From Atlas Shrugged, and here we are.

When the federal govenment decides to use illegal tactics, states have power to push back. I’m happy to see California leading the way against these authoritarian maneuvers. Governor Newsom is not here to play.

Hey non-MAGA Republicans… can you hear the vengeance and retribution now?

We use to be a country that provided assistance and hope to people around the world. Now we don’t fight against starvation, genocide, or human rights abuses. We fight stupid culture wars like a bunch of first world assholes. I’m ashamed of what we’ve become. I never consented to this profligacy.

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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

This is how I find out he’s no longer Vice President? The White House has got to get better at communicating employee changes.

I love this show so much. I’ve rewatched it when I needed joy. I wanted to be friends with Sam and Joel. I don’t know how they can make me cry, smile, and laugh in a single scene, but it’s magic. It’s a great show if you haven’t seen it. Congratulations @boomboomhiller.bsky.social

What happens next is up to all of us - leaders and ordinary citizens alike. In responding to this horrific violence, the most important categories aren't left and right, they are about helping versus hurting. We should heed and amplify the voices who are helping.

I'm so tired of the divisive "us vs. them" culture war. Our country has real, pressing problems to solve, and obsessing over professional provocateurs like Charlie Kirk isn't one of them. Let's focus on what actually matters.

Why is a player taking steroids for a career advantage seen as a “mistake,” while transgender healthcare is criminalized? One is a multi-billion dollar industry we profit from. The other is about human dignity, which doesn’t have price tag. The difference isn’t morality; it’s the marketplace.

The party of small government is now dictating what colors cities can paint their streets. Because nothing says “freedom” like banning rainbows.

Not a statement I’ve heard from Susan Collins.

Decent people everywhere are asking these same questions…

Hang in there my depression people. You WILL find what works for you. It sucks. You are loved. You are needed. Do what you gotta do to get through. I'm going to go mow the fucking grass in the rain, or puke, or both.

They have to figure out what works for them. Many find great relief with medication. For some it is unplugging. For almost no one dealing with depression is the fix input from you. A compliment can help. "That sucks," can help. "Cheer up," you might as well be telling them to lift a skyscraper.

It agitates me and irritates me to the extreme. I have to recognize the depression setting in. I have to force myself to catch a gear and engage. So if you know someone dealing with depression know this. There is no "cheering up." You can't tell them to "hang in there."

I hate it. Makes me want to puke or blow my damned brains out at times but I know that activity will snap the cycle. Achieving something, no matter the emotional toll of forcing myself into it works. Here is the catch. Someone else trying to make me active has the opposite effect.

I tried the medication route. Can't do it. Everything makes me feel like a zombie and or sets off my anxiety. I have to deal with my depression through sheer force of will. I am fortunate to know what breaks my cycle. For me it's work. When I feel it taking hold I force myself to work.

My depression pairs with anxiety. Not only does everything and I mean everything sound like shit I also stress and ungodly levels about either not doing or having to do them. Sleeping, eating, working, playing, sex and or interacting with people bring such negative emotions it is painful.

Going to share something a bit personal. For those of you that don't deal with or understand depression you must understand depression isn't sadness. Depression is pain. There is no "cheering up" from it. It is what it is and it just sucks. Here's how I beat mine.

I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream. Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.

Corporate media caves to power, but PBS & NPR stay true to local communities. Trump cut their funding—now they need us. Donate what you can, even if it means canceling Netflix, Amazon, or Paramount+. Fight for independent voices! I love Woodstock Nation and Democracy Now. Support NPR!

To pass you have to ride a cart around a golf course without getting tired, throw ketchup against a wall, and take naps during class. Trump set to revive the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools - CNN

Some people will do anything for money. Some people can’t be bought. That’s really all that’s happening here. Be priceless.

Requiring the Interior Secretary to personally review every wind and solar permit proposal won't help lower energy prices or supercharge our power supply. It's short-sighted, inefficient bureaucracy that will stall American energy. Read more here ➡️ sen.gov/X98VL

Does this woman have no sense of decency or propriety? What is wrong with people anymore? The degree of anomie is flabbergasting.

