Thought I would be here for lots of things. Nature. Adventure. Flowers. A few laughs. Community. A bit of politics. Instead, I’m trying to stay informed of the madness and still stay sane. Truth has to win! Never surrender to fascism. #resist
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Imagine being at the highest levels of government and spending hours of your day preparing, delivering and listening to other fictional statements praising the smallest of men who is so needy for attention. What a way to spend your day and waste your tax payer funded work time.
…Some simple facts for people to ponder??!! Who wrote this??
Hey - #Tacoma peeps.
The perfect reply to all the fake Christians requesting prayers but doing nothing for the newest group of children gunned down at school.
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We certainly are living in unprecedented times. When the people in charge are erasing and rewriting history, this is a project that is critical! www.fecohp.org/about-fecohp/
Nature break. Hiked the Skyline Loop trail at #MtRainier on Thursday. Phew. That was hard for me, but absolutely beautiful! #Nature #Gotothemountains
As a follow up, how do we define the apathetic? Those who choose to simply ignore evil and do nothing to push back against it. Are they “good” if they ignore but don’t actively participate?
For a long time, my view was that people are generally good. As the last 10 years have unfolded and I have taken time educating myself more in history, I am saddened that I don’t really believe that anymore. Maybe a majority are good, but there are far too many who can be led to be bad or evil.
Did you read Heather Cox Richardson this morning? The stupidity, or perhaps it is pure evil, of his policies is infuriating and heartbreaking.
HCR’s newsletters are always important, but this one should be circulated far and wide. The attack on the middle class has to be seen as a concerted effort to hurt avg Americans to line the pockets of Trump donors. There should be no whitewashing. August 30, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
wtf???
Love these. I had one lovely plant at our previous home - I miss it!
Some important info to consider for anyone dumping on ActBlue. Let’s not shoot ourselves in the foot any more than Dems already seem to do!
The NYTimes and the Pitchbot seem to have merged.
For the Trump is a great businessman crowd (if anyone still believes that!), CEOs who surround themselves with unqualified “yes men/women”, ignore data and input from those who know the market/business they are in, and create an absolutely toxic work environment, will ruin that business.
Perfect explainer of the GOP con going on across the US. Redistricting and other cheating options. www.instagram.com/reel/DNsr3r_...
Then present it as lowest paid workers vs avg workers. Or people making the fed min wage or something more accurate. That’s all. It all sucks and it’s wrong, but we are exhausted with the misrepresentation of facts. The other side manufacturers outrage daily. Let’s fuel our outrage with reality.
If you really want to make a point - which is a valid one - at least use worker data from a full time employee vs whatever this is. The disparity is plenty big. You don’t have to choose numbers that are skewed or just plain incorrect.
Fox News and right wing crazies rushing to blame anything and everything except the guns for mass murders is just batshit crazy. Let’s say it again - every country has mental health issues and only the gun crazy USA has this many murders, injuries and trauma from guns.
So much manpower and money wasted for the ‘show’ and to instill fear. apple.news/AN0yaY6GxSKu...
Are we great yet? Produce / vegetable prices are going crazy here!
Anyone else get absolutely incensed when grocery stores advertise a great price - but you have to buy 4 to get it? 4! I don’t want 4 different ice cream products in my small, overcrowded freezer at any one time. Stop it!
Did she have a semblance of knowledge and talent? This would be disqualifying in this administration.
Every Dem leader needs to be saying this. Every single one. www.threads.com/@repmikethom...
The next Dem president should come after right wing propaganda networks with a vengeance. Sue them for every lie.
I am afraid to even think about the kinds of things that we will see posted about the Minneapolis shooting, from Trump and officials in this corrupt, inept regime. Prepare for some really awful takes and spins.
How about some comfort being received when your child’s death could be cause for meaningful change - like stricter gun laws that could actually do something to prevent these crazy events. Gowdy and the rest of the GOP across the country have blood on their hands from every mass shooting. Every one.
that the GOP really doesn’t care about our children. Yet people vote for and support them anyway. When nothing happened after Sandy Hook, I was devastated. That was supposed to be the one that no one could accept - yet they did. And our children will continue to live in fear every day. 2/2
We often say that we don’t have to live like this, but we do. We can’t make any headway on meaningful gun reform and it doesn’t look like that will change in my lifetime. Based on where things stand today, how exactly can we make real change? These shootings continue to show us… 1/2
All while the Transportation Secretary is touting how great high speed rail is in DC. Fvcking vengeful assholes who hate Americans are stealing our tax dollars for their friends and asskissers alone.
