Grant Gulovsen

Attorney in private practice and U.S. Army combat veteran

Admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois

Former civil and commercial litigator currently advising technology startups

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2024-08-29 02:08:35

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@npub1tg7…9dl9 You love to see it. They should keep doing what they're doing.

2024-08-18 00:52:32

"If Putin declares he'll revert to nuclear weapons to save his corrupt regime from ignominious defeat, we should consider a declaration of war with a commitment of no first-use of nuclear weapons that takes that threat off the table. But what that declaration would do is this..."
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1824877372069572906.html

2024-08-16 02:13:38

I know that polls shouldn't matter but it's interesting that the two latest on 538 show that Harris leads Trump by the same margin regardless of whether RFK Jr is included, which suggests whether or not he stays in the race doesn't matter anymore.
:catjam:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/

2024-08-05 02:08:19

Seeing all these _________ for Harris events keep popping up makes me happy. The overall vibe seems to be that it’s “cool” to support Harris—and to do so publicly—which seems really important with the other side using fear to try and silence people who disagree with them.

2024-08-03 23:46:09

Now that the momentum has shifted and the odds of TFG actually winning becomes less likely. I expect to see a lot more people who were too afraid to speak up start coming forward with truly horrible stories about him. This, in turn, will help to seal his defeat. 😊
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/donald-trump-nephew-fred-disability-die-harris-campaign/

2024-07-18 06:46:16

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@npub168k…zegj Absolutely.

2024-07-18 05:52:31

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Not to be alarmist or anything... :blobcatcoffee:

2024-07-18 05:49:54

Sure fascism would be bad but have you considered that if DJT gets elected he would absolutely sell out the entire country and let Russia infiltrate the U.S. nuclear arsenal if Putin promised him a palace and a few billion dollars and a free flight to Moscow before the bombs started falling? If I was Putin I'd be getting everything in place right now so that he doesn't lose this perfect opportunity to wipe the Western Hemisphere off the map before DJT kicks off.

2024-07-18 02:00:26

Unless you are willing to build a time machine so we can all go back and have a new primary election, calling for Joe to step aside now is defying the will of the people who actually bothered to show up and vote in said primary. Letting a few elites dictate who our nominee should be after the people have already voted is the absolute antithesis of the democratic process.

2024-07-18 01:29:45

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It’s also a great way to root out all the aggros and weirdos on here :blobcatcoffee:

2024-07-18 01:21:35

I note that when you say intentionally provocative things on this platform it results in more engagement than usual. Interesting. 🤓

2024-07-17 17:14:39

Anyone still calling for Biden to drop out is the enemy. We don’t have time for this shit. Biden-Harris 2024. Let’s fucking go! :catjam:

2024-07-17 15:19:44

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@npub10wz…rjfl Fantastic! Thank you!

2024-07-17 12:18:23

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 I sense that as well but we have to fight and we have to win

2024-07-17 12:08:36

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@npub1wdw…3n6v Tax-exempt status but I suspect they try to target people who would be more likely to vote Dem but how they do that is unknown to me.

2024-07-17 02:43:51

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@npub1hth…he0c Vance is a veteran so it's not really that surprising.

2024-07-17 02:39:53

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@npub1wfx…8uy3 My understanding is that one of the priorities of Project 2025 is to turn all of Medicare into Medicare Advantage, so the public pooch will get screwed even harder if they win in November.

2024-07-17 02:27:54

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Another project similar to this one is Postcards to Voters. I haven't signed up for that one but I have heard lots of good things about it from other people on the #fediverse
https://postcardstovoters.org/

2024-07-17 02:25:03

For those who don't know, Vote Forward collects voter registration information and targets people in critical districts so you can write and encourage them to vote. You can't tell them how to vote, but turnout is what will win this election.
If you're tired of doomscrolling and reading the 10,000th article on "why Trump bad" and want to actually do something to help, check it out.
UPDATE: I just told my parents about Vote Forward and they're going to sign up as well.
https://votefwd.org/

2024-07-16 23:17:02

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@npub1p93…rd82 Seeing your posts inspired me to get more involved too. Thank you. We can totally do this. 💪

2024-07-16 22:29:12

I've been telling myself that I was going to get more involved this election season by donating to various campaigns and organizations and I actually did that but honestly this election is too important so now I've signed up with Vote Forward to write letters to people to encourage them to vote since everyone is saying that voter turnout is what is going to decide this election:
https://votefwd.org/

2024-07-16 21:28:55

If you're feeling bummed or stressed about November, here's an uplifting and hopeful post on MetaFilter that also lists a bunch of grassroots organizations you can get involved with:
https://www.metafilter.com/204615/The-under-appreciated-under-reported-grassroots-movement

2024-07-16 14:19:40

Someone who’s big into motorcycles should gather a group of like-minded bikers and start a cross-country road trip called Ridin’ for Biden and target undecided motorcycle aficionados across the U.S. That would be cool.
🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️

2024-07-16 05:27:40

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@npub1ulm…hweg 👍

2024-07-16 02:55:54

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@npub1zx6…pjhq I'd be lying if I said it wasn't kind of cool driving back with food for the family with the sirens blaring and the rain/wind whipping against the vehicle the whole time.

