Ever been to a party where someone lost something and insists that it was stolen, blaming everyone? Only to learn months later that they were kleptos themselves? And all of a sudden it made sense? That's this administration right now.

For the first time in history the stock market surges while job numbers drop. Driven by investments in AI. This can't be good. People's lives are not being represented in the numbers anymore. To me, this feels like a dangerous cliff that we are approaching. I hope I am wrong. 🙏

In the past year, Hulu Live TV plan lost 3 channels but gave themselves a 9% raise in prices. HBO Max gave themselves a 6% raise. But inflation is only at 2.8%? And republicans are against corporate greed and they fight for consumer prices. 🤷‍♂️

A year ago the items in my online grocery list totaled $287. Today, the list is now $394. That's a 37% increase. But somehow inflation accounts for only 2.8% of that? But republicans are the party for lowering costs and fighting corporate greed? 🤷‍♂️

I have zero social profiles (except here). Without knowing exactly why, I remember telling collogues back in 2007 that I was never going to sign up for Facebook because it didn't feel like a wise choice for humanity. I hope we can recover from this addiction before it's too late.

NPR's Israel correspondent Daniel Estrin has entered the Gaza Strip for the first time since the war began, but Israeli still requires a military escort. n.pr/498GMTe

This makes it sound like he feels his power grab is complete. Is congress now just "talking heads?"

WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."

House of Dynamite of Netflix gave me chills down my spine. Seemed prescient. Glued to the screen. Great movie.

Loving America means speaking up and standing out.

This is the first time in recorded economic history that the stock market surges as job numbers shrink. This shift happened at the same time that ChatGPT became public. Has innovation gone too far? Who really benefits from this? 🤷‍♂️

#A_NewHope ✊

Do people in Texas believe in climate change yet?

I don't think you have to worry as his BBB has given him enough money to build his own personal army. The real question is, what will you do when his army starts killing Americans?

Raising the deficit by $4T for tax cuts to the rich & cutting Medicaid & SNAP = taking cash out on your credit card to give to your rich friends and then coming home to an empty table with no food in the fridge and looking at your starving sick children. Does this story end well? Anyone? Bueller?

Update on our trip to Alligator Alcatraz. We are being denied access.

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary | The Guardian share.google/LlsQYBXRrnyp...

As a safety net healthcare provider, we have been expecting this. Being ready for it is an entirely different. With 13,000 patients with Medicaid or are uninsured who receive medical, dental, mental health services & help applying for SNAP from our 110 employees, countless lives will be affected.

Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.

Also, interpreting laws without having morals is dangerous. SCOTUS, are you listening? Are you there? Hello...?

I was in Europe when Dobbs fell. I cried. Curious strangers wanted me to explain “what’s going on with US politics.” I am in Europe today. I am numb. No one asks, they already know. The distance makes it less visceral, but then I see clearly: it’s a choice, one among many, yet the one we took.

Celebrating the 4th is like throwing a birthday party for the grieving family of someone who just died.

HSI will become the domestic armed gestapo of Trump's regime. It won't be long before blue cities in red states will see masked HSI agents everywhere. It won't be about immigrants anymore. Make the wrong social media post and they will show up at your door.

It's way too serious for memes now. But not too serious for cat videos.

The best defense against propaganda is EXPOSURE. Exposure to life outside of your comfort bubble. Exposure breeds acceptance & understanding. Those who are far removed from a topic are the ones most likely to accept the propaganda.

They clearly don't hold themselves to a higher standard. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Nothing signifies a well thought out and debated piece of legislation more than a self-imposed deadline. 🙄 BBB = Big Bold Betrayal. PS: Seniors are already the fastest growing group joining the homeless population. So MAGA also taking away their housing vouchers, food stamps, and Medicaid. 'Merica!

Go-go inspector kitty!

Seniors becoming homeless as housing vouchers disappear and food stamps go away and their healthcare options vanish. But sure, no tax on gun silencers. Cause ya know, 'Merica!

Kilmar Abrego Garcia reports being tortured in El Salvador. Lawsuit filed. Watch to find out what was being done to him and others at this horrible place.

🤦‍♂️ - In such a hurry are they. To cage human beings for political sport must they. Inhumane conditions, there exists here.

20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials www.yahoo.com/news/20-stat...

"Cruelty is the point. Cruelty has always been the point."

No family would put take cash out on their credit card to hand to their rich friends and then go home to an empty table with no food in the fridge. No family would do this. But you know: 'Merica!

We can hate on Laura Loomer all we want but she has a platform. She is driven by the demand of MAGA for her to say this stuff. She is the crack to their addiction of ignorance-driven hate.

We're definitely going to need a truth and reconciliation commission with prosecutorial power

I love being lightly trolled by Canada or any country that touts freedom and democracy as ours crumbles. We deserve it. Happy Canada day to our friends in the north.

Cause, you know: 'Merica!

Remember to smile in the middle of our ranting and raving.

Good resource. I find lots of valuable things on Bsky. More likely to click through links and read here than anywhere else. It pays off.

Facts!

We have a government OF the people, BY the people, but not FOR the people? See anything wrong here? Anyone?

The fasted growing group of people encountering homelessness is seniors. So let's also take away their food stamps, medical assistance, and housing vouchers. Cause ya know: 'Merica!

Hmmm

We need new politics. To get elected, they pander to their voters. Once in office, they pander to the party apparatus often ignoring the voice of their voters. It's broken. Who in Alaska wants bigger healthcare deserts?

Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.

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At what point will the devastating cuts to social support programs start to show in our economy? The economic high that Biden left us was so robust, Trump hasn't crashed it yet. But, it must be coming, no? When will the recession begin? Because that's the only thing that seems to wake them up.

“The goal, I think, is to get states to say, ‘Well, we’re not getting the federal money support, and so we’re going to roll back or undo our expansion of Medicaid,” says Sharona Hoffman, co-director of Case Western Reserve University’s Law-Medicine Center.