Neither grandparents nor grandchildren should be made to work until we die!

Thank you @hannahnatanson.bsky.social for getting our stories out. I’m sure and saddened that there are plenty more to come. Have an eggnog or two and steel yourself for 2026. Merry Christmas! wapo.st/3LjmYCV

I wish I could express to the business geniuses that every time I see the letters “AI” branded on to one of their products, it makes me actively avoid it and anything else they sell if I can possibly do so. “AI” is not a feature, it’s a flaw.

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

Casual reminder that "trickle up economics" was originally called "horse and sparrow." The horse gets fed the oats (the money). The sparrows live on the undigested grains of oats in the horse's manure.

The current Commissioner of Social Security, Frank Bisignano, has graciously decided that public service is a noble cause. Of course he only discovered that noble cause 7 mos ago when he found out he could sell $500 million in stock and not have to pay taxes on it. #SocialSecurity #SSA

I just heard Last Christmas for the first time this year. Thank you Wham!

I’m in my late 40s and just took a cognitive test. There’s no way that the Thanksgiving turkey skin colored, bloated corpse ever “aced” one.

Conald the Criminal committed more crimes. Who’d a thunk it?

Quick reminder to any Feds out there during this holiday season. Any gifts over $20 can potentially investigated as unethical. Gifts of $1,000,000+ are seen as the cost of doing business. Just make sure you stay in the clear 👍

The FDA rarely uses its authority to pull dangerous medical devices off the market. The agency is so poorly staffed that sometimes it's unable to make sure companies are taking critical steps to protect patients during health emergencies.

This could have been avoided, but it wasn’t.

#BrokenPeach … because not everything has to suck right now. youtu.be/neyPwFc-5Zc?...

@mcuban.bsky.social doesn’t like being told that billionaires are a plague and bring very little of value to society except for continued greed. Everyone needs to coddle Mark Cuban, and when he got push back he picked up his toys and went home to wear the bot farms can agree with him. #ByeMark

First they came for the members of Congress and I did nothing… You can bet your bottom dollar that they are looking for ways to stop benefits for veterans, federal government retirees, and Social Security recipients if they speak out against this regime. apnews.com/article/kell...

@profanity.accountant what’s my count?

The monsters at ICE are correct-ish. Broadview is NOT a detention facility, nor is it a processing facility. It is however, a concentration camp. These people are not under arrest, have no recourse under the law, and are being held inhumanely until they can be disposed of.

I hope all the #FederalWorkers remember to do their mandatory “Insider Threat Awareness Training”. Honestly it’s just a cruel irony that Feds have to endure these additional psychological paper cuts. After being forced to watch the actual insider threats in this administration (DOGE) run wild.

This is just another reminder to everyone - voluntarily involving the police makes everything worse and everyone less safe. It was like that before and it’s way worse now. I made a decision years ago to never seek police “assistance” for anything, ever.

They’re so proud of themselves, while they’re still fighting to starve children, the elderly, and the working poor. While they’re still fighting still are working to deprive people of the ability to afford medical insurance. While they still deny that Donald Trump is a child rapist. #Reopened

There’s nothing like watching Blue Dog Democrats vote like Republicans.

PLEASE REPOST BELOW FOR PEOPLE ON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE. IF THEIR PLANS ARE LEAVING THE MARKETPLACE THEY WILL END UP PAYING 20% OF ORIGINAL MEDICARE OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS WITH NO ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS. AGAIN, THEY WILL PAY 100% FOR THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS. NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS!

Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.

EXCLUSIVE: DOGE whistleblower and former SSA Chief Data Officer Chuck Borges is running for office. In his first interview since announcing his campaign for Maryland State Senate, he describes being sidelined at SSA + why government needs more technologists. www.wired.com/story/doge-w...

My local grocery store gave veteran’s and current military personnel 10% off their whole order. It’s the most useful Veteran’s Day offer I have ever seen. Especially now with the #Trumpflation of grocery prices. That and sales = about an extra week of groceries for my family.

The @democrats.senate.gov that allowed last night’s assassination of American healthcare to go forward did it all for absolutely nothing. You spineless bootlicking toadies got played…again. #ItWasAllForNothing apnews.com/article/snap...

Is anyone surprised that Schumer is already trying to sell out to the Republicans in the cheap? Seriously a 1 years ACA extension and a CR? WTF was the point of 2 million federal employees getting their teeth kicked in if Chuck is just going to stab us all in the back. My god he’s spineless.

I can’t say enough good things about how @navyfederal.bsky.social is helping out government workers affected by the shit down. Thank you #NFCU you are one less thing to worry about right now.

Only MAGA Republicans can be so dead set on starving the elderly, children, and people in dire need. They hate America, and they hate Americans. It can’t be shown any more clearly!

this graphic is everything. this is why people overestimate the prevalence of violent crime and terrorism and support punitive police measures. they are quite literally distorting reality in order to keep you scared of the wrong things.

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Every single part of Virginia shifted towards blue. This is astounding, especially in SWVA. The R’s still dominate that area which continues to be a self-inflicted wound on those people, but the D’s way outperformed in those areas. Good job Virginia! (Screenshot from AP)

So, it’s about time for Andrew Cuomo to move to Florida right?

Now in Judge Gettleman's courtroom in Chicago, waiting for the morning hearing on this case - which alleges the Broadview, IL ICE facility is a "black hole" where detainees are deprived of legal counsel and subject to inhumane treatment - to begin.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

MAGA Republicans and bigots, with a hand from the oligarchy, made sure that we were screwed with organized crime in power.

Under Republicans we’re going to be sicker through the insane RFK Jr., and cuts to healthcare. We’re going to be hungrier because we don’t want to provide food assistance to those in need. We’re going to make poorer through tariffs. And now we’re going to screw up your credit ratings too.

Trump's Shutdown has put our healthcare on the line! Tune in:

This is exactly why I was screaming in the spring for everyone who is a naturalized citizen to check their status at SSA, and get their status corrected if it was wrong. It is NOT always an automatic thing. 😬😬😬

Restarting nuclear weapons testing will not stop us from asking about the Epstein Files.

Billionaires are trying to influence Pennsylvania’s judicial retention elections. Voters can protect our courts — and safeguard voting rights, women’s rights, fair maps, and more — by voting YES to retain our justices. #PACourtsMatter

SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano Got one hell of a rug pull over on ol’ FiServ when he left. He got out while the getting was good and sold off all that stock. It’s almost like he took the SSA job because he knew some bad things were coming FiServ’s way. apnews.com/article/fise...

A visual representation of GOP and Democrat budgets. Each cup = $50 billion, and each color represents something different. A way to see how the federal government is spending and who it benefits. Now, which budget/policy benefits ALL Americans? #ProudBlue Video credit: sully_dawg/Tiktok

On this day…from the @apnews.com In 1886 a French woman and POC was granted US citizenship at a ceremony in NYC.

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

The Patriot Act is 24 yo today. This law ushered in the current American surveillance state. Thanks W.!! You sure screwed us all to the wall.