2024-07-16 02:54:46

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@npub1tw5…7q5m Stay safe!

2024-07-16 01:08:37

Seems rather tornadoey here all of a sudden.

2024-07-15 19:46:04

Now that everyone on the ticket has been identified and there are only three and a half months left before election day, if you haven't already gotten involved by volunteering or contributing (if you're able to), then now is the time to start.
We need to work really hard if we want to keep the freedoms we have left. This is not a drill and this is definitely not a joke.
Let's f*cking go! 💪

2024-07-15 06:17:56

I don't understand "Sharing Size" packages of chips or candy because if I'm buying it I don't plan on sharing.

2024-07-15 06:09:06

I still need to work on the whole "when stuff I see online starts to make me feel stressed or send my mood into a tailspin it's time to go offline" routine.
If there is a device I can wear that immediately cuts off the internet once it senses those mood changes I should probably get one. Hopefully it doesn't have LLM-based AI features.

2024-07-14 23:19:03

In just the past week, the narrative has gone from "Biden needs to go," to "Biden is kicking ass," to "Trump is going to win" and we've still got over three months to go before election day.
Calm down, take a deep breath, and stop concerning yourself with what is happening day to day (especially the conspiracy theories) because all that does is distract you from helping to make sure Donald Trump never steps foot in the White House again.
Stay the course and, most importantly, get involved.

2024-07-14 08:53:19

Republicans have no one to blame but themselves if one of their own decided to act with violence since that’s what their leadership has been calling for.
I have no idea what the motivation was but I wouldn’t be surprised if the kid realized the Big Lie he’s been told and that’s it’s actually the Republican politicians who are the perverts and the pedophiles and decided to act as instructed when faced with those sorts of people.

2024-07-14 07:02:58

I haven't seen it myself but apparently there are people on here calling for someone to "finish the job."
You know that's a suicide mission, right?
And you expect someone else to do it so you don't have to?
That's pretty fucking heroic of you.

2024-07-14 03:33:45

I went outside and heard what I'm pretty sure was automatic weapon fire coming from a direction other than the police shooting range (which is also close to where I live).
So that's cool.

2024-07-13 17:41:41

People who continue to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt about Biden (Biden FUD) after he’s made it crystal clear that he’s not dropping out are helping the enemy. If you actually want the other guy to win then go ahead and continue, otherwise please knock it off.

2024-07-13 04:11:20

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@npub1zx6…pjhq I'm completely on board with that. They see this as an opportunity to get a guy (because of course it's going to be a guy) in the White House who is more aligned with the powers that be than Joe or Kamala.

2024-07-13 04:06:15

The direction and momentum of the political climate her in the U.S. seems to change on a dime, but that said, if the Biden-Harris campaign can turn this race into a true grassroots campaign (them) against the elites in Washington (Republican AND Democratic Party elites) we might actually be able to pull off a landslide come November. :blobcatcoffee:

2024-07-13 03:00:39

"Looking at Biden’s performance of this week, it is embarrassing that the mainstream press was trying to force him out of the presidential race. The group of Democratic members of Congress and pundits that called for Biden to drop out should be ashamed of themselves. "
https://www.politicususa.com/2024/07/12/joe-biden-might-have-just-saved-america.html

2024-07-13 02:56:28

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@npub1ryx…6nt2 Awesome. We switched ours to grain free soft food which seems to have helped. Whatever works to make them happy and comfortable.

2024-07-13 01:37:44

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@npub1thd…h8wc The past couple of days have seemed really dark (especially given some on the left's inability to stand behind Biden) but this post actually gave me some hope so I sent a donation. Thank you.

2024-07-13 01:25:55

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@npub1c5l…llq0 😅

2024-07-13 00:09:53

Elder Cat Care Pro Tip:
If your elder cat is losing weight try an elevated cat food bowl since arthritis can make their neck hurt when they have to bend down to eat.

