I feel you on this one breh.
General Political Fúckery Thread: 119th Congress Begins! Government Shutdown on March 14 Imminent!
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Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com)
In 1979, Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. In 1986, Ronald Reagan tore them down along w/Carter’s clean energy funding. This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.
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Christopher Webb
In 1979, Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. In 1986, Ronald Reagan tore them down along w/Carter’s clean energy funding.
This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com
What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On.
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MAC @mac58.bsky.social
Elon Musk, the shadow president.
https://video.bsky.app/watch/did:pl...iip6gdoewibftszhzo2cog7iw6ssiee/playlist.m3u8
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GemmaGem @tippytaff.bsky.social
It was alarming at the time when GOP installed an ACTOR to do their bidding. It's even more alarming they've installed a failed reality show fake billionaire to openly exploit our systems of government using WWE fan-building fake rage techniques & we fall for it AGAIN!
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Ariel Hand
@adajah55.bsky.social
Republicans are the enemy of progress to protect our environment, fight climate change and our agenda to create clean energy. Think of what we would have accomplished and where we would be right now if Reagan hadn't won. We're repeating the backward trends by placing that party back in power.
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Gina Brown @mzgee41.bsky.social
Reagan was a horrible person and an even more horrible president. He, like DonOld, was a puppet for big money interests. Reagan lowered the tax rate from 73% to 28%, talking about “trickle down economics” that still haven’t “trickled down”.
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deaconpurple.bsky.social @deaconpurple.bsky.social
And started taxing Social Security payments to try to make up for tax revenue lost from the rich.
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liavan.bsky.social @liavan.bsky.social
Yep! Gave Carter one term in favour of Reagan for two terms and continued downhill from there to Trump. What a dumb country!
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Anne Worner 
@anneworner.bsky.social
Reagan was a dikk.
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outdoors27.bsky.social @outdoors27.bsky.social
Reagan was a destroyer, that's why Republicans and now MAGA think he was the greatest President in their lifetimes, until Trump came a long, of course. It's a shame that Jimmy Carter didn't get the credit he deserved not only for what he did as President but also for being a kind, decent, person
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ruipx.bsky.social @ruipx.bsky.social
You really need a new FDR. Desperately.
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nana-p024.bsky.social @nana-p024.bsky.social
President Jimmy Carter’s thoughts were ahead of this world, for he was guided by a different compass
The good ones are always misunderstood
#ThankYouPresidentCarter
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LittleSa$$hole @ilovesuckers.bsky.social
How can something called “the right” always be so fukking wrong
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kwattbud.bsky.social @kwattbud.bsky.social
Carter was a scientist
Regan was a B rated actor
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Gina Brown @mzgee41.bsky.social
Exactly!
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@dianarita.bsky.social
"...the role played by the United States government, the oil industry, automobile manufacturers, consumers, batteries, hydrogen vehicles and the California government in restricting the development of take up of the electric vehicle technology"2006
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edbernard.bsky.social @edbernard.bsky.social
reagan was a senile idiot who tripled our national debt
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Eileen Montrose @eileenmont.bsky.social
And yet one is considered a failure. I think the American people failed and we just keep on failing at the most crucial moments. 1 step forward, 2 steps back. Get $$$ out of politics. Insist your reps get serious about reform.
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Falkirkbairnexiled @falkirkbairnexiled.bsky.social
Having your own energy supplies takes the power away from the oligarchs. Reagan was firmly with the oligarchs.
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Sam @samg92.bsky.social
People need to stop thinking Reagan was a great president. He opened the door to MAGA and slammed the door shut on bipartisanship. The executive and legislative branches have been crippled for decades thanks to him and Newt Gingrich.
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Mark Stroup @smallstreams.bsky.social
This is a good reminder of what a horror show Reagan was.
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franceslarina.bsky.social @franceslarina.bsky.social
Heritage Foundation's first attempt at what is now Project 2025 was called, "Mandate for Leadership" and given to Ronald Reagan when he became President. He based much of his policy on it, eventually accomplishing around half of their goals.
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Wallis @wallish.bsky.social
Yep: Mandate for Leadership - Wikipedia
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fiercelady.bsky.social @fiercelady.bsky.social
Bless him
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szarotka.bsky.social @szarotka.bsky.social
WOW visionary, in 1979 WOW
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Peter F @feenp.bsky.social
Not 'visionary', the danger of #climatecrisis was known then, but not well advertised.
Far-sighted certainly, not much of that around these days.
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szarotka.bsky.social @szarotka.bsky.social
And Regan dismentling it was very telling who wants what and why.
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ducatidave.bsky.social @ducatidave.bsky.social
Reagan was a real POS
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Tall Drink of Swiftness @tallswiftness.bsky.social
Reagan reversed a lot of things from the Carter Admin.
It was the start of our country's decline.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social
Sad irony it was the Christian Right who tore down the real Christian.
Rinse, repeat ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com
Oh man. Truer words…
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social
It's a pretty good story.
Wonder why our MSM doesn't spend more time with it ...
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brainwashedlib.bsky.social @brainwashedlib.bsky.social
yeah, why does the demoKKKrat controlled media not spend even more time brainwashing demoKKKrats is beyond me
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der601.bsky.social @der601.bsky.social
Where/who is this Dem controlled media you speak of??? Would love to follow/read/watch it. All the media outlets I know of are controlled by corporations or billionaires who aren’t afraid to throw their weight around.
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Wendy Jo Salazar @newmexicoblue2.bsky.social
Brain looks like a troll. Blocked.
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kimba6.bsky.social @kimba6.bsky.social
Hated Reagan and Nancy.
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Pamela Sykes @sykeology219.bsky.social
I remember that happening. Reagan is what speeded up the earth on the middle class. He was a shytty President and probably an even shyttier human.
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Pamela Sykes @sykeology219.bsky.social
Oh jeezus crist, why can’t we edit??? Should read: “speeded up the WAR on the middle class…” why did auto incorrect change , war to earth I cannot understand.
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mickey23.bsky.social @mickey23.bsky.social
Jimmy Carter such an intelligent man, ahead of his time, true patriot always thinking of ways to help and improve the American experience.
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spurfaninsa.bsky.social @spurfaninsa.bsky.social
Reagan is scumbag trash! I voted against that senile b*stard! He was one of the worst presidents!
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Sherry @sherry2.bsky.social
Thanks to President Jimmy Carter, my husband started in solar energy in very early 1980s
In 1986, he started a small company, and eventually his father joined in with him.
39 years later, our son now runs the company.
3 generations
Almost 40 years
Thanks to
President Jimmy Carter
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John Colbert @johncolbert29.bsky.social
Trump is going to tear out by the roots, everything that is good about America as soon as he steps foot back in office. He will gut America and walk over the ashes when he leaves!
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Yvonne Dyrda @yvonnedyrda.bsky.social
They continue to prove our point: We can’t have nice things in this country because of Republicans.
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Neil Campbell @neils-0n-wheels.bsky.social
Great story, with a reader comment that I think sums things up very well.
Perhaps why those with less to offer speak of 'the left' with such disdain.
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vikingtears61.bsky.social @vikingtears61.bsky.social
Jimmy Carter way ahead of his time. They really don't make em like him no more. I don't think people remember or even know that Reagan tripled our debt and literally accomplished nothing.
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Eat The Rich 
@sburr741600.bsky.social
The Republicans have, for a very long time now, been Repugnant.
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Beckay @jtskiwtr.bsky.social
Republicans are just shytty people.
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MAC @mac58.bsky.social
Elon Musk, the shadow President.
https://video.bsky.app/watch/did:pl...iip6gdoewibftszhzo2cog7iw6ssiee/playlist.m3u8
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bratacat.bsky.social @bratacat.bsky.social
I'm furious about Trump throwing a hissy fit about the flags being at half mast in honor of the period of mourning for Jimmy Carter. Carter has had a lifetime of serving ordinary people. Trump is just a spoiled brat for wanting to ruin the period of mourning of Carter. Trump will always be a brat.
