ANNOUNCEMENT - Everyone should absorb what Jess is saying here☝️. If we neutralize (burn to the ground) the GOP, issues like the Epstein files will take care of themselves.
ANNOUNCEMENT - Everyone should absorb what Jess is saying here☝️. If we neutralize (burn to the ground) the GOP, issues like the Epstein files will take care of themselves.
You know what they say - Never meet your childhood heroes.
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Perfecto!👏👏👏
No worries. Enjoy your Labor Day.
Sounds like Raddatz has drunk the kool-aid
Lying mfer. You can clearly see him snatch the cap away from the boy.🤬
If you look up the word “opportunistic” in a dictionary, there’s simply a picture of Sinema there. What a charlatan!
You, too, sir.
Jesus, how did you come to that conclusion? You answered my question and sent an emoji for “OK”. Can’t OK just be an OK? I thought BlueSky would be different from X and other social media where users didn’t have knee-jerk reactions to things. No, not calling u a white supremacist. Nvr crossed my mnd
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I concur completely on your last three sentences. Don’t know your age, but I’m 74, and I’m afraid “the bloom is off the rose” for me re: this being the greatest country. We have great potential, but there’s too much evidence IMO to suggest we are not that anymore, if we ever were.
Appreciate the response; not sure I concur as your definition of what constitutes a war seems to differ from mine. BUT I defer to your expertise on matters of geopolitics.
To me, the point you correctly make is due to a hypocrisy that occurs when one makes policy based on emotions. This, I think, accounts for at least some of the “all-over-the-map” decisions we see this administration make. It’s all based on what outrage they feel at the moment.
I think I see your point, but doesn’t the fact that your two examples occurred during war time change things or no?
I had a friend a few years back suggest that unions served a purpose for a while, but were no longer necessary. Wonder what he would think of that data?
In theory, yes, but as we can clearly see from things in the last decade or so (I’d say since 2008), that is not the case. Individuals may differ within their party’s ranks, but when push comes to shove, those individuals will toe the party line.
In THIS administration, that is THE JOB.
Superman is a goddamn socialist. Who knew?
That☝️is it …24/7
The party IS its members; you talk as if they are distinct entities. It is the “group think” characteristic that makes political parties who they are. Identity shifts from what’s good for the country/city/constituency to what’s good for the party. Listen to what George Carlin said about groups.
I wondered why the LA mayor just didn’t refuse the NG. Isn’t she the de facto authority of the Guard?
A government that could allow this shit is not going to bend to the will of voters, and I’m surprised you are so naive about the midterms. You clearly see the authoritarianism taking place. But you somehow still believe that elections will take place and if they occur, they’ll be honored? Get real.
True. But there were no political parties when the Constitution was ratified. Both Jefferson and Adams were adamantly against them….for reasons that are now clearly apparent.
THIS ☝️ x 1000
100% accurate
Freedom for me, but not for thee.
THIS ☝️ is exactly right 🤬 Every day, all my negative encounters are due to narcissists. Should we be surprised we elected one?
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Oh, I doubt even that would do it. Probably just issue a strongly worded statement.
Texas seems like such a lovely place to live. People like this are so…uh…what’s the word I’m looking for ?🤔
Kinda what I thought
Ty
To quote an old programmer’s adage - “Garbage in, garbage out.”
Sweet Jesus! Looking at some of your responses, I guess even BlueSky was destined to go the way of all social media platforms.
Just curious - Do you have any numbers to support the last half of your post? As I see it, the # of EOs is not the problem; it’s when they are interpreted as being actual laws which they are not. They’re like memos. Hell, I believe even Washington issued EOs.
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Short term goals? Dad used to tell me the apocryphal story of V Lenin saying, “If we announced on Friday we would hang all the capitalists on Saturday, they’d trip over themselves trying to sell us the rope”.
OMG, YES! I wish I could peer into the mind of the author of that article to see what mangled brain processes came up with that conclusion, a conclusion that defies all evidence to the contrary. I can’t think of anyone LESS capable of principled reasoning and courage than SC. Jesus suffering fuck🤬
As a former "traditional GOP" person myself, that's probably the most delusional sentence I've read in a while.
Goddamned Nazis, every one of ‘em. At the very least, part of Vichy France (collaborators).
I LOATHE MJ! In fact, loathe is too mild a term for how I feel about him.
Curious, isn’t it? Maybe it was never about defending against a tyrant. Maybe it was defending against only a certain color, uh, I mean, a certain kind of tyrant. But it’s ok if he’s their kind of tyrant.
Ok, on that point we are in total agreement. And it is obvious that current Democratic leadership is unequal to the task. But I distinguish between Jeffries and Schumer who are the ones who have the responsibility and Obama who is an eloquent figurehead.
Maybe I should have written anti-effective government. Regardless, the Freedom Caucus has for decades made the case for destroying government as we have known it. This administration IS destroying government of 3 branches, replacing it with only an executive. Seems pretty anti-government to me.
