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@ljw100.bsky.social

Today, the US is not a democracy. If you want it to be one, voting is not enough.

created May 18, 2025

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Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t think she got work release. I haven’t seen.a credible source yet

12/8/2025, 8:15:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Big guy. Tears in his eyes.

11/8/2025, 3:59:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Please. That doesn't look anything like Reagan.

10/8/2025, 12:03:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

so, some of that backlash was from Mrs. Homan?

9/8/2025, 11:53:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

What passes for ‘breaking’ news on Fox: Trump takes credit for things he didn’t do and promises to do things he won’t.

8/8/2025, 10:10:25 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Fortunately there’s no one left working at the CDC

8/8/2025, 10:02:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

Multiple mega-billionaires are working on life on Mars, but say affordable healthcare and living wages are impossible. FWIW

6/8/2025, 5:38:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

The Olympics do more to promote nationalism than athletics. They’ve outlived their time.

6/8/2025, 5:35:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

More generally, these are the clauses that limit the powers of Congress and States

6/8/2025, 5:32:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s not “white folks in general”.

6/8/2025, 5:28:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Tax cuts do not matter to me. Stop acting like you’re a red-state GOP governor and start fighting back.

6/8/2025, 1:35:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

The only delusion is the author’s complete misunderstanding of how LLMs work.

6/8/2025, 1:28:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

The America you think existed didn’t exist either. Reality is always too complex for simple answers

5/8/2025, 7:52:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

What happens if they get bone spurs?

5/8/2025, 7:44:11 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m sure Russia will be pleased

4/8/2025, 11:24:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

That must be buried in the story because what you wrote and what the headlines say isn’t the same thing

4/8/2025, 11:21:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Lets not forget all the people working on Internet advertising. A person who once worked at Google.

4/8/2025, 1:30:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

everyone thinks they know what is right

4/8/2025, 1:25:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

no she didn't.

4/8/2025, 1:16:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

every museum. AI did that

4/8/2025, 1:08:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

And Tesla is having such a good year.

4/8/2025, 1:05:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Because it's diminished. You need only witness Kamala's walk-back of her plans for a large increase in taxes on the super wealthy after meeting with her large donors. Not as bad as the GOP obviously, but it's clear who calls the shots.

4/8/2025, 1:02:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish @massgovernor.bsky.social had half the courage he's showing here.

4/8/2025, 12:49:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

It's fear of offending Jewish donors.

4/8/2025, 12:47:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Objectively true and completely obvious to anyone willing to think about it. Which excludes a lot of people on both sides of the political divide.

4/8/2025, 12:44:38 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

It sorta begs the question, though: What the hell is wrong with America that we can't make steel competitively with Sweden and Japan, even after accounting for transporting this heavy and bulky material? But it's ok. The stock market is fine.

4/8/2025, 12:41:03 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted

This is what is happening right now.

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4/8/2025, 2:27:21 AM | 22900 8101 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

The people asking for money are not in Gaza. The people in Gaza are really starving.

4/8/2025, 2:18:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice, but this is hardly a gigantic win. The Smithsonian has said it will bring back some version of what it removed 'soon'.

3/8/2025, 7:16:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

that ship sailed during the Great Biden Reconstruction that Failed.

3/8/2025, 7:06:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

i'm fascinated by the idea that there might be four movies per week that are good enough to sit through. Is this some other planet I don't know about?

3/8/2025, 7:04:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

unless we get rid of Trump -- big if -- Vance is a distraction trying to become relevant.

3/8/2025, 7:02:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

why does everyone say 'this timeline' now? There's only one 'timeline'

3/8/2025, 7:00:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

so far, it's just talk

3/8/2025, 6:58:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

The jobs numbers are always revised. It's part of the process

3/8/2025, 6:52:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

This is important

3/8/2025, 1:10:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Kamala should really sit the next one out. Starting now. We need a fresh start.

2/8/2025, 9:28:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

We fear only your poutine.

2/8/2025, 8:48:26 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

There may never be another Democratic President

2/8/2025, 8:46:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess a gown from Gone With the Wind would have been a little too on the nose.

2/8/2025, 8:44:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

One of the first departments killed by Trump was the group that does statistical analysis in the Dept. of Education. So now our children are infinitely smart and perfectly well educated.

2/8/2025, 8:42:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Saying Gaza must be freed from Hamas is just giving Netanyahu an excuse for not ending the genocide.

2/8/2025, 4:21:18 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

We're three days from a much better jobs report

2/8/2025, 4:19:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

But can he actually do it?

1/8/2025, 11:51:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, renewable energy instead of coal and gas. How evil are the mothers?

30/7/2025, 12:58:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Economics. It's not for everyone.

30/7/2025, 12:55:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

"The attack underscores the limits that even a dense web of gun safety laws and private security precautions can have in a country flooded with inexpensive weapons." No lie detected.

30/7/2025, 12:47:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

this

26/7/2025, 7:54:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

It's cold in one region near the arctic circle. That's your evidence?

26/7/2025, 7:49:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

too late. she got her deal today

24/7/2025, 9:56:05 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

inequality in society is the root of money in politics.

24/7/2025, 9:54:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I'll believe it hurt him when I see the wounds. So far it's a social media storm.

24/7/2025, 9:50:46 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Seems pretty clear.

24/7/2025, 6:58:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Utter fucking bullshit. Stop blaming others for Biden’s and the Democratic Party’s profoundly undemocratic attempt to hide Biden’s decline from voters. It was deeply cynical and a national disgrace that undermines everyone’s faith in our system of government.

24/7/2025, 6:54:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Such. Utter. Bullshit. Columbia is a disgrace to all institutions of higher learning.

