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B.S. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
MChE, University of Delaware

Liberal democrat and pragmatic progressive voter and activist.

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2026-02-28 14:12:37 UTC

As I wake up to news of Trump bombing Iran by the side of Netanyahu, fuck you to every single person who voted for Trump or couldn’t bother to vote for Kamala Harris, the other only option who could win and who wouldn’t be doing any of this and you know it.

2026-02-08 19:48:57 UTC

We are the people who are in charge of what happens.
“Doesn’t EVERYONE deserve good schools? Decent health care? A better future?
If your answer is YES to the above, be pragmatic about it and don’t let a progressive litmus test cause you to not help people. People are who they are and no amount of sanctimonious finger wagging will force change on people. People have to want it for themselves.”
We Could've Lost This Louisiana Special Election... But We Won it Anyways!:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/7/2367718/-We-Could-ve-Lost-This-Louisiana-Special-Election-But-We-Won-it-Anyways

2026-01-29 23:42:18 UTC

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I’ll ask for that change.

2026-01-29 23:16:09 UTC

I was going to go to the opening but it turns out it's at the same time I'm scheduled to run across a field of broken glass barefoot
Jimmy Kimmel Savages ‘Melania’ Documentary as a “$75 Million Bribe” to Jeff Bezos:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jimmy-kimmel-melania-documentary-jeff-bezos-1236487113/

2026-01-21 22:59:47 UTC

For everyone who says there’s no point in voting and that all candidates are the same because colonialism, etc. no, they are not.
Governor Spanberger put an end to former Gov. Youngkin’s order to Virginia police that they cooperate with ICE. Youngkin did this even knowing that ICE was acting in a way that is extraconstitutional and unlawful.
Gov. Spanberger rescinds Gov. Youngkin’s order deputizing state police to work with ICE:
https://wjla.com/news/local/governor-abigail-spanberger-virginia-commonwealth-richmond-inauguration-rescinds-gov-glenn-youngkins-state-police-ice-affordability-education-immigration-attorney-general-jay-jones-lt-governor-ghazala-hashmi-general-assembly-trump-immigrants-ice

2026-01-13 22:12:10 UTC

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris invested money into America that created hundreds of thousands of jobs through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Trump hasn’t done shit for anyone except himself.
U.S. Has Lost Manufacturing Jobs Every Month Since ‘Liberation Day’:
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-01-09-2026/card/u-s-has-lost-manufacturing-jobs-every-month-since-liberation-day--zSktO9HE1fJuovugQy8V

2026-01-09 00:39:26 UTC

I legitimately not only remember people deadass telling us “you’re overreacting” about the danger of Trump being elected again, but I can read the old posts.
Yeah. we were not.
I heard "both sides are the same" as an excuse and that it was stupid to "trust any politician" as another.
It all lead to the same outcome of Trump being elected.
Don’t let your country be overrun by social media bots and morons.

2026-01-07 23:49:16 UTC

If someone comes up to you in an unmarked car, not in your city's police uniform, doesn't identify themselves, and you have a small child at home who has already suffered the loss of one parent, and a large group of men are screaming at you and trying to open the door, when you've done nothing wrong, your instinct is going to be exactly the same.
She didn't do anything wrong. This is horrible.
All people had to do was fill out a ballot. That’s it.

2026-01-04 15:31:28 UTC

Call your Senators and U.S. House Representative now. Here's what to say:
“Hi, my name is ___ and I’m a constituent from <city & zip>. I’m calling to express my alarm about the Trump administration’s unauthorized military strikes on Venezuela and dangerous escalation toward an illegal and unnecessary war. I ask that <Name> immediately pass a wars power resolution to block ALL unauthorized strikes and military action in Venezuela.”
Capitol switchboard; (202) 224-3121.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5670752-trump-venezuela-strike-democrats/

2026-01-03 17:21:03 UTC

Two things can be true.
It’s possible both to despise Maduro for what he has done to Venezuela AND to oppose an illegal and unconstitutional invasion of a sovereign country to seize control of its oil reserves or try to falsely demonstrate superiority by use of force or try and distract Americans from the economy or the Epstein files or all of that put together.
What an absolute clown show of a country we are. We don't hold any moral superiority anywhere.

2025-12-10 23:44:48 UTC

I’m sorry but I have to repeat this one more time today.
There was no good reason to have voted for Trump. It’s not excusable. It’s not understandable.
It never will be.
The only thing it can be is regrettable.

