Happening NOW! Thousands of protesters gathered in DC, right now at 14th and UNW, to protest against Trump's takeover of DC
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Happening NOW! Thousands of protesters gathered in DC, right now at 14th and UNW, to protest against Trump's takeover of DC
But not 'immediately' enough, sadly...
I don’t believe Rudy Giuliani was helping a “domestic violence victim” before his car crash. Not for one second.
That is an interesting detail to add to the 'he crashed his car' story, isn't it...
I didn’t really need more evidence that RFK Jr is nuts and delusional.
So, he expressed sympathy for the famous nutjob black sheep of an important family.... and blew Bobby's tiny mind, eh...? well, I'll be...
After 'rendering assistance' to a 'victim of domestic violence', no less... let's hear from her, assuming such a person exists...
Sounds simple; and addressing the actual needs of the people. Seems worth a try to me-- and even here on Bluesky, there are those who shy away from such talk, and express resentment of the 'criticism' of the party it implies.... which says something sad about the party functionaries.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
"Rudy Giuliani nursed an injured crow back to life with warm milk, then drove to a place not a liquor store, and then got in a car accident. After this, an unscrupulous stranger littered the backseat of his car with scores of emptied airline-size bottles of Gilbert’s vodka. Two may have been gin."
I just hope that he can soon thank Ashli Babbitt in person for her service.
They’re coming for your birth control ladies. You better be paying attention & getting loud! @azagmayes.bsky.social please get ahead of this project 2025 craziness. #ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
"Here’s the truth we cannot escape: If Ashli Babbitt is honored, then few things are sacred. If loyalty to the Constitution and an attempt to overthrow it are treated as equal, we lose the very meaning of service." www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
The deep red state of TN is lucky to have this good man trying to serve the interests of all.
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
So... since his feeble orange majesty is clearly incapacitated, who in the WH will be giving the order to attack Chicago-- Stephen Miller, again...?
here's today's post: "Chicago cordially invites the Mad King to go fuck himself" — Chicago will not comply with Donny’s police state fascism. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
Shucks, that's an easy one-- he voted against it because he's a Republican and 'no' is all they can do....
Right... like when Biden ordered troops to get the Covid vaccine, and the Republicans lost what passes for their collective mind?
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
This is never going away, is it?
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
“Since Mr Trump singled out India with an unexpectedly draconian double dose of tariffs earlier this month, he has reportedly phoned the Indian prime minister on four occasions to seek a compromise. Each time, the Indian leader refused to pick up.” (The Telegraph)
Trump is throwing away our place in the world-- diplomatically and economically. How can even Republicans shrug off his bumbling incompetence... tax cuts aren't worth as much in a second-tier nation.
And such gains were always accompanied by whines of 'too expensive'; 'how can we do that'; and of course 'socialism!!!' by those who enjoy being always-wrong-- the right side of politics.
Everything we take for granted — weekends, paid vacations, sick leave, safer workplaces, health care — exists because of unions.
REP. BUDDY CARTER: What eroded confidence in the CDC was the covid vaccine BEDINGFIELD: Who was president in 2020?
Other countries had cranks who were anti-vax; what they didn't have was a political party as craven as our own GOP who decided to pick up votes by pandering to yet another group of irrational and uninformed potential voters.
No 'explicit' authority... in other words, 'no authority'.... and this is how a once-great newspaper presents the issue...? Still sane washing after all these years-- at least, it feels like years.
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
Thank you-- we need sane voices now, more than ever.
I’ve heard from a couple of messaging strategists now that people shouldn’t post so much about COVID19 vaccines because it’s “divisive”. I am here to say that I do not give a damn what is popular. I will never ignore scientific evidence for the sake of expediency, and neither should anyone else.
Our country is being destroyed. But hey, look at these eight Maine Coon kittens.
“Blind obedience to authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” — Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
Nice when good things happen to good people-- looking forward to it! 👍
Seems like they must have thought they had that covered with the whole 'no treasonous insurrectionists allowed' amendment.. but sadly, the entire Court decided to overlook that.
Who forgot to put into the constitution that a convicted felon cannot hold the office of the president?
When the frothy hate for brown people overcomes a fire emergency, you must already be a member of today's Trump Gestapo-- and a deeply worthless human being. Maybe that's redundant....
