Well here we are. And everyone is "normal" alrighty.

We need to have a national discussion of the meaning of "security." Weaponized for way too long by corporate fascists. What would security mean for the American people. Clean water and air Affordable quality HC and K16 education for all A living wage Affordable housing Equal justice Fair elections.

Why we need to energize voter turnout out: “The establishment Democrats live in their world — they collect a lot of money from wealthy people,” Sanders said. “We live in a different world.” It’s no longer a fight about left versus right, it’s bottom versus top. If the "bottom" turns out we win.

It is useful to remember, in Nov 2024 less than 64% (2% less than 2020) of the electorate turned out to vote. Trump received 49.8% and Harris 48.3% of those who voted. <32% of American voters voted for Trump. <31.5% voted for Harris. The 36% that didn't vote won. 67% of Americans didn't vote Trump

MAHAHA

What he protests against he feeds on.

Amen. Yes and yes.

A key to understanding much of Trump's bombast is to examine the myth of American exceptionalism and its correlate, our freedoms that others don't have but dearly want. In this imaginary, there are only 3 kinds of human, Americans, those who want to be American and the scoundrels who would stop them

Remember the phrases "public service"/"public servant"? They started to go out of fashion around the time Reagan began union busting and promised "trickle down" economics (wealth flows up, golden showers down). The terms are all but gone, replaced by preening corporate shills talking austerity.

Jeff Bezos went on TV to whine about Zohran Mamdani to stop demonizing billionaires. The very next day Mayor Mamdani responded by forcing Amazon to pay $9M in fines accrued by Amazon delivery trucks for illegally idling. This is what happens when we elect a mayor for the people—not the corporations

This is willful, wholesale Trump administration and the Congressional #MAGAMOB gaslighting the American people. Tomatoes are up Laptops are up Milk is up the S&P vs the A&P

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Interesting if you dive into the list, much of what China buys from the US they can purchase elsewhere. What the US buys from China they cannot get elsewhere.

Trump is hastening the end of empire decline of US power, financial dominance and hegemony. From the EU, African Union, G20 and Brics, a tougher, united approach to Washington is necessary: "the US should face a downgrading of ties, punitive sanctions and import tariffs." He is banktupting the USA.

Know your numbers lesson 1776: The Trump Criminal Slush Fund is $1.8b, he pardon 1500 convicted Jan 6 criminals. $1.8b ÷ 1500 = $1,200,000 each Is this the plan? Of course not. A couple of FOX News spectacle token "awards." The rest in Trump’s pocket to pay for expanding his criminal mob actions.

The war of aggression in Iran is a bonanza for weapons manufacturers and a regressive tax on American families. From gasoline to tomatoes it comes out of our pockets and gives windfall profits to corporations. We are lied to and milked, it's the neoliberal way: private profit, public responsibility.

Knock knock: When is genocide not genocide? When you can hide policy and action of a government behind antisemitism. And back it with AIPAC $$$ "Galindo has repeatedly described the war as a “genocide”....Her rhetoric intensely criticized as antisemitic." As the US is complit she must be silenced

Fully aware that tax fraud got his idol Al Capone, Don Coglione has guaranteed that knowbone will know the full extent of his looting, extortion, pump and dump, pardon sales, crypto for access operations the #SackOfAmerica rolls on.

Neoliberalism can be understood best as the transfer of wealth to the upper classes. The mechanism was "austerity." Regressive taxation and cuts to "unproductive" expenditure (pensions, snap, HC, education, welfare). We can also see pushing up fuel prices as a regressive tax funneling wealth upward.

“This is a gift to the United States of America.” Ever notice how conmen and scammers always offer gifts. Don Coglione sells pardons, sells access, sells deregulation, extorts $$$ to reduce tariffs, has a sleezy bit coin operation, now has his hand in the US Treasury til. But he is giving US gifts.

The funny part is, like his college and his charity the entire project is a scam. IRS will never audit him again and you can bet that apart from a few token TV show bluff recipients the money will remain in his pocket. #MAGAMOB boss Don Trump is now stealing directly from the US Treasury. #LockHimUp

Just when you think we have hit bottom you find there is no bottom. The #SackOfAmerica rolls on. This is no corruption it is unvarnished criminality. Literally mob rule. Maybe we should storm the WH!!!

There are 3.3m k12 public school teachers in the US, the average starting wage is about 48k a 20% increase for all 3.3m would cost $31b Start taxing everyone earning over say $5m at 45% and progress to Eisenhower level 90% for all over 50m. Close the loopholes. It would raise well over $100b yr.

I'd bet if return to the 90% of the GOP Eisenhower era it would. Close the loopholes, remove the cap on SS contributions, halve the float bloat DOD budget and watch it happen.

Once again we have 20% voters turnout and Trump's pick after huge amounts are spent by Trump handlers wins. About 10/12 % of voters total voted for the Trumpista.