24/7/2025, 6:50:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Sigh. A newspaper that would print what is in the Epstein files without seeing the files or having reliable witnesses on the record isn’t worth shit. Also: . You may want to read the MSM occasionally

24/7/2025, 6:32:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Racism is the answer. Thanks for helping

24/7/2025, 6:28:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

If Trump raped someone in the middle of Broadway they would still support him

24/7/2025, 3:45:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Liberals and leftists who make constant attacks on the same media outlets don’t help

24/7/2025, 3:43:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I forget, when was Hillary president again?

24/7/2025, 3:41:40 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) reposted

Make sure your GOP representative knows that you’re paying attention. Ask Republicans if they’re on the side of transparency or part of Trump’s Epstein cover-up.

22/7/2025, 7:26:22 PM | 306 138 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

wow

23/7/2025, 12:52:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Bret Stephens is a shill for Israel with no regard for truth and a deep, abiding prejudice against Palestinians. They've given him a prominent voice for far too long.

23/7/2025, 12:35:32 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

and they give her a pardon in exchange for only saying the parts they want her to

23/7/2025, 12:28:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

Find someone who opposes your craziest ideas the Susan Collins opposes Trump.

23/7/2025, 12:21:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

no. it's broken.

23/7/2025, 11:59:24 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

misdirection to appease his base. Lets see if it works

20/7/2025, 2:05:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

This is the best thing I've seen in a long time. Well done

20/7/2025, 1:59:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

CA legislators removed all the teeth from the "No Secret Police" act by making mask-wearing by ICE an infraction rather than a misdemeanor. And their still taking their sweet time passing the bill. sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator...

20/7/2025, 1:22:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

She said that to the puppy, just before she pulled the trigger.

20/7/2025, 1:15:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Keeping Oklahoma dumb

20/7/2025, 1:14:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Does that mean he plans to move to NYC so he can move away in protest?

20/7/2025, 1:12:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

As the world burns

20/7/2025, 1:06:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

That's why, given widespread dissatisfaction with Biden, she was a poor candidate (and I understand the lack of time to pick someone else). People are always blaming leftists, or the media, or whatever, but by running Biden the Democratic Party put Trump in office. They just booted it.

20/7/2025, 12:45:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

she didn't have to recognize Palestine. She could have just made stopping the genocide part of her campaign.

20/7/2025, 1:23:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

DONORS. Money from AIPAC (and other pro-Israel PACs and individual donors) means more to Dems (and Republicans) than voter preferences. So it's not "American jews" standing in the way. It's the Israel lobby. Small in numbers, but wealthy, organized, and effective.

20/7/2025, 1:21:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture blackskin6.bsky.social (@blackskin6.bsky.social) reposted

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19/7/2025, 5:39:58 AM | 1435 510 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

in fairness, I'm not sure that you can win any other way given how corrupt the system has become. I think it's possible though. Money isn't enough. Mandami won when Cuomo had a lot more, and Harris raised way more than Trump.

20/7/2025, 1:05:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

She planned to significantly increase taxes on the rich, though not to historically high levels. Then had a meeting with her donors and cut the increase, in half, IIRC. In Gaza, donors and the left were opposed. She picked the donors. Things like diversity donors didn't oppose. They were included

19/7/2025, 10:43:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I think you might be surprised how many people would really love a truly progressive tax plan. Other left issues are toxic to conservatives, but he doesn't need them all to get the left votes. Harris focused on left issues that billionaires don't oppose, but conservatives don't support.

19/7/2025, 7:44:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm a big fan, but the issues you *don't* focus on make you seem like you grabbed Kamala's copy of Biden's platform and changed the name at the top. Again. Unless you're being a team player and don't want the top job. Either way, I salute your intelligence, integrity and civic mindedness.

19/7/2025, 7:37:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

I look forward to seeing how MAGA decides that being a child rapist is really ok after all.

19/7/2025, 7:24:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

If you don't start doing these kinds of things soon, the country is lost:

19/7/2025, 7:19:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

His soul died decades ago.

19/7/2025, 7:15:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I wasn't aware he had a modeling agency. It must have been a huge success.

19/7/2025, 7:13:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

FWIW, the US put Pinochet in power by overthrowing their legitimately elected government. He should really have known better than to trust us.

19/7/2025, 7:05:23 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

This is really, really, important.

19/7/2025, 7:02:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Sure veterans will suffer, but the important thing is someone will make $$$billions

19/7/2025, 7:00:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

He just did what the billionaires behind him told him to do. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of those pumping money into Heritage and all the other right-wing "think tanks"

19/7/2025, 6:12:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I went to a small one in Manchester by the Sea, MA. IDK why but @indivisible.org didn't really promote it after it was announced. Maybe there were just too many things to focus on with "The Bill" and everything.

19/7/2025, 5:27:46 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

This is a tremendous opportunity. If only we weren't ruled by the Fossil Fuel King

19/7/2025, 5:24:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

He's mentally ill.

19/7/2025, 5:20:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks for that, but too little, too late.

19/7/2025, 5:18:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

I was about to say the same thing. Really despicable.

18/7/2025, 11:31:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

the messenger I was referring to was me. I linked to the NBC story on it where they said maybe he was quoting (with exaggeration) the republican only numbers, and got shit for it. Thanks for piling on. You've made the world a better place

18/7/2025, 8:19:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

don't shoot the messenger. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

18/7/2025, 8:02:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

NBC said he was possibly referencing the CNN figure for republicans-only, which they had at 88%

18/7/2025, 7:56:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

um. He gave a fake source (CNN Poll).

18/7/2025, 7:26:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social) reply parent

What a libtard! It's ACTUALLY 112%. I have the files right here on my desk.

18/7/2025, 7:25:18 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ljw100.bsky.social (@ljw100.bsky.social)

This is gonna be lit! Please attend if you can!

18/7/2025, 7:24:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view