Ruminating on this & remembering 2024 and how I figured when it came to Gaza Democrats probably wouln't be *worse* than Republicans under Trump and mmmaybe with enough pressure could be at least a little better but, like, why on earth should I fall for that again

No Epstein files bucket. No abolish ICE bucket either. You could be forgiven for thinking this is a dead party

ICE is seriously going to be Gaza all over again for Democrats isn’t it. They’re going to try it again, insisting if they just don’t talk about it then it’s not actually an issue that matters to millions of voters.

There is no "actually to remove Trump from office the solution is not to talk about Trump being removed from office." That is not a thing. You want to remove him you push to remove him. Same for Abolishing ICE, passing universal health care, whatever. Push for the thing and don't censor yourself.

O Christ, oh no

I never quite understand why some people think that doomerism is some demonstration of their lefty bona fides rather than just an expression of nihilism, an excuse for political inaction, or ignorance of how politics works.

There's a certain kind of person who can't imagine a space of contestation between "full democracy" and "full dictatorship," and who as a result imagines that anyone denying that we're in a full dictatorship is claiming that we're in a full democracy. This is a failure of imagination.

If you believe that there will be election interference, vote suppression, and other malfeasance in some jurisdictions, say that. If you believe that such malfeasance could tip control of Congress, say that. Because saying "there's not going to be elections" ISN'T saying that.

Ok I'm going to bed Bill Kristol is quoting Karl Marx

This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”

the way to tell whether a person is credible is by *listening to what they say* and checking it against verifiable facts. The idea that you can bypass this with some value-neutral procedure is asinine if you think about it for two seconds and also the guiding ideology of 99% of American elites.

I can’t trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because of perfection. Because my friends are trans. You can’t be anti-my-friends. That’s not gonna work for me.

God

if you vote for another cent for this you are a collaborator. this is a litmus test for every politician for the rest of my life

If AIM counts as posting, then AIM beat LiveJournal to my brain by at least a year. (I met my husband on AIM when we were seniors in high school, because we are arguably the *most* Millennial. Didn't get into LJ until a week or so after graduation. 🙃)

It was LiveJournal. Of course it was LiveJournal. Then, O God, there was an intense period of posting on the IndieBride forums circa 2005 but, in my defense, I was planning a wedding.

I don't care for him either, the legislator-threatening dipshit

gavin newsom looks like the villain in a star trek holodeck episode

Oh

Hey fellow AI haters. Is AI taking your job? It's taken art jobs away from me and is making my spreadsheet job worse. Tell our Attorney General all about it! Also, hi Nick. Glad to see a fellow Steilacoom Sentinel doing good.

"…I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." —Eugene V. Debs

More or less you could describe everything for the last year like: “A thing happened that makes our regime look awful. Let’s lie about it.” The media: “Administration officials had this to say”

My brain can't process this image. It's like trying to eat a nonfood item, mentally it feels like trying to chew and swallow a wine bottle or a rubber duck

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

I am actively looking for leaders who will support pursuing justice, relentlessly, against the thieves, murderers, and torturers. Those who give the orders. Those who follow them. Those who protect them by lying in law and media.

Just donated! If you have some money to spare please consider doing likewise? If not, just spread the word. Thank you!

I for one support women in STEM (Scamming The gulliblE Men)

Is Chuck Schumer trying to kill me personally by remotely exploding my brain

Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/

Abolish ICE!

I did this recently and really recommend it

If only countless people had exposed themselves to mockery and contempt by warning us tirelessly, over and over, of all the specific horrors that were coming. If only we'd had any way to anticipate literally all of this

Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.

You know, this is an "affordability" angle I can get behind

For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

That is what a competent opposition party would do

Jesus Christ leave Greenland alone you freaks

Lol

“I’ll never get rid of my dashcam now though. I feel like it adds another layer of safety.”

I just want Eye on Springfield to be real and on every night

Renee Good could have been Charles Manson and ICE still shouldn't have murdered her. Pretending her "ties" to anything are worthy of investigation privileges the Trump regime's lie that there might be a reason why it was OK to shoot her.

Via @bmietana.bsky.social (and a little assist from me): Renee Good was a martyr for her faith, like MLK, say Presbyterians —> religionnews.com/2026/01/13/r...

Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.

joe rogan is a very dumb guy, that very dumb guys are realizing that ICE is evil is good.

...you know,,,

!! I would like this

Yes

Reading Doonesbury and having it go completely over my head was a formative experience

ME TOO

I swear to god right wing Christians think God is stupid or something