At what level is the corruption? At what level is the criminality? In what way can this be construed as the justice department acting in the interests of the American people? What does this say about public service? What's it say about this administration's moral turpitude. Nothing more than a mob.

Nicely put, spot on. Trump corruption, in plain sight, is in a different galaxy from small potatoes $50k cash in a paper bag. This is outright looting, piracy. The #SackOfAmerica

$2.75m donated to help Chip Roy oppose his millionaire opponent in Texas Attorney General primary. Roy makes it all clear: “a candidate should not be able to buy this race.” What might we possibly add to that? Does anyone, starting with the NYTs, even care about the meaning of public service?

"The mother of one of the suspects called police 2 hours before.. informing them her son was missing as well as several of her weapons and her vehicle." At this juncture in our long history of senseless slaughter just because guns are everywhere as are drugs and hate "influencers" what will we say?

Facilitated by a corruption SCOTUS , a corrupt Congress, and utterly corrupt corporate billionaires who choose candidates and pay to get them elected. We need 360° progressive reform. Take the money out of politics. Take the politics out of voting rights and distracting. Put the criminals on trial

Why Maine should elect Platner: "I’m certainly an imperfect person and I certainly went through my struggles...But I also know that I’ve never been close to money, I’ve never been close to power. I don’t think anything I’ve ever done has been outside the realm of what people do when they struggle."

Voting is an obligation if you believe in democracy.Thus so is being informed.

There is no "admiration" only opportunity. There is no moral center orbethical code other than only whatever works for me. There is no commitment other than "what's in it for me." A generation has grown up under Trump's rules it is no surprise they have learned them well.

Once again, as with the Indiana primary, the NYTs crows Trump Power without noting that less than 20% of Louisiana voters turned out and Trump's pick got only 45% of the GOP vote. Julia Letlow, Trump’s pick, got less than 10% of GOP voters in Louisiana. All 3 were Trumpettes in any case.

He looks like the head waiter at a crap restaurant. Pumping Xi for 25%. The art of a tip.

Sad people, in need of care. They have been legitimized and activated by the nihilism that serves as a cover for rampant corruption. Trumpism feeds in an intellectual, psychological, social, and moral vacuum. Nothing means anything, any BS is fine. Thus the door opens wide for the #SackOfAmerica

Further evidence of how the 10 yrs of vulgarity, and permission to be racist, stupid, and mean has caused deep psychological, political and social pathology in our discourse and convivenza. Children in 2016 are now out of school having had this sick model. And old farts can unleash their age rage.

This article is chilling and will make you absolutely sober in relation to Trump, the pig puppet buffoon in it for the money and the fame, and the christo-fascists (in coalition with techno and corporate fascist forces) who are silencing democratic voice, as they game and rig laws and elections.

Taiwan is now a "bargaining chip" The artlessness of a sellout.

He thinks having a meeting with his superior is an achievement.

Why doesn't the NYTs run an "interactive" feature on the "shadowy" "secretive" group that runs the USA? Starting perhaps with the regulatory agencies run by associates of the businesses they regulate. Or the military to arms manufacturer pipeline, or the billionaires who purchase our "elected" gov.

I am a conservative and so are most of you. I believe in clean air, clean water, environmental quality, a living wage, respect for the law, public service, affordable quality education and Healthcare. I believe in equal voting rights and racial justice. It is time we take back the term conservative.

Trump films and episode of Trump Reality in China. A change of pace for a narrative that has worn thin and is losing audience appeal. Xi documents China's ascendancy as number 1 world power. The world sees reality. Trump returns home to the Twilight Zone.

Thomas called mailing mifepristone a “criminal enterprise”. Citing the 1873 Comstock Act, banning using the mail to send anything “obscene, lewd or lascivious” including anything "designed...for the prevention of conception or procuring an abortion” If he could Thomas would revive the 3/5ths clause!

Just in case you were living on planet media bias Adam Johnson brings us back to how we manufacture consensus. Slaughter is what happened to Israeli's but not to 75k Palestinians. Genocide = the right to self defense.

The confederacy rises again. It was just sleeping waiting for it's savior. Then they spied their Jesus man with no morals, whose only values are sex, money, and subservience.

If anything tells you that the entire bloated corrupt DOD budget and planning structure needs investigation, and restructure. They do not provide security for the American people they are securing their bank accounts and their asses. The war is just another bonanza for weapons and oil corporations.

Why denigrate and marginalize liberal arts? "Anyone who has followed news about Gaza with even a smidgen of critical thinking...will tell you: Media organizations are biased against Palestinians and systematically favor Israel" We study philosophy not to find truth but to know when people speak rot.

What does he care he is larding his bank account and that of his handlers. The #SackOfAmerica is rolling. From no bid contracts to extortion, pump and dump and war profiteering.

Trump the chump meets the wily willful and sharp Xi. Don Coglione is so out of his depth he looks like a addled old fart with bladder trouble asking where the bathroom is. "OH, Xi, when I get back let me tell about how I won in 2020 and the ballroom. It's gonna be really big."