I mean, if that’s what he wants.

We’re not getting rid of MAGA until we learn we’re smart enough to unite not divide but I’ve always considered him a terrible strategist.

A lot of the left’s unlikeable ideas and their tendency to throw away anyone who differs from them in the slightest drag down the rest of the Democratic Party and hurt its chances with what is not a left country at all so go ahead, I guess.

Bernie Sanders’s Bad Idea: Left Should Quit Democratic Party:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/bernie-sanderss-bad-idea-left-should-quit-democratic-party.html

@mizblueprint @TonyStark I wanted to say this exact thing. The same people who wanted Biden to drop out because he was too old are suddenly jumping on the Bernie bandwagon! LOL

I'm sure #RFKJr will get right on it.

"New cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states’ hospital systems"

https://thehill.com/homenews/5207878-fungus-labeled-urgent-threat-by-cdc-is-spreading-rapidly-hospital-study-finds/

Leaders will meet in Paris next week for an emergency meeting on Ukraine:

Zelensky 🇺🇦
Macron 🇫🇷
Starmer 🇬🇧
Carney 🇨🇦
Scholz 🇩🇪
Meloni 🇮🇹
Tusk 🇵🇱

No invite for Trump ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@spocko @atomicbird @GottaLaff @Dhmspector She definitely wouldn't believe it. My family is deep in the cult. She still won't acknowledge that COVID killed my unvaxed dad. They got into the sovcit movement in the '80s and I tried for ~35 years to get them to see reality. It never worked.

If she lost her SS, she'd be annoyed, but would just assume it's a necessary sacrifice for a bigger cause. Same way they said my own basic human rights were "unimportant."

WaPo: "Trump’s migrant roundups have a crucial ally: Public opinion" Paragraph 5: "White House has said some of the deportees did not have criminal records and have not been charged with any crimes" Poll headline is based on: 57% say people who haven't broken laws in U.S. should NOT be deported

@TonyStark Bingo!

@spocko @atomicbird @GottaLaff @Dhmspector I'm probably going to get stuck doing this for my Trump-fan, anti-vax mother since she's living almost entirely off of Social Security now. She and my dad did absolutely nothing to prepare for retirement, so that's her only income. She has a little bit of savings left from when she moved out of their house when he died, but that's it.

@GottaLaff Why is ANYONE acting like this is just a normal post-election repositioning cruise?

@TonyStark "We shouldn't be spending American tax dollars helping foreigners! We should be helping our veterans!"

OK. So why are they laying waste to the VA?

*crickets*

His supporters say they don't want to fund “foreign aid” and that instead we should be helping our citizens. Then they cheer when programs that help Americans get cut.

They also make up scare stories like child abuse and vandalism to justify it.

At what point will people catch on that they only want the money for themselves?

I voted for Harris-Walz and I’m still pissed off at everyone who didn’t.

Trump executive action targets Public Service Loan Forgiveness:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321313/trump-executive-action-public-service-loan-program

Yes, the world has always been shit. There have always been horrible people who want to do horrible things. But the thing dogging me about the 21st century is that we KNOW about those horrible things. Outside of places with a complete information blackout or propaganda flood, we all have access to the history to be able to see it as a cautionary tale.

But some people are instead using that history as a blueprint, and adjusting their methods to avoid the pitfalls of previous monsters.

1. WTAF!😳

2. Polygraphs aren’t reliable

“The Dept of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking information to the media about immigration operations”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/dhs-begun-performing-polygraph-tests-employees-find-leakers-rcna195485

Trump every chance he gets: Only white people get to vote… and only for him

“NEW: The Justice Department dropped its claims against Texas' congressional and legislative maps. Under the Biden administration, the DOJ argued the maps diluted the voting power of communities of color, violating the Voting Rights Act.”

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trumps-doj-withdraws-claims-in-texas-redistricting-lawsuit/

A tale of two presidential coverages by WaPo. A stark example of how the legacy media helped push us into this disaster. On the top, Trump today with 151K jobs. On the bottom, Biden in 2021 with 194k jobs.

WaPo with Trump: "151,000 jobs is solid work."

WaPo with Biden: "194,000 jobs is another weak month.”

Too many people in my mentions: “Kamala Harris failed at economic messaging.”

Atrocities mount: #Musk is cutting off critical supplies, stalling travel, & killing productivity.

#NOAA scientists aren’t able to order EQP used to repair ships/radars. #FDA: labs are experiencing delays in ordering basic supplies. At the #NPS, WKRs: CXL trips to oversee crucial maintenance work. #USDA/ #FAA WKRs worry: mission-critical projects could be stalled.

#NIH researcher who tests new vaccines/treatments in rodents -on hold -can't get antibodies-.
#USPol #DOGE
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/donald-trump-elon-musk-doge-credit-card-spending-limit-federal-agencies/

@TonyStark @kaliagainstallodds Because both groups want us to handwave bigotry in favor of catering to the whims of white dudes. They get really mad if they're not the only, or at least primary, focus of attention.

I love how Republicans say "America is back" while the stock market is crumbling, unemployment is rising, the cost of living is increasing, veterans are getting fired, and democracy is falling.

What is America back from?

Pa. Republicans who narrowly won House seats feel heat at home | 90.5 WESA
https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2025-03-05/pa-repoublicans-trump