• Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world
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    22 minutes ago

    I’m not in his district but I was so impressed by Rep. AL Green’s (https://algreen.house.gov/about) courage in standing up to and calling out Krasnov’s and the GOP’s lies yesterday that I wanted to donate some money. Unlike all the impotent, sclerotic clowns who call themselves the Dem “leadership” and constantly ask me for money whilst the most they do are write “Strongly worded letters” and finger wagging, Rep. Green’s website was all about service to his district. I literally could not find a way to donate to him. But he is now a hero of mine. If only HE or one of the few with his courage and fire were leading the Dems. I wish he were 20 years younger. He’d have made a great president.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    Illegal protests.

    Okay so since protests are an expression of opinion, and you got that pesky first amendment, all protests are legal, so this tweet is a nothing burger.

  • MortUS@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    We really need to tax the mega rich. I compiled this list of numbers after the President speech last night, it’s kinda wild:

    $            99,000 - National Median Income is less than $100 thousand.
    $         1,000,000 - 1 Million Dollars.
    $       485,000,000 - Cut Funds to International Relations and whatever.
    $     1,000,000,000 - 1 Billion Dollars. There are over 400 Billionaires in America.
    $    22,000,000,000 - Cut Funds to American Social Serivces through HHS (Human & Health Services).
    $   244,000,000,000 - Elon Musks Net Worth.
    $ 1,620,000,000,000 - 1 Trillion Dollars - Meta (Facebooks) Corporate Net Worth.
    $19,900,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2017 (Obama to Trump)
    $27,800,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2021 (Trump to Biden)
    $36,000,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2025 (Biden to Trump)
    

    (List of Mentioned Trump Cuts)

  • ChiefGyk3D@infosec.pub
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    6 hours ago

    “illegal protests” Pretty sure Freedom of Speech and Assembly is part of the first amendment. He’s a putz

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    5 hours ago

    Trump has a team of scientists sitting in a lab cooking up the worst possible tweet in response to every issue.

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    7 hours ago

    “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

    Every time I scroll past this image, that’s the line that gets me. Bold threatening declaration by fascist dictator, then ends like a work email reminding you not to leave food in the cafeteria fridge over the weekend.

  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    There are manifestation which are legal, even with masks, in the US

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    7 hours ago

    I used to be the pride of my family for having finished college. Now it’s demonized by them.

    I feel for the students of today. College was an important time for me. I experienced a lot of new ideas, my mind was opened. I didn’t get to do much in grad school, but my first four years of college changed me and I wouldn’t be the same without those experiences. The way the situation is escalating we may see colleges completely locked down or even abolished.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    Pretty sure the colleges were doing this on their on volition. No need to reiterate president trump, they have the situation under control.