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If you can’t understand why your black friends aren’t as worked up as you right now, you don’t have black friends, you have black acquaintances.

My latest for @liberalcurrents.com We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...

When I say “I’m holding space for that” I’m definitely not.

Nero fiddling.

Never in my wildest imaginings would I have thought the symbol of middle class status in the USA would be the ability to cook oneself a 2 egg breakfast on a Saturday morning. How far we’ve fallen since my childhood in the 1980s. #arewegreatyet

This is aging well.

But hey, they are sure owning us libs now.

Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.

Dark Pence is back.

Don’t look at me, I voted for the black lady who didn’t want to burn down our economy.

Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.

What’s that DOGEbag hotline for reporting fraud, waste, and abuse?

I just saw a bumper sticker that said “Have the day you voted for.” The problem is that I’m having the day you voted for too, dumbass.

If the federal gov is gone, maybe the dema should focus on the blue states. Solidify their strongholds, make inroads where they can, and let the deep ted states whither in abject ruin. Stop trying to save people who don’t want to be saved.

How do you spell extortion?

So, this happened. Yes, it’s illegal. Yea, it’s a bad idea. Yes, I want magats to do it.

This is why I think Putin has something on Trump. I don’t know what, but it’s something so ruinous that Trump will do anything for him.

I am terrified that magats are going to start a race war. There just isn’t enough spray tan to keep me from getting hit by friendly fire from the side I will be joining.

In all likelihood the democracy we know is gone. It’s time to adapt to a new reality in which there is no security under the rule of law, no opportunity absent money, and economic or environmental future for our children.

The Republicans are 100% responsible for this. They have brought fascism to America through an orange turnip and project 2025. The Democrats are lame-ass motherfuckers but the Republicans are 100% responsible for the downfall of America

Did Chuck consider even for a second that the added $12b in the CR is so Trump can deploy the US military against people on US soil (including citizens)? @jasmineforus.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @katieporteroc.bsky.social

The Democratic Party needs a unified media strategy. Every time an issue comes up, every single media feed from every member of the party needs to hit it with a unified message at least once. @aoc.bsky.social @katieporteroc.bsky.social

@katieporteroc.bsky.social The most mind-blowing part of the past year has been the lack of a cohesive point by point planned response to Project 2025. Put that together & you’ll be the de facto leader of the Democratic Party and governor of CA.

Same

Stay focused!

More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point. /cc @shasti.bsky.social

Can’t wait to see these 3 assholes dancing to YMCA at the Kennedy Center.

BREAKING: Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex couples' marriage licenses, loses her appeal at the Sixth Circuit of a lawsuit she lost at trial that was brought by same-sex couples whose constitutional right to marry she violated. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Such a moron.

Yes. And every single new dem should run like AOC. No big money.

The real number is that people doing illegal stuff no longer need middlemen to launder money. Loss of another industry.

I guess we’re all going to Mexico for flu shots this year. 🤷🏻‍♂️

In addition to being illegal, unconstitutional and wrong, Trump's lawlessness is also an extraordinary abuse of power as we the people have to pay his legal bills and ultimately for the damages his harms will bring. He is legally and financially liable for nothing. Break laws, get sued, we pay.

It’s got to be a form of mental illness, right?

I’ve dumped shopping at stores who used this administration as an excuse to ditch equity hiring efforts.

What could possible go wrong?

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Republicans only have one move to save themselves from being destroyed along with the rest of the people in the path of dictatorship. Let’s see if they do it in time.

43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states. Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive. #RedStateMoochers

The DOGEbags (and the highest bidders on the internet) have your tax info. For a nobody like me, that’s probably irrelevant. I’m looking forward to the chaos this causes for the rich. The leopard is coming…

Hear me out: liberals try to tank Tesla. Neocons buy Tesla to prop up Elon. Minor climate win amid the chaos?

Imagine what NASA could do if they had the money the government keeps giving to Elon.

My bet is that the Musk Rats chewing on our Treasury files are also collecting material from Trump’s first term. This stuff can easily be massaged into a gigantic scandal, as we have seen. As long as Trump gives what he wants, Trump is safe. If not, not.

Ok, Bluesky, take a minute off of raging against fascism and share some posts about love today.