2024-07-12 18:37:27

I’ve been distracting myself lately by going down the list of the top 100 film noirs according to Rotten Tomatoes and watching them on the Internet Archive for free. So many great films I’ve never watched before are on the list.
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-film-noirs/
#movies #film #FilmNoir

2024-07-12 16:30:37

If people don’t rally behind Biden-Harris and focus their limited resources on getting those two re-elected we can look forward to this bullshit post-election day as the country burns
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/774/461/820/103/235/original/65645d43c807703b.jpeg

2024-07-12 15:19:30

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@npub1p8s…4tga Reading that made me feel gross and having the fight in public just makes things worse IMO.

2024-07-12 07:32:24

You can't legitimately argue that Biden is unfit to run in November but it's okay for him to continue serving as President until then. If you don't think he should run then you should be calling on him to resign so Kamala Harris can take over. There are no other alternatives and if Biden says "f*ck all of you I'm staying" then that's the end of the conversation.

2024-07-11 23:56:01

*shakes head in disbelief*

2024-07-11 22:07:26

If you want to move people out of the Trump camp, talking about Project 2025's plan to upend Medicare should be the #1 highest priority since that would impact an enormous number of people in the U.S.
https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/project-2025s-plan-upend-medicare-should-set-alarm-bells

2024-07-10 17:14:56

At this stage of the race, anyone who seriously doesn't want Trump to become President and who is publicly calling for Biden to step aside is pissing in the wind.
Why are people spending so much time comparing Biden to some imaginary candidate who no one has actually identified instead of comparing him to Trump?
It's absolutely fucking insane.

2024-07-10 12:01:37

Unsurprisingly, all this agonizing in public about Joe Biden’s age has hurt him in the polls. As a result, those of us who don’t want the other guy to win need to work even harder to prevent that from happening.
For those of you who haven’t gotten more involved, here is a list of different projects and campaigns collected from the Fediverse and elsewhere that will hopefully provide you with some guidance and inspiration:
https://gulovsen.io/election-2024/

2024-07-10 06:51:00

Question for journalists who cover U.S. politics:
Is part of the reason why the U.S. media seems to be spending far more time criticizing Biden than Trump is because of fear of things like death threats from Trump supporters?
#journalism #politics

2024-07-10 05:05:17

TIL that the first "hardboiled detective" to have his own series was Race Williams (created by author Carroll John Daly), and the first story he appeared in was "Knights of the Open Palm", an anti-Ku Klux Klan story, published June 1, 1923.
So that's cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_John_Daly#cite_note-ls-1

2024-07-09 04:09:21

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@npub1g7t…n6x7 Is it "don't immediately jump to conclusions until you've had an opportunity to hear the facts?" 🤓

2024-07-09 00:58:25

I've learned to build an incredibly high tolerance for getting into animated debates with software developers who want to argue about why a law which requires them to do something they don't want to do is fundamentally wrong or unfair or shouldn't apply to them because reasons. It's cool. I get it. 😂

2024-07-08 23:03:54

The only difference between the New York Times and Forbes is that you actually have to pay Forbes for the right to publish unlimited self-serving opinion pieces.

2024-07-08 22:12:52

I'm tempted to subscribe to the New York Times just so I can cancel it. :blobcatcoffee:

2024-07-08 06:06:34

I just finished watching The Wages of Fear courtesy of the Internet Archive.
If you like nail-biting suspense it's a must watch.
"In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route."
"The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot."
https://archive.org/details/the-wages-of-fear
#film

2024-07-07 23:37:15

Revisiting this thread from a few days ago:
The media here in the U.S. has a big problem.
I thought a letter writing campaign to Important People™️ who have a larger voice than ours could help persuade the media companies to focus more on Trump.
Does anyone know the most efficient way to identify corporate CEOs and others who have contributed heavily to Biden (and who might thus be incentivized to work together to pressure the media if we ask them nicely)?
https://mastodon.social/@gulovsen/112730674098739238

2024-07-07 19:59:37

Congratulations to both France and the UK for clobbering the far right. I hope we in the U.S. can do the same come November.

2024-07-07 19:47:39

Given the Supreme Court's ruling on immunity and what's come out about Project 2025, this November's Presidential election in the U.S. is going to be the most important in my lifetime.
Our choices are the continuation of an imperfect democracy with a chance to make it better or a Christofascist state that will remain in power absent some sort of violent revolution to overthrow it.

