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“Democracy dies in darkness.” That wasn’t Bezos’ slogan for the Post. It was his plan.

A strong federal workforce keeps America from becoming a sh*t hole country!

Trump makes the US more hated than any President ever. He orders random military attacks. Our former allies know they can't trust us. Our enemies know they can bribe Trump & he'll sell the US out. We're alone & getting weaker daily. Does it even matter if Trump realizes he's a Russian asset?

So now a few hundred DC police get pulled from their regular work, so they can walk around protecting a few thousand National Guard Trump sent in, untrained, to do police work? And this is helping?

Follow the money. The rich have too much. It’s hard as hell, but we’ve got to get the dirty money out of our government.

Good turn out in DC today !

Make this guy proud. No kings. Be there 10/18!

Experiences can work, if they get you outside your info bubble. Comedy can also work, because its appeal is emotional, and can be less threatening.

DARVO = Deflect, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender. It’s Republicans’ “go to” strategy. That’s why their accusations are usually also confessions. Battered women learn about DARVO in shelters: it’s what their abusers do.

THIS is Fascism, a marriage of Militarism/Corporatism and Kleptocracy. bsky.app/profile/iwil...

Would you like that with or without protestors? The Republican Court will likely toss Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy. Outside on 10/7, the media set up inside or outside the barriers, so they could include or exclude the protestors. We don’t see the same news.

This guy wanted a selfie holding his Russian (Irkutsk, S.E. Siberian) flag in front of Congress. The US was in day 7 of our shutdown. He seemed delighted. Maybe he thinks Russians own us now. I can’t say he’s wrong.

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The National Guard Trump’s abusing didn’t sign up for this. I met these two nice kids from Mississippi. They were patrolling the White House south lawn parking lot: a waste of their time. I thanked them for signing up, told them they weren’t needed & hoped they’d be home soon. What should we say?

Happy Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day next Monday 10/13! Celebrating the guy who “discovered” islands he mis-named the “East Indies”, already full of indigenous (local) people who didn’t discover it. Also celebrating the indigenous people he killed & enslaved. But hey: “good people on both sides!”

US laws, taxes, subsidies & tariffs indirectly control the whole economy: how much you earn & keep; how much everything costs. Since WWII, US economic system was the most transparent, stable & fair in the world. Everyone trusted & wanted US $.

Wonder why Trump hates comedians? Logical arguments mostly reinforce existing beliefs. Even the strongest ones just trigger emotions, which are faster than analysis in human brains. So it gets blocked without ever getting analyzed. But comedy IS emotional. “Dangerous” ideas and facts can sneak in.

DC shutdown leaves most of the Mall very empty and quiet, but destruction is brisk for the Billionaires’ Ballroom.

DC was nearly empty yesterday. Very few US tourists & almost no foreign visitors. I did see a few National Guard, some homeless people sleeping on steam grates, and extra security around the White House. It reminded me of the worst days of Covid, when hospitals were overflowing.

DC is almost empty. You can stand in streets that should be busy. Trump’s tariffs, threats, ICE, and unwanted troops are bad for the only thing he really cares about: business. Or profits.

How should a free citizen respond to this? Two National Guard troops ordered to stand in DC Metro at the Federal Triangle station. I wanted to explain how wrong this was; how they were being used. Instead, I just said “I hope you kids get to go home soon.”

3rd Amendment: "No Soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war…". It’s one reason we went to war against Mad King George. My history teacher said it wasn’t important anymore. Is that right LA? DC? Boston? Chicago? Portland? Memphis?

Trump’s done EVERY impeachable crime, publicly and repeatedly: treason, bribery, high crimes & misdemeanors. The 14th (insurrection) & 25th (mentally unfit) Amendments require he be removed from office. By ignoring this, half of Congress & the Supreme Court violate their own oaths of office.

The US must choose $ or democracy. Money is not free speech, when $ kill good ideas. Corporations are not people, when they’ll do any immoral thing to turn a profit. For-profit media respond to $, not people; and people without $ never get heard. Unlimited $ turns elections into auctions.

Federal workers are often invisible. But they do real things: Guide airplanes in to land. Predict floods so people don’t drown. Prevent epidemics. Find cures for cancers. Guard nuclear weapons. 300,000 (1/8) of fed workers will quit or be fired by January 1st. These things just won’t get done.

Hi Jimmy Kimmel, I’m glad you got your show back. But somebody should tell CBS/Paramount that Colbert is way funnier than you.

If big $ “donations” are really just “protected free speech”, then why don’t all the Supreme Court judges disclose all the “free $peech” they’ve been taking, under the table?

Fox just announced that after ICE abducted a delivery man, they delivered the pizza. Will they now pick all the crops, mow our lawns, clean our homes, and care for our babies?!!

Who knew? Bomb some country, and the media stop talking about your horrible budget, and your horrible Gestapo ICE raids. You can even cosplay a commander in chief. Wonder what you’ll do to distract them next week? youtu.be/AALREbJZEZk?...

Anyone have favorite books that helped them understand politics & government today? I recommend these. (The authors are experts. I'm still a beginner.)

Does anyone else think it’d be good to make a list of which Congress people attended the parade? We could see which are “true believers”, and so could Trump.

Don John City in front of the Washington Monument. My apologies to the armed forces, but it seemed symbolic, with all the grandstanding going on.

DC 6-13-25: Roadblocks, barricades and fencing. Construction workers, in trucks, vans, lifts, putting up the last of it. A few MAGA tourists, a few homeless guys sleeping on benches. Security: in cars, on rooftops, on bikes, on foot, with dogs and guns, in power suits, uniforms, and flak jackets.

Why the big 79th b-day parade? I think they know his dementia’s progressing so fast that when he’s 80, he won’t know his own name.

What if our foreign policies and tariffs reflected our values instead of our greed? Put tariffs on countries that violate human and workers’ rights. If other countries did that to us, we’d be screwed right now.

FAFO. But most of the time, Trump’s Team Taco gets stopped by the courts. So the low-info MAGAts don’t find out. I’m afraid we’ll be worse off if he toddles on like this for four years, than if we don’t stop him, and just let his shit really hit the fan. His voters need to suffer & find out.

Musk finally realizes Trump planned to throw him under the MAGA bus all along…. “Dump , Dump, Dump…Another one bites the dust!” youtu.be/ELXL9i9-FXg?...

If you feel overwhelmed by Trump’s MAGAts, consider this: “in the long run, government systems are not held together by the pressure of force, but rather by the belief … they represent and promote the interests of the people”. -Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf. They won’t last if we don’t cooperate.

Does anyone else think Trump’s MAGA is just phase 3 enshittification of the USA?

For those who sacrificed all, and the ones who will never forget them.

I have nothing but respect for the Supreme Court. That’s why I regard the Republicans currently on it with extreme contempt.

Did the media say how many of us showed up April 5th?

Dems in Congress still hoping for bipartisan compromise are like….

Remind your congress person: there’s room here for all of us.

“When you fight with pigs, you all get muddy, and the pigs enjoy it.” As we fight, let’s never forget what we lost when Obama left and Trump came in. I miss the civility, dignity, humility, humor and grace in America too, hat lady!

“The wise leader will fill bellies and empty hearts.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War The closest I see from team Trump is “Flood the zone with shit.” Deception is not a viable long term strategy: it empties bellies and enrages hearts. This won’t be pretty, but we will win.

Sun’s up: another great day to protest!