This is a wonderful point to make. So true. An early experience of how most people live has informed their actions. Also perhaps their choice of party.
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Deborah Winfrey Keene @TashaKotaBellaThe common denominator represented here: Men who grew up in average American households. They were not privileged. They therefore know what life is like for most Americans. They've gone to the grocery store. They've walked to school. They've done chores. That's what's made them who they are.08:10 AM - Mar 29, 2024
08:50 AM - Mar 29, 2024
In response to Squiggly Lines.
Something just hit me today, you know? Too many people at that level get lost in the myth of "the power behind the throne".
01:59 PM - Mar 27, 2024
In response to Squiggly Lines.
I go to check on my friend in Kyiv and to dog our repellent secretary of voter suppress .... I mean STATE ... Frankie "Jim Crow" LaRose, and gloat because he finished a humiliating 3rd in the GOP Senate primary.
10:03 AM - Mar 27, 2024
In response to Squiggly Lines.
If I may go a little further, I'm wondering if this is about power for them as well. The bosses keep acting out this notion like they can make reality whatever they want. People go on those kind of ego trips, they're usually scared of losing something precious to them.
10:46 AM - Mar 27, 2024
In response to Squiggly Lines.
One way to consider it: their motivation is to keep us coming back for more--so that they can further boggle our minds. Plus $.
Deeper motivation: an undermining of #RuleOfLaw , taxation/regulation, and the U.S. as a (mixed-bag) global promoter of democracy.
Deepest: unresolved childhood trauma.
Deeper motivation: an undermining of #RuleOfLaw , taxation/regulation, and the U.S. as a (mixed-bag) global promoter of democracy.
Deepest: unresolved childhood trauma.
09:52 AM - Mar 27, 2024
I watched The Truth vs. Alex Jones last night. HooBoy it is something else.
09:29 AM - Mar 27, 2024
Mike Pence drops out of presidential race in order to spend more time with his crushing sense of irrelevance
02:49 PM - Oct 28, 2023
Great point. Getting NBC to fire McDaniels was a huge triumph for accountability. We need to keep up that pressure when we see more gaslighting & bothsidesing from the media.
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RobPalmerIRL (he/him/his) @RobPalmerIRLY'all, there actually is a way we can make the media better. Holding them accountable, and calling them out on a public scale...also more of those in front of the camera need to be callin' shit out too, and actually giving the facts, not pablum.01:17 AM - Mar 27, 2024
01:23 AM - Mar 27, 2024
Sad to say, but many women, especially older women, have a lot of experience with gaslighting and being turned into the perpetrator when they're actually the prey.
I was going to go private again because of targeting and lies, but I refuse to let other people control my experience here.
I was going to go private again because of targeting and lies, but I refuse to let other people control my experience here.
08:44 AM - Mar 27, 2024
10 out of 10 Spoutible users recommend not doing that to yourself anymore.
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Squiggly Lines @SquigglyLinesWhew! I just spent a few minutes on Twitter. Had to come here for a pallet cleansing! What a nightmare! Not even sure why I do that to myself anymore.09:45 AM - Mar 27, 2024
09:46 AM - Mar 27, 2024
In response to Squiggly Lines.
"I can't decide" = they've succeeded.
Good news/bad news: their Plan A and Plan B haven't worked, so they're taking another tack/we're still obliviously susceptible.
Or maybe that's a mistaken assessment. Is there a downside to operating from that perspective?
Good news/bad news: their Plan A and Plan B haven't worked, so they're taking another tack/we're still obliviously susceptible.
Or maybe that's a mistaken assessment. Is there a downside to operating from that perspective?
09:33 AM - Mar 27, 2024
White people will continue to pretend this is all okay or pretend we don't see it, or pretend it isn't what it is, until we put the fascists in charge and they come for us too. Because we think #WhiteSupremacy will protect our stupid, entitled racist asses.
https://wapo.st/3IQy7q9
https://wapo.st/3IQy7q9
09:27 AM - Mar 27, 2024
(Edited)
In response to Tristan Snell.
Shouldn’t Reagan have an asterisk for the Iran contra affair?
04:41 PM - Aug 03, 2023
In response to Tristan Snell.
