Add to this list: Stop the sale of federal lands. Also although not federal land, in the Big Bullshit Bill is $40M for a National Garden of American Heroes. Trump wants to place this on sacred Native lands. The land right now is owned by a wealthy South Dakota mining family!
Well let's start by returning the land to the people it belonged to originally. My husband's tribe lost all their land to a lumber company in WA. We've been married 62 years and I'm still waiting for that to get fixed. It's so disgusting, disheartening and evil.
Totally agree. It's time the U.S. honored the treaty of 1869!! And, most certainly these lands are NOT FOR SALE. They are rightfully owned by the Natives.
If the treaties that the Government has broken were enforced as they should be, a lot of companies would be in a world of hurt. We should honor treaties what we sign!
“But our biggest focus right now—by far—is pushing back against Trump’s evil budget bill. We won’t let him distract us from that, no matter what. We can walk and chew gum while spinning plates standing on one leg wearing stilts. We’ve done it before.” Thank you. Love this.
Trash and Co are using Iran and the people of Gaza as a smoke screen to distract people from the decimation of Education, SNAP, FEMA OSHA and Social Security!!!
Yes, a brain, they appear to be lobotomized at best.
Why isn’t the mainstream media bringing to the public’s attention, the fact that Trump can’t legally do what he’s doing??? They continue to do their job SO POORLY and to our detriment.
Hegseth said Trump did what no other president could do - but wait - they didn’t cuz 1. Diplomacy is the best path and 2. IT’S ILLEGAL
It’s like the Wizard of Oz, but the Oz hasn’t showed up to give the Republicans any of the things that the scarecrow, the lion and the tin man wanted. A heart, a brain and courage!
The brain part? That's a bit more challenging. Perhaps repurposed strawberry jello or an old sponge have potential for use as a basic, limited-use, type of brain?
Maybe I should have said soul. These unscrupulous, unprincipled, unethical choads lack any semblance of a moral compass. Hence their dewy eyed worship of a dangerous, crooked, predatory war monger.
An old dusty and squeaky bedframe speckled with rust, smelling of moth balls, mouse turds and the rotten aroma of the lowered (now even lower) expectations of personal integrity, would be be far superior to the "mush up there!"
It is a tool that they have developed as an outgrowth of the their social storm efforts to engage people and get them to register to vote. I took the training about a month ago and it was very interesting and easy.
Deb Verla, the trainer, decribed it as Mad Libs for social media. You don't have to master all the technical aspects and FT6 has done most of the heavy lifting (e.g., finding and cataloging the social media handles for all of the US Senators and representatives). They have developed templates for four common interactions with your electeds - tell them to vote either YES or NO on a specific bill, tell them to grow a spine and stand up for their constituents or praise them for having stood up for their constituents. You just fill in the blanks.
Since the GOP is trying their darndest to disenfranchise voters in states which they control, I volunteer and contribute $$ to organizations that are fighting back!
Here are some volunteer opportunities:
VoteRiders (https://www.voteriders.org/) helps voters in states with Draconican Voter ID laws to educate themselves about acceptable forms of ID in advance of an election and also help people get the underlying documents (e.g., birth certificate) and an ID that will allow them to vote. I am part of their volunteer letter-writing team. Current campaigns are focusing on voters in AZ, GA, NC, OH, PA, and TX. Presumably they will be adding more names and adresses for FL, since there is a FL and NC letter writing paty on Thursday. Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/796678/. There is also a DIY option if you cannot attend the Thursday Zoom: https://www.voteriders.org/letterinfo/
Vote Forward (https://votefwd.org/) encourages low propensity registered voters to come out and vote using a unique combination of low and high tech. The low tech part is that volunteers hand write a brief answer to the question of why they are voters. The high tech part is in the sophisticated methodology of identifying the target audience, measuring the impact of the letters through randomized controlled trials (RCT) and providing the recipient with custom-tailored voting guides. To learn how to get started go to: https://votefwd.org/instructions.
Vote Forward currently has 2 campaigns focusing on the November PA Supreme Court race. Three liberal justices are up for retention for 10 year terms, so this election has huge national implications in terms of voting and our ability to flip the house.
