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People have accused me of being obsessed with taking down Trump- Guilty as charged!
I am often wrong but seldom in doubt!
People have accused me of being obsessed with taking down Trump- Guilty as charged!
I am often wrong but seldom in doubt!
Sadly, conservatives seem to believe democracy only is legitimate if their side wins! This explains the backlash on Mamdani & certainly explains how an Australian PM was sacked by the RW zealots 50 years ago!
Let’s TRY to let voters decide, OK 👌
Let’s TRY to let voters decide, OK 👌
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Sadly, conservatives seem to believe democracy only is legitimate if their side wins! This explains the backlash on Mamdani & certainly explains how an Australian PM was sacked by the RW zealots 50 years ago!
Let’s TRY to let voters decide, OK 👌
Let’s TRY to let voters decide, OK 👌
Shutdown talks: Senator Thune, Republican of So. Dakota & the majority leader, suggested that a deal to reopen the government was “coming together” & could potentially face test vote as early as Sunday evening.
THEY HAVE LEVERAGED HUNGRY KIDS, SENIORS, VETS etc TO GET THEIR WAY🤬
THEY HAVE LEVERAGED HUNGRY KIDS, SENIORS, VETS etc TO GET THEIR WAY🤬
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Shutdown talks: Senator Thune, Republican of So. Dakota & the majority leader, suggested that a deal to reopen the government was “coming together” & could potentially face test vote as early as Sunday evening.
THEY HAVE LEVERAGED HUNGRY KIDS, SENIORS, VETS etc TO GET THEIR WAY🤬
THEY HAVE LEVERAGED HUNGRY KIDS, SENIORS, VETS etc TO GET THEIR WAY🤬
A SNAP shot of this administration just 9 months after taking office:
- A government shutdown
- Kids, seniors, vets, going hungry
- Prices rising
- The courts in disarray
- Deporting PEOPLE to countries they have been to!
- Murdering suspected drug runners w/no evidence!
No release of #Epstein file
- A government shutdown
- Kids, seniors, vets, going hungry
- Prices rising
- The courts in disarray
- Deporting PEOPLE to countries they have been to!
- Murdering suspected drug runners w/no evidence!
No release of #Epstein file
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A SNAP shot of this administration just 9 months after taking office:
- A government shutdown
- Kids, seniors, vets, going hungry
- Prices rising
- The courts in disarray
- Deporting PEOPLE to countries they have been to!
- Murdering suspected drug runners w/no evidence!
No release of #Epstein file
- A government shutdown
- Kids, seniors, vets, going hungry
- Prices rising
- The courts in disarray
- Deporting PEOPLE to countries they have been to!
- Murdering suspected drug runners w/no evidence!
No release of #Epstein file
Are we winning yet❓🤦♂️
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Are we winning yet❓🤦♂️
Dems want to do the right thing BUT the GOP likes this government shutdown!
The President is sending his apparatchiks to SCOTUS to fight against food for seniors, kids, vets & those who don’t make enough for his rising costs❗️
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN‼️
The President is sending his apparatchiks to SCOTUS to fight against food for seniors, kids, vets & those who don’t make enough for his rising costs❗️
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN‼️
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Dems want to do the right thing BUT the GOP likes this government shutdown!
The President is sending his apparatchiks to SCOTUS to fight against food for seniors, kids, vets & those who don’t make enough for his rising costs❗️
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN‼️
The President is sending his apparatchiks to SCOTUS to fight against food for seniors, kids, vets & those who don’t make enough for his rising costs❗️
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN‼️
Enough said!
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Enough said!
Good!
Now cut costs on ALL the drugs. Instead of blackmailing other countries into raising their prices at home cut the cost here on all drugs- especially the life saving drugs!
Big pharma will still do fine!
Now cut costs on ALL the drugs. Instead of blackmailing other countries into raising their prices at home cut the cost here on all drugs- especially the life saving drugs!
Big pharma will still do fine!
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Good!
Now cut costs on ALL the drugs. Instead of blackmailing other countries into raising their prices at home cut the cost here on all drugs- especially the life saving drugs!
Big pharma will still do fine!
Now cut costs on ALL the drugs. Instead of blackmailing other countries into raising their prices at home cut the cost here on all drugs- especially the life saving drugs!
Big pharma will still do fine!
The Pope reiterated the Catholic belief that every Christian will ultimately be judged on how they welcomed "the foreigner".
"I was struck by how direct his reference was because he's obviously talking about the ICE round-ups," Catholic historian Austen Ivereigh told the BBC!
GOOD ON HIM!
"I was struck by how direct his reference was because he's obviously talking about the ICE round-ups," Catholic historian Austen Ivereigh told the BBC!
