LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
@lkrigel.bsky.social
Rabid Democrat. Old lady with opinions.
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We have to view the challenge as The People vs. Trump + MAGA + Big Tech + Billionaires.
In this context, Big Tech = The Death Star.
Big Tech includes not only platforms, but also crypto & generative AI; one giant system of interrelated elements. All produce far more harm than good. 6/
End of 🧵
In this context, Big Tech = The Death Star.
Big Tech includes not only platforms, but also crypto & generative AI; one giant system of interrelated elements. All produce far more harm than good. 6/
End of 🧵
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Merca! We're No. 1!!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Merca! We're No. 1!!!!!
I chuckled at one of the comments lamenting the typos. I share their pain, but as a reader from "The First TPM Post" onward, I've come to think of lamentable typos and non sequiturs as a grand TPM tradition. They come with the deal.
The First TPM Post
Six days after the 2000 presidential election, at 3:37 p.m. EST, TPM...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I chuckled at one of the comments lamenting the typos. I share their pain, but as a reader from "The First TPM Post" onward, I've come to think of lamentable typos and non sequiturs as a grand TPM tradition. They come with the deal.
AI causes another suicide.
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
AI causes another suicide.
yeah, like when I have a book due that I had a year to write and the deadline is unavoidably close
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
yeah, like when I have a book due that I had a year to write and the deadline is unavoidably close
The New York Times can go to hell. Paper of record my ass.
Not only was the Times obsessed with Hillary Clinton's emails while ignoring emails about Donald Trump sent to its own reporter, but since then it has constantly attacked anyone who dared look into questions of Trump's character. All with sanctimony.
Now we know it was all a big lie.
Now we know it was all a big lie.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The New York Times can go to hell. Paper of record my ass.
tax the churches
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
tax the churches
Whether Dem leadership says this or not, it seems true on its face.
WATCH: “Dems should say ‘we offered them a win + a chance to help their own supporters, now we’re taking it to the ballot.’”
@chrislhayes.bsky.social & @timmiller.bsky.social on what the shutdown accomplished— and Dems blowing the messaging.
Full @thebulwark.com ep: youtu.be/HxFWPKApd8A?...
@chrislhayes.bsky.social & @timmiller.bsky.social on what the shutdown accomplished— and Dems blowing the messaging.
Full @thebulwark.com ep: youtu.be/HxFWPKApd8A?...
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Whether Dem leadership says this or not, it seems true on its face.
Unpopular opinion:
Democrats aren't wusses and clowns and surrender monkeys. Rather, Republicans are goons, bullies, and thieves.
And the voters elected Republicans.
Dems are doing what they can. Want them to do more? Put them in actual power.
Democrats aren't wusses and clowns and surrender monkeys. Rather, Republicans are goons, bullies, and thieves.
And the voters elected Republicans.
Dems are doing what they can. Want them to do more? Put them in actual power.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Unpopular opinion:
Democrats aren't wusses and clowns and surrender monkeys. Rather, Republicans are goons, bullies, and thieves.
And the voters elected Republicans.
Dems are doing what they can. Want them to do more? Put them in actual power.
Democrats aren't wusses and clowns and surrender monkeys. Rather, Republicans are goons, bullies, and thieves.
And the voters elected Republicans.
Dems are doing what they can. Want them to do more? Put them in actual power.
poor Kevin Kiley
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
poor Kevin Kiley
This I can accept. It's easy to be righteous when someone else will do the suffering for it.
I still can't take Chuck Schumer, but I'm turning my wrath back where it belongs - on the craven Republicans who will never care who gets hurt in their way.
I still can't take Chuck Schumer, but I'm turning my wrath back where it belongs - on the craven Republicans who will never care who gets hurt in their way.
Trump canceling SNAP benefits ultimately broke Dems.
“It showed there was no bottom," said one Senate Dem aide.
"It became clear that by staying the course and not putting an end to Trump’s cruelty, we were hurting the people we were trying to help.” www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de...
“It showed there was no bottom," said one Senate Dem aide.