2025-12-03 19:46:42 UTC

9 points but in 2024 Trump won by 22.
I’m sure Republicans are trying to pretend this is no big deal, but watching the numbers go backwards in this red area means trouble for MAGA.
I wish for the sake of everyone that more people would have figured it out, you know, sooner. Or hopefully could try and remember just what Republicans do when in power.
Republican Van Epps wins TN special election but Democrat gains ground:
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/tn-special-us-house-election-who-won-results-matt-van-epps-aftyn-behn-democrat-republican/87556382007/

2025-11-20 22:57:38 UTC

Hi.
Don’t normalize swastikas and nooses.
That one isn’t hard.

2025-11-19 20:44:37 UTC

Normalizing the murder of journalists is definitely something I saw coming with Trump.
Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low | Jodie Ginsberg | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/19/trump-khashoggi-killing-new-low

2025-11-13 02:01:34 UTC

The Democrats are the reason that I (and millions of others) have been able to have healthcare for the past decade plus.
Republicans are the reason that it's about to end. Sorry if it makes anyone upset but I don’t let shitty people lie with impunity.

2025-11-06 13:26:21 UTC

Layoffs surging just before the holidays.
Golden Age, everybody.
US layoffs for October surge to two-decade high, Challenger data shows | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/layoffs-us-october-surge-two-decade-high-challenger-data-shows-2025-11-06/

2025-11-05 16:12:56 UTC

Yesterday’s results are a statement against Trump and his unchecked power enabled by Republicans as they continue being correctly blamed for a government shutdown, tariffs that are skyrocketing prices, and unpopular ICE mobs raiding cities.
You’re off the reservation if you’re still on about weak Dems or meaningless endorsements.
We won. Move on. Build on it.

2025-10-30 23:10:15 UTC

Wonder how the “drop out Biden” media is feeling about Donald Trump announcing a resumption of nuclear testing less than 24 hours after tweeting not just incoherent garbage, but evidence of a literal stroke.
Surely they’re all writing about nothing other than full-throated calls on Trump to resign, right?
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/115/465/634/632/643/096/original/2589b2b61a59d533.mp4

2025-10-24 22:31:27 UTC

Food banks are going to need money if you have it, food if you have it, and hands and feet to feed people. There's one in every community. You can call 211 where I live and many other places or ask your neighbors or in my case local elected officials organize, too.
So much of this could have been stopped by the simple act of casting a vote for a qualified woman.
SNAP recipients told to buy shelf-stable food as funding deadline looms:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/snap-benefits-funds-run-out-nov-1-rcna239432

2025-10-22 21:43:06 UTC

The complete takeover of the media narrative was written into Project 2025, BTW.
That thing a bunch of idiots told you wasn’t important.
Pentagon names new press corps from far-right outlets after reporter walkout | US military | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/pentagon-press-corps

2025-10-21 13:46:13 UTC

Also true if you substitute “country” for “East Wing facade.”
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/115/412/448/375/086/489/original/26dd7de7f4e9fde5.jpg

2025-10-19 22:22:28 UTC

Nearly two dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its cancellation of a $7 billion grant program created by President Biden to expand solar energy in low-income communities but people on this app will still try and tell you electing Trump or Biden would have been the same.
More than 20 states sue EPA over canceled solar power grants:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/states-sue-epa-canceled-solar-power-grants-rcna238044

2025-10-17 00:26:30 UTC

No, we're just not going to let Republicans cut Medicaid, we're not going to give in to insurance premiums going up, we're not giving up the ACA, and we're not doing it just so Trump can give five billion to the fucking billionaires.
Fuck their goddamn tax break.
Senate Democrats reject government funding bill over health care | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-democrats-congress-02382f77ea1ba72896148555a75dc075

2025-10-14 21:40:49 UTC

I just got confirmation from the office of Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato that Pittsburgh International Airport is also not airing Kristi Noem's illegal and Hatch Act-violating video.
Fuck these people.
Las Vegas airport declines to play TSA video featuring Kristi Noem:
https://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-airport-declines-to-play-tsa-video-featuring-kristi-noem-at-security-checkpoints

2025-10-11 18:02:26 UTC

No one should be fooled that this has anything to do with the shutdown.
These illegal firings have been long planned and were laid out in Project 2025. Maybe next election people will pay attention and not spread misinformation like egg prices were on Joe Biden or both parties are the same and press will report on reality and stop caring about only access - if it's not already too late.
CDC employees among more than 4,000 federal workers laid off during shutdown:
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/10/11/cdc-employees-among-more-than-4000-federal-workers-laid-off-during-shutdown/

