Mary Jo NOT Mary #FBR

"And a Nobel Peace Prize. And bridges and airports named after me. Heck, just put me on Mount Rushmore already, because I'm much greater than those losers on there."

The Two Santas Strategy: How the GOP has used an economic scam to manipulate Americans for 40 years | Milwaukee Independent

It's a scam for the massive income redistribution that their voters unwittingly keep voting for. www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartman...

REP. @rokhanna.bsky.social calls out @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles and the rest of the GOP for ever having pretended to care about the debt.

#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

I'm definitely not feeling much like celebrating this 4th. Feels more like we should be having a funeral.

@yarotrof.bsky.social

More true today than it ever has been.

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“I never thought they’d redistribute MY wealth upward,” sobbed woman who voted for the Upward Redistribution of Wealth Party, which had redistributed wealth upward and passed little else the last time they had power.

They just don't talk about them.

😳 “as many lives lost as WW1”

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@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

Also, women tend to struggle to get taken seriously at regular doctor's offices. Having a healthcare source sort of "by women for women" is just common sense.

ICE agents cannot enter your home without a warrant SIGNED by a judge (a judicial warrant) An administrative warrant, which is an ICE form, does not legally permit entry. You have to give them consent. There are some very limited exceptions, such as when there is a risk of someone fleeing or when there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed, but ICE is not the police, they still need a JUDICIAL WARRANT. Otherwise they are trespassing and you can tell them to get fucked.

It's so quiet! I've never seen such a lifeless "parade". The crowd seems completely bored, the few of them that turned up.

❤️ for this message. I didn't like someone else calling them "traitors" for marching. Blame Trump, not the soldiers following orders for this debacle.

Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"

Mentions on this morning's Fox & Friends

Medicaid: 1
Biden: 39

"Kayleigh McEnany called for CBS' Scott Pelley to be arrested following his commencement speech at Wake Forest." - mediamattersforamerica

"Thus proving his point." - covie_93

For instance, I recently bought a 3D printer, and that market is certainly *flooded* with cheap products from China. But anyone that does a bit of research will learn you do NOT want a cheap printer, they are so much harder to use and break quickly. The most popular brands are ALL higher priced.

"The end goal is to sell, not the best product, but the cheapest and quickest product". This certainly is not always the case, particularly if regulation prevents the market from being overrun with monopolies and the average person has sufficient buying power (both currently issues in our country).

Capitalism: The worst economic system, except for all the others - The Pitt News As the new year begins, students will again be exposed to minds that assert the dangers and evils of capitalism. These thinkers have every right to put forth such beliefs — that is what America is all...

Yea, people do tend to need incentives to innovate, work, continue to progress our nation economically. Is capitalism an imperfect system? Absolutely. Is it still the BEST system if regulated properly. I've yet to see any evidence to the contrary.
pittnews.com/article/5424...

Yes, because we've allowed it to get to that point. There still are plenty of countries which have extremely high level of happiness across all levels of society that are still capitalists societies. There has never been one that is socialist.

Capitalism is not the problem. Unbridled, unchecked capitalism is.

100%. Hypocrisy is part-and-parcel of being a MAGA
bsky.app/profile/mrfl...

Thank you Marc, for your courage in the face of Trump's attacks and intimidation. You have shown what true patriotism looks like. And I hope someday in the not-to-distant future you are awarded a Medal of Freedom for what you have done for all of us.

May 16, 2025 MAGA world is performing over-the-top outrage over a photo former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey posted on Instagram, where he has been teasing a new novel.

It's a distraction tactic. Which the media falls for every time.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-16-2025

Hypocrisy

In that case, the “able-bodied men” in Congress should not receive their gold plated, tax payer funded healthcare program.