Well, you guys wanted to be neutral, LWV. Republicans don't leave neutrality out as an option. Choose a side or go under.
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Well, you guys wanted to be neutral, LWV. Republicans don't leave neutrality out as an option. Choose a side or go under.
We now live in a country where: – The president is a felon. – The DHS chief kills puppies. – The HHS chief is an antivax ex-addict. – The education secretary can’t read. – The defense secretary is a drunk. – The DNI answers to Moscow. WTF happened?
Supreme Court and Senate Republicans happened.
So maybe the problem wasn’t with the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
We were warned. Only some of us paid attention.
Suuure they are. Occasional Dem voters they might be, but card carrying I doubt. They'll vote for the candidates nearest to being Republicans, but they're the same ones they'd have voted for before.
Right up until the minute Trump’s business ventures like Trump Shuttle, Trump Atlantic City casinos, Trump Steaks, Trump University, etc, etc, went bankrupt, Trump was claiming they were a huge success with big things right around the corner. Just like now with the economy.
India/Pakistan, 1947 separation after British rule ended. I've spent 35 years travelling this country, and the Union of States is no longer working, essentially because way too many in the South think they psychologically won the Civil War. And in a way they have, sadly.
Yep. I'm not willing to fight to retain the union: let the red assholes go, we can build a decent world that's blue.
If these people really do try to permanently takeover the country, then the blue states will have to secede, taking our tax dollars with us. We’ll need a corridor of sorts to get nonMAGA out. Let’s be clear, we won’t be sitting here in the dynamic states letting Alabama dictate how we live.
While we pay more & more for consumer goods, housing, electricity, & everything else, jobs & growth numbers are terrible, health agencies are in shambles, MAGA can take comfort that their cult leader is making billions in the crypto market & other ventures off being president.
“It’s a betrayal of #Liberal voters, undermines the core theme of our campaign, and is an utter disgrace for a self-respecting democracy facing the rise of fascism next door,” “The way the Carney government seems to operate to me is ‘Act first, think later,’” #CdnPoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Four years ago, I tested for COVID. I'd had dinner with someone with cancer the night before. Thanks to the vaccine, I did not give that dinner companion COVID. And I only ran a low-grade fever for a few days. Fuck that idiot RFK Jr. and the equally stupid buffoon who hired him.
And THIS from the same sonofabitch who made it happen! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What a ridiculous person.
Its only an issue if Democrats do it. Trump. Paxton.
Oh come on www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Rumor says Scranton mayor going up against Crooked Bresnahan, hope its true.
some are born to be dumb; others have dumbassery thrust upon them...
And no one missed him when they thought he was gone...
He may be alive, but he’s definitely not well.
Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill
In recent public remarks about deploying the National Guard to Chicago, Donald Trump said: “I have the right to do ANYTHING I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” Not even a King has that right. Certainly no president. Who knew a non-drinker could be so drunk with power?
and, Charlie Kirk, your dumbass healthcare ideas will kill 'em faster than you can breed 'em
I don't know who Jill Stein works for, but I know she does a hell of a lot more harm than good. You want to make a difference,Greens: start from the ground up. City council, town council, school board. Make an actual difference, physically, SOMEWHERE.
Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now? They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
Past, as Churchill said, the start of the battle, but not at the End of it. They will have to fight us state by state, county by county, city by city, town by town, block by block. AND we will still never surrender. As long as some of us continue to fight, they cannot win.
The United States, just months before its 250th birthday as the world’s leading democracy, has tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism.
Or apply for asylum from persecution to Canada. Free Healthcare and Canada’s Healthcare System believes in Vaccines. Guess where a lot of America’s Scientists and doctors are choosing to emigrate to? Yep! First Choice is….
The name’s Newsom. Gavin Newsom.
Just another reason to keep giving Netflix my money.
I almost wet muh pants. 😭
seems more than reasonable
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🙃 #GavinNewsom #EpsteinFiles
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
"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:
"Share" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Three examples of classy, one example of cheap ass shit.
the lack of crispness in the detailing of this is so funny to me. truly Temu level shit Pic 1: Oval Office Pics 2, 3, and 4: Hôtel de la Marine
I appreciate that dem leadership is, 10 years late, finally figuring out that they need to pursue gerrymandering themselves even if they want to maintain a platform that includes anti-gerrymandering measures. however, I do not think we can continue with a leadership that is always 10 years too late
Stories of asshole managers—and the workers who fought back.
