Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
Absolutely! That was such a crappy pre-game show.
06.09.2025 00:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Excerpt from "Something Lost, Something Gained," page 229: Welcome to Trump's America. If you live in a major city, the first thing you'll probably notice are the soldiers patrolling the streets outside your window.
NBC News headline: National Guard troops in DC begin carrying firearms Washington Post headline: Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown
On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines.
I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, itโs up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while itโs still possible.
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Words cannot adequately describe what a colossal disappointment our mainstream media has been during our slow descent into authoritarianism.
25.08.2025 21:19 โ ๐ 16736 ๐ 3883 ๐ฌ 886 ๐ 304That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
22.08.2025 17:57 โ ๐ 23407 ๐ 7094 ๐ฌ 1052 ๐ 577The president of the United States is trying to steal congressional seats so I donโt give a fuck about the Cracker Barrel logo discussion. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.
22.08.2025 02:17 โ ๐ 21537 ๐ 4074 ๐ฌ 658 ๐ 205So proud to be a Californian! This is exactly the right approach and all democrats should follow Newsomโs lead.
21.08.2025 21:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0California Governor Gavin Newsom smiling.
BREAKING: The California Assembly has passed a bill to put Governor Gavin Newsomโs redistricting plan on the November 4 ballot.
21.08.2025 20:21 โ ๐ 11043 ๐ 2303 ๐ฌ 269 ๐ 171Itโs absolutely insane that the only person in America who is defending slavery is the President of the United States.
20.08.2025 17:25 โ ๐ 1229 ๐ 422 ๐ฌ 75 ๐ 9Hey look. Itโs the worst economy since the last time Trump was in office.
Probably just a coincidence
Zelensky be like โnot this time homeyโ
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If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer researchโฆ I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
New York has entered the chat ๐ฌ
04.08.2025 16:06 โ ๐ 20968 ๐ 5115 ๐ฌ 763 ๐ 448From prosecutor to senator to vice president, Kamala Harris has always been for the people. I know her next chapter will be no different, whatever shape it takes.
30.07.2025 23:04 โ ๐ 13466 ๐ 1918 ๐ฌ 431 ๐ 123โHe stole herโ is how human traffickers talk. We need some answers and we need them now.
29.07.2025 18:36 โ ๐ 1553 ๐ 539 ๐ฌ 102 ๐ 16In 2024, Scott Soucek said he voted for Trump "to fight against human/child trafficking"
29.07.2025 16:25 โ ๐ 5017 ๐ 2035 ๐ฌ 562 ๐ 318In a world of Columbia Universities and CBS/Paramounts, be a Southpark.
28.07.2025 05:27 โ ๐ 3001 ๐ 529 ๐ฌ 50 ๐ 29#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
THIS MAN RESIDES IN OUR WHITE HOUSEโฆ
A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.
27.07.2025 18:21 โ ๐ 19115 ๐ 5389 ๐ฌ 414 ๐ 189why does anyone care what Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod or James Carville have to say? mention any of them in an argument and I stop reading/listening
22.07.2025 12:38 โ ๐ 2268 ๐ 245 ๐ฌ 147 ๐ 42Sounds good to me. Itโs time to fight fire with fire.
20.07.2025 21:34 โ ๐ 13651 ๐ 3284 ๐ฌ 743 ๐ 292We need fair districting nationally, but til then House Dems โare exploring redrawing congressional lines in Cali, Minnesota, NJ, NY, Washington as Texas redraws their mapโฆโ
They did it here too. Dems canโt play nice in blue states as Republicans donโt. www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/p...
Hmm
15.07.2025 03:21 โ ๐ 19719 ๐ 6598 ๐ฌ 2146 ๐ 944There is no reason to do this *unless* you donโt want advice about ethics news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
14.07.2025 18:31 โ ๐ 11679 ๐ 3755 ๐ฌ 986 ๐ 279this shouldn't just prompt a resignation, it's almost like negligent homicide if any of those people died
12.07.2025 00:51 โ ๐ 5142 ๐ 1643 ๐ฌ 137 ๐ 60It cannot be stated strongly enough that ICE is a Nazi organization that not only needs to be disbanded, but every single masked goon held responsible for their crimes
10.07.2025 21:28 โ ๐ 2258 ๐ 598 ๐ฌ 47 ๐ 16