TepbyBear

I'll be blunt, & I hate saying this. I hate it. But "circling the wagons" is little kid being beaten up by a bully covering his face with his hands.
We've seen it alrdy too much.
If Donald Trump & the USA are not made to pay a heavy price, Trumpism has NOT then been defeated.
It has to be PAINFUL!!!

Yes. But I honestly think it's economics as well as diplomatic and political fronts where things are more easily handled right now. Military, let's recall that both France & the UK a.k.a Europe have nukes & Europe has way more people too. And also Ukraine has shown up Putin badly.

See the difference in many ways how Trump behaves compared to Russia & China.
Europe & other places he treats like sh*t cause he sees them as weak. And honestly, he's not entirely wrong on that. And he's not entirely wrong on it about anti-Trumpers in USA either including ones in GOP at one time.

Nah. He only has that power if you give him that power.
Already right now many Repubs are furious with Trump.
Part of the reason too for what happened in Venezuela is they know they are toast if there's any sort of protracted conflict.
TACO is real.
BUT,you have to hit a bully or he will hit you.

I don't entirely agree.
Trump & the GOP count also on the abysmal ignorance of most Americans, both "Left" and Right, to abuse the Bottom 90% especially of Americans....even more than the abuse they've taken for decades in far Right view or in mealy-mouthed milquetoast "moderate" one.

True. But, it's not without some logic. Battles have to be picked for the best strategy.
Powder in prior wars was often in short supply and had to be kept dry(& in reserve).
Napoleon & Sun Tzu BOTH: when your enemy is making mistakes, don't interrupt them.

Yes. But USA's near 350 million.
Don't sell Canada short tho; cause honestly America just had first population LOSS in 250 years of US history.
Last I heard, from 2010-2020, Canada grew at TWICE the rate of the USA!
Of which Econ 101 says that economic GROWTH is often function of population GROWTH.

We need to recall tho: for many at this juncture in time & in the USA, if the Left ain't any better than what Democrats are, the "bandwagon" folks won't remain on wagon long.
We need to be frank w/ourselves: Hillary,Biden,&Kamala were sh*t at RETAIL politics.
Trump meanwhile is a used car salesman.

Also,they're too large but let's recall:
Trump didn't rly win in 2016 & barely won in 2024.
But 2017,18,19,20,21,22,&25 elections were sh*t for GOP.
BUT I'm with ya; get mad.
Bc if we rly want to beat him,we need to make elections HELL for the GOP!
We're glad for ur help.
Keep doing wht ur doing.

I agree.
But in many ways it's similar problem INSIDE USA as OUTSIDE.
& one like Trump there's no half measures.
Anti-Trumpers in USA are natural ALLIES w/anti-Trumpers elsewhere
U don't hv a vote in US elections—but u DO!
U can vote by calling ur politicians&screaming at!
U can vote w/ur money too.

Yup!
I HATE Trump.
& indeed I'm utterly ashamed we in USA let him get power again. It sickens me.
BUT I ALSO wish rest of world wld get off ur asses too!
Stop being such daisies APPEASING Trump,handling him w/kid gloves,&acting like u hv no agency"oh golly oh gee why don't THEY do something!?"

No they don't.
Far from it.
He got 77 million votes.
But given his polls he'd be hard pressed to get 60 million now.
Hardcore MAGA cult aren't even 50 million.
As with any politician there's many "fair weather" saw him as better for economy.
8 BILLION people in world can pop Trump like a zit!

1000% agree!
But here's where I might differ a bit.
Trump's never stopped being hated by Americans.
We took him down once already.
Germans were to blame,but West ALSO APPEASED Hitler&didn't get wise EARLY.
HELP US take down Trump AGAIN&we will be ETERNALLY grateful&this time mutherf*cker STAYS DOWN!

Word to wise: IF you see this, I think we're in paradigm now where History(& other Judges) will be harsh upon us all,but especially those who support Trump.
Democrats for not better opposing him, but GOP it's over 10yrs now there's ALWAYS been alternative to Trump from the RIGHT!

A tweet from TheRealThelmaJohnson (@TheRealThelmaJ1) reads: “Almost a dozen tickets had to be refunded.” Below is a split image showing Kid Rock on the left and another man in a suit on the right. A fake breaking news banner reads: “KID ROCK CANCELS ALL TOUR DATES IN NEW YORK CITY FOR NEXT YEAR. ‘SORRY NYC, BUT I DON’T SING FOR COMMIES.’”

Kid who?

YouTube video by Barack Obama President Barack Obama Greets Veterans

OMG! I am crying😭😭I miss a Patriotic president!! He didn't see a 'Sucker or Loser' in the bunch!!💞💞
youtu.be/oiYLg4RnwE0?...

Word to wise: IF you see this, I think we're in paradigm now where History(& other Judges) will be harsh upon us all,but especially those who support Trump.
Democrats for not better opposing him, but GOP it's over 10yrs now there's ALWAYS been alternative to Trump from the RIGHT!

How to migrate where the atmosphere is more heavenly & azure
a.k.a.
How to pre-quit the To-X-ic Wasteland
(if ur not ready to exit completely—yet):

1) Scroll down ur main X feed.
2) Find those "VIPs"/"big names" u follow&follow them at Blue Sky
3) Unfollow them at X.

Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.

Yup!
It's like a struggling farmer sells his 1000 acre farm to a billionaire banker but still needs a place to live so the billionaire banker sells the farmer 0.1 acre dirt lot on country road closer to town.
That peasant farmer has ripped the billionaire banker off!!!
The trade deficit is insane!

Liddle Marco has Dumbo sized ears though; that's kinda neat!

Everybody knows why Zelenskyy's clothes are the way they are. It is beyond stupid to have this still be an issue in 2025.
Also, most politicians are total tools; their monkey suits are a large part of why many don't like such formal clothes anymore.
Suits are often seen being for those who kiss *ss.

Turns out having the world's richest robber baron near Trillionaire oligarch fire all kinds of people, many of them veterans, for no reason other than likely giving the 1% another big tax break, isn't the political winner that the GOP thought it would be.

Maybe it's Karma?
I don't mean to be mean,but I paid u 100s of dollars in the MV contest for a custom,&I haven't heard from u or Red since last month!
I'm getting pretty close to considering u two THIEVES!
FYI:I don't let people steal from me;I'll be taking action SOON if I don't hear from u!

no gods, no masters, no kings

Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it.

Her on air support is truly important

It's weaker than weak!
Dump COWARDLY surrendering to Putin(now exposed as a paper tiger dictator head of a backwards basketcase broken down gas station of a nation) is treasonous!
Gonna be a new arms race w/new nuke-armed nations,"open season"on USA for terror attacks,&US Military IP's for sale!

Don't want to alarm Americans,but reality of Trump is the world no longer looks kindly on America,there's going to be a new arms race,w/more nations getting nukes,it'll be "open season" on the USA for terror attacks,&America's military hardware intellectual property is for sale!

Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"