Reagan AND Bush 1 both get asterisks … same treason, and Bill Barr made sure neither was held accountable.
05:51 PM - Aug 03, 2023
(Edited)
Felony counts against ex-presidents:
Washington - 0
Adams - 0
Jefferson - 0
Madison - 0
Monroe - 0
…
Kennedy - 0
LBJ - 0
Nixon - 0*
Ford - 0
Carter - 0
Reagan - 0
Bush Sr - 0
Clinton - 0
Dubya - 0
Obama - 0
Trump - 78 and counting
Washington - 0
Adams - 0
Jefferson - 0
Madison - 0
Monroe - 0
…
Kennedy - 0
LBJ - 0
Nixon - 0*
Ford - 0
Carter - 0
Reagan - 0
Bush Sr - 0
Clinton - 0
Dubya - 0
Obama - 0
Trump - 78 and counting
03:52 PM - Aug 03, 2023
Marilyn Lands flipped a seat in Alabama by double digits. But folks in the media and pundits want you to believe Democrats are in serious trouble.
09:05 AM - Mar 27, 2024
Good!!!
08:17 PM - Mar 26, 2024
#VoteBlue
This guy would also like to go back to when women couldn't vote.
This guy would also like to go back to when women couldn't vote.
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How millions in corporate cash could help a radical conspiracy theorist become governor
On Tuesday, Mark Robinson (R) won the Republican nomination for Governor of North Carolina. Robinson, currently North Carolina's lieutenant governor, is one of the most radical gubernatorial nominees in modern history. He has a well-documented record of promoting conspiracy theories, maligning ..
09:17 AM - Mar 27, 2024
To my white cousins... Pay the fuck attention. It's so past due for us to own OUR screw ups (historical and current) and stop expecting Black people to step in. Cut the shit. Do the work. Enough.
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Dorothy P @DorothyPOh, baby, no. We cannot restructure what we did not build. We cannot fix what we did not break. We cannot eliminate what we did not create. White people need to take the lead to right this wrong, otherwise nothing will change.05:39 PM - Mar 05, 2024
05:47 PM - Mar 05, 2024
No it's not. TFG is a murderous criminal, not mentally ill. Please don't equate the two. I feel sure Rosalynn never would have.
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NTropy Sellers @NTropy_SellersThis is a good one.09:17 PM - Nov 29, 2023![Rosalyn Carter in Heaven. "Don't vote for the mentally ill"]()
09:28 PM - Nov 29, 2023
In response to Squiggly Lines.
I mean… he is deluded with his narcissism, but that doesn’t negate that he’s a criminal and actively tried to steal an election on top of fraud and abuse that he’s already been convicted of! But pretending that he didn’t know …still… it’s just pure nonsense at this point.
09:42 AM - Nov 29, 2023
Nope. Kamala should be front and center as she will be president. But Biden will win in a landslide. Don't believe any of the polls. They are poor in the best of situations.
Where this country is, is not going to be capturaed by polls! Forget them,
Where this country is, is not going to be capturaed by polls! Forget them,
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Social Media Ecosystem @OmarLittleMy Hot Take: Lordy this is depressing. But we are where we are.
#sme #NationalPolitics #2024Election #BidenAdministration #CNN01:06 PM - Nov 28, 2023
This may be Biden’s best hope of reversing his slide with Black and brown voters | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden’s weakness in polls among non-White voters is boosting Republican hopes that the GOP is poised to extend its most important political breakthrough of modern times – and potentially to reshape the competition between the two parties along the way.
09:02 AM - Nov 29, 2023
I know we need it documented, but we ALL know *45 knew he lost. He knew it, & he wanted/tried to fraudulently take power. Can we all stop pretending there’s a question of whether he believed he won or not? It’s pure gaslighting at this point in the public square, to keep up the charade!
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Ted Dixon Jr. @TeddyD6608:20 AM - Nov 29, 2023
09:11 AM - Nov 29, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
Helpful tip: if you're going to talk bigoted shit, maybe *don't* do it in front of a client while wearing your company's uniform and unloading your tools from the vehicle with your company's name boldly splashed across it.
In other news: my little water leak is now being fixed for free.
In other news: my little water leak is now being fixed for free.
08:09 AM - Nov 29, 2023
