Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Waller keeps saying inflation is temporary. Really? Since when do prices come down?
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Waller keeps saying inflation is temporary. Really? Since when do prices come down?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land and inflaming Palestinians. Wonder why there are terrorists?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Last month, Mohamed El-Erian surprised many by suggesting that Jerome Powell should resign as Chairman of the Federal Reserve to protect the policy independence of the world’s most influential central bank. Had Powell done so under pressure would have driven a nail into Fed. independence.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Sebastion Gorka, WH Senior Director of Counterterrorism, is a danger to our country. And note his role in the Trump Administration.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Very true. Yet, Democrats needs to be careful. This constant focus on “marginalized” people overshadows working people trying to make ends meet. They feel “marginalized” too with no support leading to resentment. And guess who they blame?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
This is what feckless, “leading from behind” Trump leadership looks like.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Trump administration once again justifies Russian aggression. Feckless Trump.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Time for NATO to send troops to Ukraine. Peacekeeping force that has the authority to response aggressively to Russian aggression.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Bullshit. The criminals are celebrated by Trump yet he claims he’s all about law & order. He’s also the only felon who’s sitting in our WH.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Have Americans become numb to school shootings?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Putin and Trump keep killing Ukrainians.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Impeachment is the process of bringing charges against a federal official for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Is it not bribery what Trump is doing to universities, corporations and law firms? Or a high crime to use the powers of the government to pursue vengeance?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
As a president, is personal retribution constitutional?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Calling all black and Hispanic men to join us in the streets. You helped elect this autocrat. Help us stop him.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Trump assumes his enemies are guilty. Then they suck the FBI and DOJ on to people to find evidence. This is the opposite of innocent under proven guilty. America’s rule of law has been turned on its head.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Retribution? Or authoritarianism? The former is a personal vendetta. The latter is a systematic plan to deconstruct the State.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
CRIME: this is NOT about crime. It is about authoritarian control.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Another shooting. Then MSM goes into overdrive discussing it nonstop. Do these press conferences serve the public interest? Silly questions. Few answers. Why?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
So you are settled on reading the Declaration of Independence as a response? 🤷♂️
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Well public sentiment is important. Trump’s poll numbers are atrocious. The mid-term elections are the earliest opportunity to change this situation. Do you have another suggestion or is this a vanity play?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
How many seat majority in The House?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
And many are reported to be very unhappy. Uniformed voters and this is what you get.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
The criminal is tough on crime? The pedo chief is tough on crime?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
When Trump cuts $1B from the DC budget, he’s not interested in public safety.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
When will Joe Scarborough realize this isn’t about crime? It’s a PR stunt.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Expensive ground crew.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
And where in hell are Democrats? Crickets.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Where are Democratic voices when Trump’s autocratic behavior is front and center? Wake up.
Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) reposted
It’s continues to be despicable how the media has spent a decade normalizing the orange felon so much so that they are reporting on his authoritarian militarization of Washington DC as if it were a routine military exercise. They deliberately failed democracy for clickbait.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Yesterday’s Cabinent behavior was nauseating. For adults to behave in this manner creates serious concerns about American leadership.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Bill Pulke needs to be investigated.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Seeking a lawyer for class action suit. DOGE reportedly put millions of Americans personal data at risk. Time for legal action.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Nauseating. Kim Jung Un?
