In a Blue state, off grid, in the mountains. Old enough to remember Spanky’s Gang, original Godzilla,black and white TV. Passionate about public wild places, democracy; about not living in an oligarchy, fascist, dictator led country.
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They sure taught Biden/Harris/Dems a lesson! Where are their protests now? There was a chance to pressure the gov’t to drop its long standing, both Party support of Israel under Harris. That chance has been destroyed along with so much more in our own country.
If their lips move and sound comes out of their mouth they are lying.
Because he’s in cahoots with Vance?
You’re right. We should.
Nope.Other countries with authoritarian governments have done the same.Its part of the dictator play book.In Argentina, during the Dirty War, militarized police drove around snatching political opponents who would turn up the next day or two with a bullet wound to the head.It was horrible there too.
By whom? DOJ?The National Guard spreading mulch in D.C. parks?Other police?Republican law makers?The Supreme Court? Or do you mean people in the street who do film these encounters and shout at them. But they’ve been carted away, too, and been detained on lies like “she assaulted an officer”.
It is. But I’ll take an unprofessional patch on a shirt over breaking car windows, dragging people out in front of screaming kids, not identifying yourself and wearing a mask any day.
BBB?How about another billboard on I-5,I-90 with the headline of ICE going after fire-fighters,DOJ and FBI in blue cities making a show and not doing their domestic or cyber terrorism jobs and catching school shooters?Hit them hard in a public way.You know they would do the same to you and any Dem.
Governor, thank you for standing up against the idiocy coming out of DOJ. But we need to fight fire with fire. Speeches are fine. How about stronger messaging?Billboards on both sides of the mountains where Medicaid recipients, rural hospitals will be negatively affected and who voted for that…
Just a slogan that is easy for the intellectually challenged to remember, repeat and believe. Like “Make America Great Again”.The GOP slogans are meant to disguise their actions which are designed to achieve the opposite of the slogan. Just like their accusations are what they themselves are doing.
As in fleeing a state to temporarily halt a terrible vote (Texas)?Like copying trumps infantile written style to mockingly enhance a point (Newsom)?Sure,all for it.Just don’t want to dis any lawmaker speaking publicly against bad GOP stuff, regardless of style.Sensitive to Dem purity requirements.
Get your frustration.She HAS been publicly rejecting them.How do you suggest she stop them from doing what they are doing?GOP has majority in Congress,the presidency,owns the Supreme Court,DOJ,FBI,military, legacy media.Lawyers,courts are holding the line:support them and anyone just speaking out.
This administration's immigration policy is fundamentally sick. Trump has wrongly detained lawful green card holders and even CITIZENS. No one should assume this was necessary. These firefighters put their lives on the line for us ALL and Trump is detaining them.
We are clueless, uninformed, ignorant. Not all of us but enough in order to elect these people and enough who didn’t bother to vote and helped make it happen.
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That’s what is known as a “Verbal BJ”.
Old news (August 12) but illustrates s disgusting feature of the GOP (Glorification of Pedophiles). Do better South Carolina. From AP reported by NPR: “South Carolina lawmaker in jail on child sex abuse material charges resigns from office”.
The cuts to renewable energy and the excessive use of electricity by AI.
Very true.And “agriculture” means big corporate food industry subsidized by our taxes not small family farms, rural farmers with small profit margins. Support local small farms. Buy corn,green beans,melons,squash from local producers or small local grocers. Not from supermarket chains.
Don’t want to “like” your statement. But thanks for sharing. You and many more business owners, fruit growers, farmers, etc., need to start telling it like it is all over the place. Legacy media won’t report the pain being cause by trump, or any truth.
You mean “ Just ONE of the many, many things he’s lied about .”
You mean more authentically crazy and authoritarian, Vance?
Talk about insanity. “The fact that huge mine-resistant vehicles are being driven aimlessly around a city that is notably not littered with IEDs tends to indicate that their presence is meant for intimidation…”The Daily Prospect describing a collision involving this mine-resistant vehicle in D.C.
Maybe. But he’s been a deplorable since at least high school. www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...
