Someone's got to fix this mess, and posting about it on social media is only half the battle. Friend to democracy, liberals and progressives, disquieting for Fascists and Nazis. Sarcastic/Sardonic and generally quippy Jew. Same name over on Threads.
Ok. Turns out it won't be a podcast...at least at first. But hey, finally doing something with this idea! And I managed to get a friend on board with me. We're still getting our sea legs, but we're looking forward to seeing you there!
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Update! This is actually in progress now! We've begun outlining the talking points for a few episodes and have someone who can help us with the technical side of things.
In Oregon, you can return your ballot in three ways: put it in an elections drop box, mail it in, or bring it to your county elections office. Get it in by Election Day to make sure your vote counts!
Some of the most meaningful moments on the campaign trail have been spending time up in the Sault with the Bay Mills and Sault tribes.
We must protect tribal sovereignty, protect our Great Lakes, and ensure everyone can get a good job and know that our basic rights and dignities are preserved.
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
🚨BREAKING: North Carolina election officials took the first step to comply with the U.S. Postal Service’s new rule implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order — even as the state fights to block the order in federal court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
ICE has ZERO authority to pull people over for routine traffic stops. Let's call it what it is: blatant, illegal racial profiling—and they targeted a minor!
Mark Carney: "In recent days. the US proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermine the net benefits for Canada, and called into question the reliability of any deal. In short, they asked too much and they offered too little ... You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."
Benefits of Being a U. S. State:
1) No universal healthcare.
2) Your kids get shot at in school.
3) You get no disaster relief if you didn’t vote for the malignant crazy person in the Oval Office.
4) Get diarrhea from your food.
Think long and hard before saying “no” to such a utopia, Canada!
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs.
Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year.
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
"Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for all."
Sounds good to me, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social.
Let's ALL get out there on November 3rd & beat the machine!!!
Go to: iwillvote.com ☑️ or vote.org 🗳️
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country.
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
The Trump administration plans to deploy approximately 1,000 DOJ election monitors across the country in November.
🤔 What exactly is an election monitor? We’ve got a quick refresher.
Here’s what you need to know for the midterms: https://demdock.com/4gi2fLc
Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time.
Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
A gracious concession:
“I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
NEWS: Trump’s $10B BBC lawsuit just forced his own trust to open the books.
A federal magistrate judge has now filed her written order demanding the production of financial docs on the 400+ businesses the trust owns.
“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?”
Doing a few posts on the substack. Here's my latest: a science fiction double feature about Graham Planter and Lindsey Graham and what it means for their respective senate seats: open.substack.com/pub/sentinel...
If you didn't object when Donald Trump gloated about Robert Mueller's death your scolding over responses to Lindsey Graham's death isn't about respect for the dead, it's about censorship of the living.
The longer we allow grandpa to rage post to distract from the EPSTEIN Files, the more danger he creates for the safety & security of the world. Any doubt he would use nuclear weapons in a heartbeat if he thought it would benefit himself?
I'm with Maj. Jason Watson:
IMPEACH. CONVICT. REMOVE 🇺🇸
This man makes me wish I lived in Georgia so I could vote to reelect him to the Senate.
I guess I'll just have to wait to vote for Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social when, hopefully, the Dems draft him to run for President! 🇺🇸
#AwesomeOssoff2028
Americans are paying more for the basics at the grocery store and around the dinner table. House Republicans? They're talking surf and turf and clocking out early. Reckless Republicans made life more expensive and left working families to figure it out on their own.
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
Ossoff: While the people pay more than ever for groceries and housing and health care, he builds a monument to himself. While a cancer patient loses health coverage, he adorns his office in gold.
Where in Scripture are we commanded to deny care to the sick…
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
I received an unusually large number of messages telling me to work less and take care of myself. I took this as a sign to take the weekend off.
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CNN at the Reflecting Pool: “This is the water flowing from what’s happening over there, and you can clearly see it’s green. Federal officials insist the water is perfectly clear, but that’s obviously not the case.”
Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social
Talarico: I was required by law to report any indication there was abuse at home, and I would hope that the top law enforcement official in Texas would be held to the same standard as a middle school teacher. Ken Paxton had the opportunity to protect a child, but instead he protected a predator
Now that Platner has won the primary, I want to be clear. When I said “vote blue no matter who” in 2016, 2020, and 2024, I meant it. I’m worried about Platner, but if you say “vote blue no matter who” in Maine, I hope you’ll extend the same courtesy to other Dems.
I hope we beat Collins.
Who knew NBC fake news controls the weather?
Trump after this meltdown: “I just did an interview but it was raining. It was with NBC fake news. And because it was raining, I got a little bit angry at them. I was not happy with them. But we had a good time.”
Video courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social
Private prison company GEO Group, which runs Delaney Hall, gave $1M+ to Trump's Super PAC in 2024 and his inauguration in 2025.
Not only has Trump since rewarded GEO with billions in ICE contracts, but a top former GEO executive has now been named acting ICE director.
Cashing in on cruelty.