The parks service used to do this. I wonder how much more costly it is to have National Guard troops picking up trash than the lower wage (sadly) parks employees? Seems totally convoluted- but exactly what we should expect from the band of idiots in charge.
Shuler: This is the choice working Americans have been given: chaos, or the same broken status quo. We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets. We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
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Always hiding truth and spreading propaganda. Hmmm - this sounds familiar…
Oh, the NYTimes sounding like the pitchbot all too often!
Great explainer on what Trump is trying to do about cashless bail and why. www.instagram.com/reel/DN1ZHeD...
We froze ours as soon as DOGE entered their first department!
First, they came for John Bolton And I did speak out Because even though I'm not a nutty right-wing warmonger with a ridiculous mustache, I am an American who is horrified by a simple-minded tyrant using our Justice Department to avenge his petty, personal grudges.
This orchid is blooming again and it is perfect! #bloomscrolling
At this point, being anti-Tump IS being pro-America. Period.
Washington State standing strong for democracy.
Hillary was right about everything.
So, does MAGA not care that he is this stupid or do they not know themselves that this is not a thing? Some of both? Nothing matters, right?
Jeffries cannot seem to rise to the occasion. He comes across as weak and is ineffective. We need a strong voice - actually, many strong voices - to get out and pound on the message of Trump fascism and his obvious dementia every day. No soft words. It’s a 5 alarm fire!
Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
We can back the Dems and fight against the GOP madness and still believe Jeffries is too weak to lead real momentum that is needed to rouse more Dems out of their denial and into action. This clip is uninspiring imho. It is too measured and saying Texas is trying to add a couple of seats is soft.
Seen on my neighborhood walk. I couldn’t agree more!
Hey Face the Nation and all journalists- when Trump spews lies on his stupid platform - call it “posting”, NOT “truthing”. Only a compulsive liar would have the need to name his speech “truth”. Stop enabling his lies and whitewashing his insanity.
Boring executive meeting room vs. trying hard with gold spray paint to be classy whore house.
I don’t think I could hate anyone more. He is just so vile, ignorant and small. Trump halts work on New England offshore wind project that's nearly complete www.seattletimes.com/business/tru...
Dear Fitbit - please figure out how to track bike rides. Please. It really is something that people do for exercise (and fun). Fairly often. Here is what I see after a 25 mile bike ride with a lunch stop towards the end of the ride. You know I’m active - but can’t seem to track any details. 🤦♀️
Serious question to all - what is it going to take for an all out protest march of millions? We need to DO something - sooner vs later. Don’t you think? How do we grab the headlines and do some heavy lifting? I feel so helpless and hopeless.
Wish I was in NYC this weekend. This sounds fun!
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”
Jon Stewart hits it out of the park here. Republicans will defend 2A gun rights no matter how many Americans are killed and injured, but will throw out the constitution for much less. www.instagram.com/reel/DNqV5cV...
Well, this thought did not make my day better.
We all know they will create some lie and come for him again, right? They are never allowed to admit failure, even when they fail spectacularly.
He will need to watch his back. This band of fascist wannabes will come for him again. They hate losing more than anything and will tell any lie that helps them get their way. It’s quite frightening!
A hazy #MtRainier this morning - seen from the lovely Dune Peninsula in Ruston.
Aaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh!
Every day is just worse than the last because the idiocy just keeps piling up. I’m just at a loss…
Can we just jump to the part where the government catches and deports actual gang members and criminals? Too dangerous for all your untrained personnel? Too hard? What exactly is the issue? apple.news/AyODaM_LqSlu...
God damn - the right just needs to be mad about everything. This stupid Cracker Barrel manufactured outrage is just the latest nonsense. Woke this, woke that. Seems they only want to support companies that are stuck in the 1950s. I mean, updating a fvcking logo has set off a firestorm of idiocy.
This is Georgia purging voters, but everyone should check on their voter registration status before the next election cycle. Also, if you are not registered to vote, please do! And bring some friends with you!!
Just another totally sh*tty thing happening under right wing fascist DeSantis.
My initial reaction to this piece was negative but I kept an open mind and read the whole thing and I think it makes some valid points worth reading. A different headline and opening might be in order. Maybe start with the false equivalency part! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/19/o...
