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Message 462 of 846 (922160)
02-13-2025 2:57 PM
Reply to: Message 460 by PaulK
02-13-2025 1:32 PM


Re: In another blow to American Healthcare
Murkowski & Collins desert the good ship and jump to the bad ship.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 505 of 846 (922223)
02-16-2025 8:18 PM
Reply to: Message 504 by dwise1
02-16-2025 10:26 AM


Re: Don’t fire people you need
dwise1 writes:
Ah, a Third Wednesdayer. I'm a Second Wednesdayer. I did get my Social Security check, so you might get yours.
i'm a third, which has usually meant the bank gets it on the Monday before the 3rd wednesday. this time with monday being a bank holiday they sent it friday the 14th.
so they haven't got down their enemies list far enough to find me yet.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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xongsmith
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Message 523 of 846 (922294)
02-22-2025 4:33 PM


how about a Military Coup?
how about we get General Milley to bring hundreds of armed soldiers into the Whitehouse, handcuff Trump and drag him out to a police car and take him to a cold hard jail cell. Or get him at the golf course with hundreds of armed soldiers and take him to that cold hard jail cell. get all branches of the military to join Milley.
then a few days later have a general election do-over with Trump and his loyal Republicans not allowed to be on the ballot. Maybe Liz Cheney could run for the Republicans then. I'm not a fan of her conservatism, but I am a fan of her stance against Trump.
maybe have Gretchen Whitmer or Liz Warren or my choice, AOC, run against Cheney in an all-woman election!
that would wake up the MAGA NAZIs.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 524 of 846 (922295)
02-22-2025 6:16 PM
Reply to: Message 523 by xongsmith
02-22-2025 4:33 PM


Re: how about a Military Coup?
and have General CQ Brown join General Milley...

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Message 540 of 846 (922372)
03-01-2025 9:43 AM


Military Coup needed
this is what i mean:

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 565 of 846 (922514)
03-14-2025 5:54 PM


time to primary these idiots?
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP:
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 569 of 846 (922525)
03-15-2025 8:48 PM
Reply to: Message 567 by kjsimons
03-15-2025 1:07 PM


Re: Is DOGE Already Affecting Social Security?
kj concludes:
I'm still 4 1/2 years away from FRA.
FRA? is that Found Running Away?
ok, Full Retirement Age, but it threw me for a loop through the hulahoop.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 576 of 846 (922553)
03-20-2025 8:23 AM
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03-19-2025 5:31 PM


Re: time to primary these idiots?
Taq asks:
what endgame did you have in mind?
Every day they should be storming Chief Justice Roberts' office demanding that he issue the equivalent of arrest warrants for Trump and Vance and Musk.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 584 of 846 (922598)
03-22-2025 11:08 PM
Reply to: Message 582 by Percy
03-22-2025 9:04 AM


But...but...we hate allies.

--Percy
Trump sees the word "King" in front of Charles' name and thinks he, Trump, could be a King too.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 674 of 846 (922779)
04-08-2025 12:57 PM
Reply to: Message 673 by Percy
04-08-2025 8:26 AM


Re: The Question Finally Answered, But Not Here
the Trump supporter reminds me of this cartoon:
Dropbox

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 751 of 846 (922873)
04-13-2025 9:31 PM
Reply to: Message 748 by marc9000
04-13-2025 4:50 PM


Re: Tariff's Already Taking Effect
Marc9k writes:
This has got to be the first time in history when those on the left finally saw a tax they didn't like.
When the tax affects the lower income people more than the billionaires, you bet we don't like it. The right has their heads up their asses with how much they bend over for these billionaires, to bring their taxes down to virtually nothing.
And migosh look at the Social Security system - a flat rate up to a number, then zero after that - this is beyond their public stance of a flat rate - what a wet dream for them! They have been trying to undo FDR's work ever since it went into effect, the assholes. Why do they hate the poorer people of this one-time great country (well, at least for whites)? They hate the idea that billionaires should have any restrictions on how much money they can steal from the common citizen's wealth of this land. Fuck them. After 1 billion the bracket should be at least 50%. It was higher than that during the Eisenhower years and look how well the country was starting to do. They built the highway system. They even went to the moon. But no! The Repugnants all decided it got in the way of keeping even more of the country's wealth their companies were controlling. Make it 50% at least. The top billionaires will still be billionaires.
There was a battle in today's congress recently. The Dems got the House into a voice vote of raising the actual tax rates. They started with $400,000. Every Democrat said let's raise it and every Repugnant said No! Then they raised it to a higher number and recast the vote again. Same result. The kept increasing the number and eventually got up to a billion and still all Dems said Yes and still every single Repugnant said No.
These Repugnants make me sick. They should make all of us sick. They should be voted out into forever oblivion, so the herd of Dem and independent cats can finally run the country for the People, by the People and of the People.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 788 of 846 (922914)
04-17-2025 4:25 AM


Nuremburg trials will be here eventually
Remember: If you are following the orders of fascist dictator Trump, you are committing a serious CRIME!

