Taking a break from BlueSky.
Lover of 📖🎨. Recovered lawyer. Retired librarian. 🇺🇦
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Taking a break from BlueSky.
Orwellian language. (Not a compliment.)
1) This dangerous lunatic is spouting Naomi Wolf-like woo-woo bullshit. 2) A president in his right mind would fire this dangerous lunatic. 3) A non-chickenshit Congress would impeach and remove this dangerous lunatic. 4) Instead, this dangerous lunatic is attacking the CDC. Right now. Tonight.
Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago. 8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois. And yet Trump is sending troops here.
Or move to Canada.
We now have an economy subject to the whims and desires of one person, unaccountable to anyone else. Call it what it is: a dictatorship.
Also the World Cup. If you don't boycott out of principle, boycott out of fear that border guards will arbitrarily throw you in a horrifying prison.
Literally seems to be the only human doing the thing
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today. Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American. There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
Tyrants govern through fear. Dictators take their power from the acquiescence of the good people who don't speak out. It is our obligation as citizens to set aside fear and take a step forward not a step back.
Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
If you burn an American flag, you get a year in jail. If you attack a Capitol police officer with an American flag, you get a pardon.
Gov. Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city to try and intimidate his political rivals. This is about Trump searching for ways to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Right on Pritzker. This will be a fight for the ages.
“Do not come to Chicago” -JB Pritzker This is what we have been talking about, since 2020. Hit back harder. That’s how you win a fight. The entire Democrat party should be taking notes.
I think the military will support Trump.
Trump says immigrants must prove ‘good moral character’ — this from the guy who paid hush money to a porn star, stole from his own charity, and tried to overturn an election.
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This isn’t about republicans vs. democrats anymore. Party lines hold little meaning. It’s about whether we continue to exist as a constitutional republic or completely devolve into an autocracy. Every American should be outraged in their bones about what’s going on.
Sending troops into US cities against their will. Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions. Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor. Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
Karl Marx is ecstatic. (I know he's dead.)
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
“What we are seeing is not merely a “slide toward authoritarianism.” It’s a march toward despotism. And it’s a march whose pace is accelerating.” www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
I've signed up.
Vance is wrong/lying. Even if he's right, Russia won't honor any agreement with Ukraine or any other country.
ICYMI: Trump says his administration won't approve any wind or solar power projects. Reminder that Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024. It's a huge payoff for his corporate donors at the expense of a livable planet.
Vance's Ivy League education was a waste of his time and money. He doesn't care about facts that don't support his (and Russia's) talking points.
Fun fact: No one has ever received a Nobel Peace Prize for invading their own country with Nazis.
I didn't think I could hate anyone more than I hate Trump, but Vance is making me reconsider this.
Vance is a Russian asset. Like everyone in Trump's orbit.
Vance learned nothing despite an Ivy League education.
You know for someone who’s totally not a pedophile according to a convicted pedophile and human trafficker Trump sure does hang out with a lot of pedophiles
Gym!
Donald Trump's threat to bring the National Guard to Chicago isn't about safety — it's a test of the limits of his power and a trial run for a police state. Illinois has long worked with federal law enforcement to tackle crime, but we won't let a dictator impose his will.
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Perfect. No notes.
Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
The Epstein documents will be buried under the ballroom floor.
I hope there is a hell so Trump can spend eternity there.
If/when there's a terrorist attack on Americans/American soil, it will be Joe Biden's fault according to MAGA world. Not that intelligence officials are being fired wholesale by Trump.
Will the U.S. govt. actually get the money or is going to Dementia Don's account?
His normally tiny hands look puffy.
Donald Trump has never been respectful to anyone in his life. He's an ill-mannered moron.
The glorious era of American communism has begun! The state has seized the means of production. Rejoice, for the Revolution is at hand!
And he complained that President Zelensky was disrespectful because he wasn't wearing a suit. Dementia Don is wearing a baseball cap and isn't wearing a tie. Verrrrrry respectful.
Higher prices on everything that is imported, thanks to Dementia Don.
Here, fixed it.
Allies of the fascist regime are referring to the residents of our capital city as “cockroaches.” This is explicitly neo-Nazi language used in service of making Jeffrey Epstein‘s best friend into dictator for life.
DC is so dangerous that the 80 year old out of shape President of the United States is going to “patrol” the streets. You can’t make this shit up. But at least we know where one felon will be tonight
That was the ATM cash withdrawal limit.
The explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable than before. They've just gamed the system to line their pockets. Is it any wonder why so many working people feel the game is rigged against them? (It is.)
Initial unemployment claims rise, exceeding expectations Continued unemployment claims Delayed federal separation bomb has yet to go off Companies reducing payrolls by attrition Layoffs increasing Labor market shrinking America is "Hot" Flaming garbage pit hot
2 weeks!😂
Is Jake Tapper writing a book about Trump's mental state yet?
Private Bone Spurs. 😂
That's the plan.
Household electric bills are up 10% nationally since Trump took office. Meanwhile, household gas prices rose by 56%. Energy costs are set to go up more as the Trump-Republican budget bill guts clean energy projects. Remember how the entire election was about lowering prices?
Fox News viewers may believe Trump lies about his peace-making, but the Nobel Peace Prize committee won't.
Their reasons:?Tax breaks; loose regulation; power.
(Guardian) - Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the president’s datacenter boosterism .. as part of the cause. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Macron Calls Putin a ‘Predator’ and an ‘Ogre’ This is a leader. Vive la France.
2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll..... 13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
"Party of small government." Hello? This is what authoritarianism looks like. www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/p...
James Madison was elected in 1812 during the War of 1812. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1864 during the Civil War. FDR was elected in 1944 during WWII. JBJ & Nixon were elected in 1964 & 1972 during the Vietnam War. George W. Bush was elected in 2004 during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Trump is a boor and an asshole.
Does the 10% go to Trump's bank account?
The occupation of our capital city is not “a distraction.” It’s part of the dictator’s playbook. The attempt to rig the rules of the next election is not “a distraction.” It’s a direct threat to the will of the voters. Fighting for our democracy is not a distraction.
71% of Americans believe Trump knew exactly what Epstein was up to. Trump knows he's screwed bc of it. So screwed in fact, he has to try to shut down voting, gerrymander districts, embarrass a foreign leader, and embarrass US in his meeting with Putin... This is all desperation.
The Real Leader of the Free World It’s Monday. There are 442 days until the midterm elections. Trump tries to rig another election, Laura Loomer’s war on children and the real leader of the free world comes to D.C.
Marco Rubio sold his soul to the devil (Trump).
Trump: On war criminal Putin: “I’ve always had a fantastic relationship with him” On sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell: “I wish her well” On pedophile Epstein: “He’s a lot of fun to be with” On J6: “It was a day of love” To everyone who has enabled this evildoer, a pox on you and your houses.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has posted statement saying: “American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican”
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
“Would have never happened if I were President.”
Put ❤️ if you agree with me
Like every turning point in the ongoing Trump humiliation of GOP leaders, no Republican has stood to defend American dignity and Decency. Two monsters: Vladimir Putin and Ghislaine Maxwell, embraced by the Republican Party. Putin and Maxwell: Welcome to the GOP open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
How Trumpism is like Stalinism. A thread. 🧵🧵🧵 Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
Under Trump's command, U.S. troops get on their knees to roll out a literal red carpet for a fascist dictator. This isn't ceremony. It's surrender.
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
“Putin would eat you for lunch.” Today, exactly that happened.
I'm shocked, shocked.
So pesticides are safe, but vaccines are dangerous.
Poster boy for Big Tobacco.
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
While the nation has plenty of real problems to deal with, Trump is ignoring them to manufacture fake emergencies. Why? He wants more power — and he wants to distract from his unpopular agenda. It should be clear that America’s actual national emergency is Donald J. Trump.
Trump's BLS pick EJ Antoni has said that Social Security, America's greatest anti-poverty program, is a "Ponzi scheme" that needs to be sunset. Reminder that BLS data is what determines annual cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits. This is a five-alarm fire.
Mark Kelly: "I hope we got something out of this. Putin is a war criminal. This is not a show of strength to allow him to fly into the United States to land here to negotiate with our president."
Jeffrey Epstein took the fifth about Donald Trump. What else do you need to know?
I really enjoyed this book.
Economics for Morons, 101/102 (3 credits each)
Pritzker: "It's cheating. Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. And now he's trying to cheat the American people out of their votes."
What does JD Vance do besides take luxury vacations? 📌 Off to yet another vacation in a $10K/wk English manor while Americans struggle to afford groceries.