2025-10-08 23:37:28 UTC

As a Jew, I will be modifying your weather and there is nothing you can do to stop me.
/s, or is it?
Florida attorney general asks public to report weather modification activity at airports – NBC 6 South Florida
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-attorney-general-asks-public-to-report-airport-weather-modification-activity/3703267/

2025-10-02 22:49:45 UTC

Doesn't sound like a Golden Age.
Layoffs across the U.S. this year are at their highest level since 2020, new data shows - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/layoffs-2025-highest-level-since-2020-labor-market-jobs-report/

2025-10-02 22:39:14 UTC

Some people on this app are a trip. Constantly pick pick picking at the party that voters made a minority but also expect to “fight” at the same time.
Republicans love it when you blame Democrats, though, because they love manipulating idiots into voting against everyone’s best interests.

2025-10-02 21:54:57 UTC

ICE agents have killed another person in Chicago. They say the man severely injured them, but they had no cameras to corroborate. The cameras show they’re lying.
This is how I know there can’t be any good Republicans left. They have unending commentary on the most benign shit, but are totally silent about this.
Bodycam videos show ICE agents’ initial reactions to fatal Chicago shooting:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-fatal-shooting-chicago-bodycam-footage-villegas-gonzalez-rcna233484

2025-10-02 21:08:00 UTC

According to the Supreme Court, Biden couldn’t forgive student loans even though that would’ve added 0 to the deficit.
But Trump? He slaps tariffs on farmers, wrecks their markets, then raids our tax dollars to bail them out, twice. And he’s denying certain cities funds that Congress already approved.
And there’s not even enough money there to do what he’s promising. Who voted for this?
Trump making plans to send billions in cash bailouts to farmers with taxpayer money
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/02/trump-bailouts-farmers-tariffs-usda-00591846

2025-10-01 21:31:50 UTC

No money for healthcare, prescription drugs, or research, no money for childcare or education or housing or funds for disaster-ravaged states but somehow the construction of the ballroom continues.
There’s $$$$$ for his weekly golfing trips, too.
Last time he needed Covid. This time he’s just speed running this shit.
U.S. companies shed 32,000 jobs in September in latest sign of labor market weakness:
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/companies-adp-lost-32000-jobs-rcna234880

2025-10-01 00:31:23 UTC

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An actual responsible mainstream journalist who cared about the country and the truth would write a story about how Republicans leaving town without a spending bill is the height of irresponsibility and completely disrespects the public and their duty to us as citizens. I don’t see it yet.

2025-10-01 00:29:07 UTC

Democrats don't get to decide if the government shuts down. They don't control any branch of government.
Country made sure of that.

2025-09-30 17:54:00 UTC

If there was ever an industry we should be happy to see die, coal mining is it. It ruins the environment and maims and kills the workers. And for what it's worth, there are far more people employed in renewable energy than in the coal industry. It's just crazy.
Alternatives are also now much cheaper for consumers.
The raw stupidity of this administration is breathtaking. Literally in this case.
Trump’s $625 million coal plan may raise utility bills of Americans:
https://reason.com/2025/09/30/trumps-625-million-coal-plan-may-raise-utility-bills-for-millions-of-americans/

2025-09-26 00:00:34 UTC

My second reminder that no one needs to believe any information the Trump administration puts out, including Kash Patel’s FBI.
This administration lies constantly and always blames Democrats for everything, usually without evidence and often counter to the evidence. So I will discount all of their announcements because I have no reason to trust anything they say.

2025-09-21 20:48:28 UTC

Worth the read. Should be heeded.
‘Andor's Dan Gilroy On Jimmy Kimmel Suspension -- Commentary
https://deadline.com/2025/09/andor-dan-gilroy-jimmy-kimmel-commentary-1236549627/

2025-09-21 14:48:44 UTC

No one is getting cheap groceries. Palestine isn’t free. Everyone’s ability to hold Republicans accountable is eroding away.
Eliminating the ability of the EPA to show the harm caused by greenhouse gases is protecting the bottom line of corporations over protecting the long-term health of Americans.
More important to this country to keep one woman out of office, I guess.
Trump administration plans to end EPA's greenhouse gas tracking program for industrial facilities:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-greenhouse-gas-tracking-program-lee-zeldin-trump-administration/

2025-09-19 23:01:00 UTC

THE PEACE PRESIDENT!
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/115/233/441/733/088/909/original/7198ecef4373b600.jpg

2025-09-19 22:42:11 UTC

Hey, by the way nobody has to or should believe anything Kash Patel is saying about anything. The way to handle it is to treat any information he gives about texts or anything else at this point as unverified until presented at a trial where defense can rebut/refute anything presented by the state.
We've already seen Trump administration lawyers lying in court filings. So it wouldn't be the first time.
This administration doesn’t get trust freely. Not defending anyone, just pointing it out.

