This current tragic mood in our country is the result of low achieving white people looking for a reason why the aren't more successful.

They want to blame the "other" so intensely that they eagerly throw out our 250 year old democratic republic without a second thought.

Its heartbreaking.

Or in three words: “This again? Fuck!”

This attempt is trying to roll back everything achieved since my birth. That pisses me off. Some say they
are trying to roll all the way back to the new deal. That really pisses me off. I think they need an ass whipping of epic proportions delivered by a multicultural voting tsunami.

The US has gone through, depending on your definitions, at least 2-3 previous cycles of attempting multiracial democracy and then a crucial block of white people deciding to wreck things and attempt to create an ethnostate. We're now going through another attempt. Maybe we'll do better this time.

Back on the clock tomorrow.

Strongly recommend taking breaks when you need it.

I did have a full on sob today because family members who live in Paris are returning there tomorrow with no plans to return to the US any time soon— possibly years.

Cracked me wide open after we said goodbye.

I’m holding a grey parrot in a blue bandana and am BEAMING.

Closer shot of me and Birdie Sanders

Her name is Birdie Sanders, by the way.

legit laughing my ass off

Life comes at you fast

Plesa: First of all, I just want to set the record straight: if anybody fled their position, it was Ted Cruz. Hundreds of Texans died during Winter Storm Uri, and he was trying to flee Texas with his suitcase.

Stand with Ukraine.

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Holy shit.

In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding.

When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic.

Well...here we are.

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MrCheckpoint (@mrcheckpoint) Yesterday in South Norwalk Connecticut , ICE agents set up at the local police station until the chief forced them out. Soon after, 12 masked agents smashed the windshield of a red pickup and dragged ...

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Gavin Newsom, fuck yeah California’s Governor is through playing games

here's today's post: "Gavin Newsom, fuck yeah" — California’s Governor is through playing games.
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Newsom has it exactly right: we’re not bystanders. the time for sitting idly by and saying ‘hey c’mon you guys, that’s not fair’ is over. we must all do what needs to be done. Donny started this fight. he knew he stood an excellent chance of losing control of the House in 2026, so he went running to Greg Abbott and said draw me new maps and give me five more Republican seats. Abbott was all absofuckinglutely — and they didn’t even try to hide what they were doing. they came right out and said ‘this is so we can keep the House.’ Republicans never expected that Democrats would fight back, and now they’re running around like scared little chidren and whining about how Gavin Newsom brought a gun to a gunfight, it’s so unfair! oh, boo fucking hoo with this hypocritical nonsense. you brought this shitstorm on yourselves — so stop crying and dry your eyes. eat binky. now, let’s say you were the diapershittingest bastard in politics. how would you respond to Newsom’s presser? probably how the actual diapershittingest bastard in politics did: by sending masked and armed ICE thugs to stormtrooper it up outside the building where it was taking place. how utterly fucking pathetic.

from today's post, on Gavin Newsom stepping up and meeting the moment, and Donny Diaperload's weak little response —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4oCc7D1
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)

apologies to @hcrichardson.bsky.social, whose hands, I'm sure, are quite normal in size

Nobel Prize Committee, can we talk? you have a golden opportunity to do the funniest thing ever: award a second Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama. Donny will shit himself. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT I, JEFF TIEDRICH, YOUR FAVORITE WRITER, HAVE COME UP WITH THE "GREATEST" IDEA EVER. NOT EVEN HEATHER COX RICHARDSON (TINY HANDS!) COULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS. SAD! EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT MY BEAUTIFUL POST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
link: bit.ly/4oCc7D1

this week in stupid: August 16 edition Jesse Watters sucks it up, Donny Convict fucks it up, and so much more...

it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: August 16 edition" — Jesse Watters sucks it up, Donny Convict fucks it up, and so much more...
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check out this ginormous shitstack of dumb: some fucking idiot invited a war criminal onto American soil — and then, instead of arresting the war criminal, the fucking idiot ordered soldiers from the United States military to roll a red carpet up to the war criminal’s plane. then the fucking idiot clapped like a trained seal while the war criminal kept him waiting on the tarmac. and then the fucking idiot invited the war criminal to ride with him in the presidential limo, and off they went on their despot snugglebunny playdate, where nothing got accomplished. after which, the fucking idiot posed for yet another photo where he looked weak and defeated, while the war criminal grinned like a hyena who’d just enjoyed a great meal. and finally, when the whole disgraceful debacle was over, the fucking idiot praised himself for hitting it out of the park. “he said on a scale of 1 to 10, ‘I give today a 10.’ so that’s the president grading what he thought of the meeting.” how fucking idiotic is that?

YOUR FAVORITE WRITER (ME!) IS BACK WITH A NEW POST IN WHICH I RIP DONNY "A NEW ONE" FOR HIS DISGUSTING DESPOT PLAYDATE WITH A WAR CRIMINAL. SAD! PEOPLE ARE SAYING SIR! SIR! HOW DO YOU WRITE SO WELL. JEFF TIEDRICH (AGAIN, ME!) IS AMAZING!
PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST. THE LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/41BPy7u

Putin played Preznit Fuckwit like a cheap fiddle Donny shits the bed in Alaska, then rolls around in it

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Highest incidence of domestic violence is among police officers.

Waste and abuse:

"Police solve just 2% of all major crimes"

"50% of municipal budgets

"NYPD Costs $10 Billion a Year

"White nationalists pervade law enforcement

"One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police

10,000 family dogs killed by police every year (DOJ: "epidemic")

A lot of people replying to tell me that he was wearing a pink shirt. I have really bad news for you guys. They rearrested him under federal charges and sent 20 agents to his house. Here’s the Washington Post story. Welcome to our local news! wapo.st/4me0gJv

The White House posted an insane video of the police arresting the sandwich guy in a safe and wealthy neighborhood.

Today for National Intern Day, I want to recognize our incredible summer interns whose dedication and hard work have made a real impact in Virginia’s 10th District. Thank you for your service. Your futures are bright, and I can’t wait to see all you accomplish!

What the DOJ Is Doing Behind the Scenes Read more here.

Please pay attention.👇

We cannot afford to leave our democracy in the hands of a process that requires this DOJ to act in good faith. We must act now to harden our election systems. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

"It doesn't matter what the subject is. You don't go out and say we're gonna release all the documents when you haven't freaking looked at them, alright?" Don't forget the ineptness and the incompetence going on with the Epstein saga. @gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social:

When I was in Congress, I brought both parties together to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, which ensured our retired public servants finally received the benefits they earned. Today, I'm proud to share that my law has now delivered close to $310,000,000 owed to nearly 50k Virginia retirees.