SpryOldLorax
@spryoldlorax.bsky.social
I speak for me: a Liberal, a Democrat, & a Sane person who believes in facts, reality, science, healthcare, & civil rights. I fight for a sustainable future.
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Pronouns: he/him
Ecosystems: Windows/Android
Languages: English/C#/SQL
Liberal AF
Autistic
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"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
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"failure of a test"
I'm sorry, *how* was it tested? The last few times Dems lost, leftists spent *years* discussing how they'd never vote Dem.
Fetterman was elected *thanks to the efforts of progressives and leftists*, Platner is getting pushed by progressives, what are you *talking* about?
I'm sorry, *how* was it tested? The last few times Dems lost, leftists spent *years* discussing how they'd never vote Dem.
Fetterman was elected *thanks to the efforts of progressives and leftists*, Platner is getting pushed by progressives, what are you *talking* about?
No, let’s say the quiet part out loud:
Vote Blue, No Matter Who itself has been a failure of a test. Very clearly, we need to better evaluate politicians we’re supporting blindly.
John Fetterman, Graham Platner & his tattoo, Catherine Cortez Masto, Corey Booker, GAVIN NEWSOM?!?
Think! Critically!
Vote Blue, No Matter Who itself has been a failure of a test. Very clearly, we need to better evaluate politicians we’re supporting blindly.
John Fetterman, Graham Platner & his tattoo, Catherine Cortez Masto, Corey Booker, GAVIN NEWSOM?!?
Think! Critically!
Chuck Schumer spectacularly failed the “vote blue no matter who” test and should be hounded from office
February 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"failure of a test"
I'm sorry, *how* was it tested? The last few times Dems lost, leftists spent *years* discussing how they'd never vote Dem.
Fetterman was elected *thanks to the efforts of progressives and leftists*, Platner is getting pushed by progressives, what are you *talking* about?
I'm sorry, *how* was it tested? The last few times Dems lost, leftists spent *years* discussing how they'd never vote Dem.
Fetterman was elected *thanks to the efforts of progressives and leftists*, Platner is getting pushed by progressives, what are you *talking* about?
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Last year in the White House, when Trump tried to intimidate Maine into following his executive order, I fought back, took him to court, and won.
Anyone can talk tough — but I get things done. Watch my new ad:
Anyone can talk tough — but I get things done. Watch my new ad:
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Last year in the White House, when Trump tried to intimidate Maine into following his executive order, I fought back, took him to court, and won.
Anyone can talk tough — but I get things done. Watch my new ad:
Anyone can talk tough — but I get things done. Watch my new ad:
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Why are there so many stupid people?
February 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Why are there so many stupid people?
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In 2018, Brazil elected a president named Jair Bolsonaro, who attempted the sort of authoritarian power grabs that Trump is currently doing in the United States.
Except, the keyword here is attempted. Unlike in America, Brazil’s Congress and Supreme Court worked to constrain the president. 🧵
Except, the keyword here is attempted. Unlike in America, Brazil’s Congress and Supreme Court worked to constrain the president. 🧵
February 18, 2026 at 4:16 PM
In 2018, Brazil elected a president named Jair Bolsonaro, who attempted the sort of authoritarian power grabs that Trump is currently doing in the United States.
Except, the keyword here is attempted. Unlike in America, Brazil’s Congress and Supreme Court worked to constrain the president. 🧵
Except, the keyword here is attempted. Unlike in America, Brazil’s Congress and Supreme Court worked to constrain the president. 🧵
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"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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They misunderstand the whole point of voting being a shared civic duty. As citizens, it's OUR job to vote for the government we want ~even if that means not getting everything you want.
"Earned votes" is straight up white privilege flowing from white supremacy.
These people are lazy AF, truly.
"Earned votes" is straight up white privilege flowing from white supremacy.
These people are lazy AF, truly.
February 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
They misunderstand the whole point of voting being a shared civic duty. As citizens, it's OUR job to vote for the government we want ~even if that means not getting everything you want.
"Earned votes" is straight up white privilege flowing from white supremacy.
These people are lazy AF, truly.
"Earned votes" is straight up white privilege flowing from white supremacy.
These people are lazy AF, truly.
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The thing I constantly have to do is flip the argument around: I'm not sure Trump could have run a *worse* campaign and he *still* got elected. If it's incumbent on Dems to run the most perfect campaign ever or the GOP wins by default no matter what they did, then it's not really about what Dems do.
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The thing I constantly have to do is flip the argument around: I'm not sure Trump could have run a *worse* campaign and he *still* got elected. If it's incumbent on Dems to run the most perfect campaign ever or the GOP wins by default no matter what they did, then it's not really about what Dems do.
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And this is another thing: white people are constantly holding up Talarico as the church whisperer when Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) is already there.
There's already an ordained clergyman in the Senate - from a historically significant ministry, in fact.
Rep. Crockett has a J.D. and served as a public defender recently. Both are sorely needed representations in the Senate.