Texas is going full fascism with their voting cheats! I remember when politicians did this type of shit in back rooms and quietly. Now, they are loud and proud and the Trump train has enabled all manner of lying and cheating without consequences. We must get into the streets en masse. And soon!
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Looks like a great thing to participate in - even if only for a day!
Sadly, this is the most info I have seen about the CDC shooting. Our government and our media are failing us at the most critical time.
I really hate so many NYTimes headlines.
I guess Ohio’s GOP leaders refuse to learn from history like the rest of the GOP. National Guard - Kent State - ring any bells?
Rubio running the circuit to provide cover for his boss, ‘2 weeks’, aka Too Weak Don.
Trump to Hannity: “I may have to think about it in two weeks or three weeks or something, but we don’t have to think about that right now.” 2 weeks is his ‘tell’ when he has no idea what he is doing. His new nickname needs to be “Too Weak Don”.
They better be scrubbing that limo tonight!
Every accusation is a confession - lalala - sing it with me 🎶
You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
PragerU is absolute poison for our country. This is right wing propaganda that will infiltrate our schools - teaching kids ‘alternative facts’ and making the US less able to compete in the world as other countries continue to properly educate their children. This is just awful news.
So much for America first… we know MAGA gear is made in China and now a Canadian company staffing our very own concentration camp. Good times here in the good ol’ USA.
It’s truly mind blowing that there are 219 elected GOP Representatives in the House and none of them are willing to actually do work for the majority of their constituents. Even their MAGA constituents (a minority, for sure) don’t want much of this madness.
The absolute bullsh*t thse people manufacture and spend their time on is mind boggling. There is actual, real work that needs to be done in our country. But this? Give me a break. Just fomenting more division. A**holes! www.metroweekly.com/2025/07/sean...
Thanks for coming up with these words - because I just am out of words for this sh*t these days. Truly at a loss for words about this frightening idiocy.
It seems they lost part of the constitution just the other day. So, there’s that!
He has fully bedazzled the White House. Yuck. 🤮
An economist who doesn’t know “median”?! Of course he works for Trump. Who else would?
"My decision was centered around my daily struggle to love my neighbor, as a Republican." Geoff Duncan - about his reasons for becoming a Democrat. Kinda says it all.
Mt. Rainier looking amazing tonight. Emerged from the clouds - with high clouds hanging in up above and low clouds hiding the lower mountain. #MtRainier #Tacoma
Wouldn’t it be awesome if Trump and Fox showed as at least as much outrage when the Minnesota Democratic legislators were attacked in their homes and murdered as they do for Big Balls getting beat up?
Best gerrymandering commercial ever! lol! www.instagram.com/reel/DNCcLkG...
How many vacations has he taken in 6 months??
Right wingers really have trouble understanding that we are ok prosecuting anyone who does bad shit. Not manufactured MAGA bullsh*t, but definitely Epstein list sick sh*t. Because we are not in a cult or afraid. On the other hand, they will excuse everything their own do - especially Teflon Don.
I just ordered a pocket constitution for myself. You never know what is going to disappear next from our government websites. Be prepared. We should all get one! Its free! constitutioncenter.org/forms/pocket...
Absolutely sickening. Why are they so adamant about ruining everything good? To what end here? This is seriously sick, cruel and evil. #RFKJR #theywantusdead
I feel all of this! For a long time I was stuck in the “socially liberal, fiscally moderate” cycle. The current madness has opened my eyes to how corruptly wealth has been moved upward. There is always $ for the rich, for war and for pet projects. It’s time to spend on “we, the people”.
They are making us more poor. More afraid. More silenced. Less educated. Less healthy. Less informed. Taken away rights and books, due process and the rule of law. Replaced competence with blind loyalty. Replaced truth and facts with lies. This regime is a nightmare.
Anyone ever hear about the GOPAC memo for language use in politics? This shows us that the GOP has purposefully used this divisive language that now defines politics. They played the long game and have sadly been super effective at vilifying others. www.instagram.com/reel/DM-sPtD...
Anyone else struggle to play videos posted within Bluesky? I seem to have problems more than half the time.
The biggest liar and hypocrite in the world. Seriously. #Trumpisahypocrite #Trumpisaliar www.instagram.com/reel/DM-XVHd...