Chit-Chat: The Feels

[Dimity]

@Soapy Goddess opined:

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The spiteful hatred is out of control.

Agreed,  of course where we differ is you attribute this to Dems and cherry pick a handful - and a very scant handful - of situations where you think the Dems are not showing compassion simply because they didn't stand up and cheer at Herr Trump's obvious manipulation.

On the other hand most outside the US, and a very goodly number within, know exactly who is demonstrating 'spiteful hatred'- is in fact fueling the fire of hatred - and each day, each and every day there are more examples of that.

So many that it is depressing as hell to even list them, and let's be realistic the chronically indoctrinated aren't listening and short of nuclear war they never will.

 

Edited Thursday at 05:24 PM by Dimity

[Eri]

1 hour ago, ProudMary said:

Ten Democrats voted with the Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green. WTAF?!? 

Here are the culprits: Ami Bera, D-Calif.; Ed Case, D-Hawaii; Jim Costa, D-Calif.; Laura Gillen, D-N.Y.; Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y.

If you're registered in any of these districts, please pick up the phone and tell them this is unacceptable.

Calls to Hakeem Jeffries' office would be a good idea, too. I'm pissed off at the way he's handling (or not handling) the way House Democrats should be responding.

I'm right there with you - this is so infuriating. Of course, the NY Dems (Suozzi and Gillen) are from Long Island 🙄

I'm not pleased with Jeffries handling of anything right now either but I'm not surprised. At least others have noticed it too over the last month or so which shares my own sentiments lolAre they seriously going to wait until *all* our rights are compromised?

"They'll never cut Social Security" is becoming the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

Edited Thursday at 05:52 PM by Eri

[Dimity]

I know it's claimed that Trump is functionally illiterate, looks like his 'researchers' are as well.

[Notabug]

29 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

The cruelty is the point.

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🇺🇸❌🇺🇦 Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation, - Reuters

I have a couple of Ukrainian friends who've been here long enough to be citizens.  Their elderly mother remained in Ukraine, not wanting to leave her home until a couple years ago when the fighting started in her area and she was often without electricity or water for days at a time.  The mother is 90+ years old.  Finally, after more than a year of waiting, their mom was approved to emigrate after they assured the US government that they would support her financially, as they had been doing anyway.  Her 2 daughters went to Ukraine and spent several weeks closing her apartment, sorting through her things and taking her to visit friends and family who she thought she'd never see again before bringing her here into their homes.  

If Trump is really so vindictive that he's going to deport the very elderly because he's in a snit over Zelensky wanting security guarantees in the event of a cease fire; I won't be surprised.  Disgusted, yes.  Surprised, no.  There is no limit to the depths he will sink.

[peacheslatour]

14 minutes ago, Dimity said:

I know it's claimed that Trump is functionally illiterate, looks like his 'researchers' are as well.

[annzeepark914]

Here's a new Stable Genius Edict: any "first evers" (e.g., first woman, first Black, first Asian, etc,) within the past 5 years, must be removed from an agency's website. A friend's family member is doing that right now. 

[Browncoat]

37 minutes ago, Dimity said:

I know it's claimed that Trump is functionally illiterate, looks like his 'researchers' are as well.

OMG, did he really say that?  I heard about it, but didn't think it was real.  What a moron. 

[Dimity]

Best line has to be 'their love for a hot, cheesy Putin'!

Edited Thursday at 06:23 PM by Dimity

[ProudMary]

27 minutes ago, Dimity said:

I know it's claimed that Trump is functionally illiterate, looks like his 'researchers' are as well

"Transgender" mice is just the latest proof of his illiteracy.

Last week at the meeting with President Zelenskyy he kept repeating the "raw earth" minerals that the US wanted from Ukraine in exchange for financial support and weapons of war. The minerals in question are "rare earth" minerals. 🤦‍♀️

Then there's an oldie but a goody that's still in his repertoire: Brown people crossing the southern border are coming from insane asylums. That's the only association he has for the word asylum. He has no idea what asylum means in a geopolitical sense.

[Makai]

1 hour ago, ProudMary said:

Ten Democrats voted with the Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green. WTAF?!? 

Here are the culprits: Ami Bera, D-Calif.; Ed Case, D-Hawaii; Jim Costa, D-Calif.; Laura Gillen, D-N.Y.; Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y.

If you're registered in any of these districts, please pick up the phone and tell them this is unacceptable.