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For anyone who still thinks RFKjr is a harmless crank. The hypocrisy, stupidity, arrogance, and harm potential of his actions vies for “the worst” with all the others in this terrible administration
Even The Guardian soft pedals truth: “Trump claims to have ended six wars – is that true? Trump and his administration claim to have helped settle conflicts from the Middle East to Asia, yet the reality is more complex” HE LIES. IT’S NOT “COMPLEX” !
He just lies. About everything. Its easier than wondering why.
Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan was relieved, in the middle of her appointed term, of command on January 21, 2025, by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman. Now the current Secretary of Homeland Security,Kristi Puppy-Killer Noem has free housing. See how it works?
I’m in favor of these gestures snubbing Trump. They’re not like Democrat law makers growing a spine, say, or Republicans extricating their heads out of you-know-who’s butt. But it’s something. Death by a thousand snubs.
Public lands might be out of the mainstream headlines, but they're very much front and center in the Trump admins attempts to enrich themselves: wessiler.substack.com/p/where-nati...
This is what Vance was told to say after the Epstein strategy meeting/dinner he was hosting at the VP residence, then when it became news he said it was fake news and there never was supposed to be a meeting, then they held it at the WH anyway.So of course the strategy is to lie.
They made the Fox “News” Team pee in cups after eating asparagus.
Add about 75 pounds to this guy so it looks real
Start with billboards all over eastern WA: “Who voted for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill which includes cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and rural healthcare from Washington state? Michael Baumgartner (R-Spokane) Dan Newhouse (R-Sunnyside)”
In fairness part of the blame lies with our absolutely spineless boot licking lying mainstream media. Wait, why am I being fair to someone so stupid they couldn’t do a modicum of research and who helped get us into this mess? Never mind. Enjoy the face, Leopards!
Could she be trusted?Anyone who believed Trump this late in the game with oodles of evidence to the contrary either isn’t very bright or is cognitively and morally impaired, or both.
I detest cheaters,boors,liars -i.e. MAGA and Republican law makers.I am not like them. “Staying high when they go low” worked for another era & in situations where the other side is not intent on destroying your world,your way of life,everything you hold dear.Hit them repeatedly where it hurts.
The Presidency,Project 2025,Cabinet,Republican Congress,majority SCOTUS is a sh-t show.Senator,you and others need to be bold,do big things outside the mainstream political box.What do you have to lose?Dems probably will never be able to be re-elected anywhere at this rate.And you’ll keep your soul.
Great! It needs to be widely shared! All constituents contacting their R Senators and Representatives need to include this. Don’t let them hide.
“President Trump imagined he was on a winning streak but when faced with facts he began melting, crying ‘Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting!’” Fixed the headline, you’re welcome NYT. (Apologies to the Wicked Witch of the West).
Once a decent govt that works FOR the people returns we have to completely overhaul SCOTUS (impeach a few current judges, add more, put term limits), get rid of Citizens United and elect people who will aggressively fight to undo this nightmare and put in stronger guardrails.No more timid D’s.
They are trying to own the water too. Buying up water rights and setting up water banks that won’t necessarily use the water in the area from which it has been taken. farmlandgrab.org/post/32386-h... www.hcn.org/articles/wat...
War fighters? These people are ridiculous.
I wouldn’t say Melanie is running anything…except to the bank.
But they certainly qualify for “Honorable Mentions”.
And the wellness grift is the key to understanding RFK and most of his decisions/pronouncements/actions. The rest are as a result of the brain worm.
Unfortunately it won’t. Vance, Vought, Miller, SCOTUS, Thiel are all fully on board with Project 2025 and their own special expertise in grift, racism, Christian Nationalism, Fascism. They just needed Trump - and duped, ignorant, single issue voters - to seize power. Trump is now superfluous.
The American people and SCOTUS. This is being portrayed as an “ official act” so he will never be held accountable for anything he does as president.
They admire and envy this “smart businessman”🤮
Bove confirmation.Contact your R Senators to vote “NO”.“A third whistleblower has come forward to the Senate Judiciary Committee, charging that Emil Bove, Trump’s nominee for a lifetime appointment to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,misled senators during his confirmation hearing.”WAPO
…Cossacks,Serbs,Buddhists, Hmong,Tutsi…This is not to minimize what is happening in Palestine but what will stop the savagery of humankind?
