I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS? Why are they so quiet!? is this how they’re expecting to win in 2028? Or will they only be loud when they need the people’s vote in two years for midterms…
Starting an avoidable trade war is not strength. It’s weakness.
Strength would be able to fix this without pouting and throwing a fit. Trump is still a child, a weak, scared, whiney, child
We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
TikTok coming back so soon feels shady and premeditated. Total stunt. All I know is that if musk or Zuckerberg are involved with TikTok after all this… I’m out!
Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
There is an increasing number of MAGA accounts on this app.
Two thoughts.
First, it is clear that Bluesky is the future.
Second, let's band together and keep this positive energy going, no matter who joins.
When I say that the right is dominating the left on almost all platforms, this is what I mean. I hope Democratic officials take this into account every day. If you want an ecosystem that will advocate for YOU, then YOU need to help build it. Give interviews to creators, break news with creators...