Calls to Hakeem Jeffries' office would be a good idea, too. I'm pissed off at the way he's handling (or not handling) the way House Democrats should be responding.

Costa is the rep for part of the city I live in and I am not surprised. You have to lean conservative here to get elected. I actually thought he was a Republican. 

30 minutes ago, Dimity said:

I know it's claimed that Trump is functionally illiterate, looks like his 'researchers' are as well.

This reminded me of his others deceptions he used to justify his anti-trans decisions. 

With the volleyball story, no one actually knows if the injury was caused by the trans athlete. And when he told the story about a trans woman breaking a record against cis women, he left out that the race was co-ed and the previous record holder was a man.

Fact-checking Trump's anti-transgender comments in his address to Congress

3 minutes ago, Browncoat said:

OMG, did he really say that?  I heard about it, but didn't think it was real.  What a moron. 

Not only did he say it, there is not a whitehouse.gov page on it. Complete with phrasing like “The Fake News losers at CNN”. Based on the site, I am even more disturbed because it seems like all research into the sex hormones is in jeopardy. 

[Dimity]

2 minutes ago, Makai said:

Not only did he say it, there is not a whitehouse.gov page on it. Complete with phrasing like “The Fake News losers at CNN”. Based on the site, I am even more disturbed because it seems like all research into the sex hormones is in jeopardy. 

What's also disturbing is official government websites sound like they're being written by petulant middle schoolers.  It's just embarrassing as hell.

[bluegirl147]

And he is pausing the tariffs.  I swear it's like watching a cat toy with a mouse.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/economy/tariffs-delay-mexico-canada/index.html

I think the stock market spooked him.

[Dimity]

9 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

And he is pausing the tariffs.  I swear it's like watching a cat toy with a mouse.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/economy/tariffs-delay-mexico-canada/index.html

I think the stock market spooked him.

Him and his goddam reprieves.  Kick rocks, Trump.   

[bluegirl147]

1 minute ago, Dimity said:

Him and his goddam reprieves.  Kick rocks, Trump.   

He is like an arsonist who sets your house on fire then douses it with water and says I saved your house.

Mayors of some major cities were in front of Congress to talk about sanctuary cities.  Republicans were of course antagonistic.  But the lovely Jasmine Crockett spoke up.

[PRgal]

31 minutes ago, Dimity said:

Best line has to be 'their love for a hot, cheesy Putin'!

Thank you for posting this.  And now this:

Manitoba's premier mocks You Know Who!!!

[Eri]

31 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

And he is pausing the tariffs.  I swear it's like watching a cat toy with a mouse.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/economy/tariffs-delay-mexico-canada/index.html

I think the stock market spooked him.

That and supposedly he's doing it out of respect for the Mexican president who has been working with the US on immigration. Okay then 🙄

[kittykat]

Jasmine Crockett needs to lead the Democrats STAT!

[Dimity]

36 minutes ago, PRgal said:

Manitoba's premier mocks You Know Who!!!

That was great!  Speaking of liquor board I was in the LCBO today and there is not one US product on the shelves and yet the shelves were well stocked.  Lots of choices out there.  One item I did buy, even though I don't drink, was a bottle of vodka made in Ukraine.  I don't care if it sits in the cupboard and never gets used.  As a matter of fact will probably buy more.

Edited Thursday at 07:31 PM by Dimity

[tres bien]

It’s impossible to keep up the with crazy whims and what seems to the Humpty Dumpty way of running the government 

The promise of deporting 15 to 20 million migrants to everywhere from Guantanamo Bay to India is too expensive to maintain and ineffective and has been suspended 

The cost of a flight to India was 3 million and the cost to send one migrant to Guantanamo Bay was $20,000

Didn’t fit into the DOGE business model 🤔

Edited Thursday at 07:34 PM by tres bien

[PRgal]

3 minutes ago, Dimity said:

That was great!  Speaking of liquor board I was in the LCBO today and there is not one US product on the shelves and yet the shelves were well stocked.  Lots of choices out there.  One item I did buy, even though I don't drink, was a bottle of vodka made in Ukraine.  I don't care if it sits in the cupboard and never gets used.  As a matter of fact will probably buy more.

I might do that this weekend!  

[Ohiopirate02]

5 minutes ago, Dimity said:

That was great!  Speaking of liquor board I was in the LCBO today and there is not one US product on the shelves and yet the shelves were well stocked.  Lots of choices out there.  One item I did buy, even though I don't drink, was a bottle of vodka made in Ukraine.  I don't care if it sits in the cupboard and never gets used.  As a matter of fact will probably buy more.