Field Tem 6 (https://www.fieldteam6.org/) focuses on partisan voter registration and their mantra is "Register Democrats. Save the World". They take a multi-channel approach which includes in-person, phone- and text-banking, postcards and social media. At least from the postcarding side, they are focusing on VA, NJ, and PA for the 2025 election cycle as well as GA and NC statewide in 2026 plus a few selected swing US House races.
Activate America (www.activateamerica.vote) also takes a multi-channel approach but focuses on lower-propensity already-registered voters. Currently they are focusing on voters in vulnerable GOP-controlled house districts and are asking voters to call their elected officials to hold the electeds accountable for policies that are hurting their constituents. Click on ther heading "Programs" to learn about opportunities to volunteer.
Other groups with volunteer opportunities include:
* Postcards to Voters (https://postcardstovoters.org/) which focuses on special elections and other races not scheduled for November, down ballot races including school boards, reminding voters to reregister to vote by mail.
* Postcards to Swing States (https://turnoutpac.org/postcards/) -- uses social pressure messaging to persuade low propensity progressive voters to vote. Current campaigns for NJ, PA, and VA. They provide the postcards for free.
*Environmental Voter Project www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved) Their audience is low-propensity voters who care strongly about the Environment and climate change. They gearing up for a postcard campaign in VA. There are also opportunities to phone-bank and canvass. Postcard volunteers must attend a zoom Training session:
* Postcards 4 VA (https://addresses.postcards4va.com/) - they should soon have campaigns for candidates in swing districts and for part3 (of 4) of their "Wake Up Virginia" program focusing on registered voters who haven't voted in recent elections.
Trump has NO quardrails, of course it’s an impeachable action but it will never happen unless we take back both houses of Congress but that possibility is months away. We may have started WWIII by then. I lost my husband in December and as I look around I see I have lost so much more. We can’t lose in November
It’s an adjustment and I just hit the 6 month lull. I always read about NOT making decisions for a year but at 6 months my friends have gone back to their lives. I don’t blame them and they are still there for me but I’m lonely
Thank you. It’s tough starting over. My friends have been wonderful but I just hit the 6 month lull. They are still there for me but they have gone on with their lives. It gets lonely but I love sharing ideas with all of you
Great work as always and know you are NOT alone , in Canada we have all the same challenges . We have our own violently entitled extremist white supremacists, our DOGE North ready to destroy our Canadian Federal Government. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is National treasure and for now an amazing source of news and science, indigenous art .
I hope you connect with Charlie Angus and Rachel Gilmore here on Substack along with other diverse Canadian activists and commentators here.
I'm currently reading his book, Dangerous Memories, and I would love for many people to read it and share their thoughts. I would like to know if this book is suitable for inclusion in the high school curriculum. I wonder what others think?
Thank you so much for your empathic words! I am relieved that a multitude of our neighbors to the north understand that many of us did not want Trump back in The White House. We wanted him in prison, where he belongs. I wish you well in the pushback against the rogue factions in Canada. I will check out the Substacks of Charlie Angus and Rachel Gilmore. The suggestion is appreciated.
Wow! All hypothetical but I've noticed his posture, standing, walking and sitting, indicating the possibility of medical issues. And that's in addition to his increasing non sequiters.
Bombing Iran is a distraction from his failure of a his big beautiful bill. Now we are faced with another challenge protecting our country within and outside because of his wanting to play at being supreme leader.
Ty Scott. I am so scared for our troops!😞 We all need to say a prayer every day for them!🙏 This will definitely decrease his following, so we should push for impeachment! HE MUST GO!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
My thoughts on his bombing Iran? He probably sat back, feeling very self-satisfied, and said, "What a good boy am I."
If Vlad can do it, so can he. Now that he's attacked a sovereign nation, the Big Boy Dictators will really like him instead of just pretending.
I wish I could borrow former President Obama's Handy Acme Time Machine, and go back 75 or 76 years, and smack him upside his head when he did something wrong - like throwing rocks at the baby next door, and then give him affection and hugs, whenever possible, when he wasn't misbehaving, because he had neither of those things - and this is what we end up with. I'm getting silly in my old age....but at least, unlike him, I'm not malicious.
