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Proud Dad, and husband, merchant mariner, left of Gene Debs, cheap whiskey connoisseur, avid reader, especially Herb Caen, Martha Gellhorn, Kerouac, Jack London, Steinbeck, Hunter Thompson... I do a lot of shopping at used bookstores, Harbor Frieght...

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#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

Nurses. Truck drivers. Federal workers. Tech employees. Trump didn’t just kill jobs — he gutted the backbone of the country. Healthcare down 28K. Transportation down 11K.

These aren’t numbers.
They’re families.
And he called this a plan.

#TrumpsJobsSlump

06.03.2026 21:59 👍 45 🔁 38 💬 4 📌 2

Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.

What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.

When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.

Remember this.

06.03.2026 16:00 👍 7755 🔁 2659 💬 310 📌 114

The lack of media coverage about the bombing of the girls elementary schools is shocking.

06.03.2026 12:52 👍 16273 🔁 4540 💬 1217 📌 275

Things Ds can be fighting for now:
- Recommit to Europe/Ukraine, stop appeasing Putin, who is helping Iran attack US
- End the war, prevent US/global economies from going to sh*t
- Roll back the inflationary tariffs
- Rescind Trump tax cuts, ICE expansion
- Make US clean energy superpower
More 👇

06.03.2026 18:05 👍 147 🔁 69 💬 10 📌 1
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Beautiful.

06.03.2026 17:19 👍 268 🔁 43 💬 7 📌 5
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06.03.2026 16:37 👍 24 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 0

I think they might have better luck spending two thousand dollars holding a press conference where they detail who made the key decisions to collaborate with the Trump administration, how and when they were fired, and explaining what would stop that from happening again.

06.03.2026 13:16 👍 7279 🔁 1562 💬 199 📌 48

Pretty sure when they started imposing this idiocy they assured a bunch of judges that they would be able to refund the money with no problem if it ever came to that.

06.03.2026 15:53 👍 1894 🔁 321 💬 67 📌 13

Who else is old enough to remember when the government was funding THIS instead?

05.03.2026 17:49 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Same energy:

05.03.2026 18:02 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

The U.S. Coast Guard office of Marine Licensing and Inspection maintains files on licenses held by merchant mariners, and which ships the seafare sailed on.

I believe that as the descendant of a deceased mariner you can request copies.

06.03.2026 01:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Spain’s MEP Irene Montero speaking to reporters

Spain’s MEP Irene Montero speaking to reporters

Irene Montero: No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression — Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Afghanistan. It will not happen in Iran either

When they want to sell their oil wars, their wars for profit, their imperial wars — they hide behind women’s rights to justify them

05.03.2026 18:00 👍 4882 🔁 1458 💬 128 📌 81

When I ride the new Link extensions, the care that Sound Transit put into elevating trains and protecting pedestrians really underlines the fact that South Seattle got screwed by Sound Transit. Feels like they don’t care if we live or die.

06.03.2026 02:38 👍 45 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1
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Trump administration to reportedly close controversial ICE jail in Texas Camp East Montana facility, part of the Fort Bliss army base, has repeatedly been criticized for harsh living conditions

I'm not okay with leaving anybody homeless, so if losing her job means Kristi Noem loses her rent-free waterfront home at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, I understand that there is plenty of room for her to take up residence at Camp East Montana.

06.03.2026 00:05 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

This is far more threatening to American Jews than anyone's policy views toward Israel

06.03.2026 01:23 👍 443 🔁 83 💬 11 📌 1
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The fuck kind of answer is this

06.03.2026 02:37 👍 14024 🔁 4715 💬 2017 📌 689

1 month ago this ritual was cast

today noem is out

06.03.2026 00:43 👍 28 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 3
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MASSIE: “Iran is not Venezuela. The Ayatollah was not a president. He was a religious leader… 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 turned him into a martyr, expended billions, 6 🇺🇸 families must now lay to rest their sons & daughters. And for what? This administration can't even give us a straight answer.”

06.03.2026 04:11 👍 18985 🔁 5840 💬 545 📌 226
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This was filmed October 3, 2025.

Noem is finally out. Good.

Now let’s make sure she’s prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

05.03.2026 19:31 👍 3405 🔁 650 💬 99 📌 27

Heads up, fellow Proton users

05.03.2026 21:08 👍 107 🔁 54 💬 8 📌 1

As context, Seattle police have a long history of pepper-spraying protesters in the face at point-blank range, tackling people to the ground, and being chummy with protest targets, like the organizers of a far-right rally at the heart of the city's LGBTQ neighborhood.

05.03.2026 23:48 👍 52 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
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Why Are There No Ships in the Strait of Hormuz | March 5, 2026, Update

Video: youtu.be/lwSLe1qWpSs

05.03.2026 20:05 👍 107 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 6

Does he know how cars work?
He could just lock the doors

05.03.2026 19:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s not enough.

05.03.2026 18:23 👍 2600 🔁 433 💬 107 📌 27
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Proving yet again one of my basic rules on navigating Trumpism: He will always replace an incompetent person with someone more incompetent.

05.03.2026 17:30 👍 7891 🔁 2075 💬 789 📌 186

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 👍 18553 🔁 7216 💬 791 📌 406

Cal State Maritime is having some work done on their dock

05.03.2026 14:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Which Union was your grandfather in while he was a merchant mariner?

05.03.2026 14:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Back in the day, most merchant mariners were Socialist at least.

The folk singer Rosalie Sorrels would often state during her shows that back in the 50's she lived with a merchant seaman, so obviously a communist.

She credited him with some of her political enlightenment.

05.03.2026 14:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Back in the day, most merchant mariners were Socialist at least.

The folk singer Rosalie Sorrels would often state during her shows that back in the 50's she lived with a merchant seaman, so obviously a communist.

She credited him with some of her political enlightenment.

05.03.2026 14:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0