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Lauren Macdonald

@maclauren

Raised in the beautiful Decorah, Iowa ~ San Diegan for decades ~ hater of fascism, YIMBY, feminist, BLM ~ E-🚲/ πŸš‰ enthusiast, Free πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ, D9 team member (opinions my own) ~ she/her ~

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his use of the term β€œgenocide people” later in the thread is *chef’s kiss*

12.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Most of us β€œgenocide people” did vote for Kamala and were BEGGING the campaign to clarify how things would be different under a Harris presidency while warning disaster would happen if they didn’t, so maybe look in the freaking mirror when applying blame for the loss.

12.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sodomizing a Palestinian prisoner with a knife on camera is apparently legal in Israel

12.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 2257 πŸ” 787 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 32

Rape caught on camera won't even be put to trial, well I guess that's just how it goes for the only moral army on the planet in the only moral country to ever exist.

12.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.

25.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 4078 πŸ” 1156 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 104
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NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran.

It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades.

Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties.

175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.

11.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 4234 πŸ” 1355 πŸ’¬ 387 πŸ“Œ 167

Helps bail out Trump from his own idiotic decisions, while reducing gov revenue and will earn no credit from voters in the process. Brilliant.

11.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 1675 πŸ” 259 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 15

Why isn’t Elizabeth Warren the Senate Minority Leader?

10.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 2368 πŸ” 392 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 30

They like Trump and want to help him rule us a king, so they help downplay scandals that would've merited banner headlines for weeks under any other president

09.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 873 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3

"surely the third democratic presidency to come to power after a norm-breaking and warcrime-cheering Republican administration will pursue justice against their predecessors," I repeat like a mantra til I collapse

08.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 2800 πŸ” 471 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0

Again. I genuinely hope we do not get what we deserve.

08.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Something very funny about Trump shattering American power by running out of weapons losing an unpopular war he started for no reason. Like, we all knew this was the final season for the Pax Americana, but that’s a heck of a swerve. Hats off to the writers’ room.

05.03.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

🎯🎯🎯

06.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kristy Noem in front of shirtless prisoners crammed together at CECOT in El Salvador

Kristy Noem in front of shirtless prisoners crammed together at CECOT in El Salvador

correct, this is not incompetence πŸ‘‡

06.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is what San Diego’s Juan Vargas didn’t think Congress should vote on.

06.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

me too - hoping to heckle Juan Vargas

06.03.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t imagine any Dem could survive a primary after voting against this.

06.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can anyone help me understand why #Kids&CaretakersOutOfCamps isn't one of the conditions for DHS funding? Why confine only to DHS/ICE conduct on streets and not inside concentration camps?

05.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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We export bombs and death.

Regime change begins at home.

It’s really hard to even pretend to be a hopeless romantic, when the world feels like an open wound.

#typewriter #poetry #haiku

05.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Quite literally β€œwe have always been at war with Iran.”

04.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 2910 πŸ” 562 πŸ’¬ 186 πŸ“Œ 13

This will go down in history with My Lai, Kent State, and Czechoslovakia 1968.

Killing little girls at a school in our name. What a dirty and war criminal government we have. They must face consequences. We must work to make them face consequences.

05.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 858 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 3
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β€˜We’re in it’: Democrats won’t rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war Democrats will have to balance a desire to criticize Trump’s offensive in Iran with pressure to support funding to defend the nation now at war.

We already went through this shit in Iraq. You don’t fund the GOPs dumb as fuck wars. Period. This isn’t hard. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

05.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 1983 πŸ” 429 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 60

losing a primary by FIFTY points because you backed ICE should tell everyone where the zeitgeist is right now

04.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 6141 πŸ” 1168 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 38

β€œKelly, Unbothered” cracks me up

04.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

She lost by almost 50 points.

That is a statement, a loud and clear statement.

04.03.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 469 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

We also just murdered this guy’s parents, his wife, and his son so good luck getting a peace deal

04.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 3839 πŸ” 738 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 15

THIIIIIIIIIS.

And not just here. All over the place.

Like, I’d love a future Dem President to say β€œI’ve scoured the Constitution and can’t find a β€˜major question’ rule anywhere in it. So I’m just going to ignore that effort to arrogate power to yourself. That imbalance? Checked.”

03.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 424 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

what could go wrong πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ?

03.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Frankly, we've seen enough: it's time to fire all the cowards who toadied to Trump and disgraced their institutions in the process. CEOs, lawyers, university presidents. Clear them all out, replace them with people who stood firm. Remake our society with leaders who have principles and courage.

03.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 587 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

These words are designed to slide off of our brains and be forgotten.

Say it plainly: No murdering children overseas. No locking up children in concentration camps here. No pedophiles in government or any positions of authority. No Republican freaks inspecting children's genitals.

03.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 924 πŸ” 256 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3