2024-07-07 03:14:11

I'm surprised that David Lynch didn't get offered a job working on Sesame Street after creating this ngl 🤷‍♂️
"The Alphabet" - David Lynch (1968)
https://youtu.be/FCrKONTgtI8?si=CvpFISgMId2Nlu5K

2024-07-06 23:48:14

Bunch of "kids" (probably in their 20s or 30s) started a newspaper in our semi-rural region and I couldn't be happier:
"[Y]our new monthly source for local events and stories across Knox, Warren, McDonough, and Fulton Counties. In an era of digitized news and outsourcing to news conglomerates, local stories often go underreported or ignored. Enter Forgottonia Times—a newspaper wholly owned and operated by young adults born, raised, and choosing to invest in this area."
https://www.forgottoniatimes.com/

2024-07-06 23:34:34

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Snogie is giving off very "Da f*ck you lookin' at?" vibes here FWIW

2024-07-06 23:22:36

I don’t remember him being in our PetSmart order 🤔
#Caturday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/742/113/063/789/890/original/3da71b939234bdba.jpeg

2024-07-06 22:12:19

I hate using Google Docs but I'd be willing to use something like this:
https://www.wired.com/story/proton-docs-end-to-end-encryption-google-docs/

2024-07-06 05:19:24

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And when you're done with those don't forget this one from 1960 which is the most popular instrumental of all time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt7SPm7N6D8

2024-07-06 05:17:10

Anyone who needs some instrumental/background music I found this great playlist on YouTube of Instrumentals from the 1950s (including those that venture into early rock & roll):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx8kU_D2e4vp4suZewD9EC9eOLJMADu-2&si=qgttLmtQVaYj1rVu

2024-07-06 02:27:11

Funny how a super boring normal interview with Joe Biden coupled with word finally getting out about what the right actually wants to do with this country is making people on the right totally freak out. Whatever happened to pride of authorship? :blobcatcoffee:

2024-07-06 02:06:22

I'm grateful that the people who worked on Project 2025 and published it all online and have been chest-thumping about it for the past year just assumed the folks on the left were too dumb to use the Internet.

2024-07-05 21:41:26

TFG on Project 2025
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/736/052/985/141/860/original/f34f770cc4d23925.jpeg

2024-07-05 05:45:02

Stated differently, people calling on Biden to step down because they don't think he can win against Trump need to put a sock in it. Anyone who continues that narrative and who claims to be anti-Trump needs to be viewed with suspicion IMO.

2024-07-04 23:55:32

In 2016 I was one of the people who consistently bad-mouthed Clinton and the Democrats for selecting her to run against Trump. I wish I was not that person but I was and I can see what a huge mistake I made.

2024-07-04 22:57:37

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(this is all stream of consciousness right now so sorry for anything that sounds too goofy)
Anyway - would a letter writing campaign targeting big donors (and hopefully advertisers who could pressure the media companies) as well as famous/important/rich people who have publicly expressed support for Biden like Melinda French Gates be a productive use of time?

2024-07-04 22:52:56

Still thinking this through but what if we did the following:
1. Identify the largest corporate and individual donors to the Biden campaign.
2, Find out what media outlets they advertise on (where relevant).
3. Write letters to all the people and CEOs of the companies identified in #1 with content like what appears in the next post in this thread...
https://mastodon.social/@gulovsen/112726352430235496

2024-07-04 22:43:29

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@npub187f…zrxz I like the letter writing idea and I think writing to the editors is part of this but I also wonder if writing to the people who fund the media would also work. Going to think about it some more.

2024-07-04 07:34:09

Thinking about all the times that just "having a pet" helped me get through rough spots in my life. :blobcatcoffee:

2024-07-04 04:33:53

Throwing this out because I'm seeing a lot of people pointing out how the U.S. media is focusing far too much attention on Biden dropping out and virtually none on the other guy:
How do we change that? Is there anything we can do?
For example, are there any specific advertisers who would be receptive to some sort of campaign that would encourage them to talk to the media companies directly and tell them to shift their attention to what actually matters?
Brainstorming ideas here.

2024-07-04 00:30:22

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@npub1zx6…pjhq It's a good post, though.
That said, it's also the reason I have all of my posts auto-delete after two weeks. 😎

2024-07-04 00:13:57

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Anyway, this is old news
https://www.sciencealert.com/survey-links-dark-tetrad-personality-traits-like-narcissism-to-investing-in-crypto

2024-07-04 00:11:14

I'm assuming the lead scientist here goes by the moniker "C. Obvious" 🤓
"Investors in digital currency tend to be argumentative men, study suggests."
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/725/306/240/738/770/original/1a362cecfd92c1a3.png

2024-07-03 02:36:40

People saying Biden needs to step aside or that he will lose to Trump never seem to be able to come up with the name of anyone who’s got a better chance of beating Trump than the guy who already beat him once and who has spent the last four years proving that he can do the job (and do it incredibly well).