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lucy8060.bsky.social @lucy8060.bsky.social
I wish the media would make a big deal of this!
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Christopher WebbIn 1979, Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. In 1986, Ronald Reagan tore them down along w/Carter’s clean energy funding.
This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.comWhat Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On.
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MAC @mac58.bsky.socialElon Musk, the shadow president.
https://video.bsky.app/watch/did:pl...iip6gdoewibftszhzo2cog7iw6ssiee/playlist.m3u8
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GemmaGem @tippytaff.bsky.socialIt was alarming at the time when GOP installed an ACTOR to do their bidding. It's even more alarming they've installed a failed reality show fake billionaire to openly exploit our systems of government using WWE fan-building fake rage techniques & we fall for it AGAIN!
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Ariel Hand @adajah55.bsky.socialRepublicans are the enemy of progress to protect our environment, fight climate change and our agenda to create clean energy. Think of what we would have accomplished and where we would be right now if Reagan hadn't won. We're repeating the backward trends by placing that party back in power.
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Gina Brown @mzgee41.bsky.socialReagan was a horrible person and an even more horrible president. He, like DonOld, was a puppet for big money interests. Reagan lowered the tax rate from 73% to 28%, talking about “trickle down economics” that still haven’t “trickled down”.
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deaconpurple.bsky.social @deaconpurple.bsky.socialAnd started taxing Social Security payments to try to make up for tax revenue lost from the rich.
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liavan.bsky.social @liavan.bsky.socialYep! Gave Carter one term in favour of Reagan for two terms and continued downhill from there to Trump. What a dumb country!
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Anne Worner @anneworner.bsky.socialReagan was a dikk.
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outdoors27.bsky.social @outdoors27.bsky.socialReagan was a destroyer, that's why Republicans and now MAGA think he was the greatest President in their lifetimes, until Trump came a long, of course. It's a shame that Jimmy Carter didn't get the credit he deserved not only for what he did as President but also for being a kind, decent, person
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ruipx.bsky.social @ruipx.bsky.socialYou really need a new FDR. Desperately.
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nana-p024.bsky.social @nana-p024.bsky.socialPresident Jimmy Carter’s thoughts were ahead of this world, for he was guided by a different compass
The good ones are always misunderstood
#ThankYouPresidentCarter
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LittleSa$$hole @ilovesuckers.bsky.socialHow can something called “the right” always be so fukking wrong
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kwattbud.bsky.social @kwattbud.bsky.socialCarter was a scientist
Regan was a B rated actor
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Gina Brown @mzgee41.bsky.socialExactly!
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@dianarita.bsky.social"...the role played by the United States government, the oil industry, automobile manufacturers, consumers, batteries, hydrogen vehicles and the California government in restricting the development of take up of the electric vehicle technology"2006
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edbernard.bsky.social @edbernard.bsky.socialreagan was a senile idiot who tripled our national debt
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Eileen Montrose @eileenmont.bsky.socialAnd yet one is considered a failure. I think the American people failed and we just keep on failing at the most crucial moments. 1 step forward, 2 steps back. Get $$$ out of politics. Insist your reps get serious about reform.
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Falkirkbairnexiled @falkirkbairnexiled.bsky.socialHaving your own energy supplies takes the power away from the oligarchs. Reagan was firmly with the oligarchs.
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Sam @samg92.bsky.socialPeople need to stop thinking Reagan was a great president. He opened the door to MAGA and slammed the door shut on bipartisanship. The executive and legislative branches have been crippled for decades thanks to him and Newt Gingrich.
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Mark Stroup @smallstreams.bsky.socialThis is a good reminder of what a horror show Reagan was.
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franceslarina.bsky.social @franceslarina.bsky.socialHeritage Foundation's first attempt at what is now Project 2025 was called, "Mandate for Leadership" and given to Ronald Reagan when he became President. He based much of his policy on it, eventually accomplishing around half of their goals.
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Wallis @wallish.bsky.socialYep: Mandate for Leadership - Wikipedia
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fiercelady.bsky.social @fiercelady.bsky.socialBless him
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szarotka.bsky.social @szarotka.bsky.socialWOW visionary, in 1979 WOW
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Peter F @feenp.bsky.socialNot 'visionary', the danger of #climatecrisis was known then, but not well advertised.
Far-sighted certainly, not much of that around these days.
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szarotka.bsky.social @szarotka.bsky.socialAnd Regan dismentling it was very telling who wants what and why.
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ducatidave.bsky.social @ducatidave.bsky.socialReagan was a real POS
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Tall Drink of Swiftness @tallswiftness.bsky.socialReagan reversed a lot of things from the Carter Admin.
It was the start of our country's decline.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.socialSad irony it was the Christian Right who tore down the real Christian.
Rinse, repeat ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.comOh man. Truer words…
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.socialIt's a pretty good story.
Wonder why our MSM doesn't spend more time with it ...
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brainwashedlib.bsky.social @brainwashedlib.bsky.socialyeah, why does the demoKKKrat controlled media not spend even more time brainwashing demoKKKrats is beyond me
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der601.bsky.social @der601.bsky.socialWhere/who is this Dem controlled media you speak of??? Would love to follow/read/watch it. All the media outlets I know of are controlled by corporations or billionaires who aren’t afraid to throw their weight around.
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Wendy Jo Salazar @newmexicoblue2.bsky.socialBrain looks like a troll. Blocked.
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kimba6.bsky.social @kimba6.bsky.socialHated Reagan and Nancy.
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Pamela Sykes @sykeology219.bsky.socialI remember that happening. Reagan is what speeded up the earth on the middle class. He was a shytty President and probably an even shyttier human.
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Pamela Sykes @sykeology219.bsky.socialOh jeezus crist, why can’t we edit??? Should read: “speeded up the WAR on the middle class…” why did auto incorrect change , war to earth I cannot understand.
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mickey23.bsky.social @mickey23.bsky.socialJimmy Carter such an intelligent man, ahead of his time, true patriot always thinking of ways to help and improve the American experience.
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spurfaninsa.bsky.social @spurfaninsa.bsky.socialReagan is scumbag trash! I voted against that senile b*stard! He was one of the worst presidents!
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Sherry @sherry2.bsky.socialThanks to President Jimmy Carter, my husband started in solar energy in very early 1980s
In 1986, he started a small company, and eventually his father joined in with him.
39 years later, our son now runs the company.
3 generations
Almost 40 years
Thanks to
President Jimmy Carter
42/50
John Colbert @johncolbert29.bsky.socialTrump is going to tear out by the roots, everything that is good about America as soon as he steps foot back in office. He will gut America and walk over the ashes when he leaves!
43/50
Yvonne Dyrda @yvonnedyrda.bsky.socialThey continue to prove our point: We can’t have nice things in this country because of Republicans.
44/50
Neil Campbell @neils-0n-wheels.bsky.socialGreat story, with a reader comment that I think sums things up very well.
Perhaps why those with less to offer speak of 'the left' with such disdain.
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vikingtears61.bsky.social @vikingtears61.bsky.socialJimmy Carter way ahead of his time. They really don't make em like him no more. I don't think people remember or even know that Reagan tripled our debt and literally accomplished nothing.
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Eat The Rich @sburr741600.bsky.socialThe Republicans have, for a very long time now, been Repugnant.
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Beckay @jtskiwtr.bsky.socialRepublicans are just shytty people.
