GrandmaCrabby
@crabbygranny.bsky.social
Old lady, very liberal, who really just wants to be silly, but the fucking lunatics keep harshing my buzz. She/her
In a very real way, all of this horror goes back to our failure to really hold the Confederacy to account for their crimes against humanity. 
David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · 4h agoDid we really win the Cold War? Defeat fascism? Bury the Confederacy? In retrospect, thanks to Trump, MAGA and their enablers, perhaps none of those things. My latest. Hope you’ll give it a read. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/so-as-it-t...
Just because Trump's defense for taking Russia's side in its monstrous, criminal aggression against Ukraine is incoherent, twisted and full of lies does not mean it is any less dangerous. To the contrary, he is doubling down again and believes he can rationalize his betrayal to Americans.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 10h agoTrump is siding with Russia. Again. He’s attacking Zelenskyy for striking Russian oil refineries, while Russia has been relentlessly bombing Ukraine’s energy grid and civilian targets. 1/
This is a fascinating and knowledgeable breakdown of how Elon Musk is a delusional, spoiled child who isn't helping the world in any meaningful way w/his stupid car company. It does not "fly." It hops around on gas jets like a balloon releasing its air. It's another fake, musk-sponsored absurdity.
Too Big to Fail@toobigtofail.bsky.social · 3d agoAs both a certified CAR GUY and an economist-ish, I cannot imagine a headline more designed to drive me, personally, insane. This "flying car" technology is neither new nor novel. It is not practical and would not sell. Let me tell a story of actually useful car tech that never made it to market.
We've got to nationalize SpaceX. We have no choice. We can't operate our military without them and we can't trust them to serve our national interest. There is literally no other option.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d agoThe United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.
WELKER: “Trump waived sanctions on Russia — Why is Trump rewarding Putin, a dictator, who invaded Ukraine? Is Trump siding with Putin? Does Trump consider Ukraine an ally?” BESSENT: *word salad* 🥗 Russia was never a hoax.
For decades, Moscow has cultivated Trump. For over a dozen years, Trump has craved a bond with Putin. Finally, Trump & Putin are together at last, as I report in the latest issue of my OUR LAND newsletter. link.motherjones.com/public/47970... Subscribe at davidcorn.com Check out HowRussiaWon.com
Remember this. We are weaker now. “Trump has groomed us.” Try to hold and speak and advocate what you know is right and true. We’ve already moved so far. Don’t change your standards to accommodate their shameless incompetence & cruelty.
Demonizing someone who thinks he is better than everyone else because he is white is *not* the same as demonizing someone who is black because he wants to be treated the same as everyone else. JD Vance is an ignorant apologist for White Supremacy.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayJD Vance makes excuses for white nationalists: "When you demonize a guy because he's white, it's just as evil as when you demonize a guy because he's Black. When you demonize a guy because he's white ... some people will get radicalized into some very dangerous ideas."
The free speech absolutist who reinstated actual Nazis is now banning ads for being shrill. A man who posts white genocide conspiracies at 3am deciding what's too strident for his platform. Free speech always meant his speech, and everyone else pays rent on it.
Trump *himself* filed a financial disclosure form this year that asserted he made over a billion dollars last year. That's not a claim from the fake news, or the crazy liberals. That is Trump's own filing.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayJD Vance: "I've not seen a single shred of evidence that Donald Trump participates or sanctions in that corruption ... I've not once seen evidence that Donald Trump has enriched himself"
since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42
And just yesterday: Meta restricted Brazilian president's Insta accounts during the election while "recommending the profile of challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro." What's it going to take people to get off Meta products? www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Meta employees said Lula's accounts were hindered during Brazil election, Folha reports
Meta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by restrictions during the country's election, newsp...
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Thanks to @meidastouch.com for quickly covering this. Note that this is STILL not resolved. Hours later we still cannot post to the account. But there's no stopping 3,000+ No Kings early vote events this weekend. meidasnews.com/news/zuckerb...
Zuckerberg’s Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Massive Protest Day
The protest coalition says Meta suspended its Instagram account for 90 minutes at the height of nationwide demonstrations—and even after restoring the page, locked organizers out of posting. Meta repo...
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They have successfully made the dumbest mean Americans and the meanest dumb Americans believe Zelensky tricked Putin into violently invading his own country.
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 2d ago⚡️ Update: Trump sides with ‘bloodthirsty thug’ by Russia sanctions waiver, Senator Blumenthal says.
Democrats don’t just need to win, they need to win by margins that make Republican ratfucking ineffective and pundits‘ efforts to downplay a mandate laughable. Pour it on. Do not let up.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2d agoFolks, I know it’s easy to get excited about all the polls showing Democrats ahead and feel like this election is a done deal. But we can’t take anything for granted. That’s why I’m urging you to take part in a No Kings early voting event today where you live. https://www.nokings.org/
It’s taking a long time for people to wake up to the fact that these platforms are not public forums but privately owned companies with terrible agendas and total control. If you lay down with these dogs…
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 2d agoTikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)
A bad update: we're getting reports of pro-No Kings creators who have been suspended today as well. And we still lack backend access to the official No Kings account. Stay tuned, will report news when I have it.
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · yesterdayFull update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: No Kings organizer Ezra Levin SOUNDS ALARM after Meta suspended the movement’s Instagram during nationwide protests. LEVIN: “We might be seeing something similar from Meta in our country right now.” “We're not gonna stop organizing against this regime.”
W. T. F. META closed down the No Kings Instagram account??? What??? Administrators are still unable to post. So folks—you know what to do. Post pictures of No Kings marching so people can see it!!
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · yesterdayFull update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.
Trump’s worldview is that it is good for evil to prevail and wrong for the righteous to resist.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump sounds genuinely upset that Putin didn't defeat Ukraine in one day, which he insists Russia could've done had their generals not taken "a wrong turn"
Closing my eyes, and manifesting a reality where Dems flip so many Trump diner-districts that US media has to fly all the way to Moscow to find the "voice of real Americans".
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d agoI want to try to underscore how big a deal it would be to take back Mahoning. This is the epicenter of Trump's transformation of the Rust Belt. The media has spent literally years turning it into a symbol of Trump's humbling of Dem elites over their failure to appeal to the working class.
Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!
As much as it matters that Elon is the richest man in the world and the USA, he is also the richest man in Texas, and wealth inequality at that level is even more powerful
The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃@professormusgrave.bsky.social · 2d agoElon Musk cares a lot about Texas not because of Trump but because of Tesla and SpaceX. This is a pivotal election for him
Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas calls to investigate Republican President Trump's Aid and Comfort to Russia/Putin. Zelensky confirmed Starlink continues to disconnect above 161km/h - Ukraine can't intercept Russian drones, and tests outside Ukraine border show the sabotage is willful.
