Kim Javens

liberal gramma, retired Physical Therapist Assistant, volunteer Brown County Democrats, Green Bay, WI. Blue Crew member🇺🇸🦅💙

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Different country, same shit. Listen to this warning from my exiled friend, Rodrigo Figueredo, who watched as Venezuela's democracy was destroyed by oligarchs who helped install Hugo Chavez and turn his country into a fascist authoritarian autocracy. 😳�

[oneplusone🇨🇦 @oneplusone10]

CONS have already pushed hard to hand Canada over to Starlink and Musk.

Trudeau is the only one standing in their way.

#NeverPoilievre #NeverVoteConservative

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

I've been involved in winning presidential races and races that lost. One common thread is that everyone seems to have a reason why you won or lost which usually reflects a personal perspective or agenda.

So here's mine: I think VP Harris ran a very good campaign that operated at a high level. She had a great convention, crushed Trump in a debate, and put on a series of big event rallies that were the best I'd ever seen.

As a Republican operative, I spent years pointing out flaws in the Democratic Party and I'm not here to say it doesn't need to go through a period of questioning and self-reflection. Those are much larger questions than one election and one campaign. But the Republican party is an anti-democratic movement, attacking the pillars of American democracy from elections to the judicial system.

I understand those who say that if there had been a "normal" Democratic primary, the results would have been better. Maybe. But think about it. In modern political history, every time a sitting VP has run for the nomination, that VP has won. Perhaps it would have been different this time and the eventual nominee would have emerged stronger for the process. But more likely there would have been a bloody primary fight that left the nominee broke and trying to patch together a fractured party to face a Republican party that has become Donald Trump's party. In all probability, VP Harris would have won that primary and been in a weakened and vulnerable position when it was finally resolved in May or June.

I would say to my Democratic friends to go through this post-election process with open minds and hearts but never doubt that the Democratic party is the only pro-democracy party in America. No one will have a position in Trump's administration who is not an election denier adhering to the Big Lie. That's toxic to a country's sense of self and the damage will take a generation to repair, if it is possible to heal.

Losing an election does not mean that you were wrong and they were right. It means you lost an election. I grew up in Mississippi watching my parents back candidates opposed to segregation. When those candidates lost, and they did for a long time, my parents didn't question if they were on the right side. They didn't ask themselves if the majority who supported segregation had proven the justness of their cause by winning.

The mid-terms start after the Super Bowl. It will likely be a good election for Democrats and then the 2028 presidential race will be upon us. After a loss, the days seem long but the months will pass quickly. Reflect, rest up, but come back prepared to fight. Fight not because victory is assured but fight because not to fight is to give up. And if we do that, we no longer deserve to call ourselves Americans.

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[Ricky Davila @TheRickyDavila]

They blamed President Obama for 2 Ebola deaths and demanded that he resign, but the orange convicted felon sabotaged the covid response which killed nearly a million people and plotted sedition and he was rewarded with full power. Racism and stupidity go hand in hand.

[John Burke @JohnBur06749694]

@RepMarkPocan Vote YES on the Social Security Fairness Act HR 82. I am asking for your support on the November 12th floor vote. Your commitment is essential to righting the grave injustices imposed by the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

As a Christian, I remind you that
Jesus was a gun loving nationalist
who opposed
abortion,
liberals,
immigration,
labor unions
and gay rights
Oh wait, did I say Jesus?

Sorry, I meant Hitler.
Jesus did none of that.
That was all part of Hitler’s agenda.

[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.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Liz Cheney is a patriot who put country over party in this election. She will likely face more hatred and insults from Donald Trump in the coming months.

RETWEET to thank @Liz_Cheney for putting country over party!

[Gene Bryant @GeneBryant2]

A new study from the London School of Economics says 50 years of tax cuts in the U.S. — which promised to “trickle down” and eventually boost jobs and income for everyone — have only helped one group: the rich.
https://t.co/UIyBqUcDJb

[Sibylle @AHaschi]

71 days left of the most successful presidency

You all acted like anyone could accomplish what he accomplished

America didn't deserve him

[WP Armour @armour_wp]

@donwinslow It seems like Most people just think that their lives will just go on as usual, and "we'll vote them out" in '26 or '28. . Even those who voted for him have No idea what is coming their way. . (Hint: See Russia, Hungary, North Korea). .

[cjrmurphy🌊🌊🌊🌊💪🏻💪🏻 @cjrmurphy1]

You know how Trump is into crowds and tv ratings. How bad can we make it if NONE of us tune into his inauguration speech, or any of his speeches for that matter, for the next four years??!! 😳😳

I cannot stand to listen to his voice or look at his face anyways !!

Who’s in?🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

Project 2025 retroactively reinstates the student loans Biden cancelled, if anyone cares.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Before it’s too late to make history transparent and to Trump-proof the past from erasure, Jack Smith and Merrick Garland — yes, that guy — can yet perform a great public service by going fully public:

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Even with guardrails, @RuthMarcus is
“most worried that this country is not what she thought it was, but someplace much more cruel and nasty and selfish, both in its attitude toward our fellow Americans and in its conception of America’s place in the world.” That’s my worry too

[attorneybythesea 💙🇺🇸🌊 @attybythesea]

@ChrisMurphyCT I’m so tired of this “it’s our own fault” crap. It is the LIES that people have been told 24/7 for years. We have the best economy in the world but people believe it’s terrible because they’ve been told that nonstop. So unless you get rid of the lying, nothing will change. Ever.

[Sanity Lane @demandjusticexo]

@ChrisMurphyCT These are all great points. However, how can Republicans be seated when they are violating the Fourteenth Amendment? I've thought about that for days now.

[UnitedWeStand @DividedWeFa11]

@ChrisMurphyCT What we need to build is a media system where people can get their information because the whole problem is people are being fed propaganda and they believe it.

[KathleenFrances ☘️ @Kathlee71013772]

@StellaParton ANEN! This good decent man, great President did his job- does not deserve this. I am with you Stella. I will love him till the day I die.

[Stella Parton @StellaParton]

Harris did a brilliant job and the people voted. If there is no impropriety in the vote count we need to suck it up and STFU and move forward. But I do have an old lady crush on Governor Tim Walz. I enjoyed him immensely and his family is adorable. Go Tim!