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Semi-retired nerdwonk antenna-head. Social democrat. Apatheist. Pro-vaccine. Pro-DEI. Pro-immigrant (๐ต๐ฑ+๐ฎ๐น = ๐บ๐ธ!) #GenerationJones
โWhere we send our young men to war, ants send their old ladies.โ -- E.O. Wilson
@therickwilson.bsky.social Please don't take ads from Draft Kings or from any other business that permits wagering on elections. (In general, I don't care whether adults choose to gamble, but betting on elections is dangerous and shouldn't be promoted.)
If anyone who voted MAGA is sad about what they got for their vote, they shouldnโt be
They wanted the global economy to be a bank robbery and now thatโs what it is
They wanted to halt their countryโs liberal progress and injure and insult innocent people all over the world and thatโs what they did
For anyone still confused: No one wants to keep police from arresting suspects at a crime scene or with a warrant. We DON'T want ICE to run loose in the streets abducting people, or shooting people whose kids are in their cars.
ICE, despite the "E", is a piss-poor excuse for law enforcement.
What kind of superannuated screaming toddler picks fights with Canada?
Yeah, I know. Rhetorical question. And most actual toddlers grow up fine if they have adult supervision.
For people still confused about whether a lot of us Americans hate Israel, or Israelis, or Jewish people: We don't. We're absolutely fine with all three. It's Netanyahu that we loathe.
We don't hate our own country either. We just loathe Trump and his minions.
If trained officers canโt stay calm during a 7 on 1 arrest, how do you expect a citizen to stay calm when he is being punched, disarmed, maced, and shot?
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@housedemocrats.bsky.social: Absolutely hammer Trump on the economy, including the effects of his harebrained war and idiotic tariffs. But be sure to toss in a note about how he lied by claiming he helped with 9/11 rescue efforts.
There is no valor he will not steal.
Elon Musk wants autonomous cars because heโs a terrible driver.
He wants robots because he has no friends.
He wants AI because heโs not creative or smart.
He wants to go to Mars because he hates planet Earth.
He wants to end Democracy because heโs a fascist money hoarder.
Heโs pathetic.
In memory of Dolly Parton: Please read books. Give books to your kids. Give your kids room to read books that interest them. Let them know that if they read anything that frightens or confuses them, they can safely talk to you about it.
Why and how TF should anyone be racing Indy cars on the National Mall in DC? We don't even have city-street Indy car racing here in Indianapolis. Unlike some addled disgraced game-show personalities we know, we host it at an actual racetrack.
diarrhea Taylor Farms, salmonella chicken parm,
bags of frozen blueberries that straight-up kill your ass
heavy metal sourdough, listeria soup bowl
refreshing summer popsicle that's filled with shards of glass
we didn't start the fire...
France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting:
โThe US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.โ
U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! ๐๐ผ๐ซ๐ท๐๐ผ
Whenever Trump says he's trying to keep Iran from having nuclear weapons, all 300 million of us should shout right in his face that he's full of shit.
We had an enforceable deal with Iran before Trump became POTUS. Trump destroyed it, started a war over it, and has zero idea of what to do.
Trump says in his speech that Dems are Communists and, if elected, in a year the country will be bankrupt.
Trump is responsible for a quarter of $49 Trillion debt.
Any country $40T in debt is already bankrupt.
No one knows more about bankruptcy than Donald.
PLUS Donald has no idea what communism is.
Sen. Paul wants to interrogate Dr. Fauci because Fauci's diaries show that he and other scientists were discussing COVID origins and there wasn't total agreement?
IMO we'll probably never know the exact origins. Evidence stronger for natural origin, but neither hypothesis has conclusive support.
Trump made the biggest blunder in political history by tearing up the JCPOA (agreement under Obama) which allowed Iran, a terrorist nation, to enrich uranium without supervision.
So what does Trump do today? Makes an agreement with Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without supervision.
NOW 2 NATIONS!
Please stop saying that people--military or civilian--"died for their country." They're typically brave people willing to risk life and limb to protect the country. That's both dangerous and admirable. But actually dying that way doesn't do a thing for the country. It's a loss, not an investment.
After Hegseth gets his way regarding gender-affirming care for cisgender men in the military, I hope he also works with the VA to cover IVF and other fertility treatments--since excessive testosterone is as bad or worse for sperm production as compared to low testosterone.
After 60+ failed court cases regarding election fraud, there is zero evidence of any proof.
Trump however has 34 felony counts and is an adjudicated fraudster and rapist.