Horrible,sickening.I wish people had not used the 2024 election to protest Biden/US support of Israel as Trump is even worse. What is happening to the Palestinian people is one more demonstration of the depravity we are capable of towards others.The list of victims:Jews,Muslims, Indigenous peoples…
Once Maxwell gets a reduced sentence (I don’t think he’s stupid enough to pardon a convicted pedo?) and fulfills her quid pro quo by soft pedaling Trump’s involvement with Epstein, the other 99 people will be thrown under the bus in a massive “what about-ism” to minimize any focus on Trump.
*are lot of clouds. Opps I commented using a grammatically incorrect sentence…
Marc Thiessen you idiot.Solar and wind generated power can be stored in batteries to be used when it’s foggy or there is no wind.I live off grid in an area where there is lots of clouds and snow in winter.I do just fine with 12, 12-volt batteries hooked up to an inverter.Open a book why don’t you?
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Mainstream media has helped destroy this country. Fook them. Subscribe to independent media.
Mouth like a cow’s ass in the photo.
Ho-hum. Just another Republican lying as they speak.
By “bad way” you mean engaged in pedophilia?There were also adult women recruited for hook up.Distasteful,exploitative, show casing powerful men acting with impunity,but not necessarily illegal?I think anyone in the E-files at this point-not with children, went to just a few parties-is in trouble.
The market falls and the “To the moon shit” make money for people* who get advance notice of when tariff handcuffs get put on and when TACO takes them off. *i.e., Trump sycophants
Not just Republicans. Idiot Independents like these and Democrats who vote with Republicans to hurt constituents ( like Fetterman, Sinema and Manchin, who are both former Senators).
“WPTZ has contacted CBP for a request for comment about the incident, and was told the agency is working on a statement.” If they ever come up with a statement you can be sure it will be along the lines of “Chavarría assaulted our officer”.
“Banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions involving Epstein.They included “thousands of wire transfers for…fees paid to Mr. Epstein by wealthy individuals, and payments to numerous women.”From Joyce Vance@Civil Discourse. Follow the $. Senator Ron Wyden investigating.Demand transparency.
And you’re right: we do need them.
They didn’t do a very good job of “helping the nation understand just how truly dangerous Trump is.” If the “nation” had received the message we wouldn’t be a failed democracy at this point. They spoke truth & helped those of us who already understood the danger get some humor out of the nightmare.
“Banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions involving Epstein.They included “thousands of wire transfers for…fees paid to Mr. Epstein by wealthy individuals, and payments to numerous women.”From Joyce Vance@Civil Discourse. Follow the $. Senator Ron Wyden investigating.Demand transparency.
I wish our leaders had punched a lot harder in 2020-2024…good for Macron.
It’s all about power and money for the corporation here,the country of “corporations are people” and have tremendous influence in all aspects of our lives.This is capitalism when it becomes extreme and does not exist within pro social boundaries.It does not have to be like it is here:Sweden,Denmark…
Of course, only if what is released can be trusted.
It is the only thing in the history of illegal activity,lies, trashing of institutions by Trump that has caused his supporters to question him,causing cracks in his MAGA wall.It would fully expose the culture of men who believe they are above laws/the rest of us and who are taking over our country.
You still have to “create an account” to “redeem your gift article”. Not giving WAPO my email so they can bombard me with ads and pleas to resubscribe. Dropped them last year, along with NYT after decades of subscribing when they both became tools of the state.
17 million people who didn’t vote in 2024 were mainly progressives who thought Kamala’s economic policies were not inspiring?What did they think they would get under Trump?Sick of single issue, purity voters who can’t think beyond their own discontent. americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...
Manchin DINO🤑🤮STFU. Can I be any clearer?
No mountain bikes, bolts, or other “ improvements” in wilderness areas please! (And I’m a mountain biker and climber). Leave wilderness intact and wild!
They’re already not coming. Who wants to come to the U.S.? www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...
I’ve noticed she looks worse than usual lately. Bags under eyes, pinched face, hollowed cheeks.Time for her to take some time off and get her Mar-A-Lago face! (Meow😸)
Why else would she have been picked by Trump and working in this administration?Those are MAGA credentials!