2025-09-19 01:18:48 UTC

I voted for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris and Al Gore and worked my ass off to get out the vote for all 3 of them so none of this shit is my fault.

2025-09-17 23:13:54 UTC

Free speech was pretty good while we had it. Good luck getting it back, dumbest electorate on the planet.
ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/media/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-trump-fcc-brendan-carr

2025-09-11 23:46:26 UTC

If there is a political aspect to the death of a right wing podcaster, I can point out exactly which person caused political violence to begin to be normalized again in the United States, if anyone wants.
Trump Implies 'Second Amendment People' Could Stop Clinton : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2016/08/09/489363581/trump-implies-second-amendment-people-could-stop-clinton

2025-09-10 21:11:16 UTC

We interrupt this broadcast about a well known person being shot for a report of more regular school kids being shot.
When will Republicans come to the table about gun violence?
At least 3 students injured in shooting at Colorado high school: Officials - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-reported-colorado-high-school-2-kids-transported/story?id=125452526

2025-09-09 23:11:31 UTC

The United States has lost 42,000 manufacturing jobs since April 2nd and 12,000 just in August.
Almost 10,000 jobs lost a month since Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’.
The U.S. is losing thousands of manufacturing jobs, analysis finds - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jobs-manufacturing-trump-tariffs-economy/
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/115/176/860/108/994/821/original/9b0357d3f1b0bc82.jpg

2025-09-09 22:54:02 UTC

This all day long. I wish more people were willing to admit this rather than continue to put pressure on Dems for this shit.
So close, Ezra. So close.
Ezra Klein (Almost) Gets It Right | Washington Monthly
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/09/ezra-klein-almost-gets-it-right/
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/115/176/789/264/722/564/original/e9365f4bf72dfdb3.jpg

2025-09-03 21:50:46 UTC

I love when people pretend Joe Biden didn’t do anything good when he was President because almost every shitty thing Trump does is a reversal of something good Joe Biden did as President.
Gen Z is facing the biggest student loan shakeup in 20 years:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/09/03/gen-z-student-loan-financial-anxiety-stress/85724653007/

2025-08-31 14:16:01 UTC

Regular people don't need environmental protection or clean water; we don't need vaccines, we don't need a 1st Amendment, we don't need good schools, we don't need protection from our adversaries, we don't need FEMA after a hurricane, a flood, or a fire.
That’s what both MAGA Republicans and “influencers” who tell you both parties are the same want you to believe.
U.S. House bill weakens the Clean Water Act | The Gazette
https://www.thegazette.com/staff-columnists/u-s-house-bill-weakens-the-clean-water-act/

2025-08-29 20:59:13 UTC

Republicans don’t like “foreign aid”, claiming we need to first address needs at home, but they oppose all spending at home on people’s needs and are cutting all that, too.
Additionally, this is unconstitutional.
Trump blocks $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress: Live updates | AP News
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-29-2025
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/115/114/055/634/332/126/original/4d169a254150b37e.jpg

2025-08-29 20:26:47 UTC

Thinking fondly of the “both parties are the same” people. Stephen Miller loves you.
Stephen Miller Calls HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. a "Crown Jewel" of the Administration:
https://www.c-span.org/clip/news-conference/stephen-miller-calls-hhs-secretary-rfk-jr-a-crown-jewel-of-the-administration/5170748

2025-08-28 22:56:26 UTC

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What? She’s great!
People can be idiots. She’s fantastic.

