Parrot1500
@parrot1500.bsky.social
You're welcome to follow me and God bless you for it but I don't intend to post much - mostly encouraging comments. Or mean ones, which is encouraging for me. Fair warning.
At this point the RNC has a better chance of a donation from me than the DNC.
August 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
At this point the RNC has a better chance of a donation from me than the DNC.
Hulk Hogan is dead. An 80's piece of racist kayfabe shit. Good. May he be the first in a looong line, and soon at that.
July 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hulk Hogan is dead. An 80's piece of racist kayfabe shit. Good. May he be the first in a looong line, and soon at that.
It bothers me that the only part of the US that consistently invests in people are the military.
July 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It bothers me that the only part of the US that consistently invests in people are the military.
slate.com/news-and-pol... "“We showed that the consultants that are the most high reputation, the ones who command the highest rates and had the best track records, work mostly for safe incumbents,”
Democrats Are at a Historic Low Point. A Certain Kind of Advice Brought Them Here—and They Can’t Stop Listening to It.
During the Reagan revolution, Democrats settled on a new way to win—and it’s destroying them now.
slate.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
slate.com/news-and-pol... "“We showed that the consultants that are the most high reputation, the ones who command the highest rates and had the best track records, work mostly for safe incumbents,”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... If you're a doctor, and you refuse to treat someone based on their politics or marital status, you've wasted your entire medical life to this point. Med school, intern year, residency, fellowship --- wasted. Completely. Probably irrevocably.
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... If you're a doctor, and you refuse to treat someone based on their politics or marital status, you've wasted your entire medical life to this point. Med school, intern year, residency, fellowship --- wasted. Completely. Probably irrevocably.
Don't get manipulated. Mike Johnson, Medicare cuts, wealth transfer to the rich, authoritarian state, USAID and State Department cuts, tariffs, Ukraine. Literally that's all that matters. Two idiots slapfighting? Nothingburger.
June 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Don't get manipulated. Mike Johnson, Medicare cuts, wealth transfer to the rich, authoritarian state, USAID and State Department cuts, tariffs, Ukraine. Literally that's all that matters. Two idiots slapfighting? Nothingburger.
Seeing what's happening in Gaza is absolutely breaking me.
May 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Seeing what's happening in Gaza is absolutely breaking me.
Adam Kinziger's idea, to have Democrats go into red districts and hold town halls, is brilliant. Why not? Sure it'll be mean,but it'll show they care. A lot.
February 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Adam Kinziger's idea, to have Democrats go into red districts and hold town halls, is brilliant. Why not? Sure it'll be mean,but it'll show they care. A lot.
Until we find out about things like the bullshit 'doge refund' on Bluesky, twitter and ts will still have a step up. Unfortunately.
February 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Until we find out about things like the bullshit 'doge refund' on Bluesky, twitter and ts will still have a step up. Unfortunately.
my feeling is that the backing of Pelosi, Schumer, and Jeffries hurt much more than helped. I hate all three.
February 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
my feeling is that the backing of Pelosi, Schumer, and Jeffries hurt much more than helped. I hate all three.
Does it bother him that he's never beaten a man? It should, since it's so much a part of his psychotrauma.
January 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Does it bother him that he's never beaten a man? It should, since it's so much a part of his psychotrauma.
www.devex.com/news/exclusi... This is a huge deal but no one is talking about it. HELP.
Exclusive: State Department issues stop-work order on US aid
The memo puts a pause on new foreign aid spending, as well as a stop-work order for existing grants and contracts.
www.devex.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
www.devex.com/news/exclusi... This is a huge deal but no one is talking about it. HELP.
Biden didn't campaign much in 2020 due to Covid. Car rallies, zoom meetings, etc. If he had, would he have lost? Does anyone remember/have an opinion?
January 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Biden didn't campaign much in 2020 due to Covid. Car rallies, zoom meetings, etc. If he had, would he have lost? Does anyone remember/have an opinion?
The 20 realities of the American system (before Drumpf gets a second crack at wrecking it even more) open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The 20 realities of the American system (before Trump gets a second crack at wrecking it even more)
Establishing a baseline.
open.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 12:49 PM
The 20 realities of the American system (before Drumpf gets a second crack at wrecking it even more) open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Reposted by Parrot1500
"My party went from the broadest electoral mandate of the previous 25 years, with the biggest majority in the Senate in the previous 30 years, to a shell of itself."
Steve Schale on the collapse of the Democratic party in Florida - and everywhere? www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...
Steve Schale on the collapse of the Democratic party in Florida - and everywhere? www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...
I Watched the Democratic Collapse in Florida. I Fear It’s Happening Nationally.
It’s time for real structural changes in the party, not quick fixes. Here are a few.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM
"My party went from the broadest electoral mandate of the previous 25 years, with the biggest majority in the Senate in the previous 30 years, to a shell of itself."
Steve Schale on the collapse of the Democratic party in Florida - and everywhere? www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...
Steve Schale on the collapse of the Democratic party in Florida - and everywhere? www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...
Reposted by Parrot1500
This Michael Tomasky piece is very smart. newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
December 3, 2024 at 2:39 PM
This Michael Tomasky piece is very smart. newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
Three genocides wasn't enough for the Germans? The Herero in Africa, the holocaust, and now Gaza?
December 2, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Three genocides wasn't enough for the Germans? The Herero in Africa, the holocaust, and now Gaza?