Stantaur the Barbarian

Market slump, inflation, tariffs, looming recession, vaccine cancellation, measles, replacement of best-in-class experts with derp loyalists (esp. FBI, CDC, NIH, EPA, FAA, NRC); cancel CFPB

Trolling level: Expert.
Kudos to our UK allies for meme-ing truth to authoritarian DoGEbaggery. SMH.

This is the most Gen-X thing I've seen in quite some time. Kudos.

Today, I delivered a simple message with state leaders: President Trump's chaos will not stop us from working on behalf of the people.

We will continue to serve the everyday needs of Washingtonians — and we will protect Washingtonians' rights and freedoms.

I’m proud to be supporting bills from both Washington Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature on challenges from improving public safety to limiting the Governor’s emergency powers.

We do our best work when we listen to each other without consideration for party.

Hakeem Jeffries weighs in on the Elon-Trump plan to shutdown the government

Perfection. "Two Jews in a Deli" campaign for 2028. Make it happen. Win the middle & working classes back!

Jon Stewart and @sanders.senate.gov discuss how to walk the tightrope of trying to work with the Trump Administration: finding where they agree, but preventing the crazy.

#TheWeeklyShow

11/4/24 DJIA closed at 42,440, S&P 500 at 5,812, Unemployment 4.1%. Oct inflation 2.6% YoY, Milk $4.55/Gal, Gas $3.50 in PNW. Oil $68/BBL. If Reds tariff/tax & deport as planned, it'll be interesting to refer back to these as time passes.

YouTube video by Shoe0nHead Downfall of The Democrats | The Truth About The 2024 Election

DNC needs to LISTEN to how they've alienated male voters. Her election analysis (+ why males moved-to-the-right) vids are solid. I disagree w/her ding on Harris. She did what she could, but there's no candidate that could have won with DNC pulling the strings so poorly. youtu.be/UkUkEvf7Ma4?...

DNC hubris, lying, and condescension is most of the issue; not candidate. They lost the working class in '16 when they tilted tables against Sanders (he had that group better than Clinton, and DJT siphoned WC off since then). They need to admit it and fix, ground-up, like a Phoenix. Otherwise TFIO.

Gotta say this about the old place: The frequent juxtaposition there of opposite ends of the IQ spectrum can be breathtaking.

No vetting at all, no background checks, and then blanket security clearances for all.

Agencies holding national security sensitive material are presumably thinking very hard right now about what material they're going to leave behind in the files on Jan 20...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Pete Buttigieg + Jon Stewart are my new baseline expectation for 2028's ticket. No fear of any social media podcast incl. hostiles. Top-shelf conversationalists, think on-their-feet with the best of them, seasoned perspective, smarter than the '24 broligarchy.

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart Urges Dems to Fight Like Republicans and Exploit Loopholes | The Daily Show

"The Republicans are playing chess... and the Democrats are in the nurse's office because they glued their balls to their thigh."
-- Jon Stewart, 2024

youtu.be/HNcmo-K5Xsg?...

Wasn’t there some woman from California who was running for something who told us this was going to happen

Trump Hires Project 2025 Loyalists After Lying About Ties So far, Trump has picked 7 Project 2025 authors, contributors, and advisory board members for top jobs, and the Trump Transition is reportedly using its personnel database to staff his second admin.

With the selection of Russell Vought as OMB Director, Trump is empowering a central architect of Project 2025 in his next Admin.

Trump has now selected 7 of Project 2025’s authors, contributors, and advisory board members for top jobs.

Just as we warned.

Exactly

Post by Roger Sollenberger: The DOJ’s diagram of Matt Gaetz Venmo transactions, pubbed tonight in NYT, shows that Gaetz transferred $24,000 in payments to one account

There’s this, too. Who did he give that much money to and why?

*taps sign*

Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

Good News: the Biden-Harris economy ~ Secretary Pete Buttigieg 💙🦋💙

Pete Buttigieg is a badass.

Trump vetting Project 2025 architect Russ Vought for top administration post: Sources Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the Project 2025 plan during his campaign, but sources say one of its top architects may get a top administration post.

"Vought not only authored a chapter in the 922-page Project 2025 plan, but he was also deeply involved in drafting Project 2025's playbook for the first 180 days of a new Trump administration."

The COVID vaccine probably saved around 15 million lives but nearly a third of American voters think it's the "deadliest vaccine ever made" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Started earlier, with McConnell breaking the SC and making Red impunity inevitable. Integrity and democracy died there.

Glad to help! From the looks of things this past week, it's going to be topsy-turvy for a while...

The grace with which a person wins or loses has rarely been more evident this past week, and esp. when compared to same time 2020. As my father-in-law said, "Well, now we know." Very thankful to have a great network of friends, fam, and twisty PNW roads to go clear my head this time of year.