Christopher Maher

Christopher Maher

@blazingstarstudios.bsky.social

Unapologetically Militant Liberal. Ally to all marginalized and oppressed groups of human beings. Michigan

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Can I love Nathaniel Rateliff even more? Somebody give me a goddamn drink!

Ryan O’Connell@ryanoconnell79.bsky.social

File this one under: Pretty Bad Ass. Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tom Morello & company at Power on the People last night, ripping “Fortunate Son.”

If I was a betting man I would say that throughout the game there will be opportunities that require illegal/immoral acts in order to succeed. The soldiers who commit those acts will be promoted to leadership positions.

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Before we abolish ICE, first we need to use it to hunt down, arrest, and detain every American biz owners who paid the migrants for work. If working while undocumented is such a heinous crime, then the organizers and financiers need to go to prison. They’re almost all republicans too, so win-win.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social

Abolishing ICE is now the official position of the Democratic Party

Anyone who says the phrase “we don’t live in a democracy, we live in a constitutional republic” is stating “we’ve decided (all white people btw) that you no longer get to vote or we are going to neutralize your vote and steal your electoral power.

Mark thinks he’s a badass, but Wayne knows they’re both cowards.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective. He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.

We are worried about federal agents, and rightfully so, but we have local law enforcement that are unchecked and out of control.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social@lorennacleary.bsky.social

LAPD shoves an unhoused woman to the ground so hard her skull cracks open and she’s knocked unconscious. They then carry her to the curb, prop her up and abandon her. Witnesses took her to the ER.

This is how you defeat this form of fascism. This is also how you defeat fake news and misinformation. Anyone defamed or violated in any way needs to be sued for such. Use the discovery process to expose the conspiracies.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hitler didn’t have to convince anyone. Trump doesn’t gave to convince anyone. The people just have to be given permission by someone in authority to behave in the evil ways that thrill them. A sizable portion of humanity is inherently evil and it can only be contained for so long.

Amanda Mary@4just-ice.bsky.social

I used to wonder how Hitler was able to convince so many to be so cruel. I don't wonder anymore. If someone can convince people to believe absurdities they can make them commit atrocities. Voltaire said that in the 1700s. I understand it now.

This is actually the entirety of the issue. Undocumented workers would not risk their safety to come here if there werent people willing to pay them for their labor. Its also worth noting that the people who are employing them are overwhelmingly republican. How evil does a person have to be

Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social

Here’s the thing, if they are picking up folks working in the country illegally, I’m going to need to see some white guys also being arrested for employing people working illegally in the country. Otherwise, it’s just racism.

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Pretty wild to be living in a time when humans are being forced to work in order to even be considered deserving of life or even to be considered human at all, while simultaneously human labor is being systematically eliminated from the concept of work.

I understand what John is saying but I have a different take. They are ready to be violent. They want any reason to unleash their fury on us. I have no idea what the US military or federal and local law enforcement agencies might do. I know all of those groups have been infiltrated. We cannot give

John Pavlovitz@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

I'm beginning to realize that too many Americans are simply too lazy to stop fascism.

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of their base, leading to some type of non violent smackdown against them, by congress or the military, or they are going to initiate an armed conflict within the US. Then we will have no choice but to return that violence to them and hopefully with enough force to make them reconsider. But in my

I understand what John is saying but I have a different take. They are ready to be violent. They want any reason to unleash their fury on us. I have no idea what the US military or federal and local law enforcement agencies might do. I know all of those groups have been infiltrated. We cannot give

John Pavlovitz@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

I'm beginning to realize that too many Americans are simply too lazy to stop fascism.

them any justification for that violence. This has to play out unfortunately. And yes people are going to get hurt in the meantime. There is no doubt about that. But that is not on us. That is on them. Either they are going to get overzealous and go uber batshit crazy and alienate a good portion

Markets will dip, then white house will walk back lutnick’s claims for a new opportunity for an insider trading scam. Not sure how people who are infinitely smarter than I cant seem to get the narrative correct.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

From Fox Business analyst, after Howard Lutnick said this morning on the Sunday shows that the tariff exemptions on tech were only temporary.

Its not “he”. It is “them”. This is all republicans, conservatives, and libertarians. All shitstains.

David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social

He's wiping out your life savings, destroying the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid upon which you were promised you could depend, ending the medical research that would protect and prolong your life and that of your families & gutting your liberties...and he doesn't care about any of it.

This country is a joke. We are doomed. Everyone smiling and waving and heaping praise on Corey Booker. Who gives a shit about a record for speaking words. Nothing changed. No power was retrieved. Dems will go back to their weak selves by morning and the destruction of our country will commence.

