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Lifelong liberal realist/policy wonk into music, lit, writing, reflection, FBR, CBT, TIC, EBP, existentialism, dogs, photography, standup, conversation, fitness, art, Stanislavski, cities, Clare Torry, NBA, movement & people of soul & substance & good will

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Yes it is
77 million fine people voted for this

02.07.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Behold the worst 'Christians' you've ever met in your life:

*A trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts
*Big cuts to Medicare, CHIP, ACA subsidies & SNAP benefits (vets included)
*11 MILLION more Americans uninsured by 2034

'Christians' who voted for this are free to keep their heads in the sand

01.07.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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summertime lush

28.06.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm with you. Sometimes we can say obvious tactical errors were made (like Dukakis/Kerry not fighting back aggressively when they were attacked/defined), but other times structural factors just aren't on our side.

01.06.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That played a big role, but the selfishness, bigotry, and intellectual laziness of tens of millions sealed the deal

01.06.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't blame Dems for Trump As soon as it became clear that Donald Trump would win the 2024 election, I braced myself for an onslaught of bad-faith, blame-Democrats-first narratives β€” from Kamala Harris supporters.Despite the se...

Careerist media charlatans (from elite backgrounds) love to paint Dems as 'out of touch' with 'real Americans,' even though Dems are the ONLY party who represents real Americans' interests.

The blame for Trump?

It's the bigotry & political illiteracy, stupid.

www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

26.05.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

the road to hell is paved with good intentions

28.04.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
28.04.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember when Combover Caligula told us multiple times that COVID will 'go away by the summer' of 2020 (as the first of 1.4 million Americans were dying from it) and was such a narcissistic fool that he insisted on leading daily briefings about complex scientific subjects he had 0 understanding of?

28.04.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Worse yet: tens of millions of women vote for their own (and their daughters,' and their granddaughters') oppression

27.04.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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...and the dopes who take Fox at face value wouldn't blink, even as they sat in front of the idiot box with their church clothes on*

See: Sunday--the most hypocritical day of the week for RW evangelicals

(*if they actually bothered to maintain the charade that they were 'practicing Christians')

27.04.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The San Francisco skyline
A view from Dolores Park

26.04.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fred!

I've been mostly off of social media since Nov. 5, but I'm glad to see you're still at, being the public citizen that you are

Happy Friday, comrade!

26.04.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump fought the law and the law won

(p.s. all-star resisters below; follow them and meet many, many more where that came from)

26.04.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

damn straight.

26.04.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Futurism: Elon Musk Accidentally Wasted a Vast Sum of Taxpayer Money Due to His Staggering Incompetence

The skinny: projected DOGE savings ($150 billion)
cost to rehire workers ($135 bil)
lost due 2 IRS firings ($500 b) + lawsuit payouts

tinyurl.com/ycx24rdm

26.04.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

#FBRParty
All-star #BlueCrew
Defenders of democracy & decency

22.04.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not a Boomer, but I appreciate the concern

22.04.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sticking it to the libs,
one limb at a time

21.04.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

<I've 80 years old into the world of computer and they are still learning and proud of each step they learn new.>

Even more reason to ignore the original comment

21.04.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even more serious question: why are some people so incredibly soulless that they get off on trivializing important discussions?

21.04.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

NOW I get it
My apologies

21.04.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It had to be said
Facing fascism requires speaking clearly and honestly

21.04.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks, Maricella
Happy Monday!

21.04.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great people to meet
#BlueCrew
#FBRParty
Right here below

21.04.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't it odd how some of the most obvious things tend to go unsaid in our public discourse?

21.04.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...or how nice it would be to have a voting populace that EXPECTED presidents to be exceptional, as befits the most powerful person in the world

21.04.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No one said the people manipulating the morons have no blame

That's a false assertion

One can/should call out the culpability of the puppet masters AND the rubes

21.04.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That isn't the fault of 'Internet news'
That's the fault of the people who don't educate themselves, which is the point of the meme

21.04.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorry, but I'm not in the habit of taking unsolicited advice from people with 366 followers who couldn't begin to imagine having a post shared almost 1000 times

Obviously what I'm doing works a lot better than whatever it is you're doing

21.04.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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