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All claims (good or bad) should be supported by evidence. Not some obscure website, but solid empirical evidence. Otherwise, it is just your, or someone else's, opinion. No DMs unless I know you.

created November 26, 2024

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Profile picture Pam Keith (@pamkeithdc.bsky.social) reposted

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GvjPcr/ How in the HELL does any government lawfully deport 600 unaccompanied minors? Who does that? Who the fuck are we? What are we? What have we become?

1/9/2025, 4:28:01 AM | 3855 1269 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

He didn't write this either.

1/9/2025, 12:47:52 PM | 69 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

That's too nice. He understands perfectly well what he is doing.

1/9/2025, 2:29:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J Blue (@jd-14.bsky.social) reposted

Almost 60 years later, this song is so relevant again. youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...

1/9/2025, 12:17:04 AM | 2634 700 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted

This is too cute, dogs really are the best... 🥺❤️ #dog #dogday #bluesky

30/8/2025, 7:21:22 PM | 6013 742 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

It will greatly depend on who is elected Speaker.

31/8/2025, 1:03:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Won't they have to open the packages to see what is in them? I mean, UPS packages don't disclose the contents do they?

29/8/2025, 3:23:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

A picture of the 5 most dangerous people in the world.

29/8/2025, 3:21:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

I hate that shiteating grin. He's not a sincere person.

29/8/2025, 3:20:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Its not just us. Don't forget about GAZA.

29/8/2025, 3:19:22 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cory Booker (@corybooker.com) reposted

Love thy neighbor.

29/8/2025, 1:10:44 PM | 1993 606 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted

TGIF. zohranfornyc.com/events

29/8/2025, 2:03:10 PM | 4337 630 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

You are a gutsy man. I fear for your life. Stay safe please.

29/8/2025, 3:17:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Then increase funding to mental health services. This is just like abortion. You are pro-life until the child is born.

29/8/2025, 2:25:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jennifer (@princessjennifer.bsky.social) reposted

Are we no longer talking about the EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? Are we?

28/8/2025, 8:27:40 PM | 4055 1633 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

We are already there. It will only get worse when people start dying and citizens who complain are locked up.

29/8/2025, 2:21:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

THIS 👉🏾 What price are you willing to pay? “You’re letting masked men snatch girls’ parents off the streets.”

29/8/2025, 5:49:03 AM | 4435 1819 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

They aren't hiding the racism now.

29/8/2025, 2:17:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Johnson is an empty suit. He's got nothing.

29/8/2025, 2:10:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Why do politicans on the right make a show out of their prayers in response to tragedy. I believe that is referred to as virtue signaling which is something MAGA has railed about for over a decade. Matthew 7:23: "I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness."

29/8/2025, 2:08:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

I practiced law for almost 40 years so I know what you mean. But I took at least 1 pro bono case a year while I was in private practice. Sometimes 2 if my partners would let me. High profile cases brought in more clients. There are other ways to be reimbursed for expenses.

29/8/2025, 2:00:59 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

You don't have to be a Christian to hear this message. x.com/piyushmittal...

28/8/2025, 5:44:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted

“.. democracy often erodes slowly at first .. But with each concession, autocrats become bolder.. and reversal becomes harder. Responses that, early on, can feel pragmatic—waiting it out, remaining silent, cutting a deal—only embolden ..” @dziblatt.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...

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28/8/2025, 4:34:22 PM | 1052 475 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

I think that is exactly what is happening.

28/8/2025, 5:37:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Texas Paul (@realtexaspaul.com) reposted

For those asking, this is an ammosexual.

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28/8/2025, 5:04:12 PM | 5677 1892 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

x.com/Coste1Costel...

28/8/2025, 5:22:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Gupta: Here’s why this matters: 1. Because the FDA indications have changed, if I prescribe it to you, I’m opening myself up to a lawsuit. He directly signals that… 2. A pharmacist is no longer able to prescribe and administer a COVID-19 booster that doesn’t meet indications.

28/8/2025, 3:48:21 AM | 7385 3343 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Naw ... just refuse to do those things and make them fire them publicly. Then lawyer up.

28/8/2025, 5:13:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

But no jail time. But 10 ways to Sunday they will put small time recreational marijuana users in jail for as long as they can. "Justice for me, but not for thee."

28/8/2025, 5:10:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Goose bumps!!

28/8/2025, 5:07:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

You have a good point, and I hope you are right.

28/8/2025, 5:05:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture I 💙 Dogs (@dogs100.bsky.social) reposted

Puppy Love

28/8/2025, 3:19:59 PM | 338 24 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Love the sentiment, but MAGA will spin it into a conspiracy and JD Vance will take over. The witch hunt and revenge tour will go on - and possibly get worse. Vance takes his orders from Thiel who is part of a cabal who want neo-feudalism in America.

