Robert

Robert

@robpo2.bsky.social

Interested in social justice, intellectual honesty, equality and fairness for all.

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And the MAGA sycophants drool on at the 'cruelty as a virtue' itself. Their whole movement is morally bankrupt!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: The Republican budget is an attack on the economy "As a moral document, the Republican budget is an abomination, delivering largesse to the most comfortable and cruelty to the most vulnerable. As an economic plan, it could hardly be dumber."

Yep, just like Rick says below. What could possibly go wrong with these rich trumpian sycophants collectively sucking up to the new amoral norms of the Orange Felon.

Rick@rickylongthread.bsky.social

And Here We Are All At Once….

The U.S. and the world would be such a better place if Pete and evolved people like him ran things.

Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

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In Pope Francis’s last public address, he preached care of the marginalized, the vulnerable, and migrants, saying: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves.” May we heed his wish.

That's right and MAGA Republicans now have no shame, no self awareness, no conscience and no morals. They're completely brown-nosed in to the elixir of lies and power plays that is the corrupt Trump presidency.

I’m glad SCOTUS stepped in & stopped that plane from taking off. Deporting folks with no record & no due process isn’t justice—it’s cruelty. Meanwhile, the Republicans follow a convicted felon like he’s the Second Coming. You can’t scream “law & order” while breaking the law at every turn.

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BREAKING - Susan Crawford WINS in Wisconsin. Wisconsin state Supreme Court retains 4-3 liberal majority. MSNBC calls race. Returns currently show 12-point lead for Crawford. MAJOR defeat for Elon Musk, who spent $20 million to oppose Crawford -- and for Trump and GOP.

They new even then that it was mostly a ruse. What Hillary did back then was so mild compared to what the Trump administration does on a daily basis, it's staggering! The Republican Party has no rudder, no moral compass, no ideas, no humanity left! Just cowardly fealty to a horribly corrupt human.

Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social

Fascist republicans did everything they could to try and take Hillary Clinton down including falsely accusing her of crimes/corruption that they’re committing or already committed as well as wasting millions in taxpayer dollars for sham hearings and fake investigations.

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Fascist republicans did everything they could to try and take Hillary Clinton down including falsely accusing her of crimes/corruption that they’re committing or already committed as well as wasting millions in taxpayer dollars for sham hearings and fake investigations.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune could have said no to Hegseth and Gabbard. Instead, he has endangered the nation by allowing these incompetent extremists to be in charge of our national security. Needs to be far more attention on his role in all this.

Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social

From Hopium: - The Atlantic exposes the lies of Hegseth, Gabbard and Trump - David Rothkopf joins us to talk Trump’s foreign policy ship of fools/his dangerous embrace of Putin - Big win in PA special, a warm message from @benwikler.bsky.social More 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-atlant...

Disinformation by the MAGA right, and especially by moronic Sean Hannity is breathtaking. Fear, ignorance and rage sells and Fox News has no soul. I don't think you could find a less self aware person in all of media than Sean "barely got my GED" Hannity.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Khanna: Propaganda doesn’t work when the reality is terrible. What Biden had was an economy that was recovering, and we got hurt by propaganda. Now you actually have a terribly moving economy, and people are hurting. There’s no amount of things that Sean Hannity can say that’s going to pay the bills

I love that the Elon pushback is coming and growing stronger now. What a narcissistic, irrational horror show he has been.

Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social

A “we hate him too” sign was recently spotted at the San Francisco Tesla dealership which was likely placed by an employee. Love it.

A new group called “Everyone Hates Elon” is organizing protests in Britain against Tesla and its billionaire owner. The group is behind the satirical “Don’t Buy a Swasticar” advertisements that have started popping up around London, which have gained millions of views on TikTok and Instagram.

Proud of Hamilton and many other artists and big productions taking a stand against Trump's ill intended takeover of the Kennedy Center!

Scott Dworkin@dworkin.bsky.social

Lin-Manuel Miranda announced the cancellation of musical Hamilton at the Kennedy Center next year. “The Kennedy Center was not created in this spirit, and we’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” Miranda said. More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...

So there's this! Coming from Lech Walesa, this comment carries some weight. Ashamed of our Putin worshiping President and his sap of a VP.

Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social

Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques

Exactly right, and if Presidents Musk & Trump manage to destroy Social Security and Medicare, the results will be devastating for all Americans!

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov

Despite what Elon Musk says—Social Security is NOT a Ponzi Scheme. Social Security is a PROMISE that the American people should be able to count on after paying into it their entire lives. Repost if you agree.

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Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."

As the New York Times says: "It was a sickening spectacle, the man who tried to upend democracy bullying the man who is fighting for democracy." I still can't wrap my head around how disgusted I am with our President and VP for the cowardly show they put on in front of Volodymyr Zelensky!

Yes! We should get our remaining decent, moral politicians to do the same in this country!

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

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Maybe instead of purging the Social Security workers who make sure seniors get their checks on time, we should be expanding benefits to make life a little easier for your parents and grandparents.

It's pretty sickening to see what's happening to one of our most respected news outlets in America. I hope there are now massive subscription cancellations. Like Musk, Bezos feels like he is untouchable, superior and not subject to any ethical considerations whatsoever. Sad.

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know