Charlie

Charlie

@singstosalamanders.bsky.social

Old white guy but still manage to be a leftist, atheist, naturalist, and anti-capitalist. Basically a conservative’s nightmare. My spirit animal is a toad.

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Kaine: "You don't sucker punch somebody in a bar and then blame your buddies when they don't join the fight with you. If the president wanted the support of allies, he should've respected them instead of putting tariffs on their economies and trash talking them."

When is this country going to understand that Trump is the screaming lunatic the rest of the world sees him as? His statements are getting more unhinged all the time. If the military doesn't refuse to obey illegal war crime orders what's next? Would they refuse to nuke Iran?

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Thou shalt not kill schoolchildren to distract from your crimes against children.

So the way I understand it the US and Russia say they will not restart the nuclear arms race despite having no treaty. That's promises from Trump and Putin. What could possibly go wrong.

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I prefer non-lethal distractions from the tRUMPSTEIN Files like renaming the Gulf of Mexico, making Canada the 51st state & buying Greenland. Sure it was hugely offensive to longtime friends & allies, but at least no one died.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

A PSA from Thomas Massie:

Ya know what I'm tired of? Pundits pointing out how illegal and unconstitutional this war and most of the other crap Trump does is. Then. Nothing. If you were a cop and saw a guy robbing a 7-11 would you yell "hey, that's illegal" then walk away? Hey Congress... DO SOMETHING!

Well, he did it again. This time with some help, the Demon Trump’s lust for recognition has turned the Nobel Peace Prize, a cherished and respected honor, into little more than a Cracker Jack box toy. Everything he touches dies.

So Trump imposes tariffs that technically require congressional action. Said tariffs drive up prices. Now he wants to send out bribe checks for $2000 to appease the masses but he can't. Why you ask? Well, it requires congressional action so now he can blame Congress. Do I have that right?

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Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.

The Democrats did well. It’s a start but they really need to look at why they did. They need to stand up for the American people, embrace progressive ideas, and for crying out loud not get cocky.

The Demon Trump is currently engaged in direct election interference in NYC. He can, of course, endorse any one he desires but he crosses the line in threatening Mamdani and the entire city if they dare elect him. His threats use powers he doesn’t have to commit blatantly illegal acts.

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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

Question. Can the House be brought to order without the Speaker and, if so, would just the Democrats be a quorum?

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social

And there it is... Announcement is made that the US House will be out of session again next week They haven't voted since mid-September

In 1984, the really frightening thing was that no infraction was too small as to escape notice. Nothing was so minor it didn't require punishment. We are entering that dangerous territory as, more and more, everything is seen as a threat by the psychopath in chief.

This weekend millions of people will lose desperately needed food relief because of a government shutdown engineered by Republicans because they object to millions of people getting desperately needed medical care. All to satisfy the greed of corporations and a few obscenely wealthy oligarchs.