Ofc McCain did- Joe was a well established enemy-within by ā06
Watching him burn Rome from a front row seat. UKR šŗš¦
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Ofc McCain did- Joe was a well established enemy-within by ā06
god Joe Liberman sucked
Still managing to get all the big things wrong. Step away
Def get the beard now
Mindfulness is a form of "affectionate attention." āDr. Jon Kabat-Zinn+ There is ecstasy in paying attention.ā Anne Lamott The poets are offering a religion of noticing things, or a religion of paying attention. āAda LimĆ³n Attention is the beginning of devotion. āMary Oliver
Trump cooking up truly insane shit posts on his deathbed like Mozart composing Requiem while Vance lurks like Salieri in the wings.
CNN platforming Seb Gorka Martha Raddatz at ABC Interviewing Gov Wes Moore & being unhinged. Wes Moore needs to ask why sheās defending a rapist. Ask if her questions were written by Stephen Miller. Wes needs to pushback on a bought off press. I donāt get the constant defense mode. Offense only.
Like imagine if Kristen Welker put this pic up and asked some wingnut how theyād feel about finding this man in a womenās restroom and then, after he sputtered for a bit, revealed that heās trans and her guest has given him no other option unless he wants to break the law. Itād be educational!
There is a c) trolls. And Iād argue itās far more impactful than a) and b)ā¦ And bs doesnāt seem to be waking up to the fact itās a coordinated campaign, not singular misanthropes. Facebook, Twitter, TikTok - not sure how many times we need to see the pattern..
I will keep banging this drum: trolls people! Much of this isnāt organic, itās trolls. Idk y, but bs seems slow to accept this
Ed Snowden replied-all to a supervisor with an all-caps screed and was made to apologize to everyone on the email. His downloading of classified documents began the next day. The DNI comments that he cites as his reasons for action didn't happen until two weeks later.
"Remain vigilant, fight back, recognize the real damage and danger, but don't give into despair or engage with dark fantasies" Tricky balance to achieve.
I agree with much of this thread, but I think it needs to be said: if unity is the way to get around fascists, we need to fucking unify, and that means at this stage, swiftly discouraging the wedge issue dividers in our own party.
VA is a disaster right now. I generally don't trust the private sector with my healthcare, yet had wrist surgery three weeks ago at Baylor Scott & White in Dallas because VA couldn't handle it. First time I've had a major procedure or serious condition treated outside the military or VA since 1996.
Come for the geopolitics takes. Stay for the numinous politics takes.
I have maintained for a while that the reason everything around the world (funded by petro-states and carbon oligarchs) is happening rn is because the most powerful industry to ever exist on the face of the Earth has no future. And so it must wipe the future out of our imaginations.
Hurricane Katrina was 20 years ago and MANY destructive and deadly storms and wildfires have happened since but thereās still people denying the climate crisis.
I agree when you add one key player: Canada. Theyāve been clear eyed from the (almost) start and their determination to go toe to toe against US has only grown. And they are emerging on the world leadership stage w rationality and conviction. Said as an American- thank god. Elbows up.
One of the most shocking US history facts Iāve learned. - Iwo Jima: 27 MOH recipients - Battle of the Bulge: 21 - Wounded Knee: 20
I live in one of the most multicultural areas of the UK and there is rarely a day where I'm not positively impacted by that - whether it's delicious food, really good local businesses or my incredibly kind neighbours. I'm not saying this as a political statement, more just a reality of my life.
He is manipulating data and making absolutely horrific decisions without consulting some of the best experts in the world. They have no recourse. If you wish to rage at someone, may I suggest any Republican Senator. 2/3
a friend finalized her dual citizenship to an EU country today and this is what it feels like to be a dog at the shelter watching another dog get adopted
anyway it is good when good public servants say "fuck you make me"
Well said
Youāre a chump who played himself (not my concern) and many others (major concern of mine). Youāre a phony slob and an obstacle to progress. Step down in shame. Or just step down.
