to our country" isn't getting anywhere, either. We're too soft and afraid of change to be radical a d challenge authority.
Children have to deal with mass shootings in schools while certain adults can't even handle a logo change.
I was cool with it for the first few times. Now it's just... it isn't sinking into the Trump faithful that it's a mockery. The point of doing it has been diluted by overall national stupidity / Trump obsession.
As a veteran, I agree. ASHLI BABBITT KNEW government locations are protected by armed personnel. SHE KNEW NOBODY confronted by security is "entitled" to a peaceful takedown, a verbal warning, or negotiation. SHE KNEW Capitol security protects our elected officials with deadly force when needed.
John Roberts said, "I'm worried that President Trump is stretching the rubber band of Democracy in ways it simply has never been stretched before,” conveniently omitting that SCOTUS rubber stamped Trump’s authority to do it.
I used to hate not living in a major city anymore. Now I can't express how grateful I am to be on a 22-mile peninsula with a town population of 165+ people. By withholding COVID shots and discouraging vaccines, RFK Jr. and Donald Trump are actively working to kill people now. Isolation rocks.
That's what I hoped when I went to the dentist yesterday. Next crown: $1499. Thanks, dental insurance, for nothing but the free cleanings.
KEEP YOUR FUCKING DIRTY APE PAWS OFF GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS YOU FUCKING MAGA ICE/CBP BASTARDS.
Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.
Those girls should’ve roughed him up a lot harder. www.thedailybeast.com/doge-goons-d...
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