Rep. Crockett has a J.D. and served as a public defender recently. Both are sorely needed representations in the Senate.
February 18, 2026 at 11:36 AM
And this is another thing: white people are constantly holding up Talarico as the church whisperer when Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) is already there.
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So folks are blaming Jewish people for antisemitism just like they like to blame Black folks for racism?
Make it make sense.🙄
Make it make sense.🙄
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM
So folks are blaming Jewish people for antisemitism just like they like to blame Black folks for racism?
Make it make sense.🙄
Make it make sense.🙄
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Obama won 69 percent of latinos on average and y’all resisting going back to that platform.
White progressives don’t want to win, you want to protest.
You get off on protesting in dark blue areas of America.
White progressives don’t want to win, you want to protest.
You get off on protesting in dark blue areas of America.
no offense but they kinda already do.
that clip is old.
that clip is old.
February 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Obama won 69 percent of latinos on average and y’all resisting going back to that platform.
White progressives don’t want to win, you want to protest.
You get off on protesting in dark blue areas of America.
White progressives don’t want to win, you want to protest.
You get off on protesting in dark blue areas of America.
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You really have to be an idiot to think any of this would be happening in a Democratic admin.
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
You really have to be an idiot to think any of this would be happening in a Democratic admin.
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The same people refuse to acknowledge all of the progress from Biden Harris so they are making CHOICES.
February 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The same people refuse to acknowledge all of the progress from Biden Harris so they are making CHOICES.
To those on the Left insisting (wrongly) that their votes need to be EARNED...
WTF did Jill Stein do to "earn" your vote? She shows up once every four years, co-opting whatever issues online leftists are complaining about, and disappears once the election is over. Zero actual accomplishments.
WTF did Jill Stein do to "earn" your vote? She shows up once every four years, co-opting whatever issues online leftists are complaining about, and disappears once the election is over. Zero actual accomplishments.
February 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
To those on the Left insisting (wrongly) that their votes need to be EARNED...
WTF did Jill Stein do to "earn" your vote? She shows up once every four years, co-opting whatever issues online leftists are complaining about, and disappears once the election is over. Zero actual accomplishments.
WTF did Jill Stein do to "earn" your vote? She shows up once every four years, co-opting whatever issues online leftists are complaining about, and disappears once the election is over. Zero actual accomplishments.
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Should not need to be reversed because it shouldn't have been decided in the first place, but these are the times we live in.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA reverses course, will review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine
Moderna revised its application following the FDA's surprise decision to not review the flu shot.
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Should not need to be reversed because it shouldn't have been decided in the first place, but these are the times we live in.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Every Trump official is fundamentally a thug
Real insane part of this clip is Hassett saying in the beginning that NY Fed researchers “should be disciplined” for…writing an economics paper that comes to a conclusion the president dislikes? A conclusion that matches the vast majority of economic evidence on tariffs? Nuts
Hassett: "The basic theory of President Trump's tariffs is sure, we're importing stuff from China, but we've got producers in US who make stuff, maybe at alightly higher place. If we bring stuff home, create demand, then that will hurt China & drive up wages & American consumers will be better off."
February 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Every Trump official is fundamentally a thug
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This is why this whole thing bugs me so much. It seems unlikely in the extreme that Newsom could ever win the primary.
So the chest-thumping over "I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR NEWSOM" is just so performative. And ridiculous. And a waste of energy. Like, what do you want, a cookie? JFC, sit down.
So the chest-thumping over "I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR NEWSOM" is just so performative. And ridiculous. And a waste of energy. Like, what do you want, a cookie? JFC, sit down.
February 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is why this whole thing bugs me so much. It seems unlikely in the extreme that Newsom could ever win the primary.
So the chest-thumping over "I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR NEWSOM" is just so performative. And ridiculous. And a waste of energy. Like, what do you want, a cookie? JFC, sit down.
So the chest-thumping over "I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR NEWSOM" is just so performative. And ridiculous. And a waste of energy. Like, what do you want, a cookie? JFC, sit down.
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Unless they make driver's licenses, state id's, passports, birth certificates, *any* form of identification **FREE**, it's a poll tax & therefore immediately rendered unconstitutional.
In case anyone needed a reminder.
In case anyone needed a reminder.
February 17, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Unless they make driver's licenses, state id's, passports, birth certificates, *any* form of identification **FREE**, it's a poll tax & therefore immediately rendered unconstitutional.
In case anyone needed a reminder.
In case anyone needed a reminder.
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On the one hand, great news for the midterms.
On the other hand, as someone else noted….dear god I hate the median undecided voter.
On the other hand, as someone else noted….dear god I hate the median undecided voter.
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 AM
On the one hand, great news for the midterms.
On the other hand, as someone else noted….dear god I hate the median undecided voter.
On the other hand, as someone else noted….dear god I hate the median undecided voter.
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We only ever have a "debt-ceiling crisis" when Congress has given the President contradictory commands: It has ordered the President to spend money, and it has forbidden him to borrow enough money to obey its orders to spend it.
