So the proportionately trump rural voters will experience the disproportionately negative impact of higher health insurance premiums & out of pocket costs along with fewer sources for medical treatment. Completely predictable & that warning was more than adequately communicated before election. Oops
Good thing Republicans elected House Rep Jeff Crank of Colorado Springs and whacko/public theater miscreant Lauren Boebert. Both urged Trumpy not to move Space Command out of Colorado Springs & were obviously ignored. More waste, fraud & taxpayer abuse from Republicans.
He was NOT arrested because of X or other posts anywhere. This is why he was arrested: "On Thursday, he is due in court on a charge of harassing a trans woman and damaging her phone, which he denies."
Everyone should be boycotting products and services from Israel.
Trump is failing with the economy, inflation, national debt, Ukraine, Gaza, world leadership, Nobel prize, healthcare, housing, energy policy, etc etc. His answer is more waste of taxpayer money with moving space command to Alabama. š¤£Not all the talent will move from Colorado to Alabama! I wouldnāt.
The court staying itās injunction until Sept 12th is infuriating. As with recent tariff decision, stating they are illegal, there should be no stay which allows the damage to continue. Let the Trump admin rush to find a higher court to do its bidding. Itās so difficult to make lawbreakers stop!?!
Hereās the federal judgeās ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Excessive speeds/reckless driving is something we see regularly in/near Denver. Increased enforcement, income/asset based fines with a minimum, loss of license sooner & impoundment are tools we should made better use of. Also, ins cos canāt charge bad drivers more unless ticketing increases.
@bsky.app should implement a rule that NOBODY can post a link to another site that requires a sign in and/or subscription. We can't read that Vox article without signing up with Vox. Way past annoying at this point.
Shot in the back while running down the street ā>
I realize itās Texas where people think everyone after birth should carry an Uzi but if thereās any common sense laws there, an unarmed 11 year old who is running away after ringing a doorbell wouldnāt be considered a threat who can be shot legally.
I doubt Iām alone when I say I donāt give a freak about the Cracker Barrel logo or Sydney Sweeney controversies. Also, I have no idea who Sydney Sweeney is & am not interested in finding out.
Setting aside everything else, when Trump is putting 600 minor unaccompanied children on planes between Midnight & 6 am to fly them to any other country it doesnāt take a genius to conclude he is up to shady, improper & immoral conduct. On call Fed judge deserves credit for stepping up at 2:30 am.
None of that is my fault. I voted for the nice lady who wants good healthcare for everyone & respects veterans. The 65% of military voters who chose TACO are responsible as nobody with an IQ can feign surprise or that they werenāt warned. It will get worse over next 3.5 years & a while to fix then.
The Trump Republican chaos administration. Incompetence, corruption, criminality, death, cruelty, kleptocratic, ignorant, low IQ, lying, selfish, deceptive, arrogant, self dealing & vindictive.
Very disappointing to see the Colorado 17th Judicial District accept just 7 years for Erik Hernandez-Escobar for killing an innocent 18 year old man & injuring his parents while street racing his car, then leaving scene & lying. @philweiser.bsky.social can maybe file additional charges?
I don't like the cost of the guard in DC but have no problem with them beautifying parks & other areas. DC needs to make those activities permanent with out course regular employees. Same suggestion for other cities including my own. It's tiring visiting other countries which are better at that.
So who are you/others promoting to primary against Senator Schumer? We should transition posts to specific actions people can take to win in Nov 2026 & better policies are pushed going forward. Campaign support, donations, calls, letter writing, national strike maybe, boycotts, etc.
Iām not eligible for health insurance subsidies but have no problem paying income taxes to help those who are. The attached is why I vote Blue & appreciate living in a state that helps people obtain health insurance. 20,000 people is a lot who would otherwise have no coverage.
Even insurance companies are against limiting access to vaccines because treating people after they get sick is always more expensive than covering cost of vaccines. Donāt know anyone with long term damage from a vaccine but do know people with long term damage from Covid.
A lot fewer people will now get COVID vaccines. Because 90 million didnāt vote, RFK Jr, who is not a scientist or medical professional, has decided the number of COVID cases should increase as will long COVID conditions & deaths. With GOP in complete control thereās nothing we can do about this.
Weird that yesterday we read theyāve been authorized to carry weapons (they shouldnāt). Here though Iām glad to see them doing something constructive. Iād contribute to a GoFundMe for these
She raised over $800,000 online. Fyi, thatās not taxable. So many horrendous people out there financially enriching her for abhorrent conduct.
The party that violently attacked law enforcement, illegally invaded the Capitol & desecrated our democracy now wants Americans to boot lick its fascist troops. Not going to happen. Good job by jurors who are not accepting bullshit cases that include overcharging, particularly for non violent acts.