2025-08-27 23:08:50 UTC

Millions of dumbass Americans voted this guy in because they said they were mad about inflation and then literally all of his economic policy is solely dedicated to creating more inflation.
And people want to tell me voters aren’t to blame.
Trump's move to fire Lisa Cook threatens Fed independence, risks inflation: Experts - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/trumps-move-fire-lisa-cook-threatens-fed-independence/story?id=124985193

2025-08-27 21:23:02 UTC

This is a good thing that none of the “do something” people are acknowledging.
Chuck Schumer’s Unprecedented Blockade - WSJ:
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chuck-schumers-unprecedented-blockade-66fb7741
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/115/102/801/816/285/084/original/b706fbcf855b8806.jpg

2025-08-27 14:16:39 UTC

Democrat Catelin Drey won a state Iowa Senate seat in a special election yesterday and flipped the seat blue, which breaks a Republican supermajority.
That is a 19 pt. shift towards Democrats in that district relative to Trump’s numbers in November.
Democrats have averaged more than a 10 point swing in all special elections since the 2024 election.
Maybe all the talk about the Dem party dying is dumb.
Iowa GOP loses supermajority after Drey wins special election:
https://www.kcci.com/article/catelin-drey-iowa-special-election-results-democrats-celebrate-breaks-supermajority/65909443

2025-08-26 21:42:36 UTC

The consequence of sitting out an election because you thought both sides suck is not that the country persists in some state of political stasis until the next election happens and you get to vote your conscience again next time. Voting is a basic of community care.
Debate over 19th Amendment resurfaces in Tennessee - Nashville Banner:
https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/08/25/crec-church-influence-tennessee-19th-amendment/
Three Obstacles That Could Erode Your Right to Vote - Capital B News:
https://capitalbnews.org/black-voting-rights-threats-2025/

2025-08-26 21:35:38 UTC

I’m still reading how working class factory workers prefer this to the Biden economy and that their Trump vote was the Democrats’ fault and I’ll just say it’s clearly not about the economy or Democratic messaging and much more about racism and people in office and in the media profiting off of dumping on Democrats but a lot of people clearly aren’t ready for that conversation.
Layoffs at John Deere reveal how Trump’s trade war is bleeding jobs - Las Vegas Sun News
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/aug/24/layoffs-at-john-deere-reveal-how-trumps-trade-war/

2025-08-26 16:29:11 UTC

Too many people think of politics like marketing, which is extremely wrong.
If I'm trying to buy a shirt somewhere and I don't like any of the options, if I decide not to buy one, the worst shirt doesn't show up at my house and install itself on my torso.

2025-08-26 02:13:54 UTC

“When it comes to redistricting, all options are on the table. The President is trying to manipulate elections because he knows that his policies cannot win at the ballot box – it’s our job to ensure that voters' voices are heard.”
Governor of Maryland Wes Moore today.

2025-08-26 02:11:37 UTC

People who tell you that Democrats “never do anything” are working for Republicans.
Period.
Pa. steps in to provide LGBTQ+ crisis care after federal funding ends | 90.5 WESA
https://www.witf.org/2025/08/15/pa-steps-in-to-provide-lgbtq-crisis-care-after-federal-funding-ends/

2025-08-21 20:33:25 UTC

A Republican priority issue: chain restaurant logos.
Not healthcare, jobs, inflation, or education.
Chain restaurant logos.
Cracker Barrel new logo: MAGA backlash, stocks tank following change:
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/cracker-barrel-new-logo-stocks-maga

2025-08-21 20:09:27 UTC

Pennsylvania’s congressional maps were redrawn a few years ago by a nonpartisan commission, which is what everyone should have and CA has now, but James Gallagher shouldn’t be opposing Democrats “fighting fire with fire.”
He should pressure his Texas GOP brethren not to start the fire to begin with. There is exactly one side that is wrong in this debate.
‘Fighting Fire With Fire Doesn't Work': CA Lawmaker Gallagher Condemns Dems' 'Gavin-Mander' - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFYAksa7_I

2025-08-21 17:22:48 UTC

The extent to which the Trump administration is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to making every Americans’ life maximally worse in every possible small and large way is really something, barely being reported on, and was entirely predictable.
Billionaire-funded and ill-willed foreign propaganda tried to stop voters from uniting against it. People fell for it so here we are.
Trump admin strips ocean and air pollution monitoring from next-gen weather satellites |
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/weather/noaa-satellites-climate-trump

2025-08-19 23:30:46 UTC

Imagine if videos like this were running on a loop on cable and network news mixed with wall-to-wall outrage opinion pieces about plain clothes goons dragging food delivery people off our streets like this was Pinochet's Chile as was done when Biden’s dog accidentally bit a guy or maybe some protesters shut down a bridge or two.
But, no. Crickets now.
DC resident recounts delivery driver arrest | wusa9.com
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/home-rule/federal-officers-arrest-uber-eats-driver-delivering-a-lunch-ice-agents-trump-takeover/65-cd4efb51-1911-4dff-8a77-26357db91479

2025-08-19 14:56:05 UTC

"She didn't do/say exactly what we wanted on this issue, so she paid the price. She lost."
*Looks around.*
Wait, who actually paid the price? Who's actually losing right now?

