The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.

03.04.2025 15:22 — 👍 6780    🔁 1592    💬 76    📌 85

25 hours & you couldn’t speak on the genocide in Palestine? Really? But you could send me a request for money, I see….

02.04.2025 18:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I had hoped that the fruitlessness of four years of flailing about Trump's golf trips supposedly "costing taxpayers" would have convinced them that this rhetorical approach is inept, but they seem to actually believe the stupid "taxpayer" lie even more than working-class Trump voters do.

😬 🤦 🤦

17.02.2025 16:39 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Watched @maddow.msnbc.com for the 1st time since the election as she interviewed @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social. HJ is bringing a plastic knife to a gun fight-clearly not capable of rising to be the leader we need now. RM tried pushed him into a different speed, but he insisted on staying in neutral.

25.02.2025 02:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

To the DOJ/FBI who remain,

Your new bosses are going to order you to do unconstitutional things. Unlawful things. Things to achieve their fascist agenda.

Claiming "you were only following orders" did not cut it at the Nuremberg trials.

It will not work here either.

Proceed accordingly.

America

24.02.2025 17:43 — 👍 7465    🔁 2332    💬 146    📌 104

They have people repeat “he died for our sins” so often they forget that he actually died for standing up to a dominant ruling class who used religion to exploit people, gain influence, and make profit.

10.02.2025 08:47 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

The secret Trumpers will get to act like they aren't being political when they do this, because they are just calling the thing by its new official name.

20.01.2025 16:15 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

You can play along to keep them off of your back, which will just propagate the Trumpism.

You can object, even if by playing dumb, which will put a target on your back and will also be a strong stand against Trumpism.

20.01.2025 16:15 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

This "Gulf Of America" thing is going to become a social litmus test in every situation.

In private conversation, Trumpers - even secret Trumpers - will refer to it as the "Gulf Of America" at least in part as a way to see how you respond.

20.01.2025 16:15 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Trump dropping his own memecoin means he has the wrong people in his ear re crypto policy. I’m now getting very concerned about the Trump presidency.

nic carter @nic__carter · 11h Something that hasn’t been much discussed - creating a bunch of personal memecoins opens the door to secretive foreign buyers trying to curry influence with our leaders. If you hated hunter biden’s anonymous art sales, you should hate this too. nic carter @nic__carter Basically, we used to have an informal rule that presidents wouldn’t start or run businesses that could pose a conflict of interest. Creating a bunch of memecoins and defi protocols opens the possibility to rampant violations of the emoluments clause. Not to mention the obvious COI given the fact that trump can set crypto policy.

Ryan Selkis (d/acc) 🇺🇸 @twobitidiot Dear @realDonaldTrump : Please fire whoever recommended going forward with the Melania launch today. 1. They don’t know what they’re doing. 2. They cost you a lot of $ and goodwill. 3. They don’t have your interests in mind.

Brent @Brentsketit feel bad for anyone trying to build anything serious rn president just making a complete mockery of this industry fighting another biden admin prolly would have been better longterm

I’m not sure people quite grasp how much of the crypto world is reacting to the Trump memecoin launches.

20.01.2025 15:24 — 👍 6382    🔁 1306    💬 429    📌 403

Biden’s Unpardonable Hypocrisy The president vowed not to pardon his son Hunter—and then did so anyway.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This article is high-mindedness on steroids, tone-deaf, & absurd.

It’s akin to the teacher telling students to stay seated until the bell rings while the school announces on the loudspeaker that there’s an active shooter in the building.

02.12.2024 12:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0