For those of us who live in nations where we choose our leaders, when oh when will we learn not to choose ignorant narcissists with huge insecurity issues who inflict their malevolence on the world? We are now reaping what we have sowed. Well, what some of us have sowed.
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Add to this list: Stop the sale of federal lands. Also although not federal land, in the Big Bullshit Bill is $40M for a National Garden of American Heroes. Trump wants to place this on sacred Native lands. The land right now is owned by a wealthy South Dakota mining family!
Well let's start by returning the land to the people it belonged to originally. My husband's tribe lost all their land to a lumber company in WA. We've been married 62 years and I'm still waiting for that to get fixed. It's so disgusting, disheartening and evil.
Totally agree. It's time the U.S. honored the treaty of 1869!! And, most certainly these lands are NOT FOR SALE. They are rightfully owned by the Natives.
Agree! Stop selling land doesn't belong to you, Trump!😬😬😬
If the treaties that the Government has broken were enforced as they should be, a lot of companies would be in a world of hurt. We should honor treaties what we sign!
that would be a good way to rein in the abuse by the wealthy, greedy squatters.
I agree Dotty. It is a travesty.
Leave these sacred grounds alone! We are sick & tired of old greedy men ruining our country, democracy & constitution!
you're damn right!
I forgot to include the old woman who also financed these folks behind closed doors.
Women...plural.
One woman: Mariam Adelson, singular.
Actually ,it was one woman I was speaking of.
Miriam Adelson .
I should have put quotes around "owned" by the mining family. By rights and treaty it should be native land.
The US government has never met a treaty they couldn’t break, totally feckless.
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“But our biggest focus right now—by far—is pushing back against Trump’s evil budget bill. We won’t let him distract us from that, no matter what. We can walk and chew gum while spinning plates standing on one leg wearing stilts. We’ve done it before.” Thank you. Love this.
Thanks Suzanne I know we can!
Trash and Co are using Iran and the people of Gaza as a smoke screen to distract people from the decimation of Education, SNAP, FEMA OSHA and Social Security!!!
I say we impeach the guy like right now
I wish Republicans had a spine
And a brain, apparently.
Yes, a brain, they appear to be lobotomized at best.
Why isn’t the mainstream media bringing to the public’s attention, the fact that Trump can’t legally do what he’s doing??? They continue to do their job SO POORLY and to our detriment.
Hegseth said Trump did what no other president could do - but wait - they didn’t cuz 1. Diplomacy is the best path and 2. IT’S ILLEGAL
It’s like the Wizard of Oz, but the Oz hasn’t showed up to give the Republicans any of the things that the scarecrow, the lion and the tin man wanted. A heart, a brain and courage!
Unlike the Oz characters who each lacked a particular thing, repubs lack all of 'em
The brain part? That's a bit more challenging. Perhaps repurposed strawberry jello or an old sponge have potential for use as a basic, limited-use, type of brain?
Maybe I should have said soul. These unscrupulous, unprincipled, unethical choads lack any semblance of a moral compass. Hence their dewy eyed worship of a dangerous, crooked, predatory war monger.
They do not have souls that is for sure. TACO is rotting from the inside out, hence the horrendous stench. Demons are at work here.
Oh you meant the fish. Sole. Those are out of season unfortunately. How about some Scrod instead?
nuh
Too bad they won't Baker Act or Impeach. Too many Dems need spines too.
😈🤬💯💯💯💯💯💯
Any old re-purposed bedframe could serve as a spine.
Thanks for the chuckle. 🤣
Love the visual! Probably would be better than the mush up there
An old dusty and squeaky bedframe speckled with rust, smelling of moth balls, mouse turds and the rotten aroma of the lowered (now even lower) expectations of personal integrity, would be be far superior to the "mush up there!"
I agree 💯 percent.
ICYMI, Field Team 6 has started doing "Please Grow a Spine" Training. You can register for an upcoming training here:
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/772276/
It is a tool that they have developed as an outgrowth of the their social storm efforts to engage people and get them to register to vote. I took the training about a month ago and it was very interesting and easy.
Deb Verla, the trainer, decribed it as Mad Libs for social media. You don't have to master all the technical aspects and FT6 has done most of the heavy lifting (e.g., finding and cataloging the social media handles for all of the US Senators and representatives). They have developed templates for four common interactions with your electeds - tell them to vote either YES or NO on a specific bill, tell them to grow a spine and stand up for their constituents or praise them for having stood up for their constituents. You just fill in the blanks.
