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So when does he complete 6th grade?
-- Stop.acting like there aren't armed military troops headed for our cities. --we are speeding toward serfdom in Trumfuckestan. --In short order we won't need to explain the economy; it will be clear to all. But, we will need to explain why we weren't louder & fiercer apnews.com/article/demo...
He's an easily manipulated fool; the insidious bastards behind him know exactly what they're doing. They just keep feeding sense of grievance and his bloated ego with shiny bobbles while they disembowel democracy for dimes on the dollar.
"Unpleasant." That's an interesting description for "undemocratic."
self-dealing, incompetence, erasing the systems of checks & balances etc. etc. What do we get? A sternly worded letter? Who's registering for that? Recognize there's places for a Mamdani AND a moderate, because communities are different one from the other. Rebuild the tent and Do Something NOW.
Lost all power but he never sat down, he never shut up, and he never stopped digging until he buried the Biden administration in lies and filth. For Dems, no outrage seems big enough -- aligning us with a state enemy, using the military on US soil, masked thugs kidnapping people, erasing history
Don't shrug this off. Count me among the "Do Something Democrats" -- the ones contacting elected officials, attending protests voting consistently, and looking into the void for leadership, inspiration, and a game plan. If I was a new voter, I wouldn't join us either. We have no power? BS. Trump
What a boon for the private prison industry. It's not every country that can make the wise decision to take tax paying workers off the street and place them in no-bid detention centers built by swamp kings, paid for with taxpayer dollars. That's what I call a real lose-lose.
What a bunch of embarrassing amateurs.
Well, there's a former Fox reporter; no airtime for truth.
Nope; not crazy. He's a 19 percent wet rag inspiring no one
Not all power is policy; the NAGA,secret sauce was never sitting down; never shutting up; never leaving the stage.
Who is the captain, the person to run the anchor leg, who takes the baton after our grassroots efforts? The void; the 19 percent, that's the real enemy; not progressives or moderates, but the progressives AND the moderates; those who won't come together to restore Democracy. #Democrats #leadership
They are the 19% we hate. That said, there is no singular candidate; only the candidate that can win that community because to escape the tiny minded, iron box of facism, we have to abandon purity tests, condemnation of "moderates" and rebuild the big tent. What's needed most now is leadership.
It is beyond alarming that the Lt. Governor and the AG are handpicked appointees of Generalisimo Tubby McNo-bid DeSatan. #Florida has abandoned even the pretense of accountability and home rule.
#Democrats #schumer #Jeffries You are battling a five-alarm fire with a warm cup of spit.
But where are the "No;" the Democrats we elected to represent us? These are issues that resonate across party lines, but they are like sand falling through the limp hands of elected Democrats. MAGAs were fed an unrelenting diet of lies til they were fat & sassy. Where are our truth servers?
It speaks volumes for Florida Republican voters that we sent Cory Mills and Randy Fine to DC. And neither hid who they were in their campaign ads.
Well, those people, us, we are old. Still fighting, but old and that's part of the problem. We are fighting with rabbit ears and transistor radios instead of the rapid, ruthless 24/7 battle that's required now.
Democrats & any Republican who can find a spine, need to form a robust and responsive "shadow government." Come armed with reliable, reportable data and the news will follow. If we can't access the existing machine; time to build a new machine. Lies ARE powerful, but Truth more so. #Democrats
So, they believe diversity initiatives give some people an advantage and that's bad. But, an uneven financial playing field that gives them access to insider information is good. Preserving wealthfare at all costs.
Absolutely. Fight fire with fire then take measurements to prevent any future fires
No one will ever take this country seriously again. Nor should they.
I'm not sure this timeline works when the opposition is disassembling the democracy at breakneck speed while also controlling the major media outlets.
Someone tell me who our "leader" (or leaders) is; the face and voice of the Democratic party, holding the moral compass, distilling our vision for the future with compelling clarity and impact? Who? Tell me. #democrats.
They will never be sated. Never. No is the only answer; the water bucket on the wicked witch.
Working overtime by the glow of the gaslights again. I understand. It's dark on the wrong side of history Rubio Statement on Senate Intel Release of Volume 5 of Bipartisan Russia Report | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence share.google/XWWqIJRu5Gwn...
Totally. Rapid response teams grabbling the rage and hurling it right back. 24-7. Like him or not, Newsom has the right approach, which is a whole lot better than, well, no approach.
This seems like a state struggling with its moral priorities. (AP headlines)
And DeSatan is aiming to make it even more regressive in Florida by changing property taxation, to the benefit the coastal elites.