GOOD ON HIM!
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Pope reiterated the Catholic belief that every Christian will ultimately be judged on how they welcomed "the foreigner".
"I was struck by how direct his reference was because he's obviously talking about the ICE round-ups," Catholic historian Austen Ivereigh told the BBC!
GOOD ON HIM!
"I was struck by how direct his reference was because he's obviously talking about the ICE round-ups," Catholic historian Austen Ivereigh told the BBC!
GOOD ON HIM!
This GOP shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. It surpassed Trump’s 1st term shutdown today!
Trump’s little Johnson needs to call Congress back into session so the debates, negotiations & compromises can happen to get our country running again‼️🇺🇸
Trump’s little Johnson needs to call Congress back into session so the debates, negotiations & compromises can happen to get our country running again‼️🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This GOP shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. It surpassed Trump’s 1st term shutdown today!
Trump’s little Johnson needs to call Congress back into session so the debates, negotiations & compromises can happen to get our country running again‼️🇺🇸
Trump’s little Johnson needs to call Congress back into session so the debates, negotiations & compromises can happen to get our country running again‼️🇺🇸
Hysterical❗️
California had the voters choose whether to redistrict AS A RESPONSE to Texas, Missouri & others that had their Republican dominant state houses push a GOP biased redistricting upon their voters‼️
That’s the difference between people who believe in democracy & those who fear it❗️🇺🇸
California had the voters choose whether to redistrict AS A RESPONSE to Texas, Missouri & others that had their Republican dominant state houses push a GOP biased redistricting upon their voters‼️
That’s the difference between people who believe in democracy & those who fear it❗️🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hysterical❗️
California had the voters choose whether to redistrict AS A RESPONSE to Texas, Missouri & others that had their Republican dominant state houses push a GOP biased redistricting upon their voters‼️
That’s the difference between people who believe in democracy & those who fear it❗️🇺🇸
California had the voters choose whether to redistrict AS A RESPONSE to Texas, Missouri & others that had their Republican dominant state houses push a GOP biased redistricting upon their voters‼️
That’s the difference between people who believe in democracy & those who fear it❗️🇺🇸
I’m not quite sure why the GOP keeps siding with Chump. He lost the midterm during his first term, lost the 2020 election by A LOT, and his endorsements in THIS election seemed to backfire too!
He’s a loser… who is only in it for the money he can filch from the system he claimed to want to fix‼️😡
He’s a loser… who is only in it for the money he can filch from the system he claimed to want to fix‼️😡
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I’m not quite sure why the GOP keeps siding with Chump. He lost the midterm during his first term, lost the 2020 election by A LOT, and his endorsements in THIS election seemed to backfire too!
He’s a loser… who is only in it for the money he can filch from the system he claimed to want to fix‼️😡
He’s a loser… who is only in it for the money he can filch from the system he claimed to want to fix‼️😡
The recent surge of major contributions to diversity & equity causes. The donation, announced over the weekend by Howard University, is the largest in their history!
When billionaires show THIS kind of compassion we used to admire them!
When billionaires show THIS kind of compassion we used to admire them!
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The recent surge of major contributions to diversity & equity causes. The donation, announced over the weekend by Howard University, is the largest in their history!
When billionaires show THIS kind of compassion we used to admire them!
When billionaires show THIS kind of compassion we used to admire them!
Here’s the part that BLOWS MY MIND, Trump has been speaking about how great tariffs are since before he started the “birther” BS! Certainly talked about it a lot during his first term & both subsequent campaigns… yet this woman & many others voted for him❗️
Did they they he was kidding⁉️
Did they they he was kidding⁉️
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here’s the part that BLOWS MY MIND, Trump has been speaking about how great tariffs are since before he started the “birther” BS! Certainly talked about it a lot during his first term & both subsequent campaigns… yet this woman & many others voted for him❗️
Did they they he was kidding⁉️
Did they they he was kidding⁉️
We, the people, cry Bull Shit!
Trump’s little Johnson has Congress in recess for 40 days! There can be no compromise or concessions if there is no debate!
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN!
Trump owns this & the the American people are suffering so he can play tough‼️😡
Trump’s little Johnson has Congress in recess for 40 days! There can be no compromise or concessions if there is no debate!
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN!
Trump owns this & the the American people are suffering so he can play tough‼️😡
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
We, the people, cry Bull Shit!
Trump’s little Johnson has Congress in recess for 40 days! There can be no compromise or concessions if there is no debate!
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN!
Trump owns this & the the American people are suffering so he can play tough‼️😡
Trump’s little Johnson has Congress in recess for 40 days! There can be no compromise or concessions if there is no debate!
