2026-06-20 21:41:34
It pains me to say, but I think useful political discourse cannot meaningfully exist on Mastodon. I don't wish this to be true, but the streets is the streets and, well, this is the closest thing to an HOA gated community I've seen in social media.
#blackmastodon #uspol
In what fucking reality has Trump had military victories in Iran?
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Another long day at the polls yesterday. Arrived 5:50 am, left at 9:10 pm (polls open 7 to 7). 704 ballots cast at my precinct. Steady all day. I don’t think anyone waited more than 5 minutes to check in.
Unfortunately, GA is one of the very few states that requires runoffs in races where nobody got 50.0001% or more of votes in a given race, so we’ll do this all again in 4 weeks.
Still an important job and I’m happy to do my part.
#uspol Early voting (midterms primary runoff) started at 7a this morning here. I showed up ~4 minutes later. Had my vote case (five different races) and was out the door four minutes later. I imagine actual election day won't be too bad but figured I'd get things done before heading to Tek so I wouldn't have to worry about coordinating things later.
I hate the smell of decades of Conservative/Republican stonewalling and science denial in the morning.
#ClimateChange #canpol #uspol
A winning move for any president who cares about his legacy. #USPol
https://jorts.horse/@fathermcgruder/116768213706399623
I hereby declare the IRS, DOJ and all federal agencies can never investigate me, my family members and companies for any reason, in perpetuity.
I am hereby above the law forever.
You see how ridiculous that sounds when I say it? It remains just as ridiculous when the acting Attorney General says it.
The AG does not have the authority to declare that any more than you and I do.
#USpol
School's Out. Campus Political Wars Are Just Beginning by How Is This Better? and More Perfect University
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One fun thing about my family hosting exchange students when I was younger, is that I'm constantly talking to people who expect things of their government, while half of US Asians thing government can't do anything.
#Government #USPol
Might as well call this one now folks.
#USPol #GlitchMcConnell #mitchmcconnell
We can breathe easy, for there is absolutely nothing to worry about.
#USpol
Trump’s daily declarations about how the war is over or almost over or will be over in 30 seconds or there's a ceasefire hiding under the next rock or whatever? That’s all non-information, just a conveyor belt of nothingburgers he feeds the press for them to dutifully regurgitate.
But •this•? This is actual news.
#uspol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/house-passes-war-power-resolution-trump-iran
Why not eliminate single-representative districts and switch to some form of proportional representation? (Or just go with nationwide independent redistricting commissions.) Too much time and resources are spent on gerrymandering and redistricting legal warfare.
But of course, those that benefit under the current system (*cough* GOP *cough*) won’t change it.
#uspol
Should the Next Democrat Punish Red States? JVL Says... Maybe | The Next Level
great podcast if you want to feel super doomer.
#uspol
So this whole Great American State Fair implies the federal government supports D.C. statehood right?
#USPol #JokingButNotJoking
I started an AI simulation last night - two conservatives and two progressives work together to increase the US democracy from a score of 37 out of 100 to something that works better for _all_ people not just the wealthy. They agreed on 7 proposals to bring the score up to 60%. If only it were that easy.
#USPol
I really don't understand how the MAGAts I still believe the dipshit's "everything that I do that hurts you is Joe Biden's fault".
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol
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I'm still waiting for a gerrymandered district that is just one republican donor's house.
or maybe a representative can just represent themselves.
#uspol
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lol at people pointing out that gas station signs can't go past $10.
#uspol
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It's only political violence if it's against wealthy conservatives. Otherwise it's just sparkling 2nd amendment rights.
#uspol #whcdinner #whcadinner
#USpol, April 30, 2026: 36 doctors went on Congressional record, invoking their duty to the "Declaration of Geneva—the successor to the Hippocratic Oath that binds us to the humanitarian principles of medicine since the Nuremberg trials", and unambiguously declared Donald Trump unfit for office.
Can we place a bet on tomorrow’s false flag? How many dead? Will they be killed by USSS or the patsy? Will there be more than one patsy?
#USpol
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What time is the Pride Wrestling Match at the White House today?
Honestly, I am pleasantly surprised to see potus supporting LGBTQIA like this, but hey, I’ll take it.
#USpol
AOC LIVE by UChicago Institute of Politics
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Too on the nose...
#Healthcare #USpol #Insurance
Erika Kirk's Rise to Power by How Is This Better?
#uspol
The Trump administration announced it will suspend visa bond requirements for foreign visitors from World Cup-qualified countries who have purchased tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Visitors will still face the real chance of being tortured and killed by ice or cbp because that’s what they do now.