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MAC @mac58.bsky.socialElon Musk, the shadow President.
https://video.bsky.app/watch/did:pl...iip6gdoewibftszhzo2cog7iw6ssiee/playlist.m3u8
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bratacat.bsky.social @bratacat.bsky.socialI'm furious about Trump throwing a hissy fit about the flags being at half mast in honor of the period of mourning for Jimmy Carter. Carter has had a lifetime of serving ordinary people. Trump is just a spoiled brat for wanting to ruin the period of mourning of Carter. Trump will always be a brat.
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lucy8060.bsky.social @lucy8060.bsky.socialI wish the media would make a big deal of this!
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Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net)
The thing that the oligarchs fundamentally misunderstand is that civil society and social safety nets were the compromise of the social contract. Dismantling civil society, rolling back civil rights, looting public resources, and exacerbating unimaginable wealth inequality fundamentally breaks it.
bsky.app
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Alejandra Caraballo
The thing that the oligarchs fundamentally misunderstand is that civil society and social safety nets were the compromise of the social contract. Dismantling civil society, rolling back civil rights, looting public resources, and exacerbating unimaginable wealth inequality fundamentally breaks it.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
Younger generations feeling fed up with the system will have no avenue or outlet for their desire for economic and social progress. You remove the avenues for change and young people will feel they are no longer beholden to the social contract and their capacity for violence will increase.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
There's a reason civil conflict arises in societies with disaffected and alienated youth. Ultimately, what we will see is increasing political violence by younger generations who feel they have no other means to effectuate change. Luigi Mangione was not a one off and he will not be the last.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
The oligarchs may believe they can control it but they cannot and I believe society in the US is reaching a fundamental breaking point where the social contract is being shredded in the name of endless wealth and power. Eventually, there will be a violent reaction and it's something no one wants.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
The oligarchs thought they could ride this populist wave into greater societal control without check on their wealth and power but populism never ends well because it's subject to the madness of the mob. Ultimately, the mob always turns on those who think they can control it.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
Anyways, the most succinct telling of this is JFK's quote, "those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable."
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Secretary of Balloon Doggies @secballoondogs.bsky.social
tl;dr summary…
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BeachsideWilly @beachsidewilly.bsky.social
They reap what they sow.
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Steve Wisniewski @stevewiski.bsky.social
It all started with Reagan. Bush the dumber & DonOld stripped even more away. Now we’re truly screwed.
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Eva
DeathDollie
@evaddollie.bsky.social
French Revolutionaries had the right idea.
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NuclearVampire @nuclearvampire.bsky.social
I have been saying all of this for ages, I just didn't have some of the technical terms for it.
Just. At this point there is no way out without massive bloody conflict, and I grieve for all of us.
Revolution is bloody! No matter how it ends, it is fueled by the blood of the people. I grieve.
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Liberal Donald J. Trump @notdontrmp.bsky.social
Exactly! The oligarchs are so out of touch, they don’t get that a thriving society depends on a social contract that includes fairness, rights, and dignity. When they loot, dismantle, and exploit—it’s not just wrong, it’s a direct assault on everything that makes America great. We MUST fight back!
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WaluigiYaoi @waluigiyaoi.bsky.social
The social contract isn’t written like an American style one where one side can just change it whenever and face no legal issues
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MR eLIAS @theeliasrework.bsky.social
They break that contract, and it brings anarchy. The thing they built collapses. History is littered with collapsed empires.
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The Skald of PDX, He/Him @skaldpdx.bsky.social
And the social contract also reads, "If we make sure you're taken care of adequately, you'll leave the guillotines at home".
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
The New Deal was effectively the American oligarchy realizing that they needed to provide basic support or they would end up like the Romanovs. The Reagan revolution and the SV neuveau riche have seemingly forgotten those lessons.
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The Skald of PDX, He/Him @skaldpdx.bsky.social
I think they're convinced they can turn the military on the US people.
Or at least the militarized police force.
I can't think of a time in history where police are so funded and equipped, and yet so incapable of doing basic things.
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The Skald of PDX, He/Him @skaldpdx.bsky.social
Yet when the riots and mobs start up, the police are very ready.
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The Skald of PDX, He/Him @skaldpdx.bsky.social
Meanwhile they peddle the Ayn Rand mindset that convinces people that any human is "self made" and that the only good taxes are the ones that go into creating a police state.
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Spider-Bob ~ Catches geeks just like flies @spiderbob007.bsky.social
The day-one immigration policy is a pretext for a police state.
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HuluAndEbay Man @huluandebayman.bsky.social
Basically the broligarchs are setting up a second french revolution (the people against the rich, not the tea n taxes)
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Kern Daly @kerndaly.bsky.social
Robespierre started out as a reformer, arguing for more rights. Then got caught up in a killing spree until he was killed by guillotine himself
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jackbeingbad.bsky.social @jackbeingbad.bsky.social
Never assume the wealthy aren't keeping track
There are over 1 million hyper aggressive police in the US. That's one cop per 300 people. The highest ratio in history
Most of them are magas. And most of them are 100% ok with killing their fellow Americans.
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Unheavenly Creature @unheavenlycreature.bsky.social
Alright but it took them several days, a massive manhunt, and some pretty glaring mistakes on his part to catch Luigi. Imagine several of these happening at once. What would they even do
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jackbeingbad.bsky.social @jackbeingbad.bsky.social
Look at luigi. Then They'd start tracking voices of dissent and charging them with terrorism.
And the great part is, the working class is paying for those cops and task forces
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Unheavenly Creature @unheavenlycreature.bsky.social
How? There's already enough people saying these types of things they can't keep track/ uo with it.
Learned helplessness is no use to anyone
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jackbeingbad.bsky.social @jackbeingbad.bsky.social
I'm not saying not to resist
I'm saying to not underestimate the powerful
If you think resisting will be some cartoon script where the bad guys see the Angry good guys and surrender you're fukking dreaming
It's going to take sacrifice a lot of sacrifice.
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Unheavenly Creature @unheavenlycreature.bsky.social
no one said anything like that
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Maryam M.-C. @maryneedsnohail.bsky.social
They do understand that. They just assume they have the power to get away with it.
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firegravity @firegravity.bsky.social
Oh, it's not a misunderstanding. Feel free to look up "neoreactionary" which is SV's ideal - the same guys who own Vance and Trump.
They want to be feudal lords, it's really the only endpoint of libertarian tech bro ideas. They know exactly what they're doing.
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TheLibertyEsq @thelibertyesq.bsky.social
Civil society exists so the wealthy can sleep at night and have faith their head of security won’t own the house over their dead bodies in the morning. It has never been for the masses.
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billthinkstoomuch.bsky.social @billthinkstoomuch.bsky.social
… like once we kick out all the “illegals” and block gender care and we spend another decade concentrating wealth at the very top and the “forgotten man” is still forgotten, people might start to wake up, right?
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Uncle Rico Dynamite @unclericodynamite.bsky.social
Bluesky
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whitemagicalhat.bsky.social @whitemagicalhat.bsky.social
No more social contract in the most heavily armed nation on Earth? Oh boy...
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Carol Roper @unrulywomenfiction.bsky.social
We will not go quietly.
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Unheavenly Creature @unheavenlycreature.bsky.social
The thing is they think their money and bunkers will keep them safe. They fail to realize if society crumbles, so does the social contract that kept them safe
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Chaotic DM @tcourtney812.bsky.social
And it's not going to break in a way that's good for anyone
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California National Party @votecnp.bsky.social
I don't think they care.
They are going to try the boots on our throats approach.
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4 more years? @truth-n-science.bsky.social
it kept the poor from eating the rich
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Alice Campos @ok-sure.bsky.social
New social contract = the boot stomps on our face, forever
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Alejandra Caraballo
The thing that the oligarchs fundamentally misunderstand is that civil society and social safety nets were the compromise of the social contract. Dismantling civil society, rolling back civil rights, looting public resources, and exacerbating unimaginable wealth inequality fundamentally breaks it.