I’d be careful about getting too high-and-mighty. As much as I’ve admired you dropping MAGA and joining the Democratic Party, I’d remind you that you were a part of the group that lit the anti-government fuse that has led us to this point. Do agree that people don’t see the imminent threat we face.
Truly a waste of space and oxygen
“Prayer works”? Any evidence re: the effect of prayer on reducing school shootings? No? Didn’t think so.
Concur. What’s your plan?
So, it’s not the guns, it’s the people…no, wait, it’s not the guns or the people, it’s the side effects.
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Won’t take long; they are triggered by EVERYTHING!
MAGA’s response - “It may be trash, but it’s OUR trash!”
Well played, sir👏👏👏
Oh, no - Don’t do that. That’s lovely.
Why. Did. It. Take. So. Long. To. Act?
by my father and attributed to Vladimir Lenin. Supposedly he said, “If we announced on Friday we were going to hang all the capitalists on Saturday, they’d trip over themselves trying to sell us the rope”. This, IMO, embodies the mindset of many Americans. Short term satisfaction rules.
Concur completely. I’ve come to believe that Americans by-and-large don’t give two shits about principles, the rule of law, constitutionality, etc. as long as their economics aren’t effected and they can watch the big game on the weekend. I’m reminded of the story, probably apocryphal, told to me…
Apropos since she’s an AI creation
Ooo, touche’
Almost spit my coffee on that one😂👏
Jeez, Tom. How do you incur such strong reactions?😂
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It’s not his age per se. Notice the year he was born. He’s a product of the post-Reagan myth making.
Know what I hear in my head when I read that post by Booker? Blablabla, something something something, blablabla. He, like others in D leadership, just talk you to death. I guess it’s better than nothing, but…not by much.
They’re not powerless if people voluntarily comply with them which is, in many instances, what we are seeing happen.
Amen, sister
I don’t want to hear a single word about Democrats and socialism ever again. EVER.
Jesus fucking Christ! This is not hard. Trump is the de facto head of the Republican Party. If you still call yourself a Republican after all you are witnessing, you’re just as much a fascist as he is. There is NO distinction between Trump and the GOP. They. Are. One. And. The. Same.
The last time troops policed America was in the 1770s. We fought a revolution against that king, and wrote into the Constitution the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to prevent it from ever happening again. Pass it along…
What you label as “despair”, I think of as stark reality. Impeachment is a legal and political process, and we are living in an era of gross illegality coupled with no political means to change things. That is not despair; that is facing the situation in a truthful manner.
True, but it’s not gonna happen. The GOP majority in both houses are all in on Trump’s authoritarianism.
I saw a picture with Pu and DJT in it.
It’s not “closer and closer. We. Are. There. NOW! This closer and closer bullshit implies there’s time remaining before things are complete. What more do we need to see?
Brutal, brother…just brutal.👏👏
I hope you and all the Dems have or are making emergency backup plans to thwart what Trump and the GOP will no doubt try to pull. Don’t wait…and for God’s sake don’t rely on the courts. They’re too slow and too unreliable (corrupt?) these days.
That’s how you do it. Apparently Americans no longer give a shit about things like, uh, I don’t know, the Constitution or the rule of law. The only thing that MIGHT move the needle is what the Boston Mayor addresses.
The inmates are well and truly running the asylum 🤦🏻♂️
Politics is and always has been a blood sport. Ds have for too long thought politics was like being on a debate team where facts and logic rule the day. If that was ever true (hint: it wasn’t), it no longer is. Time to wake the fuck up.
Astonishing, isn’t it?
Both things can be true
I think that is an accurate assessment.
He can’t help himself from being a toady for Trump. He is incapable of laying any criticism of Trump without trying to balance the criticism with some praise. What was the word George Will used in regards to Pence? “Oleaginous”, I believe. Absolute perfection as well as accurate.
Oh, you don’t think he can do it? With all the capitulation that’s been happening, I wouldn’t bet against it.
Also Illinois and New York state
Almost spit my coffee on that one - Bravo, sir😂😂😂
He lives in a world of his own creation that does not resemble reality. In other words, he’s fucking crazy.
Couldn’t have said it better 👏
Yes. Post 9/11 was Arabs=the bad guys, non-Arab=the good guys. Almost nothing I hate more than oversimplification. It’s intellectually lazy.
After having watched the YT video, I have just one comment - What a fucking mess!
Thanks. I will watch with great interest.
Yes! I’m reminded of the Mark Twain quote “A lie will travel half way around the world while the truth is still getting its pants on “. Israel has maintained a transactional relationship with the US for decades. They say what we want to hear to get what they want - unwavering support for their aims.
THIS ☝️ !!!
Hey, brother. Just spitballing here but I think the D ldrshp devotion to unquestioning Israeli support is driven by 2 things basically-1) Religion and 2) a failure to realize that Israel is not the ally they were decades ago. There are probably others but I think those are the main factors.
Concur
Oh, George - You’re such a scamp😂😂😂
Counter-counterpoint: I think you’re both right!
Are you serious? Agree that there must be changes, indeed large ones, but even that would be, IMO, very difficult to pull off, much less a complete rewrite.