2025-08-14 17:16:49 UTC

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Litigation is helping to slow him down and maybe permanently limit him and there are many people using that route, including in-power Dems.
But otherwise voters fucked up and there's not much Democrats can do politically to shield them from the consequences.
More people need to acknowledge this and start dealing with it realistically.

2025-08-14 17:13:53 UTC

The continued insistence that there is something Democrats can do to stop Trump that they’re not doing is self-defeating. Sometimes the bad guys just win and there isn’t some magic come-from-behind winning play out there.
The chance to stop him was last November. The next meaningful opportunity to place any brakes on him will be in 2026. There is no tactic, strategy, or method that could’ve meaningfully checked a lot of what he’s done.
Elections matter and the country fucked the last one up.

2025-08-12 22:43:57 UTC

No one can keep up the facade anymore that the problem is with politicians. It's with people.
Joe Biden saved the Teamsters' pensions and even that's not good enough. I'm sorry but it's extremely difficult to care about actively self-destructive people. If they’re are deciding they'd rather not exist if it means winning the culture war (keeping it white and straight), then what are you even supposed to say?
Teamsters pour money into GOP, shifting away from Dems -
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/11/teamsters-donations-00502709

2025-08-12 22:23:14 UTC

Really running out of words to describe how dystopian things have gotten so quickly.
A known liar said he was going to “lower prices” and instead we’re getting full North Korea, in a matter of mere months.
White House reviewing Smithsonian exhibits to make sure they align with Trump's vision:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-reviewing-smithsonian-exhibits-make-sure-align-trumps-visi-rcna224588

2025-08-12 22:19:33 UTC

If Obergefell is overturned, blue states will still have gay marriage. Red states will not.
Blue states have pro-choice protections. Red states do not.
So when you say “both sides are the same”, or “Dems aren’t doing anything” and help Republicans win and gain SCOTUS seats, real people pay the price.
Is the Supreme Court overturning same-sex marriage? What to know:
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2025/08/12/is-the-supreme-court-overturning-gay-marriage-obergefell-v-hodges/85627357007/

2025-08-11 22:18:02 UTC

75,019,230 understood the assignment. Everyone else fucked up.
Trump Administration Readies the Axe for Nearly 60 Million Acres of Public Forests:
https://www.nrdc.org/bio/gabrielle-habeeb/trump-administration-readies-axe-nearly-60-million-acres-public-forests

2025-08-10 15:38:48 UTC

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Many voters and non-voters were well warned that things like this were going to happen with a second Trump term.
It’s pretty hard to stomach that so many people fell for “the price of eggs” or “Kamala would have been the same.”
Truly idiotic.

2025-08-10 15:36:39 UTC

It can’t be emphasized enough that all of this is in service of getting the populace accustomed to the idea that the U.S. military can and should be used for the domestic aims of a rising dictator. Figure out for yourself how this ends (not well).
The Christian Science Monitor has time to explain why this is different from other presidencies. Wish some other media outlets had it.
National Guard takes new role aiding immigration operations in GOP states - CSMonitor.com
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2025/0805/national-guard-trump-immigration-deportation-states

2025-08-07 22:02:20 UTC

Trump’s plan for America: fewer doctors and therefore much longer wait times to see one, if you can see one at all.
Rich people will be able to see one just fine, though.
Oh, and both parties still aren’t the same.
New federal student loan limits are a 'punch in the face' for aspiring doctors: American Medical Association president-
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-sets-student-loan-caps-for-medical-school.html

2025-08-07 21:58:42 UTC

Remember when President Biden tried to make people’s lives easier through student loan forgiveness and a bunch of people were like, “nah you're too old?”
I do.
More people are late on both their mortgage and student-loan payments — another bad sign for the economy - MarketWatch
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-people-are-late-on-both-their-mortgage-and-student-loan-payments-another-bad-sign-for-the-economy-d8fae485

2025-08-07 21:49:52 UTC

Thanks, non-Kamala voters!
More Tariff Price Hikes on the Way: How It'll Impact Grocery Bills:
https://www.today.com/video/how-grocery-stores-are-navigating-tariff-price-hikes-244440133926

2025-08-06 20:14:21 UTC

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So sick of it and seeing people amplify it.
Day 199: the fascists are deleting parts of the constitution.
Social media grifter: “dEmOcRaTs DiD this” 🤪
Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/key-sections-of-the-us-constitution-deleted-from-governments-website/