28/8/2025, 4:40:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Good point. Maybe they will say no and he will put incompetent people (Pirro) in those positions. Or, maybe the big law firms will intentionally lose the cases.

28/8/2025, 4:33:19 PM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kaelos (@thekaelosproject.bsky.social) reposted

For those of you who don’t like to open links or don’t have instagram. I downloaded the video for you. If you haven’t heard about this guy before don’t scroll past it, his name is Jesse Welles. I promise you won’t be disappointed. #jessewelles #wellesmusic #thekaelosproject #kaelos #wordshaveweight

27/8/2025, 6:04:37 PM | 3305 1022 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

What is the end game here? To reduce the population of the USA so there is more for the oligarchs who survive? Or is it even more dystopian and sinister. Like creating a permanent slave class who are forced to have children because their lifespan is short?

28/8/2025, 2:58:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture SelfMajestic (@selfmajestic.bsky.social) reposted

“the trees are about to show us how beautiful it is to let go”

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28/8/2025, 1:54:16 PM | 3765 526 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Continuity is why the oligarchs forced Trump to pick Vance as his running mate.

28/8/2025, 2:51:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep, overload the system by doing so much at the same time and drag out cases for years is definitely their strategy.

28/8/2025, 2:44:51 PM | 43 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish they would stop interviewing 10 year olds about school shootings. They have been traumatized enough.

28/8/2025, 1:54:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

That's because the definition of "autism" has been broadened significantly to include spectrum disorders like what used to be called Aspergers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectru...

28/8/2025, 1:51:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

Yes, it should. However, that would require an effective mainstream media in America — which we don’t currently have.

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28/8/2025, 1:11:09 PM | 5078 2407 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Lisa Cook and Susan Monarez are staying and fighting. What we need are more experienced lawyers willing to take on these cases pro bono.

28/8/2025, 1:45:59 PM | 136 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrea Junker (@strandjunker.com) reposted

Voting should be easier than buying guns.

27/8/2025, 8:20:36 PM | 3143 754 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Good for Trey Gowdy. He has experience with this sort of thing. I heard him speak about the mass shooting in Charleston, SC. (Roof is white)

27/8/2025, 5:49:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

And ban public carry of all firearms.

27/8/2025, 5:40:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Okay, then giving money to political causes can't be intellectually justified as free speech. (see, Citizens United)

27/8/2025, 5:37:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

History will judge them as complicit.

27/8/2025, 5:35:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

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27/8/2025, 5:34:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

substack.com/@annepmitche...

27/8/2025, 2:21:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Polite society? I guess she means the one that allows criminal grifting, rape, pedophila, narcissists and cruelty.

27/8/2025, 12:41:21 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture putawomanincharge.bsky.social (@putawomanincharge.bsky.social) reposted

I am so sick of Trump's bullshit. Take care of our souls. We have a huge clean up ahead of us. 🫂🫂🫂🫂

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27/8/2025, 12:33:10 PM | 12 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

The narcissist in chief has to have his supply.

27/8/2025, 12:33:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

She just doesn't get it. Throw all of these GOP bums out.

27/8/2025, 12:32:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

What Suckupps.

27/8/2025, 12:30:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

This is the problem in a nutshell. No President has said anything like this until now. because they respected the constitution.

27/8/2025, 12:27:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe he can sue St. Peter and the Pearly Gates. Or, maybe he can bully satan and take over that other place.

27/8/2025, 12:24:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted

This argument is an Absolute Cinema... 👀😅🤣 #cat #catday #bluesky #animals

27/8/2025, 10:52:26 AM | 4291 864 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Crivens Givens (@crivens24.bsky.social) reposted

At Cerro Pelon, the monarch sanctuary.

26/8/2025, 10:29:56 PM | 10787 1397 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

"The world can tell the difference now between a war being waged for the survival of the Jewish state and a war being waged for the political survival of its prime minister."

26/8/2025, 2:23:39 PM | 1838 492 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

Not Himmler, but this looks about right.

26/8/2025, 11:56:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

"Do as I say, not as I do" are the words of authoritarians.

26/8/2025, 4:35:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Heidi Stevens (@heidikstevens.bsky.social) reposted

“I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.” —Molly Ivins

26/8/2025, 2:08:07 PM | 2067 608 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

The next step is to have a sitting Governor in a blue state arrested and jailed.

26/8/2025, 4:01:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

See the resemblence.

26/8/2025, 3:54:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted

This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.