Vodka can also be used as a deodorizer and sanitizer. You can dilute it, put that in a spray bottle, maybe add a couple of drops of essential oil, and voila homemade Febreeze.

[peacheslatour]

3 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

Vodka can also be used as a deodorizer and sanitizer. You can dilute it, put that in a spray bottle, maybe add a couple of drops of essential oil, and voila homemade Febreeze.

It's great for cleaning sticky resins out of your weed pipe. Or so I've heard.

[Ohiopirate02]

3 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

It's great for cleaning sticky resins out of your weed pipe. Or so I've heard.

Honestly, thanks for the tip. Now I know what to use to clean the change people use to pay for their printouts at the library. The people who tend to run out to their car to find some spare nickels also love to hotbox in their cars.

[graybrown bird]

11 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

Vodka can also be used as a deodorizer and sanitizer. You can dilute it, put that in a spray bottle, maybe add a couple of drops of essential oil, and voila homemade Febreeze.

Vodka also makes a very tender pie crust.

[fairffaxx]

Soaking vanilla beans in vodka produces homemade extract.

[tres bien]

At the very least Democrats should hire a fact checker to be in front of cameras everyday debunking the things that Trump says everyday. The 2026 election is only about 18 months away!

In his speech on Tuesday night Trump claimed that Honda was going to build a massive new plant in Indiana and will be the largest auto plant in the world. He also said numerous car companies have also announced that would also be building massive plants

Honda was quick to debunk Trump’s claim and said they have a plant in Indiana  that’s been in operation since 2008

Democrats what are you waiting for. Hire a fact checker. Make commercials. Do something 

[PRgal]

Speaking of booze, my grandmother used to marinate beef for stir frying in both soy sauce and gin (instead of Chinese cooking wine). I think it’s so she could sneak a shot.  I’ve never seen her actually doing that but I’m pretty sure she did.  

[bluegirl147]

I think most of us here could run the Democratic party better than those actually "running" it.  They are doing very little.  I love the idea of fact checker.  I am not a fan of social media but something like that would go viral.  Especially if they did it in an engaging way. And not on X. Fuck Musk. Tik Tok maybe.

1 hour ago, tres bien said:

It’s impossible to keep up the with crazy whims and what seems to the Humpty Dumpty way of running the government 

The promise of deporting 15 to 20 million migrants to everywhere from Guantanamo Bay to India is too expensive to maintain and ineffective and has been suspended 

The cost of a flight to India was 3 million and the cost to send one migrant to Guantanamo Bay was $20,000

Didn’t fit into the DOGE business model 🤔

You mean everything they want to do costs money?  You don't say.  Is it any wonder Trump went bankrupt multiple times and Musk vastly overpaid for Twitter.  These two are stupid.  Their "success" in life was definitely not because they knew what they were doing. 

[Caoimhe]

56 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

Vodka can also be used as a deodorizer and sanitizer. You can dilute it, put that in a spray bottle, maybe add a couple of drops of essential oil, and voila homemade Febreeze.

I use that mix as a fabric starch substitute!

[Dimity]

Speaking of Canada pulling US booze off the shelves apparently the CEO of Jack Daniels is hitting out at us and claiming what we're doing is "worse than tariffs".  Because of course it is 🙄.

 

[PRgal]

Delaying (more) tariffs until April.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/economy/tariffs-delay-mexico-canada/index.html

I don't think this changes anything up here.  We're deep into it now.  🇨🇦

[Dimity]

3 minutes ago, PRgal said:

I don't think this changes anything up here.  We're deep into it now.  🇨🇦

Yep.  It isn't just the tariffs and the erratic, unpredictable day to day stress of that - it's also the constant talk about annexation.  To quote Queen Victoria, "we are not amused.".

[Anela]

From twitter. 

[PRgal]

2 minutes ago, Dimity said:

Yep.  It isn't just the tariffs and the erratic, unpredictable day to day stress of that - it's also the constant talk about annexation.  To quote Queen Victoria, "we are not amused.".

I want to be able to both laugh and thumbs up this, but I can't.  

I'd also like to add "GROW UP!" and "PUT YOUR BIG BOY PANTS ON!"  But he's perpetually two years old.  No different from the time my little guy graffitied one of our walls when he was that age.   

