mike b

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Family, retired football coach, horse racing forever, dogs, economics, American history, art. All other pleasures come and go...

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Pepsi replaced its 32oz Gatorade bottle with a 28oz for the same price.

Nabisco shrunk the family size box of Wheat Thins by 12%.

General Mills shrunk the family size box of Cocoa Puffs by 6%.

Frito-Lay shrunk the size of a bag of Doritos by 5%.

Shrinkflation is everywhere.

[🦅🇺🇲MYSTIC🇺🇲🦅 ✨️I LOVE OUR COUNTRY✨️ @MDomino07]

@CalltoActivism

[cocomo @SultanM45488238]

@CalltoActivism Trump wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself 🔥
-Reality of Trump

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow.

Here’s Robert De Niro’s full statement about how Donald Trump should NEVER be president again:

“I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty.

Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. 

Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world.

We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. 

They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it. 

Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity. 

Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world. 

Safety for our families. 

Decency. 

Let’s welcome them back. 

We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

[ndweiss (ND). Jezebel. Brokedown palace. @11tulips]

There it is: The Democratic Platform

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Wishing this man a blessed journey to the land of beautiful souls. 🪶✨

[Pamela -Wysox, Pa🌎🐾🌻💙 @pam8896]

@krassenstein Even if she did it does not change trump's guilt of the crimes he committed.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Massachusetts raised $1.5 billion with a wealth tax on millionaires

Those funds are being used to fund green infrastructure, education, childcare, and more.

Now 10 more states are developing or have introduced wealth tax bills.

This is what unrigging our tax system looks like.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Exactly

[mike b @turbulator20]

Awesome, Madison!! Stay strong!!!!

[Madison @madex0x]

Good morning #RecoveryPosse Today I'm 6 months sober from heroin. Never thought I'd be here today! I appreciate all of you who have helped in any way. Love you all 💜❤️‍🩹

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

BREAKING: House Oversight Democrats, led by Jamie Raskin, just asked the Government Accountability Office to open an investigation into Tommy Tuberville’s months-long blockade of hundreds of military officials & how it impacted our national security. This is great & so needed.

[Dog Lovers @DogLovers03]

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[The 𝗘nd 𝗝ustifies the 𝗠emes @Upsidasium]

I'm no psychologist but if Biden really called Trump a "sick f*ck" then he's passed my cognitive exam with flying colors.
https://t.co/KdwDcv2RYt

[Original Me 🇺🇸🦅🌊 @MadamWiser]

@OccupyDemocrats The FBI should do whatever they have to do in order to obtain the documents Trump stole from the White House. Bedmimster (all of it) and any other place he traveled to must be searched. Rand Paul should be subpoenaed to question him on what he delivered to Putin from Trump.

[PatrioticDabber @DabberPatriotic]

@politvidchannel So he is openly talking about purchasing an American President?

[Richard Signorelli 🌱🇺🇦 🌊 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 @richsignorelli]

@gtconway3d @LynnRagland15 I always enjoyed my lunches when I had depositions at opposing counsel's offices. Common courtesy except when you are dealing with sociopaths. I heard that Hitler didn't serve lunches to his enemies either.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Alina Habba hasn’t had any success as Trump’s lawyer, but that doesn’t set him off in public.
You know what did — when she offered to buy E. Jean Carroll’s legal team lunch.
He yelled at her for that, threw papers & stormed out of the room.
For. Buying. Lunch.
Yes, he is a narcissistic sociopath.
Yes, he’s vindictive, cruel, petty, and mean.
But he’s also just such a fucking asshole.

[mike b @turbulator20]

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[Just saying @kangaroos991]

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[James Tate @JamesTate121]

COPIED FROM JOE BECIGNEUL: THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO TICK SOME PEOPLE OFF, AND I HOPE IT DOES. BUT I’M GOING TO KEEP ON SHARING IT AND SAYING IT. AND ONCE AGAIN, I AM NOT A SWIFTIE, BUT I AM A HUMAN BEING, A DAD AND, A MONSTROUS FOOTBALL FAN.
I am extremely disappointed in so many of you who think that "not being a fan" of someone means you're entitled to shit all over them.
I want to remind you of something.
Your children are watching you complain about Taylor Swift sitting at a football game, being happy, and cheering for a man she loves in what appears to be a very loving, respectful relationship.
Your Children are watching you judge a woman for literally just EXISTING and taking up space happily.
And you know what? Ms. Swift has won 324 awards? How many do you have?
She brought $5 BILLION dollars in consumer spending and boosted the U. S. economy so significantly, that leaders from other countries actually beg for her to play there?
Did you know that there are over 20 college courses about her skills as an artist, lyricist, and musician - including at places like Harvard, Stanford & UC Berkeley?
Did you know that Taylor Swift quietly donates mass amounts of money to local food banks in every city she performs in?
AND DID YOU KNOW …
That Taylor Swift was sexually assaulted by a radio DJ, and she got him fired? When he sued HER for over $3 million for defamation, she counter sued for a symbolic $1 in a court case that took 2 YEARS for her to win. And, she did that just to show women that fighting for what's right has no price tag & to never be silent in the face of oppression.
WELL IF YOU DON’T CARE BY NOW, YOU SHOULD.
Because your daughters, nieces, and your nephews are watching you run your mouth. And they are seeing the world hate a woman who does so much good, simply because she exists in their line of sight.
DO BETTER PEOPLE.
Teach your boys to respect women. Teach your girls that as women - they are ALLOWED to take up space.
Fix it. Become aware of your words. Because we all have the ability and the obligation to fight for the future of our children with simple moments. And we need to consciously choose to be better for them.

[Mindy Fischer Writer @mindys4biden]

So Politico has a piece out today that talks about Biden's complete disdain for Trump. They quote Biden as saying about Trump in private, "What a sick fuck." and "What a fucking asshole this guy is."
Just when I thought I couldn't love Dark Brandon more.