The articleās major flaw is not providing any detail of what so many people are being arrested for. Are the bulk of arrests for serious crimes? Property crimes? Loitering? Yes, we all know about the sandwich guy. Iām guessing the federalizing & felony making is unwarranted.
That risk is 100% the responsibility of Trump, Republicans and the Republican controlled Supreme Court which allowed unfettered access for DOGE in June 2025. ogletree.com/insights-res...
I'm glad the National Guard is being useful in return for its enormous cost. I'd welcome it to Denver to clean up along our highways. Our parks already look great.
Lots of books.
The obvious error in that thinking is thereās no evidence; not even an indictment. Itās also likely the mortgage documents were reviewed by government lawyers & investigators during the background check prior to her nomination. Doubtful judges are going to agree cause is just a Trumperās accusation.
The Guard in DC is a huge waste of our $, unnecessary, adds to traffic & air pollution from their supersized vehicles. But them picking up garbage from parks and streets is something I will applaud. If thatās their mission, welcome to Denver!ā¤ļøš¤£
So here's a politician we should definitely not support unless she stops supporting the genocide of men, women & children. Anything short of condemning Israel is bullshit. Democrat "Rep. āŖ@rephaleystevens.bsky.social, is reaffirming her pro-Israel support" Be a decent person or cuck all the way off.
It would be nice if at least once a reporter would pull up a site like EIA, quote the data then ask Trump for his source. It shows no cost anywhere in the U.S. as low as $2/gallon. Not even close let alone below $2. www.eia.gov/petroleum/ga...
I agree private prisons shouldn't be allowed. Go to the 2 company websites & look at locations. If there are correctional sites (not rehab, training, monitoring), call your local/state elected employees & insist contracts be nonrenewed or terminated. CO has 4 rural corr facilities & I will call.
Not legal but that doesnāt matter anymore in the U.S.
@aclu-dc.bsky.social has a good webpage outlining rights including to film law enforcement. Unfortunately keeping our rights sometimes means inconvenience & cost of being arrested & court appearances. www.acludc.org/know-your-ri...
It seems authorities have already forgotten that someone this year in Minnesota posed as a cop with a police disguised SUV & murdered two people & a dog then shot two others.š¤ āreal officers do not wear ski masks.ā Everyone needs to be skeptical everywhere, especially with a knock on the door.
Hi Barb. With your considerable education, wealth, experience & knowledge, how much pro bono work do you do annually and can you provide some examples? Significant volunteer work? We see you on MSNBC (getting paid) & here stirring people up but do you also do things to help specific people? What?
@jaylyall.bsky.social @nberlat.bsky.social & William, do yāall actually do anything like run a successful not for profit, do something to stop genocide, famine, etc? We donāt need yāall tapping away 24/7 criticizing Blue minded pols/voters. Something significant with your lives. Stop your nonsense.
I donāt like Trump but I absolutely support him getting taxpayers 10% of Intel in return for the $11.2 BILLION taxpayer dollars it has already started receiving. Same plan if we further subsidize banks, farmers, airlines, etc. They are welcome to refuse or give back taxpayer $ if they prefer.
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Some costs have to go down so the Starbucks CEOās excessive compensation plus commuting in corporate jet can be paid. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
U.S. taxpayers are paying a total of $11.1 Billion for that 10% of Intel. $2.2 Billion has already been paid out, remaining $8.9 Billion is next. This infusion started under Biden, Trump agreed to finish the commitment in return for the 10%. I don't have a problem with that. That's not communism.
"There are currently 1.2 to 1.6 million people with visas who are physically in U.S. at any given time, out of 55 million total active visas. State Department is vetting entire pool of 55 million visa holders. 55 million includes many who are not in U.S. but hold valid visas for work/study/tourism."
1. Donāt break the law (if he did there will be evidence, otherwise no conviction) 2. Bidenās DOJ (Garland) wouldnāt seriously investigate him because it was too concerned about being accused of politics (they let some guilt off the hook) 3. A Fed judge signed warrant.
Hard to believe anyone associated with Trump would mishandle classified records.
Iāll withhold judgment until we hear of any evidence. Maybe heās guilty. John Bolton hates & criticizes everyone except himself, has always advocated we attack other countries, send other Americans to war. Heās always received more airtime than any decent network should have provided. @cnn.com
It just takes phone calls to stop it.
Read more books. Stop paying for streaming services. The money looks better in your bank account. If you are a Prime member you get streaming, downloads and electronic books for free. Also, your free (ok, taxpayer $) public library is awesome!