[Ohiopirate02]

30 minutes ago, Dimity said:

Speaking of Canada pulling US booze off the shelves apparently the CEO of Jack Daniels is hitting out at us and claiming what we're doing is "worse than tariffs".  Because of course it is 🙄.

 

I really do not get being mad at Canadians here. They are not the one pushing tariffs and talking about making Canada the 51st state. Why not direct your ire at him?

[peacheslatour]

9 minutes ago, PRgal said:

I want to be able to both laugh and thumbs up this, but I can't.  

I'd also like to add "GROW UP!" and "PUT YOUR BIG BOY PANTS ON!"  But he's perpetually two years old.  No different from the time my little guy graffitied one of our walls when he was that age.   

He's a useless orange chaos goblin. The bully decided not to punch me in the face today. Yay.

[PRgal]

1 hour ago, Dimity said:

That was great!  Speaking of liquor board I was in the LCBO today and there is not one US product on the shelves and yet the shelves were well stocked.  Lots of choices out there.  One item I did buy, even though I don't drink, was a bottle of vodka made in Ukraine.  I don't care if it sits in the cupboard and never gets used.  As a matter of fact will probably buy more.

I checked the LCBO website and at least one Ukrainian vodka is made in Canada. 

[Bastet]

7 hours ago, Notabug said:

When these numbers were determined, the government did an assessment and found the overall rate of fraudulent accounts was so low, that it would cost more to find and prosecute that tiny number than could be saved.  They also did remove the fraudulent accounts they found, many of which involve people using social security numbers of dead people for other purposes and not actually collecting social security or people who died before death records were computerized and therefore their date of death had never been entered into the system.

Yeah, there was an article posted upthread that gave a clear explanation of Musk's "misreading" (to be generous with characterization) of SS data as the basis of his outlandish claims about tens of millions of dead people getting SS (when there are only 67 million recipients total; really, dude, half of them are actually dead?) -- because when you talk to people who actually know the databases (plural) and their history, rather than techbros, it turns out to be quite simple:
 

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Another database, experts said, is called Numident and contains a record of every person who has ever been assigned a Social Security number. There are people in the system, they said, who have died but don't have a date of death recorded because they lived long before electronic records were established.

This data set, experts said, has nothing to do with monthly payments but appears to be very likely where Musk is getting information that there are millions of people ages 100 to 369 in the system.

Justin Wolfers, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, said it is "transparently obvious that he's misinterpreting or misrepresenting" the data but noted Musk is not "showing his work."

Musk has not explicitly said where he is getting the data he is posting to social media.

Still, his insinuations that the presence of such information within SSA is nefarious or new is also misleading, experts said.

The government has known the Numident system is flawed in this way for years, according to audits. A 2023 inspector general's report found nearly 19 million people born before 1920 who do not have death information in the record.

The SSA decided not to address discrepancies because of how much it would cost to fix (upwards of $9 million) and the "limited benefit" it would have on the agency, the report noted.

Romig, who previously worked in the Social Security Administration, also emphasized there are multiple checks in place to prevent deceased individuals from getting payments. The agency has a policy to automatically stop payments at the age of 115, and after a certain age they check to see that older beneficiaries are still using Medicare benefits.

 

[Lantern7]

34 minutes ago, Anela said:

From twitter. 

My heart bleeds for her.

You act like a twit, you can’t be surprised when people break social norms to yell at you.

As a single person, I don’t know what’s more disgusting: MTG finding love or Steven Miller also finding love.

[Ohiopirate02]

2 minutes ago, Lantern7 said:

As a single person, I don’t know what’s more disgusting: MTG finding love or Steven Miller also finding love.

There's a lid for every pot.

[peacheslatour]

8 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

There's a lid for every pot.

I think you spelled crack wrong.

[Ohiopirate02]

Just now, peacheslatour said:

I think you spelled crack wrong.

LOL. I do believe that like finds like many a time when couples get married, and thank the lord men like Stephen Miller and Ben Shapiro found like-minded women to marry instead of trying to subjugate liberal women.

[MostlyContent]

23 minutes ago, PRgal said:

I checked the LCBO website and at least one Ukrainian vodka is made in Canada. 

Since the invasion, my husband and I have made it a point to buy at least one handmade product from Ukraine every month, and we've been SO happy with almost everything.  We've mostly used Ebay, but I am in love with some gorgeous colored lace placemats we bought from a lady over there, too, and I think we found those on a more crafty place, like Etsy or something.  