J.B. Pritzker:
26/8/2025, 2:03:54 PM | 14019 3575 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted

Tyrants govern through fear. Dictators take their power from the acquiescence of the good people who don't speak out. It is our obligation as citizens to set aside fear and take a step forward not a step back.

25/8/2025, 9:58:43 PM | 9444 3307 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Wouldn't bother me a bit.

26/8/2025, 3:28:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

JFK, RFK and MLK assassinations, Kent State shootings, Berkeley Campus protests (Reagan was governor) are just a few examples.

25/8/2025, 10:43:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

Exactly. No more both sideism. There is only one side - the side of justice, fairness and freedom.

25/8/2025, 10:28:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

I'm going to say something that may piss off a lot of people, but so be it. What we are seeing in broad daylight now has happened before in secret. The difference now is that today they (the real deep state) has its hands on most of the levers in Washington. They are authoritarian, racist and cruel.

25/8/2025, 10:26:21 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

There would no one to work for $7.50 an hour.

25/8/2025, 10:09:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Except that it might change a few MAGA minds.

25/8/2025, 12:53:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

He knows that. The truth does not matter to DeSantis or any other Republican.

25/8/2025, 12:38:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted

Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Imagine thinking scientists, historians, scholars, economists, and journalists devoted their lives to deceiving you — but a reality-TV star, proven in court to be a lying felon, is your beacon of truth and honesty.”

24/8/2025, 3:14:30 PM | 10501 3005 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

I think they are in for a surprise if they try.

24/8/2025, 1:00:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

So you will vote for an authoritarian and ruthless dictator instead?

24/8/2025, 12:59:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Stop sending tax revenue to Washington. There has to be a way to intercept or embargo that money and use that as leverage.

24/8/2025, 12:58:45 AM | 17 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

I had one on my screen porch. He was scared to death, but I caught him (gently) and let him go outside. I now have a half dozen Hummingbirds at my feeders.

24/8/2025, 12:54:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🌮 Lucky Shitt 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 (@luckyshitt.bsky.social) reposted

Please share everywhere

23/8/2025, 1:51:28 PM | 51 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Remember when Cancun Cruz tried to be a Senator? I don't either.

23/8/2025, 6:27:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

But Trump said he knew nothing about it!

23/8/2025, 6:01:39 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted

I am not sure if what I am feeling is a patriot crush or what… but there are some feelings. ✊🏼

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23/8/2025, 2:33:27 PM | 4136 959 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

A jury of her peers didn't believe her and no one else should either.

23/8/2025, 5:58:34 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Why have the courts not put a stop to it? We need their help.

23/8/2025, 5:34:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture R Michael Howard (@ixcel.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

This is where I would like to be right now.

22/8/2025, 5:42:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

If you don't know from where this sentence originates and why then shame on you.

22/8/2025, 5:01:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) reposted

There is only one way to respond to this GOP gerrymandering power-grab: hit them back harder. Newsom has shown what we can do when we’re not afraid to play their game. Time for other Dems to follow suit.

22/8/2025, 1:00:37 PM | 5542 1635 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

We have operated for almost 250 years as a constitutional republic. There have been bad episodes along the way but we always corrected course. In 10 years there won't be a single person who will admit they supported DJT.

22/8/2025, 4:57:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Partly, but also to create violence they can call rebellion to justify further repression.

22/8/2025, 4:49:39 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Joe Walsh (@walshfreedom.bsky.social) reposted

It’s all about sending a message. The raid is the message. It’s all about retribution. He is the retribution president. As with troops on our streets, it’s all about normalizing fascism. This is fascism. Fascism is here. Too many Americans are too “busy” to care. But it’s here.

22/8/2025, 1:11:30 PM | 9037 2960 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

This is the moment when the people in uniforms carrying weapons need to say, "I will not support fascism."

22/8/2025, 4:46:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

While I agree in part with Kris, I think there is something much more sinister at work. These authoritarian forces have been present in our country since the beginning. There is a network of proponents - mainly oligarchs - who are pushing this agenda. Trump is their stooge. Miller is a planner.

22/8/2025, 3:39:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't even know where we turn now. What is happening to us?

21/8/2025, 10:53:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Because it is okay to commit a crime as long as you are on their side. (See, 1/6/21 pardons)

21/8/2025, 4:26:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

When I went there I did leave proud because we ended slavery.

21/8/2025, 4:24:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump and MAGA are not new. They are a product of what came before. What we need is a dialectic which can lead to a new synthesis to rebalance freedom and autocracy and capital and labor.

21/8/2025, 2:58:41 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MakeAmericaAffordableNow (@getbackup.bsky.social)

While true, you left out the role of religion. Power and control are the opiates of every form of government and every type of economic system. It is that way because of human nature. If we are to survive we must evolve.

21/8/2025, 2:52:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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