Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
"If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then, we are up for grabs for the next charlatan (political or religious) who comes rambling along." Carl Sagan
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Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Thank you on this labor day!!
I'm sure she can afford her own protection... Left, right, whatever side these public servants are on, if they are rich they should reimburse the American people for any costs (protection, travel, etc). That includes the President.
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"Nobody wants to be a cop [in DC]. They were abused. They were spit on." "When you when you say they were abused and spit on, I'm assuming you're talking about January 6th, correct?" "All you guys want to do was bring up J6 about the answer to everything."
"Trump and everyone in his White House, can kiss my ass" Dave Matthews www.reddit.com/r/chaoticgoo...
And RFK Jr... I hear bleach is a great cure all...
This is a great way to troll these people... www.reddit.com/r/chaoticgoo...
Until we get the dark money out of politics, nothing is going to change.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
DeShamtes doesn't care. His rich owners and contributors made most of that money. Another example of how they embezzle our tax dollars. How many people could've been helped with those funds?
We now live in an authoritarian country and everyone needs to wake up to that fact.
The ultra rich that now control every branch of government don't care what the constitution says. Just like fake Christians that pick and choose which parts of the bible they believe in and simply ignore the parts that don't fit their agenda.
You are assuming that our constitution is still law, which it is not. They don't give a crap what the constitution said or about our civil liberties... Otherwise, not a bad idea.
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I would've and did support this, until the rich fascists took over our country. Every freedom loving American needs to arm themselves. The fascists aren't going to leave willingly, and if you think there are going to be fair elections while they control the government, you are in denial...
Neil Young's new song... "the billionaire fascists" "There's crime in DC at the White House" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fql4...
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Stolen, but very true. Stay strong brothers and sisters.
From the not so distant past...
🚨🚨🚨How to address ICE — by a patriot in D.C.
Powell: "GDP growth has slowed notably in the first half of this year, to a pace of 1.2%, roughly half the 2.5% pace in 2024. The declining growth has largely reflected a slowdown in consumer spending ... higher tariffs have begun to push up prices in some categories of goods."
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And maybe start painting crosswalks all over the city the same in honor of those lost to hate and bigotry.
All those that think "slavery wasn't bad" should be made the first new slaves, until such a time where they agree that slavery was bad...
They control every branch of government. If you think they are going to simply allow us to vote them out of office, you may not grasp the situation we are in. Authoritarianism isn't coming, it's here. The faster people accept that fact, the faster we can get to the point where we "eat the rich".
I've thought for a while that she is orange turds "handler".
On Wednesday, six people filed claims against the federal government alleging civil rights abuses and unlawful detention during the ICE raids. Videos shared by the Carrillo Law Firm show the arrests of two of the six people.
This is your reminder that no one in Congress should be trading stocks. Who’s with me?
Protects pedophiles, 34 time convicted felon, adjudicated rapist...
COVID Vaccine for children
What century are we in? Immunizations bad Slavery Good Such a stupid, evil time we are living through.
Corruption is bad, and members of Congress shouldn’t trade stocks.
Private prison and surveillance companies like Geo Group, CoreCivic, and Palantir just reported massive profits last quarter thanks to lucrative government contracts for Trump's mass deportation machine. All of course donated to Trump's inauguration. They're getting rich off cruelty.
Totally see that. Whatever comes next, needs to be focused on improving life quality for all, not just the rich...
I hate the thought of anyone being excited by the prospect of war. If they do, they either have never seen war or are just naive. Unfortunately, it looks like civil war is coming. Please prepare yourselves. If you don't want to participate, may be a good time to look for any options.
So Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu are likely teamed up with Peter Thiel’s techno-fascist billionaire mafia in an attempt to overthrow U.S. democracy and replace it with a white supremacist oligarchy—all of which is orchestrated by blackmailing Trump with Epstein. Does that sound about right?
3) "This restraint can be achieved through physical force, threats, coercion, deception, or the misuse of legal authority, and it does not require actual physical confinement; even a threat of harm that creates a reasonable fear of injury can constitute false imprisonment."
2)"False imprisonment is the intentional and unlawful restraint of another person's freedom of movement within a bounded area, without their consent and without legal authority or justification.
1. So let me get this straight, any government entity can now detain you if you don't agree to sign whatever document they want you to sign? How is this legal in anyone's mind? How does this not qualify as "False Imprisonment"
🚨 Let’s “flood the zone” and represent ourselves as, “America.” HCR 🚨
Every person that thinks slavery is ok, should be the first to be the new slaves... After a year, we can ask them how they feel about slavery. If they still feel it's ok, then they continue to be slaves, till they decide it's not ok. Just a thought...
When people ask me what gives me hope, my answer is simple: you do. Every person who refuses to look away. Every lawyer who files a brief. Every protester who shows up. Every voter who refuses to surrender their rights. You give me hope—not because victory is certain but precisely because it is not.
And that is why I said "Every freedom loving American". Not just you or any one person. We need to unite and start protecting one another. The ultra rich are not going to give up control willingly. I know that is not what you wanted to hear, but they control every branch of government.
SHARE MY PEOPLE!!!!!! outside the Safeway store in Aztec, NM 8/18
I hate to say it, but it's time for every freedom loving American to start exercising their 2nd Amendment rights. If they don't have a warrant signed by a judge, they are acting outside the law and trying to kidnap you. You have every right to defend yourself.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
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This kid is all of us.
He's talking about Israel's leadership, but he could be talking about the orange turd or any of his supporters... www.reddit.com/r/Global_New...
WHY?????
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
Hope they tell him to go F himself...
The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
At the PolluterPage, when it’s tax support for clean energy, it’s a subsidy; when it’s tax support for R&D, it’s a good thing; when it’s the biggest subsidy on Earth — $700 billion a year to subsidize fossil fuel’s free-to-pollute business model — it’s crickets.
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Notification about the Kennedy Center Honors:
Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"
Sunday comic relief. Because laughter is *still* the best medicine 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s like West Virginia was starved for representation. For someone to just come. Bernie did and my fellow West Virginians are in love. /
In 1949, Superman told schoolchildren “our country is made up of Americans of MANY different races, religions and national origins. So… “…if YOU hear anybody talk against anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin — don’t wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN.”
More like meeting with Putin to kiss his ass...
Because it all false bravado. Trump is still owned by his daddy Putin. Publicly he condemns, while privately bowing down to his master. It's a con, like everything else orange turd does.
When is humanity going to stand up to this madness... Purposefully or indiscriminately murdering children and other innocent people is just pure evil. www.reddit.com/r/World_Now/...
If our tax dollars aren't going to be used for things that benefit us all, then we shouldn't pay taxes. I work to hard for the rich to just embezzle my money.
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%... "That's just how it is."
At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed.
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They have trampled the constitution. We are under authoritarian rule. If you still don't see that, I don't know what it will take. WAKE UP!
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If you’re wondering how ICE recruitment and training is going under Kristi Noem—South Park already nailed it.
Mexican Army Ranger calls out ICE GOONS ✊🏽
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
Should have people keep a lock in their pocket so if we identify one of these trucks full of brown coats, they just put the lock on the door. If they can incarcerate people without any due process, I don't see any reason why we can't do the same.
No real regrets here...GQP is gone...
Wake Up! You were born to be more than slaves to the rich and their greed.
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