Are we paying attention yet, America?

#PSA #Christmas #Yule #donations

And there it is.

The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

Remember when the economy was booming, stocks were soaring, we weren’t in a trade war with China, we didn’t have a day drunk for a Sec Def, a couch fucking Cabbage Patch doll for a VP or an evil, incurious idiot for a president & we still funded cancer research? Yeah, that was like three months ago.

Senator Chris Murphy posted a clear explanation of what Trump is doing with tariffs. It took him 11 posts on Bluesky which I consolidated into one document with no changes.

Other than Russia, everyone got tariffed.

If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs *isn't* justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.

I am once again informing people that you’re legally entitled to Social Security because you’ve paid into it. Stop confusing the legal term “entitlement” w/ a disparaging term referring to someone’s attitude.

Well said!

“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats is over.” The ultimate irony.

What a complete tool.

Some master trolling by the U.K.

Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.

… and I don’t feel like you’ve thanked me for being able to mow my lawn!

Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

Trump and Vance needed to create an incident to provide a justification for their pre-planned abandonment of Ukraine now, then separation from NATO in the near future. That’s what that was all about, and that was always the way a second Trump term was going to go.

So, America, is this what you voted for?

A message from Zelensky through his actions. Honor and dignity. Some things can only be surrendered. They can't be taken away.

I have seen many administrations in my life and I absolutely agree with this assessment.

I’ve seen children die of -influenza -COVID -pertussis And wouldn’t wish those experiences on anyone. Know what these things have in common?! Effective vaccines that save lives.

It finally came to me. Ever since the debates months ago, I’ve been trying to decide who he reminds me of. I saw this picture and it was instantly clear. Captain Kangaroo.

This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics.

Trump and Elon are going to "audit" Fort Knox. Or as they call it in Hollywood, Ocean's 47.

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

Ok that made me laugh

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

Wow. Just wow.

He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/... Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰

Yikes. Seriously, something is really off with this guy. ⬇️

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just gonna leave this here.

No one in Republican world seems to have a lot of curiosity about why Musk needs people’s personal data to engage in government cost cutting

Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

Fact. #NooneelectedElonmusk #Noneofthisisnormal

you can look at this and say we're divided or you can look at this and say that a majority of americans oppose every one of these things

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

Watching Hegseth’s performance in Munich, it feels real strongly like Stephen Miller is involved…

Share THIS if you're glad the government is spending less on waste and more on a fleet of Cybertrucks you can see from space!

So, they are - illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress - burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah - reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system - putting backdoors into Treasury This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.

I’m old. I have seen and lived through many administrations. When this one is over, the hardest thing we will have to restore is a sense of dignity and gravitas in our politics. A feeling of civilized behavior and respect for one another. And unity, despite difference in opinion.

@whipkclark.bsky.social: "If they didn’t stop at veterans programs and cancer research, I guess there is no line [Republicans] consider a red line that they won't cross. This is how countries lose democracies."

JD Vance needs a new speechwriter.