2/40
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
Younger generations feeling fed up with the system will have no avenue or outlet for their desire for economic and social progress. You remove the avenues for change and young people will feel they are no longer beholden to the social contract and their capacity for violence will increase.
3/40
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
There's a reason civil conflict arises in societies with disaffected and alienated youth. Ultimately, what we will see is increasing political violence by younger generations who feel they have no other means to effectuate change. Luigi Mangione was not a one off and he will not be the last.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
The oligarchs may believe they can control it but they cannot and I believe society in the US is reaching a fundamental breaking point where the social contract is being shredded in the name of endless wealth and power. Eventually, there will be a violent reaction and it's something no one wants.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
The oligarchs thought they could ride this populist wave into greater societal control without check on their wealth and power but populism never ends well because it's subject to the madness of the mob. Ultimately, the mob always turns on those who think they can control it.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
Anyways, the most succinct telling of this is JFK's quote, "those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable."
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Secretary of Balloon Doggies @secballoondogs.bsky.social
tl;dr summary…
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BeachsideWilly @beachsidewilly.bsky.social
They reap what they sow.
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Steve Wisniewski @stevewiski.bsky.social
It all started with Reagan. Bush the dumber & DonOld stripped even more away. Now we’re truly screwed.
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Eva
DeathDollie @evaddollie.bsky.socialFrench Revolutionaries had the right idea.
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NuclearVampire @nuclearvampire.bsky.social
I have been saying all of this for ages, I just didn't have some of the technical terms for it.
Just. At this point there is no way out without massive bloody conflict, and I grieve for all of us.
Revolution is bloody! No matter how it ends, it is fueled by the blood of the people. I grieve.
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Liberal Donald J. Trump @notdontrmp.bsky.social
Exactly! The oligarchs are so out of touch, they don’t get that a thriving society depends on a social contract that includes fairness, rights, and dignity. When they loot, dismantle, and exploit—it’s not just wrong, it’s a direct assault on everything that makes America great. We MUST fight back!
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WaluigiYaoi @waluigiyaoi.bsky.social
The social contract isn’t written like an American style one where one side can just change it whenever and face no legal issues
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MR eLIAS @theeliasrework.bsky.social
They break that contract, and it brings anarchy. The thing they built collapses. History is littered with collapsed empires.
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The Skald of PDX, He/Him @skaldpdx.bsky.social
And the social contract also reads, "If we make sure you're taken care of adequately, you'll leave the guillotines at home".
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net
The New Deal was effectively the American oligarchy realizing that they needed to provide basic support or they would end up like the Romanovs. The Reagan revolution and the SV neuveau riche have seemingly forgotten those lessons.
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The Skald of PDX, He/Him @skaldpdx.bsky.social
I think they're convinced they can turn the military on the US people.
Or at least the militarized police force.
I can't think of a time in history where police are so funded and equipped, and yet so incapable of doing basic things.
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The Skald of PDX, He/Him @skaldpdx.bsky.social
Yet when the riots and mobs start up, the police are very ready.
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The Skald of PDX, He/Him @skaldpdx.bsky.social
Meanwhile they peddle the Ayn Rand mindset that convinces people that any human is "self made" and that the only good taxes are the ones that go into creating a police state.
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Spider-Bob ~ Catches geeks just like flies @spiderbob007.bsky.social
The day-one immigration policy is a pretext for a police state.
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HuluAndEbay Man @huluandebayman.bsky.social
Basically the broligarchs are setting up a second french revolution (the people against the rich, not the tea n taxes)
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Kern Daly @kerndaly.bsky.social
Robespierre started out as a reformer, arguing for more rights. Then got caught up in a killing spree until he was killed by guillotine himself
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jackbeingbad.bsky.social @jackbeingbad.bsky.social
Never assume the wealthy aren't keeping track
There are over 1 million hyper aggressive police in the US. That's one cop per 300 people. The highest ratio in history
Most of them are magas. And most of them are 100% ok with killing their fellow Americans.
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Unheavenly Creature @unheavenlycreature.bsky.social
Alright but it took them several days, a massive manhunt, and some pretty glaring mistakes on his part to catch Luigi. Imagine several of these happening at once. What would they even do
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jackbeingbad.bsky.social @jackbeingbad.bsky.social
Look at luigi. Then They'd start tracking voices of dissent and charging them with terrorism.
And the great part is, the working class is paying for those cops and task forces
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Unheavenly Creature @unheavenlycreature.bsky.social
How? There's already enough people saying these types of things they can't keep track/ uo with it.
Learned helplessness is no use to anyone
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jackbeingbad.bsky.social @jackbeingbad.bsky.social
I'm not saying not to resist
I'm saying to not underestimate the powerful
If you think resisting will be some cartoon script where the bad guys see the Angry good guys and surrender you're fukking dreaming
It's going to take sacrifice a lot of sacrifice.
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Unheavenly Creature @unheavenlycreature.bsky.social
no one said anything like that
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Maryam M.-C. @maryneedsnohail.bsky.social
They do understand that. They just assume they have the power to get away with it.
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firegravity @firegravity.bsky.social
Oh, it's not a misunderstanding. Feel free to look up "neoreactionary" which is SV's ideal - the same guys who own Vance and Trump.
They want to be feudal lords, it's really the only endpoint of libertarian tech bro ideas. They know exactly what they're doing.
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TheLibertyEsq @thelibertyesq.bsky.social
Civil society exists so the wealthy can sleep at night and have faith their head of security won’t own the house over their dead bodies in the morning. It has never been for the masses.
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billthinkstoomuch.bsky.social @billthinkstoomuch.bsky.social
… like once we kick out all the “illegals” and block gender care and we spend another decade concentrating wealth at the very top and the “forgotten man” is still forgotten, people might start to wake up, right?
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Uncle Rico Dynamite @unclericodynamite.bsky.social
Bluesky
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whitemagicalhat.bsky.social @whitemagicalhat.bsky.social
No more social contract in the most heavily armed nation on Earth? Oh boy...
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Carol Roper @unrulywomenfiction.bsky.social
We will not go quietly.
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Unheavenly Creature @unheavenlycreature.bsky.social
The thing is they think their money and bunkers will keep them safe. They fail to realize if society crumbles, so does the social contract that kept them safe
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Chaotic DM @tcourtney812.bsky.social
And it's not going to break in a way that's good for anyone
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California National Party @votecnp.bsky.social
I don't think they care.
They are going to try the boots on our throats approach.
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4 more years? @truth-n-science.bsky.social
it kept the poor from eating the rich
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Alice Campos @ok-sure.bsky.social
New social contract = the boot stomps on our face, forever
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DrBanneker
Space is the Place
Nah I think they grasp it but are overconfident. A lot of social media and other stuff is surveillance and they think with big data (social media, street cams, purchase history, credit, med records, etc.) plus AI you can neutralize threats before they emerge.
This is not sci-fi. China is doing this right now.
Planting recently pitched the UK government on a system to 'predict' if inmates would re-offend if released. Minority Report shyt.
This is not sci-fi. China is doing this right now.
Planting recently pitched the UK government on a system to 'predict' if inmates would re-offend if released. Minority Report shyt.
Crockett gonna have these cacs thinking she Reggie Miller in the 90's
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BREAKING: Senator Mike Lee calls for abolishing TSA.
“Let airlines do their own screening.”
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@IanJaeger29
BREAKING: Senator Mike Lee calls for abolishing TSA.
“Let airlines do their own screening.”
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@IanJaeger29
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“Let airlines do their own screening.”
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Osama bin Laden smiling from hell
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@IanJaeger29
BREAKING: Senator Mike Lee calls for abolishing TSA.
“Let airlines do their own screening.”