Approx 40% of hospital revenue comes from medicaid and medicare. I work in a health care industry and our percentages are the same. I am betting a vast number of private physicians too. Many of these providers are going close. No business can survive a sustained 40% reduction in revenue.

Kevin@kbr1-1.bsky.social

I'm a Nebr farmer. GOP, but have never voted for DJT. Most of my friends did. Totally uninformed. One thought we were the only country helping Ukraine. Only listens to Fox. Will be a tough year-low grain prices, high costs for repairs, farm insurance shot up. Rural hospitals are worried.

All this proves is that right wing propaganda is so pervasive and effective that even people who otherwise identify as liberal are influenced by it.

Dr Robin@robinindfw.bsky.social

Regardless, 69% of Americans believe transgender athletes should only play on teams that match their birth gender. If we keep fighting the culture wars instead of class wars, they’ll keep winning.

There are 500,000 athletes in D1 sports. 10 are transgendered. Statistically Z-E-R-O. Yall would have been fun in the 60’s during the civil rights era.

Dynasaur Armoir@dynasaurarmoir.bsky.social

Lia Thomas being the standard bearer of trans athletes was a historic mistake. It strikes anyone who has competed as obviously unfair, and sticking with that despite all that has happened perpetuates being in the political wilderness. Kids soccer teams are one thing, D1 NCAA is another.

I differ in my opinion only in that trump is not the mastermind behind any of this. Trump just agreed to be the face of the movement. He was no doubt guaranteed alot of money and a false promise of him being considered a historic savior of the white people. A savior of the “true america”.

Drucati@bananarepublicans.bsky.social

What we all seemingly failed to understand is just how many of our "countrymen" were perfectly willing to resort to treason to end democracy. And all in service of a convicted felon and lifelong conman who wasn't even very good at it.

He does not dream up any legislation or negotiate any government deals. He does not write or create any of his social media posts. He is a paid actor, which, beginning with Reagan and maybe minus senior George Bush, all republican presidents have been.

First, they came for the undocumented, and a slew of Democrats voted for the legislation, because….swing districts. Then, they came for the transgendered, and every Democratic senator voted to confirm Marc Rubio, because…well, none of them are transgendered.

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Dems should be plastering her district with the truth. That she supports these raids and is only speaking out now out for purely personal reasons.

Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social

Every Democratic Representative should be rushing to support Representative Salazar, a Fla Republican It's the right thing to do and it Floods The Zone with confusion. And shows Dems doing the right thing in a red district. @aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social thehill.com/homenews/hou...

The overwhelming majority of ppl who employ undoc workers are republicans. Construction contractors, lawn care contractors, farmers, meat packing. They almost never face any conseq for breaking the law. Think of how sick a person is to entice workers with jobs and support a party that hunts them.

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We accomplish this by showing up at our local Dem party meetings and demanding these actions happen. Politics requires participation and thinking that either party is going to “give” us better candidates is foolishness. We have to show up and be a part of the process, not just at the ballot box.

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Who had the Anti Defamation League defending a literal Nazi? I guess the enemy of their enemy truly is their friend, eh? Even the Nazis think hes a Nazi. Blood lust, greed, and the lust for power sure make some strange bedfellows. I hope theyre all using lube and protection. Where’s Diddy??

“All politics is local” and in my humble opinion, the only way to combat this is to focus on local politics. Win the county clerks offices and control the polling places. Win the office of sheriff. Win the city councils and the school boards. The governor’s office and the state legislatures.

Those races are harder for republicans to steal and are a bulwark against most of the unconstitutional policies that republicans want to enact. Also, show up to your local Dem Party and demand that we stop acting like door mats. Demand that we stop showing up with bumper stickers to a gun fight.

Wow. I dont even know what to say. This is on the Dem party. So many lapses in judgement that its hard not to question their commitment to this country. Yes they are better by far than the criminal junta known as the gop, but on the biggest of the big ticket items, they are almost completely awol

Rachel Vindman@natsechobbyist.bsky.social

Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed. I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.

If corporations are people, then almost all of them are narcissistic psychopaths.

Colin Oreilly@colin0reilly.bsky.social

Mr Beast a YouTube personality had a post removed by YouTube that said healthcare in America is broken and needs to be reworked so that everyone has access and YouTube banned the post. America has become a terrorist corporation that has overthrown the Constitution.

NYT needs to die just like WaPo and many others. Its time to support new sources of information.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

Folks are dunking on this, but as someone who has spent a good deal of time criticizing specific NYT stories, it is actually good that more media people are on here and engaging in this space. The more media people are here relative to Twitter the better the site is. (Ducks).