Jude Mulledy

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

Bluesky smiling at me, nothing but Bluesky from now on!!!!

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@catherinerusse2 I’m already there

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@DougWahl1 There’s a sucker born every minute.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Eric Trump was asked if he wanted a cabinet position and after thinking really hard he said:

“Ok, I’ll take the middle shelf. On the right side.”

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@TheRichFromCali Class vs Crass

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@SueNBCBoston Happy Birthday Sue, Keep Snarking!

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

We need you Dark Brandon! Work your magic.

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@DawnsMission F-off not true

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@thejackhopkins Don’t mistake posting on social media as actually doing something.

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@MadeInTheUSANJ 🇺🇸

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@kate_worrall @HP_Community @heatherpeace

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

This weekend while out for lunch at a restaurant near Asheville, NC I sat near two Trump supporting gentleman and close enough to overhear their conversation. I used to think of them as low information, but I was wrong. These men were smart and full of information. Unfortunately, the information comes from another universe from the one that I am living in. This really was clear when they were discussing the storm and discussing how all of the information about how the Government was directing the storm to this area will come out after Trump is in office. I make this point because they were as certain in what they were discussing and intelligent in discussing it as I am certain of how wrong they are. As they both drove away in their septic tank work trucks, I realized how the Republicans won this group of hard-working Americans and it was on AM Radio. They will go turn on AM radio and receive their information about America there. I finally understand why Rush Limbaugh and others were paid so much money to work on AM radio. We lost that battle, and we need to figure out how to reengage with these Americans across America with actual facts and in a format that they want to listen to.

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.

We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.

It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.

It's an insidious power that has been hiding in the shadows for some time...and when the stakes were at their highest in this election, it fully revealed itself.

The American Oligarchy.

They control our Supreme Court, much of Congress, and the flow of information to the masses via legacy, mainstream and social media.

They decide the national conversation, how to keep us at each other's throats while they continue to amass wealth and power completely unchecked.

They put their thumbs on the scale of justice and poured billions into this election. They chose Trump because he was desperate and would capitulate to their demands. They chose a running mate to replace him in case he became too unhinged to control.

Consider how many disqualifying facts about Trump never saw the light of day...or didn't get the attention they deserved...or got drowned out by propaganda. They took a mentally spent buffoon and presented him as a hero to the masses.

Despite Biden successfully steering us out of a global recession and strengthening our economy, they maintained the national tone about the price of groceries being too high. Despite Trump's obvious mental decline, their media outlets remained reticent to press the issue.

We struggle to unite as a nation because they're too good at keeping us divided. We are drowning in disinformation because they control all of it.

They have successfully created imaginary villains for us to fight...each other.

It seems like we are a democracy careening towards fascism, when the reality is they're using the specter of fascism to keep us on edge while they turn America into a compliant oligarchy.

Whether you are a democrat, republican, independent or MAGA, we have a common foe.

Some of us just don't know it yet.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

A friend sent this to me today:

HOLDING VIGIL

by Alison Luterman

My cousin asks if I can describe this moment,
the heaviness of it, like sitting outside
the operating room while someone you love
is in surgery and you’re on those awful plastic chairs
eating flaming Doritos from the vending machine
which is the only thing that seems appealing to you, dinner-wise,
waiting for the moment when the doctor will come out
in her scrubs and face-mask, which she’ll pull down
to tell you whether your beloved will live or not. That’s how it feels
as the hours tick by, and everyone I care about
is texting me with the same cold lump of dread in their throat
asking if I’m okay, telling me how scared they are.
I suppose in that way this is a moment of unity,
the fact that we are all waiting in the same
hospital corridor, for the same patient, who is on life support,
and we’re asking each other, Will he wake up?
Will she be herself? And we’re taking turns holding vigil,
as families do, and bringing each other coffee
from the cafeteria, and some of us think she’s gonna make it
while others are already planning what they’ll wear to the funeral,
which is also what happens at times like these,
and I tell my cousin I don’t think I can describe this moment,
heavier than plutonium, but on the other hand,
in the grand scheme of things, I mean the whole sweep
of human history, a soap bubble, because empires
are always rising and falling, and whole civilizations
die, they do, they get wiped out, this happens
all the time, it’s just a shock when it happens to your civilization,
your country, when it’s someone from your family on the respirator,
and I don’t ask her how she’s sleeping, or what she thinks about
when she wakes at three in the morning,
cause she’s got two daughters, and that’s the thing,
it’s not just us older people, forget about us, we had our day
and we burned right through it, gasoline, fast food,
cheap clothing, but right now I’m talking about the babies,
and not just the human ones, but also the turtles and owls
and white tigers, the Redwoods, the ozone layer,
the icebergs for the love of God—every single
blessed being on the face of this earth
is holding its breath in this moment,
and if you’re asking, can I describe that, Cousin,
then I’ve gotta say no, no one could describe it
we all just have to live through it,
holding each other’s hands.

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@Tim_Walz COACH! I was so looking forward to your leadership. I’m grieving the loss of what might have been.

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@thejackhopkins They don’t realize that the flip has switched and there is not off button. we’re done.

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@HC_Richardson @lrozen 👀

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

@DougWahl1 It won’t matter

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@LocalPoliticsis Educated voters

[Jude Mulledy @Jamkat1Judy]

Where in the world is @HC_Richardson ?