Closing rural post offices will do the same thing that closing rural schools has done: Empty out rural towns.
Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity.
Itβs been the plan for decades.
27.03.2025 13:12 β π 20014 π 7366 π¬ 715 π 384
Trump: βNobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before. The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst. She must have lost her talent as she got older. In any event, I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one, but many people from Colorado have called and written to complain. In fact, they are actually angry about it! I am speaking on their behalf to the Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis, who is extremely weak on Crime, in particular with respect to Tren de Aragua, which practically took over Aurora (Donβt worry, we saved it!), to take it down. Jared should be ashamed of himself!β
The president is laser focused on the big issues
24.03.2025 00:27 β π 9579 π 1583 π¬ 1175 π 531
Trump nominated a guy to the bench. Everyone said he was a lazy ideologue with bad temperament and the usual suspects dismissed that as liberal rubbish. Anyway he just issued a dissent from a Ninth Circuit opinion in the form of a YouTube video with Old Spice ads in which he waves guns around.
20.03.2025 20:16 β π 3103 π 524 π¬ 94 π 33
Muskβs Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turnβand Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
βThis is going to be a massive loss of life overall,β a surgeon who formerly led USAIDβs global health initiatives tells TNR. βChildren are likely already dying, and will clearly be dying in large numbers.β
10.03.2025 23:44 β π 1704 π 756 π¬ 97 π 61
None of this is normal
05.03.2025 03:03 β π 19644 π 3432 π¬ 396 π 133
Trump: "We brought back free speech in America. Free speech."
This is a flagrant lie. Today he told universities they would be punished if they allowed protests of or criticisms of Israel, a clear violation of the First Amendment.
05.03.2025 03:16 β π 2517 π 490 π¬ 54 π 16
Enough about the price of eggs, from everyone. Cut the shit. The economy isnβt broken. Itβs working exactly as they designed itβto keep you desperate, distracted, and exhausted while they cash in.
05.03.2025 03:43 β π 2273 π 422 π¬ 28 π 12
Trump backed GOP into a big corner with his βbalanced budgetβ point.
The ONLY way House GOP could even think about upholding their βno cuts to Medicaidβ swing seat promises and their spending cut mandates is deficit spending and bad math.
Now they have to gut Medicaid & hand it to Elon in public.
05.03.2025 02:56 β π 30169 π 4450 π¬ 1136 π 87
Iβm telling you
Trump is going to cut Social Security
Severely
And claim the reduction is all βfraud, waste and abuseβ
While seniors wind up eating dog food because they canβt afford to buy eggs
05.03.2025 04:31 β π 1917 π 682 π¬ 201 π 45
The definition of pay-to-play.
04.03.2025 16:13 β π 787 π 281 π¬ 67 π 26
Beware Trumpβs Talk of Coming βEmergenciesβ
Far-right rhetoric is suffused with dark talk of impending calamities. Itβs a favorite trope of autocrats who are, themselves, the calamity.
The road to authoritarianism is paved with this tropeβthe dire pending calamity that only the strongman has seen, and which only he can solve.
04.03.2025 16:11 β π 847 π 293 π¬ 45 π 21
Former πΊπΈ ambassador to Russia ππ½
04.03.2025 12:40 β π 69318 π 20631 π¬ 1157 π 720
Dear maga,
The global right, who used to admire Trump, has absolutely turned on him and now is openly saying he works for Russia.
The right in Canada has dropped in the polls and now openly distances themselves from you. Same with Germany and UK
You suck
04.03.2025 14:23 β π 15113 π 2890 π¬ 479 π 106
Was there ever a bigger Trumpian ass-kisser than Marco Rubio? Possibly only J.D. Vance, who is on record saying he might have to "hold his nose and vote for Hlilary."
03.03.2025 14:52 β π 13474 π 1221 π¬ 684 π 40
Morgan Stanley is stepping in to support Tesla amid its declining share price, framing the drop in sales as a positive development. This move is part of a broader effort by billionaires to control the narrative in pursuit of tax breaks.
03.03.2025 16:41 β π 6823 π 1561 π¬ 253 π 97
Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His βenergy emergencyβ declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
04.03.2025 14:44 β π 6611 π 2201 π¬ 437 π 217
I'm totally depressed by Trump and Vance's treatment of Zelensky in the Oval today. Seems like payback for the 2019 phone call that led to Trump's first impeachment. We can't forget that Ukrainians have been fighting and dying for their nation's land and people since 2014.
28.02.2025 22:36 β π 1472 π 210 π¬ 99 π 8
Trump issues new executive order: Only the president can speak for βwhat the law isβ
It was fun doing democracy with you.
19.02.2025 01:33 β π 4071 π 1332 π¬ 627 π 356
Vance posted on X: βJudges arenβt allowed to control the executiveβs legitimate power.β You mean Trumpβs βpowerβ being used to violate our Constitution? The Constitution is not something any president can manipulate for political games.
09.02.2025 19:58 β π 9745 π 1179 π¬ 237 π 62
What the actual Fuck? Up until a few weeks ago we were doing just fine β¦
04.02.2025 02:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
There is zero reporting about whatβs going on in right wing media. None. Please talk to family and friends AND go to right wing media to post there about what Trump and Musk are doing, because the right is in the middle of a media blackout and they will not know whatβs happening unless we tell them.
02.02.2025 17:00 β π 763 π 199 π¬ 40 π 11
At OPM, Muskβs staffers wonβt leaveβthey work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
02.02.2025 17:21 β π 16581 π 4212 π¬ 390 π 241
Democrats need to learn how to treat real scandals with the same intensity and seriousness that Republicans use on bullshit like Hillary's emails and Hunter's laptop. Non-stop circus. Run shifts outside treasury, someone there 24/7. Make them prove they're not breaking the law.
02.02.2025 06:20 β π 4760 π 1145 π¬ 76 π 45
Be scared. Very scared.
02.02.2025 05:57 β π 3342 π 921 π¬ 189 π 53
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