Beth B, aka Lady Dragon

Progressive who thinks it’s past time for REAL systematic change!. Ally & friend to all, including LGBTQ, BLM & agree those in Trump-Cult must be de-programmed!

[Beth B, aka Lady Dragon @ladydragyn]

In our constitution, the very 1st of our inalienable rights is the right to LIFE. It comes before Liberty & the pursuit of happiness for a reason. If we aren’t alive, then nothing else matters. Gun rights should NEVER trump life itself, yet that’s our reality in America. #ENOUGH

[Beth B, aka Lady Dragon @ladydragyn]

Early poem: Michael R. Burch, 'Will There Be Starlight' https://t.co/3zkFFuPihr via @Robin_HL

[Beth B, aka Lady Dragon @ladydragyn]

Michael R. Burch https://t.co/zBxyrotKKM via @https://twitter.com/LifeandLegends

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

If only Trump had a soul. Then maybe he’d feel the horror many of us share at the idea of betraying Ukraine in the face of this 9/11 history.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Fox News' Maria Bartiromo has an on-air meltdown after a Pennsylvania car dealer reveals that Donald Trump's tariffs are totally destroying his business by skyrocketing prices.

Everyone is feeling the pinch now...

"Dramatic. Dramatic," the dealer said when asked about the impact of the tariffs. "I had sold an order for a customer. $80,000 truck. It's $100,000 now so he's not going to buy the truck. It's going to sit on my lot."

Trump implemented his disastrous 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada earlier today and already the stock market is in free fall and prices are spiking.

"You know, the higher interest rates we're paying right now for floor plan and nobody's going to buy the truck because it just had a $20,000 price increase," the dealer added.

"Kelley Blue Book — we'll put the number up — they say that the average vehicle will go up by about $3,000. Does that sound right to you?" asked the Fox reporter.

"No. We don't have the tight strokes but to me it's a 25% tariff so that affects our parts that come from these countries and a whole bunch of our cars," responded the dealer.

"And you've been basing your business model on free trade basically," said the reporter. "This is what the American Automakers policy council says Maria in response to this—"

"'Our American automakers who invested billions in the U.S. to meet these requirements, should not have their competitiveness undermined by tariffs that will raise the cost of building vehicles in the U.S. and stymie investment in the American workforce, while our competitors from outside of North America benefit from easy access to our home market.'"

"No tariff on the German cars coming in," the reporter said to the car dealer.

"No they're going to be okay. But think about it. We built our business around that, the OAMs built their business around that and now it changes on a dime," replied the dealer.

"And we can't build a $4 billion plant overnight in the United States. So I think building in the United States is great. I think enhancing the participation from the other countries on the other things... But this is pretty radical," he added.

"I hear you," said the reporter. "There you go Maria, rubber meets the road here," the reporter said as the segment threw it back to Bartiromo in the studio.

"All right. Great. Yeah. Exactly," said a visibly uncomfortable Bartiromo. "Jeff thank you, thank you so much, Jeff Flock at the Dodge Ram, uh plant, I mean not plant, it's not a plant Chris... They're selling cars. Thank you, dealership."

"But you know what? Let me ask you this, okay? How many Dodge Rams do you see driving around Europe, okay?" she continued.

"How many Dodge Rams do you see driving around India? I mean, not many I bet! Why?" she raged. "Because they don't buy our cars and that what President Trump's trying to change. Maybe Dodge should start building them here and selling them here!"

Of course, destroying the U.S. economy and crushing domestic car dealerships on the off-chance that foreign markets begin purchasing more American made cars is utterly delusional.

Bartiromo is a MAGA propagandist and she's desperate to spin this Trump disaster but the truth is that there is no upside here. We're all going to be forced to pay the price for Trump's ignorance.

It's also worth noting that while we don't know how this dealer David Kelleher voted, car dealers are considered an influential fundraising and voting bloc for the Republican Party. Car dealers across this country helped put Trump in power — and they're already starting to regret it.

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Horror story hits the news as a toddler, mother, and grandmother are hauled off to an immigration detention center by Trump's goons because they were speaking Spanish — even though they're American citizens.

This is the worst case scenario...

According to a report from Telemundo Puerto Rico, the three innocent Americans were detained in Milwaukee and dragged off by U.S. officials.

A member of their family stated that they were minding their own business, shopping at a department store when they were detained. Their request to speak to officers was denied until they arrived at the detention center.

"My sister, speaking in English, explained that, not only are they American citizens, but that they are from Puerto Rico, they were born in Puerto Rico," said the family member. The individual spoke anonymously to Telemundo out of fear for their family.

The detained mother eventually produced documents including birth certificates, at which point the officials became apologetic — presumably because they're afraid of a lawsuit.

"I’m so sorry," said one official.

The family was then forced to call and pay for a ride from the facility, putting even more unfair strain on them.

It's still unclear which agency detained them, since ICE's mass detainment and deportation operations are being aided by U.S. Marshals, the DEA, and the FBI.