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9/11 2.0 incoming
The even more fccked up thing is TSA was created thanks to his parties fcckery in the leadup to 9/11
flexghost. (@flexghost@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 video This is what a coup looks like Democratic members of Congress are being denied access to Department of Education Rep. Maxwell Frost: “They are blocking members of Congress from entering the Department of Education! Elon is allowed in and not the people...? "ILLEGAL,”
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@flexghost@mastodon.social
This is what a coup looks likeDemocratic members of Congress are being denied access to Department of EducationRep. Maxwell Frost:“They are blocking members of Congress from entering the Department of Education! Elon is allowed in and not the people...?"ILLEGAL,”
https://files.mastodon.social/media...841/684/966/568/original/e25318e6c92b0631.mp4
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@ChrisHolladay
@flexghost Someone should have him arrested and call it a day.
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@ropetin@me.dm
@ChrisHolladay @flexghost Exactly! I'm not sure how 'one dude with a boo-boo on his neck' can stop everyone getting in.I know they're old and want to be seen doing the right thing, but based purely on numbers they could overwhelm him. It's giving Elon and Trump all the power without any pushback.If they try to get in and get stopped by a real federal law enforcement agent or security guard, then they can have a legitimate conversation with that person.
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@CiaoBruno@newsie.social
@flexghost Is the Sponge Bob Bandaid on his neck covering his Matrix type Nurolink? I believe you just bull rush this Nazi and go in for God’s sake.
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@flexghost
@CiaoBruno that was my thought too!
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@j_g_fitzgerald@c.im
@flexghost USA democracy R.I.P.
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@rightsprung@c.im
@flexghost C'mon, internet. Show us who he is.
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@dfl@chaos.social
@rightsprung @flexghost Thread by @HackingButLegal on Thread Reader App
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@rightsprung@c.im
@dfl @flexghost Thank you!!!!
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@Utah44
@flexghost I’m deeply confused by why one skinny a$$hole is stopping all these people from walking through that door. Just move him aside ffs. I would personally tase him
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@flexghost
@Utah44 BC its theater! Yes, there is a razor thin margin and they don't want to lose members but at the same time they are just here with cameras, virtue signaling I guarantee they will be releasing fundraising emails shortly
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@Utah44
@flexghost it reeks of theatre if they wanted to get in there is literally nothing stopping them more fodder for the masses to keep them outraged bc nothing gets the donations flowing in like pure unadulterated outrage
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@mcpinson@mas.to
@flexghost I'd have a Federal Marshal there so fast. "I am a member of Congress Constitutionally bound to oversee this agency. You will not stand in my way."
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@hambonehead@c.im
@mcpinson @flexghost All that should be required is an ambulance.
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@flexghost
@mcpinson this makes it kind of sus since they just had cameras instead
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@mcpinson@mas.to
@flexghost Of course, everyone on both sides was there to create a photo op, but the Muskovites need to be called out for the unconstitutional acts they're committing.#USPol #YesItsACoupDÉtat
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@classwario
@flexghost Realistically though, one guy holding back a horde of people who are trying to reason with him is pretty on the nose for Dems right now.
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@flexghost
@classwario lol yep. But we have a razor thin margin in the house so having some of them missing for a few days might not be the greatest. Yet dems are Schumer-ing their response, finger waving and asking for donations so .... on brand
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@heafnerj@mstdn.social
@flexghost I’m just baffled. Why the complacency? Are security guards not doing their jobs? Call the police. Hit him. Tackle him. Shoot him.
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@Allkinds
@flexghost Why did they not call the capital police and have that man removed from the door?
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@flexghost
@Allkinds Bc of who the capitol police work for
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@burgerpocalypse
@flexghost just move him, he cant weigh more than 25 pounds
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@mcnado@mstdn.social
@flexghost y’know, the folks who founded the US used to beat the piss out of people during debates.
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@virtualbri@mastodon.online
@flexghost Whoo, that's my rep Maxine Waters, giving him the business. But I do wonder why they don't just attempt to go past him?
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@xs4me2
@flexghost A coup indeed. Unacceptable…
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@ShrikeTron@mstdn.social
@flexghost Another day of hot-air dramedy virtue signaling from Dems in a gun-fight.
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@aardvark@ioc.exchange
@flexghost Maxine!
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@slotrak@hachyderm.io
@flexghost who's the skel keep them out? Mr. Rainbow bandaid?
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@Petr90@mastodonczech.cz
@flexghost
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@hllizi@hespere.de
@flexghost why don't they just put him somewhere else?
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@flexghost@mastodon.social
This is what a coup looks likeDemocratic members of Congress are being denied access to Department of EducationRep. Maxwell Frost:“They are blocking members of Congress from entering the Department of Education! Elon is allowed in and not the people...?"ILLEGAL,”
https://files.mastodon.social/media...841/684/966/568/original/e25318e6c92b0631.mp4
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@ChrisHolladay
@flexghost Someone should have him arrested and call it a day.
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@ropetin@me.dm
@ChrisHolladay @flexghost Exactly! I'm not sure how 'one dude with a boo-boo on his neck' can stop everyone getting in.I know they're old and want to be seen doing the right thing, but based purely on numbers they could overwhelm him. It's giving Elon and Trump all the power without any pushback.If they try to get in and get stopped by a real federal law enforcement agent or security guard, then they can have a legitimate conversation with that person.
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@CiaoBruno@newsie.social
@flexghost Is the Sponge Bob Bandaid on his neck covering his Matrix type Nurolink? I believe you just bull rush this Nazi and go in for God’s sake.
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@flexghost
@CiaoBruno that was my thought too!
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@j_g_fitzgerald@c.im
@flexghost USA democracy R.I.P.
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@rightsprung@c.im
@flexghost C'mon, internet. Show us who he is.
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@dfl@chaos.social
@rightsprung @flexghost Thread by @HackingButLegal on Thread Reader App
9/30
@rightsprung@c.im
@dfl @flexghost Thank you!!!!
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@Utah44
@flexghost I’m deeply confused by why one skinny a$$hole is stopping all these people from walking through that door. Just move him aside ffs. I would personally tase him
11/30
@flexghost
@Utah44 BC its theater! Yes, there is a razor thin margin and they don't want to lose members but at the same time they are just here with cameras, virtue signaling I guarantee they will be releasing fundraising emails shortly
12/30
@Utah44
@flexghost it reeks of theatre if they wanted to get in there is literally nothing stopping them more fodder for the masses to keep them outraged bc nothing gets the donations flowing in like pure unadulterated outrage
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@mcpinson@mas.to
@flexghost I'd have a Federal Marshal there so fast. "I am a member of Congress Constitutionally bound to oversee this agency. You will not stand in my way."
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@hambonehead@c.im
@mcpinson @flexghost All that should be required is an ambulance.
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@flexghost
@mcpinson this makes it kind of sus since they just had cameras instead
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@mcpinson@mas.to
@flexghost Of course, everyone on both sides was there to create a photo op, but the Muskovites need to be called out for the unconstitutional acts they're committing.#USPol #YesItsACoupDÉtat
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@classwario
@flexghost Realistically though, one guy holding back a horde of people who are trying to reason with him is pretty on the nose for Dems right now.
18/30
@flexghost
@classwario lol yep. But we have a razor thin margin in the house so having some of them missing for a few days might not be the greatest. Yet dems are Schumer-ing their response, finger waving and asking for donations so .... on brand
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@heafnerj@mstdn.social
@flexghost I’m just baffled. Why the complacency? Are security guards not doing their jobs? Call the police. Hit him. Tackle him. Shoot him.
20/30
@Allkinds
@flexghost Why did they not call the capital police and have that man removed from the door?