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 790 of 846 (922916)
04-17-2025 8:04 AM


Nuremberg 2.0: to expand on my previous post
If you donate money to fascist dictator Trump, according to the Constitution you are committing TREASON by providing aid and comfort to an enemy of the United States.
Remember: If you are following the orders of fascist dictator Trump, you are committing a serious CRIME!
If you don't think Trump is a fascist dictator, I have a seat for you down the bench after the Flat Earthers.
I can't wait for the Nuremberg Trials 2.0 to begin!

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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Message 803 of 846 (922931)
04-19-2025 5:52 AM


this was posted on facebook without a share button, so i'm reposting it everywhere:
This letter was posted on the 'Cheney/Adam Kinzinger Against Trump' group. It was not authored by Liz Cheney but rather Dr Pru Lee, who goes by Pru Pru on Facebook. If you agree with her action plan, contact your local Democratic Party or join a local resistance group to learn how you can help. Act quickly. Fascism is moving at the speed of light.
READ CAREFULLY. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
[ For me this presents as a large continuous block of text and is difficult to read. One after another of short declarative sentences on single lines are just too much for me, so I've attempted a rewrite and reformat. This has been posted all over the Internet, some versions more readable than others, and I started with one of the more readable versions.
Your original version is still here, only hidden. If you don't like this rewrite then I apologize and please just delete my version and unhide yours. --Admin ]
(This letter was posted on the 'Cheney/Adam Kinzinger Against Trump' group. It was not authored by Liz Cheney but rather Dr Pru Lee, who goes by Pru Pru on Facebook. If you agree with her action plan, contact your local Democratic Party or join a local resistance group to learn how you can help. Act quickly. Fascism is moving at the speed of light.)
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you. You keep sending emails begging for $15, while we’re watching fascism consolidate power in real time. This administration is not simply “a different ideology.” It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine — with the Supreme Court, the House, the Senate, and the executive pen all under its control.
And you? You’re still asking for decorum and donations. WTF. That won’t save us.
I don’t want to hear another polite floor speech. I want strategy. I want fire. I want action so bold it shifts the damn news cycle — not fits inside one.
Every time I see something from the DNC, it’s asking me for funds. Surprise. Those of us who donate don’t want to keep sending money just to watch you stand frozen as the Constitution goes up in flames — shaking your heads and saying, “Well, there’s not much we can do. He has the majority.” I call bullshit.
If you don’t know how to think outside the box…
If you don’t know how to strategize…
If you don’t know how to fight fire with fire…
THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GIVING YOU MONEY FOR?
Some of us have two or three advanced degrees.
Some of us have military training.
Some of us know what coordinated resistance looks like — and this ain’t it.
Yes, the tours around the country? Nice. The speeches? Nice. The clever congressional clapbacks? Nice. That was great for giving hope. Now we need action. You have to stop acting like this is a normal presidency that will just time out in four years. We’re not even at Day 90, and look at the chaos. Look at the disappearances. Look at the erosion of the judiciary, the press, and our rights. If you do not stop this, we will not make it 1,460 days.
So here’s what I need from you — right now:
  1. Form an independent, civilian-powered investigative coalition. I’m talking experts. Veterans. Whistleblowers. Journalists. Watchdog orgs. Deputize the resistance. Build a real-time archive of corruption, overreach, and executive abuse. Make it public. Make it unshakable. Let the people drag the rot into the light. If you can’t hold formal hearings, hold public ones. If Congress won’t act, let the country act.
    This isn’t about optics — it’s about receipts. Because at some point, these people will be held accountable. And when that day comes, we’ll need every name, every signature, every illegal order, every act of silence—documented. You’re not just preserving truth — you’re preparing evidence for prosecution. The more they vanish people and weaponize data, the more we need truth in the sunlight.
  2. Join the International Criminal Court. Yes, I said it. Call their bluff. You cannot control what the other side does, but you can control your own integrity. So prove it. Prove that your party is still grounded in law, human rights, and ethical leadership.
    Join.
    If you’ve got nothing to hide — join.
    Show the world who’s hiding bodies, bribes, and buried bank accounts. Force the GOP to explain why they’d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty. And while you’re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders. Make this administration explain — on camera — why they’re terrified of international oversight.
  3. Fund state-level resistance infrastructure. Don’t just send postcards. Send resources. Channel DNC funds into rapid-response teams, legal defense coalitions, sanctuary networks, and digital security training. If the federal government is hijacked, build power underneath it. If the laws become tools of oppression, help people resist them legally, locally, and boldly.