2025-08-06 19:56:44 UTC

People gonna be sick with measles on a faulty aircraft flying to an El Salvadoran prison after being kidnapped by masked ICE without due process while waiting in the unemployment line because they lost their jobs due to tariffs.
But yeah- it’s a Democrat’s fault.
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/114/983/576/519/985/438/original/c70f5b77f013b6b6.jpg

2025-08-06 19:50:39 UTC

Congratulations to everyone who foisted this despicable quack on the country.
Chronically ill? In Kennedy’s view, it might be your own fault |
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/health/kennedy-chronic-illness-kff-health-news

2025-08-06 19:48:59 UTC

Honestly, I implore people to stop listening to rich people with nothing at stake who are on social media flogging their Substacks and MSNBC appearances who aren’t running for office or helping a campaign.
None of these people care about us.

2025-08-06 19:46:57 UTC

I don't know why anyone would think splitting the entire left-of-center vote and continuing to blame Democrats for what Republicans do would be anyone’s idea of the best response to what is now a bit more than creeping authoritarianism.
That would actually be, IMHO, a non-strategy that aids the authoritarians.

2025-08-05 23:15:10 UTC

Yep! Both parties, exactly the same! Can’t tell ‘em apart! 🤪
Kennedy cancels $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts | STAT |
https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/mrna-vaccine-development-canceled-by-kennedy-hhs/

2025-08-05 19:33:32 UTC

I think Trump is enough to keep tourists away, but this will seal it.
Tourism from foreign visitors adds billions of dollars to the U.S. economy, so say goodbye to a lot of that.
US could require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourist visas under pilot program | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-could-require-up-15000-bonds-some-tourist-visas-under-pilot-program-2025-08-04/

2025-08-04 22:53:28 UTC

I don’t know when some of the progress I want will happen again but I can tell you when it won't happen: when Rs capture more of the administrative apparatus of elections which they've been doing and plan to continue to and make it practically impossible for people they don't like to vote against them and matter.
It’s not like people weren’t warned for quite some time.
Live updates: Texas Republicans push ahead with redistricting after Democrats flee state |
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/texas-democrats-redistricting-quorum-08-04-25

2025-08-04 22:16:40 UTC

The historic record of the last 40 years is clear; the economy does better under Democratic Party leadership.
More jobs, better growth, lower deficits, even a surplus in the 90s. You'd never know it from mainstream press reporting over those same decades.
It’s the same press who tells you Democrats are too old (but Republicans aren’t) and that both parties are the same, by the way. They aren’t.
CBO: Republican megabill to cost $4.1T, due to higher borrowing costs -
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/congressional-budget-office-gop-megabill-to-cost-4-1t-drive-up-borrowing-costs-00492581

2025-08-03 16:29:24 UTC

Pennsylvania voted for this to give tax cuts to Elon Musk.
Trump cuts to NIH took more than $100M out of Pa. economy | 90.5 WESA
https://whyy.org/articles/trump-cuts-national-institutes-health-nih-pennsylvania/

2025-08-01 18:54:20 UTC

Just some run of the mill fascism, but Kamala had a weird laugh.
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/trump-erika-mcentarfer-jobs-report-fired.html
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/114/955/018/893/484/584/original/5ee4f6a9ecf5c0ed.mp4

2025-07-30 22:29:39 UTC

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I’ll note that the way to stop this was not letting Trump get court picks. That opportunity went by November 5th.
This stuff will end up affecting your life and people like Elon Musk paid a lot of money to trick you into not caring about it. So did a lot of other forces who succeeded in dividing people up over issues that shouldn’t have been divisive.

2025-07-30 22:26:53 UTC

Minority party fails to stop majority.
You should notice that the two agents Politico included in this headline (that is, the ones who are implied to have power) are the “Senate" and "Dems." The party that actually did this are left out of it.
Seriously our political media is a goddamn joke and these clowns are some of the biggest among them.
Senate confirms Emil Bove to Third Circuit, as Dems fail to thwart Trump pick - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/29/senate-confirms-emil-bove-to-third-circuit-as-dems-fail-to-thwart-trump-pick-00482965

2025-07-30 17:25:26 UTC

There's an excess of negative political commentary about Democrats on top of all the right wing propaganda. Even media companies that often appear to explicitly support Democrats (Crooked Media, MSNBC) take time out to slap Dems around.
You won’t see any of them talking about how the Democratic Pittsburgh City Council just finished 2 years of work to eliminate middle and low income people’s medical debt. But if they can find a way to be divisive about some other local issue, they’ll jump on it.