Think about that for a minute.
This is "Republican Logic". Stupid.
Think about that for a minute.
This is "Republican Logic". Stupid.
July 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We only ever have a "debt-ceiling crisis" when Congress has given the President contradictory commands: It has ordered the President to spend money, and it has forbidden him to borrow enough money to obey its orders to spend it.
Think about that for a minute.
This is "Republican Logic". Stupid.
Think about that for a minute.
This is "Republican Logic". Stupid.
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Reminder that, after all the noise from DOGE about cutting waste and fraud, and all the promises about lower prices, booming economy and cutting the deficit & debt...
- Waste is up
- Fraud is up
- Prices are up
- The deficit is skyrocketing
- The debit is skyrocketing
- The economy is crashing
- Waste is up
- Fraud is up
- Prices are up
- The deficit is skyrocketing
- The debit is skyrocketing
- The economy is crashing
September 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reminder that, after all the noise from DOGE about cutting waste and fraud, and all the promises about lower prices, booming economy and cutting the deficit & debt...
- Waste is up
- Fraud is up
- Prices are up
- The deficit is skyrocketing
- The debit is skyrocketing
- The economy is crashing
- Waste is up
- Fraud is up
- Prices are up
- The deficit is skyrocketing
- The debit is skyrocketing
- The economy is crashing
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Just sitting here thinking about how we could have had a functional, competent, rational, reasonable Supreme Court, fully funded and expanded healthcare, far less debt, be much farther along in climate action, and have taco trucks available on street corners... but White People voted for a conman.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just sitting here thinking about how we could have had a functional, competent, rational, reasonable Supreme Court, fully funded and expanded healthcare, far less debt, be much farther along in climate action, and have taco trucks available on street corners... but White People voted for a conman.
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I will never understand, with 50 years of examples and experience, why ANYONE trusts Republicans more on the Economy, on National Debt, on Foreign Policy, on Trade, on Immigration, or National Security.
THEY MASSIVELY SUCK AT ALL OF THEM.
80% of all the National Debt is due to Republican!
THEY MASSIVELY SUCK AT ALL OF THEM.
80% of all the National Debt is due to Republican!
"Who do you trust more on..."
🔵 LGBT+ Rights: D +28
🔵 Abortion: D +18
🔵 Healthcare: D + 13
🔵 Medicare/Social Security: D +13
🔵 Energy: D +1
🔴 Economy: R +3
🔴 National Debt: R +4
🔴 Foreign Policy: R +4
🔴 Trade: R + 6
🔴 Immigration: R +9
🔴 National Security: R +9
Morning Consult / Jan 18, 2026
🔵 LGBT+ Rights: D +28
🔵 Abortion: D +18
🔵 Healthcare: D + 13
🔵 Medicare/Social Security: D +13
🔵 Energy: D +1
🔴 Economy: R +3
🔴 National Debt: R +4
🔴 Foreign Policy: R +4
🔴 Trade: R + 6
🔴 Immigration: R +9
🔴 National Security: R +9
Morning Consult / Jan 18, 2026
January 20, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I will never understand, with 50 years of examples and experience, why ANYONE trusts Republicans more on the Economy, on National Debt, on Foreign Policy, on Trade, on Immigration, or National Security.
THEY MASSIVELY SUCK AT ALL OF THEM.
80% of all the National Debt is due to Republican!
THEY MASSIVELY SUCK AT ALL OF THEM.
80% of all the National Debt is due to Republican!
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And so it begins.
I don't think people realize what a precarious position the United States is in. We have 30 TRILLION dollars in debt, financed largely by China, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. It doesn't take much for the entire economic house of cards to come falling down.
MAGA is going to kill us.
I don't think people realize what a precarious position the United States is in. We have 30 TRILLION dollars in debt, financed largely by China, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. It doesn't take much for the entire economic house of cards to come falling down.
MAGA is going to kill us.
Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries
www.investing.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:44 PM
And so it begins.
I don't think people realize what a precarious position the United States is in. We have 30 TRILLION dollars in debt, financed largely by China, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. It doesn't take much for the entire economic house of cards to come falling down.
MAGA is going to kill us.
I don't think people realize what a precarious position the United States is in. We have 30 TRILLION dollars in debt, financed largely by China, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. It doesn't take much for the entire economic house of cards to come falling down.
MAGA is going to kill us.
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This is the truth. I was going to say the same thing, but this says it all. I have nothing to ad.
February 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This is the truth. I was going to say the same thing, but this says it all. I have nothing to ad.
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All these 👇 are scam accounts trying to get around the non stop Gaza scam accounts getting reported and deleted. Their pinned posts are a repost of a Gaza scam post and then all the same reposts of regular accounts to throw people off. Join me in reporting all of them as scams.
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 AM
All these 👇 are scam accounts trying to get around the non stop Gaza scam accounts getting reported and deleted. Their pinned posts are a repost of a Gaza scam post and then all the same reposts of regular accounts to throw people off. Join me in reporting all of them as scams.