Chris Montgomery
@cmmontgomery.bsky.social
Publisher of Acorn Drive (https://www.acorn-drive.com), a neighborhood for those who believe in the American democratic experiment
“We are slow to realize that democracy is a life and involves continual struggle. It is only as those of every generation who love democracy resist with all their might the encroachments of its enemies that the ideals of representative government can even be nearly approximated.” -Robert La Follette
Robert La Follette on Fighting for Democracy
"We have long rested comfortably in this country upon the assumption that because our form of government was democratic, it was therefore automatically producing democratic results. Now, there is noth...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“We are slow to realize that democracy is a life and involves continual struggle. It is only as those of every generation who love democracy resist with all their might the encroachments of its enemies that the ideals of representative government can even be nearly approximated.” -Robert La Follette
EXCEDRIN BETTER WATCH OUT
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
EXCEDRIN BETTER WATCH OUT
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We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
Republicans have many priorities currently ranking higher than feeding the hungry, among them: building a White House ballroom, keeping us from determining whether President Trump is a pedophile, blowing up people in boats, banning Tylenol and rehabilitating Confederate generals.
Millions Relying on Food Banks in the Wealthiest Country in the World is a Profound Moral Failure
Republicans have many priorities currently ranking higher than feeding the hungry, among them: building a White House ballroom, keeping us from determining whether President Trump is a pedophile, blow...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Republicans have many priorities currently ranking higher than feeding the hungry, among them: building a White House ballroom, keeping us from determining whether President Trump is a pedophile, blowing up people in boats, banning Tylenol and rehabilitating Confederate generals.
It's easy to doom all the time now, particularly if you're hardwired that way. Getting your hands dirty and dropping the screens helps. Getting smacked in the face with a wall of feedback also helps.
Get Your Hands Dirty and Drop the Screens
After the Democrats did their usual Democrat-ing on Sunday evening and folded in the government shutdown battle like $30 trousers from Men's Wearhouse, I was pissed. Not despondent or hopeless. Pissed...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's easy to doom all the time now, particularly if you're hardwired that way. Getting your hands dirty and dropping the screens helps. Getting smacked in the face with a wall of feedback also helps.
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This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Increases the degree of difficulty a bit when you also have to oppose the opposition party.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Increases the degree of difficulty a bit when you also have to oppose the opposition party.
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None of these Democrats should enjoy a moment's peace.
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
They've effectively just voted for Donald Trump's agenda without putting up a fight. Never let them hear the end of it.
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
They've effectively just voted for Donald Trump's agenda without putting up a fight. Never let them hear the end of it.
March 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
None of these Democrats should enjoy a moment's peace.
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
They've effectively just voted for Donald Trump's agenda without putting up a fight. Never let them hear the end of it.
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
They've effectively just voted for Donald Trump's agenda without putting up a fight. Never let them hear the end of it.
Truly a mystery why the Democratic Party polls worse than chlamydia.
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Truly a mystery why the Democratic Party polls worse than chlamydia.
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This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
The Democrats are the Cleveland Browns of political parties. This is like somehow losing to a New York Jets team led by Justin Fields attempting 11 passes. Institutionalized loserdom.
Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Democrats are the Cleveland Browns of political parties. This is like somehow losing to a New York Jets team led by Justin Fields attempting 11 passes. Institutionalized loserdom.
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In retrospect, Fox really nailed the depiction of establishment Dems with Colmes - willing to be a punching bag for the right, openly cowardly, all while basically agreeing with the right's core ideas.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
In retrospect, Fox really nailed the depiction of establishment Dems with Colmes - willing to be a punching bag for the right, openly cowardly, all while basically agreeing with the right's core ideas.
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Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
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Have R senators? (Like me?) Call Schumer’s office to tell him you will never donate to another D senate campaign again as long as he’s Senate leader. Tell him this deal is a shameful joke and a betrayal.
(202) 224-6542
(202) 224-6542
I just did this and if nothing else it was cathartic. I said I would make it my life’s mission to make sure there’s a primary challenger for any D involved in this deal, it’s fucking embarrassing.
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Have R senators? (Like me?) Call Schumer’s office to tell him you will never donate to another D senate campaign again as long as he’s Senate leader. Tell him this deal is a shameful joke and a betrayal.
(202) 224-6542
(202) 224-6542
Oh look: the Missouri Secretary of State apparently went to the Frank LaRose School of Deceptive Ballot Proposals.
NEW: Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) proposed deeply biased ballot language for a citizen-led referendum to block the state’s new GOP-led congressional gerrymander, marking the latest Republican effort to stymie the measure.
Missouri Sec. of State Proposes ‘Dishonest’ Ballot Language to Thwart Anti-Gerrymander Referendum
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Oh look: the Missouri Secretary of State apparently went to the Frank LaRose School of Deceptive Ballot Proposals.
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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luckily after tuesday, the trump administration is soberly focusing on economic issues that matter, like shutting down 10% of US flights and depriving people of food
U.S. HOUSING MARKET RECORD IMBALANCE — HOME SELLERS NOW OUTNUMBER BUYERS BY OVER 500,000, THE LARGEST GAP EVER RECORDED.
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
luckily after tuesday, the trump administration is soberly focusing on economic issues that matter, like shutting down 10% of US flights and depriving people of food
"You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to . . . ." -Mark Twain
Mark Twain on Loyalty to Country
"You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watc...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to . . . ." -Mark Twain
More on the Wexner/Epstein connection here:
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
More on the Wexner/Epstein connection here:
There’s going to come a day — I don’t know when but hope it’s during my lifetime — when Les Wexner’s name is ripped from every building it’s on, and Ohio State and everyone else who has accepted his money is forced to publicly atone for their association with him.
JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking
Bank says it alerted US of ‘suspicious’ transactions just weeks after paedophile was found dead in New York jail cell
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
There’s going to come a day — I don’t know when but hope it’s during my lifetime — when Les Wexner’s name is ripped from every building it’s on, and Ohio State and everyone else who has accepted his money is forced to publicly atone for their association with him.
Russell Kirk was right about the Rough Beast slouching upon us. It's just that the identity of the Rough Beast isn't what he thought it would be, and his Perseus incandescent with the energy of virtue is an inflatable frog.
When Virtue Came, It Came as an Inflatable Frog
While watching the World Series with my family last Friday, we saw the Canadian ad that caused President Trump to throw a tantrum and cut off trade talks with our northern neighbor.
In that video, fe...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Russell Kirk was right about the Rough Beast slouching upon us. It's just that the identity of the Rough Beast isn't what he thought it would be, and his Perseus incandescent with the energy of virtue is an inflatable frog.
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We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt
Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt
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Literal perfection. ;) www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...
We Have AI Now
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Literal perfection. ;) www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...
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Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine: "Will future generations speak of the wisdom of their ancestors as we are inclined to speak of ours? It is relevant and even part of wisdom to ask not only are we being good citizens of the world today, but are we being good ancestors."
Jonas Salk on Being a Good Ancestor
"The human species is, at present, the most actively evolving and the most dominant. This dominance is the cause simultaneously of the dangers and of the opportunities that confront us. Will we choose...
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August 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine: "Will future generations speak of the wisdom of their ancestors as we are inclined to speak of ours? It is relevant and even part of wisdom to ask not only are we being good citizens of the world today, but are we being good ancestors."