“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
-George Orwell, 1984
ADHD / Diabetic / Overthinker / Chicago
We asked DOGE Caucus Republicans to keep Donald Trump's campaign promise: No cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
They refused, saying that "there will be some cuts" and "everything is on the table."
And Marjorie Taylor Greene tossed Trump's campaign flyers in the air.
Warren: "Congress has a chance right now to put a stop to this, but the Republicans in Congress have to be willing to stand up to Donald Trump and say, 'No, you don't get to break the American economy.'"
if there is one funny thing about yesterday’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is that it makes the “democratic opposition went too far last time” crowd look like total dipshits
With Trump signing executive orders that violate the Constitution and violate the law, and with him pardoning the January 6 defendants who attacked and injured police officers & committed countless other crimes at the U.S. Capitol, welcome to the age of governmental lawlessness in America.
I've avoided social media since the election and my mental health has never been better.
Now that the felon is in office, I feel the need to pay attention again to how bad things will get. 😞
Historic! First ever Felon President. Yes everyone is laughing at us and the ones who aren’t laughing feel pity. We will never recover from this dirt era.
Republicans want to tell you what books you can read, what bathroom you can use, what words you can say, what history you can learn, what you can or can’t do with your own body and what gender you are… but tell me more about how the Dems are “coming for your freedoms”.
Idiots.
Trump and his annointed have made it clear that they plan on declaring a State of Emergency, giving him full Presidential Powers when he’s sworn in. Remember when he said “I’ll be dictator on day 1” —
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
"The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to
power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions even
when that is exactly what they have announced that they will do."
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
Seriously, my mood has shifted now that I spend more time at BlueSky and much less time there. It’s kind of shocking how much. I never realized how miserable that place made me, which absolutely carried into real world issues. Never again will I do that.
I am just a few bad decisions away from buying an orange Dodge Charger complete with confederate flag on the roof and loading the trunk up with mifepristone and driving to Louisiana.
My account has gained 50,000 followers in the past five days and I’m having a heckuva time follerin’ everybody back.
Like this post and that will help me make sure you get a foller!
If you’re looking for doom posting about things, I’m not your guy. It’s bad, but I’ve spent my life dusting myself off and getting back to work. We don’t have the luxury to throw our hands in the air and let things collapse. I’m working to organize and fight against the horror show coming. Let’s go!
How come nobody ever suggested Tulsi was involved in the 2016 Russian hack of the DNC? She was there at the time. She suddenly resigned because of how “Bernie was treated”. That always felt suspicious and like bullshittery to me. That’s when I first became alerted to her.
This gave me goosebumps.
“My 18-year-old daughter was at Starbucks, alone, the other night.
A man came up to her and started talking to her.
A barista handed her “an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up.”
How grateful I am for people who look out for other people!”
We need each other.
One of the most terrifying sentences ever:
Cathie Wood says Elon Musk will succeed in his audit of the federal government because he has ‘more proprietary data’ than anyone
fortune.com/2024/11/15/c...
I don’t understand the hesitance in opposing the GAETZ nomination. I mean, is it that hard to come out against a sexual predator of minors? What’s the moral dilemma????
Be vigilant about keeping abusive right-wing trolls off your accounts by reading replies and blocking. We all have a responsibility to keep this platform from becoming the toxic sewer that the other one is. Don’t look to others, do your part.