Modern Elder
@mcmaverick.bsky.social
Resister of FELON $47.
I will not give in to lies. I will not give in to fear. Read, engage, resist, repeat! Dogs, fitness, music, snark💙 Viva la Resistance!
I will not give in to lies. I will not give in to fear. Read, engage, resist, repeat! Dogs, fitness, music, snark💙 Viva la Resistance!
So Stephen Miller aka Pee Wee German has invested close to $250k into a company involved in the deportations ( kidnapping) of persons living in the US… conflict of interest, much?
July 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
So Stephen Miller aka Pee Wee German has invested close to $250k into a company involved in the deportations ( kidnapping) of persons living in the US… conflict of interest, much?
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Canada looks at us and says, “The U.S. is letting this happen. When do you plan to stop this BS—if ever?” Someone said that to me. I had no argument. They were right.
Let’s stop pretending. This isn’t happening to us—it’s happening with our permission. Yeah...that stings. The truth is like that.
Let’s stop pretending. This isn’t happening to us—it’s happening with our permission. Yeah...that stings. The truth is like that.
June 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Canada looks at us and says, “The U.S. is letting this happen. When do you plan to stop this BS—if ever?” Someone said that to me. I had no argument. They were right.
Let’s stop pretending. This isn’t happening to us—it’s happening with our permission. Yeah...that stings. The truth is like that.
Let’s stop pretending. This isn’t happening to us—it’s happening with our permission. Yeah...that stings. The truth is like that.
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social… can y’all look into this for us?? Thanks💙
This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
May 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social… can y’all look into this for us?? Thanks💙
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The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.
How to get to Sesame Street? Kids can now head to Netflix as well as PBS
The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.
STOP the plane
STOP the parade
STOP the parade
May 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
STOP the plane
STOP the parade
STOP the parade
No plane … how about no parade either??
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
May 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
No plane … how about no parade either??
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Tear off the masks when they show up. Take their photos. Get them on video. Expose them. Out them. Name them.
They need to be made into pariahs where decent people gather.
We cannot allow them to terrorize us.
Eyes open. Phones on.
They need to be made into pariahs where decent people gather.
We cannot allow them to terrorize us.
Eyes open. Phones on.
May 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Tear off the masks when they show up. Take their photos. Get them on video. Expose them. Out them. Name them.
They need to be made into pariahs where decent people gather.
We cannot allow them to terrorize us.
Eyes open. Phones on.
They need to be made into pariahs where decent people gather.
We cannot allow them to terrorize us.
Eyes open. Phones on.
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I am positive that the folks who follow me already know this, but if you see a person being kidnapped off the street, put your body in the way.
Record it and get in the way.
Record it and get in the way.
May 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I am positive that the folks who follow me already know this, but if you see a person being kidnapped off the street, put your body in the way.
Record it and get in the way.
Record it and get in the way.
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Which begs the question: Why would anyone comply in advance?
If a sheriff orders you to paint your house green, you'd laugh — not buy brushes.
The president does not have supreme authority.
In a functioning American Republic, the feds have the burden to sue for compliance — not the reverse.
If a sheriff orders you to paint your house green, you'd laugh — not buy brushes.
The president does not have supreme authority.
In a functioning American Republic, the feds have the burden to sue for compliance — not the reverse.
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
May 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Which begs the question: Why would anyone comply in advance?
If a sheriff orders you to paint your house green, you'd laugh — not buy brushes.
The president does not have supreme authority.
In a functioning American Republic, the feds have the burden to sue for compliance — not the reverse.
If a sheriff orders you to paint your house green, you'd laugh — not buy brushes.
The president does not have supreme authority.
In a functioning American Republic, the feds have the burden to sue for compliance — not the reverse.
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
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Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
Timeless…
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Timeless…
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I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader.
We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
April 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader.
We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
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“Waste, fraud & abuse” is literally this season’s “Weapons of mass destruction”… total bullsh$t & using Americans as collateral damage. What’s it gonna take @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social???
March 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Waste, fraud & abuse” is literally this season’s “Weapons of mass destruction”… total bullsh$t & using Americans as collateral damage. What’s it gonna take @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social???
It’s always been about power & $$$$$$$$$
Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”
March 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It’s always been about power & $$$$$$$$$
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Don’t tell me democracy is at risk and a constitutional crisis is unfolding and the best you got is a modified ping pong paddle.
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Don’t tell me democracy is at risk and a constitutional crisis is unfolding and the best you got is a modified ping pong paddle.
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
Melanoma’s documentary on Prime has 1 star…🥳
March 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Melanoma’s documentary on Prime has 1 star…🥳
It’s like having an abusive parent…everyone sees the cruelty & damage, but the rest of the family refuses to listen to us…it won’t stop us from fighting!!!!!!!!!🔥💪🏼🇺🇦
March 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s like having an abusive parent…everyone sees the cruelty & damage, but the rest of the family refuses to listen to us…it won’t stop us from fighting!!!!!!!!!🔥💪🏼🇺🇦
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
You have 2 valid choices for the SOTU… not show up OR arrive and then leave en masse! DO NOT stay & listen to the lies & garbage… we need a strong statement… so far our response has been weak. Start playing rough before it’s all lost🔥🇺🇦💪🏼
You have 2 valid choices for the SOTU… not show up OR arrive and then leave en masse! DO NOT stay & listen to the lies & garbage… we need a strong statement… so far our response has been weak. Start playing rough before it’s all lost🔥🇺🇦💪🏼
March 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
You have 2 valid choices for the SOTU… not show up OR arrive and then leave en masse! DO NOT stay & listen to the lies & garbage… we need a strong statement… so far our response has been weak. Start playing rough before it’s all lost🔥🇺🇦💪🏼
You have 2 valid choices for the SOTU… not show up OR arrive and then leave en masse! DO NOT stay & listen to the lies & garbage… we need a strong statement… so far our response has been weak. Start playing rough before it’s all lost🔥🇺🇦💪🏼
@schumer.senate.gov DO not attend the SOTU or, show up & WALK OUT en masse! Sorry, sir, but your response to this crisis has been very weak… it’s time to play rough & stop the pearl clutching🔥
March 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@schumer.senate.gov DO not attend the SOTU or, show up & WALK OUT en masse! Sorry, sir, but your response to this crisis has been very weak… it’s time to play rough & stop the pearl clutching🔥
I bet if Kamala was Potus & our social programs were solidly in place, you wouldn’t see magas on the street protesting against social security, medicaid etc…. because those programs benefit 98% of the country. Stay active and fight like hell!💪🏼
March 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I bet if Kamala was Potus & our social programs were solidly in place, you wouldn’t see magas on the street protesting against social security, medicaid etc…. because those programs benefit 98% of the country. Stay active and fight like hell!💪🏼
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org