21/30
@flexghost
@Allkinds Bc of who the capitol police work for
22/30
@burgerpocalypse
@flexghost just move him, he cant weigh more than 25 pounds
23/30
@mcnado@mstdn.social
@flexghost y’know, the folks who founded the US used to beat the piss out of people during debates.
24/30
@virtualbri@mastodon.online
@flexghost Whoo, that's my rep Maxine Waters, giving him the business. But I do wonder why they don't just attempt to go past him?
25/30
@xs4me2
@flexghost A coup indeed. Unacceptable…
26/30
@ShrikeTron@mstdn.social
@flexghost Another day of hot-air dramedy virtue signaling from Dems in a gun-fight.
27/30
@aardvark@ioc.exchange
@flexghost Maxine!
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@slotrak@hachyderm.io
@flexghost who's the skel keep them out? Mr. Rainbow bandaid?
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@Petr90@mastodonczech.cz
@flexghost
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@hllizi@hespere.de
@flexghost why don't they just put him somewhere else?
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Nancy Mace repeatedly shouts anti-trans slur in House hearing: 'I don't really care‘
Mace once hailed herself as a lawmaker who ‘strongly support[s]’ LGBTQ rights
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Nancy Mace repeatedly shouts anti-trans slur in House hearing: 'I don't really care‘
Mace once hailed herself as a lawmaker who ‘strongly support(s)’ LGBTQ rights
Katie Hawkinson
in Washington D.C.
Thursday 06 February 2025 06:14 GMT
Rep. Nancy Mace shouts transgender slurs during hearing
A House hearing descended into chaos when MAGA firebrand Nancy Mace, a lawmaker from South Carolina, repeatedly shouted an anti-trans slur.
During a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Mace listed off a slew of government expenditures, when Ranking Member Gerald Connolly took issue with her use of the word “t*****.’
“The gentlelady has used a phrase that is considered a slur in the LGBTQ community and the transgender community,” he said, before being interrupted by the GOP Representative.
“T*****, t*****, t*****. I don't really care,” Mace exclaimed as Connolly asked her to let him finish.
“You want penises in women's bathrooms, and I'm not going to have it,” she continued.
Representative Nancy Mace has drawn widespread criticism for her use of an anti-trans slur during a House hearing. (Getty Images)
The slur is one of the “most extreme slurs for a trans person, similar to other extreme slurs for other historically marginalized groups,” according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
After order was restored, Connolly, a Democrat, condemned her outburst. “Here in the committee, a level of the quorum requires us to try consciously to avoid slurs,” he said. “We can have debate and policy discussion without offending human beings who are fellow citizens.”
Again, Mace interrupted.
“Mr. Chairman, I’m not gonna be counseled by a man over men and women’s spaces, or men who have mental health issues dressing as women,” she said. “I’m not being counseled by some guy over this.”
But Committee Chair James Comer, a fellow Republican, dismissed the remark and said he was not “up to date” on his “LGBTQ terminology.”
Mace’s communications director Gabrielle Lipsky told The Independent, “the only thing the Left has going for them is political correctness because they are so wrong on everything.”
“So far, the President Donald Trump White House has exposed their failures and abuses of our federal government, and we are determined to keep going,” she continued. “Maybe the Left should start worrying about how their failures impact the American people, the national deficit, and Western values instead of obsessing over ‘mean words.’”
Connolly isn’t the only one concerned by Mace’s outburst.
Briahna Joy Gray, an attorney and former press secretary for Senator Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, condemned the remarks on X.
“Nancy Mace once seemed like one of the more reasonable Republicans given her stance on reproductive issues,” Gray wrote. “Now she’s screeching “t*****” repeatedly while claiming it’s about protecting cis women.”
“To be clear: That slur is about denigrating someone’s identity, not their behavior/political beliefs,” she added.
This is far from the first time Mace has used the anti-trans slur. The lawmaker used the slur in two separate videos posted to X in early December, and later complained when the social media site flagged one of them for potentially violating its rules of conduct.
She has also repeatedly leveled anti-trans rhetoric against her colleague, Representative Sarah McBride, who is first trans member of Congress. Mace, in addition to repeatedly misgendering Bride and others, even introduced a bill to bar transgender women from using women’s bathrooms in the Capitol.
Nancy Mace outburst was her latest anti-trans stunt. She previously slapped a piece of paper paper with ‘biological’ written on it above women’s restroom sign after the first transgender member of Congress was elected (Rep Nancy Mace / X)
Mace’s position on the LGBTQ+ community has radically shifted in recent years.
In 2021, she was one of the only Republicans to sponsor the Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act, which proposed establishing a Center for LGBTQ Veterans within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
That same year, she even called for “transgender equality” while asserting herself as a pro-LGBTQ+ rights lawmaker.
“I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality,” Mace told the Washington Examiner. “No one should be discriminated against.”
“It isn’t a black-and-white issue,” Mace added. “I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist. I’m also a constitutionalist, and we have to ensure anti-discrimination laws don’t violate First Amendment rights or religious freedom.”[/s]
Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social)
Jon Stewart asks why Democratic leaders think they need better messaging rather than better policies. House Leader Hakeem Jeffries replies their solution is "making the American people feel that we understand the pain that they've been in" — the exact thing Stewart was criticizing!
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Jon Stewart asks why Democratic leaders think they need better messaging rather than better policies. House Leader Hakeem Jeffries replies their solution is "making the American people feel that we understand the pain that they've been in" — the exact thing Stewart was criticizing!
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lauralarrecou.bsky.social @lauralarrecou.bsky.social
I FEEL pretty pissed off right now
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goetsch_a_sketch @goetsch-a-sketch.bsky.social
We have to primary them all except for a handful.
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Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social
Jeffries seems to think the Democrats' job is to comfort the children in third class as the ship goes down
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Mayor Pete @mayor-pete.bsky.social
Dems have no project 2025 because most want a return to what it has been for decades, and that system hasn't been working for people for a long time.
It's time for new leadership and representation as well as bold new policies that really help people, not just the wealthy and large corporations.
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Lizzy @lizzorn.bsky.social
Leader?? Of what, really. The we will not rock the boat department. Cowards.
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Alt Text Showcase @alttextshowcase.bsky.social
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Kari C. @karickatlady.bsky.social
This feels like it's giving "Thoughts and prayers" Vibes.... Meanwhile, people are literally dying
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Glum Hippo @glum-hippo.bsky.social
I heard this, yeah. Made my blood boil.
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Solykos
(sōl-lýkos) @solykos.bsky.social
I read Hakeem's reply and thought to myself "Oh so you don't actually understand how we feel, you just need to make us feel like you do."
F off you incompetent little puppet and tell us again that when we fight we win....
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jeifonly.bsky.social @jeifonly.bsky.social
Hakeem isn’t getting the point. We don’t need you to understand our pain. We need you to serious about addressing it. Starting with every single dem supporting a ban on stock trades in congress, all get behind universal care, education priorities and FIGHTING BACK LIKE OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT!
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Paint My Cat @paintmycat.bsky.social
At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders shows more heart and drive than any of the mainline Democrats, the ones everyone assured us would be so much better.
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Russell Gallman @russellg-pianosrme.bsky.social
Empty suits responding to a knife fight where they are being killed.
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Lauren @lauren393.bsky.social
It's like if your doctor just kept saying i feel your pain rather than give you medicine.
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Terminally Frogline @2frogline69.bsky.social
I hear you say "ow" I see you say "ow" I don't care
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Adventure Happy @adventurehappy101.bsky.social
Jeffries has lost the plot. Most democrats have. Enough talking to the news, do your damn jobs!
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Violincia @violincia.bsky.social
American politicians lost the plot when they began supporting a government designed to destroy the dreams of 99% of its constituents so a few greedy b*stards could own everything on the continent… so basically since the mayflower compact lmfao
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Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfheart.bsky.social
Jeffries is an empty suit: someone with all the charisma of a wet blanket who ascended to leadership through endearing himself to Pelosi, who herself was already not great.
