@therickwilson.bsky.social You might resonate with my father’s story. If so, feel free to re-post.

I protested the hell out of the last Trump administration, and where the hell did it get me? Protests simply don’t work in this country anymore because people, especially the white upper/middle class, only care about their financial bottom line.

Wray didn’t want to lose his pension.

It’s not really a Facebook substitute, so yes, you will spend less time on here.

$330,000 isn’t nearly enough. One minor surgery plus standard medical exams over one year, and that money is gone. When healthcare is a for-profit industry, no one short of a billionaire can truly save enough in this system. Universal healthcare is the only way to serve all Americans.

@brianstelter.bsky.social reports that Joe and Mika went to make up with Trump and avoid recriminations. So far, we have seen no credible reporting resulting from this visit. What are they to do? Well, they shouldn’t acquiesce to authoritarianism at the first hurdle.