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RawrTigerlily

@rawrtigerlily.bsky.social

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Progressive living in Georgia, but always Minnesota Nice until you push me. I have a kid, a husband, and a cat. Can we make this a better place? I'm trying.

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · Nov 15

Just reupping this on my main page so I can make it my new pin. For everyone who is ready to move past grief & into the rightful anger that will power us to stand against the worst to come in meaningful ways:

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hey Molls. Here are a couple of things I read recently, which you may find helpful. I don't think there's an easy playbook of "just do this," but a toolkit of principles:

wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won

The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

wagingnonviolence.org

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 2h

But Pete Hegseth's christian nationalist tattoos wouldn't have also violated some rules?

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 6h

Here's why No Kings is good for organizing. Ladder of Engagement is the concept that you move people from an easy to do, low bar asks up a pathway towards doing more challenging things that require higher commitment. #NoKings activated a huge world of people with a new action. What happens next 🧵

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, I'm just waiting to find out there's a special slush account where all the tariff money is going.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5h

Is he just gonna steal $230 million dollars from us?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, I will go back to using the Lavario basket washer to manually clean my clothes before I buy any major appliance that tells me it can't perform it's basic function because the wifi or internet isn't connected.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 8h

But that was ONE shameless narcissist, not 40% of the people in every public space.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 8h

MAGA= narcissism operating as a political party

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 8h

And more people need to assert the neutrality of shared, public spaces. You know these same people would have a conniption if some lady was eating her falafel on the bus, but I’m supposed to accept them listening to some sports podcast on max volume without earbuds as “normal.”

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Alex Boo!urns @afburns.bsky.social · 8h

i feel like this is also a big part of why driving has gotten so bad. Acknowledging that other people and things exist and adjusting your behavior based on that seems out of reach for a lot of people now.

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 8h

This and general illness is why I am so glad the urgent care nearest to us will let you go wait in the car after you’ve checked in. They send you a text when they anticipate an exam room will be ready for you in the next 5 to 10 minutes.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 8h

Just to clarify the student didn’t perform the song, just popped a tape into a radio and played it.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 8h

Someone else’s post reminded me of a time in high school communications class when we had to do a 10 minute speech, & one student talked for 2 minutes about Led Zepplin and then played “Stairway to Heaven” for 8 minutes.
I wonder if the guy works in Republican politics now?

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 9h

So this guy doesn’t actually read any of the articles in his own paper? About the real things Trump is actually doing? And all the court cases that are like, “that’s unconstitutional” at least until the Supreme Court ruled that Trump doesn’t have to comply with the constitution. 🙄

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11h

Actually the most self-aware NYT leader since he knows the reason he’s become fully entrenched in the MAGA mindset is because he’s still on twitter.

Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

Just insane thing for a NYT editor to say publicly:

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 9h

Just for some context, my brother who took 5 years to graduate high school became a Marine. Not because he’s the few and the proud and an exemplar of the human race, but because when you score that low on testing, the marines are the only branch who will accept you. 😉

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 9h

At the very least it seems like the proper response is, “oh shit, I didn’t know there were Nazi connotations here and I am sorry for my ignorance. Have your producer call up a local tattoo shop so I can get this trash covered as soon as humanly possible.”

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 9h

I’m not sure why anyone is supposed to believe you’re smarter, or more informed, or that you have persistent values or beliefs as a person. No what they are is little manbabies looking for whatever source of peer pressure to give them an identity and tribe to latch on to.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 9h

It also kind of highlights how impressionable the supposed “rightful leaders” of the country are. If listening to Joe Rogan for three hours a week can turn you into an anti-vax, anti-trans zealot, who also just accepts the premise that white supremacy and racism is the majority viewpoint…

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 9h

Seriously. If Bill Clinton and Bill Gates are in the docs I do not give a fuck, as long as ALL the predators get outed and prosecuted. I’m just sick of laws only being for people without money and power.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 1d

At this point, I wonder how the Supreme Court would rule if he was trying to knock the whole thing down and replace it with a Trump Tower he now owns.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 1d

Because they are all narcissists putting all their energy into play acting what they think confidence & strength looks like. But most of us can see it’s fake AF, & that they are mostly stupid, incompetent, scared, weak, little babies.

RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 1d

This is clearly the privileged mindset of people who don’t think a monarch without restrictions won’t arbitrarily decide to murder them and take all their assets, or the delusion that they would have the resources or ability to avoid that fate short of leaving the country forever.

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 1d

ATTN: PA VOTERS

🚨TODAY is the last day to REGISTER to VOTE on Nov 4th!

‼️Maintain the Democratic majority on our State Supreme Court‼️

VOTE YES TO RETAIN💥DEM MAJORITY💥 PA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Christine Donohue
Kevin Dougherty
David Wecht

🚨ATTN: PHILLY
VOTE for progressive DA
LARRY KRASNER

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 1d

like, Miller very explicitly says it's not about economic anxiety. It's about white men feeling that they are colonized subjects. That's complete bullshit, and it makes compromise largely pointless.

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RawrTigerlily @rawrtigerlily.bsky.social · 1d

Did Trump’s meme jet say “King Jesus?” 🙄

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