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thedimpsler.bsky.social @thedimpsler.bsky.social
Hakeem “The Nightmare (for everyone but DNC fundraisers)” Jeffries
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Dangerouslytalented @dangrously.bsky.social
he's not the nightmare, he's not charismatic enough to be a nightmare. He's the uninspiring cheese eaten late at night that promotes the nightmare.
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Khloe Dawn @khloedawn.bsky.social
Jeffries needs to step aside and let someone with some fire, fight and inspiration take over. Oh and a spine!
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red_baiting @pinko-fukk.bsky.social
Or we could collectively move on from the dems?
23/40
Khloe Dawn @khloedawn.bsky.social
Have to have another option and have enough people in support of them!
24/40
red_baiting @pinko-fukk.bsky.social
You don’t get there by hoping for it. You don’t get there by complaining about the dems. You get there by working for it.
25/40
Khloe Dawn @khloedawn.bsky.social
How do you even start working towards a new party?
26/40
red_baiting @pinko-fukk.bsky.social
I’m so glad you asked. Huey P Newton did it. We can do it too! Check out this book!
27/40
Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social
Sigh.
28/40
D W the Gutless @dwoboyle.bsky.social
But they don't understand the pain. They're policies and messaging are very clear on that.
29/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
I would argue that they personally benefit from the pain inflicted on us
30/40
D W the Gutless @dwoboyle.bsky.social
I would further argue that many, if not most, know they benefit and think that's good and how society should function.
31/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
I would add onto furthering the further argue that most of them think; that we the people are literally worth less than them.
Hence why they get free healthcare no matter what the rest of us get
32/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
Hell I’d argue it’s fun for them
33/40
dave-af.bsky.social @dave-af.bsky.social
You’re right. Vote for Trump again.
34/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
I voted Clinton Biden harris,
But thanks for proving my point
35/40
dave-af.bsky.social @dave-af.bsky.social
Definitely. Fingers crossed the republicans keep winning!
36/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
37/40
dave-af.bsky.social @dave-af.bsky.social
Exactly! We’re definitely better off now!
38/40
old baby @oldbaby.bsky.social
he basically just said the problem is "no, it is voters who are wrong."
39/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
That seems to be the overall message from dems.
40/40
old baby @oldbaby.bsky.social
they act like they think they're running an orphanage for lost dipshyts, i hate them so much
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Ken Klippenstein
Jon Stewart asks why Democratic leaders think they need better messaging rather than better policies. House Leader Hakeem Jeffries replies their solution is "making the American people feel that we understand the pain that they've been in" — the exact thing Stewart was criticizing!
2/40
lauralarrecou.bsky.social @lauralarrecou.bsky.social
I FEEL pretty pissed off right now
3/40
goetsch_a_sketch @goetsch-a-sketch.bsky.social
We have to primary them all except for a handful.
4/40
Amanda E @sammagotchi.bsky.social
Jeffries seems to think the Democrats' job is to comfort the children in third class as the ship goes down
5/40
Mayor Pete @mayor-pete.bsky.social
Dems have no project 2025 because most want a return to what it has been for decades, and that system hasn't been working for people for a long time.
It's time for new leadership and representation as well as bold new policies that really help people, not just the wealthy and large corporations.
6/40
Lizzy @lizzorn.bsky.social
Leader?? Of what, really. The we will not rock the boat department. Cowards.
7/40
Alt Text Showcase @alttextshowcase.bsky.social
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8/40
Kari C. @karickatlady.bsky.social
This feels like it's giving "Thoughts and prayers" Vibes.... Meanwhile, people are literally dying
9/40
Glum Hippo @glum-hippo.bsky.social
I heard this, yeah. Made my blood boil.
10/40
Solykos
(sōl-lýkos) @solykos.bsky.socialI read Hakeem's reply and thought to myself "Oh so you don't actually understand how we feel, you just need to make us feel like you do."
F off you incompetent little puppet and tell us again that when we fight we win....
11/40
jeifonly.bsky.social @jeifonly.bsky.social
Hakeem isn’t getting the point. We don’t need you to understand our pain. We need you to serious about addressing it. Starting with every single dem supporting a ban on stock trades in congress, all get behind universal care, education priorities and FIGHTING BACK LIKE OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT!
12/40
Paint My Cat @paintmycat.bsky.social
At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders shows more heart and drive than any of the mainline Democrats, the ones everyone assured us would be so much better.
13/40
Russell Gallman @russellg-pianosrme.bsky.social
Empty suits responding to a knife fight where they are being killed.
14/40
Lauren @lauren393.bsky.social
It's like if your doctor just kept saying i feel your pain rather than give you medicine.
15/40
Terminally Frogline @2frogline69.bsky.social
I hear you say "ow" I see you say "ow" I don't care
16/40
Adventure Happy @adventurehappy101.bsky.social
Jeffries has lost the plot. Most democrats have. Enough talking to the news, do your damn jobs!
17/40
Violincia @violincia.bsky.social
American politicians lost the plot when they began supporting a government designed to destroy the dreams of 99% of its constituents so a few greedy b*stards could own everything on the continent… so basically since the mayflower compact lmfao
18/40
Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfheart.bsky.social
Jeffries is an empty suit: someone with all the charisma of a wet blanket who ascended to leadership through endearing himself to Pelosi, who herself was already not great.
19/40
thedimpsler.bsky.social @thedimpsler.bsky.social
Hakeem “The Nightmare (for everyone but DNC fundraisers)” Jeffries
20/40
Dangerouslytalented @dangrously.bsky.social
he's not the nightmare, he's not charismatic enough to be a nightmare. He's the uninspiring cheese eaten late at night that promotes the nightmare.
21/40
Khloe Dawn @khloedawn.bsky.social
Jeffries needs to step aside and let someone with some fire, fight and inspiration take over. Oh and a spine!
22/40
red_baiting @pinko-fukk.bsky.social
Or we could collectively move on from the dems?
23/40
Khloe Dawn @khloedawn.bsky.social
Have to have another option and have enough people in support of them!
24/40
red_baiting @pinko-fukk.bsky.social
You don’t get there by hoping for it. You don’t get there by complaining about the dems. You get there by working for it.
25/40
Khloe Dawn @khloedawn.bsky.social
How do you even start working towards a new party?
26/40
red_baiting @pinko-fukk.bsky.social
I’m so glad you asked. Huey P Newton did it. We can do it too! Check out this book!
27/40
Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social
Sigh.
28/40
D W the Gutless @dwoboyle.bsky.social
But they don't understand the pain. They're policies and messaging are very clear on that.
29/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
I would argue that they personally benefit from the pain inflicted on us
30/40
D W the Gutless @dwoboyle.bsky.social
I would further argue that many, if not most, know they benefit and think that's good and how society should function.
31/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
I would add onto furthering the further argue that most of them think; that we the people are literally worth less than them.
Hence why they get free healthcare no matter what the rest of us get
32/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
Hell I’d argue it’s fun for them
33/40
dave-af.bsky.social @dave-af.bsky.social
You’re right. Vote for Trump again.
34/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
I voted Clinton Biden harris,
But thanks for proving my point
35/40
dave-af.bsky.social @dave-af.bsky.social
Definitely. Fingers crossed the republicans keep winning!
36/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
37/40
dave-af.bsky.social @dave-af.bsky.social
Exactly! We’re definitely better off now!
38/40
old baby @oldbaby.bsky.social
he basically just said the problem is "no, it is voters who are wrong."
39/40
Jack @thejackoning.bsky.social
That seems to be the overall message from dems.