We bought this for the twins across the street who mow and shovel for us.  Their dad has an old pipe collection from his father, and was so thrilled to get it. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354719201754?_skw=pipe+stand+ukraine&itmmeta=01JNPNAXC4FNW7Y9BCJH75S89N&hash=item5296e979da:g:9UgAAOSw2tpm02mk&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eXGOQ6KSyVHMaYgJVqBrjlkaLL%2BVd3Le5tk7k8CCPwTkM4SnkTaK4cX9gMf4YdSJtD0mliIC5Ifxp%2FBu%2BHPXxiQT4crtXP1I7eDVU9AViddMEZKKBbtcAL2K6bQ2Zf2xjOHERBOZTnhrEKLCMzHCSETBe86z1DFco75eOuBZmYbDZrKFylhp45eEsTS76lYrzqm1VoOH2RrjnQ%2BBeyYilkkQdEVjnv21lzZsvgY82GUWUpr2Xx6zQ%2F6offxB8uiQwlm2Fcyt6Mqa1KEgIik08zG6j6anbN2HU2m1leJVbJvQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBMntar1a1l

Of course, this is a good time of the year for Pysanky eggs, and they are all over Ebay right now.  

https://www.ebay.com/itm/373833336185?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D279095%26meid%3De0969cec2a034a4eae051b94748487f1%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D374736627038%26itm%3D373833336185%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimVIDwebV3WithCPCExpansionEmbeddingSearchQuerySemanticBroadMatchSingularityRecall&_trksid=p2332490.c101196.m2219&itmprp=cksum%3A373833336185e0969cec2a034a4eae051b94748487f1|enc%3AAQAKAAABMOqalcCsb07ituDYLOrUrH2eG1DBUcAU1siB%2B881ennut1KqikNJ--C2JmJJYbnGBSq9s1cAaLR3u1P2GFHP6cOkMtiQrPwhnArZTi0NFnCkYNs9wPMPnRY0lLYAH0ZUZI8R%2FpBkYgFt4Mxy%2FtNa0ijK%2BwIh6rbxPU4M2ADYNFPh9pSk5EBDFFGNKfXW28zf6poeOGSdF5mWyz%2FHMbj1BwFDXHvO4etKAXfxNmh%2Bp0JMGNHl22X%2FVUflkhrTcILldKX0Vp8hm%2FDLnIJZdID1ep6ZW5V4Ay3jCj9aCvtLdFGeUdKFYLpzoEhIguCyhQGjbKdN5YAoLRx5ppdhzPL5Amyclzns7xBXjxOZGfmtWSj82BHU5nT%2Fcam%2BN0xBY3svrAFGf2SxtGq9xGtZTYpO4qs%3D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01JNPP67KXNA95H02W1R623BVQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365413800366?_skw=ukraine+decorated+eggs&itmmeta=01JNPNTBTE5TSXA0BZZ6X9172P&hash=item55145c19ae:g:PFsAAOSwbUNj9jlK&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dxGjsXPcED%2BhCA4AtdqfNzJbmXAS6YqQzQFmXPT5qiYSLcwq29MeTixZO4KMV3cAxYwR3O9zpevhT1P%2BFeR9YGRqbAP0xxzRtcV6NgkejAymMZmnN%2BWMGV0YC%2FiQgqu0oDJUNn4Ag6ILaaNc%2FlQfmumdRss%2BbPOLsy69Ahy4zqZu34118%2Bis0l7jeLFBGYPVWEJdH0nR9VrH5tYtkbrZ%2BjdzyQkn1FyiitLmClfdP%2BUwq1ZJ7ppzzmWfJLgNUiigI%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6y96dWtZQ

We've never had any problems with shipping, although it may take a while here and there.  Everyone has been excellent to deal with!   

Just another idea.  :)

 

[isalicat]

20 hours ago, Yeah No said:

An article on the Jeffrey Epstein Tapes on DJT from the Daily Beast last November. In addition to saying he was Trump's best friend for 10 years, Epstein also said that Trump is "functionally illiterate", compared him to "an emotionally challenged 9 year old", that he "liked to fuck his friends' wives", and that "The moral compass is nonexistent" with him. And I guess he knew about such things given his lack of one himself!

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/listen-to-the-jeffrey-epstein-tapes-i-was-donald-trumps-closest-friend/

Whatever you may think about Trump, believing Epstein about *anything* is incredibly laughable. And Trump cut off Epstein decades before Clinton, Gates and Hawkins stopped using the Epstein jet to get to the island...just sayin...

