Marie in the Sky With Diamonds

oh, we need to bring this one back. we *desperately* need to bring this one back.

Bluesky, the site where ppl obsess over politics without knowing the first thing about how political strategy works

Some people Just Want To Hate Democrats.

They don't seem to understand how political tactics work.

Today at Broadview ICE, an excellent outfit and protest sign combination (photo taken with permission) 👊🏻🕶️

And now you all understand why Schumer made that offer publicly. They all knew this was going to be the GOP response. It's making them own the shutdown even more, just as air travel cuts are being made.

Congress Could Get Millions of People Off of SNAP by Raising the Minimum Wage, but It Hasn’t — for 16 Years 1 in 8 people rely on federal food aid that has become a pawn in the government shutdown.

Want fewer people on SNAP? How about less enforced poverty.

YES! After all the ballots were counted, Democrat Marisa Sweeney just FLIPED a NJ state Assembly seat that had been held by a Republican for 48 STRAIGHT YEARS. 💙

Veterans Day 2025: Free Meals and Restaurant Discounts for Military Members Restaurants across the country are saluting America’s heroes this Veterans Day with free meals, desserts, and special offers. From national chains like Applebee’s and Olive Garden to Texas favorites l...

Furloughed workers aren't getting paid. Essential workers aren't getting paid. Elon Musk's DOGE ruined the gov and Tesla shareholders will reward an immigrant for ruining America. America is running on local aid and support, not the gov.

www.veterannews.org/veteran-news...

Union Head Gives Dire Warning That Should Worry People Flying Right Now Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said workers have gone too long without paychecks to work safely.

Trump take SAFE air travel.

www.huffpost.com/entry/air-tr...

good thing we have invested everything into this garbage 🤠

Or if it did, we would not have gone into Iraq in a pre-emptive war when Afghanistan offered up Bin Laden (i.e., let US come in and get him). There would have been no War on Terror as we knew it and the response to 9/11 would have been handled a lot more carefully.

Paid Russian stooge says what?

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.

Spite.

It gets shit done.

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

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this would mean half of registered california voters voted in an odd year special election with a single arcane proposition on the ballot

This is the story of seperation. Of dehumanization

And of love

This is what our country does to love

To people on their finite time on earth it takes the love that binds us

And creates our greatest sorrows

God damn us all

Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fruit.

NEW: Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.

“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.

Really?! The stupid video. Not the shutdown, not people losing SNAP or not getting a paycheck while still being expected to work, not the threat of higher Healthcare costs or Trump's general lawlessness?!? A stupid troll video brought out voters. GTFOH

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Giving someone one of these as a gift feels a little like handing them a bag of meth. Sure, some people will just enjoy it and move on but you could be the one responsible for kicking off a gambling habit. Happy Holidays!

What a pungent excuse to toot my own horn about having said for years that Republicans function as a crime syndicate — but yep, that‘s what it is, and I’ve said so for ages.

AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO

Drop something PINK

As someone who has seen every episode, I concur. LOL

I ask this same question weekly. I joke that most people are some version of Blanche DuBois in that they too, "have always relied upon the kindness of strangers."

Hmmm, isn't there another word for lying under oath and if I'm not mistaken is also a crime?

Chicago Alderman, Andre Vasquez, pulls out a whistle from around his neck and asks fellow Chicago citizens to join the Whistle Brigade that patrols streets and sends whistles to warn neighborhoods of the presence of ICE.

"Everyone asks what did they do in 1930s Germany? They did things like this."