@jerry-gr.bsky.social
So... If we are not at war, what's the point of having a "Department of War"? Are we in a war, or not? Doesn't Congress have to declare that?
September 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
So... If we are not at war, what's the point of having a "Department of War"? Are we in a war, or not? Doesn't Congress have to declare that?
"There is no failure, there is no success. There is only the will to continue." - Winston Churchill" Trump would have us believe that the game is over and he has won. He is wrong.
August 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"There is no failure, there is no success. There is only the will to continue." - Winston Churchill" Trump would have us believe that the game is over and he has won. He is wrong.
MAGA = government by force; Democracy = government by consensus
August 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
MAGA = government by force; Democracy = government by consensus
When do teachers get a parade?
June 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
When do teachers get a parade?
I want my tax dollars to fund the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grants to our states, not presidential golf trips, tax cuts for billionaires, immigrant purges or military parades.
June 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I want my tax dollars to fund the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grants to our states, not presidential golf trips, tax cuts for billionaires, immigrant purges or military parades.
“As we did in the Welles Declaration in 1940, the United States reaffirms as policy its refusal to recognize the Kremlin’s claim of sovereignty over territory seized by force in contravention of international law.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 2018. What has changed since? Nothing.
April 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“As we did in the Welles Declaration in 1940, the United States reaffirms as policy its refusal to recognize the Kremlin’s claim of sovereignty over territory seized by force in contravention of international law.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 2018. What has changed since? Nothing.
77 million Americans thought a narcissistic, science-denying, arrogant, power-hungry rich boy would make a good president. What can go wrong?
April 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
77 million Americans thought a narcissistic, science-denying, arrogant, power-hungry rich boy would make a good president. What can go wrong?
Sign, sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?
April 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sign, sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?
The world is watching, Don. They're looking down. At us.
April 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The world is watching, Don. They're looking down. At us.
“And so it was necessary to teach people not to think and make judgements, to compel them to see the non-existent, and to argue the opposite of what was obvious to everyone” Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
March 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“And so it was necessary to teach people not to think and make judgements, to compel them to see the non-existent, and to argue the opposite of what was obvious to everyone” Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
How do you see the future evolution of democracy unfolding?
March 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
How do you see the future evolution of democracy unfolding?
Give me a choice between Ukraine and Russia. Come on, I dare you.
March 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Give me a choice between Ukraine and Russia. Come on, I dare you.
He might be right. It just might be soon to set the whole thing on fire, when it's about to burn down anyway, with the other guy holding the match.
March 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
He might be right. It just might be soon to set the whole thing on fire, when it's about to burn down anyway, with the other guy holding the match.
I did not think it was possible, but one man has made a once-great nation a shithole country. And we voted for him.
March 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I did not think it was possible, but one man has made a once-great nation a shithole country. And we voted for him.
If you wonder why young people are leaving the Democratic party for populist far-right candidates, look at social mobility: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_...
Global Social Mobility Index - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If you wonder why young people are leaving the Democratic party for populist far-right candidates, look at social mobility: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_...
All men are created equal. Are you willing to fight for that?
February 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
All men are created equal. Are you willing to fight for that?
@usedgov.bsky.social The president, vice president and all those who talk about abolishing the DOE are completely wrong. The DOE is designed and dedicated to shaping our country's future. Do we want our future to be focused on cooperation or on competition? That is a very serious question.
February 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
@usedgov.bsky.social The president, vice president and all those who talk about abolishing the DOE are completely wrong. The DOE is designed and dedicated to shaping our country's future. Do we want our future to be focused on cooperation or on competition? That is a very serious question.
Here's a question for Trump voters (and I realize that BlueSky isn't the best place to ask this question): Respectfully, why do you think Immigration is bad?
February 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Here's a question for Trump voters (and I realize that BlueSky isn't the best place to ask this question): Respectfully, why do you think Immigration is bad?
So ask yourself: Why are we having these diplomatic spats with Denmark and Colombia and not China and Russia?
January 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So ask yourself: Why are we having these diplomatic spats with Denmark and Colombia and not China and Russia?
When you hear words like "radical" and "wasteful" come from any politician's mouth, listen carefully to what comes next, because those words could be deadly.
January 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When you hear words like "radical" and "wasteful" come from any politician's mouth, listen carefully to what comes next, because those words could be deadly.