[Anela]

Little tip. If you use your library card to borrow e-books from your library and Libby as the way to read them, Libby also has an option to read borrowed e-books using the Kindle app and because the books are borrowed, Amazon gets no money from it.
 

https://www.threads.net/@tanyacontois/post/DG34f4eSJeH?xmt=AQGzULfHRFvGieAdYmMRcLpbgGX6vGX-GTzKNAyOnBjZNg

This is how I read my Libby books, so I’m glad that Amazon gets no money from it. 

5 minutes ago, isalicat said:

Whatever you may think about Trump, believing Epstein about *anything* is incredibly laughable. And Trump cut off Epstein decades before Clinton, Gates and Hawkins stopped using the Epstein jet to get to the island...just sayin...

So? He was still friends with him, and called him *a lot*. 

He also laughed when he talked about how Epstein “likes them young” and also bragged about how he was allowed to walk into the dressing rooms of naked, or half-naked teenage girls, because he owned the pageant. How is that okay?

Edited Thursday at 10:32 PM by Anela

[isalicat]

1 minute ago, Anela said:

Little tip. If you use your library card to borrow e-books from your library and Libby as the way to read them, Libby also has an option to read borrowed e-books using the Kindle app and because the books are borrowed, Amazon gets no money from it.
 

https://www.threads.net/@tanyacontois/post/DG34f4eSJeH?xmt=AQGzULfHRFvGieAdYmMRcLpbgGX6vGX-GTzKNAyOnBjZNg

This is how I read my Libby books, so I’m glad that Amazon gets no money from it. 

So? He was still friends with him, and called him *a lot*. 

According to who? Epstein??? As if the Daily Beast is some non-agenda driven source?

The news these days is disseminated by political activists, not journalists. Best example today was Reuters reporting that the Trump admin was going to deport all the Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. which was debunked within the hour but still repeated across the media landscape.

[Trini]

So sorry, Canadians. Just know most Americans do not agree with trying to make enemies out of our best neighbors. (And for what? Greed? Pride?? This is all so stupid....)

Do what y'all gotta do with the boycotts; but I know it will have some impact on U.S. retail. I work in retail, and even though my town is about 3 hours from the Canadian border, we get lots of Canadian tourists passing through our shopping districts.

[isalicat]

6 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

The cruelty is the point.

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🇺🇸❌🇺🇦 Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation, - Reuters

This is fake news!

[isalicat]

5 hours ago, bluegirl147 said:

He is like an arsonist who sets your house on fire then douses it with water and says I saved your house.

Mayors of some major cities were in front of Congress to talk about sanctuary cities.  Republicans were of course antagonistic.  But the lovely Jasmine Crockett spoke up.

I am so looking forward to a Walz/Crockett presidential ticket in 2028! She claims Trump is trying to send Black people "back to the fields" and Walz has functionally vanished from any visible Democratic leadership role since the last campaign when he was about as ineffectual as you can get. 😸

In the meantime, Sebastian Zapeta, the guy accused of setting a woman on fire on the New York City subway, won't be deported because of NYC's sanctuary city policies despite being previously deported in 2018 and returning illegally again to live on the taxpayer dime in Brooklyn for the last five years.

[suomi]

Court rules Trump’s firing of labor board official illegal, saying president is not a king

Judge orders reinstatement of Gwynne Wilcox to National Labor Relations Board after her removal by US president

Gwynne Wilcox was the first member of the National Labor Relations Board to be removed by a US president since the board’s inception in 1935.

The framers of the US constitution “made clear that no one in our system of government was meant to be king – the President included – and not just in name only”, the judge Beryl A Howell, wrote in the ruling.

Howell presided over the hearing held on Wednesday on a motion for summary judgment in the District of Columbia. “The President does not have the authority to terminate members of the National Labor Relations Board at will, and his attempt to fire plaintiff from her position on the Board was a blatant violation of the law,” she wrote.

“A president who touts an image of himself as a ‘king’ or a ‘dictator,’ perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role under Article II of the US Constitution,” wrote Howell.

Article II of the US Constitution outlines the executive powers and responsibilities of the president. Howell continued, “in our constitutional order, the president is tasked to be a conscientious custodian of the law, albeit an energetic one, to take care of effectuating his enumerated duties, including the laws enacted by the Congress and as interpreted by the Judiciary”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/trump-labor-board-firing-gwynne-wilcox

Edited Friday at 12:35 AM by suomi