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN!
Trump owns this & the the American people are suffering so he can play tough‼️😡
In a couple days we will be in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The longest, so far, was during the 1st Trump administration! Can y’all see a pattern❓
Let’s not refer to it as a Democratic shutdown cuz it takes 2 to tango & the GOP is just as intransigent AND THEY CONTROL THE GOV‼️
Let’s not refer to it as a Democratic shutdown cuz it takes 2 to tango & the GOP is just as intransigent AND THEY CONTROL THE GOV‼️
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In a couple days we will be in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The longest, so far, was during the 1st Trump administration! Can y’all see a pattern❓
Let’s not refer to it as a Democratic shutdown cuz it takes 2 to tango & the GOP is just as intransigent AND THEY CONTROL THE GOV‼️
Let’s not refer to it as a Democratic shutdown cuz it takes 2 to tango & the GOP is just as intransigent AND THEY CONTROL THE GOV‼️
365 mass shootings – cases in which there are four or victims – that occurred in the US so far this year as of Sunday, according to the nonpartisan Gun Violence Archive. The US’s perennially high numbers of mass shootings have prompted many to call for more substantial gun laws!
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
365 mass shootings – cases in which there are four or victims – that occurred in the US so far this year as of Sunday, according to the nonpartisan Gun Violence Archive. The US’s perennially high numbers of mass shootings have prompted many to call for more substantial gun laws!
“Big hearted Trump” wants to end this shutdown w/ the same determination he uses to hold Putin accountable🤨
He & his RW propaganda surrogates just want to label this a Democratic shutdown but the GOP has not budged on Healthcare! Still waiting for their plan Dems are holding the line!
He & his RW propaganda surrogates just want to label this a Democratic shutdown but the GOP has not budged on Healthcare! Still waiting for their plan Dems are holding the line!
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“Big hearted Trump” wants to end this shutdown w/ the same determination he uses to hold Putin accountable🤨
He & his RW propaganda surrogates just want to label this a Democratic shutdown but the GOP has not budged on Healthcare! Still waiting for their plan Dems are holding the line!
He & his RW propaganda surrogates just want to label this a Democratic shutdown but the GOP has not budged on Healthcare! Still waiting for their plan Dems are holding the line!
Nobody works for the federal government for the paycheck. You’re there because you want to be a public servant & do good work. I mourn the career that I had, and that I had worked so hard to get.”
That’s the problem, GOP has never respected folks who have other incentives besides money❗️😕
That’s the problem, GOP has never respected folks who have other incentives besides money❗️😕
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Nobody works for the federal government for the paycheck. You’re there because you want to be a public servant & do good work. I mourn the career that I had, and that I had worked so hard to get.”
That’s the problem, GOP has never respected folks who have other incentives besides money❗️😕
That’s the problem, GOP has never respected folks who have other incentives besides money❗️😕
Trump said Dreamers would be safe but->
“One of those proposals, submitted by the Trump administration, would make Daca recipients in Texas, in particular, ineligible for the work permits typically offered by the policy.”- NYT
Republicans are about punishment not reconciliation!😔
“One of those proposals, submitted by the Trump administration, would make Daca recipients in Texas, in particular, ineligible for the work permits typically offered by the policy.”- NYT
Republicans are about punishment not reconciliation!😔
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trump said Dreamers would be safe but->
“One of those proposals, submitted by the Trump administration, would make Daca recipients in Texas, in particular, ineligible for the work permits typically offered by the policy.”- NYT
Republicans are about punishment not reconciliation!😔
“One of those proposals, submitted by the Trump administration, would make Daca recipients in Texas, in particular, ineligible for the work permits typically offered by the policy.”- NYT
Republicans are about punishment not reconciliation!😔
“Extending the subsidies would cost the federal government around $23 billion next year and about $350 billion over the next decade, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.”
I read this cost as one WH ballroom & an Argentine bailout
I read this cost as one WH ballroom & an Argentine bailout
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Extending the subsidies would cost the federal government around $23 billion next year and about $350 billion over the next decade, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.”
I read this cost as one WH ballroom & an Argentine bailout
I read this cost as one WH ballroom & an Argentine bailout
I cannot believe that THIS is even an issue in a country that can give away billions to influence elections in Argentina🤬
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I cannot believe that THIS is even an issue in a country that can give away billions to influence elections in Argentina🤬
So, if two thirds of Americans disapprove of the ballroom debacle should it have been vetted thru the Congress FIRST⁉️😡
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
So, if two thirds of Americans disapprove of the ballroom debacle should it have been vetted thru the Congress FIRST⁉️😡