It's not stealing you clown. Senator Sanders is saying that if Trump gives Intel MORE U.S. taxpayer $ support that taxpayers should get a piece of the upside financial benefits Intel would reap. Intel's execs & shareholders shouldn't be the only ones benefiting from taxpayer $ @nemoblue.bsky.social
It is a Federal crime for William Pulte as a Federal Housing Finance Agency employee to disclose mortgage application/any other information submitted by a borrower. That's something DOJ should investigate and WIlliam Pulte should resign. @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy @nytimes.com @federalreserve.gov
Senator Sanders is right about Intel possibly benefiting from (more) taxpayer money. I think taxpayers should get our $ back with interest and/or an equity stake in that public company. It's shareholders & execs will benefit big time, so should we.
Iām not scared Randi & wonāt coddle them like you appear to suggest. I donāt owe stupid people any respect or consideration. The negative consequences have already started & will escalate over the next 3.5 years. Call it tough love or whatever but they f*cked the country over & can now eat sh*t.
Maybe we should get their client list and stop buying from those companies? "Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis are helping the Commerce Department."
Here's link to @aclu.org website for DC. There's one for each state. My whole family has a copy of the page for our state. If I didn't feel safe refusing to ID I'd show ID & file complaint after. If they want more than my real ID they can FO. www.acludc.org/know-your-ri...
We need some Federal judges to start handcuffing agents who violate rulings: "Galvez (defendants lawyer) also claimed the arrest may have violated a federal court order prohibiting immigration agents from racially profiling individuals or conducting roving patrols aimed at immigrants."
Uh oh, don't tell the Nancy Pelosi stock trading yelpers that the orange career criminal has committed insider trading and securities manipulation.
Are you reporting that from first hand experience? Somethings missing. @aclu.org has sites for every state & for DC outlining how to handle LE stops (worth reading these). Maybe show ID if not reqd and record interaction to file complaint after. Here is the link for DC www.acludc.org/know-your-ri...
We donāt know details but borrowers only have to live in owner occupied property for 1 year. Govāt audit found tens of thousands of questionable āowner occupiedā mortgage applications. I bet there are a ton more. Also, Trump is the king of financial, particularly, bank fraud.
Trump & Vance are the best at beclowning themselves. If they wanted to look good they would have shown people in DC parks recreating & having picnic lunches. They could say āsee, under us D.C. is very safe & enjoyableā. Peaceful protesting, call Congress weekly. Point at Trumpers/guardsmen & laugh.
There are 3.2 million full time equivalent teachers in U.S. Average salary $72,030. Increasing that to $100,000 would be $89.5 billion annually. You can search for alternative data if you want. Y'all think Trump/Republicans will support that objective?
Denver City/County payroll has grown unrestricted for over a decade, to more than 11,000. That 171 is 1.55%. The adjustments were overdue and the local economy is good. Those people will find jobs.
Trump sucks, and by that I mean more than just Vladimir Putin.
Trumpās man crush Putin responded to whacko Melaniaās letter by murdering more civilians last night including children.
Haha. Few are so competent at beclowning themselves as well as @charlotteclymer.bsky.social . The evil force is Trump & Republicans, not good parents or a Mayor who now thanks to 90 million ignorant/selfish non voters has lost all legal ability to stop Trumpās takeover of the cityās police force.
Gesh š¤¬š¤ÆWhat is the Governor doing? A 2 second google search provides that answer. Heās doing more than any other Governor or politician in the country to combat Trump/Republican district map power grabs. @august.thoughtify.space www.gov.ca.gov/2025/08/14/g...
Thatās dumb Anthony. The Mayor has zero influence or power in DC right now to stop Trumpās actions. Post a link to a legal provision if you think she could use. I donāt like or dislike her but Iāll call out people who spew irresponsible nonsense. Sheās picking up her daughter in another state.
@colorado.gov Polis has been a huge disappointment as Governor of Colorado. He could rally Colorado legislators to put redistricting to eliminate all Red districts on a Nov 2025 ballot, similar to what California is doing. But Polis is just too complacent, doesnāt fight for whatās right.
Trump speak: Up is down & down is up. Cāmon people, just stand on your hands when you look at inflation line grafts & youāll see the most beautiful thing. Republicans donāt care about reg ppl (most of country), just their $174k salaries, lapel bins, multimillion $ ofc budgets & campaign slush funds.
That's the business plan of banksters, insurance companies (think AIG) & airlines. How to pay for it? Just send the bill to regular people who pay income taxes. Megamillionaires & billionaires pay too little & are busy laughing at the people who aren't rich screaming rich people's taxes can't go up.
Someone with a respectable amount of followers (so not me) should pick a consumer products company we can very publicly boycott until they put up some big dollars to house those people. Collectively our dollars can drive results we arenāt able to get while being overspent at the ballot box.
In the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, the U.S., Russia & UK made even stronger guarantees in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons. We see how thatās turned out. None of those three have lived up to its commitment. Lesson? Never give up nukes.