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hear, hear-- she's great at calling out their bullshit and making her objections crystal clear.👍Wish we had people like her in party leadership. They're afraid to stand up for anything, as if attracting voters wasn't a worthwhile goal.
This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social’s @mizzwelch.bsky.social
All kidding aside, suffering from both leprosy & syphilis at 79 is no joke, but I am sure whatever cure RFKjr is mixing up will get him back on the golf course in no time.
Oh, fingers crossed... thoughts and prayers... 😁😆👍
👍😁🤭🤣❤️😅
Me logging onto social media just now.
Only the best experts for 47.
Oh, me too... I bet Dr Oz could sell him a supplement or two... and of course Bobby Jr makes a great 'go-to' guy for a consult....😂
This man is a hero-- thank you, sir! ❤️
Social media users, without evidence, pushed claims that President Donald Trump had died in recent days after not being seen publicly.
Ironic that a man elected with the help of internet rumors turns out to be such an easy target... the concerns about his obvious physical and mental decline are well-placed, and nice to see 'the media' take notice, finally.
CHICAGO…
“This is our moment to reassert what it means to be American by speaking out and pushing back. The victory of the weak, malignant and unprincipled man is not inevitable.” www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...
The past 12 hours gave all of us a sense of just how huge the nationwide celebration will be when he finally does kick the bucket. 🎉🥳🎊
Well, fingers crossed and hope for the best... which in this case, would be 'the worst'.... hope it feels as miserable as it looks.
She was treated appropriately for her own behavior; the financial 'settlement' was bad enough, but burial with 'military honors' is a disgrace.
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
I much the same way as many Americans see him, then...
Well... his specimens, blood draws, and assorted odd donations surely have... doesn't that count?🤡
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
In fact, the word 'hero' is a bit too mild... they admire their gilded version of him, after all... like his tacked-up Office but with even less charm... or like JC but without the pesky 'woke' aspects...
“Simon Says” Except no matter how ludicrous, they follow orders.
The New Yorker…
I hope we get a full report from the families and the victims as to how deeply appalling Comer's behavior was-- his usual inane level, or even worse... 👍
Welch: Everybody's missing the point here. The point is, he's doing this on purpose. He's priming the public to get accustomed to having the military in the streets
I missed the episode, and clips of it... I'm thinking she'd eat Jennings for lunch, and then spit him out-- I notice his vaguely troubled all-purpose 'Republican' face, lurking at the side... She's great.
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey JUST CALLED FOR a statewide and federal ban on assault weapons. Who’s with him?
Oh, it's nice when such things happen to those who deserve far more of this.... 👍😁
Someone puts chains on the fence, and DHS was locked up at a federal building. It is time for Ice to get out of Los Angeles.
Seems like a man who worked for equal rights and won elective office, and was then assassinated by a right wing freak, should qualify as 'better people' than a misguided wannabe terrorist who died in order to save the lives of elected Representatives from a mob... but that's just us, I guess...💔
And it's definitely not 'woke'.... 🤡
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Hundreds of employees and supporters of the CDC lined the sidewalks outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters for a “clap out” rally to honor three senior leaders who resigned a day earlier. Read more here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
And we know that the powers that be in red GA will do all they can to shut it down; like they just did in red Kansas; like they succeeded at doing in red FL... because some people don't deserve grocery stores, if they're older, poorer, or of course, 'those people'... can't go offering good services.
The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today. The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Maybe this time she'll learn her lesson. Better yet, maybe this time the voters in Maine will.
You're not going to believe this but Susan Collins is "extremely alarmed"
Why is it every couple that posts they’re homeschooling their kids are the EXACT people who SHOULDNT be homeschooling children.
Nobody does 'talking out of both sides of our ass' better than today's GOP.👍
Disgraceful.
Thereby cheapening everything about the concept 'full military honors'... that's ridiculous. RIP and all that, but hell-- she got what she deserved on the 6th. Game should be over.
And a fine job at that, too.... if only we had an opposition party that would take a lesson instead of keeping quiet and posing as a semi-sane alternative to fascism... while continuing to support a genocide and treating progressives as if they were as big a threat as all Republicans.
I don’t write to soothe. I write to force a choice. To push people to stay and fight...or run away. To spark anger...courage...and conviction. Neutrality is surrender...and in this fight...you either stand up for democracy or you enable its destruction. There. Is. No. Middle. Ground.