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Trump is defunding the police. He’s cut billions from DC and cities which means fewer police.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Calling all sleeping Democratic leaders - waketfu and speak out in a coordinated manner about the Federal Reserve.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
I expect them to speak out loudly. Wringing one’s hands watching an autocrat crash a government isn’t responsible behavior.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Response to Trump’s Power Grab: Democrats must identify how the federal government can best help with safety in the cities. Trump’s or stunts won’t help, but cooperation will. Put pressure on Trump to actually address crime.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Did I hear Congress speak out loudly against Trump’s interference in the Federal Reserve? Crickets. What in hell is wrong with Democrats? You ought to be screaming from the roof top.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Why haven’t the Democrats put a full court press on the GOP to do their jobs and constrain a wanna be autocratic?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Will hundreds of thousands of people show up in Boston when ICE “floods the zone” showing up in large numbers? The next Boston Tea Party?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Not when you’re facing an autocrat.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
David Drucker is an apologist for Trump’s autocratic behavior.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Where’s the outrage in the legal community, corporate leaders and military leaders?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
If a foreign government took out top military leaders our military would be outraged. Trump and Hegseth purge these leaders and there’s hardly a mention. What’s going on?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Abuses and fraud occur by providers not individuals.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Joe Scarborough , this isn’t a joke. Trump’s autocratic behavior is what many indicated would happen.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Trump figured out how to manipulate voting machines so now he wants to now stop mail in ballots? Hmmm.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Joe Scarborough finally gets it that Trump wasn’t interested in crime. What did he miss last week?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
The Robert’s Court appears to believe that a Republican president can be the decider.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
All these countries taking political prisoners from the Trump regime better remember Democrats will regain power. Then it won’t end well for them. Retribution.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
President Xi came into power on an anti-crime theme. It’s what autocrats do.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
If Trump did nothing wrong, why was Maxwell, convicted to 20 years for pedo trafficking, moved to Club Fed? Only Trump could have made that happen. Why?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Manhattan Institute is fighting the wrong battle. Stay focused.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
There’s a way to enforce immigration and a way not to. Masked men in unmarked cars is not acceptable in America. Period.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Jackson Browne’s “Live in the Balance” a song for the times.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
If Trump did nothing wrong, why was Maxwell, convicted to 20 years for pedo trafficking, moved to Club Fed? Only Trump could have made that happen. Why?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
US Supreme Court lets Trump cut diversity-related NIH grants. Once again, the Robert’s court shames itself and lets the American people down.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
The world fought apartheid in South Africa. The world will fight Trump’s effort to institute apartheid in America.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
So Trump thinks Putin is interested in ending this war?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump’s Gestapo.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Go ahead ignore us.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
MSM is questioning Newsom’s online jabs at Trump. They don’t get it. The public wants a fight with MAGA and here’s a guy who’s doing it. Political pundits don’t get much these days.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Most Medicaid fraud is created not by individuals but by providers.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Class warfare was created by MAGA. Huge tax cuts for billionaires and corporations isn’t a good look. People are pissed.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
He’s a fool.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Hypocrisy has no limits.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
So a president can engage in extortion against our universities and corporations?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Cancel Culture is all Trump’s got.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Outrageous. Kidnapping people?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Trump believes Putin’s claim claim about mail-in ballots. So he believes a dictator who despises democracies!!
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Hey Trump, whose side are you on?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
@mika-brzezinski.bsky.social Putin doesn’t want European and American peacekeeping troops for one reason: they don’t want to kill them. Russia has no interest in ending the fighting.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social Putin doesn’t want European and American peacekeeping troops for one reason: they don’t want to kill them. Russia has no interest in ending the fighting.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Putin doesn’t want European and American peacekeeping troops for one reason: they don’t want to kill them. Russia has no interest in ending the fighting.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Can’t even get Trump to support a ceasefire. Says it all. Wasn’t it Trump that demanded a ceasefire a few weeks ago? How does one negotiate with a crazy man?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Arnold, you are from Austria. You ought to understand what fascism is all about. Fight GOP’s efforts to steal elections.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Marco has made a complete fool out of himself.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Little Marco has learned “the weave.”
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Fast talking Marco goes on TV and talks in circles. Is this the “weave.”
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
“Trump was cucked.” James Fallows
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
“Trump was cucked.” James Fallows
Larry Hochman (@larryhochman.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Wholesale inflation up .9%. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Strikes out with make-believe peace meeting. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein $60 million taxpayer money on golf outings. Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
“Trump was cucked.” James Fallows
Journey To Bliss (@journeytobliss.bsky.social) reposted
Let’s all pledge to repost 25 “Epstein Files” posts today and through the weekend.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
substack.com/@rogerpielkejr An apologist for Big Oil.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
“There will be a deal when there’s a deal.” -Trump Kissinger is turning over in his grave.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social) reply parent
Our pathetic feckless leader kisses Putin’s ass. Did he realize Putin is wanted for war crimes and no red carpet treatment is warranted. It’s an insult to all who have been kidnapped and killed in Ukraine.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
“There’s no deal until there’s a deal.” What a brilliant statement.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Trump doing the weave. All bullshit.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
“If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”Abraham Lincoln
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein. Where did it go? All MSM talks about is the take over of Washington DC. MSM has badly failed us?
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social Epstein.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social stop with your speculation. It’s nonstop.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social you on your “feelings” kick again today? Talk about the red state crime rates.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social Trump’s overreach in LA did not play well for him. This won’t play well either.
Gregory D (@mapragmatist.bsky.social)
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social you have neglected to address in any depth the $1B in funds withheld from DC. Why?