This is America. It's like every employer hates the idea of having to have employees, and treats them like shit to make them suffer. I've been here 35 years, half that time I worked for myself because I was a damn sight better boss.
I see why he bankrupted casinos.
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"If SCOTUS guts the Voting Rights Act, the prospect of Republicans stealing only 5 seats in Texas will feel quaint. While California must counteract what the GOP is doing in Texas, we don’t have enough seats to counteract what they could do if the VRA if gutted. It cement permanent GOP rule."
“The Chief Justice made a point of saying that Section 2 continues to apply nationwide, and he and the other justices are going to be held to keep that promise,” Marc Elias explained. “So don’t count out the courts, don’t count out the lawyers arguing in the courts, and don’t count out the voters.”
Yes, the really posted this The level of stupidity is incomprehensible 👎
Although, to be honest, an old Fiat 124 Soviet knockoff was generally more reliable than a Chevy Cavalier...
Two faced man talks out of ass.
This you?
Every accusation is a confession. Every single one.
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The White House landscape now matches our national political one.
Box wine on every shelf
And it's too fucking late. Hang this around Grassleys neck, run ads on him all over the internet. Advertise his decisions, tie them to Grassley and the Republican Senate. Don't fucking let it rest.
BREAKING: New documents and testimony make it clear that Emil Bove urged DOJ officials to defy court orders – then misled the Judiciary Committee about it. The facts are disqualifying. And the timeline is damning. Let's break it down. 🧵
NPR, they already cut your funding, stop fucking around
They should stop humoring the entire right wing. They should go antifox. The left is the only side funding them now, the Liberals: give us repayment for funding you. Ain't nothing for free.
Now that the feds have cut the cord, maybe NPR could drop the soft touch on the mad king?
I fired off an email yesterday to Morning Edition pointing out libs and progressive money was pretty much all they had left, and to keep earning that, they might want to focus on facts, not giving voice to Netanyahu apologists. That was a piss poor story wasting everyone's time.
NPR interviewed Netanyahu shill John Spencer, who isn’t a genocide scholar, or a scholar of international law, on why he doesn’t think it’s a genocide in Gaza. NPR wouldn’t do this kind of interview on any other conflict. But, hey, it’s Israel!
Bove is going to be the new Clarence Thomas, but worse (until he gets elevated): A petulant, vindictive asshole who is going to use the bench to make up for his moral emptiness and deep sense of inadequacy
How is this even lawful?!
Another “Yep”!
Disappointed that this poll doesn't ask the simultaneous but important question of the favorability of Dems' own Dem Reps. Because oftentimes "The Democratic Party" is a sin-eater for generalized anti-Dem propaganda, while people generally like their *own* Democratic Reps.
Hell, yes, I do. 👍 Do you?
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"
Well looky here www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The Paramount-Skydance saga "reeks of Orbanism." That's the assessment of @gscheiring.bsky.social, who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament. 🧵
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...
NEW bombshell allegations from the Texas Legislature today. The author of Texas’ abortion “trigger ban” has been accused by a former exotic dancer of paying for abortions. He has denied the claims and threatened to sue the outlet that ran them. More: thebarbedwire.com/2025/07/25/t...
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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And they COULD have impeached him in Texas, but oh, no, his wife was a senator, and the TX senate saved his ass.
Top Texas Law Enforcement Official Broke Laws apnews.com/article/paxt...
Guy who infamously bankrupted a casino & turned a swath of Atlantic City into a sad sunk cost graveyard is limping around a fed project whining about construction budgets as if he’s an expert in controlling ‘em—& not the one who needs double Depends to catch his own overages. Unintentionally funny🤣
🤣😂🤣😂 South Park premier episode, anyone watch it? I’ll post a clip. #southpark #arresttrump
Spotted in Tallahassee…
A primer for the civically ill-informed.
He can't: it hasn't run since 2002, and that's as far as he was able to push the damn thing
I laughed and I laughed and I laughed and I laughed....
They just passed a bill that raised the debt ceiling an additional $5 trillion to $41.1 trillion. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
But her emails...
Getting more blood taken out of me than I can keep up with, and all I can think is -- thank God I chose original medicare and a gap plan. Medicare Advantage would have eaten me alive by now
Florida: lets see now. Storm season, you can't find an insurer for your house, your governor is stealing money for a concentration camp in the swamps, your elections are as gerrymandered as hell, your wages and working conditions suck --- tell me again how the Republicans are working for you
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