For fun I read the Constitution of the United States just to see what they’re going to alter or nullify next. Article I Section 4 regarding elections, I’ve got my eye on you… “…but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations…”

Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?

It’s time to lower the flags to half-mast. The country is dead. The ghouls have taken over.

Quoting Lindsey Graham on the floor of the Senate now, “This bill is your nightmare”. Finally he speaks truth.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s ‘generous donation’ is a classic PR pivot - distracting from their Venice wedding takeover. Flooding the city with celebs & private jets, then tossing charity crumbs to buy goodwill? This isn’t philanthropy, it’s image laundering. Hey Bezos, just pay taxes you bum.

It feels like we’re always “Skating away on the thin ice of a new day“… For any fellow Jethro Tull fans… (Are we called Jethro’s or Tully’s)

When law-breaking business owners practicing systemic exploitation of immigrant labor to bypass worker protections, deny fair wages, safe conditions, and rightful compensation for injuries, appeal to the government for relief this happens. But screw the exploited… they asked for it. WTF? Rise Up!

Mark Ruffalo calls 'No Kings' protestors the Avengers in fiery anti-Trump speech - Entertainment Weekly When asked about the “No kings” protests, Trump brushed them off (using the third person) saying, "No, no, we're not a king, we’re not a king at all." Well, Donald, “we” are not amused. #NoKings

Of course it’s starting in California. The term for pushing an extreme act first to make a later, still-unreasonable demand seem acceptable is called “anchoring and adjustment". They will eventually come to your city too. California serves as a warning to others. Liars. apple.news/AqegWFDCaSDG...

Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social Please follow through on your threat to withhold federal tax money from Washington. Perhaps when the people in red states, who despise California, discover that we subsidize their lives they’ll wake up. If socialism is bad, let’s stop. No more redistribution of wealth.

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

Put your money where your mouth is please.

Trump absolutely weaponizes the federal government against his “enemies” for first amendment freedoms. He’s stupid enough to say it out loud. If Musk is dumb enough to think he can bury the hatchet, he’ll find it in his back one day. Trump is too petty to let it go. His fragile ego can’t handle it.

You just know these criminals watched money go to Ashli Babbit’s family and said, “We need to get in on this”. But the amazing officers who fought that day have received nothing. Party of law enforcement my ass. I support @libradunn1.bsky.social @michaelfanone.bsky.social @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social

So regarding the recent jobs data, didn’t the Trump administration recently adjust jobs data? I thought he called that lying less than a year ago during Biden presidency. He campaigned on it.

I love when my news feed is like “World can’t believe what SNAFU means!”. Are they going to be able to survive learning what FUBAR, TARFU and BOHICA mean?

Watching the Fox reporter feed Trump his lines in the form of questions is surreal. Regarding Ukraine: I totally recall while Trump was running for office him saying “it’s not my war” instead of saying he would end it “in 24 hours”.

How do you reach people who want lower prices at the pump, but also chant “drill, baby, drill”? Drilling more in the U.S. does not guarantee lower gas prices. Real solutions involve breaking oil’s monopoly w/alternatives, regulating excessive profits, and recognizing that oil is fungible.

@astro-yub.bsky.social I really liked our respectful “conversation”. You seem very knowledgeable. I have a question, but I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I promise. I noticed the FAA website recently updated the section on mishap investigation. I believe early May. Do you know what changed?

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Ignore the Beyoncé and Springsteen nonsense. This is what’s important:

Why? “Sean Duffy has announced an effort to broadly overhaul the nation’s air-traffic system and asked Congress for billions of dollars to make it happen”. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 was signed by Biden. Over $105B for ATC facilities, NextGen satellite systems and runway technology.

In the 9/11 terror attack on America, fifteen of the 19 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia. Two were from the UAE, one was from Lebanon, and one was from Egypt. I guess the 1 trillion budget increase in military spending makes sense if we’re arming our attackers. www.reuters.com/world/us-sau...