people never know when to quit
(Mostly) retired business guy. Psychology Today contributor on management / leadership. Management matters, and so does democracy. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-the-manager
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people never know when to quit
U.S. coulda taken some lessons from Brazil & S. Korea 🤔
1,000+ protests planned nationwide on Labor Day The next national day of protest is on Labor Day!!!
Map and List of Cities Hosting Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests on Labor Day Workers over Billionaires" protests against Trump and his administration are set to take place across the country on Labor Day. www.newsweek.com/map-list-cit...
it is past time...
It is time!!! Anti-Trump Protests Planned Across U.S. for Labor Day: ‘We Have to Stop the Billionaire Takeover’
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
There's only one way to stop the rumors about Donald Trump's health: a press conference. Why won't he talk to the press, and why isn't the media doggedly demanding it?
why am i not surprised that someone with NO public health background... but a large number of strongly held & totally unsupported anti-vax beliefs... would quickly bring chaos to a system he should NEVER have been put in charge of. Mr Trump is accountable. Mr Kennedy is unqualified. Period.
As a doctor, I am disturbed by what RFK Jr. is doing to America’s public health system. It is time for medical associations, Republican doctors, and all who believe in science to step up and speak out about the lack of science behind these moves.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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one of THE MOST important elements of a leader is who he places in his leadership team RFK Jr?
‼️RELEASE ‼️THE ‼️FILES
yes release the kryptonite files 😐
maps & ridiculous 'culture wars' 🙃
This is why Republicans have to cheat with maps. They can't win on policy.
and what happens when he doesn't?
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign,” Senator Bernie Sanders writes in a guest essay.
agree - unfortunately, accountability has become an alien concept
Senator Sanders says U.S. Health Secretary Kennedy must resign reut.rs/45Ro3JT
great question, cuts to the chase
whose only qualification, if you call it that, is his general interest in the field 🙃
“Kennedy must resign” -Bernie Sanders, August 30th, 2025
hmm, looks like must-watch TV
EVERY WORD OF THIS: 👇👇🏿👇🏻👇🏾👇🏼 Gavin Newsom: “I’ve had the privilege of meeting a lot of foreign leaders. They’re laughing behind his back. He’s being played everywhere. It’s an embarrassment.” Newsom continues to thread the needle w perfection. All truth. No fear.
sold her soul to support Hegseth for what? a handful of dust
yep, spirit & spine... lot better than doing a mouse imitation
at least he's got spirit & spine, which (sadly) is more than most passive Dems can say 🤔
Trump’s movement, just like his health, is deteriorating. MAGA is furious that he's been lying to them, covering up a huge pedophilia scandal. That's why the GOP is scrambling trying to cheat and pass every agenda while Trump is flailing, because they know their time is running out.
keep the pressure on to shine the transparent light of day on those kryptonite i mean Epstein files
sold her soul for Mr Hegseth... for what?
sold her soul to endorse a completely unqualified Defense Secretary for what?
better late than never start hearings to remove him - what is Sen. Cassidy waiting for?
yep get it done - this is 100% predictable & exactly what happens when someone with NO medical background... but strongly held & extremely quirky views is in a position of power RFK Jr has no business being in the role & should be removed
[Bill Cassidy looking down at corpse of chicken he has fucked to death]: That chicken should not have been fucked that hard
yes, seems like "bad motive" has almost universal applicability here 🤔
I’m totally stealing this argument for my wrongful termination case against the first Trump administration. This is so well said.
Reason 4857 why health care should never be for profit: AI DEATH PANELS. This is the same kind of program used to deny claims at United Health, and they want to use this for VA claims, too.
keep those kryptonite, i mean Epstein, hearings coming
eyes on the prize: keep those kryptonite, i mean Epstein, hearings & info coming
pretty impressive resume 🙃
If Mike Johnson-who is from Louisiana-believes using the National Guard to fight crime is such a great idea Maybe he should ask Trump to send them to New Orleans Where the homicide rate is double that of DC Instead of sending troops from the Bayou State to the Capital
shameful attack on science RFK Jr of course is a complete ideologue with no medical qualifications... but people should also hold the president accountable for putting him there
Elon Musk has been dealt another blow in the aftermath of his Trump White House adventure, with Tesla sales diving in Europe amid stiff competition from China.
Tesla sales plunged again in Europe in July as car buyers continued their migration to Chinese rival BYD.
Tesla sales in Europe drop 40% www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe. womp womp. 😂😅🥰
great job with your coverage / work on Epstein could be his kryptonite
tragic accountability anyone? where are the Dems? as usual silent as mice
oy
wow - quite the gender divide 😲
good - can't normalize militarization of our cities U.S. military's loyalty is to the Constitution, not to a specific president
Quinnipiac poll: 56% of voters oppose Trump's decision to send National Guard troops to D.C. 41% support it. 61% of Independents oppose the effort.
"Is democracy working in the United States?" No: 50% Yes: 40% Quinnipiac / Aug 25, 2025
yes why would we want to support genocide? 🤔
Six in 10 voters also oppose Washington sending more military aid to Israel, according to Quinnipiac poll.
yes one would think our leaders would want to support democracy should be pretty fundamental, i would say 🤔
Silencing voters is the only way Trump thinks he can win. We’re not letting it happen.
good to see cohesive national action lord knows there are plenty of serious issues to protest
September 1st, we are joining with May Day Strong to stand in support of laborers across the U.S. The U.S. recently produced weak jobs growth, amongst increased lay-offs. Our country is suffering and we increasingly can’t afford the cost of living. We’re underpaid and overworked.