Middle school me, after meeting me from the future: āWhat do you mean Martha Stewart is cooler than Snoop Dogg? Wtf happens in the future?ā
How tf is this simplicity in any way
Of course he does. Every single leverage point demands he claim not to. This isnāt hard to understand. Just unsettling.
I beg people to understand heās been compromised and then owned by Russia for decades. Every convo that doesnāt start there is doomed.
*insert Kruschev quote here*
*and trolls
Be aware we are being flooded and targeted with bots right now.
Bingo
I think overcharging should have career-ending consequences. These assholes are playing with people's lives.
The movie "Idiocracy" can't hold a candle to what's happening in real life now...
A dark day indeed
If you disliked raising arizona..idk if I could take that
Wld he have crushed on that metric had he not had the round-the-clock backing of a decades-in-the-making media ecosystem responsible for convincing 10s of millions to vote agst their own interest? E.g., virtually no one had ever heard the term CRT until Chris Rufo and that ecosystem made it a thing.
His one trait you can depend on
the problem for Ds right now is not winning elections. they are doing fine at winning elections. the problem is what happens *between elections.* as in, if you don't fight fascism between elections, election outcomes start not to matter. 1
To blow them in a hurry if they need to (slow down a UKR advance)
Game on.
If a Democratic president starting sending Blue state national guard troops to occupy a red city as a power grab, the GOP officials in that state would arrest the invading guard troops to send a message that they are defending their sovereignty.
āTrumpās DOJ saidā¦ā Shut the fuck up. Who cares what they said. Theyāre fucking criminals. They lie.
āhey look, itās a couch f*ucker!ā
The Metro Police and federal agents were caught by a group of women in Washington D.C. breaking into their car and searching through it. When the women asked what they were doing, without a warrant, the officers walk around without an explanation. Those officers got aggressive with the women. š¤¬
Red states rely on the money from Blue states to function. This can all be over the second Democratic governors actually wield their power.
Who?? I know no one with this name
incredible things are happening in washington dc
So yes Stephen King came to the reading tonight. And I very nearly almost didnāt cry. Held it together to the point that people after were like you did such a good job not crying! I AM crying in my hotel now because heās amazing & so kind & he liked my story & I canāt, my whole life, his booksā¦
For those wondering why TX Repubs are still holding Nicole Collier hostage, itās simple THEY ARE DUMB PEOPLE!!!!!! Itās the same reason why they threw me in jail (They failed, CHARGES DROPPED)! In the end, all they end up doing is firing up our movement further WE WILL NOT FLINCH!
Rep. Nicole Collier refused to āsign away her dignityā by accepting a police escortā¦and spent the night on the Texas House floor protesting GOP overreach. A quiet act of defianceā¦that speaks volumes!š„
Roy Orbison sang this song 17 days before his death. For the first and only time. āThe most perfect voiceā according to Elvis himself.
U fahkin rawk
To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, āMake the conclusion count.ā
I don't think you can really say that Dems walking out of Texas and going back was pointless when it seems to have given California the time to move the ball on their retaliatory measures.
I honestly don't know why this whole discussion is confusing to people. - There are fantastic Moderate Dems - There are also many tremendous Progressive Dems - It's going to take both of those types of candidates winning to try & clean up this mess. We need BOTH! It's just that simple š¤·āāļø
Black women are being used as test subjects for the limits of abuse of power. I want people to not ignore this since this always happens and then when the abuse arrives at people's doorstep, they're surprised. CALL IT OUT NOW.
dear democrats the president of the united states being pro slavery is a "kitchen table issue" to this black man
California has walked the walk on independent redistricting at the state level for 15 years. But we cannot unilaterally disarm while other states throw out the rules to gain power. With one vote, Californians can punch back and also demand nationwide independent redistricting.
Yep def not a concern troll. Bye
They are doing it. Follow the war daily if you have more questions. Not sure what else youāre looking for
"you're so brave" no, i'm not i just have conviction it is a choice it is a choice you could, and should, also make and i hold you accountable to your choice don't you dare exceptionalize me by saying it's innate rather than chosen i will not be an excuse for your cowardice
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administrationās failures.
