Progressive Stoic

Elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia offer early test of Trump's agenda Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate's response to President Donald Trump's norm-shattering nine months in office.

It's called the 3.5% rule. Remember? 13 million people protested in the US on 6/14/25 (3.7% of US population). It then became impossible for the #MAGA government to withstand the swing back to blue. This will happen again during the midterms. It's science. #BlueWave www.reuters.com/world/us/ele...

We don't let them get to us. We #resist peacefully. "If your body was turned over to just anyone, you would doubtless take exception. Why aren't you ashamed that you have made your mind vulnerable to anyone who happens to criticize you so that it automatically becomes confused and upset?" #Epictetus

This Saturday, October 18. Be courageous. #RESIST.

#NoKings #FiftyFiftyOne

Don't be discouraged by what's happening. The gradual development of a better society isn't steady. Never has been. There will be dips, like now. Keep pushing. #RESIST. The #Trump era will end, but not without people like us finding the #courage to stand together against it.

Justice means treating everyone, despite their stature, with fairness. Pedophiles don't do that. People who protect #pedophiles don't do that. The head of the Department of JUSTICE doesn't do that. We must take matters into our own hands. We demand justice and truth. We demand the #EpsteinFiles.

#FactCheck Friday: #Tylenol use during pregnancy increases children's risk of #autism. FALSE. Many studies, including a matched sibling comparison of millions of children, have shown no such association from #acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Trump’s Tylenol Directive Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause.

“Toughing it out” is not protective.

#Republicans, stop letting history repeat itself. This is #Authoritarianism. It may feel good for you to have such power, for now. But it will end poorly, for everyone.

ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing.

Make no mistake. This isn't about #ABC pulling #JimmyKimmel after comments about #CharlieKirk. This is about ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel after threats from the #Trump #FCC chair.

We're not moving toward #authoritarianism. We're in it.

What's in your control? #Boycott.

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We don't support what happened to Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk supported what happened to Charlie Kirk.

#GunViolence #2ndAmendment #CharlieKirk

Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment”

RIP Charlie Kirk. May all who mourn find solace in knowing that he believed gun deaths were “worth it,” “prudent,” and “rational.”

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show Stop Acting Like This is Normal | The Ezra Klein Show

In a few weeks, the government's funding will run out. #Democrats, find #courage. Don't fund Trump's #authoritarian takeover. Shut the government down. Steal the spotlight. Give the people instructions, leadership, hope, real reasons to #RESIST.

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#GovernmentShutDown

Trump warns of ‘Chipocalypse’ as peaceful crowd protests planned federal deployment "'I love the smell of deportations in the morning,'" President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social in a meme referencing the Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now." Demonstrators rally near Great Lakes bas...

Use reason. Like Trump's invasion of LA, this is all a distraction. He wants the public eye turned away from something. Can you guess what it is?

Stay strong, #Chicago. We stand with you. We can also do 2 things at once: release the #EpsteinFiles!

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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing.

#FactCheck Friday: #RFKJr claimed nobody knows how many Americans died from COVID-19 because of a lack of government data. TRUE. He did in fact claim this. However, both the #CDC and #WHO have ascertained that 1.2 million Americans have died from #COVID. apnews.com/article/rfk-...

Do the right thing, both morally and physically, under all circumstances. That's called #courage. Over 1,000 #HHS staff members demonstrated it yesterday calling for the resignation of #RFKJr. Now, show courage yourself. Contact your representatives and demand RFKJr's resignation. www.savehhs.org

After Minneapolis shooting, there are new calls for gun restrictions, and familiar divisions A shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis has sparked calls for action from Minnesota officials.

Remember that you're an actor in a play, the nature of which is up to the director to decide. If he wants the play to be short it'll be short. If long it'll be long. But in that time take some responsibility. Contact your representatives. Reinstate the #AssaultWeapons ban. apnews.com/article/minn...

RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no In a rare move for a US public official, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for a Danish paper finding no link between aluminium in vaccines and disease to be retracted.

#FactCheck Friday: A medical journal refused a demand by #RFKJr to retract a study finding no link between aluminum in #vaccines & chronic disease in children. TRUE. The study is among the largest of its kind examining 1.2 million children born over more than 2 decades www.nature.com/articles/d41...

RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

#FactCheck Friday: #RFKJr approved $500 million of funding for vaccine development. FALSE! He did the exact opposite. HHS just canceled $500 million of funding for crucial vaccines being developed safely using #mRNA to fight respiratory illnesses like #COVID and the #flu. apnews.com/article/kenn...

Some things we can control. Some we can't. #Genocide is one of those things. The Ukrainians, Uyghurs, Rohingya. But the Palestinians in #Gaza? You CAN help. Contact your representatives EVERY DAY and tell them you don't want your tax dollars funding genocide. Dial that phone. You CAN control that.

Another reason he's the worst:
He ran on releasing the #Epstein files
They were on Bondi's desk
The files don't exist
Obama made it up
#Democrats vote to release them
#Republicans block
Republicans take a recess to delay
Trump's attorney coaches Ghislaine Maxwell
The files exist again
The fix is in

Are we surprised that the President cheats in other spheres of his life? No. He has a long recorded history of cheating. Stay focused. Seek #justice. The #Epstein files need to be released. #Pedophiles and #rapists need to be held accountable, whether they're #Republicans or #Democrats.

Long-COVID is a post-viral syndrome involving multiple body systems and can present with #neuropsychiatric symptoms, like #depression and #anxiety. A mindfulness-based #virtual group therapy program may improve neuropsychiatric symptoms in #LongCOVID. institutionalrepository.aah.org/jpcrr/vol12/...

If you want #liberals to hold power forever, you're a fool. That's not how reality works. You don't control that. Instead, pay attention to what's really up to you. Keep building and re-building. When #conservatives have power, #AmorFati, adhere to virtue, keep resisting. Our time will come again.

Another day of Schrödinger's #Epstein files.

If you seek logos, you won't find it in Washington. Only a noxious plume of pathos there.

Why is it easier to believe that 150,000,000 Americans are being #lazy, rather than 400 Americans are being #greedy? Because the #propaganda has tapped into something: mental heuristics & #stereotype. Easy "us vs. them" thinking. Don't fall for it, #Stoic. Use reason. See through the veil. Then act.

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Follow reason, #Stoic. Eight men have more money than 4 billion people combined. A single mom on food stamps isn't the reason you're broke.

In old times, if a tribal leader hoarded all the resources, what would the tribespeople do to their leader?

#FightOligarchy

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Aged like milk.

Don't let the sudden disappearance of the #EpsteinFiles slide. Contact your representatives and demand an investigation of the #DOJ.

The #EpsteinFiles, suddenly nonexistent, should not be swept under the rug. #Stoic courage means doing the right thing, both physically and morally, under all circumstances, even when those in power want you to ignore what's right. Contact your representatives & demand an investigation of the #DOJ.

Treat every human being, regardless of their stature in life, with #fairness and #kindness. To a #Stoic, this is called #justice.

What isn't justice? This:

Because it's about WHO feels terrorized.

#DOJ #Terrorism #Luigi #Minnesota