@edbecker.bsky.social
Retired math teacher/mathematician, although one can never entirely retire from mathematics . Raised liberal, and proud of it ! Expatriate Southerner. Amateur musician, woodworker. Professional curmudgeon.
McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."Β
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
Yes, I agree β it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
26.06.2025 22:50 β π 25618 π 14724 π¬ 708 π 705Every once in a while, I have to post something that is just plain nice to hear!
Enjoy!
youtu.be/OstTBGKb1Ik?...
Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*βand who could blame him?
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump βdeportβ American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable π€¬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
ILLINOISβ¦ Gov. Pritzkerβ¦
28.04.2025 03:28 β π 33576 π 9244 π¬ 631 π 710Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
03.04.2025 15:25 β π 39967 π 8118 π¬ 266 π 334Usually the post speech rebuttal is either tedious, or overly dramatic.
Or too long.
Kudos to Senator Slotkin for not being any of the above!
Season 2 of βThe President Trump Showβ is a mess. Even worse than Season 1. The writers are increasingly resorting to cheap stunts to get the audience's attention, with no regard to plausibility. A real president would never be this stupid, petty, or irresponsible.
04.03.2025 18:58 β π 1309 π 196 π¬ 56 π 5For the record, I didnβt fuck around and I am nevertheless being made to find out.
03.03.2025 23:08 β π 1031 π 168 π¬ 28 π 8Yes, as everyone knows, things were so much better for America in the 1930s when one European country, perhaps anticipating Lindsey Graham's suggestion, built up its military.
But Lindsey isn't going to let a little thing like history get in the way of shameless obsequiousness to Donald Trump.
Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.
28.02.2025 18:38 β π 20082 π 4980 π¬ 937 π 276History will remember this dayβ when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
28.02.2025 18:38 β π 23166 π 5104 π¬ 724 π 201Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.
28.02.2025 18:41 β π 12883 π 2607 π¬ 767 π 158This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Menβs Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
28.02.2025 19:22 β π 65247 π 10171 π¬ 3287 π 623You have conspirβd against our royal person,
Joinβd with an enemy proclaimβd, and from his coffers
Receivβd the golden earnest of our death
Russiaβs greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
28.02.2025 11:00 β π 13855 π 4024 π¬ 429 π 196Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?
18.02.2025 20:26 β π 28273 π 4869 π¬ 624 π 142This is the ad Washington Post refused. Post it all over the Internet.
17.02.2025 19:41 β π 164 π 84 π¬ 2 π 3Monday thought:
10.02.2025 13:41 β π 44830 π 8115 π¬ 614 π 382A gray tabby cat with green eyes sits upright, wearing a blue collar with a small tag. The background features semi-transparent white curtains with a black floral pattern, and the cat is perched on a cardboard cat bed with a lemon design along the edge.
βThere are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and catsβ
08.02.2025 20:35 β π 10140 π 787 π¬ 234 π 64Trumpβs Chief of Staff with the Deborah Birx Inject Bleach Face as Trump says we are going to invade Gaza.
05.02.2025 01:58 β π 4127 π 732 π¬ 309 π 51So, tell me again how voting against Harris was going to be good for the Palestinians in Gaza?
05.02.2025 03:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tonight, I spent about 40 minutes listening to a joint presentation by Trump and Netanyahu.
A couple of things struck me:
Trump saying that Palestinians should get out of Gaza. And Trump also indicating that the US will take over the Gaza strip.
Spread this widely.
26.01.2025 19:03 β π 98 π 49 π¬ 10 π 5A very valid fear, unfortunately .
26.01.2025 02:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I guess now weβll find out if it was ever really about grocery prices. (spoiler alert - it wasnβt)
24.01.2025 13:34 β π 32 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0In the same sense that lice, boils, and locusts were God's gifts to Egypt.
13.01.2025 19:04 β π 2571 π 394 π¬ 328 π 43