Douglas Anders

My grandfather was
Postmaster in Talkeetna in the 1960s. As a WWII veteran of the European Theater, he would have been proud of his hometown.

The massive protests in the major cities make for better television, but democracy will be saved or lost in rural, red America.

Talkeetna, Alaska representing with 11% of the population, despite the 42˚ temps.

#NoKings

GOP Panic Reveals Fear of Mass Resistance The “No Kings” protests this weekend could be one of the biggest political moments of the year. More than 2,500 events are planned across the country — a massive show of peaceful defiance that has

“Power doesn’t panic”

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New Epstein drop from the Oversight Dems has some interesting names in it 👀 👀 👀

I’d be willing to bet there’s more headlines about Charlie Kirk today than there have been about Melissa and Mark Hortman since June.

Republicans are hiding something.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

The idea that somehow the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor has to be broadly acceptable to the median American voter is absurd, and also appears to have been somehow invented for the first Muslim nominee.

JD Vance has no real principles or courage.

Maybe. Killing lots of kids overseas (by demolishing USAID) and at home (undermining the vaccine regimen) might be worse.

So happy! Downloading to my iPod now.

Wow. So he votes to gut Medicaid and throw 17 million people off of their healthcare and then dumps his Medicaid related stock to cover his own ass?

That’s just evil and cruel.

BILLIONAIRE: Lying Zohran Mamdani says that the rich have too much power. Here is the politician I have personally selected to be mayor instead.

Scott Bessent: "Trump is the most economically sophisticated president…perhaps in history."

Trump: "Maybe we’ll pay off the $35 trillion [U.S. debt] in Crypto. I’ll write on a little piece of paper, ‘$35 trillion crypto, we have no debt.’" (2024)

No but like literally, JESUS CHRIST. How anyone voting for this budget calls themselves a Christian is absolutely unfathomable to me.

Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Seen at Jan. 6 Riot Flown Above Government Agency in DC The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

(Adds Gehenna Gaming to the “Must visit” list of exhibitors. )
(Looks at exhibitors list, crosses out “eat lunch” on schedule)

Not sure any other policy theory has been attempted more frequently and failed 100% of the time like trickle down economics

Martin Kulldorff & @MartinKu...•9/10/23 S.•• "One of the most disturbing images of the Covid-19 pandemic was when a teacher .. forced a mask on a crying toddler .. In some ways, the U.S. government.. treated all of us like toddlers, compelling us to endure draconian Covid measures" - @HRaleighspeaks

RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…

Yep —many people use it to manage RPG campaigns. There plugins to make timelines, character stat blocks and manage maps. A quick YouTube search should show some of the possibilities.

I'm no longer on Twitter so I can't see Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz's excellent posts over there. But here he is directly calling out Trump & Vance's legislation for being contrary to Catholic social teaching.

You know, Pro Life.

We keep hearing that the GOP is going through an "identity crisis" over whether it will be a Trumpist/working class party or whether it will continue serving its "corporatist" and "C-suite" wing.

Funny how the C-suite wing keeps winning this argument!

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Tells you everything you need to know that House Republicans are threatening to torpedo their own budget not because it kicks millions of Americans off their health insurance, but because it doesn’t hand a big enough tax break to the wealthy.

As I've said, Trump & Vance's war on diversity is a war on the very heart of Catholic teaching as well. Our Church prizes diversity as as essential part of our faith & a core commitment of it. It's a shame that JD Vance knows so little about his new religion.

Corruption and a Security Catastrophe in Plane Sight Of course a foreign government would love to give the US president a plane....

This Air Force One coverage shows how the media “both sides’s” Trump’s corruption—criticism is the “problem” of Dems and crunchy “good government” losers alone. How about a headline like: “No GOP Senator Objects to Trump Accepting Half-Billion-Dollar Bribe”? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/corruption...

This is flatly wrong as a legal matter. A chain of citations begins in my reply here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

An American Pope Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage

“We have this powerful moral voice that is going to be able to potentially confront the other most powerful American voice,” said Charlie Sykes...“Trump bestrides the world as the ugly American, and now we have another prominent American who is able to confront him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

me: I'm done with the pope posts

conservatives: we are having the worst day of our lives, woke marxist pope will give your kids gun control & health care in their sleep

me: I would like a few more pope posts