America f**ked up by putting a psychopath in charge of the national safety net. Psychopaths don’t care about safety nets for anyone but themselves.

For any Dem gangsters who might be out there:

This is what always gives me pause when I think something might matter.

Trump airlines is not good.

Gotta love Neil. The grumpy old Canadian King of rock.

Everything that is old is new again:

A beautiful tribute by Kimmel to his friend and bandleader: youtu.be/0xlVAr6JZ9A?...

I always blame the bad guys more than those imperfectly defending against them. Not one us is perfect.

Oh look at this! The new thing!

The goldfish memory syndrome strikes again. Voters forget about almost everything that is considered “the most important thing to ever happen” at the time by “the online”. Every time.

📣 OK, as promised, here's my *deeper* dive into how 14 states have instituted #ACA pricing policy which will *dramatically* mitigate the expiring tax credits for a significant portion of enrollees...IF enrollees take advantage of it: acasignups.net/25/11/11/the...

But how could anyone see things differently than me?? How is that possible?? Oh, it's possible alright. 10s of millions of Americans really do see things differently than you do. Believe it. That's why the politicians THEY vote for behave the way they do.

I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.

A few people are willing to engage with unpleasant reality. I appreciate this.

My hope is that NY politicians who are truly invested in addressing our mental health crisis, meet with some psychiatric nurses who work in NYC. These nurses know the reality of mental healthcare in a way that the vast majority of politicians simply do not. youtu.be/58zQ8EtEEbQ?...

I'm old enough to remember when Trump called veterans "suckers" and "losers". Happy veterans day.... www.npr.org/2020/09/04/9...

All this noise made me think back on something Howard Stern said years ago. He mentioned that a KEY to getting traction on the radio (back when radio mattered and there were no podcast, streaming, etc) was HAVING A STRONG OPINION. Just that. Didn't matter if the opinion was backed up with evidence.

It is interesting to read the hostile responses to this. And you really have to consider what is the point of them? Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028. Sure, be angry at the guy if you want, ask for a replacement, fine. But do you really think your vociferous take on him matters now?

Interesting to observe in center and left people now attacking "democrats": they would have polar opposite opinions on who they would want to replace schumer. And the irony is that either could get their choice, and if they were magically inserted into schumer's job TODAY little would change.

Republicans have been fighting to take away the ACA ever since Obama signed it into law. That’s why it was important to vote for Hillary in 2016 and Kamala in 2024. But too many people who supposedly cared wanted to play games instead, and here we are.

I know I'm in the minority on this one, but it's easier to say "shut it down!" than it is to leave poor people without food on thanksgiving and airports only partially functional. All in an attempt to gain leverage over a person who is a psychopath. Someone who DOES NOT CARE if the poor go hungry.

@joycecaroloates.bsky.social you are on a ROLL. Well done...speaking truth to power as the phrase goes.

YES. THIS.

This is so true. And it's not just the political elite that has stopped thinking about it. I think most Americans have also put it out of their heads. Sort of a universal shrug. Unclear how that can end well.

This is a shame. I was hoping Lander would be helping run things. So much for that. "CNN reported that Lander — who campaigned aggressively for Mamdani during the Democratic primary — is “out of the picture” after seeking a top role in the new administration".

So true. People need to realize that these online platforms are not just a personal venting place. They are a BROADCAST. Normies may dip in from time to time just to see what the vibe is. If the vibe you usually project is "DEM BAD!" that is what the normies will come away with. That is not helpful.

You can't make this stuff up...

Can anyone remember the name of that account on X that Elon would dialog with? Some anonymous account with a super dumb name. I can't remember what it was. I know there's more than one, but that ONE in particular....🤔

It is not accurate to say that if Schumer had just kept the shutdown going we save the ACA forever. Not the dynamic. The reason trump ran for president was because Obama made fun of him. So Trump's mission is to dismantle anything and everything Obama ever did. It is an obsession.

Also from the department of "things people on here don't like to consider": The increase in rent stabilized apartments over the last decade is ONE THIRD of inflation. So it's no mystery why so many of these apartments sit vacant and in disrepair.

when I was a kid, soundgarden was the closest thing we had to "our led zeppelin" Nice to see them honored in 2025. The tributes to Chris Cornell were very touching. Sadly the roots of his self destruction were also a load bearing element to some of their most powerful songs. youtu.be/iUhoOQdNAKQ?...

Shoulda voted for Harris, America. Then we wouldn’t be seeing this kind of thing:

If you didn't want to have to choose between health insurance, airports functioning, food stamps, etc you should not have allowed a psychopath to be president. Don't believe there is some magical good answer when the options are eating sheep s**t or dog s**t. That is delusional.

When the government is controlled by a psychopath there ARE no good paths. Only variations on the theme of bad paths. There is a fantasy that we can somehow reverse what happened last November. But it's just a fantasy. Until you flip congress, maga has the power to demolish the country. Sad truth.

So here's where we are, Sunday morning: Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases. So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care. Dystopian.

Big night for 90s kids. #soundgarden

Again, notice the theme here. It's not about "left" or "center". It's about WINNING. Dismantle the circular firing squad and focus on winning. That is a team effort. That is what the midterms will be about. We all get together, highlighting how bad the trump regime is, and we disempower it.

TRUMPFLATION is bad. Last time we had a pandemic to inflict inflation on us. Now the trump regime does it to us on purpose.

Trump has never worked harder on anything than he has on preventing poor Americans from being fed.

Agreed. For all those who are SO SURE that trump is going to fix the midterms: he sure failed to fix any elections this month. I'm sure he wanted to. But does not have the capacity to do it. So please, stop with the doomerism about the midterms. Focus on winning them. Not saying they won't happen.

How long until fellow sexual assault perp Trump pardons him.

Nobody "on here" likes to hear this but it is still salient: *New York State currently has the highest taxes per capita in the nation* So there may be some pushback on raising taxes even higher. Just something to keep in mind before you start attacking democrats instead of trump.

We will never not be buried in spoiled nepo babies. It is never ending.

There were no government shutdowns when Joe Biden was President. The orange felon now owns the first and second longest government shutdowns in US history because he doesn’t give a single flying fuck whether or not people suffer or starve or lose everything or die.

The way these powerful rich people are demanded to pay huge fines and somehow the fines never get paid for years and years. Meanwhile normal people are sweating over every penny of tax deduction with receipts. Worried they'll get prosecuted if they don't pay their taxes exactly correctly.

History will move on, but I will always have my unsuccessful (as usual) primary vote for Brad Lander.

In case anyone missed it, the common thread for Democrats this week was 1)winning and 2)capitalizing on pushing back against trump. No matter how ideologues want to frame this situation to flatter their own niche, reality does not support their claims. WINNING is the commonality.

The ironic thing is that Trump's fixation on having overly pale skin is one of the less hateful things about him. He clearly has near albino level paleness on his face and it makes him self conscious. So he dunks his face in orange paint and you get this insane "tan line" effect in profile. Sad tbh.

New Trumpcare: Each citizen will lose their health insurance. One check equal their last monthly premium amount will be sent out (money taken from snap funds) to each citizen. When you get cancer you will try to pay the hospital bill for $100,000 with a check for $1000. Problem solved!

Oppositional defiance disorder as national governance kinda sucks.