Iāve voted by mail in Colorado for decades; vote in every election. I feel bad for voters elsewhere who have to jump through hoops or wait in long lines to vote. We also have ballot tracing (text/email notifications). I canāt think of a single credible complaint by even a Republican here.
You are not wrong about that! And while thereās evil at the top of those departments, the rank and file employees who abuse detainees & show no compassion as in this case is behavior they are volunteering up themselves; they are not decent people.
A cop who claims assault in an affidavit because his bullet proof vest was hit by a sandwich is a freaking pansy imbecile. If charges arenāt dropped the defendant should go to trial where heāll be found innocent amongst the laughter of the jury. Judge may dismiss charges simple to safe court time.
Iām not defending the govāt, just posting for people what the govāt claims happened.
Why isnāt The Atlantic writing about numerous cities with higher crime rates, violent/property/murder, than D.C.? Is it because many of those cities are in Trump states and The Atlantic is sucking up to the orange felon? I welcome facts & fair/good journalism but The Atlantic isnāt offering that.
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How about a post outlining the biggest reasons people get evicted & then expert advice on budgeting, negotiating, free to low cost job training and/or educational opportunities so people can improve their resume. Maybe lower cost child care. Etc. Make social media helpful, informative, educational.
Howdy. Iāve pointed out to you severance being paid. Weeks notice before effective date. Laying off people before school starts shorts them on some pay, delaying increases cost which can lead to higher # laid off. You saying thereās a lack of competence & compassion is inflammatory, not fact based.
@kylec.bsky.social Those let go get 30 days paid leave plus between 2 to 8 weeks pay depending on years of service. Layoffs take effect during week of August 18th with impacted employees notified THE WEEK BEFORE.
Thereās been compassion & competence. The cityās payroll has been bloated for years. Severance packages are good, better than most Americans get when they are let go. People will find new jobs, maybe even better ones than the one they are leaving. Stop finding fault over nearly everything.
90 million registered voters couldnāt be bothered to vote. Not voting/not voting for the intelligent Black woman has really turned out well huh. There is no perfect candidate. āShe didnāt earn my voteā is a statement the dumbest people make. Hope the Trump consequences teach lessons for Nov ā26.
"Agents left behind some bullets on the sidewalk, apparently by mistake, which were collected by school police."
Most companies have reported earnings better than estimates in 2025, over $1 trillion in additional stock buybacks announced so far this year, there's big enthusiasm (maybe too much) for AI & so people who can keep pouring $ into stock market. More $ invested over same # of cos = higher S&P.
Translation: there are things Trump can do to pleasure Putin in person he can't do over the phone.
There are a lot of Red state cities that have might higher crime rates than DC. I would pay $1 to any journalist who asks Trump when he is going to deploy (illegally) the military to those Red areas. @nytimes.com @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy
Listening to some of the court proceedings it is clear to me, although I am not a lawyer, that the testimony is not going Trump's way.
What if any reason(s) are they giving for being kicked off Medicaid? Is there a BBB provision that went into effect immediately (most hit after Nov '26 elections on purpose)? I think that legislation stinks but it's not beyond people to grift on TT and elsewhere.
Including food and energy, inflation up 2.7%. Fed targets 2%.
Core consumer inflation up 3.1% year over year. That is high for āregularā people. For millionaires/billionaires it doesnāt matter, their stock portfolios will go higher. Company profits are strong, $ 1 trillion buybacks announced. 3.1% doesnāt support a Fed interest rate cut (targets 2% inflation)
And Donald Trump / his fellow Republicans crooks just lowered (again) Mark Zuckerbergās taxes.
Tomorrowās CPI inflation rate is going to be interesting. If it has decreased from last months 2.7% (was 2.4% for May), Trump will claim genius status (again) & lower rate is basis for Fed Res rate cut. That will also mean all the people complaining about prices are living in some parallel universe.
Not that any of the rest of us would participate in road rage but hereās another example of why we should always assume the other person has a gun theyāre ready/eager to use and/or will use their vehicle as a lethal weapon. Deep breaths, create distance, call 911 if needed.
Moab is represented by House member Mike Kennedy, a Republican. Utah overwhelmingly votes Republican and Trump. Cc. @drelev.bsky.social
D.C. is not even in the top 20 of most dangerous cities in the county. getsafeandsound.com/blog/most-da...
Imagine the profit margins of any business that is able to absorb tariffs of 15% plus. Iām not feeling sorry for those companies and if the tariffs never hit consumers, which they mostly have not (yet anyway), Trump/Republicans wonāt hear the level of complaints necessary to back off.
Itās true that either @sanders.senate.gov or someone on his staff with access to his account here says stupid sh*t. That post is an example. But heās enough on āourā side to be forgiven. If itās a staff member, that person should be launched into space š¤£