RedwoodHat
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I was not looking for a cage
In which to mope in my old age
In which to mope in my old age
If 5 people are subduing a man holding a camera, pepper spray him in the face, and shoot him 9 times as he is lying helpless on the ground, then there are 5 criminals who need to face justice.
January 26, 2026 at 3:18 PM
If 5 people are subduing a man holding a camera, pepper spray him in the face, and shoot him 9 times as he is lying helpless on the ground, then there are 5 criminals who need to face justice.
With regards to Greenland, let's hope that NATO remembers that appeasing aggressors doesn't work. That is a historic lesson that American journalism, academia, corporate Quislings and both US parties have ignored.
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 AM
With regards to Greenland, let's hope that NATO remembers that appeasing aggressors doesn't work. That is a historic lesson that American journalism, academia, corporate Quislings and both US parties have ignored.
Can all of us, left-wing radicals and right-wing loonies alike, stop saying "It was today o'clock", "I'll take $500 for things that didn't happen", "I did Nazi that coming" and a few dozen other bits of borrowed, over-used cleverness?
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Can all of us, left-wing radicals and right-wing loonies alike, stop saying "It was today o'clock", "I'll take $500 for things that didn't happen", "I did Nazi that coming" and a few dozen other bits of borrowed, over-used cleverness?
Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon/Kissinger/Bush have taught us nothing. This transparent oil grab will usher in decades of virulent anti-Americanism world-wide, and open doors to the Chinese, Russians, Iranians. We have learned nothing.
January 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon/Kissinger/Bush have taught us nothing. This transparent oil grab will usher in decades of virulent anti-Americanism world-wide, and open doors to the Chinese, Russians, Iranians. We have learned nothing.
They just found a million more Epstein files. When I die the only thing they'll find a million of is allen wrenches.
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
They just found a million more Epstein files. When I die the only thing they'll find a million of is allen wrenches.
So the Quislings in the State Department release the first set of documents with one or two references to Trump, which they then try to retrieve, because they are now a tightly reined enforcement tool of the executive branch. No code of ethics, nothing. Welcome to the 1930s.
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So the Quislings in the State Department release the first set of documents with one or two references to Trump, which they then try to retrieve, because they are now a tightly reined enforcement tool of the executive branch. No code of ethics, nothing. Welcome to the 1930s.
Fascism always seemed like an over-the-top, hyperbolic criticism to me, but hiring a legion of unqualified, partisan, federal agents to arrest and deport 22 million people, and threatening to jail and execute politicians who object, is fascism adjacent, at best.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Fascism always seemed like an over-the-top, hyperbolic criticism to me, but hiring a legion of unqualified, partisan, federal agents to arrest and deport 22 million people, and threatening to jail and execute politicians who object, is fascism adjacent, at best.
The Administration is pushing a new "Munich agreement" to appease Russia. I don't know, what could go wrong?
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Administration is pushing a new "Munich agreement" to appease Russia. I don't know, what could go wrong?
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OMFG.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
OMFG.
It is sickening that the country is now being run by playground bullies obsessed with trans people.
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It is sickening that the country is now being run by playground bullies obsessed with trans people.
The Republican healthcare plan is to ensure that they can avoid paying a tax that will allow sick and injured people without resources to have access to medical care. Oh, and also to force medical bankruptcy on middle class, under-insured people.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Republican healthcare plan is to ensure that they can avoid paying a tax that will allow sick and injured people without resources to have access to medical care. Oh, and also to force medical bankruptcy on middle class, under-insured people.
We don't hear much about the Q in Qanon these days. He's probably trembling in the fetal position in a dark asylum room somewhere, terrified by what he unleashed.
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We don't hear much about the Q in Qanon these days. He's probably trembling in the fetal position in a dark asylum room somewhere, terrified by what he unleashed.
Trump calls Marjory Taylor Green a whacko. She says Trump is strangely obsessed with preventing the release of the Epstein evidence. Are we suddenly in some backwards universe where they are both right?
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Trump calls Marjory Taylor Green a whacko. She says Trump is strangely obsessed with preventing the release of the Epstein evidence. Are we suddenly in some backwards universe where they are both right?
Political toxicity - left, right and center - is enflamed by social media. Trump's war against journalism/science means truth is now "doing my own research", i.e, media amplifying our bias, as detected by algorithms. The days of being informed by the NYT, or worse, over a cup of coffee, are over.
