Dave Gottfried

Is ActBlue part of this

I Idisagree with them as much as anyone but calling them stupid is foolish, that just doesnt work..it discredits ALT NIH

Even Joe Kernan knows thats a bad idea

German economic minister: EU is currently negotiating from a position of weakness | investingLive

it's unfortunate that Trump's tarriff negotiation with the EU , wideley regarded as Tribute, will be seen by many who like that kind of thing as strength, regardless of the long term wisdom of it all.

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The NYPD officer killed by the active shooter was an immigrant from Bangladesh. He had 2 kids and a 3rd on the way. The US State Dept travel advisory for Bangladesh is level 3; “Reconsider Travel” for violence, crime and terrorism. He died here, for us, shot with a Colt M4 rifle. Think about that.

When she first appeared there were articles about how she used to be normal, a la JD Vance, Stefanik et al.. apparently somewhere inside there that person still lives

Bondi Has Been Failing Epstein’s Victims for Years She built her brand on protecting survivors. But when it came to Florida’s most notorious sex criminal, she looked the other way.

Pam Bondi had two chances to hold Jeffrey Epstein and his enablers accountable — first as Florida AG, then as Trump’s AG. She's failed both times. 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Everyone on all sides is on the take

and John & Jane Q are either so disgusted with or sucked into the Hunger Games to realize we could get rid of Citizens United. Of course WE would have to be able to focus our energies and unite on one idea . Perhaps we'd see real pos transformation?

adding alt text just to help out so it's text searchable, respects mute words, easier to repost, accessible. seeing replies and quote posts suggesting these should be put up more places, for what it's worth resharing this image elsewhere is one way to do that

👇🎯 One Special Boy 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

"Hitler was clearly working to “transform the state bureaucracy from the most senior positions down to the administrative levels to align with his political positions.” In a speech on March 11, Göring compared the Nazi’s draconian measures to cutting wood: “When you chop, chips fly.”

What Happened When Hitler Took On Germany’s Central Banker Hans Luther was the principled and respected president of the Reichsbank—but he wouldn’t accede to Hitler’s demands.

Waaay too close to home in too many respects..

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Science and Democracy Under Siege This administration's first 6 months have been characterized by destruction, division, and chaos.

ICYMI: On Monday, we released a new report highlighting how, over the past six months, the Trump administration has systematically and recklessly undermined federal science.

Read our report, Science and Democracy Under Siege, here:

I haven’t made it to Big Pine yet but you certainly got my attention. How about Upper Sardine Lake ?

Silicon Valley’s $4 Billion Gamble on Defense Manufacturing Tech startups are spending big on advanced factories and weapons production. Customers are not guaranteed

1 These are the same pople behind a lot of these VC Defense startups, Thiel, Anreesen, Londsdale, etc..Trump backers who have already been amply rewarded with Crypto legislation and the new AI directive..

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I imagine à corollary to the wasting of local news and advertising which also destroys local culture to the benefit of META and Google is the nationalization of politics

TEXAS: “History will not remember you kindly! You should all be ashamed!”

Congressional candidate @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social TACKLED to the ground as he extends his comments ripping a redistricting power grab by Republicans at Abbott/Trump’s orders, shamelessly using a tragic flood as cover.

I was struck this morning about NPR’s coverage of the Epstein saga, the primary place occupied on morning edition, how spectacle and theater have come to dominate our politics to the extent that to some degree we don’t even have politics. We just have influence.

No disrespect for the Flintstones, who were nice people. The toll for all this retrograde mafioso stupidity is going to be steep and incalculable. No amount of chest thumping will compensate..Why would we expect anything different from a guy who flew around in his own personal 747?

White House: Will remove onerous AI development regulations | investingLive White House AI plan announced

Got that? We will dominate. Nobody &Nothing will get in our way, neother Mpther Nature nor anything else. Onward to Victory!

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There needs to be a huge "Die-In" on the Mall in DC.. Millions

are those guys actually alive? Perhaps they passed a while back and are AI ventriloquists?

isnt there a parable that fits? something about foxes and henhouses..

A benevolent dictator would be one thing but...........

Ladies & Gentlemen, May I present King Donald Trump..

A rogue judge apparently is someone with independent thoughts

“This Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges — especially when they threaten the President’s core Article II powers,” Ms. Bondi wrote.

3) Dalio says that over the next 10 years we are likely to see changes we find hard to imagine, for exmple the US allied with Russia., that what is happening here is happening in one form or other everywhere, which leads to conflict within and among nations..Food for thought..

2)the last chapter in Ray Dalio's book, "How Countries Go Broke" argues that what we are experiencing is a cyclical phenomen that has happened many times before, think the 1930's ,but many previous times, and that in periods of democratic breakdown that stronghmen tend to be the outcome.

Showdown in New Jersey Over Top Federal Prosecutor

the country we all have lived in for most of our lives no longer exists, will become a completeley hollowed out democracy if we don't figure out how to fighr back sooner rather than later.

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Opinion | ‘This Is a Realignment That Has Significant Staying Power’

Unbelievable when one considers what GOP Congress has done..

" Democrats (in Congress) were somewhat worse off (38 percent favorable and 60 percent negative) than Republicans (42 percent and 57 percent).

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