    This is not campaign season — this is an authoritarian purge. Stop campaigning. Act like this is the end of democracy, because it is. We WILL REMEMBER the warriors come primaries. Fighting this regime should be your marketing strategy.
    And let’s be clear: The reason the other side always seems three steps ahead is because they ARE. They prepared for this. They infiltrated school boards, courts, local legislatures, and police unions. They built a machine while you wrote press releases.
    We’re reacting — they’ve been executing a plan for years. It’s time to shift from panic to blueprint. You should already be working with strategists and military minds on PROJECT 2029 — a coordinated, long-term plan to rebuild this country when the smoke clears. You should be publicly laying out:
    • The laws and amendments you’ll pass to ensure this never happens again
    • The systems you’ll tear down and the safeguards you’ll enshrine
    • The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable
    • The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador
    You say you’re the party of the people? Then show the people the plan.
  4. Use your platform to educate the public on rights and resistance tactics. If they’re going to strip us of rights and lie about it — arm the people with truth. Text campaigns. Mass trainings. Downloadable “Know Your Rights” kits. Multilingual legal guides. Encrypted phone trees. Give people tools, not soundbites. We don’t need more slogans. We need survival manuals.
  5. Leverage international media and watchdogs. Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up. They’re too busy playing both sides of fascism. Feed the real stories to BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Spiegel — hell, leak them to anonymous dropboxes if you have to. Make what’s happening in America a global scandal, and stop relying on platforms that are actively suppressing truth. Start leveraging Substack. Use Bluesky.
    That’s where the resistance is migrating. That’s where censorship hasn’t caught up. If the mainstream won’t carry the truth — outflank them. Get creative. Go underground. Go global. If our democracy is being dismantled in broad daylight, make sure the whole world sees it — and make sure we’re still able to say it.
  6. Create a digital safe haven for whistleblowers and defectors. Not everyone inside this regime is loyal. Some are scared. Some want out. Build the channels. Encrypted. Anonymous. Protected. Make it easy for the cracks in the system to become gaping holes.
    And while you’re at it? Stop ostracizing MAGA defectors. Everyone makes mistakes — even glaring, critical ones. We are not the bullies. We are not the ones filled with hate. And it is not your job to shame people who finally saw the fire and chose to step out of it. They will have to deal with that internal struggle — the guilt of putting a very dangerous and callous regime in power. But they’re already outnumbered. Don’t push them back into the crowd.
    • We don’t need purity.
    • We need numbers.
    • We need people willing to burn their red hats and testify against the machine they helped build.
  7. Study the collapse—and the comeback. You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship. They didn’t waste time chasing the one man with absolute immunity. They went after the structure. The aides. The enforcers. The loyalists. The architects. They knocked out the foundation one pillar at a time — until the “strongman” had no one left to stand on and his power crumbled beneath him.
    You should be independently investigating every author of Project 2025, every aide who defies court orders, every communications director repeating lies, every policy writer enabling cruelty, every water boy who keeps this engine running.
    You can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down. You dismantle the throne he’s standing on — one coward at a time.
    Stop being scared to fight dirty when the other side is fighting to erase the damn Constitution. They are threatening to disappear AMERICANS. AMERICANS. And your biggest move can’t be another strongly worded email. We don’t want your urgently fundraising subject lines.
    • We want backbone.
    • We want action.
    • We want to know you’ll stand up before we’re all ordered to sit down — permanently.
    We are watching. And I don’t just mean your base. I mean millions of us who see exactly what’s happening. I’ve only got 6,000 followers — but the groups I’m in? The networks I touch? Over a quarter million. Often when I speak, it echoes.
    But when we ALL speak, it ROARS with pressure that will cause change. We need to be deafening. You still have a chance to do something historic. To be remembered for courage, not caution. To go down as the party that didn’t just watch the fall — but fought the hell back with everything they had.
    But the clock is ticking, and the deportation buses are idling.

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

- xongsmith, 5.7dawkins scale


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xongsmith
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Message 805 of 846 (922940)
04-19-2025 9:03 AM
Reply to: Message 803 by xongsmith
04-19-2025 5:52 AM


great edit!
Thank you, Admin!

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."
Death to #TzarVladimirtheCondemned!
"Enjoy every sandwich!"-Warren Zevon on his last DaveLetterman show

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