2025-07-27 15:23:17 UTC

The idea that "I can criticize Democrats more because I hold them to higher standards" doesn't hold up when it results in their unemployment and Republicans gaining power.
After a while, people need to realize that this approach is toxic and not strategic.

2025-07-25 18:48:37 UTC

In 2024, Trump suggested oil executives should raise $1 billion for his presidential bid because he would roll back environmental rules.
Anyone paying attention?
Trump EPA aims to repeal vehicle emission rules after revoking greenhouse gas endangerment finding | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-epa-aims-repeal-vehicle-emission-rules-after-revoking-greenhouse-gas-2025-07-24/

2025-07-24 23:33:40 UTC

Jerome Powell did more to fact check Donald Trump’s lies to his face in a few minutes than the entire White House press corp did in the last decade.
Trump visits the Federal Reserve, tussles with Jerome Powell:
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5478922/trump-federal-reserve-renovation-jerome-powell

2025-07-24 16:50:10 UTC

Big Oil and the techbros got what they paid for.
I hope people are working on winning elections this year and in the 2026 midterms for Democrats. I am because we are in a world of hurt.
Trump’s EPA says climate pollution doesn’t endanger people : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5302162/climate-change-trump-epa

2025-07-24 01:32:21 UTC

If only there was an industry devoted to informing the public instead treating the future of the country as a sports game combined with a giant ego trip which is what we have our free press right now.

2025-07-23 15:02:31 UTC

Renewable energy is less costly than fossil fuel energy and needs to be in our future in order to meet demand.
Republicans’ war on renewable energy is nonsensical on several levels, but I’m glad individual states recognize what needs to be done. This is also an excellent way to utilize land that’s been damaged by PFAs, a contaminant that Biden set limits on that the Trump administration rolled back.
Maine seeks renewable energy projects on PFAS-contaminated farmland-
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech/science/environment/pfas/maine-puc-renewable-energy-proposals-pfas-contaminated-land-farm/97-4b13ea11-ac17-44ad-8def-48174b73a54d

2025-07-21 21:28:34 UTC

“I need more racism to distract from my pedophilia scandal.” - The U.S. President
Trump's latest demand: Washington Commanders, Cleveland Guardians should change team names back:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-demand-washington-football-cleveland-baseball-name-change-rcna219890

2025-07-21 21:22:33 UTC

This guy is 40 with no apparent problems that stop him from working and he collects taxpayer money and he doesn't work- he’s on vacation all the time - and somehow he thinks people with real problems shouldn't receive social safety net money unless they work, even if they literally can’t or are much older and have already worked.
JD Vance’s Idyllic Vacation in Foreign A-List Hotspot to Be Hijacked by Protests
https://www.thedailybeast.com/vances-vacation-plans-immediately-hit-with-protest-threats/
https://cdn.masto.host/progressivecafesocial/media_attachments/files/114/893/310/293/836/659/original/10b763146e7ef9f1.jpg

2025-07-21 21:07:00 UTC

Reporters and online commentators who obsessively monitored egg prices in the news, on social media, and on TV from grocery store aisles during Biden's administration have disappeared like D.B. Cooper ever since Trump came in and prices for things are skyrocketing.
I wonder why.
Beef prices are the new egg prices. They’re soaring | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/business/beef-prices-record-high

2025-07-21 21:00:40 UTC

Single-payer isn’t the global standard for universal healthcare.
A lot of countries use a mix of public and private systems to cover everyone.
Germany has a universal multi-payer healthcare system built around mandatory health insurance.
France: Universal system via statutory public insurance with private top-ups.
Japan: Universal coverage via mandatory public health insurance (employer- and community-based); patients choose their providers, small co-pays.
Just stuff to know, I guess.

2025-07-19 02:11:18 UTC

Lauren Underwood passes bills in her sleep and has been consistently since she got into office.
Yet somehow other people get all the attention who are mostly talk.
This is what you should look for in future leadership.
H.R.248 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Baby Changing on Board Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/248

2025-07-17 18:40:01 UTC

This is disgusting.
But so are the American voters who sat out and/or voted for it. It’s part of Project 2025, and a number of people including people in the media itself told liberals we were overreacting or things like this can be worked around.
They can’t.
U.S. Senate Republicans vote to claw back foreign aid and public media funding-
https://whyy.org/articles/public-media-funding-foreign-aid-senate/