These thugs were hired in a hurry from a questionable applicant pool(J-6ers?), received little or no training, don’t understand the constitutional limits of law enforcement(their boss Kristi Noem probably does but has likely been instructed to ignore the Constitution),and are spoiling for violence.
Removed, prosecuted, and subjected to severe consequences.
Outraged comments from Trump supporters=nothing to celebrate.”I want to be able to trust him. I have to trust him on issues like the economy and tariffs because I don't know enough.”Google tariffs,fool, and FO they’re really taxes on consumers.Deplorables think Dem baby eaters will be in E files.
More news papers, reporters, news castors, talking heads need to aggressively challenge the lies. Break the Republican strategy of repeating lies until they become true. The press has been complicit in normalizing Trump and his administration. Publicly smash the lies to pieces.
Agree that he needs help. Maybe his memory is faulty. But most Republicans just spread lies involving Democrat administrations. They didn’t forget, they are not confused. They are following Republican talking points and their main strategy: deny, repeat lies over and over, blame Democrats.
Compare this to the feeble attempts in the U.S. “Bolsonaro could face up to 43 years in prison if found guilty of masterminding a botched coup attempt after losing the 2022 presidential election. He is expected to be convicted and sentenced by the supreme court in the coming weeks.”The Guardian.
I guess if you go back far enough we (homo sapiens and our earlier, related and extinct cousins) are all migrants, coming out of Africa and populating the earth. Doing what we do best:wondering what’s over the next rise, looking for more space, better hunting, a nicer climate, whatever. Exploring.
…to become genetically distinct from ancient Siberian population from which they originated.Current indigenous pops in North&South American are direct descendants from the “ Beringians”.It is thought they populated the Americas before the glaciers allowed a passage south via the ice-free sea coast.
Genetics tells the story 30,000+ yrs ago in 2022 book “ Origin” by Jennifer Raff, PhD anthropology&genetics. Ancient pops from East Asia migrated to Beringia,land which existed when ice age sea levels were lower,between current Siberia&Alaska.They stayed there long enough…
She’s a graduate of the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels’ “school of journalism” who said that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth. Most GOP are and it’s worked on a lot of American voters.
She certainly looks better than Mrs. Bezos!
Only because they think it names only Democrats. You’d think Trump would want it released if that were the case. Oh, wait. Bondi says there is no “client list”. Oh, wait, Trump says it’s actually written by Democrats.
First reaction: this looks like an interaction in front of lockers in high school. But it’s difficult not to then speculate on the topic given the look on Donald’s face ( that mean, pouty mouth), his gesture, and Epstein’s reaction. Ugh.
Come on!Women do a lot to stay competitive!Make-up,dyed hair,dermal fillers,implants,face lifts,surgical body sculpting.It took a lot of work to be Kristi Noem,Lara Trump,Lauren Sanchez…why look inward when you can have Mar-A-Lago-Face?
“Someone”ain’t gonna be mainstream news.Many have no clue what’s really going on because they listen to Faux,talk radio.I know people like this in rural America.Not dumb,hold normal, somewhat challenging jobs,not bad people.Every chance we get give them facts,news articles,recommend other sources.
He was crazy in his youth, also. Read some of the stuff he said while still in high school.
Correct;only citizens can vote.But they’ve been claiming that illegals are voting for years to justify making it harder for everyone to vote, pushing voter suppression laws,etc.And they’ve arrested people who in their racist minds“ look like illegal Hispanics.”Do you think the truth matters?
Important point.Lots of heinous stuff in the BBB won’t take effect until after mid-terms and next year or later,giving Repugs cover.Things like TEMPORARY tax breaks on tips/overtime take effect sooner - again to give R’s cover.Really important to keep highlighting the destruction they do every day.
Yes it is stupid if this really was a “trade policy”. While we gnash our teeth at the idiocy, the see-saw of imposing tariffs causes stock prices to drop and when Trump TACOs the stocks rise. Lawmakers like MTG have traded stock just ahead of these flip-flops of Trump. apnews.com/article/gree...
Neither can the rest of us Americans.
