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I need some real solidarity. On Friday, I published this article about why Zuckerberg should resign. It’s being throttled on Meta products and I’ve had several attempts to hijack my fb acct. Please repost this article, esp on your Meta accounts. #ZuckMustGo www.theguardian.com/technology/c...
It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement
theguardian.com
In case anyone is bewildered why Trump is trying to blow up fair elections in November. From the NYT:
Dr. Google offers a diagnosis of what many of us already suspect is Trump's true medical condition.
With all of this Natalie Harp creepiness, seems like a good time for Dems to revive the effective 2024 framing of Trump and his Admin as “weird” and “weirdos”. Not a bad idea as we head into elections to “rein in the weirdos”.
Trump has attained peak Idiocracy status. He's filled the Reflecting Pool with Brawndo, The Thirst Mutilator.
Concerned about MAGA slime Hilton winning CA Gov? Hilton dropped today below Becerra and Steyer. Only the top 2 go on to the GE. As for LA Mayor, MAGA slime Pratt has 28%, Bass has 35% and (Dem) Raman has 25%. In a GE, Bass vs. Pratt would be more like 60% vs. 28%. MAGAs will be crushed in Cali!
What's not in Iran's 10 point plan is huge. Trump and his cronies declared this war was about preventing Iran from having nukes. There is NO limit on nuclear weapons in it. A huge failure for the Trump and the U.S., it's far worse than Obama's JPCOA, which limited Iran from developing nukes.
Alito’s moronic excuse for taking away the right to have your mailed-in vote counted is, “It’s called Election Day”. So what happens when counties don’t finish counting votes on Election Day? Are those uncounted votes taken away from Americans too? Or recounts where votes are discovered uncounted?
How about Dems in Congress tell Trump to claw back all those over-funded billions from ICE to pay for his war? Or Dems offer a fraction of the $200B he wants but it must include funding for the ACA subsidies and other public goods that he’s cut?
So who’s going to tell Pam Bondi that The Dow is no longer above 50,000?
I don’t know about anyone else but I kind of wish Will Smith was in the SOTU audience and felt Trump had insulted Jada.
America First…er..second. We’re Number Two! Keep going Trump, I know you can make America Last! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
China overtakes US as Germany’s top trading partner
Friedrich Merz to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing, with goods worth €251bn traded between two countries in 2025
theguardian.com
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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"The mother of the deceased driver identified the woman as Renee Nicole Good, 37." STOP ICE FOR GOOD!
Many politicians don't think about blowback. Dems who voted to doom 25M Americans to unaffordable health insurance did one more thing. They destroyed Dem unity, which brought us huge wins last week. They've fostered division and discouragement in the party. With an election year coming. Genius.
Can House Dems prevent this terrible Senate vote from passing in The House? Are there enough extremist Repubs who won’t vote for it that Dem votes would be required? If so, can House Dems stay unified to prevent its passage? I think many Dem voters are done with Dems in Congress who betray them.
Who wants to bet on Trump not inviting the Dodgers to the WH because he knows they’d never come?
Some people in LA may think the Zombie Apocalypse has begun but it will just be people who stayed up to watch the end of this game.
The Dodgers’ organist just played the theme to Gilligan’s Island…I think it’s a sign we may be stranded in this game. Grab the palm fronds and bamboo, we might as well build houses and get comfortable until we’re rescued.
As they often say about the World Series, the 16th inning is the charm.
On a scale of 1 to 1 million, how fascist and rabid will Stephen Miller’s posts/comments be tomorrow in response to tonight’s ruling? I bet most people guess this correctly.
Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · last yr.BOOM 🔥: Judge Immergut issues a second Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the relocation, federalization, or deployment of ANY NATIONAL GUARD FROM ANY STATE into the state of Oregon.
Dems should spread out over the media and say, “Trump knew he needed Dem votes to pass the stopgap funding but declared they should be ignored and refused to negotiate with them.“ Trump has only two “deal-making“ tactics, bribery or extortion. he can’t spell or conceive of “negotiating” anything.
Trump and Hegseth just told the US military leadership that there is an "enemy within" and that the military has the duty to fight and defeat it. I wonder how many of them saw that as a confession and a call to act accordingly?
I was just at the market, an elderly woman turned to me, “I can’t believe it, this coffee has gone up five dollars since just last week!” Then she walked away…without the coffee. People know they can’t afford what they used to buy. His propaganda can’t ”trump” the growing resentment of him.