A terrible take from one who seems to justify the unjustifiable. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o... see
Good morning, friends. So many questions for our Red friends. Maybe you can get sensible answers to this one: Why is it that chem trails and cloud seeding are a liberal plot to cause extreme weather, but the chemicals spewing from factories and vehicles do not change the climate? Can they explain?
So they would get guns,back, before their voting rights are restored? More chum for the bottom dwellers and other abusers.
The floor ever. Ever. Disrupt. Control. Speak to power where power is. If it's Rogan or Fox. Don't sit down; don't shut up. And don't seek "back channels," fire off angry letters, or look for effing. Common ground. Decency & facts are our currency. Spend wildly because there really is no tomorrow.
The bullshit literally walked all over everything Biden did. If Democrats can't learn the simple message of controlling the narrative from wherever you are, we're freaking doomed. I wondered if Newsom was the last man standing for the Dems then I realized her was the only man standing. Don't cede
The "stop blaming the Democrats" crowd needs a new song. The GOP.was out of power & ostracized. And Trump never sat down; he never shut up; he chewed at the foundations of Biden's leadership incessantly.
There's something wrong when people think banging these two words together is good. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
How about posing with detenation camp signs? They seem to be enjoying that too. Everyday, a sick turn of moral Twister for them.
Oh. I don't know. These sorry sacks seem to be having some big yucks www.threads.com/@cworks434/p...
It's all performative pocket-lining based on an another big freaking lie. www.instagram.com/reel/DMNTzAZ...
So, who's harvesting the cane? Are the Magas flocking to Immokalee to take those jobs?
Florida, they are representatives from Florida. Their singular focus on this Florida atrocity is warranted. It does not diminish other issues.
May the fiery fingers of hell burning this lifesaving aide also incinerate the devils in charge.
Yet, the reporting will be sane washed as a "strongly worded" or "forceful" letter rather than the embarrassing blather it is
As a Floridian, you know for the last generation the repubs in the Florida legislature have been as useless as tits on a chicken, as our schools, environment, and communities have fallen like a slimy rock. Hard to believe we were once the state of Bob Graham and LeRoy Collins.
Swampity, swamp, swampiest. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/07/08/a... #Florida #DeSantis #grift
I so hope you are right and that this regime lasts no longer than a Temu dress in the dryer.
We have the gift of hindsight so to those who say today, "this is nothing like Nazi Germany," we should say, "Neither, did it seem to many, was Nazi Germany, in the beginning."
Well, sadly in 1935 a segment of the US had generally positive or ambivalent views of Hitler: Trains ran on time; interest on reparations paid. For many, it took time for the blinders to fall. Yeah, it's like 1935 and people are really responding the same way and that's a lesson to learn.
I'm not sure it's politicizing anything to say, "we had people in place whose job it was to coordinate warnings, but we cut those positions." That's just an unadorned fact.
This sloppy, slap-dash, signal-using excuse for an administration is going to be the end of us. Dr Stangelove could not be stranger!
They don't care; they are law unto themselves. That's serious-er.
Where are all the Don't- Tread-on-Me guys when people are actually being tread upon ...oh, and their cold-dead-hands pals? Crickets. Because it was always just about them being selfish, cosplaying bigots in the fanboy club.
Well there was this guy. Guess it was a slow day... Donegal dad who was based in Boston deported back to Ireland after 15 years in US share.google/JN3tDamcsEj9...
No amount of $249 Trump cologne is going to cover that stench.
This man contributed to Randy Fine's campaign in Florida. Fine is so despicable DeSantis can't stand him. That tells you what you need to know about Musk.
What kind of anti-American posts this kind of thing ...oh, race-baiting bootlickers named Mace. I forgot for a moment.
It's immoral and infuriating and should not be possible without consent of the governed.
Auditioning for the new Faux station in North Korea
When the smallest people with the most outsized egos are in charge of important things... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
Some good questions here for #schumer #jeffries Redefining the word leadership, and not in a good way. #iran #warpowers #congress www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...
@democrats.senate.gov is there a war room, an organized strategy, a media campaign to defeat the poison pills? P25 sells off federal land.turns the federal workforce into a fielty goon squad, unconstitutionally siezes power. Beyond economic impact, this is a lethal reordering of US governance.
Being decent, fair-minded human beings makes the country safer than being hate-spewing, troll-chumming assholes like #mikelee. They can save the taxpayers lots of money by dealing with the jerk caucus.