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Political toxicity - left, right and center - is enflamed by social media. Trump's war against journalism/science means truth is now "doing my own research", i.e, media amplifying our bias, as detected by algorithms. The days of being informed by the NYT, or worse, over a cup of coffee, are over.
I wonder what percentage of MAGA believe that Trump is telling the truth about the birthday note to Epstein being a forgery from a decade or two ago? Can any reasonable person believe that?
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I wonder what percentage of MAGA believe that Trump is telling the truth about the birthday note to Epstein being a forgery from a decade or two ago? Can any reasonable person believe that?
I think that the shutdown was ended because it was always a test of who had the least amount of empathy for the poor. Who would be most willing to make people with no voice suffer? I know it sucks, and Trump will crow about his victory, but did we really want to win that test of will?
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I think that the shutdown was ended because it was always a test of who had the least amount of empathy for the poor. Who would be most willing to make people with no voice suffer? I know it sucks, and Trump will crow about his victory, but did we really want to win that test of will?
If you look at any thread where MAGA is discussing immigration and health care, it is mind-blowing how self-professed Christians can crow about their fervent desire to deny health care to sick or injured people. Immigration status is irrelevant. It's basic humanity.
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you look at any thread where MAGA is discussing immigration and health care, it is mind-blowing how self-professed Christians can crow about their fervent desire to deny health care to sick or injured people. Immigration status is irrelevant. It's basic humanity.
MAGA Downside: Loss of health insurance, SNAP gone, rural hospitals closing, higher prices, global warming, the world is laughing at them
MAGA Upside: Lots of low-wage agricultural jobs, might get invited to the ballroom with gold fixtures, because he cares about the little people.
MAGA Upside: Lots of low-wage agricultural jobs, might get invited to the ballroom with gold fixtures, because he cares about the little people.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
MAGA Downside: Loss of health insurance, SNAP gone, rural hospitals closing, higher prices, global warming, the world is laughing at them
MAGA Upside: Lots of low-wage agricultural jobs, might get invited to the ballroom with gold fixtures, because he cares about the little people.
MAGA Upside: Lots of low-wage agricultural jobs, might get invited to the ballroom with gold fixtures, because he cares about the little people.
The DOJ has become an enforcement arm of the MAGA movement. Apparently with little resistance from within.
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The DOJ has become an enforcement arm of the MAGA movement. Apparently with little resistance from within.
If we could just persuade one of the remaining, but terrified, actual journalists to ask him to describe the mental acuity test he aced, without sounding confrontational, we'd get a sound bite that might coax Sara Cooper out of her meme withdrawal funk.
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If we could just persuade one of the remaining, but terrified, actual journalists to ask him to describe the mental acuity test he aced, without sounding confrontational, we'd get a sound bite that might coax Sara Cooper out of her meme withdrawal funk.
What we know from the very few actual facts released about Epstein's perversions, is that it's likely there are pedophiles from the left, the right and the center involved. It's not about protecting just Trump, it's protecting the powerful of all stripes. Ignorance protects the powerful.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What we know from the very few actual facts released about Epstein's perversions, is that it's likely there are pedophiles from the left, the right and the center involved. It's not about protecting just Trump, it's protecting the powerful of all stripes. Ignorance protects the powerful.
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Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
The Leader says there are 20 to 30 million illegal immigrants. That's too many to deport quickly. We need a way to identify them, maybe a badge, so we know who they are. Support ICE, like a true American! MAGA Uber Alles!
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Leader says there are 20 to 30 million illegal immigrants. That's too many to deport quickly. We need a way to identify them, maybe a badge, so we know who they are. Support ICE, like a true American! MAGA Uber Alles!
Here's a thought: Let's safeguard the safety of our babies, based solely on the opinions of a lawyer and former addict/celebrity with no scientific training. It's just few thousand babies, and he says he "researched" his opinions, even though they conflict with the actual science.
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Here's a thought: Let's safeguard the safety of our babies, based solely on the opinions of a lawyer and former addict/celebrity with no scientific training. It's just few thousand babies, and he says he "researched" his opinions, even though they conflict with the actual science.
Maybe trump is right. Deporting a group of people who commit about 80% of crimes of violence, would promote peace and prosperity. Is there a test ICE could use to identify potential criminals with a Y chromosome?
October 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Maybe trump is right. Deporting a group of people who commit about 80% of crimes of violence, would promote peace and prosperity. Is there a test ICE could use to identify potential criminals with a Y chromosome?