Andrea J. LeMeuse

Look no one should be committing to any candidate right now. I fucking hate the coronation impulse. I do think we should reward good behavior. We bitch no end — justifiably so — when Dems do bad things. We should cheer them on when they do good things. But no one has to fall into line.

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

@davewhamond.bsky.social

August 16, 2025 Yesterday, military personnel from the United States of America literally rolled out a red carpet for a dictator who invaded a sovereign country and is wanted by the International Criminal Court for w...

August 16, 2025

If there's no Covid testing to track Covid, there's no Covid.

How Many Golden Calves Will We the People Tolerate? A Saturday Prompt

As the rich become richer and the poor become poorer.

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If he builds his golden ballroom, how soon can it be torn down?

Indeed, let’s remember many of these heinous acts can be overturned. None of this despicable demolition of our government and values is unchangeable. But it requires ending his lawless regime & returning power to responsible leaders.

this week in stupid: August 2 edition Mike Collins misspells it, Jesse Watters dispels it, and so much more...

it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: August 2 edition" — Mike Collins misspells it, Jesse Watters dispels it, and so much more...
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Trump has no way out of the Epstein problem; he can either continue to stonewall, which makes him look guilty, or he can release everything, which may make him look even guiltier. https://trib.al/7K8Q9eZ

Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.

Jessica: Abrego Garcia's legal status was approved by the Trump administration in 2019, and every year since then, he has checked in with the departed of homeland security, and no one has said anything about him being a gang banger.

Jessica: Abrego Garcia's legal status was approved by the Trump administration in 2019, and every year since then, he has checked in with the departed of homeland security, and no one has said anything about him being a gang banger.

If you think you can't make a political issue out of "people shouldn't be grabbed off the street and put in a foreign gulag forever," maybe consider getting out of politics/punditry. And these aren't technical slogans: they appear in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution (twice).

Wow, this is the first time we've heard this number. Previous reporting suggested it was $6 million. So now it's $15 million of U.S. taxpayer dollars to imprison people in El Salvador without trial.

Essentially using a Sharpie to draw a gang tattoo on a picture of Abrego Garcia.

If these Republicans advance RFK Jr., they're not just rolling the dice on a reckless nominee, they are telling the country they believe it's more important to appease Donald Trump than ensure Americans' health. Confirming this anti-vaxxer is not just about politics--it's a life-and-death decision.

Serious question: can the president just spend all his time in office suing people and then use the litigation as a "legal" way of accepting bribes via "settlements"?

Dear Leader’s mind is a tumbleweed-strewn hellscape scenes from Donny’s batshit Los Angeles visit

here's today's post: "Dear Leader’s mind is a tumbleweed-strewn hellscape" — scenes from Donny’s batshit Los Angeles visit.
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People who claim that MAGAs won’t care if coffee is $20 a cup are missing the fact that Denny’s-loving MAGAs have not actually been asked to sacrifice a damn thing for the greater good by their idiot leader before (and no, in their minds, losing Pee Paw to Covid doesn’t count)

When Trump imposes tariffs on Colombian coffee, Colombian flowers, Colombian bananas and pineapples and avocados, on Colombian oil, it's us Americans who will pay those added costs. We're not even a week into Trump's term and he's already imposed a brand new tax on all of us.

As well as misspelling the name of Colombia, Donald Trump is going to push our allies into the loving embrace of China.

But don’t say we didn’t tell ya. We did

Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel because he wants to show Republicans that he is the boss. That he can strip them of their dignity by making them support terrible nominees.

Senate Republicans may be in the majority, but Trump controls them. That is the story.

Best thing our allies can remember: if you stand up to Trump you intimidate him and he will back down. If you crawl to him (like his sycophantic politicians) he will not respect you and will eventually throw you under the bus.

The Proud Boys are back and will get bigger

BE PREPARED for many activities coming ahead especially summer around any LGBTQIA2S+ events or activities

Trump’s Inauguration Ratings Down Bigly From Biden’s The television ratings for President Donald Trump's second inauguration are in, and they dropped 27% from President Joe Biden's in 2021 and were nearly 20% lower than Trump's first swearing-in in 2017...

The television ratings for Donald Trump's second inauguration dropped 27% from Joe Biden's in 2021 and were nearly 20% lower than Trump's first swearing-in in 2017.

The most recent entry in the “good advice for Democrats” canon comes from Bulwark writer Jonathan V. Last, “The job of the Democratic party comes in two parts. First: Do not help Republicans. Not in any way. Second: Make Donald Trump own every bad outcome that happens, anywhere in the world.”

Remembering when Democrats withheld disaster relief to Florida because it's a red state....never ever.

Rachel Maddow returns to nightly MSNBC show for first 100 days of Trump presidency Rachel Maddow will return nightly through April to chronicle what Trump's "chaos is concealing," as Alex Wagner heads across the country to report.

Wow, big Rachel #Maddow news here.

Rachel will return to hosting her MSNBC show *5 nights a week* for the first 100 days of Trump's Presidency.
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