Sad, but the groundwork was laid a decade before when they, like elephants on skates going downhill, could not pivot from brick&mortar mindset (& investment) to digital. Over time compromise became capitulation. There's hope and still some good work being done! (Orlando Sentinel Hope coverage ).
Do not let this horrible moment slip through your fingers. DO NOT. Muster whatever you have, wherever you have it. and honor these public servants with a worthy fight. Name names; demand accountability. Stop business as usual. You owe it to Democracy & these patriots. Rise. #schumer #jeffries
Exactly this. Dems, get over the purity tests and learn from one another. This is doing it right; just straightforward logical language that resonates broadly.
They have plenty of power; not all power is formal. They have moral power. Informational power, access power (nothing a journalist loves like being spoon fed a legit story)& more. Trump was shut out; but he never sat down,never shut up. We need to learn from that.
He's concerned about a picnic invitation? Not ALL the other stuff? FFS.
#chuckschumer #hakeemjefries #FEMA Again. Where is your redline. if the military rolling through American cities isn't it, how about turning federal emergency management funds into a presidential slush fund? That should be getting there, right? Fog a mirror, please.
Same.
The people, the legal community, many journalists; they're running the Democracy relay, but who is there, in the democratic leadership, to take the baton for the anchor lap? Who? Who is standing at the line, palm up, for the baton to finish the race? Who is the lightning?
Yep.
This is a succinct, correct and sad assessment.
Bluesky IS a bubble. When we're here, we know it's like-minded folks that generally don't call each other horrible names. It fulfills MY need to hear the song of our people amid the clanging hate everywhere. Unlike Xphiles, we don't think we are the pulsating big brain driving global thought.
Sometimes being right is worth your job. In a world where the lines between news and opinions have been almost obliterated, it's important to hold the line. This is over for the news side. It was, however, worth losing a job and saving a soul over. Miller is animated by hate; it will get him.
Night Blooming Cereus from dusk to dark in steamy Florida.
Lay down with dogs..
Did Khanna draw the short straw or is he a weasel of his own accord?
Funny, that's how this passage from a Schumer fundraising email struck me: "Your name is on our list of inactive Democratic memberships for June..." Carpe Diem, Chuck, then we'll talk.
This is funny, true, and pathetic, but if this is the extent of the Dem opposition, this ludicrous jamoke will continue to have the keys to the kingdom. There must be more to stop Nutlick, Theil, Vance & the Theocratech White Republic takeover.
Look, Musk is no hero. Don't jump on this train. He got what he wanted: data and contracts and destroyed the most important work this country does. This is bullshit vs horseshit; get down with it and we'll just be covered in crap. www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...
I really do try not to share a lot and avoid the name, but, sometimes you just have to. I don't like the k-word either; it implies some sort of nobility. He's just a petty despot.
It's like we're running three legs of a relay -- writing & calling our lawmakers, engaging locally, showing up & showing out then when we get to the final leg, there's no one to take the baton. Maybe it's better than I believe, but I'm afraid what we see is what there is.
Sadly and accurately true.
It's all quips and hot takes now; that's not enough. Where is the formal Dem opposition, the front people, the rapid response team? When are the daily pressers; the organized push to control the narrative? Again, Trump's secret sauce was never shutting up. Ours is a strongly worded letter.
And you're not a journalist.
They did. They like it. It's like a video game come to life, with players who get special costumes, and ginned up villains who get their cartoonish "due". Only it's real, and horrible, and there's no way to get an extra life. And, half of us are getting off on it.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... #Schumer #Jeffries Tell us how you're fighting back against this. Where is your battle line? Where is your backbone? Where is your work on behalf of those on the nation. And world. harmed by this?
Won't back down from what? You have to stake a position, draw a line in the sand, have a line to hold; SOMETHING before you can back down from it.
Hey, I have Ernie's soul mate. Her name is Stella.
*does*. An edit function would be really nice.
I was looking at all her makeup and thinking the same thing! Well good luck to her when she dies her own PAP smear, I guess.
I suck at math so I a need straight forward approach.
Still have to do the math.
Why not use the number of servings/servings size for the math?
That would be the right outcome for the wrong reasons, but not holding my breath anyway.
Smart money says don't sleep on Pam Bondi in the race for the worst human in government who is not Trump.
Just came from the grocery store and I'm thinking hot dog packs at $7 to $10 heading into Memorial Day weekend just might be a sign of the Apocalypse. But hey, tax cuts for billionaires, no food stamps for poor people, and now they can't even eat hot dogs.
Tell me more about how you're rooting out anti semitism.