Barbara Upton
@uppie1111.bsky.social
Artist, rebel, grandma, underdog rooter, activist, believer in the inherent goodness of people, creator of a world flag, resister, easy laugher, but right now just worried about my country.
Today showed us - we aren't going to.
April 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Today showed us - we aren't going to.
Only 23% of Americans think they are better off economically with Trump. Wait til that number is in the single digits. It's coming.
March 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Only 23% of Americans think they are better off economically with Trump. Wait til that number is in the single digits. It's coming.
Are the blinders falling off?
Are people finally getting it?
Are people finally getting it?
March 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Are the blinders falling off?
Are people finally getting it?
Are people finally getting it?
This is outrageous. They have,a right to protest racial injustice and taking away their hard-earned scholarships is cruel. Are we Russia now?
Remember- get out there on April 5!
Remember- get out there on April 5!
March 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is outrageous. They have,a right to protest racial injustice and taking away their hard-earned scholarships is cruel. Are we Russia now?
Remember- get out there on April 5!
Remember- get out there on April 5!
Musk is the biggest welfare queen of all.
March 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Musk is the biggest welfare queen of all.
It's really hard to wrap your mind around how extreme this regime is.
Here's part if it, in a nutshell.
Here's part if it, in a nutshell.
March 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
It's really hard to wrap your mind around how extreme this regime is.
Here's part if it, in a nutshell.
Here's part if it, in a nutshell.
Thanks for including me!
March 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Thanks for including me!
Well, Russia is Trump's idea of a perfect state where he can wield unchecked power, be as corrupt as he pleases, decimate civil liberties and let billionaires rob us blind.
Putin is his role model and master.
Putin is his role model and master.
March 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Well, Russia is Trump's idea of a perfect state where he can wield unchecked power, be as corrupt as he pleases, decimate civil liberties and let billionaires rob us blind.
Putin is his role model and master.
Putin is his role model and master.
The American people are fed up!
53% think the economy is on wrong track, up 10% from January!
Only 37% approve of Trump's foreign policy
A majority (51%) disapprove of Trump and only 44% approve.
March Reuters/Ipsos poll
53% think the economy is on wrong track, up 10% from January!
Only 37% approve of Trump's foreign policy
A majority (51%) disapprove of Trump and only 44% approve.
March Reuters/Ipsos poll
March 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The American people are fed up!
53% think the economy is on wrong track, up 10% from January!
Only 37% approve of Trump's foreign policy
A majority (51%) disapprove of Trump and only 44% approve.
March Reuters/Ipsos poll
53% think the economy is on wrong track, up 10% from January!
Only 37% approve of Trump's foreign policy
A majority (51%) disapprove of Trump and only 44% approve.
March Reuters/Ipsos poll
What a house of cards.
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What a house of cards.
Who else thinks Dems should boycott Trump's firehouse of lies in his SOTU tonight?
He's destroying America "brick by brick" according to gleeful reporting on Russian state TV. He's a traitor to America and to the middle class that made it great.
No business as usual!
He's destroying America "brick by brick" according to gleeful reporting on Russian state TV. He's a traitor to America and to the middle class that made it great.
No business as usual!
March 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Who else thinks Dems should boycott Trump's firehouse of lies in his SOTU tonight?
He's destroying America "brick by brick" according to gleeful reporting on Russian state TV. He's a traitor to America and to the middle class that made it great.
No business as usual!
He's destroying America "brick by brick" according to gleeful reporting on Russian state TV. He's a traitor to America and to the middle class that made it great.
No business as usual!
We're going to need to build the mother of all coalitions!
February 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We're going to need to build the mother of all coalitions!
Some things never change.
February 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Some things never change.
On CNN just now. The sun rising over LA. 💔
January 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
On CNN just now. The sun rising over LA. 💔
Support Democrats!
Defend democracy!
Defend democracy!
December 23, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Support Democrats!
Defend democracy!
Defend democracy!
So the guy who mowed people down in Germany is an Islamaphobe who admires Elon Musk, Alex Jones and other far right lunatics.
Didn't see that one coming.
Didn't see that one coming.
December 21, 2024 at 9:56 PM
So the guy who mowed people down in Germany is an Islamaphobe who admires Elon Musk, Alex Jones and other far right lunatics.
Didn't see that one coming.
Didn't see that one coming.
If your religion is teaching you to hate it is a false religion.
November 25, 2024 at 8:40 PM
If your religion is teaching you to hate it is a false religion.
Meet the new director of the Environmental Protection Agency- the only thing he'll protect are the profits of Big Oil.
We could have had someone who recognizes the existential threat of our climate crisis- like Sen Warren w a 100% score- but we get this flunky w 14%. Watch & protest his every move.
We could have had someone who recognizes the existential threat of our climate crisis- like Sen Warren w a 100% score- but we get this flunky w 14%. Watch & protest his every move.
November 11, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Meet the new director of the Environmental Protection Agency- the only thing he'll protect are the profits of Big Oil.
We could have had someone who recognizes the existential threat of our climate crisis- like Sen Warren w a 100% score- but we get this flunky w 14%. Watch & protest his every move.
We could have had someone who recognizes the existential threat of our climate crisis- like Sen Warren w a 100% score- but we get this flunky w 14%. Watch & protest his every move.