"It became clear that by staying the course and not putting an end to Trump’s cruelty, we were hurting the people we were trying to help.” www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de...
The Moment That Really Got Democrats To Cave In The Shutdown Fight
Donald Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer. Democrats didn’t have the stomach for it.
www.huffpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This I can accept. It's easy to be righteous when someone else will do the suffering for it.
I still can't take Chuck Schumer, but I'm turning my wrath back where it belongs - on the craven Republicans who will never care who gets hurt in their way.
I still can't take Chuck Schumer, but I'm turning my wrath back where it belongs - on the craven Republicans who will never care who gets hurt in their way.
I was going to watch Frankenstein tonight but ended up enthralled by Death by Lightning. What a great show! Frankenstein tomorrow.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was going to watch Frankenstein tonight but ended up enthralled by Death by Lightning. What a great show! Frankenstein tomorrow.
Patty Murray would be an excellent Democratic Leader.
I will not let people forget that the same Republicans who did everything in their power to make tax breaks for billionaires PERMANENT refused to even negotiate ONE YEAR of health care tax credits for working families.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Patty Murray would be an excellent Democratic Leader.
I'm still not over Trump bulldozing the White House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I'm still not over Trump bulldozing the White House.
Unpopular opinion: Pete Buttigieg is kind of a weasel. Talented, great speaker, entertaining, competent, a good Transportation Secretary, but... kind of a weasel.
He's on Team Centrist and subtly throws progressives under the bus at every opportunity. He won't say AOC's name if he can avoid it.
He's on Team Centrist and subtly throws progressives under the bus at every opportunity. He won't say AOC's name if he can avoid it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Unpopular opinion: Pete Buttigieg is kind of a weasel. Talented, great speaker, entertaining, competent, a good Transportation Secretary, but... kind of a weasel.
He's on Team Centrist and subtly throws progressives under the bus at every opportunity. He won't say AOC's name if he can avoid it.
He's on Team Centrist and subtly throws progressives under the bus at every opportunity. He won't say AOC's name if he can avoid it.
This is a great podcast about Social Security. One point it makes: Social Security is what keeps your parents from moving in with you once you finally get away and have a place of your own. (and other, better points)
pca.st/uwjlybla
pca.st/uwjlybla
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is a great podcast about Social Security. One point it makes: Social Security is what keeps your parents from moving in with you once you finally get away and have a place of your own. (and other, better points)
pca.st/uwjlybla
pca.st/uwjlybla
I just had a thought: What if Speaker Moses never brings the House back?
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I just had a thought: What if Speaker Moses never brings the House back?
Schumer is toast. Either he wanted this to happen or he didn't.
Both are damning.
Both are damning.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Schumer is toast. Either he wanted this to happen or he didn't.
Both are damning.
Both are damning.
Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
People are saying there's no upside to this deal. Wait a second. Isn't the end of Chuck Schumer's political career an upside?
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People are saying there's no upside to this deal. Wait a second. Isn't the end of Chuck Schumer's political career an upside?
In case you're wondering, Warner buries the lede down in the bowels of this thread. He's a no.
But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
In case you're wondering, Warner buries the lede down in the bowels of this thread. He's a no.
Right on, from the new leadership.
Out with the fossils!!
Out with the fossils!!
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Right on, from the new leadership.
Out with the fossils!!
Out with the fossils!!
Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
I hate Republicans so much but at this moment I hate Senate Democrats more.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I hate Republicans so much but at this moment I hate Senate Democrats more.
Reposted by LK_Rigel ... Republicans are a menace to society.
There are endless examples of this regime of the bullies for the billionaires attacking our people. When we make believe we're in a fight for healthcare subsidies alone, as critical as those are, negotiating in good faith as if MAGA were normal party - we normalize the regime.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
There are endless examples of this regime of the bullies for the billionaires attacking our people. When we make believe we're in a fight for healthcare subsidies alone, as critical as those are, negotiating in good faith as if MAGA were normal party - we normalize the regime.