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Wife, Cat-Mom, Auntie, Pastor, Kundalini Reiki Master, & PCUSA Polity Nerd. Pro-Equality. Pro-Democracy. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿ’™โ˜ฎ๏ธ

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We donโ€™t hate America.

We hate what Trump is doing to it.

16.10.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3922    ๐Ÿ” 770    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

Stupid, Ignorant, Uninformed, And Corruptโ€ฆ.

Trump: "We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting." He's right โ€“ except for the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Canada, India, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Russia, and 22 other countries.

18.08.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 904    ๐Ÿ” 332    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I do hope you are ok. The last time I did something like that, I was sore for a week.

15.08.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reminder: If Trump and Republicans actually cared about quality of life and safety in DC, they wouldnโ€™t have rammed through a CR in March that slashed $1 billion from the cityโ€™s budget.

And Democrats donโ€™t get a passโ€”Chuck Schumer voted for it right alongside them.

14.08.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1729    ๐Ÿ” 628    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Democrats Urged to Bow Down to Tech Fascism As tech billionaires embrace Trump's authoritarianism, consultants urge Democrats to bend the knee in the name of Silicon Valley 'innovation.'

Democrats Urged to Bow Down to Tech Fascism.

As Trump and Silicon Valley robber barons dismantle US democracy, some Democratic consultants have a strange solution: surrender.

More at The Nerd Reich:

www.thenerdreich.com/democrats-ur...

14.08.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

The way I just laugh-snorted at this... ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

14.08.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Holy shit.

17.07.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Trump administration says Delaney Hall is full of dangerous criminals. ICE statistics say otherwise. - New Jersey Globe When Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and three of New Jerseyโ€™s Democratic members of Congress got involved in a scuffle with immigration officials outside the

Transparency. Accountability. Oversight. That is what we need from this administration.

They said theyโ€™d go after the worst of the worst, but common sense and the data shows thatโ€™s not who they are detaining.

17.07.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Screenshot of a portion of text from George Orwell's 1984:
"There was a certain photograph about which you had a hallucination. You believed that you had actually held it in your hands. It was a photograph something like this.โ€ 
  An oblong slip of newspaper had appeared between Oโ€™Brienโ€™s fingers. For perhaps five seconds it was within the angle of Winstonโ€™s vision. It was a photograph, and there was no question of its identity. It was the photograph. It was another copy of the photograph of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford at the Party function in New York, which he had chanced upon eleven years ago and promptly destroyed. For only an instant it was before his eyes, then it was out of sight again. But he had seen it, unquestionably he had seen it! He made a desperate, agonizing effort to wrench the top half of his body free. It was impossible to move so much as a centimeter in any direction. For the moment he had even forgotten the dial. All he wanted was to hold the photograph in his fingers again, or at least to see it.
 โ€œIt exists!โ€ he cried.
  โ€œNo,โ€ said Oโ€™Brien.
  He stepped across the room. There was a memory hole in the opposite wall. Oโ€™Brienlifted the grating. Unseen, the frail slip of paper was whirling away on the current of warm air; it was vanishing in a flash of flame. Oโ€™Brien turned away from the wall.
 โ€œAshes,โ€ he said. โ€œNot even identifiable ashes. Dust. It does not exist. It never existed.โ€
 โ€œBut it did exist! It does exist! It exists in memory. I remember it. You remember it.โ€
 โ€œI do not remember it,โ€ said Oโ€™Brien.

Screenshot of a portion of text from George Orwell's 1984: "There was a certain photograph about which you had a hallucination. You believed that you had actually held it in your hands. It was a photograph something like this.โ€ An oblong slip of newspaper had appeared between Oโ€™Brienโ€™s fingers. For perhaps five seconds it was within the angle of Winstonโ€™s vision. It was a photograph, and there was no question of its identity. It was the photograph. It was another copy of the photograph of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford at the Party function in New York, which he had chanced upon eleven years ago and promptly destroyed. For only an instant it was before his eyes, then it was out of sight again. But he had seen it, unquestionably he had seen it! He made a desperate, agonizing effort to wrench the top half of his body free. It was impossible to move so much as a centimeter in any direction. For the moment he had even forgotten the dial. All he wanted was to hold the photograph in his fingers again, or at least to see it. โ€œIt exists!โ€ he cried. โ€œNo,โ€ said Oโ€™Brien. He stepped across the room. There was a memory hole in the opposite wall. Oโ€™Brienlifted the grating. Unseen, the frail slip of paper was whirling away on the current of warm air; it was vanishing in a flash of flame. Oโ€™Brien turned away from the wall. โ€œAshes,โ€ he said. โ€œNot even identifiable ashes. Dust. It does not exist. It never existed.โ€ โ€œBut it did exist! It does exist! It exists in memory. I remember it. You remember it.โ€ โ€œI do not remember it,โ€ said Oโ€™Brien.