#USpol
The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism | The Ezra Klein Show
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kegbreath is too drunk to realize he, himself, from fully public and open statements, is being quoted.
Remove him from office and ban him from future federal office, now.
#USpol #hegseth #hegsethPete
😢
#USpol
Why Does Hasan Piker Scare The Democrats? | Good Noticings
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Two pilots rescued after the Iranian menace shot them down.
And the orange ghoul who brags about drapery and a ballroom every five seconds hasn’t paraded these heroes he rescued in front of so much as a single camera.
Strains credibility, doesn’t it. 🤔
#USpol
The Liberal Order: Why the West Stopped Fighting Over Territory by Lines on Maps Extra
#uspol
😲😝
#USpol
Congress is considering a bill to give oil companies immunity for all the lies and harm they've caused. This is completely bass-ackwards.
Contact your Congresscritters and demand they vote no.
https://www.noimmunityforbigoil.org/
😃😳🤦♂️
#USpol
Trying to make sense of Graham Platner by FD Streams
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Mehdi CHALLENGES Graham Platner on His Tattoo and More by Zeteo
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#uspol
Assassination will not help! It'll martyr him, exacerbating the very problems you're trying to solve.
There is no shortcut to removing him. The only path forward is to vote for pro-impeachment candidates in November. #Assassination attempts will thwart this.
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I’m speaking with Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning, and it turns out his entire political career started as the result of a joke he began telling in 1974 and forgot the punchline to.
#USpol
I would like to add 2 more independent branches of the government:
- News
- Unions
#uspol
Is the issue that he is dead but being kept hooked up to machines to block the legal process of an election to replace him in his Senate seat, or is the issue that the one person who has the legal standing to pull the plug is hanging out in CCP territory to block that process…
#USpol
Really potus? Ya might wanna check a topographical map there, sport.
#USpol
Graham Platner On Service, Messaging & the Future for Democrats | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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WTF is this? Delaware, which has more corporations than people, will let corporations vote?! #uspol
We're back over 100.
#uspol
Hasan Piker: Subpoenaed by the Feds by What Now? with Trevor Noah
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If I’m a screenwriter writing this US full invasion of Cuba scenario: Cuba acquires 20–50 Shahed drones (from Iran, Russia, or Venezuela) and launches them in a saturated wave, succeeds in hitting Florida 90 miles away with at least one.
Hitting U.S. soil is huge escalation and shifts everything.
#USpol #Cuba
Jim Acosta Just Did the Thing Trump Won't Stop Bragging About
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They should really 86 the Comey indictment.
#USpol
How To Actually Tax The Rich by Prof G Markets
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If I say, “the wholly morally irredeemable adviser to the president,” you can probably guess who I mean.
That’s messed up.
Odd that more that one could technically fit the bill.
#USpol
The Dow Jones is over 50,000, she’ll be fine.
And I hope she gets exactly the care, sympathy and support she deserves.
#USpol
There is no excuse for the US the ever have any military personnel die in combat again.
Just issue them each a ballroom and they’ll be fine.
🪖🪩🕺🏻
#USpol #DanceFighting
The BBC says the Trump administration is involved in insider trading. In other news: water is wet.
#satire #USpol #InsiderTrading
Potus thinks Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin (all quite dead) are at the gates.
#USpol
the world is healing
The Rat Utopia Experiment - Blast! (Official Music Video)
#music
With the acting Attorney General by his side, FBI Director Kash Patel publicly addressed allegations about his conduct, saying, “I’m not as think as you drunk I am,” and “let’s go do karaoke!”
#satire #USpol #KashPatel
The flu pandemic that killed 50,000,000 people in the last century was first detected on a US Army base.
But sure kegsbreath, let's not vaccinate against it.
h/t @…
#USpol
Speaker Mike Johnson is 6 years old and thinks Congress is school.
Let me make my case.
He made it all recess and no work.
😲😝😳
#USpol
Reducing the presence of the US military in Germany would be a top ten failure of military, national security and international relations not only in US history, but quite possibly world history.
The US abandoning our German allies and Europe would be so catastrophic as to strain the meaning of the word.
potus is so clearly unfit to lead. potus endangers every American, and human on earth, even by posting this.
On the face of it, building a ballroom to increase security is completely ridiculous.
If one went to a psychiatric hospital and said, “I feel like we need to build a ballroom to keep people safe,” you’d likely be evaluated and maybe held on a 72 hour hold.
Not one penny should go to potus’ illegally conceived personal fun house emotional support ballroom.
Wanna talk bunkers? Ok maybe. Ballroom? Get stuffed.