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#nomonoem #ice #politics #FAFO

This just in: Gavin is mad that he swung to the right and pissed more people off, while Mamdani actually has the skills of persuasion. G got out charisma’d and is gonna be condescending now.

#FAFO #newsom #mamdani #democrats

I really hate this but I have a strong suspicion the Democratic establishment will do a victory lap about Noem’s firing and abandon any thought of structural reforms.

Primary every fucking one of them that do. The (white) moderate will ALWAYS choose comfort over progress-make THAT uncomfortable

I promise you that the government that murdered Alex Pretti and Renee Good does not give a flying fuck about the protests in Iran.

thinking about how Savannah Guthrie had to cancel her trip to work the Olympics because of her mom’s kidnapping but the guy who heads up the investigative body handling the case was posting pictures of himself in the US hockey locker room today lol

ICE/CBP was not suddenly a secret police force under Trump. Both were meant to keep brown people out of this country from the beginning. If brown people from countries the Amerikkkan Empire plundered, is the problem, then they don’t have to explain how NAFTA stole your job.

#Goddamntheempire

Fucking pathetic

This is not a time for typical levers of power. This is not a time for resolutions or performance. This is a time for politicians to show solidarity with the people.

Make them arrest members of congress. Make them play their cards.

Everyday MAGA digs the ditch deeper
#goddamntheempire

I’ve got a very rare Charizard Pokemon card if anyone wants to trade for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Credit: Ken Burn “The American Revolution”

“Democracy came to America as an unintended consequence of the American Revolution”

🤯

This 940-page reconciliation bill has a list of horrific provisions. One of the worst is a $211 billion tax break to the top 0.2% who inherit $30 million.

In this bill 16 million lose health care & hungry kids lose nutrition. Meanwhile, billionaires get much richer. Disgusting.

When people experiences connection, their brain chemistry changes. Dinners, music, acts of service provide belonging. I know we can unlock minds who have given up hope on government.

My teacher Mr. potter told me once: “People don’t care about what you know, until they know you care”

#politics #VT

A Dem party that prioritizes golf tournaments, is a Dem party that is not focused on the needs of working class people. The Democratic Party needs to function much more like a mutual aid organization and a lot less like a country club

Community dinners topple oligarchy

#workingclass #democrats

This wasn’t leadership. It was surrender. And unless they fix it next session, the damage to our public education system will be long-lasting.

Vermont’s students, educators, and small towns deserve better. #vtpoli

Scott, Lee and Johnson are back in Thune’s office. They are trying to reach a deal. Might be a while though.

“I think they would rather go down with the Titanic than give up the fact that they are captains of the boat”

Dear, Dem Party Establishment

When Bob Dylan said “get out of the way if you can’t lend a hand”

THIS IS WHAT HE MEANT

#politicalrevolution #humanrights
#getinvolved

Democracy is the right system. But it has to be not just protected from Donald Trump, but from the ultra wealthy who exert way too much influence in the Democratic Party.

Democracy is a social construction; made real in the macro by ensuring it is felt in the micro.

#gyst #democrats #democracy

I think we too often get in the mindset that the only time to mobilize is when there is an election. Yes. But also mobilize when the policy stakes are so high and we can still do something about it.

Thus, Bernie and AOC in Vegas and Phoenix today

Our trans neighbors didn’t just cut Medicaid by $880 billion, that was the billionaire class. A lot of folks are worried about the wrong 1%

The terrible CR Budget bill — written by right-wing House Republicans with no input from anybody but themselves — was passed tonight with the support of 10 Democrats.
 
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.

Mr. Musk plans to layoff 83,000 workers at the VA. That means lower quality care for our vets. Unacceptable.

I agree with the VFW: The VA must “reconsider its planned reduction of 83,000 employees & thoroughly review any proposed cuts prior to rolling out further announcements.”

Legislation that I passed and was funded by Congress, Solar for All, could reduce electric bills for working class families by 80%.

The Trump Admin is refusing to release the money in order to protect the profits of fossil fuel billionaires. Unacceptable. Release the funds NOW.

Republicans aren’t hiding anything. Their priorities are written in black and white: trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich, while making savage cuts to Medicaid, housing, nutrition and education. The reconciliation bill will make the rich even richer and the poor poorer.

Watching all of this suffering and fear play out, it is hard not to feel exhausted and hopeless. @aoc.bsky.social is right: they want you to be tired.

BUT remember to rest and be strategic with your energy; self-care is resistance.

They are underestimating us big time and think they already won.

Elon Musk calls working people the “parasite class” but his/Trump’s supporters think he’s talking about their neighbor who makes less than they do, the immigrant family around the corner - surely not them.

He is talking about YOU and all of us. They think they are kings.
#classsolidarity

“MaYbe shE’s goiNg to be in TroUble nOw”

Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

They left the dog. This civil servant, who deployed with wife & 3 kids to frigging KINSHASA (to support development of Congolese capacity to sell cobalt to not-China, which is a policy goal that sells itself) was told by US Marines to load into a raft with 1 backpack per person. They left their dog.