The decision of European leaders to all join Zelensky in his White House visit was one of the savviest diplomatic moves Iāve seen in a long time. Historic. THAT is how you unify for democracy.
deeply uncomfortable to be in a position where youāre like āno please, every other nation, literally treat us as the bad guys, it is necessary and overdue and the only way anything has a chance of getting betterā
Other countries have safety nets. The US has women. Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net. Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
I want the next Democrat president to crush, publicly humiliate, and economically ruin wasteful, useless ICE employees - just the same way the MAGA admin is doing that to cancer researchers, aid workers, and national park employees (among so many others) right now.
It's wild to see "Never let them take you to a second location" play out publicly against elected Black representatives while people go about their lives, but this is EXACTLY why Rep. Nicole Collier refused to normalize her own captivity.
YOU have to CHOOSE to feel PERSONALLY responsible to TRY. Between globalized food systems, technofascist surveillance, climate crisis, and nukes, the stakes are existential. You cannot afford to sit this one out. None of us can. Die for something. Or die for nothing. bsky.app/profile/alex...
This is wonderful but eill never happen bc putin knows nothing if not danger. His hubris would meet its better at a mtg w UKR. I hope Zelenskyy jumps on the offer and vlad has to backpedal
He is and has been a Russian asset. All actions make sense (UKR and otherwise) thru that lens. The rest is theater - either his, putinās or some weird melange. He has no intent on helping Ukraine. He just knows heās in spotlight and has to dance until attn fades
If I were the House or Senate minority leader or party chair my ass would fly down to Texas and Iād start screaming at news cameras about whatās going on
You can f allll the way off
They gave you a start and you backstab them with this propaganda. Thereās a special place in hell for you girl
Funny I looked up your profile pics and you try to look more Russian each time. FOH traitor
You realize how far ālooking up namesā is from real journalism, right you white bread talent-spared selfie-achiever? And you go after npr which unfortunately gave you your break. lol no journalist would let you rewrite their copy, pariah
There is meeting the momentā¦ and then there is this..
I think a lot of it comes out of elite Democrats' fundamental contempt for American voters - they don't believe voters can be trusted to recognize that authoritarianism and lawlessness is bad. They think voters are stomachs with mouths who can only be convinced by appealing to their self-interest
My question is, at what point does it not become a stunt? At what point does it become the thing it's trying to look like? When they carry weapons? When they shoot someone? When they surround the capitol building? When they're in the Senate chamber? When they put a bag over your head?
I think the fact that the president can make up a bullshit pretext about crime, activate various states' national guard units and invade a major city with basically minimal pushback of any kind reflects very poorly on Americans generally
Historically, when people can no longer afford to eat, thatās when shit goes down.
The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.
ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They donāt want you to know how theyāre treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVSā¦
The fact that the President spent yesterday invading the nation's capital at one end of the country and capitulating to Russia at the other end of the country sure is something else, huh.
Pipe down āindependent voterā
Of course. Now stand with Mandani, dingus
Maybe this finally shuts all naive Europeans up about āwell conservatives sometimes help us blah blah letās see what happens blah blah..ā The entire GOP are captured (ie helpless) by Russia. We other USians are trying desperately to figure this out - but clarity is needed globally as to sitrep.
Not only did federal goons show up to try and intimidate our governor, they did so on hallowed ground. Gov. Newsom was speaking at the Democracy Center at the Japanese American National Museum, which I helped found so we do not repeat the horrors and injustices of the past. Shameful.
So desperate to show the world heās the leader of a global hegemon, rather than the shitty dictator of a nuclear-armed gas station.
Depressing and disgusting sight: U.S. soldiers on their knees, laying out the red carpet for a murderous fascist dictator. The United States has fallen so very low, so very quickly.
I love this so much
more like pursuing pee tapes
Hawg callinā time. āSooieeee!!ā
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
These guys are so fucking weak and theyāre showing us right now. Gavin Newsom of all people has them wilding out. Thatās why itās been so frustrating to watch Democratic leadership hide under their desks for the last 8 months.
It is increasingly clear that the majority of federal law enforcement officers do little or no real work, hence having the time and resources to do what they've been doing under Trump. Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.