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I’m a parent, a spouse, a progressive, a reader, and a dabbler in Denver, CO. My day job is COO.

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Warning: The Chaos President THRIVES on Chaos Failed wars have tail risks for democracy.

"How many elected Republicans could you get to state, unequivocally and on the record, that Trump cannot and will not run for a third term? That’s the foundation and I don’t think anyone appreciates what a sea change it represents for our country."

10.03.2026 01:30 👍 304 🔁 60 💬 16 📌 1

I just realized that we’ve had 3 Republican presidents over the last 38 years, and all 3 have gone to war in the Middle East.

09.03.2026 17:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the "not war" was declared by the Secretary of War who sent his Department of War Warfighters to fight in a war.

09.03.2026 03:15 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The warfighters from the department of war were sent by the secretary of war to simply carry out a “limited operation.”

08.03.2026 02:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

08.03.2026 02:12 👍 17854 🔁 4811 💬 621 📌 251

Random US Soccer observation… the constant sound of drums in the background are coming close to vuvuzela levels of annoying to listen to through the entirety of every US domestic soccer game.

07.03.2026 22:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 21:00 👍 9304 🔁 6066 💬 607 📌 1538
Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]
Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07] YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.

I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.

03.03.2026 21:13 👍 435 🔁 205 💬 10 📌 32

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social Tom Homan is doxxing protesters the right way.

07.03.2026 04:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

But I thought we were only supposed to focus on our hemisphere the “Donroe doctrine” and all, no?

07.03.2026 04:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As he sends soldiers to die…

07.03.2026 01:11 👍 823 🔁 222 💬 45 📌 5

The secretary of war said they were sending warfighters from the department of war to fight a war with Iran… but that’s just “limited operations”

07.03.2026 01:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Quick note: I'm traveling through Saturday, but I've read the FBI interviews with the woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was a child. Significant redactions (and redacted dates for some reason?) and these aren't original FBI case files. We don't know what else is in her file

06.03.2026 02:14 👍 417 🔁 144 💬 10 📌 5

I'll also note that we still appear to be missing a ton of pages from this woman's file. There were at least *53 pages* missing (that we know about) and we still don't seem to have all of them — specifically the FBI's contemporaneous notes for these interviews

06.03.2026 02:54 👍 542 🔁 214 💬 4 📌 10

The Trump regime is still hiding Epstein records detailing an allegation that Trump sexually assaulted a girl who was age 13-15. We know these records existed at some point. The law requires their release.

06.03.2026 12:46 👍 633 🔁 231 💬 11 📌 5
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Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

06.03.2026 02:45 👍 12849 🔁 2859 💬 748 📌 179

Immature adolescents controling the strongest military in history.

04.03.2026 22:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe they shouldn't have re-branded as the Department of WAR.

04.03.2026 20:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Somehow, in despite 10 years of increasingly deranged behavior from Trump and co, they find creative new ways to surprise me with their depravity.

04.03.2026 01:32 👍 691 🔁 179 💬 11 📌 1

Republican voters are more than welcome to do something moral or courageous that forces me to change my opinion of them. But we've lived in Trump world for a decade now and so far I've never gone wrong looking down on them.

03.03.2026 20:47 👍 30 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

It's OK to think that people who vote Republican are stupid.

03.03.2026 20:08 👍 61 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

Can all the major media outlets PLEASE stop sane-washing her? 🙄

01.03.2026 17:19 👍 28 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

01.03.2026 03:58 👍 18265 🔁 3469 💬 380 📌 171
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It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

01.03.2026 02:09 👍 13989 🔁 4442 💬 471 📌 358
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'Welcome to football' - Memphis Depay sat down NFL star with lightning speed skill Memphis Depay has been showing which version of football is the fastest during pre-season training. The Atletico Madrid and former Manchester United forward has been getting prepared for the new La…

talksport.com/football/148...

01.03.2026 02:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

bsky.app/profile/kenk...

01.03.2026 02:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

28.02.2026 16:00 👍 17022 🔁 6534 💬 470 📌 551

Is it time yet for a “Mission Accomplished” banner?

28.02.2026 22:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday Some transgender Kansans said they had received the letters from the Department of Revenue. Others hadn’t by Wednesday evening.

“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)

26.02.2026 12:09 👍 3133 🔁 1487 💬 2 📌 156
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Dow 50,000!

25.02.2026 02:45 👍 778 🔁 282 💬 16 📌 13