Dream on, Scott. They do what Von Schitzenpants says to do. Spineless noodles
So do I! Absolute silence on there part
This Congress will never do it! Just keep fighting and VOTE!
Since the GOP is trying their darndest to disenfranchise voters in states which they control, I volunteer and contribute $$ to organizations that are fighting back!
Here are some volunteer opportunities:
VoteRiders (https://www.voteriders.org/) helps voters in states with Draconican Voter ID laws to educate themselves about acceptable forms of ID in advance of an election and also help people get the underlying documents (e.g., birth certificate) and an ID that will allow them to vote. I am part of their volunteer letter-writing team. Current campaigns are focusing on voters in AZ, GA, NC, OH, PA, and TX. Presumably they will be adding more names and adresses for FL, since there is a FL and NC letter writing paty on Thursday. Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/796678/. There is also a DIY option if you cannot attend the Thursday Zoom: https://www.voteriders.org/letterinfo/
Vote Forward (https://votefwd.org/) encourages low propensity registered voters to come out and vote using a unique combination of low and high tech. The low tech part is that volunteers hand write a brief answer to the question of why they are voters. The high tech part is in the sophisticated methodology of identifying the target audience, measuring the impact of the letters through randomized controlled trials (RCT) and providing the recipient with custom-tailored voting guides. To learn how to get started go to: https://votefwd.org/instructions.
Vote Forward currently has 2 campaigns focusing on the November PA Supreme Court race. Three liberal justices are up for retention for 10 year terms, so this election has huge national implications in terms of voting and our ability to flip the house.
Field Tem 6 (https://www.fieldteam6.org/) focuses on partisan voter registration and their mantra is "Register Democrats. Save the World". They take a multi-channel approach which includes in-person, phone- and text-banking, postcards and social media. At least from the postcarding side, they are focusing on VA, NJ, and PA for the 2025 election cycle as well as GA and NC statewide in 2026 plus a few selected swing US House races.
Activate America (www.activateamerica.vote) also takes a multi-channel approach but focuses on lower-propensity already-registered voters. Currently they are focusing on voters in vulnerable GOP-controlled house districts and are asking voters to call their elected officials to hold the electeds accountable for policies that are hurting their constituents. Click on ther heading "Programs" to learn about opportunities to volunteer.
Other groups with volunteer opportunities include:
* Grassroots Democrats HQ (https://grassrootsdems.org/) - see their link tree here: https://linktr.ee/grassrootsdemhq
* Postcards to Voters (https://postcardstovoters.org/) which focuses on special elections and other races not scheduled for November, down ballot races including school boards, reminding voters to reregister to vote by mail.
* Postcards to Swing States (https://turnoutpac.org/postcards/) -- uses social pressure messaging to persuade low propensity progressive voters to vote. Current campaigns for NJ, PA, and VA. They provide the postcards for free.
*Environmental Voter Project www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved) Their audience is low-propensity voters who care strongly about the Environment and climate change. They gearing up for a postcard campaign in VA. There are also opportunities to phone-bank and canvass. Postcard volunteers must attend a zoom Training session:
June 24: https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved/postcarding-orientation/2025-06-24
June 27th: www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved/postcarding-orientation/2025-06-27
* Postcards 4 VA (https://addresses.postcards4va.com/) - they should soon have campaigns for candidates in swing districts and for part3 (of 4) of their "Wake Up Virginia" program focusing on registered voters who haven't voted in recent elections.
* Postcards for Democracy (https://postcards.markersfordemocracy.org/) which focuses on downballot races including school boards. Their campaigns are intermittent.
Thank you, just signed up for NJ!❤️🧡💙
Do you NOT get it? We can’t impeach him until we get this complicit GOP out of office so use your energy to get everyone out to vote!
If only!
He would at least be there here in Florida 3 days!
Trump has NO quardrails, of course it’s an impeachable action but it will never happen unless we take back both houses of Congress but that possibility is months away. We may have started WWIII by then. I lost my husband in December and as I look around I see I have lost so much more. We can’t lose in November
I am so sorry about your loss Patti. I hope you are doing ok.