2024-07-02 20:44:47

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@npub1nq6…dk6g yeah that one 😬

2024-07-02 20:04:41

I’m not going to share the article but it sure looks like RFK Jr. won’t be much of an issue anymore. :blobcatcoffee:

2024-07-02 04:23:26

I tell you what - seeing that Supreme Court decision today was the closest I felt to how I felt on January 6, 2021 - a combination of disbelief and anger that our entire system of government and democracy is on the brink.
The rational part of my brain keeps coming back to the fact that it doesn't matter as long as Trump is not elected, and if he is elected nothing the Supreme Court says now or later matters anyway.
Still...
Not a good day.

2024-07-02 00:39:50

To anyone still thinking that maybe the courts will save us from another Trump presidency the answer is clearly and unambiguously "NO!"
What Judge Merchan or any other court or judge does between now and November does not matter, so I wouldn't even bother paying any attention to it.
It's up to us.
Vote.
Help to get other people to vote.
Volunteer.
Organize.
Contribute.
It's the only way to save our democracy.

2024-07-02 00:16:09

#PackTheCourt

2024-07-02 00:07:18

I try to be a glass half full kind of guy so I see the Supreme Court's immunity decision as a great wake up call to any people who may not have been paying as close attention to politics as they should have been. 😎 🥛

2024-07-01 23:38:15

Until a few months ago I thought the idea of packing the Supreme Court was a bad idea but started to change my opinion as more of the corruption stuff started coming out and after today's decision I believe it is a necessity.
It should be the first order of business after Joe Biden gets reelected. Whether he should say that openly now is a decision that needs to be made by someone above my pay grade but it absolutely needs to be done.

2024-07-01 23:28:25

I hope King Joseph the First shows up at his press briefing wearing a crown and carrying a scepter
:catjam:

2024-07-01 22:37:10

England having the last laugh at the U.S. right now.

2024-07-01 16:29:58

So if Biden loses the election he can do whatever he needs to do to stay in office as long as it’s via “official acts?” Is that what the Supreme Court just ruled?

2024-07-01 14:13:15

I know that people outside the U.S. must be sick of hearing about our presidential election but in some ways I’m more worried about what happens in Europe if Trump wins because given his disdain for NATO and admiration of Putin if Russia decides to make moves beyond Ukraine I doubt the U.S. would try to stop it and might even offer to help them… 😓

2024-07-01 05:41:17

"Although many Democratic voters say they would prefer President Joe Biden step aside as the party’s nominee after Thursday’s weak debate performance, a new Morning Consult poll reveals that Biden’s support actually improved after the debate.
"Biden gained a point in the latest survey."
First post-debate poll reveals startling results in Trump-Biden battle: Who would’ve predicted this?
https://www.nj.com/news/2024/06/first-post-debate-poll-reveals-startling-results-in-trump-biden-battle-who-wouldve-predicted-this.html

2024-07-01 03:15:34

I have been informed that the polls post-debate have favored Joe.
Glad that the people who actually matter took away from the debate the right message.
Sucks that all the people calling for Joe to step aside did not.

2024-06-30 07:15:11

I had to reinstall both Telegram and Discord in the past week to work on client stuff and now I feel so dirty… :blobugh:

2024-06-30 06:25:02

If Joe Biden is on the ballot in November, I’ll vote for Joe Biden. I don’t think it’s useful to call for Biden to step aside but at the same time a lot can happen in four months and none of us have any control over any of it so whoever the Democrats run against Trump is the person I will be supporting and voting for.

2024-06-29 03:41:15

How it started vs. how it's going
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/697/829/145/385/371/original/c49e5068a620cb7c.png
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/697/832/902/044/371/original/1e08ab6aec33f817.png

2024-06-29 03:18:28

This is definitely one of those days where I need to avoid social media because the non-stop doomerism is exhausting.

2024-06-28 23:06:01

This is exactly the person who we need in the White House. I support Joe 100%.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/696/747/803/522/441/original/1de03e2b524b1220.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/696/749/117/290/621/original/2a6aa38bd3f32364.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/696/750/624/288/682/original/375aac7357664717.jpg

2024-06-28 09:15:11

People on the right are willing to stand behind a guy who’s a convicted felon and rapist and god knows what else but not us. Even though the country is in far better shape now than four years ago and we know what the convicted felon and rapist will do if he becomes president again we’re just not willing to stand behind our guy for some reason.