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[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

Please don’t share the video of Miami Dolphins WR Grant Dubose getting injured. Share this because we are all Praying for him and his family.

[American Veteran @amvetsupport]

@ronsterd89 Trudeau's biggest threat would be on lumber. These idiotic tariffs would cripple the construction industry and raise the prices on new homes exponentially. The idiot trump could never have graduated from Wharton. He doesn't know one damn thing about finance or economics.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Love thy neighbor (no exceptions).
Who is your neighbor?
Everyone.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

This is an oligarchy.

The founders never intended people to have this much power… EVER

Stop the oligarchy

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Fresh bombshell rocks Donald Trump's Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth as ten current and former Fox News employees state that his drinking was completely out of control when he worked there.

And it gets even worse...

According to NBC News, the ten individuals stated that Hegseth's drinking was cause for widespread concern at the network.

Two of the individuals said that they smelled alcohol on more than a dozen occasions before he went on air for "Fox & Friends Weekend." Those two, in addition to another individual, stated that he would often go on TV after whining about being hungover from drinking the night before.

One source said that they smelled alcohol on him just last month and heard him state that he was hungover this past fall. In other words, he has yet to address his problem.

"Everyone would be talking about it behind the scenes before he went on the air," one former Fox employee said.

"He’s such a charming guy, but he just acted like the rules didn’t apply to him," said another.

If indeed Hegseth is an alcoholic, as these reports would suggest, then he should be seeking immediate help and treatment for his condition. The simple fact is that he cannot be trusted to lead the Pentagon.

Imagine a scenario in which our country is dealing with a deadly global crisis or the outbreak of war and our Defense Secretary is two bottles of whiskey deep. The results would be catastrophic.

America will not be safe under this man.

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: President Biden and First Lady Jill embrace an antidote to MAGA hatred by unveiling beautiful White House decorations built around spreading a message of "peace and light."

This is a far cry from Melania's horror film Christmas...

Jill Biden revealed that the theme this year is a "Season of Peace and Light." It's intended to encourage all visitors to the White House — roughly 100,000 during Christmastime — to fully "embrace the peace and light of the holiday season."

It took roughly a week of work and the labor of some 300 volunteers to implement the gorgeous decorations. This year, the White House boasts some 83 Christmas trees, over 9,800 feet of ribbon, 28,000 ornaments, and more than 165,000 holiday lights.

Perhaps most movingly, the decorations include a tree dedicated to Gold Star families along with the names of the fallen service members engraved on ornaments.

"As we celebrate our final holiday season here in the White House, we are guided by the values we hold sacred: faith, family, service to our country, kindness towards our neighbors, and the power of community and connection," said the Bidens.

"It has been the honor of our lives to serve as your president and first lady," they added. "Our hope is for the nation to be blessed with the peace and light of the holiday season. We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays."

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[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

pro tip: if you said nothing when Donald Trump pardoned donors, cronies, extended family members, and war criminals, then sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up about Joe Biden pardoning his own son. just put a fucking sock in it

[DJ Judd @DJJudd]

We’re about an hour into former President Donald Trump’s much-ballyhooed Madison Square Garden remarks— but Trump took the stage about two hours late. Perhaps mindful of how late it’s getting, supporters have begun streaming for the exits, even though he’s still speaking.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Kamala Harris gets incredible election news as polling reveals that her lead over Donald Trump among young voters has skyrocketed to a staggering 20 points.

And it gets even better...

According to the latest survey from Youth & Money CNBC Generation Lab, 60% of Americans between ages 18 and 34 say they will b voting for Harris. Only 40% say the same for Trump.

These numbers represent a massive surge of support for the vice president. In July, just 46% of the same demographic supported her and 34% supported Trump. 21% supported RFK Jr. (who has since dropped out of the race).

31% of respondents in the new poll plan to cast their ballots in-person on Election Day. 24% will be voting by mail and 13% said that they will be voting in person early.

Top issues for these young Americans included job creation/economy, taxes, and trust in the government. Harris has vastly superior policies on all of these issues.

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The former chief marketer for NBC apologizes to the American people for giving us Donald Trump by helping to sell “The Apprentice” myth to the American people.

This is humiliating for MAGA…

“I want to apologize to America. I helped create a monster,” writes John D. Miller in a piece entitled “We Created a Monster: Trump Was a TV Fantasy Invented for 'The Apprentice'” for U.S. News & World Report.

“For nearly 25 years, I led marketing at NBC and NBCUniversal,” Miller explains. “I led the team that marketed ‘The Apprentice,’ the reality show that made Donald Trump a household name outside of New York City, where he was better known for overextending his empire and appearing in celebrity gossip columns.”

He goes on to state that his team “created the narrative that Trump was a super-successful businessman who lived like royalty” which was a “substantial exaggeration” that “created a false narrative by making him seem more successful than he was.”

Miller points out that Trump had to declare bankruptcy four times before the show premiered and at least twice over the course of its 14 seasons.

“The imposing board room where he famously fired contestants was a set, because his real boardroom was too old and shabby for TV,” writers Miller.