40/40
old baby @oldbaby.bsky.social
they act like they think they're running an orphanage for lost dipshyts, i hate them so much
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1/11
@Acyn
Constituent: When will you stand up to them and say that is enough?
Rep. Fitzgerald: The end result of the fraud and abuse that has been discovered
Crowd: Booo
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1893129603020996608/vid/avc1/1280x720/LPdkZh77yYILHZRD.mp4
2/11
@goloko777
Boo Boo is Maga
3/11
@DailyNewj
Nothing exposes a weak excuse faster than a crowd that’s not buying it.
4/11
@DavidMohr5
The look in his eyes when faced with people’s anger was priceless. Like Ceaușescu on the balcony in 1989.
5/11
@rushgotjokes
The moment he realized he F up
6/11
@DjOmegaMVP
Reality check!!!
7/11
@svtshultz
It’s a good thing eggs are too expensive to throw at people
8/11
@Kings_Lead_Hatt
This is only the beginning. As markets go wonky and prices rise, and then more people get laid off, the voices will get louder. They're trying to crash the economy to go to the old standard that you have to cut taxes in a recession.
9/11
@PStasovski
Show the evidence.
10/11
@sycamoressource
The crowd after the first question
11/11
@mareb_alward
The scene of accountability and freedom is a source of pride, regardless of any considerations. Many people around the world wish to witness a similar scene.
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@Acyn
Constituent: When will you stand up to them and say that is enough?
Rep. Fitzgerald: The end result of the fraud and abuse that has been discovered
Crowd: Booo
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1893129603020996608/vid/avc1/1280x720/LPdkZh77yYILHZRD.mp4
2/11
@goloko777
Boo Boo is Maga
3/11
@DailyNewj
Nothing exposes a weak excuse faster than a crowd that’s not buying it.
4/11
@DavidMohr5
The look in his eyes when faced with people’s anger was priceless. Like Ceaușescu on the balcony in 1989.
5/11
@rushgotjokes
The moment he realized he F up
6/11
@DjOmegaMVP
Reality check!!!
7/11
@svtshultz
It’s a good thing eggs are too expensive to throw at people
8/11
@Kings_Lead_Hatt
This is only the beginning. As markets go wonky and prices rise, and then more people get laid off, the voices will get louder. They're trying to crash the economy to go to the old standard that you have to cut taxes in a recession.
9/11
@PStasovski
Show the evidence.
10/11
@sycamoressource
The crowd after the first question
11/11
@mareb_alward
The scene of accountability and freedom is a source of pride, regardless of any considerations. Many people around the world wish to witness a similar scene.
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1/11
@Acyn
Rep. Grothman (R-WI): President Trump has done some very good things
Crowd: Booooo
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1893129027059150849/vid/avc1/1280x720/V4IJQrOsin_21U1U.mp4
2/11
@Timothy_Bellman
Republicans oughta wake up if they want to get re-elected in two years. Folks like being represented, not used and taken for granted.
People want representatives, not rubber stamps.
3/11
@Sjacobs2020
Grothman called Trump’s illegal and unconstitutional actions “very good things”.
At the end of this, many Republicans will be in the Defendants’ Box.
4/11
@CandaceElek
BOOOOOO
5/11
@ChrisMoore15915
Bro, read the room. Of all the things you could pick you go with birthright citizenship?
6/11
@Patriot_45_
Imagine some libs booing Trump
7/11
@An_Enemy_Within
He literally said he got rid of birthright citizenship, which is literally spelled out in black-and-white for even the dumbest MAGA to read in the constitution
8/11
@richdecamp
Let the haters hate.
9/11
@EPSedlock
More than half the country disagrees. Hence the election.
10/11
@mareb_alward
As long as he said "some," that means there are also things he did that were not good.
11/11
@emrey35
This is huge! The fact that this is happening in pro-Trump districts tells me everything I need to know!
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@Acyn
Rep. Grothman (R-WI): President Trump has done some very good things
Crowd: Booooo
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1893129027059150849/vid/avc1/1280x720/V4IJQrOsin_21U1U.mp4
2/11
@Timothy_Bellman
Republicans oughta wake up if they want to get re-elected in two years. Folks like being represented, not used and taken for granted.
People want representatives, not rubber stamps.
3/11
@Sjacobs2020
Grothman called Trump’s illegal and unconstitutional actions “very good things”.
At the end of this, many Republicans will be in the Defendants’ Box.
4/11
@CandaceElek
BOOOOOO
5/11
@ChrisMoore15915
Bro, read the room. Of all the things you could pick you go with birthright citizenship?
6/11
@Patriot_45_
Imagine some libs booing Trump
7/11
@An_Enemy_Within
He literally said he got rid of birthright citizenship, which is literally spelled out in black-and-white for even the dumbest MAGA to read in the constitution
8/11
@richdecamp
Let the haters hate.
9/11
@EPSedlock
More than half the country disagrees. Hence the election.
10/11
@mareb_alward
As long as he said "some," that means there are also things he did that were not good.
11/11
@emrey35
This is huge! The fact that this is happening in pro-Trump districts tells me everything I need to know!
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1/11
@Acyn
Another Republican constituent not happy with their Republican Representative
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1893130069088051201/vid/avc1/1280x720/ix85buOllWKV6DzT.mp4
2/11
@MGenius15636
This is what I want to see. Are those MAGA Republicans who these policies are hurting speaking up and speaking out? Don't cry, democrats. This is your show. You create this mess, and you fix this mess.
3/11
@realtimsharp
77 million more and you might have something.
4/11
@Nljigakulive
Fell for it again award
5/11
@soozebee215
Good!
6/11
@_ThePr0letariat
Musk is gonna cause a lot of the House to get primaried…but not in the way he keeps threatening.
7/11
@sycamoressource
No one wants this guy in charge of the government
8/11
@Double_Anarchy3
Cutting people's benefits is what Republicans live for. They've been talking about cutting "entitlement programs" for years. I have no sympathy for those that vote against their own interests.
9/11
@ChrisMoore15915
I want to meet that caller. I’m sure I have very little in common with him, but he is no nonsense.
10/11
@rushgotjokes
Dude could smell the BS through the phone
11/11
@Patriot_45_
The only problem is,the constituents are libs
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@Acyn
Another Republican constituent not happy with their Republican Representative
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1893130069088051201/vid/avc1/1280x720/ix85buOllWKV6DzT.mp4
2/11
@MGenius15636
This is what I want to see. Are those MAGA Republicans who these policies are hurting speaking up and speaking out? Don't cry, democrats. This is your show. You create this mess, and you fix this mess.
3/11
@realtimsharp
77 million more and you might have something.
4/11
@Nljigakulive
Fell for it again award
5/11
@soozebee215
Good!
6/11
@_ThePr0letariat
Musk is gonna cause a lot of the House to get primaried…but not in the way he keeps threatening.
7/11
@sycamoressource
No one wants this guy in charge of the government
8/11
@Double_Anarchy3
Cutting people's benefits is what Republicans live for. They've been talking about cutting "entitlement programs" for years. I have no sympathy for those that vote against their own interests.
9/11
@ChrisMoore15915
I want to meet that caller. I’m sure I have very little in common with him, but he is no nonsense.
10/11
@rushgotjokes
Dude could smell the BS through the phone
11/11
@Patriot_45_
The only problem is,the constituents are libs
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1/1
@JessicaTarlov
Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s approval ratings are falling right now. Americans are having buyer's remorse.
And you know who is feeling it the most? Republicans facing their constituents at town halls.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1893125843091681280/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/pLF3uQ8V3phDKufx.mp4
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@JessicaTarlov
Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s approval ratings are falling right now. Americans are having buyer's remorse.
And you know who is feeling it the most? Republicans facing their constituents at town halls.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1893125843091681280/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/pLF3uQ8V3phDKufx.mp4
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