Kwab
@kwabsmith.bsky.social
Technology professional, Pragmatic Progressive (don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good/possible), GenX, 4th gen proud Harlem, New Yorker. Getting my second wind back to deal with the Orange Menace
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Again, the only possible explanation is that MTG was recently visited overnight by three ghosts.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Again, the only possible explanation is that MTG was recently visited overnight by three ghosts.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.
one thing that keeps happening is Trump taking major steps which impose large, often asymmetric costs on American business, and American business doing fucking nothing in response
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.
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Marc Elias, one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent lawyers, welcomed any converts to his brand of brass-knuckle politics.
“I do not believe, when it comes to elections, that Democrats should ever engage in any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith,” Mr. Elias said.
“I do not believe, when it comes to elections, that Democrats should ever engage in any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith,” Mr. Elias said.
Texas Pushes Redistricting Into an Era of ‘Maximum Warfare’
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Just a reminder of who Thom Tillis is:
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
June 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just a reminder of who Thom Tillis is:
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
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If you stand with @padilla.senate.gov, stand with @replamonica.bsky.social.
Tell your Reps & Senators how you feel about the charges against her. 202-224-3121
And call the DOJ comment line:
202-353-1555
Tell your Reps & Senators how you feel about the charges against her. 202-224-3121
And call the DOJ comment line:
202-353-1555
The facts are on my side: I was at Delaney Hall to do my job. Through their actions, this administration has made it clear that this is political intimidation, but I won’t roll over. I am looking forward to my day in court.
June 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If you stand with @padilla.senate.gov, stand with @replamonica.bsky.social.
Tell your Reps & Senators how you feel about the charges against her. 202-224-3121
And call the DOJ comment line:
202-353-1555
Tell your Reps & Senators how you feel about the charges against her. 202-224-3121
And call the DOJ comment line:
202-353-1555
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For. The. People.
April 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For. The. People.
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Our last time talking about Bill Maher I swear
April 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our last time talking about Bill Maher I swear
Truth
Bill Maher absolutely adores Bill Maher.
April 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Truth
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Larry David destroys Bill Maher in the most perfect way.
(gift article)
(gift article)
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Larry David destroys Bill Maher in the most perfect way.
(gift article)
(gift article)
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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NYC
WE SURE CAN!!! SATURDAY APRIL 5th 2025 WASHINGTON DC NEW YORK LOS ANGELES and many more! Go to HANDS OFF! Mobilize or local group. #resist 🌊🇺🇸 #WeAreTheResistance 🟦🧑🦼➡️ #StrongerTogether 💙🏳️🌈🇺🇦 50:50+:1
March 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NYC
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President "Bonespurs" said what?
President "Bonespurs" said what?
Moore: Telling people who have worn the uniform of this country, who have been willing to pay the highest price to be called American—and now looking at the service.. and saying that maybe they’re not fit to serve—hearing that come from somebody who was never willing to take that oath is very rich..
March 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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President "Bonespurs" said what?
President "Bonespurs" said what?
This is both an apt comparison AND perhaps the tact that ALL of us who want Ukraine supported through 'victory' of repelling the invasion of their country should start applying LOUDLY to Trump
There should be memes of Chamberlain-Trump, hashtags, etc
#chamberlaintrump #chump
There should be memes of Chamberlain-Trump, hashtags, etc
#chamberlaintrump #chump
"Let’s start with security guarantees. Putin has never agreed to them for Ukraine—in any form"
Read Bob Kagan on the Trump capitulation to Russia
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Read Bob Kagan on the Trump capitulation to Russia
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump Is Offering Putin Another Munich
Hitler didn’t want a peace deal, and neither does Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is both an apt comparison AND perhaps the tact that ALL of us who want Ukraine supported through 'victory' of repelling the invasion of their country should start applying LOUDLY to Trump
There should be memes of Chamberlain-Trump, hashtags, etc
#chamberlaintrump #chump
There should be memes of Chamberlain-Trump, hashtags, etc
#chamberlaintrump #chump
"let us not pretend that those who have failed this moment are still good men and women. "
newrepublic.com/article/1924...
newrepublic.com/article/1924...
Remember the Greatest Generation? Today’s GOP Is the Worst Generation
Republican pols, I listened to you prattle on for years about fascism and freedom. You were lying the whole time.
newrepublic.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"let us not pretend that those who have failed this moment are still good men and women. "
newrepublic.com/article/1924...
newrepublic.com/article/1924...
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Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
February 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
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Senator Tammy Duckworth is a BADass.
DOD deputy secretary nominee, Stephen Feinberg is a BAD deflector AND a plain ass.
@duckworth.senate.gov
DOD deputy secretary nominee, Stephen Feinberg is a BAD deflector AND a plain ass.
@duckworth.senate.gov
February 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Senator Tammy Duckworth is a BADass.
DOD deputy secretary nominee, Stephen Feinberg is a BAD deflector AND a plain ass.
@duckworth.senate.gov
DOD deputy secretary nominee, Stephen Feinberg is a BAD deflector AND a plain ass.
@duckworth.senate.gov
Finally
An elected Dem with the good sense to say 'It's on them'
There is no gov't shutdown that belongs to Dems
GOP has the Senate, HR, and POTUS
IT'S ON THEM
Why is this simple messaging so hard to articulate?
An elected Dem with the good sense to say 'It's on them'
There is no gov't shutdown that belongs to Dems
GOP has the Senate, HR, and POTUS
IT'S ON THEM
Why is this simple messaging so hard to articulate?
Crockett: They have a Trump trifecta. So, if the government shuts
down, it is going to be on Trump and his minions. It is not going to be on us because we weren't elected to gut social security, medicaid, medicare, and USAID. That's not what we campaigned on. So that's not what we're going to do.
down, it is going to be on Trump and his minions. It is not going to be on us because we weren't elected to gut social security, medicaid, medicare, and USAID. That's not what we campaigned on. So that's not what we're going to do.
February 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Finally
An elected Dem with the good sense to say 'It's on them'
There is no gov't shutdown that belongs to Dems
GOP has the Senate, HR, and POTUS
IT'S ON THEM
Why is this simple messaging so hard to articulate?
An elected Dem with the good sense to say 'It's on them'
There is no gov't shutdown that belongs to Dems
GOP has the Senate, HR, and POTUS
IT'S ON THEM
Why is this simple messaging so hard to articulate?
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This is exactly right - and it is both outrageous and frightening that it needs to be said.
To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.
February 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social why are you not posting on here first ? You have some great things to say. You are trying some great things. Yet you post on X where 100pct of the replies are meaningless and hateful.
It's not all roses here, but the engagement has depth and real convos happen
It's not all roses here, but the engagement has depth and real convos happen
February 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social why are you not posting on here first ? You have some great things to say. You are trying some great things. Yet you post on X where 100pct of the replies are meaningless and hateful.
It's not all roses here, but the engagement has depth and real convos happen
It's not all roses here, but the engagement has depth and real convos happen
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We make a fatal error agonizing over a lack of leadership in DC. There are some leaders there who we should praise. But people have always been ahead of politicians. Stop fuming and start organizing, marching, helping.
February 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We make a fatal error agonizing over a lack of leadership in DC. There are some leaders there who we should praise. But people have always been ahead of politicians. Stop fuming and start organizing, marching, helping.
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...