I’m so sorry for your loss Patti
I am so sorry that you lost your husband. The pushback against this regime is important. I will not give up.
So important
Sorry for your loss! Iost my partner in 2023
It’s an adjustment and I just hit the 6 month lull. I always read about NOT making decisions for a year but at 6 months my friends have gone back to their lives. I don’t blame them and they are still there for me but I’m lonely
Patti, you've got us-day or night!
But I am so sorry you lost your husband. We'll do our best to help you get through it no matter how long it takes.
Thank you. I’m trying to push through it all
So very sorry for your huge loss of your loved one. 💔
Thank you. It’s tough starting over. My friends have been wonderful but I just hit the 6 month lull. They are still there for me but they have gone on with their lives. It gets lonely but I love sharing ideas with all of you
Illegal and distractive. Keep working locally, everyone.
Onward for sure!
I think had 47 not pulled out of Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran this might not have happened.
Great point here Marcia!
I agree wholeheartedly! Been saying it too!
I'm sure that's why he did it - besides just cancelling anything he possibly could if it was passed during Clinton, Obama or Biden admins.
Great work as always and know you are NOT alone , in Canada we have all the same challenges . We have our own violently entitled extremist white supremacists, our DOGE North ready to destroy our Canadian Federal Government. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is National treasure and for now an amazing source of news and science, indigenous art .
I hope you connect with Charlie Angus and Rachel Gilmore here on Substack along with other diverse Canadian activists and commentators here.
Thank you so much! I will check out their pages! Big fan of Charlie's
I'm currently reading his book, Dangerous Memories, and I would love for many people to read it and share their thoughts. I would like to know if this book is suitable for inclusion in the high school curriculum. I wonder what others think?
Thank you so much for your empathic words! I am relieved that a multitude of our neighbors to the north understand that many of us did not want Trump back in The White House. We wanted him in prison, where he belongs. I wish you well in the pushback against the rogue factions in Canada. I will check out the Substacks of Charlie Angus and Rachel Gilmore. The suggestion is appreciated.
Thanks, I am writing as an individual and will write a longer response under Craic and Conviviality.
Will check out these pages! Than you!🤍❤️
Did someone say "budget bill?"
LOL
Here Scott let’s share some hope with your readers
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/donald-trump-is-going-to-die-soon
As always liked, restacked , quoted and cross posted
Wow! All hypothetical but I've noticed his posture, standing, walking and sitting, indicating the possibility of medical issues. And that's in addition to his increasing non sequiters.
We are just going on visible symptoms and then making best educated guess , either way , it’s all fucked for him.
Congress has got to act today.
Not tomorrow not next month now. Impeach this disgusting excuse for a president and human!! NOW!!!!!
I agree!
Bombing Iran is a distraction from his failure of a his big beautiful bill. Now we are faced with another challenge protecting our country within and outside because of his wanting to play at being supreme leader.
He really does Ellen!
And starting World War III
Very true...ugh!
Ty Scott. I am so scared for our troops!😞 We all need to say a prayer every day for them!🙏 This will definitely decrease his following, so we should push for impeachment! HE MUST GO!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We did get 5,000 letters out supporting impeachment last night!
Great news!
I think he's a weak old man trying to look strong. He doesn't. He looks like the moron he is.
Thanks Scott
Thank you Laura!
My thoughts on his bombing Iran? He probably sat back, feeling very self-satisfied, and said, "What a good boy am I."
If Vlad can do it, so can he. Now that he's attacked a sovereign nation, the Big Boy Dictators will really like him instead of just pretending.
I wish I could borrow former President Obama's Handy Acme Time Machine, and go back 75 or 76 years, and smack him upside his head when he did something wrong - like throwing rocks at the baby next door, and then give him affection and hugs, whenever possible, when he wasn't misbehaving, because he had neither of those things - and this is what we end up with. I'm getting silly in my old age....but at least, unlike him, I'm not malicious.
For those of us who live in nations where we choose our leaders, when oh when will we learn not to choose ignorant narcissists with huge insecurity issues who inflict their malevolence on the world? We are now reaping what we have sowed. Well, what some of us have sowed.
But EVERYONE will reap what MAGA nuts sowed