Have I told you how much I hate these people? - Mike Malloy. It is every thinking person’s responsibility not to side with his or her executioners. - Albert Camus. Popular democracy anywhere threatens fascism everywhere. - The Scallion. A fascist junta of neocons using George W. Bush as its shill has taken over America by bloodless coup. What will it take for us to stage a revolution and take our country back? - Dot Calm. Drive a hybrid. Leave a lighter footprint on the planet. - Dot Calm.
Like Granny D, I have watched my own beloved country change, and I am angry beyond words about what I see. I grew up seeing America as the equivalent of the movie good guy, the hero in the white hat who came to the rescue of those in need around the world. I have watched in silent horror as the corporations, the captains and the kings of industry, used a comparatively small outlay of cash to buy the Republicans to use as their shills. George W. Bush is the puppet cowboy-king of shills, the proverbial emperor with no clothes. Every day, I watch these evil men legalize, legitimize, and institutionalize robbing the poor to pay the rich. They are carving up America like a giant carcass and doling out choice chunks of its meat to themselves and their cronies. Since the Democrats have been sipping at the same corporate teat where the Republicans have been gorging for the past generation, the fascists are free to do their worst; there is no longer any opposition. There is no one left to stand up for the rights of the American people, the Constitution, or the democracy, which I fear will be replaced by a fascist dictatorship in my lifetime. Wake up, America: we need a REVOLUTION NOW!
As Senator Schiff so rightly says, trump's "liberation day" tariffs liberate us from our money--to give it to the billionaires who don't need it and who did not earn it because WE EARNED IT--and ultimately from our lives. Erm, wake me when it's over...?
posted by Dot Calm @ 11:08 AM
...any loss for musk, trump, or the rest of putin and his republicans is a win for America and democracy!
posted by Dot Calm @ 8:09 AM
I've spent 35+ years of my career trying to keep our folks in uniform in one piece, and this hegseth POS comes along and violates the Espionage Act after sanctimoniously criticizing Hillary for what every President before her has done. He makes me wish for the good old days when we used to prosecute those who violate the Espionage Act to the full extent of the law. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. But don't take it from me--listen to Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian (TM). What hegseth and the other traitors did is WORSE than you thought. FAR worse.
posted by Dot Calm @ 8:03 AM
Angela from Parkrose Permaculture makes a great point: she and I don't always agree with Cory Booker, and we haven't always been fans, but HE LISTENED to what We the People have been telling Democrats--GET OUT THERE AND GET CORPORATE AND SOCIAL MEDIA'S ATTENTION and TELL THE STORY of how the musk-trump regime is ACTIVELY HARMING American families. So, call his office and call your own reps' offices and say MORE OF THIS. Don't nitpick. Just encourage them to lead from behind--since they've been so weak-kneed that WE'VE had to lead from the front. Sure, they'll hate to fuss themselves, but everything else they've done so far has failed, and OUR butts are on the line, so it's time for EVERY Democrat in office to get out there and BE the story so they can TELL the story.
posted by Dot Calm @ 7:59 AM
Also, BUY UKRANIAN!!!!! Etsy is a great source of wonderful Ukranian small businesses that feature some of the best craftspersonship you'll ever experience.
posted by Dot Calm @ 9:27 AM
Friends, it won't be quick, and it won't be easy, but it is eminently doable. So, LET'S DO THIS!
posted by Dot Calm @ 8:28 AM
(Actually, musk IS a nazi, but teslas suck.)
posted by Dot Calm @ 8:24 AM
I'm glad I'm not the only one encouraging us all to choose joy wherever we find it right now. Choosing joy is an act of defiance against those who wish they could--but never will--oppress us. Dear ones, no matter how rich or politically powerful they are, they only care about what they DON'T have. Well, guess what: what they don't have is JOY, and what they can never, ever take from us is OUR joy. So, don't worry--be happy!
posted by Dot Calm @ 10:40 AM
posted by Dot Calm @ 7:04 AM
Billionaires are the ONLY minority destroying America. Billionaires are the only parasites in America, and they WANT to destroy their host.
posted by Dot Calm @ 6:58 AM
I'm old enough to remember when republicans wanted to string up Hillary for BENGHAZI BENGHAZI BENGHAZI, which was NOT her personal fault. Isn't it interesting how quiet they are when it comes to trump's obvious callousness regarding four missing, possibly dead, members of our military? 🦗
posted by Dot Calm @ 7:52 AM
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Ginger Billy must have had a crystal ball three years ago when he made this hilarious video...! If you like Red Green, you'll love this little giggle.
I dunno about you, but I've received security training, and what they instruct us every year is that some fuck ups are bad enough not only to get you fired but to fine you and land you in prison. pete hegseth, tulsi gabbard's, and the rest of em's fuck up sure sounds like the fire-fine-imprison kind. We all know that the entire trump administration is ally, agent, or useful idiot to putin, but this kind of crap goes beyond the pale. Our allies already lost faith and trust in us in the last trump administration; now we've proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that their secrets will go to their and our enemies. This puts American lives in danger. But, hey, this is exactly what maga voted for and the entire republican party supports whole-heartedly: a far weaker military and a government that only--and deliberately--harms its own citizens.
Let's take out the trash--let's get rid of trump. This little ditty is chock full of happy thoughts to start your day.
posted by Dot Calm @ 6:43 AM
...but her e-mails.
posted by Dot Calm @ 7:56 AM
Measles is also HIGHLY PREVENTABLE. GET VACCINATED, people!
posted by Dot Calm @ 12:28 PM
posted by Dot Calm @ 7:51 AM
Listen to Jessica, everyone:
- Use 5calls.org to call your reps and primal scream whatever's keeping you awake at night at least once a week.
