Definitely NotATradWife

What do you mean “We do not”??? We absolutely do. We’re doing it right now. Even/especially while the good feds are furloughed. I’m not saying it’s time to sign the blank check for these guys. But it’s time to get over the death of America. It’s done. Let something new be born in its place.

He looks fun. Like, more fun than actual Dems. Stop threatening us with a good time!

Conformism is a strong cultural force in this country. People really give you the side-eye if you say you didn’t watch the Super Bowl. They don’t really ask why, but if they did, I have a rant for them about consumerism, influence, and tax breaks for the obscenely wealthy. And Trump was there. Ew.

He’s probably 50—but hate ages a person.

I mean…sucks to be furloughed. But now I have some time to scroll some cool people’s posts…!

It’s the lot of them, but this guy is actually kinda public enemy #1. He basically wrote Project 2025 to advance Christian Nationalism, and now he’s in a position to drastically reshape the government in the image of a divine-right kingdom.

They also had Lutnick and Bessent shopping around the idea of the state taking over some corporations…again, good thought! Terrible reasons.

You’re smart. :) Do you remember the time when Musk said he could end world hunger with 5% of his wealth? And he’d do it if the UN could tell him how it would work? $6b was the figure. And…*crickets*

Literally all they have to say is “Remember: Congress is still getting paid.”

Did want to elaborate: the forces are propaganda against socialism and communism, built into the cultural hegemony of the owning class. AKA it’s when someone says “but what else is there?” every time people complain about late-stage capitalism.

There are a ton of forces that even educated Americans have to overcome to be able to see the system fully. It happened for my husband after 9/11 because he really dug into the question of “why did this happen?” My brother always knew, but I think I started figuring it out around…Occupy Wall Street?

Not that anyone here needs it…but here’s a quick reminder. When anyone says the “radical left” is doing something, and they clearly mean “the Democrats,” you are not hearing from a serious person. This country has NO radical left representation in its government. I’m looking at you, hud dot gov.

Cut people medically? Just keep the scalpels away from this lot…

You can’t reason with people like this. This dude told his *national television audience* that he doesn’t wash his hands in the bathroom. And now he’s been empowered to say what he said yesterday, out loud, in front of generals and flag officers. If reason worked, it would have worked by now.

So good 😍

I don’t accept it either…! Just wanted to share my experience.

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This is how it works everywhere, though. You don’t even have to have the money. You can get out of sentences for sex crimes simply by being the kind of person (white, male, well-educated, “earnest”) that society thinks might have money someday.

The Bluesky algo is bananas. I had the WH “list of elected terrorist agitators” right above this post. The people who got this list (which is literally all dem pols from news) and passed it to their proud boy friends are the people they want to negotiate with, about health care. Make it make sense!

Nope. You’re thinking of Shri Thanedar. This guy was a sometime-Bernie-surrogate back in the mid 2010s, I think? He represents Silicon Valley, and most of the people with most of the money there are evil AF. I’m not sure where this guy stands, but we know exactly where his bread is buttered.

I mean…I saw him there. We were in the same class year. There was a small but active group of reactionaries in the politics department, and I just tried not to look while they advocated for “academic freedom” (the right to be a dick to women, minorities, etc. in the name of religion and tradition).

I feel seen!

All of those things that they listed are factors that contribute to poverty. If the U.S. is #1 in those, it’s definitely #1 in poverty.

Why is this their argument for stupid fundraising tactics but not for obstruction? Like—you want to play their games? Play Mitch’s games, too.

She was my senator for 3 years, somewhat recently. Not Impressed. But it’s not like she has any better strategy from her colleagues to fall back on.

Former constituent here, btw.

Almost every dem (minus the ones who supported citizens’ impeachment, ofc) in the House is a liability. I think it’s because U.S. political literacy is low? I am job searching rn…there are jobs to “help Democrats get elected”…while that *should* happen…it’s the lowest-hanging fruit and NOT the goal.

I’m so pissed off that I learned Python and I’m thinking about vibe coding. This is because murder is illegal. Thank fuck for whiskey.

“Affordable” still means that someone is making money off of it.