John Tripp

To all those listening or watching the Jack Smith testimony, remind yourself that at no time has any Republican offered a single piece of evidence that contradicts any of Jack Smith’s conclusions about Trump‘s criminal activity regarding the 2020 election.

As a friend of mine likes to say:

“Citation needed.”

Show us the proof.

But I’m sure he’ll just recover miraculously - and way too fast. Just like Orange Caligula.

#WeAintBuyingIt at Target, Amazon, Home Depot.

They’re not just selling products they’re laundering fascism through supply chains, lobbying, silence, obeying in advance & campaign contributions.

We’re spending elsewhere from Black Friday 11/28 thru CyberMonday 12/1.

Send a message they’ll feel!

If you're hoping to keep your crimes secret, *maybe* don't make instructional videos on how to go about the cover-up.

Just a thought.

I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"

I doubt Donny understands that he literally just posted a plaque repeating the same thing that Democrat veterans in Congress just said that got his panties in a twist.

Obey the law. Follow the Constitution.

*Disobey* illegal orders.

Kelly should just retweet it

Anybody who thinks you can be a real economic populist by abandoning minorities, women, gays and other marginalized communities has a warped view of the working class.

Similarly, anybody who thinks working people don't care about a healthy environment has a warped view of the working class.

I have been saying for years that Democrats need to return to their Roosevelt-Truman roots of being the party of economic populism. It was a winning message and still is.

Nor is it inconsistent with retaining our inclusive social values or pro-sustainability messaging.

I will die on this hill.

One of our biggest problems is loyalty to party over country.

And nothing would do more to break that tribalism than to create a system that *structurally supports* coalition-building in order to form a government.

Thoughts? Other ideas?

4/4

The first fix is to implement ranked-choice, or preferential, voting *across the board* with an instant run-off system, that would also do away with primaries.

We also need to fully scrap the Electoral College, which, with its winner-take-all system, favors there being only 2 parties.

3/4

Jefferson felt people had a natural tendency to segregate into 2 warring tribes. Our government, especially the Presidency, is built to only support 2 parties.

Nothing would do more to benefit the country than to create structural support for more than 2 *viable* parties.

2/4

It may have taken 250 years to fully materialize, but it turns out Hamilton’s concern that political parties, or factions, would be a threat to the Republic, were, in fact, well-founded.

The only way to moderate the risk seems to be making sure there’s more than two.

1/4

Torrent involves sharing content in violation of both copyright law and terms of use. Paying for all streaming networks gives you the right to view it *yourself*, not download copies to share with the world.

That is, definitionally, piracy. Lots of people do it, but that doesn’t make it legal.

Yes.

Peacock comes bundled with Xfinity internet. Not sure I’d recommend it b/c of that, but it’s a nice perk.

Prime Video now costs extra for ad-free. Apple TV comes bundled with their web services, and there’s a Disney+/Hulu/HBOMax bundle.

The cost-saving move is signup when you need to then cancel.

In a world full of douchebag techbros, aspire to be like Steve Wozniak.

#NoEthicalBillionaires

Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”

TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”

ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”

Socialism is what they called bank deposit insurance.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

- Harry S. Truman, 1952

2/2

Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called farm price supports.

1/2

Orange Nero picked the wrong fucking target at which to aim his political violence rhetoric.

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

Hillary was right about everything.

Kamala was right about everything.

Elizabeth (Warren) was right about everything.

These 3 women warned us. Maybe we should pay better attention to what intelligent women say.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Pope Leo XIV urges ‘concrete actions’ to combat climate change

WATCH: Pope Leo XIV urges ‘concrete actions’ to combat climate change | PBS News youtu.be/6Qx3y6RkoZM

Donald Trump reminded us once again today why he must still be criminally prosecuted for crimes and spend the final days of his life in a prison cell.

Which party is it that's a violent threat to people's lives again?

The president calling for the death of his political opponents is insane behavior that warrants immediate removal from office.

It’s a dangerous appeal to his most deranged online supporters. But it won’t save Trump or his party.

It’ll dig the hole deeper.

Someone needs to remind Mike Johnson that *he* doesn't have any immunity from being prosecuted for breaking the law.

Trump may avoid prison, but Johnson's going to find himself in hot water.

To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?