- Support local non-maga small businesses and use goodsuniteus.com to purchase from non-fascist-supporting businesses.
- Join a "tesla takedown" protest. These are energizing for all of us anti-fascists, and they are helping hit leona dork vader musk in her pocketbook. She has no business in our government --she's not qualified, and she's actively wielding her power to commit corruption and to stop investigations into her myriad criminal wrongdoings.
This is easy pro-democracy activism we can all do. As Jessica says, for the time being, we do still live in a democracy, so let's all act like it!
posted by Dot Calm @ 7:31 AM
Billionaires are NOT "just like us." They get where they are by being parasites on society. They don't care about you. Even when their greed kills you or your loved ones, they don't care...unless they actively enjoy the suffering they cause.
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posted by Dot Calm @ 7:20 AM
Dear pick-me's:
You know who you are.
You're the misogynistic woman.
You're the POC-hating POC.
You're the LGBTQ+ phobic LGBTQ+ person.
You're the non-rich person who feels unworthy of being rich.
You're the one betraying other people who look like you, live like you, love like you for the sake of serving the republican patriarchy of rich, white, cis-het, Christian men.
You do this not only because you hate yourself and those who look like, live like, and love like you but because you're willing to stand on their necks in the merest hopes that you'll get special treatment...like avoiding becoming the target of all the horrible things you want done to people just like you. Heck, maybe the overlords you slavishly worship will not only not punish you for existing, but maybe they'll actually reward you for serving their interests over your own.
I hate to tell you, sweetie, but it doesn't work that way.
The only people that the republican patriarchy of rich, white, cis-het, Christian men despise more than women, POC, LGBTQ+, and non-rich people are pick-me's.
The people you worship the most despise you the most.
If you're not loyal to people who are just like you, they know you'll never be loyal to them.
So they'll never trust you.
And since you're already in one or more of the populations they already hate, they'll never, ever love you.
They'll never, ever accept you.
You'll never, ever be "one of them."
They will always scorn you, laugh at you, and deride you as a "useful idiot" behind your back.
If only you could hear what they say about you when your back is turned.
I assure you, it isn't pretty.
So congratulations on making yourself a person without a community and a traitor in your own land.
Congratulations on becoming someone with no true friends--only transaction partners.
Congratulations on making yourself universally scorned and despised.
You could have worked for the betterment of marginalized populations like your own.
You could have worked for a more just, egalitarian society instead of deliberately, willfully, and callously harming innocent others to promote your own petty self interests.
Is it really worth it?
Do you truly enjoy harming innocent others for no good cause?
Does it really fulfill your life's purpose to be a mere tool?
Are you truly happy living in a community, nation, and world consisting of exactly and only yourself?
Consider joining society to serve the greater good while there's still time.
It's the only way to earn the love, respect, and connection all humans crave.
Think about it.
posted by Dot Calm @ 8:20 AM
posted by Dot Calm @ 1:25 PM
Listen to Angela. Listen to Bernie, AOC, and Crockett. They get it.
posted by Dot Calm @ 2:46 PM
May we all have enough Irish luck to survive and thrive the ugly regime of musktrumputin! May the oligarchs all discover and get hooked on magic shrooms, THC, and whatever else it takes to put them on a happy one-way trip to Mars, where they can all live blissed out of their minds and leave the rest of us tf alone to live in peace and prosperity!
posted by Dot Calm @ 11:18 AM
Gender-affirming hair surgery augmented with fake hair...hair dye...daily cans of hairspray...fake teeth...kitten heels...tinted foundation...a waist-slimming girdle...
It all makes sense!
The transphobe in the Oval Office is really transgender!
donaldina jessica trump always wanted to be a woman, so she put out the executive order declaring all americans "female" so she could come out and live her authentic life!
her consort leona musk is also a fan of gender-affirming surgery and make-up, as is vice-vice president* jessica donaldina vance...as are the rest of the ostensibly-transphobe-but-actually-transgender republican party.
SNL, PLEASE get Melissa McCarthy to play musk. donaldina would absolutely love it!
posted by Dot Calm @ 11:03 AM
Let's be real: republicans aren't upset because musktrumputin wants to cut Social Security and the other programs we all pay into our whole lives--they're just upset because the word got out!
Even republicans know that gutting the programs we pay into to keep ourselves alive is "unpopular."
I'm old enough to remember when w waved his hand and claimed that there was "nothing in Social Security but IOU's." This generation of republicans is calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme.
All of them are wrong.
We all pay in to Social Security our whole working lives. If republicans are so gosh-darned concerned about there being enough in there, then let them TAX THE RICH.
Did you know that, if you make above $176,100.00 per year, the money you make beyond that is NOT taxed for Social Security? Why is that? If you make that much, you should be living comfortably enough to be able to afford having Social Security tax taken out for your full salary. And we all know that non-wage earnings are not taxed for Social Security.
If we were really interested in an equitable society, we'd tax every penny of income for Social Security--wages, investments, all of it. We could probably apply a lower percentage tax, and we'd all be helping each other that way.
posted by Dot Calm @ 7:58 AM
The Onion is and has always been a more serious, trustworthy news source than fox propaganda.
posted by Dot Calm @ 9:13 AM
