US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is visiting Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian government leaders.

New Jersey Republicans thought they’d pick up some seats in the NJ legislature by running on the same horrible platform they always have. And they lost more seats.

Democrats have big night in battle for N.J. Legislature-
https://www.nj.com/politics/2023/11/democrats-have-big-night-in-battle-for-nj-legislature.html

@WmShakesp3are Except Reagan’s GOP today no longer exists at least one that is receptive to his ideas. Maybe he would have morphed into the #GOP mutants running their train wreck today. 🤔

@Huntn00 Lincoln yes, Reagan I doubt. He would be a true Republican, similar to Romney or Bill Weld, as opposed to what the party has become (i.e. a haven for fascists).

Mike Johnson's Porn 'Monitoring' Remarks Spark National Security Concerns

https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson-porn-monitoring-remarks-national-security-concerns-1841054

#MikeJohnson #PornMonitoring #NationalSecurity #Newsweek #Concerns #Article #Politics #News

@WmShakesp3are Lincoln and Reagan today would be Independents or Democrats…🤔

On this date, in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. At that time, he was representative of, at least part, of the Republican Party.

Were he alive today, he would be both outraged and astonished at what his party has become and the evil it constitutes in our society.

How to close the partisan divide:

Beshear & Presley, the surging underdog Dem in MS, have shown that their party’s brand can be detoxified on hostile terrain with a focus on jobs, education & HC & by intensely personal campaigns that encourage voters to forget culture wars & partisan loyalties. In his Covid briefings: "He came across as the gubernatorial version of Mr Rogers.” His response to floods in E KY & tornadoes in the west reinforced this image.

#VoteBlue2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/05/kentucky-governor-beshear-cameron-democrats/

@GottaLaff How long will be be content to live in this bloody bed we’ve made for ourselves? 😢

Another day, another…

A shooter fired 22 shots into a crowd in #Cincinnati, #Ohio on Friday, killing an 11-year-old boy and wounding four other children and an adult, according to local authorities. #GunViolence

https://thehill.com/homenews/4295119-boy-killed-5-wounded-in-cincinnati-mass-shooting/

@Huntn00 he actually said that. I know I checked and it’s just one of several crazy things that he said on video.

@Jasper @breadandcircuses I’m sorry, but what appears to be willfully slaughtering women and children is I guess ok with you. As I said, you are pinging on those that seek moderation. Stop bending over backwards for this. It’s not a good look for you or supporters of Israel. I’m sure they will reap lots of peaceful coexistence out of this. /S Bottom line your answer is kill away, mine is restraint. You think I feel guilty about this position? 🙄

@Jasper @breadandcircuses I’m not going to fight with you. It seems to me in your calculation that lots of Palestinian collateral damage is the only way to handle this. Correct me, but you seem to have accepted this as a fact and it’s unfortunate but ok under the circumstances. Just keep pinging on others suggesting moderation. It’s not a good look. 🤔

Many years ago, when I was still working, I had an active Facebook account with over 5000 followers. That didn’t really make me a big deal there, of course, but I was proud of having at least some influence on a few people.

I left Facebook behind when I retired in 2012 and relocated to Europe. I needed a little time off then to recharge my batteries, rediscover my identity, and relax before jumping back into the fray.

After a year or so of chilling out, I started a Twitter account, calling it Bread and Circuses. My focus initially was on the appalling state of traditional party politics, especially in the USA. But as time went on, I felt increasingly compelled to comment on the worsening climate and environmental crises.

Upon my return to the USA in 2018, I tried to make my Twitter presence more meaningful, but it never took off. I couldn’t find traction there. And we all know what happened soon after that…

Space Karen arrived and quickly made Twitter toxic, so I jumped over to Mastodon in November 2022. That’s a choice I will never regret. It’s been such a joy to connect with so many smart, caring, and sincere people here. I feel incredibly lucky and very very happy. 🤗

Thanks, everyone, for all your support and for the great contributions you make in commenting on my posts. We are indeed stronger together!

#Mastodon #Anniversary

It says #MiamiDolphins at #KansasCityChiefs, but they're playing in Frankfurt. 🙄 Whatever. I'm going to see if lying on the couch watching #NFL has the same effect as back in the day.

Namely, putting me to sleep.

Also, the NFL is racist as fuck.

@breadandcircuses We have failed. My life has been an eye opener. From the plenty of post WWII ( in the USA) to veering for the edge. I have become terribly cynical in my old age about the future of the species. Gaza, Ukraine, atrocities around the World. We spend way too much time killing each other and stabbing each other in the back. Team Human? I no longer feel it. More like cannibalisict, Dog Eat Dog…😢

Yep.

@Jasper @breadandcircuses I did not say 100%, make serious attempt. Killing Palestinians running for their lives is too convenient too easy, this appears to be the preferred tactic. Oh look a suspicious ambulance, blow it up. A group huddling in a refuge camp, bomb it. We told them to move, like where? Multiple reports of “Israel designated” safe havens bombed. Not killing women and children is inconvenient especially if you think they are all guilty. (Cont)

@Huntn00 @breadandcircuses No, only “showing some respect” for their lives is still straight up racism. Value them THE SAME is literally the only non-racist attitude.