For this reason, we @aoc.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @chrislhayes.bsky.social need to stop focusing on Rump in our messaging, and instead, call out the real authority in action.

I beg you, please, let’s not fall for it.

So then Vance finds a way to “bring down the price of eggs” and becomes “the hero.”

In reality, it’s the Heritage Foundation and Republicans who created the problems, did a swap magic trick on us, and then “solve” the problems they created.

⚠️ Creating problems and then presenting themselves as the solution is a common strategy employed by strongmen and fascist leaders.

That signature, though, makes him responsible in the eyes of the law.

What if he’s just their scapegoat?

Rump does all the illegal things.
We eventually impeach/convict.
Vance takes his place.
He continues implementing the Heritage Foundation’s goals, but now it’s all legal.

Their strategy was to use Rump as the mouth that would divide and conquer. He might be singing papers, but he did not craft them and likely doesn’t know what is on them.

Everything that is happening was carefully planned by the Heritage Foundation and Republicans, not Rump.

I am working off Van Hollen's description here:

Sure is! I’m trying to find a way to leave all Meta platforms, but it’s hard because my neighborhood and crafting groups are on there. Maybe it’s time for Yahoo groups to make a comeback. 🤣

While that may have been the experience for the most popular and most vocal #tiktokrefugees, the rest of us, especially if we invested the time to listen and learn about the rules before posting, smoothly transitioned.

First mate Jimenez (Jim to a lucky few) barks orders to the crew. New faces (tbd) in addition to old (Archie, Fang, The Swede, Lucius, Black Pete, Roach). Jim very much resembles Izzy in style with them own unique flair.

He looks at a model of a pirate ship on the front desk. Crossfade to: The Revenge, powering through the seas.

Stede assures the guest of honor that their stay will be smooth. They’ve rented out the entire inn after all. The guest asks him if the rumors of his pirate days were true. Stede says they’re largely embellished. A marketing hook that has worked to attract attention.

The inn has become a bit of a bougie destination. A kitschy remnant of the bygone golden age of piracy run by two eccentrics who were apparently involved somehow.

They’re dicks. Very demanding. This is a Christmas event and they want everything to be perfect. Stede’s overwhelmed and put upon at the front desk, Ed’s nowhere to be found. (Song: “You drift through the years and life seems tame.”) The year is 1719, two years after the events of the second season.

Meanwhile, a cluster of frustrated guests attempt to check in with a flustered Stede. The inn has become quite popular. A well-heeled family has hired it out to host a wedding banquet.