HUGE FLIP: Democrat Catelin Drey wins deep-red state Senate seat in Iowa, breaking the GOP's supermajority. Drey won by 11 points in a district Donald Trump carried by 11 points last year. It's another massive overperformance. The Iowa GOP should be very worried for the midterms. Our full writeup:
do whatever you can to hold him accountable that is exactly the problem with this current lawless regime - they face NO effective accountability Congress needs to assert itself
It’s outrageous that Sec. Kennedy is trying to fire the CDC Director — after only a few weeks on the job — for her commitment to public health & vaccines. The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible. Vaccines save lives. Period.
can you say A-I B-U-B-B-L-E?
simple winning formula: stand up to a bully typical Dem actions are WAY too passive; folks (understandably) respond well to some fighting spirit why is this hard to understand? 🤔
You know Gavin Newsom is on a trolling roll when even Fox's Jessica Tarlov is applauding him.
Epstein is kryptonite keep up the pressure
NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL: Trump approval rating: 37% Trump's handling of: Crime: - 12 Russia/Ukraine: -12 Foreign Policy: -16 Economy: -18 Trade: -18 Israel/Hamas/Gaza: -19 Sending weapons to Israel: -28 National Guard to DC: -15 Epstein files: -48 Smithsonian: -27 poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
sad commentary that government leadership positions have become loyalty tests then again, she appears to be a real scientist so not surprising that any actual scientist would not get along with RFK Jr.
UPDATE: Comer has subpoenaed Epstein’s estate. After I requested the birthday book with @oversightdemocrats.house.gov, the estate indicated it would comply with a subpoena with redactions to protect victims. The pressure is working. Let’s keep pushing for transparency & justice for survivors.
no way business community, including global one, will like any of this 😐
what happens when there's no checks in the checks & balances
Never before in our history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many of us, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is what dictatorship looks like.
"It was once postulated that an infinite number of monkeys banging on typewriters would, given enough time, generate the complete works of Shakespeare through pure random action. Thanks to the internet, we now know that this is not true."
as H.L. Mencken famously said (many years ago), "You'll never go broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
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one of many alternate realities 🙃
Trump’s immigration raids are destroying our agricultural workforce — inflating costs, creating worker shortages, and destroying communities. On California Farmworker Day, we honor the hardworking men and women who power our economy. We will not stop defending your rights.
This is an excellent piece by @stevevladeck.bsky.social. Not only does he lay out the case in a way that's easy to understand, but he talks about why the Trump administration feels like it can improperly run straight to SCOTUS. Definitely worth the read.
very reasonable question
Has anyone in corporate media had the guts to ask Trump why he is going after cities with historically low crime rates run by Black mayors?!? Has anyone asked why he isn’t targeting the welfare states of the south with high crime and low education?!? Just asking 😒
v important for the markets & perception of U.S. for Fed to remain independent astonishing that so few (like zero) allegedly pro-business Republicans speak out on this. 😐
Trump has no legal authority to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed. He wants to take it over but it must remain independent. Stay strong, Ms. Cook.
I like presidents who don't lie & exercise normal amounts of power
yes quite amazing to realize the moral indifference we as a nation have fallen into. i have similar escapist fantasies of an America that watches one TV news channel at night (or perhaps 2 or 3) with avuncular anchor folk like Walter Cronkite who everyone listens to & trusts 🙏
😭😭😭 really, though
Is Trump's Declining Health Driving the MAGA Rush to Autocracy? Donald Trump is an aging, criminal vulgarian with cankles and a troublesome wound he's trying to hide on his right forehand. The MAGA ramp-up on fascism could be a sign their King is ailing. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Where are all the corporate media headlines demanding his resignation? Where are the all the assumptions that about specialists visiting the White House meaning the president is dying? They did this daily with Biden. Why not now? Are they covering for their cash cow? Are they paid to cover it up?
appeasement doesn't work 😐
SCOTUS thought they could ride the tiger and get what they wanted ideologically. In exchange, they would give him everything he wanted except the Fed. Just leave the Fed alone and you can ignore all federal law. But it ended the same way it has for everyone who tried to ride the tiger since 2016.
To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
President Trump balked when asked whether he would send National Guard troops to Republican-led cities with high crime rates: “Sure, but there aren’t that many of them." Of the 30 U.S. cities with the highest number of violent crimes, more than half were in certifiably red states. trib.al/WEcfqPk
"In case there was any doubt as to the motivation behind Trump’s military occupations, take note ... 8 of the top 10 states with the highest homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states is Illinois,” Pritzker said. trib.al/zwDW2vg
release the Epstein files where's Wikileaks when you need 'em?,
no mandate for that just a normal democracy, thank you
TRUMP: “A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.” He’s saying it. Are you listening? 🇺🇸
no, just a normal democracy, thank you
Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst. Every dictator in history has lied. Donald Trump is no different.
"an errand boy sent by grocery clerks to collect the bill"