I am not a fan of the ongoing immersive theatrical performance of Orwell's 1984 that is playing out in the USA...
#TheListExists

08.07.2025 22:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a portion of text from George Orwell's 1984:
"There was a certain photograph about which you had a hallucination. You believed that you had actually held it in your hands. It was a photograph something like this.โ€ 
  An oblong slip of newspaper had appeared between Oโ€™Brienโ€™s fingers. For perhaps five seconds it was within the angle of Winstonโ€™s vision. It was a photograph, and there was no question of its identity. It was the photograph. It was another copy of the photograph of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford at the Party function in New York, which he had chanced upon eleven years ago and promptly destroyed. For only an instant it was before his eyes, then it was out of sight again. But he had seen it, unquestionably he had seen it! He made a desperate, agonizing effort to wrench the top half of his body free. It was impossible to move so much as a centimeter in any direction. For the moment he had even forgotten the dial. All he wanted was to hold the photograph in his fingers again, or at least to see it.
 โ€œIt exists!โ€ he cried.
  โ€œNo,โ€ said Oโ€™Brien.
  He stepped across the room. There was a memory hole in the opposite wall. Oโ€™Brienlifted the grating. Unseen, the frail slip of paper was whirling away on the current of warm air; it was vanishing in a flash of flame. Oโ€™Brien turned away from the wall.
 โ€œAshes,โ€ he said. โ€œNot even identifiable ashes. Dust. It does not exist. It never existed.โ€
 โ€œBut it did exist! It does exist! It exists in memory. I remember it. You remember it.โ€
 โ€œI do not remember it,โ€ said Oโ€™Brien.

Screenshot of a portion of text from George Orwell's 1984: "There was a certain photograph about which you had a hallucination. You believed that you had actually held it in your hands. It was a photograph something like this.โ€ An oblong slip of newspaper had appeared between Oโ€™Brienโ€™s fingers. For perhaps five seconds it was within the angle of Winstonโ€™s vision. It was a photograph, and there was no question of its identity. It was the photograph. It was another copy of the photograph of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford at the Party function in New York, which he had chanced upon eleven years ago and promptly destroyed. For only an instant it was before his eyes, then it was out of sight again. But he had seen it, unquestionably he had seen it! He made a desperate, agonizing effort to wrench the top half of his body free. It was impossible to move so much as a centimeter in any direction. For the moment he had even forgotten the dial. All he wanted was to hold the photograph in his fingers again, or at least to see it. โ€œIt exists!โ€ he cried. โ€œNo,โ€ said Oโ€™Brien. He stepped across the room. There was a memory hole in the opposite wall. Oโ€™Brienlifted the grating. Unseen, the frail slip of paper was whirling away on the current of warm air; it was vanishing in a flash of flame. Oโ€™Brien turned away from the wall. โ€œAshes,โ€ he said. โ€œNot even identifiable ashes. Dust. It does not exist. It never existed.โ€ โ€œBut it did exist! It does exist! It exists in memory. I remember it. You remember it.โ€ โ€œI do not remember it,โ€ said Oโ€™Brien.

I am not a fan of this ongoing immersive theatrical performance of Orwell's 1984... #Doublethink

08.07.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

thread you must read:

05.07.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 196    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

โ€”The Declaration of Independence

05.07.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17655    ๐Ÿ” 4960    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 269    ๐Ÿ“Œ 128

Oh sure...our democracy is being replaced by a fascist dictatorship, tens of millions of people will lose their healthcare, a concentration camp just opened in FL, and there's talk of deporting citizens...but thank goodness we don't have a smart woman who demonstrated joy and compassion in office.

01.07.2025 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rereading Orwell's 1984. If you have yet to read it, I urge you to do so ASAP. In particular, read chapter 9 of part 2. #chilling #MakeOrwellFictionAgain

27.06.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Supreme Court Is Helping Republicans Win Their War On Planned Parenthood The Court's opinion in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is awful not only for Medicaid patients, but also for millions of other people whose legal rights just got less safe.

Congress passed a law to help poor people access quality healthcare providers of their choice yet the Republicans on the Supreme Court just ruled in Medina v. Planned Parenthood that people can't sue when states break the law, as if Congress was just kidding

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/medin...

26.06.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 238    ๐Ÿ” 93    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Agreed! (Not a single senator with a shred of integrity should vote for him.)

26.06.2025 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.ย 
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Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
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Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

โ€”Harry Truman, 1952

25.06.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34566    ๐Ÿ” 10950    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 641    ๐Ÿ“Œ 394

Folks, itโ€™s free. Learn. Please.

24.06.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2218    ๐Ÿ” 747    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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If you're going to have the gall to kick millions of Americans off their health insurance, you should have the guts to answer questions about it.

Cindy Hyde Smith chickens out. ๐Ÿ”

Make sure everyone sees this!

24.06.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1250    ๐Ÿ” 604    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40

We're getting very close to an *actual* WAR IS PEACE Fox news banner.

23.06.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15057    ๐Ÿ” 2177    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 410    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66

Tense and nervous.

22.06.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember.

22.06.2025 00:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We cannot bomb our way to peace.

22.06.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This.

22.06.2025 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donald Trump said no new wars.

Remember that tonight.

22.06.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1801    ๐Ÿ” 314    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Amen. Amen.

22.06.2025 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Insomnia.
Zero out of 5 stars.
Would not recommend.

17.06.2025 05:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wake up, people! This is NOT okay!

08.06.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

05.06.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67292    ๐Ÿ” 14741    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1627    ๐Ÿ“Œ 876

Men are obviously too emotional to be in high-profile leadership positions.

05.06.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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