A friend of mine recently returned from a trip to the EU. At customs in Nashville coming home, she said she saw a white European female traveler having to take off a jacket and show all her tattoos and explain what they mean. CBP is evidently targeting everyone, not just people they think look "foreign." Nobody should visit the US.
Before the cameras started at the White House today, Trump said he wants to start sending "home growns" to el Salvador and that the dictator there needs to build five more prisons for them. Thanks a lot to all the people who didn't vote for Harris because she wasn't perfect. #authoritarianism#Trump#Harris#uspol
Understand this: There is no going back. If, tomorrow, Donald Trump revoked his entire regime of tariffs, it would not matter. It might temporarily delay some economic pain, but the rest of the world now understands that it must move forward without America.
We have a deeply stupid government . . . But also, we have the government we deserve. The American age is over. And it ended because the American people were no longer worthy of it. #Uspol https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-american-age-is-over
If anyone wants to read the article about how a man with legal US residency got kidnapped and dumped in the el Salvador torture center, here's a gift article. It's pretty enraging. This seems like a pretty big tipping point to me.
Just heard about MSNBC firing pretty much all the anchors who aren't white. I never really watched anyone except Joy Reid on the network, now I will watch nothing. It's too bad Rachel Maddow didn't resign in protest. She's worth $35 million, how much more money does she need. #MSNBC#joyreid
American women need to get passports. Or don't change your name if you get married. --- The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act could prevent many married women from being able to register to vote.
Much of the documentation listed under the SAVE Act is based on having a birth certificate that matches the person registering to vote. However, as many as 69 million married women in the United States have changed their legal name since getting married, meaning their name does not match their birth certificate.
Periodic post about how if you love scrambled eggs for breakfast but don't want to pay an absurd price for a dozen eggs, tofu can mimic eggs with this recipe for a fraction of the price. I've started to leave out tahini since it's a pain to melt. Here's this morning's breakfast with my low carb bread and Trader Joe's vegan butter. #Tofu#Eggs#Recipe https://rainbowplantlife.com/eggy-tofu-scramble/
Listening to a little Green Day (American Idiot) while messing around inside. This was my theme song during the efforts to flip the Senate in 2006. Sad that this song is even more relevant 20+ years after it was released.
@HarriettMB@thebeeguy we tried to do something last November, but too many people in this country are fucking idiots. I'm sorry to say there's really nothing we can do now since his party controls the entire government for the next two years and Trump is now basically a mob boss not following laws. We warned people who said they wouldn't vote for Harris because of this issue but they didn't listen.#Trump#USPol
@HarriettMB@thebeeguy our system is pretty weak, but I think Democrats can win back the house in 2026 in states that aren't currently controlled by crazy people. Our system is pretty dispersed and stronger than you imply. What is currently happening now with dismantling the federal government is going to destroy a lot here and people are going to start to get really pissed when they realize what that really means, even people who voted for T. Maybe people will just roll over and we'll turn into something like Hungary. Or maybe people will fight back. I don't know. At any rate it's going to be a chaotic four years. #Trump#USPol
Book nerd, science fiction & fantasy fan, dog and cat herder, plant based food enthusiast. I like hiking, caving, gardening, history, outdoor photography, and various shenanigans out in the wilderness. Evidently my new hobby is protesting fascism. Based in the southeast US.