In a section that is certain to bruise Trump’s ego, Miller states that he was the “perfect choice” for the show because “more successful CEOs were too busy to get involved in reality TV and didn’t want to hire random game show winners onto their executive teams.”

Meanwhile, Trump “had no such concerns” and “plenty of time for filming.”

“I never imagined that the picture we painted of Trump as a successful businessman would help catapult him to the White House,” writes Miller, likening all of their advertising around the show to “fake news” because it was so “highly exaggerated.”

“I discovered in my interactions with him over the years that he is manipulative, yet extraordinarily easy to manipulate,” he goes on. “He has an unfillable compliment hole. No amount is too much. Flatter him and he is compliant. World leaders, including apparently Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, have discovered that too.”

Miller calls Trump “remarkably thin-skinned” and describes his adversarial relationship with the show. The future president would claim that the show was number one in the ratings, even when the numbers refuted that claim.

Not surprisingly, Trump was full of bad suggestions for the show. He wanted to make “a team of Black players compete against white players.” Miller tried to convince him against it by appealing to Trump’s greed and telling him that it would alienate sponsors.

“While we were successful in marketing ‘The Apprentice,’ we also did irreparable harm by creating the false image of Trump as a successful leader. I deeply regret that,” writers Miller. “And I regret that it has taken me so long to go public.”

“Now America is facing a critical choice. Should this elderly, would-be emperor with no clothes, who is well known for stretching and abandoning the truth, be president again?” he asks.

“I spent 50 years successfully promoting television magic, making mountains out of molehills every day,” he continues. “But I say now to my fellow Americans, without any promotional exaggeration: If you believe that Trump will be better for you or better for the country, that is an illusion, much like ‘The Apprentice’ was.”

“Even if you are a born-and-bred Republican, as I was, I strongly urge you to vote for Kamala Harris. The country will be better off and so will you,” concludes Miller.

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper slams Donald Trump for spreading dangerous conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton — including a false allegation that the governor is blocking recovery efforts.

This is how it's done...

"This is a flat out lie. We’re working with all partners around the clock to get help to people," Cooper wrote on X. "Trump’s lies and conspiracy theories have hurt the morale of first responders and people who lost everything, helped scam artists and put government and rescue workers in danger."

The fiery response was prompted by an earlier post by Trump on Truth Social—

Cooper’s comments were in response to a post from Trump on Truth Social on Friday.

"It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina to help people in desperate need," the felon ex-president wrote.

"Biden knew about it, and so did Kamala! It’s all over the place — A HORRIBLE SITUATION. I will make it up to everyone when we take Office on January 20th. HOLD ON, I’M COMING!" Trump added.

There really is no bottom with Trump. Politicizing natural disasters is utterly inexcusable and absolute proof that this man cannot be trusted with the White House.

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: President Joe Biden makes history once again by announcing a new mandate to remove ALL lead pipes within a decade — in addition to a staggering $2.6 billion in funding toward the goal.

And it gets so much better...

"It’s taken too long and hasn’t been given enough priority – until now. This is the United States of America, for God’s sake. There’s no safe level of lead exposure. Period. None," Biden said.

"I said I’d keep my commitment to insist that all communities have access to investments and improved safety and security in their neighborhood. And that’s what we’re doing – leaving no one behind,” he added.

"There’s some folks who don’t have any problem leaving people behind, like my predecessor in the White House and his allies in Congress," Biden continued.

"Like your senator, Ron Johnson, who voted against everything I just talked about," he added before slamming Johnson for calling the health provisions as a "radical agenda."

"I don’t think there’s a damn thing radical about protecting kids from lead poisoning," said Biden.

He went on to tear into Trump and Johnson for "rolling back" crucial water protections, "destroying our wetlands," gutting the EPA, and eliminating "important programs that guaranteed clean water.”

"We can’t go backward – we have to keep moving forward, protect the health and the well-being of our families, our communities, and our country," Biden added.

If you care about future generations and the planet they'll inherit, vote blue!

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[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump’s lies vs. reality

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

OMG this entire room of teachers all LAUGHED AT Vance after his non-answer during the debate.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Donald Trump gets devastating news as FBI stats are released proving that crimes rates are falling drastically under President Biden — destroying the MAGA "crime wave" narrative.

This timing couldn't be any better...

According to the preliminary figures released by the FBI today, the trend of falling crimes rates that was noted by the bureau in 2023 continues strong.

Between January and June, murders dropped by 23% compared to the same time period in 2023. Violent crime fell 10% and reported rapes dropped by 18%.

Aggravated assault dropped by 8% tear over year, robberies fell by 14%, and reported property crime dropped 13%.

The statistics were gathered from 14,800 law enforcement agencies all across the country.

These numbers are deeply inconvenient for Donald Trump because he's desperate to convince voters that there is a historic crime wave unfolding fueled by lawless immigrants. In reality, things are rapidly and dramatically improving under Democratic leadership.

Republicans have no popular policies to offer so they peddle fear, bigotry, and outright lies. We won't fall for it!

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